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.
Basic sword skills
The basic sword skills are the most simple forms of all sword skills. These will change depending on the sword stance used.
Agile sword stance
The agile sword stance is a stance that focuses on mobility during combat at the cost of raw damage. Using any agile skill will put you in the agile stance.
Basic skills and attacks will be faster but will do less damage using this stance.
Crippling Sword Stance
The crippling sword stance focuses on bleed which does damage over time. Using any crippling skill will put you in the crippling stance.
Basic skills and attacks will inflict the bleed status effect using this stance.
Defensive Sword Stance
The Defensive Sword Stance focuses on parrying and reducing/blocking incoming damage. Using any defensive skill will put you in the Defensive stance.
Basic skills will parry melee attacks during their build up and swing and basic attacks will block melee attacks at 50% strength during their build up and swing using this stance.
Cleaving Sword Stance
The cleaving sword stance focuses on wide attacks with a large area of effect. Using any cleaving skill will put you in the cleaving stance.
Basic skills and attacks will gain a small aoe (area of effect) using this stance.
Heavy Sword Stance
The heavy sword stance focuses on slow but powerful attacks. Using any heavy skill will put you in the heavy stance.
Basic skills and attacks will inflict more poise damage with basic skills also inflicting the stunned status effect using this stance.
Source: abilities/sword/*