Talk:Magic Sword "Makoto"/@comment-26861556-20150528213004/@comment-4511886-20150908090511

With low HP, you can equip the Adjudicator's Shield and Regenerator's Ring to not only completely nullify the HP drain, but even regenerate a few points every second. If you beat the Tower Knight just after getting the Makoto, you will be able to farm healing items with relative ease, further reducing the issue of HP drain.

As for having low HP, you only need 12 Strength and 13 Dexterity to use it to its full effect (in two hands), which allows you to just sink points into Endurance and Vitality after you reach that point.

A quick tap of the Triangle button will also nullify the issue of having no shield, which is still only there if you stopped at 12 Strength. And let's not forget that the Dark Silver Shield weighs practically nothing for its performance.

The only real downside to this weapon is that it is somewhat hard to get. However, between the roll you can make to go from the Copper Key to the Regenerator's Ring in 4-1 and the ease with which one can defeat the Old Hero with just a Thief's Ring and a boatload of patience, that really isn't much of an issue.

It's, plain and simple, overpowered, if you know how to work with the advantages, and remove the disadvantages.