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Swords are one-handed melee weapons in Avowed. Find out which Swords are the best, how they are ranked, and the progression to acquire each Sword here!
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| List of All Swords | Best Swords |
List of Contents
| Tier | Swords | ||
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 S Tier |
 The Emperor’s Reach The Emperor’s Reach Rightful Annexation: Killing an enemy gives you +10% Attack Damage and +10% Move Speed for 6 seconds
Bend the Knee: Special Attacks Stun nearby Kith, cannot be chained |
 Last Light of Day Last Light of Day Golden Sun's Ascent: Killing an enemy restores 3% of your Maximum Health
Dawn's Remembrance: Hits deal +10% bonus Fire Damage |
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 A Tier |
 Carnet’s Cutlass Carnet’s Cutlass Seasoned in Battle: Killing an enemy gives you +15% Attack Speed for 10 seconds.
Kith Slaying: +20% Damage against Kith |
 Ondra’s Offense Ondra’s Offense Lamenting Flurry: A Full Combo gives the hit enemy -20% Damage for 15 seconds
Freezing Lash: Hits deal +10% bonus Frost Damage |
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 B Tier |
 Meteor Blade Meteor Blade Lamenting Flurry: A Full Combo Attack gives the hit enemy +20% Damage for 15 seconds.
Freezing Lash: Hits deal +10% bonus Frost Damage |
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 C Tier |
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For S-tier, The Emperor's Reach and The Last Light of Day stand out due to the former's utility and damage and the latter's ease of access and overall viability for the whole game.
Carnet's Cutlass and Ondra's Offense sit at A-tier due to their raw damage potentials, with Ondra's Offense being slightly better than Meteor Blade due to it being Frost-oriented. Lastly, the default Sword sits at C-tier due to the existence of better standard weapons.
| Swords | Ranking Explanation |
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The Emperor’s Reach The Emperor’s Reach Rightful Annexation: Killing an enemy gives you +10% Attack Damage and +10% Move Speed for 6 seconds
Bend the Knee: Special Attacks Stun nearby Kith, cannot be chained |
High DPS weapon that allows you to go from target to target and build up a momentum in combat. The Emperor's Reach is built for raw damage and does even more damage when facing Kith-type opponents which are plentiful in this game. |
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Last Light of Day Last Light of Day Golden Sun's Ascent: Killing an enemy restores 3% of your Maximum Health
Dawn's Remembrance: Hits deal +10% bonus Fire Damage |
Easy to acquire, provides a form of self-sustain in combat, and deals bonus Fire damage and accumulation. Solid choice that can be picked up and taken all the way to end game. |
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Carnet’s Cutlass Carnet’s Cutlass Seasoned in Battle: Killing an enemy gives you +15% Attack Speed for 10 seconds.
Kith Slaying: +20% Damage against Kith |
A more damage-oriented version of The Emperor's Reach. This weapon excels in the same areas as The Emperor's Reach, |
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Ondra’s Offense Ondra’s Offense Lamenting Flurry: A Full Combo gives the hit enemy -20% Damage for 15 seconds
Freezing Lash: Hits deal +10% bonus Frost Damage |
Reduces the damage that the enemy deals while also dealing Frost Damage. It is the perfect melee off-hand for Spellblade builds that focus on Frost. |
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Meteor Blade Meteor Blade Lamenting Flurry: A Full Combo Attack gives the hit enemy +20% Damage for 15 seconds.
Freezing Lash: Hits deal +10% bonus Frost Damage |
Performs similarly to Ondra's Offense, but deals Fire damage instead. It is a good Fire-oriented melee weapon for Spellblade builds that focus on Fire. |
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Sword
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Standard issue Sword that you receive in the game. No special passive but it does serve its purpose well when DPSing enemies, but is easily outscaled by other standard weapon choices. |
| Sword | How to Get and Explanation | |
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| 1 |
Sword
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How to Get: Can be obtained during the tutorial. For the early segments of Dawnshore, you can stick with the starting Sword until you get access to Paradis. |
| 2 |
Last Light of Day Last Light of Day Golden Sun's Ascent: Killing an enemy restores 3% of your Maximum Health
Dawn's Remembrance: Hits deal +10% bonus Fire Damage |
How to Get: Gained as a potential reward from the Dawntreader side quest, either by killing Sargamis or convincing him to sacrifice himself. You can opt to use this Sword for the entirety of the game, provided that you keep leveling it to scale with you, as it is a fairly solid sword to have as early as Dawnshore. |
| 3 |
Carnet’s Cutlass Carnet’s Cutlass Seasoned in Battle: Killing an enemy gives you +15% Attack Speed for 10 seconds.
Kith Slaying: +20% Damage against Kith |
How to Get: Obtained from defeating Captain Carnet during the Debt of Blood side quest. If you have enough sustain for yourself, you can opt to swap Last Light of Day for Carnet's Cutlass once you can acquire it in Emerald Stair. This sword is entirely DPS-oriented and is an overall damage increase at the cost of Fire damage and safety. |
| 4 |
The Emperor’s Reach The Emperor’s Reach Rightful Annexation: Killing an enemy gives you +10% Attack Damage and +10% Move Speed for 6 seconds
Bend the Knee: Special Attacks Stun nearby Kith, cannot be chained |
How to Get: Looted from a corpse in the Ancient Lakebed in Shatterscarp. The Emperor's Reach is considered a slight upgrade and the next-in-line from Carnet's Cutlass. If you once again reach a level where you have enough sustain and damage, this becomes your next main weapon as it provides stun and movement speed. |
| 5 |
Ondra’s Offense Ondra’s Offense Lamenting Flurry: A Full Combo gives the hit enemy -20% Damage for 15 seconds
Freezing Lash: Hits deal +10% bonus Frost Damage Meteor Blade Meteor Blade Lamenting Flurry: A Full Combo Attack gives the hit enemy +20% Damage for 15 seconds.
Freezing Lash: Hits deal +10% bonus Frost Damage |
How to Get: Obtained as a reward from the Forged of Star-Stuff side quest. In terms of swords, these two are considered side-grades and can only be acquired somewhere into Late Game, where you will likely have your build set up already. These can be taken as Late Game options for when you need elemental damage. |
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