Are one handed hammers useable?

[Justin_760]

I almost never hear of anyone mentioning the small hammers, aside from Drang hammers. Are they decent enough to be able to play PvE with them? Dont mind a challenge to play with new weapons, so if they get "out-classed" by other weapon types it doesnt really bother me. If they are good which ones of the class are the best? And if they are bad, to what degree are they bad? Want some feedback before investing in these weapons. Absolutely no threads online for one handed hammers, which is shocking.

Thanks.

[cridus]

the mace is very good.

I've also read that the warpick is good, also because you can use the leo ring with it, but I tried it for some time and I didn't find it that good (at low levels though).

[Shard of Manus]

They're great... at times. For PvE, they have the range a Straight Sword lacks (with their animation boost at least), they have minor hyper armour (if you have high poise), and they do good damage.

The Mace is awesome, especially in the Catacombs of course. The Mace has high damage, great against armoured or skellie opponents (Hammers actually knock down skeletons, which makes Catacombs trivial).

The Warpick deals only Thrust damage, so combined with the Leo Ring can be very good (but not so much for the Catacombs). Lower base damage than the Mace, but Counter Attacks make up for that in some cases.

Drang Twin Hammers. Fantastic when buffed, as the L1s can be fairly devastating... otherwise quite mediocre for PvE. PvP is great because of the combo, but that's not your concern apparently.

The Morning Star with Carthus Rouge (or Bleed Infusion maybe...) is very good too. There are better Bleed weapons out there no doubt, but the damage it deals isn't miserable... it's like having an actual DPS weapon but with Bleed as well (hence I recommend Carthus Rouge, so the damage isn't ruined).