Sword Breaker

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## Stats

**Sword Breaker** is a Level 75 mid-to-late-game Greatsword Weapon for the Warrior and the Oracle in Dragon Marked For Death. Sword Breaker can be upgraded up to Emanuel, at which it is imbued with the Fire Element.

## Lists

### Drop List

Sword Breaker drops from the following Quests:

* The Castle Burns Q.Lv. 80-100
* Calamity's Portent Q.Lv. 100-110

### Detailed List

This table shows all variants of Sword Breaker. The variants only have Elements, STR, PIE, ATK, ACC, and Effects, so all other columns have been omitted.

## Appraisal

### Recommendations

Sword Breaker is a Weapon focused on dealing high amounts of bonus Physical damage to Asura enemies. At higher levels, variants of this weapon have high amounts of STR and PIE, and the Fire Element imbued in Emanuel makes it a great weapon for lowering enemies' defenses. It is useful for both Warriors and Oracles running a Physical damage build.

#### Warrior

Sword Breaker's +3 variant, Emanuel, is a desired weapon for Warrior players just entering endgame (~Level 90+) and for clearing Quests at Q.Lv. 110+ due to its effect of dealing +50% Physical damage to enemies at least 10 levels higher than the player. Rushdown-style play can quickly inflict enemies with the Burn status ailment, and due to its bonus damage against Asura, is especially fatal to Asura enemies and bosses.

By endgame, Emanuel can stay in a Warrior's arsenal for a long time, until obtaining Berserker Sword.

Many builds employ Emanuel as a weapon for inflicting Burn before switching out to an Axe or another weapon to deal high amounts of Physical damage with War Cry. This weapon pairs well with Heat Zaghnal when fighting Asura bosses.

#### Oracle

Although Emanuel is not a necessity for Fire Oracle, it is still beneficial against fighting Asura enemies and inflicting enemies with Burn for extra damage. For a Fire Oracle maintaining a Physical damage build, alternative Weapons include Holy Sword for extra damage against Primal enemies.

By end-game (~Level 90-100), it is recommended to replace Emanuel with Tyrfing or Death Bringer +3 if you want to maintain a Physical build.

### Damage Calculation

The following table shows the damage calculations resulting from various effects.

 Sword Breaker +1
 Sword Breaker +2
 Emanuel
 10+ levels above player
 Asura & 10+ levels above player
 Asura, 10+ levels above player, & Burn | 337.5%

## Lore

### Real World Significance

Although it is a Greatsword in Dragon Marked For Death, the real-life swordbreaker was a 16th-17th century dagger that had "large, deep serrations along one side of the blade, resembling the barbed teeth of a comb and designed to entrap an opponent's blade" to make openings for follow-up attacks. Despite the name "swordbreaker", it is "uncertain whether they could truly break sword blades", as the swords of the era were designed to withstand forces much stronger than that of an opponent's off-hand weapon.

On the other hand, the name "Emanuel" refers to Maximilian II Emanuel, Prince-Elector of Bavaria, whose two-handed ceremonial sword was made from the rostrum sawfish. The length of the blade is 148 cm, and the sword has an inscription that reads, "IN TAV VAST //1689".

## References

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parrying\_dagger#Swordbreaker
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilian\_II\_Emanuel,\_Elector\_of\_Bavaria
3. ↑ Historical Weapons Research Journal - https://www.facebook.com/historicalweaponology/posts/pfbid033VZsLeFDjLUDdr69nUHHDcQtdreK9ZHnuq4sWHfxVSuRbjzbA7XYBXRCnW2eKcttl