Heavy weapon

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Heavy weapons are a class of melee weapons that rely on sheer force to inflict bone-breaking damage. Though slow and unwieldy in the wrong hands, they compensate for this flaw through the tremendous power they deliver. Due to such weapons being heavy and easily visible, they were not commonly utilized by Assassins who valued speed, secrecy and stealth. The great strength demanded by such weapons ensured that they were historically fielded to specialized heavy soldiers such as Brutes and grenadiers rather than units of lesser build. 

Description

As it name suggests, a heavy weapon is any large weapon whose considerable weight requires an average human to wield with both hands to use effectively. While cumbersome, its great size and weight ensures that successful attacks can be devastating to its targets. Heavy weapons are designed to overwhelm through its mighty power and force, smashing through the defenses of its enemies. When swung with sufficient strength, they are able to break through attempts to parry with smaller weapons, and opponents caught under the full weight of the blow may drop their weapons or collapse to the ground entirely.

Their major drawback lies in their immense weight which generally results in slower swings that can more easily be evaded by lighter and more agile opponents. Nevertheless, certain professional warriors, such as the poleaxe guards of the Ming dynasty of China, have been able to overcome this usual setback with their training and strength.

History

Heavy weapons have been utilized by warriors throughout history. During the Third Crusade, Crusaders such as the Templars Basilisk and Haras and the Hospitaller "Lazy Eye" favored greatswords in combat. In the first case, the Templar leader's reliance on his gargantuan weapon proved to be his undoing, as his adversary, the Master Assassin Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad defeated him in single combat three times by exploiting his sluggish maneuvers. The Cypriot religious zealot Moloch, an ally of the Templars, more uniquely wielded a heavy flail in his mortal duel against Altaïr at Kantara Castle in 1192, but he too was felled by the Assassin's superior mobility.

Centuries later during the Renaissance, heavy weapons were a staple of Italian armies, particularly mercenaries. Soldiers specifically trained for the use of heavy weapons were known as Brutes . The legendary Italian Assassin Ezio Auditore da Firenze for much of his life found it challenging to slip through the defenses of opponents wielding heavy weapons using a conventional sword. Instead, to execute counter-attacks against such foes, he was often, but not always, forced to rely on his Hidden Blades—which his enemies were generally not trained to defend against—heavy weapons of his own, or polearms of superior reach. He was, however, exceptionally adept at disarming Brutes with his bare hands. Late in his life, during his time in Constantinople, his skills had been refined to such a degree that he no longer struggled to counter enemies employing heavy weapons with a short sword or dagger.

In the 18th century, grenadiers, specialized soldiers in charge of lobbing grenades and leading assaults, were regular units of European armies. Given their muscular stature—as they were invariably chosen from among the strongest of soldiers—they were commonly equipped with heavy weapons. By this period, greatswords had become obsolete, and most heavy weapons took the form of giant naval axes. Grenadiers generally wielded Hessian axes or a variant thereof which were designed for the dual purpose of combat and felling trees. As such, they were also heavily favored by frontiersmen during the European colonial period of America. The enormous strength of typical grenadiers and frontiersmen meant that they were able to wield these great axes with one hand in combat.

Though their methods and combat arts heavily favor agility, swiftness, and evasion and brute force combat is discouraged, the Assassins throughout history did not actively shun heavy weapons, and some of their agents wielded greatswords and giant axes as their main weapons.

Combat techniques

Ezio killing a Brute with an axe

Italian soldiers, be they Brutes or mercenaries, were trained to perform a technique commonly called a Smash Attack, so called because the goal of this move was to overwhelm an opponent through the brutal force of a powerful swing. To perform this technique, one has to wind up his weapon with two hands, channeling his strength, before releasing the attack in one fell swoop with all his might. Upon impact, the enemy should buckle under the massive blow, possibly even loosing grip of his weapon or his balance. However, the long build-up time for the proper execution of this maneuver, as well as the wide sweeping swing, ensures that a combatant preparing for it would render himself highly vulnerable to being interrupted by an enemy strike.

In this respect, the Smash Attack closely resembles the "Strong Attack", a generic name for a slow, but powerful, strike with any melee weapon of any size. However, the Smash Attack differs in its emphasis on crashing through an enemy's defenses entirely and stunning them, an objective more akin to a "Staggering Blow".

The Smash Attack was taught to Ezio by his uncle Mario Auditore though he would rarely rely on it given his preference for medium weapons instead. During his time in Rome and Constantinople, Ezio was apt to use a different technique with heavy weapons entirely: that of throwing them directly at targets from as far as ten meters away.

