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| Master Swordsman | |||
| Master Sword Offense | Master Sword Techniques | Master Sword Defense | Master Sword Finesse |
| Expert Sword Offense | Expert Sword Techniques | Expert Sword Defense | Expert Sword Finesse |
| Advanced Sword Offense | Advanced Sword Techniques | Advanced Sword Defense | Advanced Sword Finesse |
| Intermediate Sword Offense | Intermediate Sword Techniques | Intermediate Sword Defense | Intermediate Sword Finesse |
| Novice Swordsman | |||
Profession Overview[]
Swordsman is a melee profession that uses swords and hammers to deal heavy damage. Swordsman is the hardest hitting melee profession, although it's a little lacking on defense. Incrediblly useful damage specials such as Critical Strike and Head Hit are only aquirable in the Swordsman profession. Abilities such as Armor Break and Area Taunt make it appealing to other melee profession too.
This profession requires 106 skill points to master, 43 of which go towards prerequisites.
XP requirements to Master, including prerequisites:
- 405,000 Combat XP
- 91650 Onehanded Weapons XP
- 4,891,650 Twohanded Weapons XP
Profession Role Summary[]
- Primary Role: Close Range Damage Specialist
- Secondary Role: Melee Tanking (Mitigation)
- Offense: Very Strong (5)
- Defense: Moderate (3)
- Crowd Control: Minimal (1)
The Swordsman is the heavy hitting melee damage dealer. Up close there is no one that can dish it out like a Swordsman. The Swordsman has decent defensive abilities but is unable to hold out for the long haul.
Getting Started[]
Training Novice Swordsman requires 125,000 Two-handed XP and two branches from the Brawler tree:
You can find a Swordsman trainer in one of the following locations:
- Corellia, Kor Vella, (-3375 3285)
- Naboo, Theed, (-5382 4327)
- Rori, Narmle, (-5214 -2167)
- Talus, Dearic, (552 -2865)
- Tatooine, Mos Espa, (-2971 2032)
Related Skill Mods[]
- Two-handed Melee Accuracy +110
- Two-handed Melee Speed +75
- General Melee Accuracy +85
- General Melee Speed +25
- Melee Defense +85
- Ranged Defense +60
Abilities[]
This list only contains the abilities one would use at Master Swordsman, not the precursor ability.All abilities should be listed; add missing abilities on same line, but link to the same page. Include skill for each level of ability in the last column, as well. See Carbineer.
| Name | Command | Description | Granted At |
| Improved Area Taunt | /areataunt | Draws agro from all mobs within the area. | Expert Sword Techniques |
| Advanced Armor Break | /armorbreak | Reduces effectivness of opponents armor for a short amount of time. | Expert Sword Defense |
| Improved Berserk | /berserk | Grants extra damage on attacks for an extended amount of times, but with a penalty to defense. | Advanced Sword Offense |
| Improved Critical Strike | /criticalstrike | A high damage special, with a chance to "critical", causing tremendous amounts of damage. | Master Sword Finesse |
| Improved Head Hit | /headhit | A good damage-inflicting attack, with a very slight accuracy penalty. | Master Sword Techniques |
| Improved Power Attack | /powerattack | A straight forward damage special. Has a 2 second warm up, in comparison to Improved Critical Strike and Improved Head hit not having a warm up. | Master Sword Offense |
| Improved Sword Flurry | /swordflurry | Grants a slight amount of extra damage, but also gives a temporary defensive bonus. | Master Swordsman |
Certifications[]
Community Information[]
Swordsman Correspondent: Kreymerr
Former Correspondents:
- StGabriel
- Gorecki
Swordsman Forum: http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board?board.id=swordsman
Titles:
Apprentice Heavy Swordsman
Battlemaster
Cleaver
Expert Heavy Swordsman
Master Swordsman
Novice Brawler
Novice Swordsman
Warrior
<Swordsman Skill Tree by APEist>
<Swordsman PvP Guide APEist>
Swordsman Guides[]
- PvP as a Swordsman