Rapier
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The rapier is the short blade with the highest base damage. It is a desirable choice for stabbing and actual melee combat, at least if you have some skill with Short Blades.
Strategy
Rapiers are a fairly uncommon weapon. Some early- and mid-game monsters wield them (such as Eustachio, Nikola, and residents of the Elven Halls). Coupled with a flat-damage brand such as electrocution, pain, or distortion, and a rapier can be a devastating weapon.
A quick blade is usually stronger than a rapier, especially when stacked with flat-damage bonuses (like slaying, auxiliary attacks, and flat-damage brands). However, quick blades are much rarer weapons.
Daggers are better at stabbing at all realistic levels of skill. However, using a rapier to stab means not having to waste time switching weapons. Against sleeping monsters, for instance, swapping to the dagger can give the foe enough time to wake up.
| Common | |
|---|---|
| Mundane | File:Rapier1.png |
| Magical | File:Rapier2.png |
| Artifact | File:Rapier3.png |
| Unrandart | |
| Captain's cutlass | File:Captain's cutlass.png |
| Arc blade | File:Arc blade.png |
