Originally Posted by
Stormcall
These are the unique swords available in D2 from 1.10 onwards:Rixot's Keen, Blood Crescent, Skewer of Krinitiz, Gleamscythe, Grizwold's Edge, Hellplague, Culwen's Point, Shadowfang, Soulflay, Kinemil's Awl, Blacktongue, Ripsaw, The Patriarch, Bloodletter, Coldsteel Eye, Hexfire, Blade of Ali Baba, Ginther's Rift, Headstriker, Plague Bearer, The Atlantean, Crainte Vomir, Bing Sz Wang, The Vile Husk, Cloudcrack, Todesfaelle Flamme, Swordguard, Djinn Slayer, Bloodmoon, Lightsabre, Azurewrath, Frostwind, Flamebellow, Doombringer, The Grandfather.
That's 35 unique swords. Out of that list, from 1.10 on, if you're not a new player, the ones people were likely to do anything with other than leave behind or vendor:Azurewrath, Blade of Ali Baba, Lightsabre. Kinimil's Awl saw a brief resurgence when the demand for chipped gems got high, but fell out of favor again once chipped gem demand dropped.
And of those 3 swords, none of them were usually used as main weapon. Azurewrath is typically a swap weapon for dealing with physical immunes, Lightsabre was sometimes used by duelers for the Lightning Absorb, and Blade of Ali Baba was a weapon swap for magic finders. Pre-1.10, before runewords were anything to take seriously, The Grandfather was somewhat desired, and several of those other swords weren't in game yet(and Azurewrath was a low level weapon nobody wanted).