Weapon statistics

Peloponnesian War (5th century BCE)

Heavy blunts

Name	Rarity	DPS (Max Lvl 99)	Attributes	Availability
Archer's Mace	Rare	7469	+23% Hunter Damage +20% Damage with Bow Charged Shot	Complete Waiting for Galarnos
Argos Priest Mace	Rare	7469	+23% Hunter Damage +50% Adrenaline on Headshot Kill	Complete The Priests of Asklepios
Atlantean Mace	Rare	7469	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Epic	7829
Bludgeon Mace	Common	7113	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Rare	7469
	Epic	7829
The Bludgeoner	Rare	7469	+23% Warrior Damage +30% Damage with Heavy Blunt	Complete The Favor
Boeotian Rhapsody	Epic	7829	(Randomised)	Loot a chest at the Akropolis of Thebes
Bone Mace	Rare	7469	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Epic	7829
Cerberos's Charge	Legendary	8257	+25% Warrior Damage +40% Damage with Charged Heavy Attack Ability +33% Melee charge speed and +33% Melee damage but -33% Health	Purchase the Tartaros Weapon Pack DLC
Ceremonial Mace	Common	7113	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Rare	7469
	Epic	7829
Champion's Mace	Rare	7469	+23% Warrior Damage +30% Damage with Heavy Blunt Weapons	Complete Legend No More
Cursed Mace of Herakles**	Legendary	8257	+25% Warrior Damage +30% Damage with Heavy Blunt Weapons Tamed beasts deal Fire Damage	Defeat Herakles
Dumontos' Kolossos Mace	Epic	7829	(Randomised)	Loot the chest at Lake Poseidon
Forged Mace of the Isu**	Rare	7469	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Epic	7829
Giant Mace	Common	7113	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Rare	7469
	Epic	7829
Hammer of Hemorrhaging*	Epic	7829	+24% Warrior Damage +50% CRIT Damage +20% Damage with Overpower Abilities	Complete Again, Maláka?!
Hammer of Hephaistos	Legendary	8257	+25% Warrior Damage +40% Fire Damage +25% Elemental Damage but -25% Physical Damage	Defeat the cyclops Arges
Hammer of Horns	Legendary	8257	+25% Warrior Damage +30% Damage with Heavy Blunt Weapons +30% Elemental Damage but -30% Elemental Resistance	Helix Store, Oikos of the Olympians
Hammer of Jason	Legendary	8257	+25% Warrior Damage +30% Damage with Heavy Blunt Weapons +20% Damage with Shield Break Ability	Loot legendary chest in Mycenae
Hammerhead	Legendary	8257	+25% Warrior Damage +20% Damage with Overpower Abilities +30% Damage while Low Health	Purchase Shark Pack DLC
Heavy Mace	Common	7113	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Rare	7469
	Epic	7829
Herakles' Mace	Legendary	8257	+25% Hunter Damage +30% Adrenaline per Hit +40% Damage with Bows when Above Target	Loot legendary chest in the Temple of Demeter and Kore
Isu-Forged Assassin's Mace**	Legendary	8257	+25% Assassin Damage +30% Damage with Heavy Blunt Weapons Assassin Damage applies to Nearby Enemies	Use the Forge of Atlantis
Isu-Forged Hunter's Mace**	Legendary	8257	+25% Hunter Damage +30% Damage with Heavy Blunt Weapons Basic Arrows Damage applies to Nearby Enemies	Use the Forge of Atlantis
Isu-Forged Warrior's Mace**	Legendary	8257	+25% Warrior Damage +30% Damage with Heavy Blunt Weapons Melee Attack Damage applies to Nearby Enemies	Use the Forge of Atlantis
Kolossos Mace	Rare	7469	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Epic	7829
Mace of Atlantis	Epic	7829	(Randomised)	Complete The Gates of Atlantis
Mace of Chalkis	Rare	7469	+23% Warrior Damage +30% Damage with Heavy Blunt Weapons	Complete Sharp Tongue
Mace of Justice	Rare	7469	+23% Warrior Damage +30% Damage with Heavy Blunt Weapons	Complete Witness Him
Mace of the Rebellion**	Epic	7829	+24% Warrior Damage +40% Damage on Isu +30% Damage with Heavy Blunt Weapons	Complete Free Their Minds, the Rest Will Follow
Mace of the Sphinx	Epic	7829	+24% Assassin Damage +30% Damage with Heavy Blunt Weapons +40% Fire Damage	Complete Awaken the Myth
Mallet of Everlasting Flame	Legendary	8257	+25% Warrior Damage +40% Fire Damage Weapon Damage becomes Fire Damage	Defeat the mercenary with the suffix "the Smoldering"
Markos' Tenderizer	Epic	7829	+24% Warrior Damage +50% CRIT Damage +40% Adrenaline per CRIT	Loot a chest in Aristocratic Residences
Meatgrinder	Common	7113	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Rare	7469
	Epic	7829
Minotaur Mace	Rare	7469	+23% Assassin Damage +100% CRIT Damage while Full Health	Complete What Lies Below the Surface
Monger's Dominator**	Epic	7829	(Randomised)	Defeat The Monger
Morning Star	Common	7113	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Rare	7469
	Epic	7829
Nemean Claws	Legendary	8257	+25% Warrior Damage +50% Damage on Animals	Purchase Nemean Lion Pack DLC
Ornate Mace	Rare	7469	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Epic	7829
Plunder Mace	Rare	7469	+23% Assassin Damage +30% Damage with Heavy Blunt Weapons	Complete We're Not Thieves
Poultry Pestle	Epic	7829	(Randomised)	Loot a chest at Alektryon's Rest
Ritual Mace	Common	7113	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Rare	7469
	Epic	7829
Self-Defense Mace	Rare	7469	+23% Assassin Damage +40% Adrenaline per CRIT	Complete Takes Drachmae to Make Drachmae
Sledgehammer	Common	7113	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Rare	7469
	Epic	7829
Testikles' Nutcracker**	Epic	7829	(Randomised)	Defeat Testikles
Testiklos' Nutcracker	Epic	7829	(Randomised)	Defeat Testiklos the Nut
The Rearranger	Rare	7469	+23% Warrior Damage +40% Fire Damage	Ubisoft Club
The Roar Unending*	Legendary	8257	+25% Warrior Damage +10% All Damage +20% Damage with Fury of the Bloodline Ability	Defeat The Immortals
Typhon's Mace	Legendary	8257	+25% Assassin Damage +30% Damage with Heavy Blunt Weapons +20% Damage with Charged Heavy Attack Ability	Defeat Exekias
Unrefined Adamant Mace**	Epic	7829	+24% Assassin Damage +40% Adrenaline per CRIT +10% All Damage	Complete Most Adamantly
Wooden Mace	Common	7113	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Rare	7469
	Epic	7829

