Swordsmanship

Summary

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

• All one-handed swords can be poisoned using the Poisoning skill
  • But no 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

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 apply a stackable 8% Lacerate Effect with a max effect of 24% on a target
• Causes the target to take "Bleed" damage every 3 seconds for the next 15 seconds
  • On a normal attack; Bleed damage tick is 20% of the total weapon damage caused by the initial attack except as part of a backstab
  • On a backstab; Each Bleed damage tick is 20% of (33% * the total weapon damage caused by a successful Backstab with a sword weapon
• Also applies a "Lacerate" effect
  • Lacerate increases the chance for players to inflict weapon special attacks against that creature by 8% for the next 8-16 seconds (scaled based on weapon speed)
  • A creature can have up to 3 Lacerate effects for a max of +24% chance to trigger weapon specials.

Swordsmanship Weapons

Main article: Armor & Weapons

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

Weapon	Wielded With	Poisonable
Katana	1 Hand	Yes
Cutlass	1 Hand	Yes
Scimitar	1 Hand	Yes
Longsword	1 Hand	Yes
Viking Sword	1 Hand	Yes
Broad Sword	1 Hand	Yes
Axe	2 Hand	No
Two-Handed Axe	2 Hand	No
Battle Axe	2 Hand	No
Double Axe	2 Hand	No
Executioner's Axe	2 Hand	No
Large Battle Axe	2 Hand	No
Halberd	2 Hand	No
Bardiche	2 Hand	No

Beneficial Skills

Having these skills benefit Swordsmanship.

Skill	Benefit
Anatomy	Increases Base Weapon Damage * (20% * (Anatomy Skill / 100)) Increases codex finisher chance by (10% * (Anatomy Skill / 100))
Chivalry	Increases Base Weapon Damage * (10% * (Chivalry Skill / 100)) Supplemental PvP Melee Damage
Tactics	From 0 to 100, Increases Base Weapon Damage * (-50% + (Tactics Skill / 200)) Any additional skill increases Base Weapon Damage * (1% * (Tactics Skill - 100))
Arms Lore	Increases Special Attack Chance by (10% * (Arms Lore Skill / 100))
Lumberjacking	When using an axe increases Base Weapon Damage * (25% * (Lumberjacking Skill / 100)) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage * (10% * (Lumberjacking Skill / 100)) in PvP.
Blacksmithy	When using a smithed weapon increases Base Weapon Damage * (15% * (Blacksmithing Skill / 100)) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage * (6% * (Blacksmithing Skill / 100)) in PvP.
Camping Tracking Forensic Evaluation	Increases Base Weapon Damage by (25% * Skill / 100) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage by (10% * Skill / 100) in PvP. (2 hour bonus after using the skill)
Mace Fighting Wrestling Archery Fencing	Increases Base Weapon Damage by (25% * Skill / 100) in PvM only.

Codex

Main article: Weapon and Shield Codex#Swordsmanship Stances and Finishers

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, Attack Speed, and Weapon Special Chance by 1.5% per rank
Stance	Defensive	Damage increased by 2% per rank and weapon swings increase your Damage Resistance to all enemies by 4% per rank for 5 seconds (does not stack)
Stance	Cleave	Deals 10% of Damage per rank towards a random enemy within 2 tiles
Stance	Warrior	Increases Accuracy, Defense, and Damage by 2% per rank
Stance	Flaying	Increases Melee Special Bleed amounts by 10% per rank
Finisher	Bleed Out	Applies a Bleed effect equal to 800% Damage
Finisher	Execute	Inflicts 600% of Damage to target and then immediately resolves up to 5 Bleed ticks present on target that has been inflicted by player
Weapon Ability	Spinslash	For next 15 seconds accuracy, damage, and weapon special chance increased by 15%
Weapon Ability	Rend	Immediately resolves up to 5 Bleed ticks present on target that has been inflicted by player. For next 15 seconds new weapon special bleed effects are increased by 50% damage
Weapon Ability	Chop	Melee hit that triggers ability has its damage increased by 250% (damage further scaled by weapon speed)

Training

Skill	Activity
0-50	Train from NPC
50-75	Passively in melee combat using a sword in the New Player Dungeon
75-100	Passively in melee combat using a sword