Heavy weapon

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Heavy weapons are a class of melee weapons that rely on sheer force to inflict bone-breaking damage. Though slow and unwieldy in the wrong hands, they compensate for this flaw through the tremendous power they deliver. Due to such weapons being heavy and easily visible, they were not commonly utilized by Assassins who valued speed, secrecy and stealth. The great strength demanded by such weapons ensured that they were historically fielded to specialized heavy soldiers such as Brutes and grenadiers rather than units of lesser build. 

Description

As it name suggests, a heavy weapon is any large weapon whose considerable weight requires an average human to wield with both hands to use effectively. While cumbersome, its great size and weight ensures that successful attacks can be devastating to its targets. Heavy weapons are designed to overwhelm through its mighty power and force, smashing through the defenses of its enemies. When swung with sufficient strength, they are able to break through attempts to parry with smaller weapons, and opponents caught under the full weight of the blow may drop their weapons or collapse to the ground entirely.

Their major drawback lies in their immense weight which generally results in slower swings that can more easily be evaded by lighter and more agile opponents. Nevertheless, certain professional warriors, such as the poleaxe guards of the Ming dynasty of China, have been able to overcome this usual setback with their training and strength.

History

Heavy weapons have been utilized by warriors throughout history. During the Third Crusade, Crusaders such as the Templars Basilisk and Haras and the Hospitaller "Lazy Eye" favored greatswords in combat. In the first case, the Templar leader's reliance on his gargantuan weapon proved to be his undoing, as his adversary, the Master Assassin Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad defeated him in single combat three times by exploiting his sluggish maneuvers. The Cypriot religious zealot Moloch, an ally of the Templars, more uniquely wielded a heavy flail in his mortal duel against Altaïr at Kantara Castle in 1192, but he too was felled by the Assassin's superior mobility.

Centuries later during the Renaissance, heavy weapons were a staple of Italian armies, particularly mercenaries. Soldiers specifically trained for the use of heavy weapons were known as Brutes . The legendary Italian Assassin Ezio Auditore da Firenze for much of his life found it challenging to slip through the defenses of opponents wielding heavy weapons using a conventional sword. Instead, to execute counter-attacks against such foes, he was often, but not always, forced to rely on his Hidden Blades—which his enemies were generally not trained to defend against—heavy weapons of his own, or polearms of superior reach. He was, however, exceptionally adept at disarming Brutes with his bare hands. Late in his life, during his time in Constantinople, his skills had been refined to such a degree that he no longer struggled to counter enemies employing heavy weapons with a short sword or dagger.

In the 18th century, grenadiers, specialized soldiers in charge of lobbing grenades and leading assaults, were regular units of European armies. Given their muscular stature—as they were invariably chosen from among the strongest of soldiers—they were commonly equipped with heavy weapons. By this period, greatswords had become obsolete, and most heavy weapons took the form of giant naval axes. Grenadiers generally wielded Hessian axes or a variant thereof which were designed for the dual purpose of combat and felling trees. As such, they were also heavily favored by frontiersmen during the European colonial period of America. The enormous strength of typical grenadiers and frontiersmen meant that they were able to wield these great axes with one hand in combat.

Though their methods and combat arts heavily favor agility, swiftness, and evasion and brute force combat is discouraged, the Assassins throughout history did not actively shun heavy weapons, and some of their agents wielded greatswords and giant axes as their main weapons.

Combat techniques

Ezio killing a Brute with an axe

Italian soldiers, be they Brutes or mercenaries, were trained to perform a technique commonly called a Smash Attack, so called because the goal of this move was to overwhelm an opponent through the brutal force of a powerful swing. To perform this technique, one has to wind up his weapon with two hands, channeling his strength, before releasing the attack in one fell swoop with all his might. Upon impact, the enemy should buckle under the massive blow, possibly even loosing grip of his weapon or his balance. However, the long build-up time for the proper execution of this maneuver, as well as the wide sweeping swing, ensures that a combatant preparing for it would render himself highly vulnerable to being interrupted by an enemy strike.

In this respect, the Smash Attack closely resembles the Strong Attack, a generic name for a slow, but powerful, strike with any melee weapon of any size. However, the Smash Attack differs in its emphasis on crashing through an enemy's defenses entirely and stunning them, an objective more akin to a Staggering Blow.

