Swords are a weapon type in Veloren. The sword's abilities feature slashing and piercing damage. Slashing damage reduces the enemy's energy and does extra damage when the enemy is out of energy.
Sword Skill Tree
Basic attacks
The basic left click and right click attacks.
Icon | Name | Description |
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Basic Double Slash | A basic two-hit combo. | |
Basic Thrust | Charging the thrust will make it more powerfull. |
Basic sword skills
The basic sword skills are the most simple forms of all sword skills. These can change depending on the sword stance used.
Icon | Name | Description |
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Finisher | An ability that consumes combo and is meant to end a fight.
The finisher will be different depending on your stance. | |
Skewer | A stabbing lung. | |
Fell Strike | A quick strong slash. | |
Crescent Slash | An upwards diagonal slash. | |
Cascade | An overhead slash. | |
Cross Cut | A right and left slash. |
Agile sword stance
The agile sword stance is a stance that focuses on mobility during combat at the cost of raw damage.
Icon | Name | Description |
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Quick Draw | Dash forward as you draw your blade for a quick attack.
(Required: Cross Cut or Skewer.) | |
Dancing Edge | Move and attack more swiftly.
(Required: Quick Draw.) | |
Feint | Step to the side then back before striking
(Required: Cross Cut or Skewer.) | |
Flurry | Multiple rapid stabs.
(Required: Feint.) |
Crippling Sword Stance
The crippling sword stance focuses on bleed which does damage over time.
Icon | Name | Description |
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Gouge | Inflict a lasting wound on your enemy that will continue to bleed.
(Required: Skewer or Fell Strike.) | |
Bloody Gash | Cruelly strike an already bleeding wound, does more damage to bleeding enemies.
(Required: Gouge.) | |
Hamstring | Injure the tendons of your foe, leaving them less maneuverable.
(Required: Skewer or Fell Strike.) | |
Eviscerate | Shreds wounds further, deals more damage to crippled enemies.
(Required: Hamstring.) |
Defensive Sword Stance
The Defensive Sword Stance focuses on parrying and reducing/blocking incoming damage.
Icon | Name | Description |
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Riposte | Parry a strike before instantly counter-attacking.
(Required: Fell Strike or Crescent Slash.) | |
Stalwart Sword | Shrug of the brunt of attacks, incoming damage is reduced.
(Required: Riposte.) | |
Disengage | Retreat a step backwards after striking.
(Required: Fell Strike or Crescent Slash.) | |
Deflect | A swift enough maneuver to even block attacks.
(Required: Disengage.) |
Cleaving Sword Stance
The cleaving sword stance focuses on wide attacks with a large area of effect.
Icon | Name | Description |
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Whirlwind Slice | Strike all surrounding enemies with circular attacks.
(Required: Cross Cut or Cascade.) | |
Blade Fever | Attack more recklessly, increasing the power of your strikes while while leaving yourself open to incoming attacks.
(Required: Whirlwind Slice.) | |
Earth Splitter | Split the earth, if used while falling will have a much stronger impact.
(Required: Cross Cut or Cascade.) | |
Sky Splitter | A powerfull strike that purportedly can even split the sky, but will split through enemies.
(Required: Earth Splitter.) |
Heavy Sword Stance
The heavy sword stance focuses on slow but powerfull attacks.
Icon | Name | Description |
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Pommel Strike | Concuss your foe with a blunt strike to the head.
(Required: Cascade or Crescent Slash.) | |
Pillar Thrust | Stab your sword through down to the enemy, all the way into the ground, is more powerful if used while falling.
(Required: Pommel Strike.) | |
Heavy Sweep | A heavy, wide ,sweeping strike that deals more damage to a staggered enemy.
(Required: Cascade or Crescent Slash.) | |
Fortitude | Increases stagger resistance and as you take more damage your attacks will be more staggering.
(Required: heavy Sweep.) |
Source: abilities/sword/*