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.

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	1-hand
Claymore	2-hand
Dual Swords	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

Heroic Strike	Energy Cost	6	Deals 249 physical damage to an enemy and creates a Heroic Charge on you. Each Heroic Charge increases your move-and attack speed by 10% for 6s. (stacks up to 3 times)
	Cast Time	instant
	Range	melee
	Cooldown	3s

Heroic Cleave	Energy Cost	11	Deals 194 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)
	Cast Time	instant
	Range	melee
	Cooldown	3s

Second Slot Abilities

Interrupt	Energy Cost	32	Interrupts enemy spell casting, and deals 248 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

Iron Will	Energy Cost	29	Increases your move speed by 20%, and incoming damage is reduced by 25.926%, for 4s. While active you are also immune to purges.
	Cast Time	instant
	Range	self
	Cooldown	20s

Hamstring	Energy Cost	32	Instantly slows the target enemy for 38% for 7.99s, and deals 192 Physical damage.
	Cast Time	instant
	Range	melee
	Cooldown	10s

Splitting Slash	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

Parry Strike	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 6m radius, dealing 280 physical damage and silencing for 1.4s
	Cast Time	0s
	Range	6m
	Cooldown	15s

Third Slot Abilities

Broadsword	Mighty Blow Energy Cost 35 Jump towards an enemy, dealing physical damage and interrupting spell casting. Consumes your Heroic Charges and converts them into higher damage. Additionally your resistances are increased by 70 for 3s. Zero charges: 269 damage One charge: 432 damage Two charges: 649 damage Three charges: 918 damage Cast Time instant Range 10m Cooldown 10s
Claymore	Charge Energy Cost 56 Charge towards an enemy, becoming immune to damage and any crowd control effect for 1s. You ram the blade into the enemy, and if the enemy is not mounted he will be stunned for 0.8s(ignoring crowd control resistance) Consumes all your Heroic Charges and converts them into physical damage. Zero charges: 301 One charge: 482 Two charges: 723 Three charges: 1024 Cast Time 0.4s (uninterruptible) Range 15m Cooldown 20s
Dual Swords	Spinning Blades Energy Cost 60 Jump to a ground target destination, and deal Physical damage to all enemies around you in a 5m radius, Against players, an additional 6% of the enemy's max health will be dealt as true damage. The damage scales depending on the number of Heroic Charges active on you, and consumes all your Heroic Charges. Zero charges: 224 One charge: 359 Two charge: 539 Three charges: 763 Cast Time instant Range 13m Cooldown 20s
Clarent Blade	Mighty Swing Energy Cost 48 Deals Physical damage to all enemies around you in a 6m radius. Damage scales depending on the number of Heroic Charges active on you, and consumes all your Heroic Charges. Zero charges: 203 damage One charge: 324 damage Two charge: 486 damage Three charges: 689 damage Cast Time instant Range self Cooldown 15s
Carving Sword	Fearless Strike Energy Cost 56 Dash towards a location and strike all enemies on your way, dealing 526 damage to each enemy. Depending on the number of your Heroic Charges, it also reduces the enemy's resistances. Zero charges: 21 for 6s One charge: 33 for 6s Two charge: 51 for 6s Three charges: 73 for 6s Cast Time Instant Range 11m Cooldown 20s
Galatine Pair	Soulless Stream Energy Cost 77 The cast time cannot be interrupted. Slam your blades in the ground and unleash magic waves around you. Reduces enemies current and max Health by 6% for 7s, and deals magical damage. The damage scales depending on the number of Heroic Charges active, and consumes all the Charges: Zero Stack Damage: 84 One Stack Damage: 134 Two Stack Damage: 201 Three Stack Damage: 285 Cast Time 0.9 Range 9m Cooldown 30s

Passive Abilities

Deep Cuts	Energy Cost	-	Every 4 normal attacks, you inflicat a bleeding on the enemy. This deals an additional 53 per second for 1.5s.
	Cast Time	-
	Range	-
	Cooldown	-

Weakening	Energy Cost	-	Every normal attack reduces the target's damage and heal power by 4% for 2s
	Cast Time	-
	Range	-
	Cooldown	-

Heroic Fighting	Energy Cost	-	Every 4 normal attacks, you get a Heroic Charge.
	Cast Time	-
	Range	-
	Cooldown	-

Increased Defence	Energy Cost	-	Every 5 normal attacks, your resistances are increased by 68 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.

Level	Unlocks	Available On
1	Heroic Strike Heroic Cleave Interrupt Deep Cuts	Non-Artifact Weapons   Clarent Blade   Carving Sword   Galatine Pair
3	Iron Will	Non-Artifact Weapons   Clarent Blade   Carving Sword   Galatine Pair
6	Weakening	Non-Artifact Weapons   Clarent Blade   Carving Sword   Galatine Pair
15	Hamstring	Non-Artifact Weapons   Clarent Blade   Carving Sword   Galatine Pair
20	Heroic Fighting	Non-Artifact Weapons   Clarent Blade   Carving Sword   Galatine Pair
40	Splitting Slash	Non-Artifact Weapons   Clarent Blade   Carving Sword   Galatine Pair
50	Increased Defence	Non-Artifact Weapons   Clarent Blade   Carving Sword   Galatine Pair
70	Parry Strike	Non-Artifact Weapons   Clarent Blade   Carving Sword   Galatine Pair