Quick answer
PBZ Guide has 38 builds for Phantom Blade Zero, each with 2 main weapons, 2 Phantom Edges and 6 accessories that fit together. To start, try Wanderer’s First Step or Valley Blood; for the endgame, Infernal Sanguine or The Lady’s Five Seals.
Builds by style
How many builds there are of each type
Builds by stage
When you can put them together
All builds
| Build | Style | Difficulty | Available from | Weapons | Phantom Edges | Key accessories | Medicines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Lily | Control and bleed | Medium | Valley and Crimson Forest | Scarlet Wraithblade + Jagged Steel | Dread Axe + Hunter’s Chain Sickle | Reflex Device + Ancient Armor Fragment | Kuye Dew + Merciful Dew |
| Wanderer’s First Step | Starter | Easy | Valley and Crimson Forest | Sanguine + Sanguine Reach | Dread Axe + Bastion | Battle Wraps + Reflex Device | Healing Gourd + Vessel Restorative |
| Valley Blood | Bleed | Easy | Valley and Crimson Forest | Jagged Steel + Outlaw Warblade | Dread Axe + Hunter’s Chain Sickle | Battle Wraps + Token of Pursuit | Ritual Wine + Kuye Dew |
| Bronze Wall | Tank | Easy | Village of Lu and Pangzhen | Tianxuan Bronze Sword + Parting Hooks | Bastion + Kuye Temple Prayer Beads | Brass Chest Guard + Shenji’s Ring | Kuye Dew + Vessel Restorative |
| Bloodthirst | Life steal | Easy | Village of Lu and Pangzhen | Outlaw Warblade + Sanguine Twin | Wolfjaw + Iron Gauntlets | Quick Hand Might + Battle Wraps | Kuye Dew + Green Serpent Brew |
| Sixty-Six Dawns | Survival (66 Days) | Medium | Village of Lu and Pangzhen | Outlaw Warblade + Tianxuan Bronze Sword | Bastion + Kuye Temple Prayer Beads | Jewel’s Knot + Battleforged | Kuye Dew + Longevity Tonic |
| Bashpole Wrecker | Destruction Edges | Medium | Encampment, Meigu, Imprisonment and Estate | Armybreaker + Outlaw Warblade | Bashpole + Iron Gauntlets | Guardian Idol + Remnant Spark Cube | Forbidden Concoction + Lament Draught |
| Elemental Chaos | Elemental | Demanding | Encampment, Meigu, Imprisonment and Estate | Freezing Chaos + Blazing Edge | Thunder Spear + Hunter’s Chain Sickle | Chaos Ring + Rouge Box | Kuye Dew + Merciful Dew |
| Puppet Hunter | Against puppets | Medium | Encampment, Meigu, Imprisonment and Estate | Fiend Saws + Crescent Blade | Dread Axe + Iron Gauntlets | Livingwood Talisman + Token of Pursuit | Spirit-Returning Broth + Ritual Wine |
| Molten Iron Juggernaut | Two-handed and fire | Medium | Encampment, Meigu, Imprisonment and Estate | Juggernaut + Blazing Edge | Fire Meteor + Dread Axe | Quick Hand Might + Feather Fan Plume | Ritual Wine + Spirit-Returning Broth |
| Serpent’s Counter | Counter | Medium | Encampment, Meigu, Imprisonment and Estate | White Serpent & Crimson Viper + Soft Snake Sword | Iron Gauntlets + Dread Axe | Reflex Device + Mother’s Talisman | Kuye Dew + Merciful Dew |
| Dance of a Thousand Blades | Combos | Medium | Encampment, Meigu, Imprisonment and Estate | Shadowless Edge + Fiend Saws | Iron Gauntlets + Ink Cut | Quick Hand Pair + Crimson Resolve | Sha-Chi Blood Catalyst + Focus Pill |
| Armybreaker Charge | Boss killer | Medium | Encampment, Meigu, Imprisonment and Estate | Armybreaker + Wild Oriole Sword | Iron Gauntlets + Hunter’s Chain Sickle | Quick Hand Might + Dance Fan | Lament Draught + Kuye Dew |
