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Weapons

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Weapons

Axe Mastery	Hammer Mastery	Sword Mastery	Strength	Tactics	No Attribute
Hatchet	Greataxe	Mace	Greathammer	Sword	Greatsword	Weapon	Weapon	Weapon	Weapon	Weapon	Weapon
Signet of Capture	Cleave Eviscerate Whirling Axe Triple Chop Decapitate	Signet of Capture	Devastating Hammer Backbreaker Earth Shaker Forceful Blow Enraged Smash Magehunter's Smash	Signet of Capture	Hundred Blades Dragon Slash Quivering Blade Crippling Slash	Signet of Capture	Signet of Capture	Signet of Capture	Signet of Capture	Signet of Capture	Signet of Capture

Weapons usability by professions (GW2)

Weapon		Guardian	Warrior	Engineer	Ranger	Thief	Elementalist	Mesmer	Necromancer
One-handed	Axe
	Dagger
	Mace
	Pistol
	Scepter
	Sword
Off-hand only	Focus
	Shield
	Torch
	Warhorn
Two-handed	Greatsword
	Hammer
	Longbow
	Rifle
	Shortbow
	Staff
Aquatic	Harpoon gun
	Spear
	Trident
Available sets		2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2
Number of usable weapons		11	11	4	10	6	5	9	8
Possible combinations		14	21	4	13	9	6	12	12

• indicates a two-handed, off-hand only or aquatic weapon that can be wielded.
• and indicate a weapon that is not usable.
• indicates a one-handed weapon that can be used in the main hand, but not in the off hand.
• indicates a one-handed weapon that can be used in the off hand, but not in the main hand.
• indicates a one-handed weapon that can be wielded in either hand.

Weapon types (GW1)

Weapon type	One-handed	Two-handed
Martial weapons
Melee	Axe Sword	Daggers Hammer Scythe
Ranged	Spear	Bow
Spellcasting weapons
Ranged	Wand	Staff
Off-hand items
Off-hand	Focus item Shield

Melee weapon comparison

Profession	Weapon	Hands	Damage range	Attack interval	Standard damage type	Other properties
Warrior	Axe	One	6-28	1.33 seconds	Slashing1
	Hammer	Two	19-35	1.75 seconds	Blunt1
	Sword	One	15-22	1.33 seconds	Slashing2
Assassin	Daggers	Two	7-17	1.33 seconds3	Piercing or Slashing4	2% double strike chance per rank of Dagger Mastery
Dervish	Scythe	Two	9-41	1.50 seconds	Slashing	Hits up to 2 additional foes adjacent to target

¹ Some axes and hammers do piercing damage.

² The Jitte deals blunt damage.

³ Excluding double strikes.

⁴ Daggers of Purity deal blunt damage.

Ranged weapon comparison

Profession	Weapon	Hands	Damage range1	Attack interval (seconds)	Range2	Flight time3 (seconds)	Arc size	Standard damage type	Other properties
Martial weapons
Ranger	Flatbow	Two	15-28	2.0	1.35	0.88	High	Piercing
	Hornbow	Two	15-28	2.7	1.20	0.59	Medium	Piercing	10% armor penetration
	Longbow	Two	15-28	2.4	1.35	0.59	Medium	Piercing
	Recurve Bow	Two	15-28	2.4	1.20	0.40	Low	Piercing
	Shortbow	Two	15-28	2.0	1.00	0.59	Medium	Piercing
Paragon	Spear	One	14-27	1.5	1.00	0.60	Medium4	Piercing
Spellcasting weapons
Monk Necromancer Mesmer Elementalist Ritualist	Staff	Two	11-22	1.75	1.20	0.56	Medium4	by attribute	+5...10 energy, 10...20% HSR, Extremely low critical hit rate
	Wand	One	11-22	1.75	1.20	0.56	Medium4	by attribute	Extremely low critical hit rate

¹Projectile weapons inflict more damage when fired at lower foes and less damage when fired at higher foes.

²Range is approximate, and is measured in aggro circle / danger zone radii.

³Flight time is at shortbow range.

⁴Is slightly higher than the other medium arcs.