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{{flavour|It inflicts extra damage upon your enemies.}}
 
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The displayed brand name differs by weapons type:
 
The displayed brand name differs by weapons type:
 
*[[Axes]] - '''Chopping'''
 
*[[Axes]] - '''Chopping'''
*[[Short Blades]] - '''Slicing'''
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*[[Polearms]] - Spears and (demon) tridents: '''Piercing''', Two-handed polearms: '''Chopping'''
*[[Polearms]] - '''Piercing'''
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*[[Maces & Flails]] - (Demon) Whips: '''Slashing''', All other maces and flails: '''Crushing'''
*[[Maces & Flails]], [[Staves]] - '''Crushing'''
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*[[Staves]] - Quarterstaves: '''Crushing''', Lajatangs: '''Slicing'''
*[[Long Blades]] - '''Slashing'''
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*[[Long Blades]] - '''Slicing'''
 
*[[Short Blades]] - '''Piercing'''
 
*[[Short Blades]] - '''Piercing'''
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*[[Tomahawk]]s and [[Javelin]]s: '''Steel'''
 
*[[Ranged weapons]] - '''Velocity'''
 
*[[Ranged weapons]] - '''Velocity'''
  
While vorpal-branded weapons can be found randomly, you can also make your own through use of a [[scroll of brand weapon]] on a non-branded, non-artifact weapon. This may be a waste, however, as the scroll can also be used to affix several other more useful brands.
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There is a 15.8% chance to brand a melee weapon and a 19% chance to brand a ranged weapon with vorpal when a [[scroll of brand weapon]] is read on a non-artifact weapon.
  
 
== Tips & Tricks ==
 
== Tips & Tricks ==

Revision as of 22:44, 10 February 2018

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It inflicts extra damage upon your enemies.

Vorpal is a brand which any weapon may have. Melee weapons with the vorpal brand do between +0% and +33% additional damage each hit, averaging +16.6%. Ranged weapons do 20% more damage.

The displayed brand name differs by weapons type:

There is a 15.8% chance to brand a melee weapon and a 19% chance to brand a ranged weapon with vorpal when a scroll of brand weapon is read on a non-artifact weapon.

Tips & Tricks

  • This brand works best on high-damage weapons, since the damage is multiplicative.
  • Vorpal weapons are inferior damage-wise to most other brands, but versatile because nothing can resist its damage.

History

Prior to 0.16, this brand was called "stabbing" on short blades.

Prior to 0.13 this brand increased your damage between 0% and 25% each hit, averaging 12.5%.

Brands
Melee weapons AntimagicChaosDistortionDrainingElectrocutionFlamingFreezingHeavyHoly wrathPainProtectionReachingSpectralSpeedVampiricVenom
DisruptionDragon slayingReapingSilver
Launchers AntimagicDrainingElectrocutionFlamingFreezingHeavyPenetrationSpeed
Throwing weapons AtropaCurareDaturaDispersalPoisonedSilver