Swords

Swords

Category: Melee Combat · Command: /swords · Super ability: Serrated Strikes

Swords is about bleeding your enemies and punishing anyone who attacks you.

Earning XP

Deal damage with a sword. Like every combat skill, XP is the health the target lost × the mob's multiplier × 10, so a zombie (20 health, ×2) is worth 400 XP and a creeper (20 health, ×4) is worth 800. See Combat XP for every mob's multiplier.

Super ability: Serrated Strikes

Right-click with a sword to ready it, then attack. Unlocks at level 5.

• Every hit also damages enemies around your target, for 25% of the damage you dealt.
• Every enemy hit this way can be given Rupture.
• Better swords reach more nearby enemies: a diamond sword hits more of them than a stone one.
• Lasts 2 seconds + 1 second per 5 levels (22 seconds at level 100), with a 240-second cooldown.

Abilities

Ability	Unlocks	What it does
Rupture	Level 1 (ranks at 1, 15, 75, 90)	Chance on hit to make the target bleed for 5 seconds. Bleeding ignores armor, hits twice a second, and can't finish a target off. Hitting the target again restarts it.
Counter Attack	Level 20	When something hits you in melee while you hold a sword, a chance to deal half the damage back. The chance rises to 30% at level 100.
Stab	Level 75 (ranks at 75, 100)	Extra damage on every hit: +2.5 at rank 1, +4.0 at rank 2
Limit Break	Level 10 (a rank every 10 levels)	Up to +10 damage against armored players. See Limit Break.

Rupture by rank:

Rank	Level	Chance on hit	Bleed damage per tick (mobs / players)
1	1	15%	0.5 / 0.1
2	15	33%	0.75 / 0.15
3	75	40%	0.9 / 0.2
4	90	66%	1.0 / 0.3

Stab and on-hit chances scale with your attack strength: fully charged hits get the full bonus, spammed hits get less.

Tips

• Rupture works best when you keep attacking: each hit restarts the bleed.
• Serrated Strikes shines in crowds. Ready it before walking into a group of mobs.
• Swords is in Melee Combat with Axes, Maces and Spears, so specializing in it speeds up all four weapons.