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

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 Armor Value by 50)
  • If the pierce effect would reduce target's 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

Beneficial Skills

Having these skills benefit Mace Fighting.

Skill	Benefit
Anatomy	Increases Base Weapon Damage * (20% * (Anatomy Skill / 100)) Increases codex finisher chance by (10% * (Anatomy Skill / 100))
Chivalry	Increases Base Weapon Damage * (10% * (Chivalry Skill / 100)) Supplemental PvP Melee Damage
Tactics	From 0 to 100, Increases Base Weapon Damage * (-50% + (Tactics Skill / 200)) Any additional skill increases Base Weapon Damage * (1% * (Tactics Skill - 100))
Arms Lore	Increases Special Attack Chance by (10% * (Arms Lore Skill / 100))
Mining	Increases Base Weapon Damage * (25% * (Mining Skill / 100)) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage * (10% * (Mining Skill / 100)) in PvP.
Blacksmithy	When using a smithed weapon increases Base Weapon Damage * (15% * (Blacksmithing Skill / 100)) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage * (6% * (Blacksmithing Skill / 100)).
Camping Tracking Forensic Evaluation	Increases Base Weapon Damage by (25% * Skill / 100) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage by (10% * Skill / 100)

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 Codex Stances, Finishers and Abilities
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
50-70	New Player Dungeon
70-100	Passively by Melee combat