Speedsteel Rapier

Our Classic Era item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 17 other one-hand sword items between item level 34 and 51; 5 of them carry fixed stats.

• Its 28.1 damage per second ranks 6th of 18 one-hand sword items in this group; Joonho's Mercy (item level 50, requires level 45) has the most, 33.3.
• Attack speeds among the 18 one-hand sword items in this group run from 1.50 seconds (Knightly Longsword) to 2.80 seconds (Zealot Blade); it swings every 1.80 seconds.
• +8 Agility ranks 1st of 3 one-hand sword items with Agility, the most in this group (level with 1 other item).
• +3 Stamina ranks 3rd of 3 one-hand sword items with Stamina; Reforged Blade of Heroes (item level 38, requires level 33) has the most, +8.
• Annealed Blade has the most fixed stat points in this group, 12 against 11 here.
• Other weapon types for the one-hand slot within 3 item levels of 41: dagger (9): Gemstone Dagger, Razor Blade, Searing Golden Blade; one-handed mace (5): Stonevault Bonebreaker, Fight Club, Midnight Mace; one-handed axe (3): Sickle Axe, Blue Glittering Axe, Shovelphlange's Mining Axe.

Item	Item level	Requires	DPS	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
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	-
Speedsteel Rapier	41	36	28.1 (1.80s)	+8 Agility, +3 Stamina	-
Ginn-su Sword	41	36	27.9 (1.70s)	+4 Strength, +8 Agility	-
Ebon Scimitar	43	38	25.0 (1.90s)	none	-
Bloodletter Scalpel	46	41	31.1 (1.80s)	none	-