Swords
Swords
Swords are Warrior weapons with a strong focus on continuously hitting enemies at melee range, with a broad set of utility abilities to assist in doing so. Swords are unlocked by the Sword Fighter node on the Destiny Board.
Contents
Once unlocked, the following weapons can be used:
Standard Weapons: Crafted using common resources, these weapons tend to be much easier to obtain than Artifact Weapons.
| Weapon | Type |
|---|---|
 Broadsword
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1-hand |
 Claymore
|
2-hand |
 Dual Swords
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2-hand |
Artifact Weapons: Require specific artifact items to craft, start with higher Item Power than Standard Weapons, and benefit less from Enchantment Levels.
| Weapon | Type | Crafted Using | Base IP Bonus |
|---|---|---|---|
 Clarent Blade
|
1-hand |  Bloodforged Blade (Rune Artifact)
|
+1 tier |
 Carving Sword
|
2-hand |  Demonic Blade (Soul Artifact)
|
+2 tiers |
 Galatine Pair
|
2-hand |  Cursed Blades (Relic Artifact)
|
+3 tiers |
Abilities
- Abilities are unlocked as you level up the Sword Fighter skill (see the Unlock Table below).
- First, Second, and Passive slot abilities are common to all weapons, while Third Slot abilities are unique to each weapon and do not have a level requirement.
- The default hotkeys for First, Second, and Third Slot abilities are Q, W, and E, respectively.
First Slot Abilities
| Energy Cost | 7 | Deals 242 physical damage to an enemy and creates a Heroic Charge on you.
Each Heroic Charge increases your move-and attack speed by 12% for 6s. (stacks up to 3 times) | |
| Cast Time | instant | ||
| Range | melee | ||
| Cooldown | 3s | ||
| Energy Cost | 12 | Deals 189 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 12% for 6s. (stacks up to 3 times) | |
| Cast Time | instant | ||
| Range | melee | ||
| Cooldown | 3s | ||
Second Slot Abilities
| Energy Cost | 34 | Interrupts enemy spell casting, and deals 241 Physical damage. Additionally, for 5s your normal attack damage is increased by 20% for each Heroic Charge on you (max of 3 stacks). | |
| Cast Time | 0s | ||
| Range | 3m | ||
| Cooldown | 10s | ||
| Energy Cost | 31 | Increases your move speed by 20%, and incoming damage is reduced by 25.926%, for 4s. While active you are also immune to purges.
Additionally you gain an Heroic Charge stack uppon activation. | |
| Cast Time | instant | ||
| Range | self | ||
| Cooldown | 20s | ||
| Energy Cost | 34 | Instantly slows the target enemy for 38% for 7.78s, and deals 187 Physical damage. | |
| Cast Time | instant | ||
| Range | melee | ||
| Cooldown | 10s | ||
| Energy Cost | 38 | Splits the earth in a straight line in front of you. Any enemy directly hit will receive 432 damage, and be rooted for 1.98s. | |
| Cast Time | instant | ||
| Range | 14m | ||
| Cooldown | 15s | ||
| Energy Cost | 9% | 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 5m radius, dealing 256 physical damage. | |
| Cast Time | 0s | ||
| Range | self | ||
| Cooldown | 18s | ||
Third Slot Abilities
| Broadsword |
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| Claymore |
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| Clarent Blade |
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| Galatine Pair |
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Passive Abilities
| Energy Cost | - | Every 4 normal attacks, you inflict a bleeding on the enemy. This deals an additional 58 damage per second for 1.5s. | |
| Cast Time | - | ||
| Range | - | ||
| Cooldown | - | ||
| Energy Cost | - | Every normal attack reduces the target's damage and heal power by 4% for 2s | |
| Cast Time | - | ||
| Range | - | ||
| Cooldown | - | ||
| Energy Cost | - | Every 4 normal attacks, you get a Heroic Charge. | |
| Cast Time | - | ||
| Range | - | ||
| Cooldown | - | ||
| Energy Cost | - | Every 5 normal attacks, your resistances are increased by 67 for 2s | |
| Cast Time | - | ||
| Range | - | ||
| Cooldown | - | ||
Ability Unlocking and Availability
Abilities become available at the following mastery levels. The item icons on each line indicate the lowest tier of each type of weapon that has access to the indicated ability.
