Swordsmanship

Description

• The Swordmanship skill (also known as 'Swords') determines the player's chance to attack or avoid attacks while using a Swords-skill weapon. Sword weapons are typically average in terms of speed and damage. Swordsmanship special attacks against creatures are Lacerate, which increases the chance of weapon special effects against the target, and Bleed, which applies bleed tick damage against the target. One-handed Swords weapons may be poisoned using the Poisoning skill.

Summary

Swordsmanship allows the use of bladed weapons with a swing speed between the faster Fencing weapons and slower Macing weapons.

• All one-handed swordscan be poisoned using the Poisoning skill
  • But no axes or two-handed swords weapons can be poisoned.

• The chance to hit with a swords class weapon is equal to (Player's Swordsmanship skill + 50) / ((Defender's Weapon or Wrestling skill + 50) * 2), plus any relevant accuracy bonuses
• Increases Base Weapon Damage by (25% * Skill / 100) as a secondary weapon skill (when using another weapon skill) in PvM.
• Increases Base Weapon Damage by (10% * Skill / 100) as a secondary weapon skill (when using another weapon skill) in PvP.

PvM Special Attack

• Only works against creatures, not other players
• Players have a 10% chance of inflicting a Swords Weapon Special Attack against creatures
  • This chance can be further increased via the Arms Lore Skill, Water Aspect Armor, or Mastery Chain Links
• Swords Weapon Specials applies a stackable Lacerate & Bleed Effect on the target

Lacerate Effect

• Increases the chance for you and your allies to apply weapon special effects to the target
• Will apply a stackable 8% Lacerate Effect to target that lasts 8-16 seconds (scaled by weapon speed) with a max effect of 24%

Bleed Effect

• Will cause target to suffer a total amount of Bleed damage equal to (150% of Damage From Hit)
• Bleed damage is resolved as Ticks occuring every 3 seconds for 15 seconds, with each Tick inflicting 20% of the total Bleed damage
  • i.e. will resolve 100% of Bleed damage over 15 seconds

Swordsmanship Weapons

Main article: Armor & Weapons

Sword class weapons are crafted with Blacksmithy or bought from NPCs.

Interrupt					Grinding (Light)
Weapon	Wielded With	Poisonable	Speed		Weapon	Wielded With	Poisonable	Speed
Katana	1H	Yes	56		Viking Sword	1H	Yes	48
Scimitar	1H	Yes	56		Longsword	1H	Yes	48
Cutlass	1H	Yes	56		Broad Sword	1H	Yes	48
Norse Axe	1H	No	48
Grinding (Medium)					Burst
Weapon	Wielded With	Poisonable	Speed		Weapon	Wielded With	Poisonable	Speed
Axe	2H	No	38		Halberd	2H	No	25
Two-Handed Axe	2H	No	38		Bardiche	2H	No	25
Battle Axe	2H	No	38		Zweihander	2H	No	25
Double Axe	2H	No	38		Great Axe	2H	No	25
Executioner's Axe	2H	No	38
Large Battle Axe	2H	No	38
Hatchet	2H	No	38

Beneficial Skills

Having these skills benefit Swordsmanship.

*Table only includes passive skill bonuses and does not include temporary or toggle-able effects*

