Gravite 2h sword



The Gravite 2h sword is a melee weapon bought as a reward from the Rewards trader. Like all Gravite weapons, it requires 45 Attack to wield (with 45 Dungeoneering). It can also serve as a knock-out weapon for many Activities.

This item cannot be created by Smithing. It can only be bought as a Dungeoneering reward, costing 40,000 tokens. Realistically, one would need to achieve at least level 63 Dungeoneering before one can accumulate enough tokens to purchase the 2h. Like all other gravite weapons, the Gravite 2h will degrade after 10 hours of continuous combat. It will not degrade while wielding - it will only degrade during combat. It is recomended purchase this weapon if you're F2P. As p2p, you have much better options, such as chaotic equipment.

Due to the high Crush and Strength bonus of the Gravite 2h, it has been continuously proven to do higher damage per minute than a rune scimitar. This is especially true for PvP situations in which a rune scimitar's low attack bonus is often neglected. A Gravite 2h is able to deal multiple knock-out worthy blows accurately and consistently, even without the use of prayer. This is currently the strongest and most accurate weapon in F2P, therefore making it very popular to those who can obtain it. Note that the Gravite 2h sword has the same speed as battleaxes, which is faster than other 2h swords.

Repair costs
When first bought, the weapon is 20% charged. Repair costs come in 1% increments; you can repair them whenever there's at least 1% charge missing.
 * 100% charged (Fully charged) – no cost.
 * 99% charged – 10,000 coins or 1,000 coins and 65 tokens
 * 90% charged – 100,000 coins or 10,000 coins and 650 tokens.
 * 20% charged - 800,000 coins or 80,000 coins and 5200 tokens.
 * 0% charged (No charge) – 1,000,000 coins or 100,000 coins and 6,500 tokens.

Maximum Hit
In F2P, the maximum hit of this weapon is 362 with a Strength Potion, Ultimate Strength, 99 Strength and a weapon strength bonus of +102 (Gravite 2h Sword, Amulet of strength and Rune gauntlets).


 * The Gravite 2h sword has the highest strength bonus of any weapon in F2P, followed by the Corrupt dragon battleaxe. Maximum equipment bonuses bring these weapons to +102 and +101, respectively. Due to slight errors in the formulas used by maximum hit calculators, these weapons are falsely believed to hit higher (367 and 365, respectively) than they do.
 * It was once possible to stack a Strength potion with the stat boosting effects of a Kebab, therefore boosting a player to 113/99 strength. This no longer works, and has contributed to the popular misconception that the weapon can hit higher than it actually does.
 * Contrary to popular speculation, the Amulet of zealots does not increase the maximum hits of melee weapons in F2P because it replaces the Amulet of strength.

PvP
The Gravite 2h sword is often considered to be a good PvP weapon.

It is often compared with a rune scimitar. In a dangerous PvP situation (in which monk robes are used), the gravite 2h would still hold the advantage in terms of practicality. This is because of the Gravite 2h's tendency to hit high and dominate the battle quickly, forcing the opponent to always be on the defensive. The Gravite 2h has been known to hit 200s through prayer and significantly higher without, providing the player has max strength, uses prayer and using potions, and is wearing rune gauntlets. However, if the player does not have the significant stat to hit high, or is simply unlucky with accuracy, the rune scimitar holds the advantage of having a higher damage per minute in a prolonged fight.
 * The Gravite 2h has three slash options, although it has a slash bonus of -4. This makes its slash attacks very ineffective (which possibly suggests that it was originally intended to be a maul). This leads it to being rather difficult to use for a hybrid, particularly ones attempting to use the "range-2h" combo. However, PKers using the Rune gauntlets method (The Rune Gauntlet is replacing the position of the scimitar for risk, and one uses the 2h as the main weapon) will find that a Gravite 2h is quite effective in risky-PvP combat situations.
 * Another method is using a rune sword as a back-up or main weapon. When a player is wearing monk's robes or "no arming", this method is quite useful as it gives the player the ability to deal swift damages up to 250, and then allowing the player to quickly pull the 2h for a big KO.
 * A Gravite 2h can be very effective in armoured PvP situations as well, provided that the player has high attack (90+), very high strength (95+), and mediocre/decent defence (70+ min/80+ recommended). High defence, although no doubt useful in combat in general, is not a large factor in overall success in most 1v1 PvP situations, considering the large offensive bonuses one has when using a Gravite 2h.
 * Despite various rumours, a rune chainbody's extra crush bonuses of +6 over the rune platebody's is nowhere near enough to reduce the effectiveness of a Gravite 2h by a realistic margin (as the Gravite 2h's +87 crush would just as easily overwhelm the extra crush bonuses of the chainbody).
 * The Corrupt dragon chainbody is the only piece of free-to-play armour that has a crush defence bonus higher than the Gravite 2h's crush attack. Thus, it is the most effective means of defence against the gravite 2h for F2P. Although the Corrupt dragon chainbody is degradable and expensive.
 * Before a recent update, nearly all rune armour would have been kept over the Gravite 2h on death, as the Gravite 2h's high alchemy value is only 27,200 coins. Now, since the items kept on death are based on the Grand Exchange price of those items, or in case of untradeable items a more realistic price, the Gravite 2h Sword is kept over all conventional rune armour.

Trivia

 * The original price for this reward used to be 90k tokens (before the 21 April 2010 update).
 * Using the Gravite 2h in combat costs approximately 27.78 gp per second (assuming you are repairing it with gp only).
 * This weapon greatly resembles the Fractite 2h sword in appearance, but has attributes closer to that of a Fractite maul in that it is mainly a crush type weaponry. The Gravite 2h differs, however, from a Fractite maul in that it has a higher strength bonus and a slightly lower crush bonus.
 * Oddly, the Gravite 2h has three slash options, however it has a slash bonus of -4 (which possibly suggests that it was originally intended to be a maul). This makes only one of the combat styles practical for use, leading it to being rather difficult to use for a hybrid - particularly ones attempting to use the "range-2h" combo.
 * If you kill a player in the wilderness who is risking a Gravite 2h sword, you will get 24k gp for loot.

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