*Only available after downloading Legacy of the First Blade
**Only available after downloading The Fate of Atlantis

Heavy blades

Name	Rarity	DPS (Max Lvl 99)	Attributes	Availability
Alkibiades' Axe	Rare	7469	+23% Assassin Damage +30% Damage with Heavy Bladed Weapons	Complete Handle with Care
Ancient Axe	Rare	7469	(Randomized)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Epic	7829
Arkalochori Axe	Rare	7469	+23% Hunter Damage +30% Adrenaline per Hit	Complete The Lost Arkalochori Axe
Astarte's Dull Axe	Epic	7829	+24% Hunter Damage +20% Warrior Damage +50% CRIT Damage	Defeat mercenary Astarte the Swamp
Axe of Deprivation**	Epic	7829	+24% Warrior Damage +40% Fire Damage +30% Damage with Heavy Bladed Weapons	Complete Lost, but Not Forgotten
Axe of Trials	Legendary	8257	+25% Warrior Damage +20% Damage with Overpower Abilities +20% CRIT Chance with Ring of Chaos Ability	Purchase Herakles Pack DLC
Battle Axe	Rare	7469	(Randomized)	Blacksmith, Loot
Berserk Axe	Common	7113	(Randomized)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Rare	7469
	Epic	7829
Black Axe	Epic	7829	(Randomized)	Blacksmith, Loot
Broad Axe	Common	7113	(Randomized)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Rare	7469
	Epic	7829
Bull's Chopper	Epic	7829	+24% Warrior Damage +40% Fire Damage +20% Damage with Overpower Abilities	Defeat mercenary Edonos the Charging Bull
Ceremonial Axe	Common	7113	(Randomized)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Rare	7469
	Epic	7829
Champion's Axe	Epic	7829	+24% Hunter Damage +30% Damage with Heavy Bladed Weapons	Complete Legend No More
Crude Axe	Common	7113	(Randomized)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Rare	7469
	Epic	7829
Dane Axe	Legendary	8257	+25% Warrior Damage +30% Damage with Heavy Bladed Weapons +50% Damage with Battlecry of Ares Ability	Ubisoft Connect
Elysian Axe	Legendary	8257	+25% Hunter Damage +10% All Damage +20% Damage with Rain of Destruction Ability	Defeat Polemon
Golden Axe	Rare	7469	(Randomized)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Epic	7829
Hades' Executioner**	Legendary	8257	+25% Assassin Damage +40% Fire Damage CRIT Chance now affects Elemental Buildup	Defeat Hades
Harbormaster's Axe	Epic	7829	+24% Hunter Damage +50% CRIT Damage +30% Adrenaline per Hit	Complete Sixth Sense of Sympathy
Harvest Axe	Rare	7469	+23% Hunter Damage +40% Damage on Athenian Soldiers	Complete Fourth-Degree Burns
Judgment of the Lion*	Legendary	8257	+25% Warrior Damage +20% Damage with Overpower Abilities 10% Health Restored on successful Parry	Complete Leviathan's Maw
Klytaimnestra's Battle Axe**	Epic	7829	+24% Warrior Damage 30% Damage with Heavy Bladed Weapons +40% Damage on Isu	Defeat Iphigenia
Labrys	Rare	7469	(Randomized)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Epic	7829
Lawmaker	Legendary	8257	+25% Warrior Damage +50% Crit Damage +100% Elemental Buildup with Charged Heavy Attack Ability	Lawgiver Pack DLC, Oikos of the Olympians
Lone Wolf's Axe	Epic	7829	+24% Hunter Damage +30% Adrenaline per Hit +30% Damage with Heavy Bladed Weapons	Defeat Abia the Shaded
Markos' Gift	Epic	7829	+24% Hunter Damage +20% Warrior Damage +50% CRIT Damage	Complete Markos's Fate
Minotaur's Labrys	Legendary	8257	+25% Warrior Damage +50% CRIT Damage -1 Adrenaline Cost for Overpower Abilities	Defeat the Minotaur
Minotaur-Slaying Axe	Rare	7469	+23% Warrior Damage +40% Fire Damage	Keep the items during Bravely Ran Away
Murder Axe	Rare	7469	+24% Warrior Damage +30% Damage with Heavy Bladed Weapons +40% Adrenaline per Hit	Complete A Herald of Murder
Mycenaean Axe	Rare	7469	+23% Warrior Damage +50% CRIT Damage	Ubisoft Club
Order Soldier's Axe*	Epic	7829	+24% Warrior Damage +40% Adrenaline per CRIT +50% CRIT Damage	Complete The Trap Is Set
Ornate Axe	Common	7113	(Randomized)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Rare	7469
	Epic	7829
Paros Axe	Rare	7469	+23% Assassin Damage +50% CRIT Damage	Complete Quarry Quandary
Ram Axe	Rare	7469	+23% Warrior Damage +40% Fire Damage	Purchase from Helix Store
Sam's Axe	Rare	7469	+23% Warrior Damage +30% Damage with Heavy Bladed Weapons	Ubisoft Club
Spiked Axe	Common	7113	(Randomized)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Rare	7469
	Epic	7829
Stone Axe	Common	7113	(Randomized)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Rare	7469
	Epic	7829
Swift Slayer	Legendary	8257	+25% Warrior Damage +30% Damage with Heavy Bladed Weapons +50% Damage and Elemental Buildup after Parry	Helix Store
Twin-Blade Battle Axe	Rare	7469	(Randomized)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Epic	7829
Typhon's Axe	Legendary	8257	+25% Warrior Damage +20% CRIT Chance while Full Health +200% Critical damage with Fire Attacks	Purchase the Tartaros Weapon Pack DLC
Ceremonial Scythe	Common	7113	(Randomized)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Rare	7469
	Epic	7829
Gilded Scythe	Common	7113	(Randomized)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Epic	7829
Harvest Scythe	Rare	7469	(Randomized)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Epic	7829
Scythe	Rare	7469	(Randomized)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Epic	7829
Spartan Grain Scythe	Rare	7469	(Randomized)	Complete A Godless Blight
War Scythe	Rare	7469	(Randomized)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Epic	7829
Forged Halberd of the Isu**	Rare	7469	(Randomized)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Epic	7829
Polyphemos Cyclops Bludgeon	Legendary	8257	+25% Assassin Damage +30% Damage with Heavy Bladed Weapon +25% Damage on Elites and Bosses	Defeat the cyclops Brontes
The Underbite	Legendary	8257	+25% Hunter Damage +50% Damage on Animals +50% CRIT Damage but -10% CRIT Chance	Purchase Wild Boar Pack DLC

