Swords by Category

Please note, this page is a work-in-progress as it is being organized. Understanding and patience is requested as it is worked on.

A one-handed weapon with average delay and damage ratings, the sword is the primary weapon for Paladins, Red Mages and Blue Mages. Swords could be said to bridge the gap between the low-damage, low-delay daggers and the high-damage high-delay axes.

Even as stat boosts go, swords prove to be flexible, with everything from melee stats like accuracy, attack, and Additional Effect damage to defensive bonuses, such as added parrying skill. Oftentimes swords make excellent off hand weapons for any job subbing Ninja or Dancer for Dual Wield because stat bonuses off handing a sword also affect the stats of the main hand weapon.

Sword weapon skills vary just as much as the weapons in the class do. Some are elemental (Shining Blade), some are physical (Fast Blade), and one is even purely spiritual damage, dealing unresistable damage through almost every defense, based on the user's current HP (Spirits Within).

It is important to note that bladed swords are almost always slashing damage, while rapiers (swords with thin, needle-like blades, such as fleurets) are almost always piercing damage. It is important to keep this in mind, because some mobs are resistant or weak against certain damage types. Flying mobs, for example, take increased damage from piercing, while skeletons will take much less damage from piercing than from slashing. Although melee damage from rapiers is piercing damage, weapon skills are still slashing damage.

Also note that while bilbo/tuck-type swords have a similar image to rapiers, they are considered slashing damage (these can be distinguished from rapiers by the ability of Black Mages to equip them).

Equipment that Enhance this Skill

Name	Lvl	Slot	Effects	Jobs
Rapier Belt	30	Waist	Latent Effect: Sword Skill +5	All Jobs
Suppanomimi	72	Ear	AGI +2, Enhances "Dual Wield" effect, Sword Skill +5	All Jobs
Fortitude Torque	73	Neck	VIT +5, Sword Skill +7, Great Axe Skill +7	All Jobs
Kensho Hachimaki	78	Head	DEF: 12, +10, Accuracy +12, Sword Skill +5, Conserve TP +5	All Jobs
Mavi Scarf	80	Neck	MP +20, Sword Skill +4, Blue Magic Skill +4	BLU
Mavi Kavuk +1	85	Head	DEF: 32, Accuracy +8, Sword Skill +5, Haste +5%, Enhances: "Chain Affinity" effect	BLU
Mavi Kavuk +2	85	Head	DEF: 34, Accuracy +12, Sword Skill +7, Haste +6%, Enhances: "Chain Affinity" effect, Set: Occ. augments Blue magic spells	BLU
Creed Gauntlets +1	87	Hands	DEF: 33 STR +7 VIT +7 Sword skill +5 Haste +3% Enhances "Shield Defense Bonus" effect	PLD
Creed Gauntlets +2	87	Hands	DEF: 35 STR +11 VIT +11 Sword skill +7 Haste +4% Enhances "Shield Defense Bonus" effect Set: Occasionally absorbs damage taken	PLD

Weapon Skills

Name	Skill Level	Info	Modifiers	Skillchain Propreties
Fast Blade	5	Delivers a twofold attack. Damage varies with TP.	STR:40% DEX:40%	Scission
Burning Blade	30	Deals fire elemental damage to enemy. Damage varies with TP.	STR:40% INT:40%	Liquefaction
Red Lotus Blade	50	Deals fire elemental damage to enemy. Damage varies with TP Main or Sub must be WAR, RDM. PLD, DRK, BLU, or RUN.	STR:40% INT:40%	Liquefaction Detonation
Flat Blade	75	Stuns target. Chance of stunning varies with TP.	STR:100%	Impaction
Shining Blade	100	Deals light elemental damage to enemy. Damage varies with TP.	STR:40% MND:40%	Scission
Seraph Blade	125	Deals light elemental damage to enemy. Damage varies with TP Main or Sub must be WAR, RDM, PLD, DRK, BLU, or RUN.	STR:40% MND:40%	Scission
Circle Blade	150	Delivers an area attack. Radius varies with TP.	STR:100%	Reverberation Impaction
Spirits Within	175	Damage varies with current HP and TP.	Current HP	None
Vorpal Blade	200	Delivers a fourfold attack. Chance of critical hit varies with TP. Main or sub must be WAR, RDM, PLD, DRK, BLU, or RUN.	STR:60%	Scission Impaction
Swift Blade	225	Delivers a threefold attack. Accuracy varies with TP. Paladin and Rune Fencer only.	STR:50% MND:50%	Gravitation
Savage Blade	240 Quest	Delivers a twofold attack. Damage varies with TP. WAR, RDM, PLD, DRK, BLU, COR and RUN only.	STR:50% MND:50%	Fragmentation Scission
Sanguine Blade	300	Drains target's HP. Amount drained varies with TP Main or Sub must be WAR, RDM, PLD, DRK, BLU, or RUN.	STR:30% MND:50%	None
Requiescat	357 Merit	Delivers a fivefold attack of non-elemental damage. Attack strength varies with TP. WAR, RDM, PLD, DRK, SAM, BLU, COR, or RUN.	MND:73% / 76% / 79% / 82% / 85%	Gravitation Scission
Knights of Round	Relic	Caliburn/Excalibur: Regen +10HP/tick. Aftermath duration varies with TP. Must have Caliburn, Excalibur or Corbenic Sword equipped.	STR:40% MND:40%	Light Fusion
Chant du Cygne	Empyrean	Delivers a threefold attack. Chance of critical hit varies with TP. Almace: Occasionally deals double damage. Aftermath duration varies with TP. Red Mage, Paladin, and Blue Mage only.	DEX:80%	Light Distortion
Death Blossom	Mythic	Delivers a threefold attack that lowers target's Magic Evasion. Chance of lowering target's magic evasion varies with TP. Murgleis: Aftermath effect varies with TP. Red Mage only.	STR:30% MND:50%	Fragmentation Distortion
Atonement	Mythic	Delivers a twofold attack. Damage varies with TP. Burtgang: Aftermath effect varies with TP. Paladin only.	Current Enmity	Fusion Reverberation
Expiacion	Mythic	Delivers a twofold attack. Damage varies with TP. Tizona: Aftermath effect varies with TP. Blue Mage only.	STR:30% DEX:20% INT:30%	Distortion Scission
Uriel Blade	Campaign	Delivers an area attack that deals light elemental damage. Damage varies with TP. Additional effect: Flash. Must have Griffinclaw equipped. Only available when participating in a Campaign Battle.	STR:32% MND:32%	Light Fragmentation
Glory Slash	Campaign	Delivers an area attack that deals triple damage. Damage varies with TP. Additional effect: Stun. Must have Lex Talionis equipped. Only available when participating in a Campaign Battle.	Unknown	Light Fusion