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 | 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.
| Skill | Benefit |
|---|---|
| Anatomy | Increases Base Weapon Damage * (20% * (Anatomy Skill / 100)) Increases codex finisher chance by (100% * (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 * (25% * (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.. |
| Archery Fencing Macing |
Increases Base Weapon Damage by (25% * Skill / 100) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage by (10% * Skill / 100) in PvP |
| Wrestling | Increases Base Weapon Damage by (25% * Skill / 100) in PvM only. |
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, 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 |
| 50-80 | Passively in melee combat using a sword in the New Player Dungeon |
| 80-100 | Passively in melee combat using a sword |