*Only available after downloading Legacy of the First Blade
**Only available after downloading The Fate of Atlantis

Ptolemaic Egypt (1st century BCE)

Heavy blunts

Name	Rarity	Quality (Max Level 55)	Damage (Max Level 55)	Attributes	Availability
Bone-Cracker	Rare	117	532	Adrenaline on Kill III Adrenaline Regeneration I	Blacksmith, Loot
Boredom Bane	Common	113	528	Adrenaline on Kill I	Blacksmith, Loot
Bronze Bludgeon	Common	114	528	Adrenaline on Kill II	Blacksmith, Loot
Copper Mace	Legendary	122	535	Adrenaline on Kill IIII Combo Multiplier I Health on Hit	Blacksmith, Loot
Diamond Exchange	Common	115	532	Adrenaline on Kill II	Blacksmith, Loot
Eye of Apep	Legendary	121	532	Adrenaline on Kill II Critical Hit Damage III Poison on Hit	Desert Cobra Pack DLC
Eye of Ra	Legendary	121	532	Adrenaline on Kill III Adrenaline on Hurt II On Fire	Helix Store, Nomad's Bazaar
Face-Breaker	Rare	116	532	Adrenaline on Kill I Adrenaline Regeneration II	Monster Energy promotion
Fanged Mace	Legendary	122	692	Adrenaline on Kill 2 Critical Hit Damage 3 Health on Kill	Purchase the Far Cry Primal Pack
Festus's Thunder Ball	Common	115	528	Adrenaline on Kill III	Blacksmith, Loot
Glowing Mace	Legendary	123	535	Adrenaine on Kill III Combo Multiplier III Health for Critical	First Civilization Pack
Gruesome Mattock	Rare	117	535	Adrenaline on Kill II Bleeding on Hit I	Blacksmith, Loot
Headache Remedy	Legendary	123	465	Adrenaline on Kill III Adrenaline on Hurt II Sleep on Hit	Blacksmith, Loot
Keeper of Harmony	Legendary	122	535	Adrenaline on Kill I Critical Hit Damage IV Health on Hit	Complete The King of Kings
LOLCAT	Legendary	121	532	Adrenaline on Kill IV Critical Hit Rate I Health on Hit	Purchase the Wacky Items Pack
Mace	Common	114	532	Adrenaline on Kill I	Blacksmith, Loot
Minoan Poppy Pin	Common	115	535	Adrenaline on Kill I	Blacksmith, Loot
No Borders	Legendary	125	838	Adrenaline on Kill II Adrenaline on Hurt III Cursed	Nomad's Bazaar
Sharur	Rare	118	535	Adrenaline on Kill III Critical Hit Rate I	Kill the commander of Fort Boubastos
Skull-Breaker	Rare	116	532	Adrenaline on Kill III Adrenaline Regeneration I	Tribal Pack DLC
Spade of all Trades	Common	114	532	Adrenaline on Kill I	Blacksmith, Loot
Sycamore	Rare	116	532	Adrenaline on Kill I Critical Hit Rate II	Ubisoft Club
The Uab Block	Common	115	532	Adrenaline on Kill II	Blacksmith, Loot

