User blog comment:Lord Loss/Discussion of the Week: Sword and Shields/@comment-5094596-20120515150800/@comment-5043481-20120518161410

In unite the sns is the sharpest of all weapons. It will cut something at the same sharpness colour where another weapon would bounce. For example, you can cur kirin hide with green on a sns, but you need white or blue+spirit blade with a long sword. This, coupled with the high elemental damage makes it ideal for hard shelled monsters like gravios.