On foot, polearms require some special tactics and, as such, are often misunderstood. When on foot it allows you to have the two-handed advantage (which is lack of 35% penalty) against melee foes by wielding it with both hands while still leaving you the option of using a shield when under fire from ranged troops.

By putting away your shield ( ) you can switch to two-handed, and vice versa. The Bastard Sword (normal, heavy and samurai one) is a special type of two-handed weapon as indicated in its pop-up it can be wielded either way.

You also cannot use a shield despite having a hand free. While on horseback all weapons are used with only one hand, so two-handed weapons suffer a 35% penalty to speed and damage when used from horseback. Two handed weapons deal more damage than one-handed weapons, but are generally slower.

Defence and swiftness of course has to come for a cost, so the drawback to this weapon type is that the relative range and damage is less than comparatively larger weapons (such as two-handed weapons and some polearms). This is the most usual weapon type, since it allows the player/unit to use a shield, and are very fast weapons. Help us expand it, and you get a cookie.īasic swords, axes and maces are in this category. One-handed weapons This section is a stub.

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