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 applies a stackable Lacerate & Bleed Effect on the target
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)
Bleed Effect
- Will cause target to suffer a total amount of Bleed damage equal to (Damage From Hit) * (100% - (2% * Unresolved Bleed Ticks from Player))
- Bleed damage is resolved as Ticks occuring every 3 seconds for 15 seconds, with each Tick inflicting 20% of the total Bleed damage (i.e. will resolve 100% of Bleed damage over 15 seconds)
- Example: If a player lands a melee hit dealing 500 damage, and has 8 Bleed Ticks still unresolved from player's previous weapon specials, the total amount of Bleed damage inflicted will be (500 * (100% - (2% * 8)) = 420
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.
| 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 |