Broad Sword

Overview

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
	Hack	1	Melee, High Damage(Lethal), Foe: -Defense
	Slash	1	Melee, Moderate Damage(Lethal), Foe: -Defense
	Slice	2	Melee (Cone), Moderate Damage(Lethal), Foe: -Defense
	Build Up	6	Self +Damage, +Accuracy
	Parry	8	Melee, Minor Damage(Lethal), Self: +Defense(Melee,Lethal)
	Confront	12	Ranged, Foe: Taunt
	Whirling Sword	18	Player Based Area of Effect Melee, Moderate Damage(Lethal), Foe: -Defense
	Disembowel	26	Melee, Superior Damage(Lethal), Foe: Knockup, -Defense
	Head Splitter	32	Melee, Extreme Damage(Lethal), Foe: Knockback, -Defense

Powers

The following are powers in the Broad Sword powerset.

Build Up

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

Recharge	Long
Minimum Level	6 (Scrapper)
Effects	Self +Damage, +Accuracy
Enhancements	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Recharge Speed
	Enhance ToHit Buff

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	12 (scrapper)
Effects	Ranged, Foe: Taunt
Enhancements	Enhance Recharge Speed
	Enhance Range
	Enhance Taunt
	Enhance Accuracy

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	26 (scrapper)
Effects	Melee, Foe: Knockup, -Defense
Enhancements	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Recharge Speed
	Enhance Knockback
	Enhance Defense Debuff
	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage

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	1 (scrapper)
Effects	Melee, Foe: -Defense
Enhancements	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Recharge Speed
	Enhance Defense Debuff
	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage

Headsplitter

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	32 (scrapper)
Effects	Melee, Foe: Knockback, -Defense
Enhancements	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Recharge Speed
	Enhance Knockback
	Enhance Defense Debuff
	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage

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	8 (scrapper)
Effects	Melee
	Self: +Defense(Melee,Lethal)
Enhancements	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Recharge Speed
	Enhance Defense Buff
	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage

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	1 (scrapper)
Effects	Melee, Foe: -Defense
Enhancements	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Recharge Speed
	Enhance Defense Debuff
	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage

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	2 (scrapper)
Effects	Melee (Cone), Foe: -Defense
Enhancements	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Recharge Speed
	Enhance Defense Debuff
	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage

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	18 (scrapper)
Effects	Player Based Area of Effect Melee
	Foe: -Defense
Enhancements	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Recharge Speed
	Enhance Defense Debuff
	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage

External Links

• Broad Sword for Scrappers at Titan Network's RedTomax