13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim - Best Weapon Upgrades for each Pilot

A guide on the best weapon upgrades to get in 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim. Included are information on each weapon upgrade, applicable users, effects, and useful details on their mechanics.

Best Weapon Upgrades for each Pilot in 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim

Here are the best weapon upgrades to get in the 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim. Obtaining weapon upgrades requires a large amount of Metachips so it is recommended to prioritize the skills Metasystem Lv., Metachip Ratio Lv., Score Ratio Lv., and Score Boost at the terminal before acquiring weapon upgrades.

All Weapon Upgrade List

Overall Best Armaments per Sentinel Type

Here are recommended armaments for each sentinel type:

Armament	Sentinel Mech	Sentinel Pilot
Interceptor	Flight Support Type	Shu Amiguchi (No. 20) Yuki Takamiya (No. 21) Renya Gouto (No. 22) Megumi Yakushiji (No. 23)
Description	Shoots an automatic attack drone that can penetrate armor.
Details	Can be used immediately at the start of the battle when combined with +EP recovery. Arguably one of the best upgrades in the game because of its usefulness in almost any situation.
Demolisher Blade	Melee Type	Nenji Ogata (No.10) Ei Sekigahara (No. 11) Takatoshi Hijiyama (No. 12)
Description	Deals high single target damage with strong armor penetration.
Details	Benefits greatly from upgrading Hyper Capacitor, enabling greater range and number of uses. Very good against waves of enemies and bosses.
Hyper Capacitor	Melee Type	Nenji Ogata (No.10)
Description	Increases range and usage of Demolisher Blade.
Details	Must-have upgrade to get the most out of Demolisher Blade.
Plasma Arc Fusion Device	All-Rounder Type	Juro Kurabe (No. 13) Iori Fuyusaka (No. 14) Ryoko Shinonome (No. 15)
Description	Very powerful armor-penetrating attack.
Details	Surpasses Demolisher Blade’s potential but costs a lot of EP to use. Ideal for boss battles.
Counter	Melee Type Flight Support Type	Takatoshi Hijiyama (No. 12) Yuki Takamiya (No. 21)
Description	Counter incoming attacks
Details	Best used in conjunction with Chobham Armor, allowing you to easily take on groups of ground monsters.
Composite Ceramic Armor	Melee Type Flight Support Type	Takatoshi Hijiyama (No. 12) Yuki Takamiya (No. 21)
Description	Nullifies 500 or less damage.
Details	Best used in conjunction with Counter, allowing you to easily take on groups of ground monsters.
Forced Cooling Device	Melee Type Long-range Type Flight Support Type	Ei Sekigahara (No. 11) Natsuno Minami (No. 17) Megumi Yakushiji (No. 23)
Description	Reduces WT by 30% when equipped.
Details	Allows quicker turns.
Anti-Ground Piercing Rocket Launchers	All-Rounder Type	Juro Kurabe (No. 13) Ryoko Shinonome (No. 15)
Description	Penetrates armor using ranged missiles.
Details	Very effective against swarms of G-Moler.
Missile Rain	Long-range Type	Tomi Kisaragi (No. 16) Natsuno Minami (No. 17) Keitaro Miura (No. 19)
Description	Shoots a barrage of missiles.
Details	High EP cost ability but very effective against swarms of enemies, especially in the later stages of the game.
Arm-Mounted Pulse Lasers	Flight Support Type	Shu Amiguchi (No. 20) Yuki Takamiya (No. 21) Renya Gouto (No. 22) Megumi Yakushiji (No. 23)
Description	Laser attack that deals moderate damage and armor penetration.
Details	Does not consume EP cost, allowing you to use it at the start of the battle.

Best Armaments for Melee Type Sentinels

Here are recommended loadout options for each sentinel pilot:

Melee Type Sentinel Guide

Sentinel Pilot	Loadout #1	Loadout #2
Nenji Ogata (No.10)	All-Around Loadout Gear #1: Rush Attack Gear #2: Demolisher Blade Gear #3: EMP Attractor Gear #4: Hyper Condenser Gear #5: Defense Mode Gear #6: Leap Attack	? Loadout Gear #1: ? Armament Gear #2: ? Armament Gear #3: ? Armament Gear #4: ? Armament Gear #5: ? Armament Gear #6: ? Armament
Ei Sekigahara (No. 11)	All-Around Loadout Gear #1: Rush Attack Gear #2: Demolisher Blade Gear #3: EMP Surrounding Gear #4: Forced Cooling Device Gear #5: Limiter Removal Gear #6: Leap Attack	? Loadout Gear #1: ? Armament Gear #2: ? Armament Gear #3: ? Armament Gear #4: ? Armament Gear #5: ? Armament Gear #6: ? Armament
Takatoshi Hijiyama (No. 12)	All-Around Loadout Gear #1: Rush Attack Gear #2: Demolisher Blade Gear #3: Leap Attack Gear #4: EMP Surrounding Gear #5: Counter Gear #6: Composite Ceramic Armor	? Loadout Gear #1: ? Armament Gear #2: ? Armament Gear #3: ? Armament Gear #4: ? Armament Gear #5: ? Armament Gear #6: ? Armament

