# Crafting Swords **URL:** \ **Category:** Archive\ **Created:** [July 16, 2018, 3:46pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/crafting-swords/42625 "2018-07-16T15:46:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rockwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c0e974/32.png) [@Rockwell](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Rockwell)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 3:46pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/crafting-swords/42625/1 "2018-07-16T15:46:01Z")
Has anyone actually ever crafted the Swords (eg Fire, Frost etc that do damage against a specific colour) in the Soul Forge and used them in Guild Wars Defence Teams? I can’t recall seeing _anybody_ mentioning a team with them in, so I’m wondering if they’re worth it at all… ---
**Author:** ![Tacet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/tacet/32/35_2.png) [@Tacet](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Tacet)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 8:26pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/crafting-swords/42625/2 "2018-07-16T20:26:00Z")
I have seen it a few times. Once people start having enough epic ingots to upgrade the weapons there would likely be quite a few more of them used. Biggest problem with all of them is they are easily countered with barrier. ---
**Author:** ![Rockwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c0e974/32.png) [@Rockwell](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Rockwell)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 8:43pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/crafting-swords/42625/3 "2018-07-16T20:43:17Z")
I’ve not seen the upgrades for those weapons, but hopefully they’d do somethng useful. Barrier can be dealt with by a Talent like Banishment, though. Of course that does depend on if the Devs allow us to select a Talent for a particular Team, rather than whatever one you happen to be using for everything else at the time…