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Overview

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Broad Sword is one of the powersets. It is a Scrapper primary power set in City of Heroes.

Wield a Broad Sword and master a variety of powerful lethal attacks. Slower than a Katana, the Broad Sword's weight strikes with more force and damage. The broad sword can reduce an enemy's defense, allowing other attacks to hit more reliably. The broad sword is a powerful melee weapon that has a bonus to accuracy. Like all scrapper powers, all broad sword attacks can sometimes land a critical hit for double damage.

Power Tables

Scrapper

The Broad Sword powerset is available as a primary set for Scrappers. The following table shows which powers are available and at what level:

Power Level Effect
Sword Hack.png Hack 1 Melee, High Damage(Lethal), Foe: -Defense
Sword Slash.png Slash 1 Melee, Moderate Damage(Lethal), Foe: -Defense
Sword Slice.png Slice 2 Melee (Cone), Moderate Damage(Lethal), Foe: -Defense
Sword BuildUp.png Build Up 6 Self +Damage, +To Hit
Sword Parry.png Parry 8 Melee, Minor Damage(Lethal), Self: +Defense(Melee,Lethal)
Sword Taunt.png Confront 12 Ranged, Foe: Taunt
Sword WhirlingSword.png Whirling Sword 18 Point Blank Area of Effect Melee, Moderate Damage(Lethal), Foe: -Defense
Sword Disembowel.png Disembowel 26 Melee, Superior Damage(Lethal), Foe: Knockup, -Defense
Sword HeadSplitter.png Head Splitter 32 Melee, Extreme Damage(Lethal), Foe: Knockback, -Defense

Powers

The following are powers in the Broad Sword powerset.

Sword BuildUp.png Build Up

Greatly increases the amount of damage you deal for a few seconds, as well as slightly increasing your chance to hit.

Recharge Long
Minimum Level Archetypeicon scrapper.png 6 (Scrapper)
Effects Self +Damage, +To Hit
Enhancements TO Training Endurance Cost.png Reduce Endurance Cost
TO Training Attack Rate.png Increase Attack Rate
TO Training ToHit Buffs.png Enhance ToHit Buff
Set Categories IO To Hit Buff.png To Hit Buff

Sword Taunt.png Confront

Challenges a foe to attack you. Useful to pull a villain off an ally who finds himself in over his head.

Recharge Fast
Minimum Level Archetypeicon scrapper.png 12 (Scrapper)
Effects Ranged, Foe: Taunt
Enhancements TO Training Accuracy.png Enhance Accuracy
TO Training Range.png Enhance Range
TO Training Attack Rate.png Increase Attack Rate
TO Training Taunt Effectiveness.png Enhance Taunt Effectiveness
Set Categories IO Taunt Duration.png Taunt

Sword Disembowel.png Disembowel

You perform a powerful Disemboweling maneuver that deals a great amount of damage, and can knock a target up into the air. This attack can reduce a target's defense, making him easier to hit.

Damage Superior Damage(Lethal)
Recharge Slow
Minimum Level Archetypeicon scrapper.png 26 (Scrapper)
Effects Melee, Foe: Knockup, -Defense
Enhancements TO Training Accuracy.png Enhance Accuracy
TO Training Damage.png Enhance Damage
TO Training Defense DeBuff.png Enhance Defense Debuff
TO Training Endurance Cost.png Reduce Endurance Cost
TO Training KnockBack Distance.png Enhance Knockback Distance
TO Training Attack Rate.png Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories IO Melee Damage.png Melee Damage
IO Defense DeBuff.png Defense Debuff
IO Knockback Distance.png Knockback

Sword Hack.png Hack

You Hack your opponent for a high amount of damage. This attack can reduce a target's defense, making him easier to hit.

