| Patch Link | Date | Patch Name | Patch Notes |
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| Version 20.020.1 | 5 July 2022 | Into the Fray Patch 2 (+ Living Legends Event) | Swords
- Mighty Blow (one-handed Sword)
- 0 Charge Damage: 84 -> 80
- 1 Charge Damage: 135 -> 128
- 2 Charge Damage: 203 -> 192
- 3 Charge Damage: 287 -> 271
- Crescent Slash (Clarent Blade)
- Base Damage: 172 -> 182
- The projectile Damage is now affected by AoE escalation
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| Version 19.080.1 | 25 April 2022 | Lands Awakened Patch 8 | Dual Swords had been very similar to many other sword abilities, leaving little scope for them to have a strong, unique role without outshining other swords. For this reason, an attack speed and attack damage buff to the E-ability has been added, to make Dual Swords a strong auto-attack bruiser. The Weakening ability on Swords has also been improved to impact enemy damage output more significantly, giving another useful passive option. The hit detection of Mighty Blow (Broadsword) has also been reworked to only deal damage if the caster lands close to the target, improving counterplay potential against it.
- Weakening (Passive, all Swords):
- Max Stacks: 1 → 5
- Damage Reduction per stack: 4% → 2%
- Removed the Healing Reduction Effect
- Mighty Blow (Broadsword):
- Reworked hit detection so that the ability only deals damage if it lands in close proximity to the target
- Spinning Blades (Dual Swords):
- When hitting at least one enemy, the player now gets an additional buff which increases Attack Speed by 50% and Attack Damage by 50% for 5s
- Removed the additional percentage damage vs players
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| Version 19.020.1 | 20 December 2021 | Lands Awakened Patch 2 | Mighty Blow offered consistently high value on a low-cooldown E-ability. It was intended to be played as a bruiser that can stay very sticky on a target with constant pressure, however the ability was a bit overloaded with effects on such a low cooldown. The Damage Resistance Buff has therefore been removed.
- Mighty Blow (Broadsword):
- Removed the Damage Resistance Buff
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| Version 18.110.1 | 13 October 2021 | Call to Arms Patch 11 | As with the Weeping Repeater, Galatine Pairs were previously nerfed to mitigate the one-shot heavy meta. This has been reverted to make them a notable force in ZvZ again. Crescent Slash has not yet found widespread use since the recent rework. Since it had so many effect possibilities per stack, the additional value of each was set very low to balance this. This was probably too low, however, so the value of 2-stack and 3-stack effects has now been increased.
- Crescent Slash (Clarent Blade):
- 2 stacks - Silence Duration: 0.8s → 1.4s
- 3 stacks - Additional Damage: 48 → 94
- Soulless Stream (Galatine Pair):
- 0 Stack Damage: 75 → 84
- 1 Stack Damage: 119 → 134
- 2 Stack Damage: 179 → 201
- 3 Stack Damage: 254 → 285
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| Version 18.090.1 | 28 July 2021 | Call to Arms Patch 9 | Swords
Various older and rarely-used abilities in this weapon line were overhauled to bring it back into the spotlight. The former mobility increase has been returned to Heroic Charge to help stay on targets. Various E-ability cooldowns have also been reduced to emphasize a more dynamic playstyle. Hamstring has been reworked to consume stacks for an additional effect.
The new Clarent Blade ability, Crescent Slash, has a secondary effect that depends on the number of Heroic Charges. This offers an interesting synergy with the new Hamstring, where the caster can consume a single Heroic Charge. This means Heroic Charges can now be increased or decreased, which allows for more versatility with Crescent Slash’s secondary effect.
- Heroic Charge (all Swords):
- Movement Speed & Attack Speed Increase: 9% → 12%
- Interrupt (all Swords):
- Standtime: 0.4s → 0.3s
- Energy Cost: 10 → 7
- Hamstring (all Swords):
- If you have a Heroic Charge when casting, you can now cast a followup attack within 3 seconds
- The followup consumes 1 Heroic Charge and is a ground-targeted 7m leap, inflicting another Hamstring on enemies in a 3m radius
- Slow Strength: 38% → 25% (but the slow now stacks up to 2 times)
- Slow Duration: 5s → 3s
- Damage: 60.15 → 66
- Energy Cost: 10 → 5
- Spinning Blades (Dual Swords):
- Jump End Position now offset by 3 meters. (This means the max range covers less distance for the caster, but also makes it easier to hit enemies without getting too close, making the cast harder to interrupt in midair.)
- Cooldown: 20s → 15s
- Max Health Damage vs Players: 6% → 4%
- Mighty Swing (Clarent Blade):
- Reworked the ability; it is now called Crescent Slash:
- Slice the air to shoot a demonic wave in the targeted direction, piercing through all enemies and dealing magical damage. Consumes all Heroic Charges for a secondary effect. (You can only get one of the effects depending on the amount of Heroic Charges, not multiple.)
