Which is the best in your opinion and why?

mace or greatsword

edit: because they are a good mix of speed/damage... also the mace/hammer perk is probably the best but hammers are pretty slow

A sword because axes are for wood chopping and maces look retarted and are corny.

sword n spell for my elf, battle axe for my barbarian nord, and double mace or waraxe for my orc....no particular reason thats just how i likes it

Without crunching numbers but still being objective about it: the axe seems like it would be good against boss type things and dragons, as that's when that bleed damage will really shine. On weaker enemies, you might be a little slower than either the sword or mace. I don't know if all creatures in the game have some sort of "natural" armor rating or if it's only the people actually wearing armor but if it's the former than the mace would probably be best. If it's the latter than, I don't know, nobody in this game wears good enough armor for the mace perk to really matter much. Swords and their +crit perks seem like the safe choice.


I wish someone would do the math on this stuff, because there's no way in hell I'm gonna.

a war axe. you got most of the brute strength of a mace but at the speed of a sword.

I opted for a mace this game. Never really used one in previous games; so I tried for something different. Curiously, when I joined the Companions, they offered me a free weapon choice, but there was no mace offered. :rolleyes:

Axe and Shield for my Nord named Perrin Aybara.