Griswold's Edge is a unique Broad Sword from Diablo II: Lord of Destruction.
A purely physical sword, Griswold's Edge focuses on brute strength to subdue enemies. This is indicated by its bonuses to Strength, Attack Speed, Attack Rating, and even added Fire damage. Although Griswold's Edge will do much less damage to enemies immune to fire, it is powerful against those that aren't.
Griswold's Edge's Knockback can be detrimental depending on playstyle. It does prevent a character from being surrounded, and subdues large crowds of enemies so that they can be taken on one at a time, but Knockback can also be quite frustrating against enemies with high life, making it harder to click on them to attack them. Still, many bosses are immune to Knockback, and considering they are the enemies with the most life, the problem does not apply to them.
Griswold's Edge is a normal unique item. Therefore, there are many more powerful unique alternatives to Griswold's Edge. Griswold's Edge is most effective early in game on Normal difficulty.
Stats[]
Griswold's Edge
Broad Sword
One-Hand Damage: (12-15) To (25-30)
Required Level: 17
Required Strength: 48
Durability: 32
Sword Class - Fast Attack Speed
+80-120% Enhanced Damage
Adds (10-12) to (15-25) Fire Damage
10% Increased Attack Speed
+100 to Attack Rating
+12 To Strength
Knockback
Trivia[]
- Griswold's Edge is one of the many namesake weapons of Griswold, originally from Diablo, but revived as a boss in Diablo II. The set Griswold's Legacy also takes his name.
- Griswold's Edge was also used by the Dark Wanderer in the original Diablo after the hero brings Griswold the Anvil of Fury.
Normal Swords — Rixot's Keen (Short Sword) • Blood Crescent (Scimitar) • Skewer of Krintiz (Sabre) • Gleamscythe (Falchion) • Griswold's Edge (Broad Sword) • Hellplague (Long Sword) • Culwen's Point (War Sword) • Shadowfang (Two-Handed Sword) • Soulflay (Claymore) • Kinemil's Awl (Giant Sword) • Blacktongue (Bastard Sword) • Ripsaw (Flamberge) • The Patriarch (Great Sword)
Exceptional Swords — Bloodletter (Gladius) • Coldsteel Eye (Cutlass) • Hexfire (Shamshir) • Blade of Ali Baba (Tulwar) • Ginther's Rift (Dimensional Blade) • Headstriker (Battle Sword) • Plague Bearer (Rune Sword) • The Atlantean (Ancient Sword) • Crainte Vomir (Espandon) • Bing Sz Wang (Dacian Falx) • The Vile Husk (Tusk Sword) • Cloudcrack (Gothic Sword) • Todesfaelle Flamme (Zweihander) • Swordguard (Executioner Sword)
Elite Swords — Djinn Slayer (Ataghan) • Bloodmoon (Elegant Blade) • Lightsabre (Phase Blade) • Azurewrath (Phase Blade) • Frostwind (Cryptic Sword) • Flamebellow (Balrog Blade) • Doombringer (Champion Sword) • The Grandfather (Colossus Blade)