Velium swiftblade - bards

[koros]

Mace - (((10*2+11)/18)+(14*2/24)*.54)*1.23 = 2.89

Swifblade - (((10*2+11)/18)+(5*2/24)*.54)*1.36 = 2.64

Relative damage to each other. Simple answer to your question is that the mace will do more always.