Carving Sword is the 12th most-used weapon under the current filters (1.9% of 644,328 recorded fights), winning 62.1% overall - 6.8% of its wins come against better-geared opponents.
Best against Redemption Staff (98.3%), Great Holy Staff (97.7%), Druidic Staff (97.2%). Struggles against Dawnsong (34.3%), Demonfang (34.4%), Lightcaller (37.5%).
Winrate by IP difference (50-IP buckets, dot size = sample size). A flat curve means the weapon carries regardless of gear; a steep one means it only wins when out-gearing.