**Only available after downloading The Curse of the Pharaohs

Heavy blades

Name	Rarity	Quality (Max Level 55)	Damage (Max Level 55)	Attributes	Availability
Battleaxe	Common	114	532	Adrenaline on Hurt II	Blacksmith, Loot
Bronze Axe	Common	114	536	Adrenaline on Hurt I	Blacksmith, Loot
Bronze Epsilon Axe	Common	115	539	Adrenaline on Hurt I	Blacksmith, Loot
Crescent Axe	Common	115	532	Adrenaline on Hurt III	Blacksmith, Loot
Crocodile's Fang	Rare	118	536	Adrenaline on Hurt II Bleeding on Hit III	Ubisoft Club
Cutting Axe	Rare	118	539	Adrenaline on Hurt II Critical Hit Damage II	Blacksmith, Loot
Divide et Impera	Legendary	123	539	Adrenaline on Hurt III Combo Multiplier III Health on Hit	Purchase the Roman Centurion Pack
Fan Axe	Rare	116	532	Adrenaline on Hurt III Combo Multiplier I	Blacksmith, Loot
Forlorn Hope	Legendary	122	539	Adrenaline on Hurt III Combo Multiplier II Sleep on Hit	Purchase the Nightmare Pack
Headsplitter	Legendary	123	544	Adrenaline on Hurt III Adrenaline on Kill II Health for Critical	Kill The Hill
Labrys	Legendary	123	539	Adrenaline on Hurt II Adrenaline Regeneration IV Health on Kill	Purchase the Gladiator Items Pack
Leviathan	Legendary	121	544	Adrenaline on Hurt II Adrenaline Regeneration I Health on Kill	Defeat the Gallic brothers Diovicos and Viridovix at the Krokodilopolis Arena
Medusa	Rare	118	536	Adrenaline on Hurt IV Adrenaline on Kill I	Complete The Smugglers of Cyrene
Mushussu	Legendary	120	593	Adrenaline on Hurt III Critical Hit Damage III Sleep on Hit	Helix Store, Nomad's Bazaar
Nebuchadnezzar's Wrath	Legendary	123	539	Adrenaline on Hurt IV Critical Hit Rate II Health for Critical	Nomad's Bazaar
Palmette Carver**	Legendary	123	582	Adrenaline on Hurt III Adrenaline on Kill III Health on Kill	Eliminate the Relentless One
Sahalin Axe	Legendary	126	838	Adrenaline on Hurt III Critical Hit Damage III Cursed	Purchase the For Honor Pack
Scalloped Head Axe	Common	113	532	Adrenaline on Hurt I	Blacksmith, Loot
Serpent Axe	Legendary	123	539	Adrenaline on Hurt IV Bleeding on Hit II Poison on Hit	Blacksmith, Loot
Shark Fin	Legendary	121	536	Adrenaline on Hurt II Critical Hit Rate III On Fire	Helix Store, Nomad's Bazaar
Sharp Cut	Common	114	532	Adrenaline on Hurt II	Blacksmith, Loot
Tooth of Sobek*	Legendary	122	539	Adrenaline on Hurt III Adrenaline Regeneration II Instant Charging	Assassinate the Shadow of the North.

*Only available after downloading The Hidden Ones
**Only available after downloading The Curse of the Pharaohs

Viking expansion Europe (9th century)

Great Swords

Name	Class	Atk	Spd	Stun	Crit Pre	Wgt	Availability
Carolingian Longsword	Bear	121	41	85	65	18	Loot chest in Forest Hideout, East Anglia
Doppelhander	Raven	112	48	76	69	16	Bought from merchants for 390 silver
Excalibur	Bear	122	40	86	65	18	Collect all Treasures of Britain and place them at Myrddin's Cave, Hampshire
Royal Sword	Wolf	117	44	81	81	17	Purchase the Premium Starter Pack
Saint George's Holy Sword	Bear	121	41	85	65	18	Defeat the champion at Deva Victrix
Scimitar	Bear	121	41	85	65	18	Purchase for 350 Helix Credits
Surtr Sword	Bear	117	44	80	81	17	Purchase the Hel's Damnation Pack
Swordfish	Wolf	117	44	81	81	17	Complete all Fishing Hut deliveries
Egyptian Khopesh	Bear	86	45	106	66	17	Trade 20 luxuries, 30 delicacies, and 40 texts with Azar
Blade of the Golden Rays	Raven	114	47	76	76	17	Purchase from Norvid during Sigrblot
Amalgam Sword	Wolf	120	45	71	79	15	Purchase the Fantastical Weapon Pack
Oblivion	Bear	120	45	81	79	15	Purchase the Moonlight Weapon Pack
Fröstbíta	Bear	120	45	81	79	15	Purchase the Frost Serpent Pack
Wyrm Cutter	Bear	120	45	81	79	15	Purchase the Dragon Knight Pack
Onyx	Bear	117	44	80	81	17	Purchase the Charlemagne Pack
Sword of Eden	Bear	117	44	80	81	17	Purchase the Knight ISU Pack
Lava Sword	Raven	114	47	76	76	17	Bought from Hildiran
Gjallarhorn Sword	Wolf	120	45	71	79	15	Purchase the Destiny 2 Character Pack
The Nameless	Bear	117	44	80	81	17	Purchase the Knight of the Round Table Pack
Elemental Claymore	Wolf	120	45	81	79	15	Purchase the Fantastical Weapon Pack
Caladcholg	Wolf	120	45	81	79	15	Purchase the Advanced Mechanicals Pack
Gram	Bear	117	44	80	81	17	Purchase the Svartalfar Weapon Pack
Sundered Slayer	Bear	117	44	80	81	17	Purchase the Broken Blade Weapon Pack
Bayonet Sword	Wolf	117	44	80	81	17	Purchase the Modern Day Pack
Sir Gareth's Holy Sword	Raven	114	47	76	76	17	Complete Francia's Anointed
Sword of the Damned	Bear	120	45	81	79	15	Purchase the Holy Knight Pack

