Fencing

Description

• The Fencing skill determines the player's chance to attack or avoid attacks while using a Fencing-skill weapon. Fencing weapons are typically faster than average, but lower than average damage. Fencing weapons may be poisoned using the Poisoning skill. The Fencing special attack against creatures is Cripple, which increases the chance to hit against the target and increases poison and disease damage against the target.

Summary

• Fencing grants the ability to use fast striking weapons
• All Fencing weapons, including two-handed weapons such as spears, can be poisoned using the Poisoning skill
• The chance to hit with a Fencing weapon is equal to (attacker's fencing 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 Fencing Weapon Special Attack against creatures
• This chance can be further increased via the Arms Lore Skill, Water Aspect Armor, or Mastery Chain Links.
• Fencing Weapon Specials apply a stackable 8% Cripple Effect with a max effect of 24% on a target
• Fencing Weapon Specials have a Damage bonus of 25% + Player's To Hit Chance % Against Creature (capped at 100% chance to hit) where the To Hit Chance % will factor in the newly applied Cripple effect
• Reduces the target's Defense (chance to avoid Melee Hits) as well as increases the Damage the target takes from Melee-Inflicted Poison (player or creature) and from any form of Disease Damage

Example: An 8% Cripple Effect is applied to a creature

• Attackers that normally had a 50% chance to hit the creature will now have a 58% chance to hit
• Any Players or Player Followers that apply Poison to the target through a Melee attack, will now have their Poison Tick damage against the target increased by 8%
• Any Disease Damage against the target will be increased by 8%

Fencing Weapons

Main article: Armor & Weapons

Fencing class weapons are crafted with blacksmithy or bought off NPCs.

Interrupt					Grinding (Light)
Weapon	Wielded With	Poisonable	Speed		Weapon	Wielded With	Poisonable	Speed
Kryss	1H	Yes	58		Warfork	1H	Yes	50
Assassin's Knife	1H	Yes	58		Epee	1H	Yes	50
Hunting Knife	1H	Yes	58		Rapier	1H	Yes	50
Kukri	1H	Yes	58		Fencing Sabre	1H	Yes	50
Grinding (Medium)					Burst
Weapon	Wielded With	Poisonable	Speed		Weapon	Wielded With	Poisonable	Speed
Short Spear	2H	Yes	40		Spear	2H	Yes	30
Pitchfork	2H	Yes	40		Sarissa	2H	Yes	30

Codex

Fencing weapons benefit from Stances and Finishers provided by a Codex of Fencing:

Fencing Codex Stances, Finishers and Abilities
Type	Name	Description
Stance	Aggressive	Increases Attack Speed by 2.5% per rank but player takes 1% more Damage per rank from all sources
Stance	Defensive	Weapon swings increase your Damage Resistance to all enemies 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	Blackguard	Successful hits have a 3% per rank chance to inflict a Disease effect on target that deals 200% Damage spread out over 20 seconds
Stance	Fang	Damage increased by 6.5% per rank while using a weapon coated with Greater Poison or higher
Finisher	Assassinate	Inflicts 400% Damage and immediately resolves up to an additional 500% Damage worth of Disease and Poison ticks (caused by the player) remaining on target
Finisher	Flurry	Increases Weapon Speed by 15% for 20 seconds (does not stack)
Weapon Ability	Gambit	For next 15 seconds damage increased by 40% but 10% chance any hits will convert into misses
Weapon Ability	Swiftstrikes	For next 15 seconds each hit increases attack speed by 5% (scaled by weapon speed) up to a max of 25%
Weapon Ability	Bane	Immediately resolve 3 poison ticks if player has an active weapon-applied poison on creature

Beneficial Skills

Having these skills benefit Fencing:

*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

Training

Skill	Activity
0-50	Train from NPC
50-80	Passively by Melee combat with a Fencing weapon in the New Player Dungeon
80-100	Passively by Melee combat with a Fencing weapon