The art of combat using two-handed weapons such as greatswords, battleaxes, and warhammers. Those trained in this skill deliver deadlier blows.

Two-Handed is a skill in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and is one of the six skills that falls under The Warrior play-style. Two-handed skill is raised by the use of large weapons that are wielded with two hands. Due to the use of both hands, a spell or another weapon cannot be used while a two-handed weapon is equipped. When using two-handed weapons, the weapon can be used to block incoming attacks. Two-handed weapons do significantly more damage, but they take more time to swing and their power attacks use more stamina than any other type of weapon.

Contents 1 Comparisons with other games 2 Books and quests 2.1 Books 3 Trainers 4 Two-Handed weapons 4.1 Craftable weapons 4.2 Non-craftable weapons 5 Perks 6 Damage 7 Bugs 8 See also

Comparisons with other gamesEdit

Staves no longer require two-hands to wield.

Books and questsEdit

BooksEdit

• King
• Words and Philosophy - found at the end of Geirmund's Hall, which is east of Ivarstead.
• Battle of Sancre Tor
• Song of Hrormir - found in throne room chest in Yngol Barrow and at the back of Abandoned Prison
• The Legendary Sancre Tor
• Oghma Infinium - when the Path of the Warrior is taken, each combat skill increases by 5, including Two-Handed.

The following miscellaneous quest increases the Two-Handed Skill:

• Solve Octieve San's debt problem in Solitude.
• Retrieve Rjorn's Drum for Giraud Gemane in the Bards College in Solitude. This quest also increases Block, One-handed, Smithing, Heavy Armor, and Archery.

TrainersEdit

• Torbjorn Shatter-Shield (Expert): Windhelm
• Vilkas of The Companions (Master): Jorrvaskr, Whiterun
• Fura Bloodmouth (Master): Castle Volkihar ^DG
• Wulf Wild-Blood (Master): Skaal Village ^DB

Two-Handed weaponsEdit

The following are the confirmed weapons that benefit from this skill:

Craftable weaponsEdit

This is a list of Two-Handed weapons that the player is able to craft at a Forge given the appropriate perks.

• Battleaxe - Iron, Steel, Dwarven, Orcish, Elven, Glass, Ebony, Daedric, Dragonbone^DG, Nord Hero, Stalhrim^DB, Nordic^DB
• Greatsword - Iron, Steel, Dwarven, Orcish, Elven, Glass, Ebony, Daedric, Dragonbone^DG, Nord Hero, Stalhrim^DB, Nordic^DB
• War Hammers - Iron, Steel, Dwarven, Orcish, Elven, Glass, Ebony, Daedric, Dragonbone^DG, Stalhrim^DB, Nordic^DB

Non-craftable weaponsEdit

This is a list of Two-Handed weapons that are not able to be crafted by the player. They are either received as a quest reward or looted throughout the world. They may or may not be unique.

• Battleaxes - Ancient Nordic, Wuuthrad, Skyforge Steel, Drainblood, Headsman's Axe**, Rueful Axe, The Woodsman's Friend
• Greatswords - Ancient Nordic, Silver, Skyforge Steel, Ebony Blade**, Bloodskal Blade^DB
• Warhammers - Aegisbane, The Longhammer, Trollsbane, Volendrung

PerksEdit

The following are the perks that become available to select as the skill is leveled up

Perk (Ranks)	Requirements	Description
Barbarian (5)	Two-Handed 20/40/60/80	Two-Handed weapons do 20% more damage (+20% per additional rank)
Champion's Stance	Two-Handed 20, Barbarian	Power attacks with two-handed weapons cost 25% less stamina
Limbsplitter (3)	Two-Handed 30, Barbarian	Attacks with battle axes cause extra bleeding damage (Additional ranks raise the bleeding damage)
Deep Wounds (3)	Two-Handed 30, Barbarian	Attacks with greatswords have a 10% chance of doing critical damage (+5% per additional rank)
Skull Crusher (3)	Two-Handed 30, Barbarian	Attacks with warhammers ignore 25% of armor (+25% per additional rank)
Devastating Blow	Two-Handed 50, Champion's Stance	Standing power attacks do 25% bonus damage with a chance to decapitate your enemies
Great Critical Charge	Two-Handed 50, Champion's Stance	Can do a two-handed power attack while sprinting that does double critical damage
Sweep	Two-Handed 70, Devastating Blow OR Great Critical Charge	Sideways power attacks with two-handed weapons hit all targets in front of you
Warmaster	Two-Handed 100, Sweep	Backwards power attack has a 25% chance to paralyze the target

DamageEdit

The two-handed skill directly increases the damage dealt with two-handed weapons. For each skill level, the damage increases by 0.5%. This increase is multiplicative with damage increase from the barbarian perk and weapon improvements.

BugsEdit

•  PS3   Sometimes, when an enemy is decapitated, the enemy will not die and will keep fighting you.
• "Decapitated" enemies may not actually lose their heads.
•  360   Greatswords and other two-handed weapons may sound incorrect eg. A person with a warhammer hitting the wall for the first time will sound like as if the wall was being hit with a one-handed sword.

See alsoEdit

• Perks
• Skill (Skyrim)
• Weapons (Skyrim)

Skills in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
The Mage	Alteration · Conjuration · Destruction · Enchanting · Illusion · Restoration
The Thief	Alchemy · Light Armor · Lockpicking · Pickpocket · Sneak · Speech
The Warrior	Archery · Block · Heavy Armor · One-Handed · Smithing · Two-Handed

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