The Smash Attack was taught to Ezio by his uncle Mario Auditore though he would rarely rely on it given his preference for medium weapons instead. During his time in Rome and Constantinople, Ezio was apt to use a different technique with heavy weapons entirely: that of throwing them directly at targets from as far as ten meters away.

Weapon statistics

Peloponnesian War (5th century BCE)

Heavy blunts

Name	Rarity	DPS (Max Lvl 70)	Attributes	Availability
Archer's Mace	Rare	??	??	Complete Waiting for Galarnos
Argos Priest Mace	Rare	??	??	Complete The Priests of Asklepios.
Atlantean Mace	Rare	??	??	Blacksmith, Loot
	Epic	??	??
Bludgeon Mace	Rare	??	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Epic	7829	(Randomised)
Boeotian Rhapsody	Epic	??	??	Loot a chest at the Akropolis of Thebes
Bone Mace	Rare	??	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Epic	??	(Randomised)
Ceremonial Mace	Rare	7469	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Epic	7829	(Randomised)
Champion's Mace	Rare	??	??	Complete Legend No More
Cursed Mace of Herakles	Legendary	??	??	Defeat Herakles
Dumontos' Kolossos Mace	Epic	??	??	Loot a chest at Lake Poseidon
Forged Mace of the Isu	Rare	??	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Epic	??	(Randomised)
Giant Mace	Rare	??	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot
Hammer of Hemorrhaging	Epic	7829	+24% Warrior Damage +50% CRIT Damage +20% Damage with Overpower Abilities	Complete Again, Maláka?!
Hammer of Hephaistos	Legendary	8257	+25% Warrior Damage +40% Fire Damage +25% Elemental Damage but -25% Physical Damage	Defeat the cyclops Arges
Hammer of Horns	Legendary	8257	+25% Warrior Damage +30% Damage with Heavy Blunt Weapons +30% Elemental Damage but -30% Elemental Resistance	Helix Store, Oikos of the Olympians
Hammer of Jason	Legendary	8257	+25% Warrior Damage +30% Damage with Heavy Blunt Weapons +20% Damage with Shield Break Ability	Loot legendary chest in Mycenae
Hammerhead	Legendary	??	+19% Warrior Damage +14% Damage with Overpower Abilities +30% Damage while Low Health -25% Cooldown Duration for All Abilities	Purchase Shark Pack DLC
Heavy Mace	Rare	??	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot
Herakles' Mace	Legendary	8257	+25% Hunter Damage +30% Adrenaline per Hit +40% Damage with Bows when Above Target	Loot legendary chest in the Temple of Demeter and Kore
Kolossos Mace	Rare	7829	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot.
Mace of Atlantis	Epic	??	??	Complete The Gates of Atlantis
Mace of Chalkis	Rare	??	??	Complete Sharp Tongue
Mace of Justice	Rare	7469	+23% Warrior Damage +30% Damage with Heavy Blunt Weapons	Complete Witness Him
Mace of the Rebellion	Epic	??	(Ramdomized)	Complete Free Their Minds, the Rest Will Follow
Mace of the Sphinx	Epic	??	??	Complete Awaken the Myth
Mallet of Everlasting Flame	Legendary	??	+15% Warrior Damage +20% Fire Damage Weapon Damage becomes Fire Damage	Defeat the mercenary with the suffix "the Smoldering"
Markos' Tenderizer	Epic	??	??	Loot a chest in Aristocratic Residences
Meatgrinder	Common - Epic	??	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot.
Minotaur Mace	Rare	??	??	Complete What Lies Below the Surface
Monger's Dominator	Epic	??	??	Defeat The Monger
Morning Star	Rare	??	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot
Nemean Claws	Legendary	8257	+25% Warrior Damage +50% Damage on Animals	Purchase Nemean Lion Pack DLC
Ornate Mace	Rare	??	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Epic	??	(Randomised)
Plunder Mace	Rare	7469	+23% Assassin Damage +30% Damage with Heavy Blunt Weapons	Complete We're Not Thieves
Poultry Pestle	Epic	??	??	Loot a chest at Alektryon's Rest
Ritual Mace	Epic	7829	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot
Self-Defence Mace	Rare	??	??	Complete Takes Drachmae to Make Drachmae
Sledgehammer	Rare	7469	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Epic	7829	(Randomised)
Testikles' Nutcracker	Epic	??	??	Defeat Testikles
Testiklos' Nutcracker	Epic	??	+20% Warrior Damage +32% Adrenaline per CRIT +24% Adrenaline per Hit	Defeat Testiklos the Nut
The Rearranger	Rare	??	+15% Warrior Damage +24% Fire Damage	Ubisoft Club
The Roar Unending	Legendary	8257	+25% Warrior Damage +10% All Damage +20% Damage with Fury of the Bloodline Ability	Defeat The Immortals
Typhon's Mace	Legendary	8257	+25% Assassin Damage +30% Damage with Heavy Blunt Weapons +20% Damage with Charged Heavy Attack Ability	Defeat Exekias
Wooden Mace	Epic	??	??	Blacksmith, Loot

