Gravite 2h sword

The Gravite two-handed sword is a melee weapon released with the Dungeoneering update.

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 40k tokens.

It is currently the strongest weapon for nonmembers, with an 87 crush bonus and a 90 strength bonus. Now the maximum strength bonus a nonmember player can have is 102 with a Strength Amulet, Rune Gauntlets and Gravite Two-Handed Sword.

Theoretically, the maximum hit it can do in a free to play world is 363 damage. Various websites show up with different results with some as high as 407.03.

However the weapon only lasts for 10 hours in combat (like all other Gravite weapons). After 10 hours of combat it will become completely uncharged and will have "(broken)" after its name.

The Gravite two-handed sword can be easily countered by the use of a black, mithril, adamant, or rune chainbody due to its dependence on crush attacks for accuracy.

To recharge the weapon you must go to the reward seller in Daemonheim. The recharge cost is 1 million gp (for a completely uncharged weapon) or 100,000gp with 6,500 tokens. This weapon has the same attack speed as a battle axe or warhammer. Unlike most other 2h swords, the gravite 2h is only effective using crush.

Trivia

 * You must pay 100,000 coins to use this weapon for 10 hours. A game tick is 0.6 seconds, so this is 60,000 game ticks of combat. Each hit takes 6 game ticks, so you can hit 10,000 times in 10 hours. That means that each hit costs 100 coins, approximately the price of the bolt spells. Alternatively, each hit costs 10 coins and .66 tokens if you choose to recharge using tokens.
 * This weapon is faster than a regular Two-handed sword, attacking one more time per 2.52 seconds.
 * The original price for this reward used to be 90k tokens (before the 21 April 2010 update).
 * Although the gravite 2h sword is capable of using both crush and slash attacks; people favour crush as it is far more accurate being +87 crush bonus opposing -4 slash bonus.
 * Obtaining 40,000 tokens means you have to get 400,000 experience. That means to get this reward, you have to have at least level 63 Dungeoneering.
 * It is very similar in looks to the fractite 2h sword.


 * Many people debate whether this or the Gravite Longsword is the best weapon. Using a max hit calculator, the Gravite longsword hits (99 str + str ammy + rune gaunts + rune zerker) 240 damage per 3 seconds or 78.82 damage per game tick. It should be noted that the Gravite Long is an effective stabbing AND slashing weapon, whereas the 2h can only do crush. While Crush is more useful against full plate armour, it can also be somewhat countered by wearing a chainbody., whereas plate armour is indifferent to slashing and kiteshields are weak to stabbing making the Gravite Long a more versatile weapon.


 * The Gravite 2h hits (99 str + str ammy + rune gaunts) 290.31 damage per 3.6 seconds (its slower). However, this come down to a 80.64 damage per game tick - giving the 2h a slight edge. This however, may be overcome by the added advantage of being able to use a shield with the gravite long Also, the fact that it depends heavily on crush makes it easily blocked by use of a chainbody and kiteshield (both provide good defense against crush attacks) The Gravite Long is more versatile, while the 2h boasts raw power. Which is better? it depends on your fighting style.