Sentinel Pilot

Loadout #1

Loadout #2

Nenji Ogata (No.10)

All-Around Loadout

Gear #1: Rush Attack
Gear #2: Demolisher Blade
Gear #3: EMP Attractor
Gear #4: Hyper Condenser
Gear #5: Defense Mode
Gear #6: Leap Attack

? Loadout

Gear #1: ? Armament
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Gear #6: ? Armament

Ei Sekigahara (No. 11)

All-Around Loadout

Gear #1: Rush Attack
Gear #2: Demolisher Blade
Gear #3: EMP Surrounding
Gear #4: Forced Cooling Device
Gear #5: Limiter Removal
Gear #6: Leap Attack

? Loadout

Gear #1: ? Armament
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Takatoshi Hijiyama (No. 12)

All-Around Loadout

Gear #1: Rush Attack
Gear #2: Demolisher Blade
Gear #3: Leap Attack
Gear #4: EMP Surrounding
Gear #5: Counter
Gear #6: Composite Ceramic Armor

? Loadout

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Best Armaments for All-Rounder Type Sentinels

Here are recommended loadout options for each sentinel pilot:

All-Rounder Type Sentinel Guide

Sentinel Pilot	Loadout #1	Loadout #2
Juro Kurabe (No. 13)	All-Around Loadout Gear #1: Arm-Mounted Machine Cannons Gear #2: Sentry Gun Gear #3: Multi Rocket Launchers Gear #4: Anti-Ground Piercing Rocket Launchers Gear #5: Jammer Rocket Launchers Gear #6: Plasma Arc Fusion Counter	Long-Range Loadout Gear #1: Arm-Mounted Machine Cannons Gear #2: Sentry Gun Gear #3: Multi Rocket Launchers Gear #4: Anti-Ground Piercing Rocket Launchers Gear #5: Jammer Rocket Launchers Gear #6: Guardian Avenger
Iori Fuyusaka (No. 14)	All-Around Loadout Gear #1: Arm-Mounted Machine Cannons Gear #2: Sentry Gun Gear #3: Shield Emitter Gear #4: Repair Emitter Gear #5: Jammer Rocket Launchers Gear #6: Plasma Arc Fusion Counter	? Loadout Gear #1: ? Armament Gear #2: ? Armament Gear #3: ? Armament Gear #4: ? Armament Gear #5: ? Armament Gear #6: ? Armament
Ryoko Shinonome (No. 15)	All-Around Loadout Gear #1: Arm-Mounted Machine Cannons Gear #2: Sentry Gun Gear #3: Hyper Condenser Gear #4: Anti-Ground Piercing Rocket Launchers Gear #5: Guardian Avenger Gear #6: Plasma Arc Fusion Counter	? Loadout Gear #1: ? Armament Gear #2: ? Armament Gear #3: ? Armament Gear #4: ? Armament Gear #5: ? Armament Gear #6: ? Armament

Sentinel Pilot

Loadout #1

Loadout #2

Juro Kurabe (No. 13)

All-Around Loadout

Gear #1: Arm-Mounted Machine Cannons
Gear #2: Sentry Gun
Gear #3: Multi Rocket Launchers
Gear #4: Anti-Ground Piercing Rocket Launchers
Gear #5: Jammer Rocket Launchers
Gear #6: Plasma Arc Fusion Counter

Long-Range Loadout

Gear #1: Arm-Mounted Machine Cannons
Gear #2: Sentry Gun
Gear #3: Multi Rocket Launchers
Gear #4: Anti-Ground Piercing Rocket Launchers
Gear #5: Jammer Rocket Launchers
Gear #6: Guardian Avenger

Iori Fuyusaka (No. 14)

All-Around Loadout

Gear #1: Arm-Mounted Machine Cannons
Gear #2: Sentry Gun
Gear #3: Shield Emitter
Gear #4: Repair Emitter
Gear #5: Jammer Rocket Launchers
Gear #6: Plasma Arc Fusion Counter

? Loadout

Gear #1: ? Armament
Gear #2: ? Armament
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Gear #6: ? Armament

