Gladius

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 10 other one-hand sword items between item level 3 and 15; 3 of them carry fixed stats.

• Its 2.4 damage per second ranks 7th of 11 one-hand sword items in this group; Enamelled Broadsword (item level 14, requires level 9) has the most, 4.4.
• Attack speeds among the 11 one-hand sword items in this group run from 1.90 seconds (Fine Scimitar) to 2.60 seconds (Shortsword); it swings every 2.10 seconds.
• Heavy Copper Longsword has the most fixed stat points in this group, 1.
• Next one-hand sword items up with fixed stats: Heavy Copper Longsword (item level 11, requires level 6), Feral Blade (item level 13, requires level 8), Enamelled Broadsword (item level 14, requires level 9).
• Cheapest listed one-hand sword items at a similar or higher item level: Cutlass at 15 silver (item level 15, requires level 10), Feeble Sword at 1 gold (item level 8, requires level 3), Notched Shortsword at 1 gold (item level 10, requires level 5).
• Other weapon types for the one-hand slot within 2 item levels of 9: dagger (8): Jeweled Dagger, Small Hand Blade, Carving Knife; one-handed axe (3): Rodentia Flint Axe, Scalping Tomahawk, Tomahawk; one-handed mace (2): Frostmane Scepter, Cudgel.

Item	Item level	Requires	DPS	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Shortsword	3	-	0.8 (2.60s)	none	-
Arcane Forged Shortsword	4	-	1.2 (2.60s)	none	-
Fine Scimitar	6	-	1.8 (1.90s)	none	-
Feeble Sword	8	3	1.5 (2.00s)	none	1 gold
Gladius	9	4	2.4 (2.10s)	none	-
Notched Shortsword	10	5	3.1 (2.10s)	none	1 gold
Heavy Copper Longsword	11	6	3.6 (2.50s)	+1 Agility	400 gold
Pale Skinner	12	7	3.6 (2.20s)	none	97,073 gold77 silver
Feral Blade	13	8	4.0 (2.60s)	+1 Agility	203 gold94 silver
Enamelled Broadsword	14	9	4.4 (2.40s)	+1 Strength	99 gold99 silver
Cutlass	15	10	4.1 (2.20s)	none	15 silver