Mercenary Blade

Our Classic Era item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 16 other one-hand sword items between item level 27 and 47; 7 of them carry fixed stats.

• Its 18.8 damage per second ranks 14th of 17 one-hand sword items in this group; Shortsword of Vengeance (item level 47, requires level 42) has the most, 31.7.
• Attack speeds among the 17 one-hand sword items in this group run from 1.50 seconds (Knightly Longsword) to 2.80 seconds (Zealot Blade); it swings every 2.40 seconds.
• Annealed Blade has the most fixed stat points in this group, 12.
• Next one-hand sword items up with fixed stats: Reforged Blade of Heroes (item level 38, requires level 33), Annealed Blade (item level 40, requires level 35), Ginn-su Sword (item level 41, requires level 36), Speedsteel Rapier (item level 41, requires level 36).
• Other weapon types for the one-hand slot within 2 item levels of 36: dagger (8): Stonevault Shiv, Daring Dirk, Deadly Kris; one-handed mace (5): Ebony Boneclub, Kovork's Rattle, Midnight Mace; one-handed axe (4): Shovelphlange's Mining Axe, Gloom Reaper, Stalvan's Reaper.

Item	Item level	Requires	DPS	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Zealot Blade	34	29	22.1 (2.80s)	+5 Intellect, +6 Spirit	-
Jade Serpentblade	35	30	18.3 (2.60s)	+4 Strength, +4 Agility	-
Mercenary Blade	36	31	18.8 (2.40s)	none	-
Tainted Pierce	36	31	24.2 (1.90s)	none	-
Blade of the Basilisk	37	32	25.0 (1.90s)	none	-
Knightly Longsword	38	33	20.3 (1.50s)	none	-
Reforged Blade of Heroes	38	33	23.9 (2.20s)	+3 Strength, +8 Stamina	-
Scorpion Sting	39	34	26.5 (2.40s)	none	-
Annealed Blade	40	35	27.2 (1.80s)	+6 Strength, +6 Stamina	-
Nobles Brand	40	35	22.1 (2.10s)	none	-
Ginn-su Sword	41	36	27.9 (1.70s)	+4 Strength, +8 Agility	-
Speedsteel Rapier	41	36	28.1 (1.80s)	+8 Agility, +3 Stamina	-