Sword

General Information

Sword are Warrior weapons. They are a balanced playstyle weapon suitable for many situations.

Swords are unlocked by the Sword Fighter node on the Destiny Board

Abilities are unlocked as you level up the Sword Fighter skill (see the ability 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

Sword Families

There are seven "Sword Families" represented by the seven specialization nodes on the Destiny Board. To unlock all of these families, the player must attain at least Tier 4 sword fighter. This will unlock the ability to then also level up specializations. The seven sword families are:

Weapon Families

Sword Types

Icon	Name	Tier	Item Power
	Beginner's Broadsword	1	100
	Novice's Broadsword	2	300
	Journeyman's Broadsword	3	500
	Adept's Dual Swords	4	700
	Adept's Broadsword	4	700
	Adept's Claymore	4	700
	Adept's Clarent Blade	4	725
	Adept's Carving Sword	4	750
	Adept's Galatine Pair	4	775
	Adept's Kingmaker	4	800
	Expert's Broadsword	5	800
	Expert's Dual Swords	5	800
	Expert's Claymore	5	800
	Expert's Clarent Blade	5	825
	Expert's Carving Sword	5	850
	Expert's Galatine Pair	5	875
	Expert's Kingmaker	5	900
	Master's Claymore	6	900
	Master's Broadsword	6	900
	Master's Dual Swords	6	900
	Master's Clarent Blade	6	925
	Master's Carving Sword	6	950
	Master's Galatine Pair	6	975
	Master's Kingmaker	6	1,000
	Grandmaster's Claymore	7	1,000
	Grandmaster's Dual Swords	7	1,000
	Grandmaster's Broadsword	7	1,000
	Grandmaster's Clarent Blade	7	1,025
	Grandmaster's Carving Sword	7	1,050
	Grandmaster's Galatine Pair	7	1,075
	Grandmaster's Kingmaker	7	1,100
	Elder's Claymore	8	1,100
	Elder's Dual Swords	8	1,100
	Elder's Broadsword	8	1,100
	Elder's Clarent Blade	8	1,125
	Elder's Carving Sword	8	1,150
	Elder's Galatine Pair	8	1,175
	Elder's Kingmaker	8	1,200

Spells and Abilities

Icon	Spell/Ability Name	Spell Slot	Energy Cost	Cast Time	Range	Cooldown	Mastery Unlock
	Heroic Strike	First	7	Instant	3m	3s	1
	Heroic Cleave	First	12	Instant	3m	3s	1
	Deep Cuts (Swords)	Passive	-	-	-	-	1
	Weakening	Passive	-	-	-	-	6
	Heroic Fighting	Passive	-	-	-	-	20
	Increased Defence (Swords)	Passive	-	-	-	-	50
	Interrupt (Swords)	Second	35	0s	3m	10s	1
	Iron Will	Second	32	Instant	Self	20s	3
	Hamstring	Second	35	Instant	3m	10s	15
	Splitting Slash	Second	42	Instant	14m	15s	40
	Parry Strike	Second	9%	0s	Self	18s	70
	Fearless Strike	Third	56	Instant	11m	20s	1
	Majestic Smash	Third	67	Instant	6m	25s	1
	Soulless Stream	Third	77	1.1s (uninterruptible)	8.5m	30s	1
	Mighty Blow	Third	35	Instant	10m	10s	1
	Charge	Third	56	0.4s (uninterruptible)	13m	20s	1
	Spinning Blades	Third	60	Instant	13m	20s	1
	Mighty Swing	Third	48	Instant	6m	15s	1

Related Patch Notes

Patch Link	Date	Patch Name	Patch Notes
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
Version 1.0.34.184.105727	6 December 2017	Kay Update	Swords: Mighty Swing: Hit delay: 0.4s → 0.2s Stand time: 0s -> 0.3s
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