The best two handed weapon

[Luca Zaia]

Is the elven hammer the best two handed weapon in the all game? Because i found it in the first 10hs of game and since that i can't find a weapon who is better and deal more damages.

[Rez Elwin]

Not even close, elven is fairly middle range, though it seems like you got one before you were supposed to. There are several tiers higher than Elven, Glass,Ebony,Daedric, and Dragonbone, Also Stalrim from Solstheim. Then depending on level various unique items.

[Luca Zaia]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Rez Elwin:

Not even close, elven is fairly middle range, though it seems like you got one before you were supposed to. There are several tiers higher than Elven, Glass,Ebony,Daedric, and Dragonbone, Also Stalrim from Solstheim. Then depending on level various unique items.

Ah ok thanks

[Fabio]

side note. the heavier the weapon ie elven great sword vs dragonbone great sword, dps is lower. Because of slower swings.

Want something with great dps? Main hand whatever flavor. offhand dagger. and only spam mainhand attacks (unless you have the Mehrunes' Razor dagger/insta-death on hit proc) with elemental fury shout/time freeze for extra stupid fun

[Rez Elwin]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Fabio:

side note. the heavier the weapon ie elven great sword vs dragonbone great sword, dps is lower. Because of slower swings.

Want something with great dps? Main hand whatever flavor. offhand dagger. and only spam mainhand attacks (unless you have the Mehrunes' Razor dagger/insta-death on hit proc) with elemental fury shout/time freeze for extra stupid fun

Where did you get that from? All greatswords swing at the same speed regardless of material and even if a DB sword did swing slower it would still have higher dps because Dragonbone is vastly stronger than Elven. The only difference in swing speed is weapon type, Axes swing slower than swords and maces/hammers swing slower than axes.

Elemental fury doesn’t work with enchanted weapons and if you are deliberately not using enchanted weapons you're unecessarly gimping yourself for a few moments of increased attack speed. Dagger in offhand and slowtime do work though.

[Duke Flapjack]

If you grab the Bloodskal Blade from Dragonborn it has a ranged attack when you power attack. It's pretty nice if the model is ugly. Fortunately there is a good mesh replacement.

[jreese46]

Go to Liar's Retreat and get The Longhammer. It's an Orcish warhammer that swings faster than normal.

[Jouni]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Rez Elwin:

Where did you get that from? All greatswords swing at the same speed regardless of material and even if a DB sword did swing slower it would still have higher dps because Dragonbone is vastly stronger than Elven. The only difference in swing speed is weapon type, Axes swing slower than swords and maces/hammers swing slower than axes.

Actually due to a bug most greatswords swing at the same speed as battleaxes. The only ones that work as intended are Ancient Nord Greatsword, Honed Ancient Nord Greatsword, Nord Hero Greatsword and Bloodskal Blade. The lower weight only affects the attack speed of bows but it also gives them shorter range.

Faster weapons are always better in Skyrim. The 1-3 points difference in base damage doesn't mean anything because all greatswords, battleaxes and war hammers still get the same bonus damage from smithing(if they are linked to a smithing perk) and faster weapons can apply that bonus damage faster.

So Honed Ancient Nord Greatsword and Nord Hero Greatsword have potential to deal the highest DPS out of all two-handed weapons unless you have downloaded the Unofficial Skyrim Patch which fixes that bug.

[Rez Elwin]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Jouni:

Oprindeligt skrevet af Rez Elwin:

Where did you get that from? All greatswords swing at the same speed regardless of material and even if a DB sword did swing slower it would still have higher dps because Dragonbone is vastly stronger than Elven. The only difference in swing speed is weapon type, Axes swing slower than swords and maces/hammers swing slower than axes.

Actually due to a bug most greatswords swing at the same speed as battleaxes. The only ones that work as intended are Ancient Nord Greatsword, Honed Ancient Nord Greatsword, Nord Hero Greatsword and Bloodskal Blade.

Faster weapons are always better in Skyrim. The 1-3 points difference in base damage doesn't mean anything because all greatswords, battleaxes and war hammers still get the same bonus damage from smithing(if they are linked to a smithing perk) and faster weapons can apply that bonus damage faster.

So Honed Ancient Nord Greatsword and Nord Hero Greatsword have potential to deal the highest DPS out of all two-handed weapons unless you have downloaded the Unofficial Skyrim Patch which fixes that bug.

Fair enough but if you play on PC without the patch your're playing the wrong way.