War Hammers

War Hammers are one type of weapon in New World. War Hammers damage scales with strength. War Hammers have two skill trees, Juggernaut and Crowd Crusher.

Damage Type

 * Strike

Strengths

 * Hammers have the highest damage of any melee weapon class.
 * Hammer heavy attacks have a large range.
 * Hammers are a counter to blocking enemies.
 * Many hammers feature sweeping or AoE attacks.

Weaknesses

 * Hammers are the slowest melee weapon class.
 * Hammers require dual-handed wielding and cannot be equipped with a shield.

Mastery

 * War Hammer Mastery