| Perfect Parry Mirror | Deflect | Demanding | Encampment, Meigu, Imprisonment and Estate | Soft Snake Sword + Juggernaut | Hunter’s Chain Sickle + Ink Cut | Reflex Device + Counterstrike Bracers | Lament Draught + Focus Pill |
| Ice and Thunder | Frost and lightning | Demanding | Encampment, Meigu, Imprisonment and Estate | Freezing Chaos + Baishan Stormswords | Loong Trident + Hunter’s Chain Sickle | Feather Fan Plume + Acolyte Icicle | Ritual Wine + Lament Draught |
| Eternal Frost Lotus | Frost | Medium | Encampment, Meigu, Imprisonment and Estate | Whiteshadow + Freezing Chaos | Hunter’s Chain Sickle + Ink Cut | Acolyte Icicle + Feather Fan Plume | Ritual Wine + Lament Draught |
| Drunken Master | Drunken | Demanding | Encampment, Meigu, Imprisonment and Estate | The Fanatic’s Broken Blade + Wild Oriole Sword | Iron Gauntlets + Hunter’s Chain Sickle | Quick Hand Pendant + Twin Fish Pendant | Lament Draught + Longevity Tonic |
| Loong Tide | Water | Medium | Encampment, Meigu, Imprisonment and Estate | Parting Hooks + Crescent Blade | You Loong’s Deluge + Loong Trident | Acolyte Whisk + Remnant Spark Cube | Forbidden Concoction + Phantom Remedy |
| Immortal Wall | Tank | Easy | Encampment, Meigu, Imprisonment and Estate | Infernal Rouge + Crescent Blade | Iron Gauntlets + Bashpole | Mother’s Talisman + Ancient Armor Fragment | Kuye Dew + Merciful Dew |
| One-Eyed Hawk’s Eye | Ranged | Medium | Encampment, Meigu, Imprisonment and Estate | Sundering Dual Axes + Seamless Death | One-Eyed Bow + Flying Dagger | Sharpshooter’s Eye + Remnant Spark Cube | Forbidden Concoction + Lament Draught |
| Valley Guardbreaker | Guard breaker | Medium | Encampment, Meigu, Imprisonment and Estate | Scarlet Wraithblade + Armybreaker | Ink Cut + Flying Guillotine | Token of Pursuit + Ultimate Talisman | Spirit-Returning Broth + Lament Draught |
| Double-Edged Lightning | Weapon swap | Medium | Encampment, Meigu, Imprisonment and Estate | Armybreaker + Sanguine Twin | Iron Gauntlets + Flying Dagger | Miraculous Scabbard + Executioner’s Headscarf | Lament Draught + Simmering Brew |
| Sha-Chi Breath | Sha-Chi | Medium | Encampment, Meigu, Imprisonment and Estate | Wooden Sanguine + Scarlet Wraithblade | Bastion + Hunter’s Chain Sickle | Resonance Talisman + Sha-Chi Headscarf | Focus Pill + Simmering Brew |
| River of Remnant Dust | Farming | Easy | Encampment, Meigu, Imprisonment and Estate | Crescent Blade + Sanguine Twin | Flying Dagger + Fire Meteor | Treasure Basin + Deathlock | Everflow + Lament Draught |
| Stepless Shadow | Stealth | Easy | Encampment, Meigu, Imprisonment and Estate | Sanguine Twin + Seamless Death | Flying Dagger + Feather Bow | Silent Wrap + Sharpshooter’s Eye | Lament Draught + Everflow |
| Puppet Theater | Summoner | Easy | Encampment, Meigu, Imprisonment and Estate | Sanguine + Scarlet Wraithblade | Puppeteer’s Bell + Kuye Temple Prayer Beads | Nuo Mask + Fine Thread Ball | Forbidden Concoction + Kuye Dew |
| Iron Storm | Destruction | Medium | Encampment, Meigu, Imprisonment and Estate | Sanguine Reach + Armybreaker | Tiger Cannon + War Wagon | Guardian Idol + Remnant Spark Cube | Forbidden Concoction + Spirit-Returning Broth |
| Baishan Thunder | Lightning | Medium | Encampment, Meigu, Imprisonment and Estate | Baishan Stormswords + Outlaw Warblade | Thunder Spear + Flying Dagger | Feather Fan Plume + Acolyte Whisk | Ritual Wine + Lament Draught |
