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'''Claymores''' are the ultimate [[long blades|long blade]].  They do more damage than almost any other weapon in the game (barring their [[blessed weapon|blessed counterpart]]s and [[giant spiked club]]s), but require a heavy skill investment to use quickly or accurately.
 
'''Claymores''' are the ultimate [[long blades|long blade]].  They do more damage than almost any other weapon in the game (barring their [[blessed weapon|blessed counterpart]]s and [[giant spiked club]]s), but require a heavy skill investment to use quickly or accurately.
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Revision as of 09:54, 3 May 2014

Version 0.14: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.
Name Claymore
Skill Long Blades
Damage 19
Accuracy -4
Base delay (%) 19 (190%)
Min delay 7 at skill 24
Hands 2H
Size Large
Ranged? No
A massive sword, requiring great skill to use effectively.

Claymores are the ultimate long blade. They do more damage than almost any other weapon in the game (barring their blessed counterparts and giant spiked clubs), but require a heavy skill investment to use quickly or accurately.

Claymore Ego/Randart Claymore Blessed Claymore Plutonium Sword
Claymore.png Claymore2.png Claymore3.png Plutonium sword.png

History

Claymores were introduced in 0.14, replacing triple swords. This change initially involved a slight boost to their base damage, but was changed to simply be a change of flavour (name, description, tiles).

Weapons
Axes BattleaxeBroad axeExecutioner's axeHand axeWar axe
Maces & Flails ClubDemon whipDire flailEveningstarFlailGiant clubGiant spiked clubGreat maceMace (Hammer) • MorningstarSacred scourgeWhip
Long Blades Demon bladeDouble swordEudemon bladeFalchionGreat swordLong swordScimitarTriple sword
Polearms BardicheDemon tridentGlaiveHalberd (Scythe) • SpearTridentTrishula
Ranged Weapons ArbalestHand cannonLongbowOrcbowShortbowSlingTriple crossbow
Short Blades DaggerQuick bladeRapierShort sword
Staves LajatangMagical staffQuarterstaff
Throwing BoomerangDartJavelinLarge rockStoneThrowing net