Buster Sword xmog

[HakuroDK]

I had to stop and think...people want "iconic weapons" from FF games.
Other than names that carry from one game to another that get slapped onto different weapons, what ARE those?
Cloud's Buster sword
Barret's gun arm
Squall's gunblade
Tidus' Brotherhood sword
Lightning's swiss army gun sword
Wakka's blitzball
...what else?

That's a very... modern list.

There's also iconic weapons from the classical era from before characters were resigned to a single weapon type. In fact, some FF iconic weapons have already made it into the game!

Here are some weapons I consider to be among the most iconic from all across the franchise, keeping the weapons towards existing and confirmed upcoming jobs in the game:

Axes (MRD/WAR):

(FFI)Ogrekiller
(FFI)Rune Axe
(FFI)Gigantaxe
(FFIII)Dual Haken (Rowena's Token Axe)
(FFV)Earthbreaker
(FFXII)Francisca

Books (ACN/SMN/SCH):

(FFIII)Cognitone (Rowena's Token Grimoire)
(FFIII)Omnitome (Rowena's Token Grimoire)

Bows (ARC/BRD):

(FFI)Yoichi Bow (BRD Zodiac Weapon)
(FFI)Artemis Bow (BRD Relic Weapon)
(FFIV)Perseus Bow
(FFV)Fairy's Bow
(FFXII)Sagittarius Bow

Cards (AST):

(FFVI)Death Tarot/(FFT0)Reaper's Tarot
(FFVI)Final Trump/(FFT0)Black Trump
(FFT0)Hanafuda
(FFT0)Crazy Eights

Daggers (ROG/NIN):

(FFI)Mage Masher
(FFI)Gladius
(FFI)Orichalcum
(FFII)Dancing Dagger
(FFIII)Behemoth Knife (Exchanged for 5x Behemoth's Horns)
(FFIII)Air Knife (Rowena's Token Daggers)
(FFIII)Main Gauche
(FFIV)Triton's Dagger
(FFV)Chicken Knife

Dark Swords and Greatswords (DRK):

(FFIV)Deathbringer
(FFVI)Ogrenix
(FFVII)Buster Sword
(FFT:WotL)Chaosbringer
(FFT:WotL)Balmung
(FFT:WotL)Valhalla
(FFXII)Tournesol
(FFXII)Wyrmhero Blade


Guns (MCH):
(FFVII)Max Ray
(FFVII)Missing Score
(FFVII)Peacemaker
(FFVII)Death Penalty (Used by Admiral Merlwyb Bloefhiswyn)
(FFXII)Arcturus
(FFXII)Formalhaut
(FFXII)Antares
(FFXII)Total Eclipse

Swords and Holy Swords (GLD/PLD):

(FFIV)Defender
(FFIV)Mythgraven Blade
(FFIV)Excalibur (PLD Zodiac Weapon)
(FFIV)Ragnarok (WAR Zodiac Weapon)
(FFIV)Lightbringer
(FFV)Flametongue
(FFV)Icebrand (Shiva EX Weapon Drop)
(FFV)Brave Blade
(FFV)Blood Sword (10,000 MGP Weapon)
(FFV)Apocalypse
(FFIX)Save the Queen
(FFXI)Durandal

Knuckles (PGL/MNK):

(FFIII)Kaiser Knuckles (MNK Zodiac Weapon)
(FFIII)Tiger Claws
(FFIII)Hellish Claws (Rowena's Token Knuckles)
(FFIV)Dragon Claws
(FFIV)Godhand
(FFIX)Avenger

Lances and Spears (LNC/DRG):

(FFII)Holy Lance (Rowena's Token Lance)
(FFII)Gungnir (Used by Odin)
(FFII)Abel's Lance
(FFII)Longinus
(FFIII)Dragon Lance
(FFIV:TAY)Obelisk

Rods (THM/BLM):

(FFIII)Omnirod (Rowena's Token Rod)
(FFIII)Lilith Rod (BLM Zodiac Weapon)
(FFIV)Stardust Rod (BLM Relic Weapon)
(FFIV)Asura's Rod
(FFIV)Demon's Rod

Staves (CNJ/WHM):

(FFI)Sage's Staff
(FFI)Judgment Staff (Ramuh EX Weapon Drop)
(FFII)Diamond Mace
(FFIII)Elder Staff (Rowena's Token Staff)
(FFIV)Seraphim's Mace
(FFIV)Mace of Zeus
(FFIV)Nirvana (WHM Zodiac Weapon)