Saradomin Runescape

A player performing the Saradomin sword's special attack.

The Saradomin sword is a two-handed sword which can be obtained in the God Wars Dungeon. The sword is a possible drop from Commander Zilyana and her bodyguards in the Saradomin area. It requires 70 Attack to wield. It is one of the fastest two-handed weapons in the game, having the same attack speed as the abyssal whip.

Its special attack adds up to 16 extra Magic-based damage to the standard melee attack. If the melee attack misses, then the magic attack will not activate. However, the melee-based can still hit a 0 with the magic-based still activating (similar to Guthan's healing a 0 hit). Players receive 2 Magic experience for each point of damage caused by the magical hit. This special attack costs 100% of your spec bar.

Players can attach Saradomin's tear to the Saradomin sword to create a Saradomin's blessed sword, which has a +18 higher slash and +6 higher strength bonus. This process, however, will cause the sword to be consumed, and cannot be undone.

The Saradomin sword gives the same strength and slash bonus as the abyssal whip, but it offers an additional crush and prayer bonus and the ability to train strength by using an "aggressive" attack style, as opposed to the abyssal whip's "controlled" attack style. The sword also attacks at the same speed as the whip. However, since the whip is a one-handed weapon and can be wielded with a shield or a defender, the whip is the better option unless one wishes to train Strength. The sword may be a used as a more economical alternative to the whip, since it is not as expensive as the whip.

Other alternatives for strength training exist; a cheap option for someone who wishes to train Strength is a dragon scimitar in conjunction with a dragon defender. This method is more accurate than the Saradomin sword by 9 slash attack bonus but is lower in strength bonus by 10.

In some cases where accuracy is an issue, the dragon scimitar in combination with the dragon defender could prove to be more useful due to its greater slash attack bonus.

These are more often used than scimitars for higher level Strength pures. It's a very practical weapon for a pure because the only worthwhile shield at 1 Defence is the god book, which only offers attack/defence (or both) bonuses and +5 Prayer bonus. In contrast to a whip, a Saradomin sword would allow a pure to keep their attack at 70, while a whip would give Attack experience in addition to potentially causing unwanted Defence experience. The aggressive style of the Saradomin sword also slightly increases damage.

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