Great mace

The great mace is the largest and heaviest weapon in the Maces & Flails category that most species can wield.

Strategy

Great maces are a fairly common weapon, often carried by ettins, orc knights, and vault guards. They are closer to a battleaxe or glaive (in both rarity and strength) than they are to an executioner's axe or bardiche.

Compared to something like an executioner's axe, great maces lack any special properties, but are more common and reach mindelay at a lower level. Trolls and Oni who plan to wield two-handers will want a giant spiked club, but other species can find this a respectable endgame weapon.

However, eveningstars are typically better. Compared to great maces, eveningstars deal -12% base damage, but only require one hand, allowing use of a shield. Since shields improve your survivability, this tradeoff is usually worth it. Eveningstars are considerably rarer, though.

	Image
Mundane	File:Mace large1.png
Magical/Artifact	File:Mace large2.png
Artifact	File:Mace large3.png
	Unrandarts
"Undeadhunter"	File:Great mace undeadhunter.png
Mace of Variability	File:Mace of variability.png
Firestarter
Dark maul	File:Dark maul.png

History

• Prior to 0.14, they had 18 base damage, and were much more common.