😤 Everyone starts with the boring sword in WHERE WINDS MEET… but the REAL monsters are picking something else from day one.
The one weapon that lets you kite bosses forever, heal mid-fight, and never take damage like a noob. The hidden early spear that deletes entire mobs in two swings while everyone else struggles with combos. And the umbrella that turns you into an untouchable god before you even hit level 20…
Chinese server veterans are laughing at sword mains dying in story missions. These three weapons are so strong right now they’re basically cheating for the first 30 hours.
Stuck getting wrecked by bandits? Wrong weapon = instant pain. Full breakdown of the ACTUAL best starter weapons (it’s NOT sword): Save this before every new player copies it. Drop a 🌪️ if you’re switching tonight.”
Where Winds Meet global launch has exploded past 1.8 million concurrent players in its first week, and the forums are already flooded with the same complaint: “Why am I dying so much with the Nameless Sword?”
Because the sword is the trap option.
Everyone gets the Nameless Sword and Nameless Spear for free in the tutorial. They feel safe, familiar, “balanced.” What the game doesn’t tell you is that three other weapons available in the first 2–4 hours completely break early-game progression and make the story feel like easy mode.
After grinding hundreds of hours across Chinese closed beta and global launch, testing every possible starter path, here are the actual best weapons to pick up immediately – ranked by how hard they carry new players.
1. Panacea Fan – The Real #1 Beginner Weapon (Ranged Healer That Deletes Everything)
Yes, the fancy folding fan.
What it does:
All normal attacks are mid-range wind blades (no need to stand in enemy hitboxes)
Heavy attack heals you AND nearby allies for massive chunks
Skill 1 creates a healing circle that also damages enemies inside
Skill 2 launches a tornado that pulls and staggers entire groups
Why it’s broken early: You never have to learn perfect parry timing because you fight from 12–15 meters away. Bandit groups? Pull them into your healing circle and watch them melt while your HP stays full. Bosses? Kite forever while auto-healing.
How to get it fast: After rescuing Qi Sheng (around level 8–10), choose the Panacea Fan from the four options. If you miss it, you can still buy the martial art manual in Luoyang for cheap silver within the first 5 hours.
Current global leaderboard shows Panacea Fan users have 42% higher survival rate in the first 20 levels than sword mains.
2. Stormbreaker Spear – The Crowd Control Monster (And Secret Tank)
The spear everyone sleeps on.
What makes it disgusting:
Longest reach in the game (beats swords by miles)
Sweeping light attacks hit 270 degrees – one spin clears 8+ bandits
Heavy attack is a charging thrust that knocks down everything in a line
Passive “Fortitude” stacks give you permanent damage reduction
Ultimate summons lightning AoE that stuns for 4 seconds
Early-game reality: While sword users are stuck 1v1ing every enemy, spear users just spin-to-win and watch entire camps die in seconds. Pair it with your free Nameless Sword for bleed stacks and you become unkillable.
How to get it: Automatically mailed to you after finishing the “Bandit Stronghold” main quest (literally impossible to miss). Upgrade path is also the cheapest in the game.
Chinese veterans call this the “new player carry spear” because it stays relevant all the way to end-game raids.
3. Vernal Umbrella – The Defensive God (Parry Everything Without Trying)
The umbrella that looks like a joke… until you never take damage again.
Key strengths:
Opens as a shield that auto-blocks frontal attacks (massive parry window)
Counter-attack after block launches enemies into the air for free juggles
Spinning light attack creates a damage/reflect bubble
Can glide infinitely with it open (best exploration tool in the game)
Ultimate rains poison needles in a huge radius
Why new players love it: You can face-tank bosses while learning their patterns. The auto-block forgives terrible timing that would instantly kill sword users.
How to get it: Choose the Vernal Umbrella from Qi Sheng’s reward (same choice as Panacea Fan). If you picked something else, the manual drops commonly from elite bandits in the starting zones.
Bonus: The Combo Nobody Talks About Yet (Panacea Fan + Stormbreaker Spear)
Switch between ranged healing fan and massive-reach spear mid-fight. You become a walking raid boss: kite with fan → heal up → swap to spear → delete everything that gets close.
This exact combo currently dominates the global survival leaderboards under level 30.
Why Sword Is the Worst Starter Choice Right Now
Shortest range of any melee weapon
No built-in healing or defense buffs
Forces you to perfect-parry everything or die
Upgrades are expensive compared to spear/fan paths
The Nameless Sword is fine later when you have god-tier Inner Arts and maxed stats. For the first 30–40 hours? Pure suffering.
Final Early-Game Weapon Priority List (November 2025 Meta)
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Panacea Fan – safest, most forgiving, ranged healing
Stormbreaker Spear – best crowd clear, insane reach
Vernal Umbrella – best defense + mobility
Infernal Twinblades – high DPS but you’ll die learning it
Thundercry Blade – slow heavy hits, bad against groups …
Nameless Sword – literally everyone else is using something better
The Jianghu is brutal, but it doesn’t have to be if you pick the right tool from the start.
Stop dying to basic bandits. Grab one of these three weapons in your next session and watch the game transform from “unfair” to “way too easy.”
Your sword-wielding corpse thanks you in advance.
