Custom Hero Weapon Type

[QUOTE="Thunderstarter"]

Depends on what your strength/weakness are. If you put your strongest trait as Str pick swords, Mag pick tomes. 

[/QUOTE] This is a bit short sighted. Use tomes early on because Avatar will be the one of few with access to the weapon. Tomes are considered basically the best weapon since it can cover two spaces all directions while swords can only cover one. The benefits of the tome will outweigh the sword for big chunk of the game and especially the few early chapters. Later on, when you can sustain yourself better, you can start leveling the sword. But to be honest both plus many more will be rank A before you even get to the last few chapters (not sure if true for Lunatic). Furthermore, Grand Tactician is the best class for your Avatar outside of DLC so you can use both if you decide to stick with that route (just pick up at least Sol and Vantage somewhere along the line)