Weapon Classes (SF2)

In Shadow Fight 2, there are dozens of weapons that are merely visually-different variants of previous weapons (mostly the difference between them is simply their manner of attack frenzy (AF), also known as their Super Slash, and therefore most weapons in Shadow Fight 2 can be classified into classes, based on their attack styles.

The weapons will be classed based on the most prominent/distinguished weapon of the type.

For reference, a list of all the unlockable/purchasable weapons in Shadow Fight 2 is available below:

Act I Act II Act III Act IV Act V Act VI Interlude Act VII Boss Weapons
 * Knives
 * Knuckles
 * Sai
 * Rabid Tonfas (only available through Starter Packà)
 * Steel Batons
 * Ninja Sword
 * Nunchacku (won from Trickster, the Act I Challenger)
 * Machetes
 * Daggers
 * Blood Reaper
 * Crescent Knives
 * Tonfas
 * Naginata (won from Hawk, the Act II Challenger)
 * Imhotep Pounders
 * Staff
 * Krises
 * Harrier Hooks
 * Swords
 * Shuang Gou
 * The Sting
 * Steel Nunchacku
 * Grim Scythe
 * Monk's Katars (only available in Ascension mode)
 * Stilettos
 * Heavy Staff
 * Axes
 * Big Swords
 * Katana (won from Rose, the Act III Challenger)
 * Steel Claws
 * Devastator
 * Oriental Sabers
 * Yari
 * Sapphire Fang
 * Butterfly Swords
 * Wanderer's Staff (won from Fisher, the Act IV Challenger)
 * Labryses
 * Golden Katana
 * Pharaoh's Khopeshes
 * Maces
 * Two-handed Cudgel
 * Glaive
 * Kusarigama
 * Coral Prickles
 * Sickles
 * Moon Sabers
 * Two-handed Mace
 * Staff of Night
 * Magari Yari
 * Heavy Kusarigama (won from Outcast, the Act V Challenger)
 * Silver Glaive
 * Dadao
 * Battle Hammers
 * Harbinger Sai
 * Northern Hammer
 * Silver Spear
 * Katars
 * Heavy Nunchaku
 * Meteorite Knives
 * Trident
 * Ronin's Dadao (won from Ronin, the Act VI Challenger)
 * Blade Tonfas
 * Ceremonial Shuang Gou
 * Ornamental Sabers
 * Daisho
 * Morning Stars
 * Leeches
 * Elegant Staff
 * Barbed Glaive
 * Dragon Teeth
 * Spiny Knuckles (won from Nova, the Interlude Challenger)
 * Kukris
 * Flayer Claws
 * Quenched Sai
 * Keen Katana
 * Emerald Cutters
 * Techno/Hack Knives
 * Reaver/Servo Scythe
 * Mowers
 * Fretsaw
 * Blaster Tonfas
 * Telescopic Staff
 * Thruster
 * Pneumo Fists
 * Shocker Claws
 * Composite Sword
 * Orbs of Pain
 * Cobra's Tooth
 * Thunder Hammers
 * Plasma Rifle
 * Flame Clubs

These can be won by defeating the demons again after Interlude in Eclipse mode. Specials Non In-stock Weapons
 * Lynx's Claws
 * Hermit's Swords
 * Butcher's Knives
 * Wasp's Naginata
 * Widow's Fans
 * Shogun's Katana
 * Halloween Special: Broomstick, Devil's Broom & Blade Of Death
 * Candy Canes (won from Christmas Special Challenger Festivus)

Though clones of these weapons can sometimes be obtained in-game, these weapons are unique and unobtainable as yet: In the classification below these weapons are italicised.
 * Puma's Kusarigama
 * All melee weapons used by Shogun's Bodyguards
 * Crusher
 * Titan's Desolator
 * Sawblade

Knives
Knives can be categorised into two sub-classes based on their AF

Type 1 Type 2
 * Knives
 * Daggers
 * Butterfly Swords
 * Meteorite Knives
 * Krises

Knuckles
Knuckles can be categorised into four sub-classes based on their AF:

Type 1 Type 2 Type 3 Type 4
 * Knuckles
 * Coral Prickles
 * Katars
 * Spiny Knuckles
 * Crescent Knives
 * Pneumo Fists
 * Monk's Katars

Sai
Sai can be categorised into two sub-classes based on their AF:

