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
• Increases Base Weapon Damage by (25% * Skill / 100) as a secondary weapon skill (when using another weapon skill) in PvM.
• Reduced to 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 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.

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	Yes	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	Weapon
Anatomy	Increases Base Weapon Damage * (20% * (Anatomy Skill / 100)) Increases codex finisher chance by (100% * (Anatomy Skill / 100))	All
Chivalry	Increases Base Weapon Damage * (10% * (Chivalry Skill / 100)) Supplemental PvP Melee Damage	All
Tactics	From 0 to 100, Increases Base Weapon Damage * (-50% + (Tactics Skill / 200)) Any additional skill increases Base Weapon Damage * (1% * (Tactics Skill - 100))	All
Arms Lore	Increases Special Attack Chance by (10% * (Arms Lore Skill / 100))	All
Lumberjacking	When using an axe increases Base Weapon Damage * (25% * (Lumberjacking Skill / 100)) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage * (10% * (Lumberjacking Skill / 100)) in PvP.	Swordsmanship
Mining	Increases Base Weapon Damage * (25% * (Mining Skill / 100)) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage * (10% * (Mining Skill / 100)) in PvP.	Mace Fighting
Blacksmithy	When using a smithed weapon increases Base Weapon Damage * (25% * (Blacksmithing Skill / 100)) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage * (10% * (Blacksmithing Skill / 100)) in PvP.	All
Carpentry	When using a wooden weapon increases Base Weapon Damage * (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	When wielding a weapon of another skill 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 skill class, increases Base Weapon Damage by (25% * Skill / 100) in PvM only.	All
Inscription	When using a wrestling weapon increases Base Weapon Damage * (20% * (Inscription Skill / 100)) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage * (8% * (Inscription Skill / 100)) in PvP.	Wrestling
Resisting Spells	Spell Syphon increases Base Weapon Damage by (25% * Effective Magic Resist / 100) in PvM only.	All

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