Rune Sword

Our Classic Era item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 23 other one-hand sword items between item level 36 and 65; 6 of them carry fixed stats.

• Its 30.3 damage per second ranks 13th of 24 one-hand sword items in this group; Holy War Sword (item level 65, requires level 60) has the most, 38.6.
• Attack speeds among the 24 one-hand sword items in this group run from 1.50 seconds (Hanzo Sword) to 2.70 seconds (Assassination Blade); it swings every 1.60 seconds.
• Annealed Blade has the most fixed stat points in this group, 12.
• Next one-hand sword items up with fixed stats: Doomforged Straightedge (item level 54, requires level 49), Assassination Blade (item level 57, requires level 52).
• Other weapon types for the one-hand slot within 3 item levels of 51: dagger (6): Ebon Shiv, Searing Needle, Vorpal Dagger; one-handed axe (3): Axe of Rin'ji, Moon Cleaver, Crescent Edge; one-handed mace (3): Changuk Smasher, Diamond-Tip Bludgeon, Smashing Star.

Item	Item level	Requires	DPS	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Bloodletter Scalpel	46	41	31.1 (1.80s)	none	-
Shortsword of Vengeance	47	42	31.7 (2.40s)	none	-
Serpent Slicer	49	44	32.8 (2.50s)	none	-
Joonho's Mercy	50	45	33.3 (2.10s)	none	-
Rune Sword	51	46	30.3 (1.60s)	none	-
Doomforged Straightedge	54	49	35.8 (1.90s)	+10 Strength	-
Widow Blade	54	49	32.2 (2.00s)	none	-
Hanzo Sword	55	50	36.3 (1.50s)	none	-
Blazing Rapier	56	51	37.1 (1.70s)	none	-
Assassination Blade	57	52	37.6 (2.70s)	+3 Strength	-
Crystal Sword	57	52	33.9 (2.30s)	none	-
Dimensional Blade	59	54	35.0 (1.60s)	none	-