So, Zenos is more powerful than Ascians and Nidhogg?

[Camiie]

I've been seeing unhidden spoilers throughout the entire thread. Figured I'd join the club.

[Sylvina]

I should know what I'm talking about. I myself commissioned a genuine katana in Hingashi for 18,400,000 Gil and have been practicing with it for almost 6 months now. I can even cut slabs of allagan steel with my katana.

Hingashi smiths spend years working on a single katana and fold it up to a million times to produce the finest blades known to mankind.

Katanas are thrice as sharp as Eorzean swords and thrice as hard for that matter too. Anything a longsword can cut through, a katana can cut through better. I'm pretty sure a katana could easily bisect a Paladin wearing full plate with a simple vertical slash.
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