Ryoko Shinonome (No. 15)

All-Around Loadout

Gear #1: Arm-Mounted Machine Cannons
Gear #2: Sentry Gun
Gear #3: Hyper Condenser
Gear #4: Anti-Ground Piercing Rocket Launchers
Gear #5: Guardian Avenger
Gear #6: Plasma Arc Fusion Counter

? Loadout

Gear #1: ? Armament
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Best Armaments for Long-range Type Sentinels

Here are recommended loadout options for each sentinel pilot:

Long-range Type Sentinel Guide

Sentinel Pilot	Loadout #1	Loadout #2
Tomi Kisaragi (No. 16)	All-Around Loadout Gear #1: 6 Multi-Launching Rapid Cannons Gear #2: Main Battery Mega Railgun Gear #3: Hyper Condenser Gear #4: EMP Stunner Gear #5: Super Large Missile Gear #6: Missile Rain or Homing Missiles	Anti-Ground Loadout Gear #1: 6 Multi-Launching Rapid Cannons Gear #2: Main Battery Mega Railgun Gear #3: Hyper Condenser Gear #4: EMP Stunner Gear #5: Super Large Missile Gear #6: Anti-Ground Hunter Missiles
Natsuno Minami (No. 17)	All-Around Loadout Gear #1: 6 Multi-Launching Rapid Cannons Gear #2: Main Battery Mega Railgun Gear #3: Forced Cooling Device Gear #4: EMP Stunner Gear #5: Homing Missiles Gear #6: Missile Rain	Anti-Ground Loadout Gear #1: 6 Multi-Launching Rapid Cannons Gear #2: Main Battery Mega Railgun Gear #3: Forced Cooling Device Gear #4: EMP Stunner Gear #5: Anti-Ground Hunter Missiles Gear #6: Missile Rain
Keitaro Miura (No. 19)	All-Around Loadout Gear #1: 6 Multi-Launching Rapid Cannons Gear #2: Main Battery Mega Railgun Gear #3: EMP Stunner Gear #4: Missile Rain Gear #5: Homing Missiles Gear #6: Super Large Missiles	Anti-Ground Loadout Gear #1: 6 Multi-Launching Rapid Cannons Gear #2: Main Battery Mega Railgun Gear #3: EMP Stunner Gear #4: Missile Rain Gear #5: Anti-Ground Hunter Missiles Gear #6: Super Large Missiles

Sentinel Pilot

Loadout #1

Loadout #2

Tomi Kisaragi (No. 16)

All-Around Loadout

Gear #1: 6 Multi-Launching Rapid Cannons
Gear #2: Main Battery Mega Railgun
Gear #3: Hyper Condenser
Gear #4: EMP Stunner
Gear #5: Super Large Missile
Gear #6: Missile Rain or Homing Missiles

Anti-Ground Loadout

Gear #1: 6 Multi-Launching Rapid Cannons
Gear #2: Main Battery Mega Railgun
Gear #3: Hyper Condenser
Gear #4: EMP Stunner
Gear #5: Super Large Missile
Gear #6: Anti-Ground Hunter Missiles

Natsuno Minami (No. 17)

All-Around Loadout

Gear #1: 6 Multi-Launching Rapid Cannons
Gear #2: Main Battery Mega Railgun
Gear #3: Forced Cooling Device
Gear #4: EMP Stunner
Gear #5: Homing Missiles
Gear #6: Missile Rain

Anti-Ground Loadout

Gear #1: 6 Multi-Launching Rapid Cannons
Gear #2: Main Battery Mega Railgun
Gear #3: Forced Cooling Device
Gear #4: EMP Stunner
Gear #5: Anti-Ground Hunter Missiles
Gear #6: Missile Rain

Keitaro Miura (No. 19)

All-Around Loadout

Gear #1: 6 Multi-Launching Rapid Cannons
Gear #2: Main Battery Mega Railgun
Gear #3: EMP Stunner
Gear #4: Missile Rain
Gear #5: Homing Missiles
Gear #6: Super Large Missiles

Anti-Ground Loadout

Gear #1: 6 Multi-Launching Rapid Cannons
Gear #2: Main Battery Mega Railgun
Gear #3: EMP Stunner
Gear #4: Missile Rain
Gear #5: Anti-Ground Hunter Missiles
Gear #6: Super Large Missiles

Best Armaments for Flight Support Type Sentinels

Here are recommended loadout options for each sentinel pilot:

Flight Support Type Sentinel Guide

Sentinel Pilot	Loadout #1	Loadout #2
Shu Amiguchi (No. 20)	Anti-Air Shield Loadout Gear #1: Arm-Mounted Pulse Lasers Gear #2: Interceptors Gear #3: Arm-Mounted Convergent Lasers Gear #4: Floating Mine Gear #5: Shield Matrix Gear #6: Multi-Lock Missiles	Anti-Air Repair Loadout Gear #1: Arm-Mounted Pulse Lasers Gear #2: Interceptors Gear #3: Arm-Mounted Convergent Lasers Gear #4: Floating Mine Gear #5: Shield Repair Gear #6: Multi-Lock Missiles
Yuki Takamiya (No. 21)	Anti-Air Loadout Gear #1: Arm-Mounted Pulse Lasers Gear #2: Interceptors Gear #3: Arm-Mounted Convergent Lasers Gear #4: Leg Spike Gear #5: Counter Gear #6: Composite Ceramic Armor	All-Around Loadout Gear #1: Arm-Mounted Pulse Lasers Gear #2: Interceptors Gear #3: Multi-Lock Missiles Gear #4: Leg Spike Gear #5: Counter Gear #6: Composite Ceramic Armor
Renya Gouto (No. 22)	All-Around Loadout Gear #1: Arm-Mounted Pulse Lasers Gear #2: Interceptors Gear #3: Hyper Condenser Gear #4: Arm-Mounted Convergent Lasers Gear #5: Leg Spike Gear #6: Multi-Lock Missiles	Support Loadout Gear #1: Arm-Mounted Pulse Lasers Gear #2: Interceptors Gear #3: Hyper Condenser Gear #4: Arm-Mounted Convergent Lasers Gear #5: Shield Matrix Gear #6: Gravity Missiles
Megumi Yakushiji (No. 23)	All-Around Loadout Gear #1: Arm-Mounted Pulse Lasers Gear #2: Interceptors Gear #3: Hyper Condenser Gear #4: Forced Cooling Device Gear #5: Multi-Lock Missiles Gear #6: Gravity Missiles	Support Loadout Gear #1: Arm-Mounted Pulse Lasers Gear #2: Interceptors Gear #3: Hyper Condenser Gear #4: Forced Cooling Device Gear #5: Shield Repair Gear #6: Gravity Missiles

Sentinel Pilot

Loadout #1

Loadout #2

Shu Amiguchi (No. 20)

Anti-Air Shield Loadout

Gear #1: Arm-Mounted Pulse Lasers
Gear #2: Interceptors
Gear #3: Arm-Mounted Convergent Lasers
Gear #4: Floating Mine
Gear #5: Shield Matrix
Gear #6: Multi-Lock Missiles

Anti-Air Repair Loadout

Gear #1: Arm-Mounted Pulse Lasers
Gear #2: Interceptors
Gear #3: Arm-Mounted Convergent Lasers
Gear #4: Floating Mine
Gear #5: Shield Repair
Gear #6: Multi-Lock Missiles

Yuki Takamiya (No. 21)

Anti-Air Loadout

Gear #1: Arm-Mounted Pulse Lasers
Gear #2: Interceptors
Gear #3: Arm-Mounted Convergent Lasers
Gear #4: Leg Spike
Gear #5: Counter
Gear #6: Composite Ceramic Armor

All-Around Loadout

Gear #1: Arm-Mounted Pulse Lasers
Gear #2: Interceptors
Gear #3: Multi-Lock Missiles
Gear #4: Leg Spike
Gear #5: Counter
Gear #6: Composite Ceramic Armor

Renya Gouto (No. 22)

All-Around Loadout

Gear #1: Arm-Mounted Pulse Lasers
Gear #2: Interceptors
Gear #3: Hyper Condenser
Gear #4: Arm-Mounted Convergent Lasers
Gear #5: Leg Spike
Gear #6: Multi-Lock Missiles

Support Loadout

Gear #1: Arm-Mounted Pulse Lasers
Gear #2: Interceptors
Gear #3: Hyper Condenser
Gear #4: Arm-Mounted Convergent Lasers
Gear #5: Shield Matrix
Gear #6: Gravity Missiles

Megumi Yakushiji (No. 23)

All-Around Loadout

Gear #1: Arm-Mounted Pulse Lasers
Gear #2: Interceptors
Gear #3: Hyper Condenser
Gear #4: Forced Cooling Device
Gear #5: Multi-Lock Missiles
Gear #6: Gravity Missiles

Support Loadout

Gear #1: Arm-Mounted Pulse Lasers
Gear #2: Interceptors
Gear #3: Hyper Condenser
Gear #4: Forced Cooling Device
Gear #5: Shield Repair
Gear #6: Gravity Missiles

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