The dragon longsword is the only longsword that appears to have a curved point at the tip of the sword. It was later removed from their drop table after an update. Ice Warriors use the old version of the longsword, this may be an oversight by Jagex. On release of Revenants, they could drop the dragon 2h sword.Additionally, the sword has the same crush bonus as the obsidian maul and Godsword, making it an effective crush weapon. It also proves useful when playing Pest Control, where multiple Spinners may be found on a single space using the special attack can distract the mass from healing the portal. This allows the player to deal massive amounts of damage to many surrounding enemies at once, repeatedly. The attack is also useful in Nightmare Zone, when used in with the 'Power Surge' power-up that gives the player temporary infinite special attacks. It can be especially useful while training in multi-combat areas, like those where one may fight Bandits or Skeleton Monkeys.

However, there are no advantages when using this attack in a single-combat area.

When used in a multi-combat area, the attack hits all targets within 1 square of the player, including the one they are standing on no more than 14 enemies can be hit at one time with this attack. The dragon 2h sword has a special attack, Powerstab, which consumes 60% of the player's special attack energy. A player performing the dragon 2h sword's special attack, Powerstab.

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