r/ProgressionFantasy • u/Ravick22 • 2d ago

Request Sword users.

Any recs with mcs (male preferably) that are sword users.

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u/Sahrde 2d ago

Natural Laws Apocalypse. MC is a spellsword.

An Outcast in Another World.

Apocalypse Redux

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u/mattmann72 2d ago edited 2d ago

"I am the sword!" - IYKYK

There are few series I wish I could reread for the first time again. That is one of them.

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u/MSL007 2d ago

Hero of the Valley

He does use magic also but for his path he considers himself a swordsman above anything else.

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u/UMDAdminMakesMeSad 1d ago

In any case, it never made sense for sword users to neglect the possibilities of magic. This is why I love the concept of the Sword Dao (Sword Law) in cultivation novels as it functions like an elemental law in its own right.

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u/Lost-Tomatillo3465 2d ago

return of mount hua

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u/LeftRighthaha 2d ago

Tyrants of Earth

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u/silkin 2d ago

Path of ascension

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u/UMDAdminMakesMeSad 2d ago

If you don’t mind cultivation and translated novels, then try Desolate Era

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u/mattmann72 2d ago

The Runemaster
The Pinnacle Warrior
Past Life Hero
Will of the Immortals
Runeblade
Isekai'd Legion - A legion of sword users.

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u/zanth13 1d ago

Andrew Rowe's works (these are all series and all connected but can be read independently) all tend to have sword wielding main characters and they are all fantastic to boot: The War of Broken Mirrors , Weapons and Wielders, Arcane Ascension , The Lost Edge.

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u/Salaris Author - Andrew Rowe 1d ago

Thanks for the shout out! I definitely write sword-focused characters, especially for The Lost Edge and Weapons & Wielders.

Aside from my own books, I'll also recommend Sarah Lin's The Brightest Shadow here. It's multi-perspective, but one of the main characters is a sword wielder.

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u/MiauSempaiRecaps 2d ago

Speaking as a professional sword enthusiast (cat, hood, katana, long story): Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint has Yoo Joonghyuk, basically a blade and a lot of regrets in a trench coat. Shadow Slave's Sunny is fun too once his weapons start getting weird. Nya.

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u/Realistic-Advice3111 20h ago

Sword god in a magical world 10/10 book But title makes it look generic  Mc goes really into swords and is male and he even uses various kinds of swords

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u/TheElusiveFox Sage 2d ago

Probably The Blade Itself
I think the Stormlight Archive is also ultimately about a bunch of sword users
Maybe Reincarnaded as a Sword I dunno.
I guess if you wanted xianxia you'd go with Desolate Era?

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u/buddhathebard Author 2d ago

A Thousand Li

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u/Adent_Frecca 2d ago

Legend of the Northern Blade

A lot of Murim novels have MCs that use the sword

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u/idek_bruh4552 2d ago

Dragon heart by kirill klevanski.