Dane axes

Name	Class	Atk	Spd	Stun	Crit Pre	Wgt	Availability
Aella's Bardiche	Raven	116	38	105	63	17	Loot chest in Jorvik Theatre
Battle Sparth	Bear	129	32	118	63	19	Loot chest in Saint Helen's Spring, Lincolnscire
Bone-Biter	Wolf	125	35	115	63	18	Loot chest in Ikke en Oy, Rygjafylke
Bone-Maul	Wolf	126	34	115	63	18	Purchase for 350 Helix Credits
Dwarven Axe	Bear	136	30	110	63	19	Purchase the Einherjar Pack
Hemming's Axe	Wolf	126	34	115	63	18	Complete Reporting on Snotinghamscire
Lagertha's Axe	Wolf	127	33	116	63	18	Loot chest in Housesteads, Eurviscire
Moonlight	Raven	116	38	105	63	17	Ubisoft Club
Sepulcher Axe	Raven	117	37	106	63	17	Loot chest in Offchurch's crypt, Ledecestrescire
Dokkalfar Axe	Bear	136	30	110	63	19	Purchase the Svartalfar Weapon Pack
Skadi's Blade	Bear	131	30	120	63	19	Ubisoft Connect challenge
Vordr's Bite	Bear	131	30	120	63	19	Slay all the Legendary Animals
Öxi Eimyrju	Raven	117	37	106	63	17	Purchase the Demon Fire Weapon Pack
Shattered Destroyer	Raven	117	37	106	63	17	Purchase the Broken Blade Weapon Pack
Calder's Fury	Wolf	126	35	115	63	18	Complete Blazing a Trail
Algurnir	Bear	134	31	110	63	21	Purchase the Twilight Pack
Rollo's Lost Dane Axe	Wolf	126	32	114	64	19	Complete England's Protector
Vampire Claw	Raven	117	37	106	63	17	Purchase the Vampire Weapon Pack

Spanish Renaissance (15th century)

Name	Tier	Damage	Speed	Miss Chance	Modifiers	Requirements
Zweihander	★	24-39	2.00	3%	+3% Critical Chance	1,200 R 15 Copper Ore 15 Tin Ore
Longsword	★	26-37	2.00	3%	+5 Defense	1,200 R 10 Copper Ore 10 Tin Ore
Greatsword	★★	86-101	2.00	3%	+20% Critical Bonus	6,000 R 75 Iron Ore 75 Tanned Leather
Fine Zweihander	★★	78-104	2.00	3%	+5% Critical Chance	4,000 R 50 Iron Ore 50 Leather Scraps 1 Zweihander
Fine Longsword	★★	84-98	2.00	3%	+5 Defense +5 Health	3,600 R 40 Iron Ore 40 Leather Scraps 1 Longsword
Claymore	★★★	240-285	2.00	3%	+25 Defense +10 Health	13,500 R 125 Steel Ingot 125 Silver Ingot
Fine Greatsword	★★★	230-280	2.00	3%	+2% Critical Chance +30% Critical Bonus	10,000 R 125 Steel Ingot 125 Hardened Leather 1 Greatsword
Spada Lunga	★★★★	675-720	2.00	3%	+30% Critical Bonus	28,000 R 225 Toledo Steel 225 Steel Ingot
Master Claymore	★★★★	670-710	2.00	3%	+50 Defense +25 Health	21,000 R 200 Toledo Steel 200 Silver Ingot 1 Claymore
Resolute Great Sword	★★★★★	3.3k-3.4k	2.00	3 %	+145 Defense +95 Health +50% Critical Bonus	150,000 R 120 Gold Ingot 85 Fine Silk 1 Malachite
Sweeping Spada Lunga	★★★★★	3.7k-3.8k	2.00	3%	+50 Critical Bonus	150,000 R 120 Gold Ingot 85 Fine Silk 1 Cinnabar
Drachen Sword	★★★★★	5.3-5.7k	2.00	3%	+75% Critical Bonus	300,000 R 240 Gold Ingot 170 Fine Silk 1 Ancient Tablet
Paladin's Blade	★★★★★	5.1k-5.3k	2.00	3%	+245 Defense +285 Health +50% Critical Bonus	300,000 R 240 Gold Ingot 170 Fine Silk 1 Ancient Tablet

Italian Renaissance (16th century)

