Carving Sword is the 12th most-used weapon under the current filters (1.9% of 665,767 recorded fights), winning 62.1% overall - 6.8% of its wins come against better-geared opponents.
Best against Redemption Staff (98.5%), Great Holy Staff (97.8%), Druidic Staff (97.3%). Struggles against Dawnsong (35.2%), Rift Glaive (36.4%), Demonfang (38.2%).
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.