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Roshar is at war and the Knights Radiant are reforming. Although some Surges (Division being the clearest example) are weapons, we can still ask which simple weapon could be used to enhance a Surge or be enhanced with a Surge. As at least the advanced Radiants have a Shardblade I will focus on ranged weapons. Gravitation Guns would be tempting. But the choice would be wrong. The accelerations you can get are too low. A small mass will not achieve killing energies. And aim is a problem. What can be done? I would suggest a javelin in a tube. With Gravitation you cannot get high speeds, so for momentum you need mass. But accelerating a heavy object is not an issue, given enough Stormlight. So I'd use a tube preferably with holes and an open back , which has to be as straight as possible. Put a javelin into it, add a few feathered vanes to it and lash it to go forward. You can add sights to the tube. Abrasion Crossbows. Only the vanes of a bolt would need to have wind resistance. Range would be close to ballistics in a vacuum and the loss of speed small. For the other Surges however, I see no obvious path to weaponization. Any ideas?