Skill	Benefit	Weapons
Anatomy	Increases Base Weapon Damage by (20% * (Anatomy Skill / 100)) Increases Weapon Finisher chance by (100% * (Anatomy Skill / 100)) Increases Swing Speed by (5% * (Anatomy Skill / 100))	All
Chivalry	Increases PvP Base Weapon Damage by (10% * (Chivalry Skill / 100))	All
Tactics	0-100 Skill: Increases Base Weapon Damage by (-50% + (Tactics Skill / 200)) 100+ Skill: Any additional skill increases Base Weapon Damage by (1% * (Tactics Skill - 100))	All
Arms Lore	Increases Special Attack Chance by (10% * (Arms Lore Skill / 100)) Increases Weapon Ability fill meter by an additional (10% * (Arms Lore Skill / 100) Increases Swing Speed by (5% * (Arms Lore Skill / 100))	All
Lumberjacking	Increases the Base Weapon Damage of axes by (25% * (Lumberjacking Skill / 100)) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage * (10% * (Lumberjacking Skill / 100)) in PvP.	Axes (Swordsmanship)
Mining	Increases Base Weapon Damage by (25% * (Mining Skill / 100)) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage * (10% * (Mining Skill / 100)) in PvP.	Mace Fighting
Blacksmithy	Increases the damage of blacksmith-crafted weapons by (25% * (Blacksmithing Skill / 100)) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage * (10% * (Blacksmithing Skill / 100)) in PvP.	All
Carpentry	Increases the damage of carpentry-crafted weapons by (25% * (Carpentry Skill / 100)) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage * (10% * (Carpentry Skill / 100)) in PvP.	All
Camping Tracking Forensic Evaluation	Increases Base Weapon Damage by (25% * Skill / 100) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage by (10% * Skill / 100) in PvP.	All
Archery, Fencing, Macing, Swordsmanship, Arcane, Fishing	When wielding a weapon of another weapon class, increases Base Weapon Damage by (25% * Skill / 100) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage by (10% * Skill / 100) in PvP	All
Wrestling	When wielding a weapon of another weapon class, increases Base Weapon Damage by (25% * Skill / 100) in PvM only.	All
Inscription	Increases the damage of scribe-crafted weapons by (20% * (Inscription Skill / 100)) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage * (8% * (Inscription Skill / 100)) in PvP.	Wrestling
Focus	Increases Swing Speed and Accuracy by (15% * (Focus Skill / 100)) in PvM Increases Base Weapon Damage by (10% * (Focus Skill / 100)) in PvP	All
Tailoring	Increases the damage of tailor-crafted weapons by (25% * (Tailoring Skill / 100)) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage by (10% * Tailoring Skill / 100) in PvP (Not confirmed)	Wrestling
Item Identification	Increases the Accuracy property of magical weapons by (50% * (Item Identification Skill / 100)) Increases the Damage property of magical weapons by (100% * (Item Identification Skill / 100)) Increases the Slayer propery of magical weapons by (50% * (Item Identification Skill / 100))	Magical Weapons

Codex

Main article: Weapon and Parry Codex

Sword class weapons benefit from Stances and Finishers provided by a Codex of Swords.

Swordsmanship Codex Stances, Finishers and Abilities
Type	Name	Description
Stance	Aggressive	Increases Accuracy and Damage by 3.5% per rank but player takes 1% more Damage per rank from all sources
Stance	Defensive	Weapon Swings increase your Damage Resistance by 4% per rank for 5 seconds (does not stack)
Stance	Cleave	Deals an additional 8% of Damage per rank inflicted to a random target within 2 tiles
Stance	Warrior	Increases Accuracy, Defense, and Damage by 2% per rank
Stance	Flaying	Increases non-Aspect Bleed Damage by 10% per rank
Finisher	Bleed Out	Applies a Bleed effect equal to 500% of Damage (only receives 50% of the bonuses from Flaying stance)
Finisher	Execute	Inflicts 350% of Damage to target and then immediately resolves all remaining Bleed tick damage on the target that has been inflicted by the player
Weapon Ability	Spinslash	For next 15 seconds accuracy, damage, and weapon special chance increased by 15%
Weapon Ability	Rend	Immediately resolve all remaining bleed ticks player has on target and for next 15 seconds new weapon special bleed effects are increased by 25% damage
Weapon Ability	Chop	Melee hit that triggers ability damage is increased by 200% (damage further scaled by weapon speed)

Training

Skill	Activity
0-50	Train from NPC
50-80	Passively in melee combat using a sword in the New Player Dungeon
80-100	Passively in melee combat using a sword