Black Metal Shortsword

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 26 other one-hand sword items between item level 18 and 34; 17 of them carry fixed stats.

• Its 13.5 damage per second ranks 5th of 27 one-hand sword items in this group; Heavy Marauder Scimitar (item level 27, requires level 22) has the most, 17.1.
• Attack speeds among the 27 one-hand sword items in this group run from 1.70 seconds (Sword of the Night Sky) to 2.90 seconds (Sinister Scimitar); it swings every 1.70 seconds.
• +4 Shadow Resistance: no other one-hand sword item in this group carries Shadow Resistance.
• Zealot Blade has the most fixed stat points in this group, 11 against 4 here.
• Next one-hand sword items up with fixed stats: Heavy Marauder Scimitar (item level 27, requires level 22), Skeletal Longsword (item level 27, requires level 22), Dragonmaw Shortsword (item level 28, requires level 23), The Butcher (item level 31, requires level 26), Hardened Iron Shortsword (item level 32, requires level 27).
• Cheapest listed one-hand sword items at a similar or higher item level: Viking Sword at 50 silver (item level 30, requires level 25), Decapitating Sword at 55 silver95 copper (item level 24, requires level 19), Fighter Broadsword at 1 gold50 silver (item level 27, requires level 22).
• Other weapon types for the one-hand slot within 2 item levels of 26: dagger (10): Blackfang, Blackvenom Blade, Deadly Bronze Poniard; one-handed mace (9): Diamond Hammer, Steelscale Crushfish, Crested Scepter; one-handed axe (8): Marauder Axe, Black Metal Axe, Axe of the Enforcer; fist weapon (1): Slicing Claw.

Item	Item level	Requires	DPS	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Bluegill Kukri	24	19	7.3 (2.80s)	+3 Strength	29,999 gold99 silver
Bronze Shortsword	24	19	12.4 (2.10s)	+3 Agility	10 gold99 silver
Decapitating Sword	24	19	12.3 (2.60s)	none	55 silver95 copper
Shadowfang	24	19	15.6 (2.70s)	+6 Agility	-
Sword of the Night Sky	24	19	7.4 (1.70s)	+2 Strength, +2 Agility	-
Black Metal Shortsword	26	21	13.5 (1.70s)	+4 Shadow Resistance	-
Twisted Sabre	26	21	8.1 (1.80s)	+2 Stamina, +5 Spirit	19 gold
Fighter Broadsword	27	22	13.9 (2.80s)	none	1 gold50 silver
Heavy Marauder Scimitar	27	22	17.1 (2.40s)	+4 Strength, +3 Stamina	-
Skeletal Longsword	27	22	8.4 (2.20s)	+4 Stamina	22,800 gold
Sword of Corruption	27	22	8.3 (2.10s)	none	477 gold
Dragonmaw Shortsword	28	23	8.6 (2.20s)	+4 Stamina	-