Damage High Damage(Lethal)
Recharge Moderate
Minimum Level Archetypeicon scrapper.png 1 (Scrapper)
Effects Melee, Foe: -Defense
Enhancements TO Training Accuracy.png Enhance Accuracy
TO Training Damage.png Enhance Damage
TO Training Defense DeBuff.png Enhance Defense Debuff
TO Training Endurance Cost.png Reduce Endurance Cost
TO Training Attack Rate.png Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories IO Melee Damage.png Melee Damage
IO Defense DeBuff.png Defense Debuff

Sword HeadSplitter.png Head Splitter

You perform a devastating Head Splitter attack that deals a massive amount of damage and can even knock a foe down to the ground and reduce it's defense. This attack has an exceptionally good critical hit capability, better than other broadsword attacks, that can sometimes deal double damage. The power of this attack can actually extend a short distance through multiple foes.

Damage Extreme Damage(Lethal)
Recharge Slow
Minimum Level Archetypeicon scrapper.png 32 (Scrapper)
Effects Melee, Foe: Knockback, -Defense
Enhancements TO Training Accuracy.png Enhance Accuracy
TO Training Damage.png Enhance Damage
TO Training Defense DeBuff.png Enhance Defense Debuff
TO Training Endurance Cost.png Reduce Endurance Cost
TO Training KnockBack Distance.png Enhance Knockback Distance
TO Training Attack Rate.png Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories IO PBAoE Damage.png PBAoE Damage
IO Defense DeBuff.png Defense Debuff
IO Knockback Distance.png Knockback

Sword Parry.png Parry

You can use this power to Parry incoming melee attacks. The parry itself does minor damage, but every successful hit will increase your defense against melee and lethal attacks for a short while.

Damage Minor Damage(Lethal)
Recharge Fast
Minimum Level Archetypeicon scrapper.png 8 (Scrapper)
Effects Melee
Self: +Defense(Melee,Lethal)
Enhancements TO Training Accuracy.png Enhance Accuracy
TO Training Damage.png Enhance Damage
TO Training Defense Buff.png Enhance Defense Buffs
TO Training Endurance Cost.png Reduce Endurance Cost
TO Training Attack Rate.png Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories IO Melee Damage.png Melee Damage
IO Defense Buff.png Defense

Sword Slash.png Slash

You perform a quick Slash that can reduce a target's defense, making him easier to hit. This attack causes moderate damage, but has a quick recharge time.

Damage Moderate Damage(Lethal)
Recharge Fast
Minimum Level Archetypeicon scrapper.png 1 (Scrapper)
Effects Melee, Foe: -Defense
Enhancements TO Training Accuracy.png Enhance Accuracy
TO Training Damage.png Enhance Damage
TO Training Defense DeBuff.png Enhance Defense Debuff
TO Training Endurance Cost.png Reduce Endurance Cost
TO Training Attack Rate.png Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories IO Melee Damage.png Melee Damage
IO Defense DeBuff.png Defense Debuff

Sword Slice.png Slice

You slice your sword in a wide arc, attacking all enemies in front of you. Slice does less damage than slash, but can hit multiple foes and reduces their defense.

Damage Moderate Damage(Lethal)
Recharge Moderate
Minimum Level Archetypeicon scrapper.png 2 (Scrapper)
Effects Melee (Cone), Foe: -Defense
Enhancements TO Training Accuracy.png Enhance Accuracy
TO Training Damage.png Enhance Damage
TO Training Defense DeBuff.png Enhance Defense Debuff
TO Training Endurance Cost.png Reduce Endurance Cost
TO Training Attack Rate.png Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories IO PBAoE Damage.png PBAoE Damage
IO Defense DeBuff.png Defense Debuff

Sword WhirlingSword.png Whirling Sword

You perform a Whirling Sword maneuver, attacking all foes in melee range. This attack wounds your opponents, causing them to take minor damage over time and reduces their defense.

Damage Moderate Damage(Lethal)
Recharge Slow
Minimum Level Archetypeicon scrapper.png 18 (Scrapper)
Effects Point Blank Area of Effect Melee
Foe: -Defense
Enhancements TO Training Accuracy.png Enhance Accuracy
TO Training Damage.png Enhance Damage
TO Training Defense DeBuff.png Enhance Defense Debuff
TO Training Endurance Cost.png Reduce Endurance Cost
TO Training Attack Rate.png Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories IO PBAoE Damage.png PBAoE Damage
IO Defense DeBuff.png Defense Debuff

See Also

External Links

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