Mace Fighting

Summary

The Mace Fighting skill allows the use of slow hitting blunt weapons.

• Mace class weapons cannot be Poisoned.
• All mace class weapons inflict stamina loss on the defender in PvP as if the attack had dealt 25% more damage than what was actually inflicted
• The chance to hit with a mace class weapon is equal to (attacker's mace fighting skill + 50) / ((defender's weapon or wrestling skill + 50) * 2) plus any relevant accuracy bonuses
• Increases Base Weapon Damage by (25% * Skill / 100) as a secondary weapon skill (when using another weapon skill) in PvM.
• Reduced to Base Weapon Damage by (10% * Skill / 100) as a secondary weapon skill (when using another weapon skill) in PvP.

PvM Special Attack

• Only works against creatures, not other players
• Players have a 10% base chance of inflicting a Special Attack against creatures
  • This chance can be further increased via the Arms Lore, Water Aspect Armor, or Mastery Chain Links
  • Increases damage dealt by the attack that generated the special by 50% (by up to 100% if the target is at or taken to 0 AR)
  • Pierces the target for 8-16 seconds (reduces target's Effective Armor Value by 25)
  • If the pierce effect would reduce target's effective armor below zero, the damage of the attack is increased by a % equal to the amount of AR in excess of 0
    • Example: a creature at 20 AR would be reduced to 0 AR and then take 80% extra damage (50% + 30% additional)
  • Effect duration scales based on weapon speed (slower macing weapons have longer effect duration) and creature difficulty

Mace Fighting Weapons

Main article: Armor & Weapons

Mace class weapons can be crafted with blacksmithy or carpentry depending on their material or bought from NPCs.

Interrupt					Grinding (Light)
Weapon	Wielded With	Poisonable	Speed		Weapon	Wielded With	Poisonable	Speed
Club	1H	No	54		Mace	1H	No	46
War Axe	1H	No	54		Maul	1H	No	46
Hammerpick	1H	No	54		War Mace	1H	No	46
Cudgel	1H	No	54		Pickaxe	2H	No	46
Skull Club	1H	No	54		Flanged Mace	2H	No	46
					Flail	2H	No	46
Grinding (Medium)					Burst
Weapon	Wielded With	Poisonable	Speed		Weapon	Wielded With	Poisonable	Speed
Gnarled Staff	2H	No	36		War Hammer	2H	No	27
Black Staff	2H	No	36		Great Sledge	2H	No	27
Quarter Staff	2H	No	36		Great Mace	2H	No	27
Shepherd's Crook	2H	No	36		Giant Spiked Mace	2H	No	27
					Giant Club	2H	No	27

Beneficial Skills

Having these skills benefit Mace Fighting.

*Table only includes passive skill bonuses and does not include temporary or toggle-able effects*

Skill	Benefit	Weapon
Anatomy	Increases Base Weapon Damage * (20% * (Anatomy Skill / 100)) Increases codex finisher chance by (100% * (Anatomy Skill / 100))	All
Chivalry	Increases Base Weapon Damage * (10% * (Chivalry Skill / 100)) Supplemental PvP Melee Damage	All
Tactics	From 0 to 100, Increases Base Weapon Damage * (-50% + (Tactics Skill / 200)) Any additional skill increases Base Weapon Damage * (1% * (Tactics Skill - 100))	All
Arms Lore	Increases Special Attack Chance by (10% * (Arms Lore Skill / 100))	All
Lumberjacking	When using an axe increases Base Weapon Damage * (25% * (Lumberjacking Skill / 100)) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage * (10% * (Lumberjacking Skill / 100)) in PvP.	Swordsmanship
Mining	Increases Base Weapon Damage * (25% * (Mining Skill / 100)) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage * (10% * (Mining Skill / 100)) in PvP.	Mace Fighting
Blacksmithy	When using a smithed weapon increases Base Weapon Damage * (25% * (Blacksmithing Skill / 100)) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage * (10% * (Blacksmithing Skill / 100)) in PvP.	All
Carpentry	When using a wooden weapon increases Base Weapon Damage * (25% * (Carpentry Skill / 100)) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage * (10% * (Carpentry Skill / 100)) in PvP.	All
Camping Tracking Forensic Evaluation	Increases Base Weapon Damage by (25% * Skill / 100) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage by (10% * Skill / 100) in PvP.	All
Archery Fencing Macing Swordsmanship	When wielding a weapon of another skill class, increases Base Weapon Damage by (25% * Skill / 100) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage by (10% * Skill / 100) in PvP	All
Wrestling	When wielding a weapon of another skill class, increases Base Weapon Damage by (25% * Skill / 100) in PvM only.	All
Inscription	When using a wrestling weapon increases Base Weapon Damage * (20% * (Inscription Skill / 100)) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage * (8% * (Inscription Skill / 100)) in PvP.	Wrestling
Resisting Spells	Spell Syphon increases Base Weapon Damage by (25% * Effective Magic Resist / 100) in PvM only.	All

Codex

Main article: Weapon and Shield Codex#Macefighting Stances and Finishers

• Mace fighting weapons benefit from Stances and Finishers provided by a Codex of Macing.

Macefighting Stances and Finishers
Type	Name	Description
Stance	Aggressive	Increases Damage by 5% per rank but player takes 1% more Damage per rank from all sources
Stance	Defensive	Weapon Swings increase your Damage Resistance by 4% per rank for 5 seconds (does not stack)
Stance	Cleave	Deals an additional 8% of Damage per rank inflicted to a random target within 2 tiles
Stance	Wild Swing	Increases Damage by 8% per rank, reduces Accuracy by 2% per rank
Stance	Sunder	Increases Pierce effects by an additional 5 Armor reduction per rank, and increases Damage by 4% per rank
Finisher	Pulverize	Inflicts 400% of Weapon Damage to target and applies a 5 second Hinder effect (duration scales with weapon speed)
Finisher	Shatter	Inflicts 250% of Damage to target. If player has any Pierce effects active on target, the effects are canceled but Damage is increased an additional 350%
Weapon Ability	Pummel	For next 15 seconds each hit increases damage by 10% (scaled by weapon speed) up to a max of 40%
Weapon Ability	Stun	For next 15 seconds weapon specials will also apply a (pierce effect / 10) second hinder to target
Weapon Ability	Smash	Melee hit that triggers ability has its damage increased by 300% (damage further scaled by weapon speed), but has a 25% chance to instead inflict 1 damage

Training

Skill	Activity
0-50	Train from NPC
50-80	Passively by Melee combat with a Mace in the New Player Dungeon
80-100	Passively by Melee combat with a Mace