As with all weapons on spiral knights every sword has a charge attack. Some are ranged or are melee. Since are used for melee I feel that the swords without a melee charge attack should have an increased charge time similar to the Gran Faust.
Charge time for GF with CTR Medium (level 10): about 5 seconds
Other swords at level 10: about 2.5 or 3 seconds
These numbers were counted by the one-one thousand method of counting seconds. If more accurate data is provided I will be very grateful.
Swords that will be affected:
-Barbarous Thorn Blade
-Divine Avenger
-All brandishes.
-Winmillion
Due to the GF charge belong in the first place GF charge time will be increased to 6 or 7 seconds.
Swords not affected:
-Caliber lines (including Scissor Blades)
-Cutter lines.
-Flourish lines.
-Troika lines.
-FoV
-Hammers
Most weapons with no charge buffs have a five second charge time; Flourish/Snarble lines, Divine Avenger, Brandish lines, Calibur lines, Troika lines, Fang of Vog, Spur line, and the hammers for swords. Cutter might be four, I will have to check on that, and Gran Faust is ten or something. This is base charge rate, no bonuses, no heat, no nothing; base charge time, usually around five seconds.
Seeing as swords have a distinct advantage over guns and bombs anyway, why not add a second to all sword charge times? Spare no one, just give them all another second. Charge is supposed to be the major benefit for bombers, not sword users. The charge attack for most swords are often used for raw damage, but the primary focus of swords in general is supposed to be to use the basic attack for damage at that instant.