Dark Sword

The Dark Sword is a longsword that deals innate damage per hit.

This weapon can be sold for 5,000.

The Dark Sword blueprint can be acquired from Alert missions.

Characteristics
This weapon deals primarily damage.

Advantages:
 * Innate damage – effective against Alloy Armor and Robotic enemies.
 * Jump attacks are very effective at knocking down multiple enemies at once, whilst Dealing damage
 * 100% status proc on ground finisher.
 * Stance slot has polarity, matches Iron Phoenix stance.

Disadvantages:
 * Slow attack speed compared to other swords.
 * Low critical chance.

Tips

 * Because this weapon deals innate damage, two more combined elemental types can be added to form a three-element build. With a  and  combo, the Dark Sword can be made into an anti-Grineer weapon capable of defeating Ferrite Armor, Alloy Armor and Machinery. This same build also makes it effective against Corrupted.

Trivia

 * The Dark Sword and its shorter counterpart the Dark Dagger were previously physical damage weapons. Update 13 changed them to deal purely damage on their normal attacks, making them the first melee weapons to do so.