Two-Handed Weapons

Two-Handed Weapons are some of the most damaging weapons in the world of Elanthia. Users of these weapons have access to the claidhmore, a weapon that has a natural fantastic (40 points) level of critical weighting.

Ranks and Training Costs

Type	Square			Semi			Pure
Profession	Rogue	Warrior	Monk	Bard	Paladin	Ranger	Cleric	Empath	Savant	Sorcerer	Wizard
Max Ranks Per Level	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	-	1	1
Training Point Cost	6/2	3/1	5/2	7/2	4/2	6/2	10/3	13/3	-	14/3	14/3

Damage Factors and AvDs

Weapon	AG	Cloth	Leather				Scale				Chain				Plate				RT	Min RT	Damage Type	STR/DU
	AsG	1	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Runestaff	DF	.250	.200				.150				.150				.075				6	4	Crush	20/270
	AvD	10	15	14	13	12	10	8	6	4	15	11	7	3	10	4	-2	-8
Quarterstaff	DF	.450	.350				.325				.175				.100				3	3	Crush	20/140
	AvD	25	26	25	24	23	25	23	21	19	26	22	18	14	24	18	12	6
Bastard sword, two-handed	DF	.550	.400				.375				.300				.225				6	4	Slash/Crush	75/200
	AvD	42	45	44	43	42	41	39	37	35	44	40	36	32	43	37	31	25
Katana, two-handed	DF	.575	.425				.400				.325				.210				6	4	Slash	75/225
	AvD	39	41	40	39	38	40	38	36	34	41	37	33	29	39	33	27	21
Military pick	DF	.500	.375				.425				.375				.260				7	4	Puncture/Crush	60/150
	AvD	25	30	29	28	27	40	38	36	34	40	36	32	28	47	41	35	29
Flail	DF	.575	.425				.400				.350				.250				7	4	Puncture/Crush	60/150
	AvD	40	45	44	43	42	46	44	42	40	51	47	43	39	52	46	40	34
Flamberge	DF	.600	.450				.475				.325				.225				7	4	Slash/Crush	70/190
	AvD	39	43	42	41	40	48	46	44	42	50	46	42	38	44	38	32	26
War mattock	DF	.550	.450				.425				.375				.275				7	4	Crush	60/145
	AvD	32	37	36	35	34	44	42	40	38	48	44	40	36	53	47	41	35
Maul	DF	.550	.425				.425				.375				.300				7	4	Crush	60/145
	AvD	31	36	35	34	33	44	42	40	38	52	48	44	40	54	48	42	36
Two-handed sword	DF	.625	.500				.500				.350				.275				8	4	Slash/Crush	75/200
	AvD	41	45	44	43	42	44	42	40	38	48	44	40	36	47	41	35	29
Battle axe	DF	.650	.475				.500				.375				.275				8	4	Slash/Crush	70/155
	AvD	35	39	38	37	36	43	41	39	37	50	46	42	38	50	44	38	32
Claidhmore, new-style	DF	.625	.475				.500				.350				.225				8	4	Slash/Crush	75/200
	AvD	31	35	34	33	32	34	32	30	28	38	34	30	26	37	31	25	19
Claidhmore, old-style	DF	.625	.500				.500				.350				.275				8	4	Slash/Crush	75/200
	AvD	41	45	44	43	42	44	42	40	38	48	44	40	36	47	41	35	29

Weapon Damage Type Ratios

This table contains the two-handed weapon critical damage type percentage for successful attacks based on player research. As an example, claidhmores will result in 60% slash critical damage and 40% crush critical damage on average for all attacks, or a slash to crush damage ratio of 3 to 2. Claidhmores do not do puncture critical damage.

Weapon	Slash %	Crush %	Puncture%
Runestaff	0	100	0
Quarterstaff	0	100	0
Bastard Sword	66.7	33.3	0
Katana	100	0	0
Military Pick	0	33.3	66.7
Flail	0	66.7	33.3
Flamberge	50	50	0
War Mattock	0	100	0
Maul	0	100	0
Two-handed sword	50	50	0
Battle axe	66.7	33.3	0
Claidhmore	50	50	0

Resources

• Forging
• Damage factor
• Material
• Skills: Two-Handed Weapons, on Play.net
• Weapon Guide: Two-Handed Weapons, on Play.net
• Two Handed Combat Officials folder
• GSGuide.net