Swords

"Alas, the parchment lies half-blank..." — This manuscript is still a stub. You can help us by expanding it.

For the skill in Kingdom Come: Deliverance, see Sword (skill).

Swords is a combat skill in Kingdom Come: Deliverance II.

Description

The skill of fighting with swords and similar weapons. Sword-like weapons are agile and allow you to hit your opponent accurately and quickly, as well as to effectively defend against incoming attacks. Longswords also give you the advantage of a longer reach. The biggest disadvantage of these weapons is that they are usually ineffective against heavily armoured foes.

The higher your Swordsmanship skill, the faster your attacks will be, the more damage they will do, and the harder it will be for your opponents to block them.

Swordsmanship experience is gained primarily by fighting using the appropriate weapons.

Sword-like weapons include hunting swords, short swords, longswords, and sabres.

Skill books

• The Art of the Sword I
• The Art of the Sword II
• The Art of the Sword III
• The Art of the Sword IV

Trainers

Trainer	Location	Min. lvl
Captain Gnarly	Semine	5 lvl
Master Tomcat	Nomads' Camp	5 lvl
Arne the German	Kuttenberg	10 lvl
Black Bartosch	Trosky Castle	10 lvl
Gules	Semine	10 lvl
Matthew the collector	Matthew's camp	10 lvl
Vasko	Nomads' Camp	10 lvl
Vauquelin Brabant	Devil's Den	10 lvl
Bailiff Andreas Plümel	Kuttenberg	15 lvl
Captain Frenzl	Suchdol	15 lvl
Cobbler Linhart	Kuttenberg	15 lvl
Dry Devil	Devil's Den	15 lvl
Guard Commander Hans Plümel	Kuttenberg	15 lvl
Master Nicholas of Prague	Kuttenberg	15 lvl
Jan Posy of Zimburg	Bylany	20 lvl
Menhard von Frankfurt	Kuttenberg	20 lvl

Perks

There are a total of 14 Swords perks available in the game. New perk points are unlocked at every even-numbered level.

Icon	Name	Effect	Min. lvl
	Master Strike	To perform a master strike, you must attack at the moment of the enemy's attack from the opposite direction. This stops their attack and hits them with your own.	0 lvl
	Opening Strike	If you successfully wound an opponent by a strike to an uncovered zone (i.e. a zone your opponent isn't blocking from), it will be more difficult for the opponent to block your subsequent attacks.	6 lvl
	Precise Strike	With a fully charged sword attack, your Sword Fighting skill will count 3 higher. So your attack will not only be stronger, but it will also be harder to parry.	6 lvl
	Tendon Slicer	Each successful sword combo significantly reduces your opponent's agility and strength, making it harder for them to keep fighting and easier for you to defeat them.	8 lvl
	Showtime	After performing a sword combo or a master strike, you instantly regain some of your stamina and can attack again!	8 lvl
	Swordmaker's Wisdom	Your Craftsmanship level will count as 3 levels higher during blacksmithing, and all sword-like weapons will get 25% less damaged in combat.	10 lvl
	Gladiator	If you fight with only a one-handed Sword weapon and keep your other hand free except for a torch, you gain a +5 bonus on your Sword Fighting skill.	10 lvl
	Cleaver	You know how to make good use of this, and deal 15% more crushing damage with hunting swords.	12 lvl
	Whirlwind	If you fight with a short sword (not a hunting sword or saber) its defense will be 30% higher and your attacks and blocks will cost you 20% less stamina.	12 lvl
	Cutting Edge	If you cause bleeding with a saber attack, the target will bleed a quarter faster, making them easier to deal with.	12 lvl
	Magister Dimicator	When you perform a combo, you gain +5 to your Swordsmanship skill, making subsequent attacks easier to perform and more powerful. The effect lasts for 30 seconds.	14 lvl
	Opening Strike II	The effect of a successful opening strike will be greatly enhanced.	14 lvl
	Arm of Beowulf	You can use a longsword together with a shield or a torch. While its superior range can prove useful, your attacks with such a weapon will be 30% slower, 20% weaker and will cost you 20% more stamina. You will be able to perform shortsword combos, but not longsword combos.	16 lvl
	Slice and Dice	Each of your subsequent sword strikes in an unbroken series will deal more damage than the previous one. A series of strikes can be interrupted by a successful block, dodge on the opponent's side, by too much delay between attacks or by a wound on your side.	18 lvl

Combos

There are 16 sword combos available in the game. Most can be used with all types of longswords, shortswords, and with a shield, though some are specific to a certain sword type.

Longsword

Icon	Name	Effect	Pattern
	Lower Left Strike	After a left and then right strike, finish your attack with another left strike to slip past your opponent's weapon.
	Lower Right Strike	After a right and then left strike, finish your attack with another right strike to slip past your opponent's weapon.
	Oben Abnehmen	After a left strike and a feigned direct thrust, finish the attack with a right strike that slices along the opponent's blade.
	Knee Strike	After a left and an overhead slash, finish the attack from the left side with a thrust to the opponent's knee.
	Zorn Ort	After a sequence of three right strikes, finish your attack with a left strike, stabbing your opponent in the face.
	Kurzhaw	After attacking twice from above, finish your attack with a left strike to slip past your opponent's weapon.
	Mittelhaw	After an overhead and a right slash, finish the attack with a left slash across the opponent's abdomen.
	Fiore Halbschwerten	After an overhead and left slash, finish the attack with a right slash, stabbing the opponent in the chest with both hands.
	Pommel Strike	After two direct thrusts, finish the attack with a right slash, driving the sword pommel into your opponent's face.
	Rossen	After a sequence of a strike from above and two left strikes, finish the attack with a right strike. This will deflect the opponent's sword and hit their head.

One-handed sword

Icon	Name	Effect	Pattern
	Crushing Blow	After an overhead and left slash, finish your attack with a right slash, hitting the opponent's face with the pommel of your sword.
	Lower Right Strike	After a right and then left strike, finish your attack with another right strike to slip past your opponent's weapon.
	Lower Left Strike	After a left and then right strike, finish your attack with another left strike to slip past your opponent's weapon.
	Mittelhaw	After an overhead and a right slash, finish the attack with a left slash across the opponent's abdomen.
	Mittelhaw High	After a straight thrust and two quick right slashes, finish the attack with a left slash across the opponent's neck.
	False Edge	After a direct thrust and an overhead slash, finish the attack with a left slash, passing along the opponent's blade.
	Strong Edge	After performing a left and right slash followed by a direct thrust, finish the attack with a right slash, cutting the opponent's throat.
	Durchlauffen	After attacking twice from above, finish your attack with a left strike to hit your opponent in the face with the pommel of your sword.
	Knee Strike	After a left and an overhead slash, finish the attack from the left side with a thrust to the opponent's knee.

Sword & Shield

Icon	Name	Effect	Pattern
	Crushing Blow	After an upper and then left strike, finish with a strike from the right, hitting your opponent in the face with the edge of your shield.
	Lower Right Strike	After a right and then left strike, finish your attack with another right strike to slip past your opponent's weapon.
	Lower Left Strike	After a left and then right strike, finish your attack with another left strike to slip past your opponent's weapon.
	Mittelhaw	After an overhead and a right slash, finish the attack with a left slash across the opponent's abdomen.
	Mittelhaw High	After a straight thrust and two quick right slashes, finish the attack with a left slash across the opponent's neck.
	False Edge	After a direct thrust and an overhead slash, finish the attack with a left slash, passing along the opponent's blade.
	Knee Strike	After a left and an overhead slash, finish the attack from the left side with a thrust to the opponent's knee.