Sword

General
A Sword is a right hand weapon that causes slashing damage. Unlike the other warrior weapons, Many sword skills use energy rather than adrenaline. Some sword skills rely on bleeding to do much of their damage, so against enemies who cannot bleed, an axe or hammer may be a better choice.


 * Dictionary Sword Definition: "A weapon consisting typically of a long, straight or slightly curved, pointed blade having one or two cutting edges and set into a hilt (handle)" - []."

The Warrior's Swordsmanship attribute improves damage dealt by the sword and related skills, and is often a requirement for this weapon type. Skills from this attribute can only be performed when equipped with a sword.

Damage Stats
Swords tend to have a narrower range of damage than axes and hammers, however the average damage output is comparable (e.g. a sword may do 5-7 damage, whereas an axe of the same quality would do 3-9). Swords tend to be the median of the three warrior weapon types, as they have the least minimum/maximum damage ratio.

The maximum damage range for swords is 15-22. Swords with maximum damage have been observed with attribute requirements as low as 7.

Swords swing every 1.33 seconds.

Upgrades and Modifiers
A Sword can be equipped with a magic hilt (name prefix) and/or pommel (name suffix) to add extra bonuses to the weapon.

Furthermore a sword may come with a number of non-salvagable magic modifiers.

See "Weapon Upgrades" and "Weapon modifier" for details.

Sword Types
''Note: The visual appearance has no influence whatsoever on the weapon stats. A Brute Sword with damage 15-22 is just as good as a Shadow Blade with damage 15-22. Which look you prefer is merely a matter of taste.''

The following sword types can be found in GuildWars: {|
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Core

 * Brute Sword
 * Crystalline Sword
 * Falchion
 * Fellblade
 * Flamberge
 * Gladius
 * Long Sword
 * PvP Sword
 * Shadow Blade
 * Short Sword
 * Spatha
 * Starter Sword
 * Tribal Blade
 * Wingblade Sword
 * Non-standard swords
 * Icy Dragon Sword
 * Fiery Dragon Sword

Tyrian

 * Ascalon Razor
 * Butterfly Sword
 * Forked Sword
 * Plasma Blade
 * Rinblade
 * Scimitar
 * Non-standard swords
 * Candy Cane Sword
 * Icy Dragon Sword


 * Unique Swords:
 * Grognar's Blade
 * Grognar's Sword
 * Ogre-Slaying Knife
 * Victo's Blade

Cantha

 * Broadsword
 * Celestial Sword
 * Crenellated Sword
 * Dadao Sword
 * Dusk Blade
 * Golden Phoenix Blade
 * Gothic Sword
 * Jade Sword
 * Katana
 * Oni Blade
 * Plagueborn Sword
 * Platinum Blade
 * Shinobi Blade
 * Sunqua Blade
 * Wicked Blade
 * Vertebreaker
 * Zodiac Sword
 * Non-standard swords
 * Jitte (blunt damage)
 * Unique Swords:
 * Kai's Sword
 * Kanaxai's Edge
 * Quivering Blade
 * Rajazan's Fervor
 * Shiro's Sword
 * Sskai's Sword
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For a list of all swords in the game, see also: Category:Swords.