| Infernal Fan | Max damage | Medium | Final stretch | The Lady’s Fan + Infernal Rouge | Thunder Spear + Ink Cut | Quick Hand Pair + Crimson Resolve | Lament Draught + Longevity Tonic |
| Army of the Veil | Summoner | Medium | Final stretch | Aureate + White Serpent & Crimson Viper | Abyssal Bell + Swordsman’s Summon | Fine Thread Ball + Nuo Mask | Forbidden Concoction + Phantom Remedy |
| The Last Breath | Glass cannon | Demanding | Final stretch | Scarlet Wraithblade + Bonesaw | Wolfjaw + Dread Axe | Desperate Stand + Talisman of Despair | Miracle Remedy + Sha-Chi Blood Catalyst |
| Fire and Deluge | Ranged Edges | Medium | Final stretch | Aureate + Crescent Blade | Flaming Mane + You Loong’s Deluge | Nuo Mask + Remnant Spark Cube | Forbidden Concoction + Lament Draught |
| Pangzhen Phoenix | Fire | Medium | Final stretch | Blazing Edge + The Lady’s Fan | Fire Meteor + Flaming Mane | Feather Fan Plume + Acolyte Whisk | Ritual Wine + Forbidden Concoction |
| Flame of Chaos | Fire and frost | Demanding | Final stretch | Freezing Chaos + The Lady’s Fan | Flaming Mane + Wolfjaw | Chaos Ring + Feather Fan Plume | Lament Draught + Phantom Brew |
| The Lady’s Five Seals | Elemental | Demanding | Final stretch | The Lady’s Fan + Baishan Stormswords | Thunder Spear + Fire Meteor | Feather Fan Plume + Acolyte Whisk | Ritual Wine + Forbidden Concoction |
| Infernal Sanguine | One-handed | Medium | Final stretch | Infernal Rouge + Aureate | Thunder Spear + Hunter’s Chain Sickle | Quick Hand Pendant + Crimson Resolve | Longevity Tonic + Lament Draught |
| Bloody Saw | Bleed | Medium | Final stretch | Bonesaw + Jagged Steel | Flying Guillotine + Hunter’s Chain Sickle | Snow and Blood + Ultimate Talisman | Ritual Wine + Spirit-Returning Broth |
| Kunlun Executioner | Guard breaker | Medium | Final stretch | Crescent Blade + Bonesaw | Dread Axe + Tiger Cannon | Token of Pursuit + Ultimate Talisman | Spirit-Returning Broth + Lament Draught |
How a build works in Phantom Blade Zero
- 2 main weapons: switching restores all your Sha-Chi.
- 2 Phantom Edges that share Remnant Sparks.
- From 2 to 6 accessories depending on your levels of “Boundless Capacity”.
- There are no attributes: your gear and the skill tree (which can be reset) define your style.
Want to try another combination? Use the build creator, with every weapon, Phantom Edge and accessory.
Evidence level of each build
Not every build has the same backing. We tell you which ones have been seen working in combat and which are our proposals based on each piece’s effects. When we test one in-game it becomes “Tested by PBZ Guide”. If you try one, tell us how it went.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best Phantom Blade Zero build?
It depends on your style and where you are in the game. To learn, Bronze Wall; for high damage if you master deflecting, Perfect Parry Mirror; for the final boss, Infernal Sanguine.
Can I change builds?
Yes. There are no attributes and the skill tree can be reset at a bell; the Weapon Reforge Talisman returns a weapon to its starting level.
Kaarosu Damu Kira is a soulslike player with 13 platinum trophies, from Dark Souls and Bloodborne to Elden Ring and Black Myth: Wukong, and the author of PBZ Guide. Kaarosu earned the Phantom Blade Zero platinum on 14 Nov 2026 in a single playthrough and turns every fight into clear, fact-checked guides.