- Heroic Charges: 1 / 2 / 3
- Effects: Slows by 20% for 2s / Silences for 0.8s / Deals additional damage
- Majestic Smash (Kingmaker):
- Widened the hitbox of the Smash to make the followup hit more reliable
- Cooldown: 25s → 20s
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| Version 18.040.1 | 6 May 2021 | Call to Arms Patch 4 (Balance Patch) | Swords
These changes are intended to make Swords feel more fluid, and to give Sword-tree weapons good synergy with abilities that trigger on hit, along with their own passives.
- Broadsword Normal Attacks:
- Attacks per Second: 1 → 1.35
- Damage per Attack: 45 → 33
- Dual Swords Normal Attacks:
- Attacks per Second: 1.4 → 1.5
- Damage per Attack: 32 → 30
- Clarent Blade Normal Attacks:
- Attacks per Second: 1 → 1.35
- Damage per Attack: 45 → 33
- Galatine Pair Normal Attacks:
- Attacks per Second: 1.4 → 1.5
- Damage per Attack: 32 → 30
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| Version 1.17.410.184451 | 2 February 2021 | Rise of Avalon Patch 13 (Balance Patch) | Swords
- Splitting Slash (all Swords):
- Hit Delay: 0.6s → 0.3s
- Standtime: 0.8s → 0.5s
- Mighty Blow (Broadsword):
- Resistance Increase: 0.24 → 0.18
- Standtime: 0.8s → 0.3s
- Jump Time: 0.43s → 0.33s
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| Version 1.17.406.180488 | 2 December 2020 | Rise of Avalon Patch 10 and Hotfix 10.1 | Swords
- Heroic Charge buff (all Swords):
- Movement Speed & Attack Speed Increase: 12%→ 9%
- Heroic Strike (all Swords):
- Standtime: 0.3s→ 0.2s
- Hit Delay: 0.2s→ 0.15s
- Majestic Smash (Kingmaker):
- First AoE swing now also deals 44 physical damage
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| Version 1.17.406.177096 | 21 October 2020 | Rise of Avalon Patch 7 / Brimstone & Mist Midseason Update and Hotfix 7.1 | Swords
- Iron Will (all Swords):
- Charge (Claymore):
- Soulless Stream (Galatine Pair):
- 0 Stack Damage: 84 → 75
- 1 Stack Damage: 134 → 119
- 2 Stack Damage: 201 → 179
- 3 Stack Damage: 285 → 254
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| Version 1.16.396.166567 | 19 May 2020 | Queen Patch 12 (Season 9 Balance Patch) and Hotfix 12.1 | Swords
- Parry Strike (all Swords):
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| Version 1.16.393.162877 | 25 March 2020 | Queen Patch 8 | Swords
- Soulless Stream (Galatine Pair):
- Made the gaps in the damage area wider, and thus less likely to hit huge numbers of players
- Hitbox Range: 13m → 12m
- Hitbox is now visible ingame
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| Version 1.15.389.155349 | 29 November 2019 | Percival Patch 11 | Swords
- Iron Will (all Swords):
- Now directly applies a Heroic Charge on you
- Parry Strike (all Swords):
- No longer silences enemies
- Spinning Blades (Dual Swords):
- Max Health Debuff now only affects unmounted players
- Soulless Stream (Galatine Pair):
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| Version 1.15.387.150212 | 18 September 2019 | Percival Patch 5 (Midseason Patch) | Swords
- Parry Strike (all Swords):
- Cooldown: 12s → 15s
- Damage: 104 → 80
- Fearless Strike (Carving Sword):
- Soulless Stream (Galatine Pair):
- 0 Stack Damage: 88.89 → 84.00
- 1 Stack Damage: 142.22 → 134.00
- 2 Stack Damage: 213.34 → 201.00
- 3 Stack Damage: 302.22 → 285.00
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| Version 1.15.382.Unknown | 17 July 2019 | Percival Patch 1 and Hotfix 1.1 | Swords
- Parry Strike (new W spell introduced with Percival):
- Energy Cost: 6% → 9%
- Cooldown: 8s → 12s
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| Version 1.15.382.145855 | 10 July 2019 | Percival Update | Swords
- Added new W-Spell: Parry
- For 0.8s you become immune to damage and reflect all incoming damage back at the attacker. At the end of the channel you hit all enemies around you in a 6m radius, dealing 104 physical damage and silencing for 0.8s.
