requiem katana weapons class

[Det. Dave Starsky]

Im playing with the mod Requiem and Im at the point where i can choose which weapon to put points into on the skill tree...
I would like to use the katana but Im not sure which weapon class it comes under ?
Requiem lets you put points into the two-handed weapons... Quarterstaffs or Battle axe or Greatsword or Warhammer..

Any idea what , if any of those choices , the katana would be ?

Cheers

[Rez Elwin]

Well, a Katana is generally a one-handed sword.

[Det. Dave Starsky]

Hi I just went ingame and tried the silver dai-katana that i had stored and it turnes out its a 2-hander..
Its like a longsword ? maybe a greatsword... im not sure.

[Rez Elwin]

Originally posted by Det. Dave Starsky:

Hi I just went ingame and tried the silver dai-katana that i had stored and it turnes out its a 2-hander..
Its like a longsword ? maybe a greatsword... im not sure.

Well, that's a dai-katana, which is different. In this case it would be a great-sword.

[Det. Dave Starsky]

I see , there are one handed katanas too ?
Ive never used one in skyrim , thats good to know..
And thanks for letting me know.

[Rez Elwin]

Originally posted by Det. Dave Starsky:

I see , there are one handed katanas too ?
Ive never used one in skyrim , thats good to know..
And thanks for letting me know.

Well, there is in the base game, I do not know if Requim did away with them or not. They are not called Katana's though. They are Blades Sword or the Akaviri Sword, and a few Unique ones, there are no two-handed ones however.

[Valden21]

IRL, katanas would fall under the realm of the longsword, so they would be two-handed (yes, IRL longswords were used with both hands) with a few exceptions. But in the scope of the TES games, they're one-handed weapons.

[Rez Elwin]

Originally posted by Valden21:

IRL, katanas would fall under the realm of the longsword, so they would be two-handed (yes, IRL longswords were used with both hands) with a few exceptions. But in the scope of the TES games, they're one-handed weapons.

IRL Katanas were not the length of a long-sword, a Katana was the smaller side-arm sword of a Samurai, blade usually no longer than 24in, their larger main weapon was the Tachi, which is closer to long-sword in length, though typically still shorter. While both swords have elongated handles and can be wielded in two hands, that's just from the traditional fighting style, and their usual lack of shields. They can both be wielded just fine with one hand,

Swords larger than the Tachi, like the Dai-Katana, were two-handed.

Games often depict a Tachi, and call it Katana because it's the more common name that people know... for whatever reason. The Blades swords in this game, are Tachi.