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
• NO two-handed swords weapons can utilize poison
• The chance to hit with a swords class weapon is equal to (attacker's swordsmanship skill + 50) / ((defender's weapon or wrestling skill + 50) * 2) plus any relevant accuracy bonuses

PvM: Swordsmanship Weapon Special Attack

• Only works against creatures, not other players
• Players have a 10% chance of inflicting a Swords Weapon Special Attack
• This chance can be further increased via the Arms Lore Skill, Water Aspect Armor, or Mastery Chain Links
  • Causes the target to take "bleed" damage every 3 seconds for the next 15 seconds
    • Each bleed damage amount is 20% of the total weapon damage caused by the initial attack except as part of a backstab (see below)
    • Each bleed damage amount 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 5% for the next 8-16 seconds (scaled based on weapon speed)
    • A creature can only have a maximum of 5 Lacerate effect bonuses active at once (bleed can be stacked an unlimited number of times on a creature however)

Codex

• Swordsmanship can benefit from a Codex, see more: Weapon and Shield Codexes

Training

Skill	Activity
0-50	Train from NPC
50-70	New Player Dungeon
70-100	Passively by Melee combat