Swordsman

Swordsman
Required Quest	None
Required Quest	None
Required Quest	None
Main Weapon
Zweihänder
Damage Type	Physical
Properties	Main Weapon, Melee
Trait Info
Strong Traits (⇈)	Metabolism (Health Regeneration) Vitality (Base Health)
Weak Traits (↗)	None
Hero Mark
Mark of the Sword
Allows you to pick Swordsman character traits. +10 Base Damage, +10 Base Defense

The Swordsman is a Hero whose weapon is the Zweihänder.

The Zweihänder performs a cone-shaped attack that damages everything inside the cone for full damage regardless as to how many targets are within the cone. Crit chance is rolled separately for each target.

• It applies Stun for 0.2s.
• It can apply Knockback with a base velocity of 1.67m/s.

Character Status

Base Stats

See also: Stats

Defensive

Max Health	500
Health Regeneration	1.0/s
Defense	20
Block Strength	10

Miscellaneous

Movement Speed	5.0m/s
Pickup Range	4.0m
XP Gain	100%

Offensive

Damage	100
Attack Speed	0.9/s
Multistrike	1.00
Crit Chance	20%
Crit Bonus	65%
Force	30kbk
Range	7.0m
Area	45°

Level Up Bonuses

On top of the initial stats, Swordsman gains:

Per Level

Damage (Zweihänder)	+ 0.5
Range (Zweihänder)	+ 0.015m
Area (Zweihänder)	+ 0.1°
Health	+ 0.5%
Damage	+ 0.5%

Values without "%" are Base bonuses.

Traits

	Traits Swordsman Zweihänder
Type	I	II	III	IV	V
Weapon Proficiency	Coverage +15% Area (Main Weapon) +15% Range (Main Weapon) Power +30% Damage (Main Weapon)	Coverage +15% Area (Main Weapon) +15% Range (Main Weapon) Power +30% Damage (Main Weapon)	Coverage +15% Area (Main Weapon) +15% Range (Main Weapon) Power +30% Damage (Main Weapon)	Coverage +15% Area (Main Weapon) +15% Range (Main Weapon) Power +30% Damage (Main Weapon)	Blunt Force +100 Base Damage (Main Weapon) -0.2 Base Crit Chance (Main Weapon) Wide Swing +45° Base Area (Main Weapon) -0.2 Base Attack Speed (Main Weapon)
Proficient Stance	Dexterity +6% Attack Speed (Melee) +10% Crit Chance (Melee) Reach +20% Range (Melee)	Dexterity +6% Attack Speed (Melee) +10% Crit Chance (Melee) Reach +20% Range (Melee)	Dexterity +6% Attack Speed (Melee) +10% Crit Chance (Melee) Reach +20% Range (Melee)	Dexterity +6% Attack Speed (Melee) +10% Crit Chance (Melee) Reach +20% Range (Melee)	Damage +60% Damage (Melee) -30% Range Range +30% Range -60% Damage (Melee)
Dedication	Health +10% Health +5% Movement Speed Regeneration +10% Regeneration +10% Defense	Health +10% Health +5% Movement Speed Regeneration +10% Regeneration +10% Defense	Health +10% Health +5% Movement Speed Regeneration +10% Regeneration +10% Defense	Health +10% Health +5% Movement Speed Regeneration +10% Regeneration +10% Defense	+250 Base Health

V Quests

Name	Description	Reward
Story: Path of the Sword: Power Hitter IIStory: Path of the Sword Power Hitter II	Hit 500 enemies for 1 500 or more damage each in one run. (Main Weapon)	Swordsman Trait: Weapon Proficiency VSwordsman Trait Weapon Proficiency V
Story: Path of the Sword: Wide Sweep IIStory: Path of the Sword Wide Sweep II	Hit 80 enemies with a single attack.	Swordsman Trait: Proficient Stance VSwordsman Trait Proficient Stance V
Story: Path of the Sword: Blood's Taste IIStory: Path of the Sword Blood's Taste II	Recover 10 000 HP in one run.	Swordsman Trait: Dedication VSwordsman Trait Dedication V

Related Quests

Prerequisite		-+/-
Y,X	Name	Description	Reward	Restriction
1,4	Ring Blades Specialist	Have all Ring Blades projectiles travel a combined distance of 250000 meters in one run.	Upgrade: CycloneUpgrade Cyclone
2,3	Blood's Taste II	Recover 10 000 HP in one run.	Swordsman Trait: Dedication VSwordsman Trait Dedication V	Swordsman
2,4	Ring Blades Mastery III	Deal 3 000 000 damage with Ring Blades.	Trait Types: Cruel ReachingTrait Types Cruel Reaching
2,5	Just a Flesh Wound	Get hit a total of 500 times.	Item: ThornfistsItem Thornfists	Swordsman
3,3	Blood's Taste	Recover 2 000 HP in one run.	Item: Blood-Soaked ShirtItem Blood-Soaked Shirt	Swordsman
3,4	Ring Blades Mastery II	Deal 1 500 000 damage with Ring Blades.	Upgrade: Piercing BladesUpgrade Piercing Blades
3,5	Power Hitter II	Hit 500 enemies for 1 500 or more damage each in one run. (Main Weapon)	Swordsman Trait: Weapon Proficiency VSwordsman Trait Weapon Proficiency V	Swordsman
4,3	Wide Sweep II	Hit 80 enemies with a single attack.	Swordsman Trait: Proficient Stance VSwordsman Trait Proficient Stance V	Swordsman
4,4	Ring Blades Mastery I	Deal 750 000 damage with Ring Blades.	Trait Types: Strong FastTrait Types Strong Fast
4,5	Power Hitter	Hit 1 000 enemies for 300 or more damage each in one run. (Main Weapon)	Item: Echoing BandItem Echoing Band	Swordsman
5,3	Wide Sweep	Hit 25 enemies with a single attack.	Trait: Multistrike ITrait Multistrike I	Swordsman
5,4	Swordplay Mastery I	Deal 200 000 damage with your main weapon.	Ability: Ring BladesAbility Ring Blades	Swordsman
5,5	Swordplay Mastery II	Deal 1 000 000 damage with your main weapon.	Gold: 750Gold 750	Swordsman
6,2	Master Swordsman	Reach Agony III in the Haunted Caverns.	Mark of the Sword	Swordsman Haunted Caverns
6,3	Trained Swordsman	Reach level 60.	Gold: 750Gold 750	Swordsman
6,4	Novice Swordsman	Reach level 30.	Item: Scars of ToilItem Scars of Toil	Swordsman
6,5	Swordplay Mastery III	Deal 3 000 000 damage with your main weapon.	Gold: 1500Gold 1500	Swordsman
6,6	Undaunted	Kill a total of 10 Bosses.	Item: Fighter's HeadbandItem Fighter's Headband	Swordsman
7,4	Strong Arms	Acquire the trait "Strength IV".	Blessing: StrengthBlessing Strength	Swordsman

Trivia

• The icon for Swordsman's Weapon Proficiency was previously used as the vanilla icon for Weapon Proficiency, before there was a unique icon for each Hero.

Heroes
Swordsman	Archer	Exterminator	Cleric	Warlock
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