- Heroic Charge:
- Attack and Move Speed Increase: 10% → 12%
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| Version 1.15.382.145855 | 10 July 2019 | Percival Update | Seven new skills have been added to a range of player weapons:
- Axes: Spinning Blades
- Frost Staffs: Ice Shard
- Hammers: Inertia Ring (formerly listed as "Ring of Tar")
- Nature Staffs: Rejuvenating Breeze
- Quarterstaffs: Rising Blow
- Spears: Impaler
- Swords: Parry
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| Version 1.14.381.140241 | 10 April 2019 | Oberon Patch 2 / Free-to-Play Launch | Swords
- Mighty Blow (Broadsword):
- Spinning Blades (Dual Swords):
- Max Health Damage: 8% → 6%
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| Version 1.13.369.136513 | 20 February 2019 | Nimue Balance Patch (Patch #7) | Swords
- Heroic Strike (all Sword)
- Heroic Charge now also gives a 10% Attack Speed Bonus per stack
- Standtime: 0.4s → 0.3s
- Heroic Cleave (all Swords)
- Reworked the ability:
- Deals physical damage to all enemies in a 6m radius around you.
- Creates one Heroic Charge if you hit at least one enemy.
- Creates two Heroic Charges if you hit three enemies or more.
- Each Heroic Charge increases your move and attack speed by 10% for 6s. (stacks up to 3 times)
- Hit delay: 0.4s → 0.3s
- Standtime: 0.3s → 0.2s
- Radius 4m → 6m
- Energy cost: 3 → 3.5
- Iron Will (all Swords)
- While the buff is active the caster becomes now immune to purges
- Activating this ability doesn't give an extra Heroic Charge stack anymore
- Resistance Increase: 25% → 35%
- Duration: 5s → 4s
- Mighty Blow (Broadsword)
- The ability now jumps towards the target.
- Range: 3m → 10m
- Hitdelay: 0.4s → 0.3s
- Standtime: 1s → 0.8s
- Damage: 267.84 → 276.00
- Resistance Increase: 0.36 → 0.24
- Energy Cost: 14 → 11
- Spinning Blades (Dual Swords)
- Max Hitpoint Damage: 5% → 8%
- Soulless Stream (Galatine Pair)
- Max Hitpoint Reduction: 10% → 6%
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| Version 1.13.369.132209 | 13 December 2018 | Nimue Patch #3 |
Swords:
- Spinning Blades (Dual Swords)
- Additional Damage against Players: 3% -> 5% of max Health
- Fearless Strike (Carving Sword)
- Range: 11m -> 13m
- Now Shreds armor before dealing damage. (so the damage is amplified by the armor reduction)
- Max Armor Reduction: 0.20 -> 0.24
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| Version 1.12.365.126590 | 26 September 2018 | Merlyn Preseason Balance Patch | Swords:
- Removed Passive: Life Leech
- Added new Passive: Heroic Fighting
- Get a Heroic Charge every 4 normal attacks
- Weakening (Passive)
- Interrupt (all Swords)
- Iron Will (all Swords)
- Now also applies a Heroic Charge on activation
- Charge (Claymore)
- Cast Time: 0.5s → 0.4s
- Range: 12m → 15m
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| Version 1.12.365.123101 | 31 July 2018 | Merlyn Update | Swords:
- Dual Swords & Galatine Pair Normal Attacks
- Attack Interval: every 0.91s -> every 0.71s (Attack DPS stays the same)
- Spinning Blades (Dual Swords)
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| Version 1.10.351.109546 | 1 February 2018 | Kay Patch #3 |
Heroic Strike:
Soulless Stream:
- Enemy's Max Hitpoint Reduction: 20% -> 10%
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| Version 1.0.351.106399 | 14 December 2017 | Kay Patch #1 |
- Galatine Pair
- Soulless Streams
- Max HitPoint reduction: 30% -> 20%
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| Version 1.0.332.98217 | 27 September 2017 | Joseph Update |
- Removed the Threat Generation Passive
- Added New Passive: Weakening
- Every normal attack, you reduce the target's damage and heal power by 4% for 1s.
- New W-Spell: Splitting Slash
- Splits the earth in a straight line in front of you. Any enemy directly hit will receive x damage, and be rooted for y.
- Spinning Blades:
- Range: 11m -> 14m
- Jump Movespeed: 13 -> 20 (This means jump time changed from: 0.85s -> 0.65s)
- Cooldown: 15s -> 20s
- Energycost: 15 -> 17
- Fearless Strike:
- The slow has been removed
- Instead the spell now reduces enemy resistances, depending on active heroic charges.
- Range: 9m -> 11m
- Energycost: 16 -> 15
- Max Armor Shred: 0.24 -> 0.20
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Runite Steel Bar
Hardened Leather
Master's Broadsword
Uncommon Runite Steel Bar
Uncommon Hardened Leather
Master's Broadsword
Rare Runite Steel Bar
Rare Hardened Leather
Master's Broadsword
Exceptional Runite Steel Bar
Exceptional Hardened Leather
Master's Broadsword
