Black Metal Shortsword

Our Classic Era item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 19 other main hand sword items between item level 19 and 32; 8 of them carry fixed stats.

• Its 13.5 damage per second ranks 11th of 20 main hand sword items in this group; The Black Knight (item level 31, requires level 26) has the most, 19.7.
• Attack speeds among the 20 main hand sword items in this group run from 1.60 seconds (Warped Blade) to 2.80 seconds (The Butcher); it swings every 1.70 seconds.
• +4 Shadow Resistance: no other main hand sword item in this group carries Shadow Resistance.
• The Butcher has the most fixed stat points in this group, 9 against 4 here.
• Next main hand sword items up with fixed stats: Heavy Marauder Scimitar (item level 27, requires level 22), Skeletal Longsword (item level 27, requires level 22), The Butcher (item level 31, requires level 26), Hardened Iron Shortsword (item level 32, requires level 27).
• Other weapon types for the main hand slot within 2 item levels of 26: one-handed mace (8): Crested Scepter, Heavy Bronze Mace, Wicked Spiked Mace; one-handed axe (6): Marauder Axe, Blurred Axe, Black Metal Axe; fist weapon (1): Right-Handed Claw.

Item	Item level	Requires	DPS	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Bluegill Kukri	24	19	12.3 (2.80s)	+3 Strength	-
Bronze Shortsword	24	19	11.2 (2.10s)	none	-
Decapitating Sword	24	19	12.3 (2.60s)	none	-
Shadowfang	24	19	17.8 (2.70s)	none	-
Sword of the Night Sky	24	19	12.1 (1.70s)	+2 Strength, +2 Agility	-
Black Metal Shortsword	26	21	13.5 (1.70s)	+4 Shadow Resistance	-
Longsword	26	21	12.2 (2.30s)	none	-
Twisted Sabre	26	21	16.7 (1.80s)	+2 Stamina, +5 Spirit	-
Fighter Broadsword	27	22	13.9 (2.80s)	none	-
Heavy Marauder Scimitar	27	22	17.1 (2.40s)	+4 Strength, +3 Stamina	-
Skeletal Longsword	27	22	13.9 (2.20s)	+4 Stamina	-
Sword of Decay	28	23	17.6 (2.70s)	none	-