Great Mace

Notes

• Requires 28 Strength with no Dexterity requirement and weighs 11.5. Standard damage scales only with Strength; two-handing meets the requirement at 19 Strength.
• Deals physical Strike damage. Its heavy and jumping attacks help pressure enemy stance, but a larger Strength scaling letter alone does not determine the damage of every attack.
• Unlike Great Stars, this mace has no innate blood loss and does not heal on each hit. Its value is direct physical damage rather than those separate passive effects.
• Endure costs nine FP and briefly lets you withstand attacks more easily. You still lose HP when hit, so use the opening to attack or heal rather than assuming invulnerability.
• Heavy uses an alternate upgrade progression that slightly lowers the Strength contribution to independently scaled skills compared with the usual Heavy progression. Direct mace hits still benefit from its own strong Strength scaling.
• Found in a camp chest on the Liurnia side of Grand Lift of Dectus. Neither medallion half, an Altus visit nor a Bell Bearing is required to open this chest.
• Upgrade it with ordinary Smithing Stones to +25. Its critical rating is the normal 100.
• Can use compatible Ashes of War. Grease or a weapon enchantment can be applied while using an affinity that allows weapon buffs; elemental and status affinities normally prevent those coatings.