Name	Damage	Speed	Deflect	Cost	Availability
Bearded Axe	2	3	4	7000ƒ	Sequence 2
Bastard Sword	3	4	3	12400ƒ	Sequence 6
Stocco	3	5	5	17000ƒ	Sequence 7
Spadone	5	4	4	26100ƒ	Renovate 10 blacksmiths
Bartolomeo's Axe	3	2	5	N/A	Complete all Mercenary guild challenges
Spada Lunga	4	5	3	N/A	Complete Blacksmith shop quest

Ottoman Empire (16th century)

Name	Damage	Speed	Deflect	Cost	Availability
Bearded Axe	2	3	4	8050	Sequence 2
Merovingian Axe	1	5	5	7,326	Sequence 3
French Bastard Sword	3	4	3	14260	Sequence 4
Condottiero Axe	3	2	5	23460	Sequence 6
Prussian Longsword	3	5	5	30015	Sequence 7
Broadsword	5	4	4	N/A	Complete all Mercenary Guild challenges
Almogavar Axe	5	5	5	N/A	Complete "The Champion, Part 1" memory

American Revolution

Name	Damage	Speed	Combo	Cost	Availability
French Naval Axe	2	3	3	£750	Sequence 6
Hessian Axe	2	1	4	£3650	Sequence 6
Pirate Boarding Axe	5	4	2	N/A	Sequence 7
Naval Axe	4	4	2	N/A	Sequence 9
Boarding Axe	3	4	3	£7000	Sequence 9

Colonial Louisiana

Name	Damage	Speed	Combo	Chain-kill	Cost	Persona
Naval Axe	3	2	4	2	10,620 écu	Assassin
Boarding Axe	5	3	3	3	27,040 écu	Assassin
Obsidian Axe	5	2	4	2	16,310 écu	Assassin
Macuahuitl	4	3	3	2	17,000 écu	Assassin

French Revolution

Name	Level	Damage	Parry	Speed	Range	Cost	Modifiers	Availability
Pickaxe	◆	1	1	1	1	N/A	Additional Damage: +25%	N/A
Wooden Hammer	◆	1	1	1	1	N/A	Additional Damage: +25%	Complete Murder Foretold
Bastard Sword	◆◆	2	2	1	1	250₣	Additional Damage: +25%	N/A
Long Axe	◆◆	2	2	1	1	250₣	Additional Damage: +25%	N/A
Claymore	◆◆	2	2	1	1	N/A	Additional Damage: +25%	Complete The Body Politic
Bardiche	◆◆	2	2	1	1	250₣	Additional Damage: +25%	N/A
Seaman's Axe	◆◆	2	2	1	1	250₣	Additional Damage: +25%	N/A
Armorsplitter Axe	◆◆	2	2	1.5	1	N/A	Additional Damage: +25%	Purchase Secrets of the Revolution Pack DLC
The People's Bardiche	◆◆	2	2	1.5	1	N/A	Additional Damage: +25%	Purchase Revolutionary Armaments Pack DLC
Executioner's Double-Bladed Axe	◆◆	2	2	1.5	1	N/A	Additional Damage: +25%	Purchase Revolutionary Armaments Pack DLC
War Axe	◆◆	2	2	1.5	1	N/A	Additional Damage: +25%	Purchase the Heavy Pack DLC
Heavy Morningstar	◆◆◆	3	3	1	1	1,000₣	Additional Damage: +25%	N/A
Great Sword	◆◆◆	3	3	1	1	1,000₣	Additional Damage: +25%	N/A
Heavy Cleaver	◆◆◆	3	3	1	1	N/A	Additional Damage: +25%	Collect all artifacts from Le Louvre
Round axe	◆◆◆	3	3	1	1	N/A	Additional Damage: +25%	N/A
Long Sword	◆◆◆	3	3	1	1	N/A	Additional Damage: +25%	Play Assassin's Creed: Unity companion
Flamberge	◆◆◆	3	3	1	1	N/A	Additional Damage: +25%	Complete The Death of Philibert Aspairt
Swordstaff	◆◆◆◆	4	4	1	1	5,000₣	Additional Damage: +25%	N/A
Spiked Battle Club	◆◆◆◆	4	4	1	1	5,000₣	Additional Damage: +25%	N/A
Great Claymore	◆◆◆◆	4	4	1	1	5,000₣	Additional Damage: +25%	N/A
Tanner's axe*	◆◆◆◆	6	4	1	1	N/A	Additional Damage: +25%	Complete A Royal Hide
Officer's Round Axe	◆◆◆◆◆	6	6	1	1	N/A	Additional Damage: +25%	Complete Cut the Middle Man
Heavy War Mace	◆◆◆◆◆	6	6	1	1	25,000₣	Additional Damage: +25%	N/A
Viking's Remains	◆◆◆◆◆	6	6	1	1	25,000₣	Additional damage: +25%	N/A
Great Flamberge	◆◆◆◆◆	6	6	1	1	25,000₣	Additional Damage: +25%	N/A
Officer's Bardiche	◆◆◆◆◆	8	8	1	1	200,000₣	Additional Damage: +25%	N/A
Heavy Falchion	◆◆◆◆◆	8	8	1	1	125,000₣	Additional Damage: +25%	N/A