Sai Swords
 * Sai
 * Stilettos
 * Harbinger Sai
 * Quenched Sai
 * Hermit's Swords

Swords
Swords can be categorised into three sub-classes based on their AF:

Ninjato Katana Daisho The ninja sword is an uncurved sword. The katanas are curved. The Daisho is a pair of a long sword and a short sword (Katana and Wakizashi)
 * Ninja Sword
 * Rose's Katana
 * Golden Katana
 * Keen Katana
 * Daisho
 * Shogun's Daisho (named Shogun's Katana by the game)

Batons
Batons can be categorised into two sub-classes based on their AF:

True Batons Twin Hammers Fire Batons
 * Steel Batons
 * Maces
 * Morning Stars
 * Imhotep Pounders
 * Battle Hammers
 * Flame Clubs

Spears
The spears class consist of a wide range of spears with varying appearance but still can be more or less called spears perhaps with the exception of the trident. They can be split into four sub-classes based on their AF:

Type 1 Type 2 Type 3 Type 4
 * The Sting
 * Yari
 * Silver Spear
 * Corporal's Magari Yari
 * Naginata
 * Wasp's Naginata
 * Colonel's Guan Dao
 * Magari Yari
 * Trident

Twin Blades
Twin blades is an umbrella term for quite a number of weapons that would have functioned entirely the same if it was not for their AF. Most of them have nothing in common in their appearance. Twin blades are so named because the player must always use a pair of each of the weapons. Based on their AF they can be divided into seven sub-classes:

Machetes Hook Swords Long Knives Slasher Blades Sabers Fans Sickles
 * Machetes
 * Dragon Teeth
 * Shuang Gou
 * Ceremonial Shuang Gou
 * Candy Canes (Christmas Special)
 * Swords
 * Moon Sabers
 * Kukris
 * Major's Curved Swords
 * Big Swords
 * Pharaoh's Khopeshes
 * Oriental Sabers
 * Ornamental Sabers
 * Emerald Cutters
 * Widow's Fans
 * Sickles

Nunchakus

 * Nunchaku
 * Steel Nunchaku
 * Heavy Nunchaku

Kusarigamas

 * Blood Reaper
 * Kusarigama
 * Heavy Kusarigama
 * Puma's Kusarigama

Tonfas
Tonfas can be divided into two sub-classes:

True Tonfas Tonfa Guns
 * Tonfas
 * Rabid Tonfas
 * Blade Tonfas
 * Leeches
 * Blaster Tonfas

Staves
Staves, based on their AF, can be divided into three sub-classes:

Type 1 Type 2 Type 3
 * Staff
 * Heavy Staff
 * Staff of Night
 * Elegant Staff
 * Broomstick (Halloween Special)
 * Fisher's Wanderer's Staff
 * Telescopic Staff

Axes
Axes can be divided into two sub-classes:

Type 1 Type 2 Type 3
 * Harrier Hooks
 * Axes
 * Labryses
 * Butcher's Knives
 * Thunder Hammers

Heavy Weapons
Again the class of heavy weapons differ in appearance but almost all conform to the same manner of attack even in AF. There thus four sub-classes into which they can be divided by their AF:

Type 1 Type 2 Type 3 Type 4
 * Devastator
 * Two-handed Mace
 * Dadao
 * Northern Hammer
 * Ronin's Dadao
 * Two-handed Spiked Cudgel
 * Captain's Double Handed Sword
 * Two-handed Cudgel
 * Grim Scythe
 * Reaver/Servo Scythe

Claws
Claws can be divided into four sub-classes considering their AF:

Type 1 Type 2 Type 3 Take note that when executing the shocker claws' AF move, the final hit cannot be blocked
 * Steel Claws
 * Flayer Claws
 * Lynx's Claws
 * Shocker Claws

Glaives
Glaives are a single long blade that are more like two blades connected to each other at their handles. They can be divided into two sub-classes taking their AF into account:

Type 1 Type 2
 * Sapphire Fang
 * Silver Glaive
 * General's Double-bladed Sword
 * Fretsaw
 * Glaive
 * Barbed Glaive

Unique weapons
These weapons are unique and do not show any similarities with other weapons:
 * Techno/Hack Knives
 * Mowers
 * Thruster
 * Composite Sword
 * Mephisto's Sword (sawblade)
 * Plasma Rifle
 * Cobra's Tooth
 * Orbs of Pain