*Only available after downloading Dead Kings

Trivia

• The maximum amount of combo hits with a heavy weapon is three. ^{[citation needed]}

Assassin's Creed II

• Heavy weapons are not sold in stores, and Ezio Auditore cannot truly equip them. He may wield them by wrestling them from enemies or looting them off their corpses. However, he will lose a heavy weapon as soon as he performs a counter-attack as the weapon would become embedded in the enemy's corpse. Moreover, he will automatically drop it any time he sprints, grabs a ledge, completes a memory or a fight that was a phase of one, falls into water, or enters a hiding spot.
• Ezio Auditore can disarm a weapon from Brutes in the first attempt, whereas it can take several attempts to disarm Elite or Leader guards.
• Taunting is an effective method to disarm tougher guards such as Brutes or Papal Guards, as it makes them attack faster and gives Ezio more chances to disarm them.
• Ezio is unable to disarm guards wielding one-handed melee weapons until he learns the tactic from his Uncle Mario at the Villa Auditore. However, the game considers the ability to disarm guards wielding heavy weapons to be a separate skill from disarming guards carrying one-handed weapons, and Ezio is able to do it from the very beginning of the game. One can see this for oneself in the memory in which Giovanni, Francesco, and Petruccio Auditore are wrongfully convicted of treason against Florence and hung. If, after Uberto Alberti tells the guards to kill Ezio, the player waits for one of the two heavy-weapon-wielding guards to attack Ezio, Ezio can disarm them and use their weapons to kill the guards. Killing all the guards or killing some and scaring the rest away will count as "escaping", and complete the mission on the spot as soon as the last guard flees or is killed.

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood

• Unlike in its prequel, heavy weapons are available for purchase at the shops of blacksmiths. They therefore can be equipped as primary weapons.
• Brutes can no longer be disarmed in the first attempt in this game.
• A heavy sheath, purchased from a tailor, is required for Ezio to equip heavy weapons as his primary weapon.
• Upon wielding a heavy weapon, it replaces the space normally assigned to his medium weapon, although it cannot be used while on horseback or at the same time as the hidden gun as Ezio needs two hands to wield a heavy weapon.
  • Throwing a heavy weapon will leave Ezio with an empty weapon space which can be filled with weapons not purchasable at blacksmiths, such as the Scimitar or Florentine falchion. This allows Ezio to carry around much more powerful weapons than normal as early as memory sequence 3, until buying a new weapon or changing weapons at a blacksmith or the Tiber Island headquarters.
• Although Ezio can no longer perform the Smash Attack, enemy guards still can, as well as allied mercenaries.
• Assassin recruits below the rank of Assassino can wield heavy weapons, and although these are described as axes in the recruit's training interface, they can manifest themselves as two-handed swords as well.
• Occasionally, whenever a heavy weapon is thrown at a guard that was in mid-air, through freerunning after pickpockets, it will stay in their head, and they will stand still. From then on, the guard will appear dead and won't attack Ezio, but when the Assassin removes his heavy weapon from the body, the weapon will fall to the ground and can be retrieved as usual.
• Heavy weapons lack the ability to counter-attack other heavy or long weapon users, except during an execution or counter-kill animation. Despite this, long weapons retain the ability to counter other long or heavy weapons.
• Heavy weapons no longer becomes lodged in enemies when counter-killing them, allowing Ezio to keep using them for the duration of the battle, unless they are thrown.
• When attempting to throw a heavy weapon at Cesare Borgia at the memory Pax Romana, it will automatically miss since the player is required to destroy his armor and kill him by combat and using a medium, short, or a ranged weapon.

Assassin's Creed: Revelations

• Unlike in previous games, medium weapons can be used to counter heavy weapons.
• Although listed as a heavy weapon, the Broadsword is wielded like a medium weapon. However the sound effects in kill animations is a mix of both medium and heavy weapon sounds.
• Counter-steal cannot be performed while wielding a heavy weapon.

Assassin's Creed III

• Heavy weapons, in the form of giant Hessian axes, are only wielded by grenadiers and frontiersmen, who cannot be countered or grabbed. Their regular attacks are slow and similar to Smash Attacks and cannot be countered; Connor will instead automatically dodge them when the command prompt for countering is pressed. This type of soldier can only be harmed when disarmed.

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag and Assassin's Creed: Rogue

• Heavy weapons cannot be equipped as part of Edward or Shay's default loadouts. However, they can be found being used by grenadiers and used after they are defeated by the player. They do not visibly resemble any model found in Assassin's Creed III, but are identical to one another.

Gallery

Ezio using a bearded axe

The shop quest necessary to unlock one of the heavy weapons

Left to right: Labrys, Bearded axe, Bastard sword

Concept art of legendary heavy weapons in Odyssey

Appearances

• Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles
• Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines
• Assassin's Creed II
• Assassin's Creed II: Discovery
• Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
• Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade
• Assassin's Creed: Revelations
• Assassin's Creed III
• Assassin's Creed III: Liberation
• Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
• Assassin's Creed: Rogue
• Assassin's Creed: Unity
• Assassin's Creed: Unity companion app

Sources

• Assassin's Creed II: Official Game Guide
• Assassin's Creed Brotherhood: Official Game Guide
• Assassin's Creed Revelations: Official Game Guide
• Assassin's Creed III: Official Game Guide