Heavy blades

Name	Rarity	DPS (Max Lvl 50)	Attributes	Availability
Alkibiades' Axe	Rare	549	+9% Assassin Damage +9% Damage with Heavy Bladed Weapons	Complete Handle with Care
Ancient Axe	Rare	834	+9% Warrior Damage +3% All Damage	??
Arkalochori Axe	Rare	2241	+11% Hunter Damage +12% Adrenaline per Hit	Complete The Lost Arkalochori Axe
Astarte's Dull Axe	Epic	7829	+24% Hunter Damage +20% Warrior Damage +50% CRIT Damage	Defeat mercenary Astarte the Swamp
Axe of Deprivation	Epic	??	??	Complete Lost, but Not Forgotten
Axe of Trials	Legendary	??	??	Purchase Herakles Pack DLC
Battle Axe	Rare	7469	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot
Berserk Axe	Epic	1987	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot
Black Axe	Epic	7829	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot
Broad Axe	Rare	??	(Randomised)	Rare:Defeat the mercenary under the suffix "of the Chaos Void"
	Epic	??		??
Bull's Chopper	Epic	7829	+24% Warrior Damage +40% Fire Damage +20% Damage with Overpower Abilities	Defeat mercenary Edonos the Charging Bull
Ceremonial Axe	Rare	??	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot.
	Epic	??		Blacksmith, Loot.
Ceremonial Scythe	Rare	354	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot.
Champion's Axe	Epic	2464	+14% Hunter Damage +15% Damage with Heavy Bladed Weapons	Complete Legend No More
Crude Axe	Common	??	??	??
	Epic	??		Blacksmith, Loot
Elysian Axe	Legendary	2599	+15% Hunter Damage +5% All Damage +20% Damage with Rain of Destruction Ability	Defeat Polemon
Gilded Scythe	Common	??	(Randomised)	??
	Epic	??		??
Golden Axe	Rare	??	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Epic	??		Blacksmith, Loot
Harvest Axe	Rare	1415	+11% Hunter Damage +16% Damage on Athenian Soldiers	??
Judgment of the Lion	Legendary	8257	+25% Warrior Damage +50% CRIT Damage -1 Adrenaline Cost for Overpower Abilities	Complete Leviathan's Maw
Klytaimnestra's Battle Axe	Epic	??	??	Defeat Iphigenia
Labrys	Rare	??	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Epic	??		Blacksmith, Loot
Lone Wolf's Axe	Epic	7829	+24% Hunter Damage +30% Adrenaline per Hit +30% Damage with Heavy Bladed Weapons	Defeat Abia the Shaded
Markos' Gift	Epic	1987	+14% Hunter Damage +10% Warrior Damage +25% CRIT Damage	Complete Markos's Fate
Minotaur's Labrys	Legendary	2599	+15% Warrior Damage +25% CRIT Damage -1 Adrenaline Cost for Overpower Abilities	Defeat the Minotaur
Murder Axe	Rare	??	??	??
Mycenaean Axe	Rare	2349	+13% Warrior Damage +25% CRIT Damage	Ubisoft Club
Order Soldier's Axe	Epic	7829	+24% Warrior Damage +40% Adrenaline per CRIT +50% CRIT Damage	Complete The Trap Is Set
Ornate Axe	Epic	2464	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot
Paros Axe	Rare	2349	+13% Assassin Damage +25% CRIT Damage	Complete Quarry Quandary
Polyphemos Cyclops Bludgeon	Legendary	8257	+25% Assassin Damage +30% Damage with Heavy Bladed Weapon +25% Damage on Elites and Bosses	Defeat the cyclops Brontes
Sam's Axe	Rare	7469	+23% Warrior Damage +30% Damage with Heavy Bladed Weapons	Ubisoft Club
Spartan Grain Scythe	Rare	1895	+13% Assassin Damage +25% CRIT Damage	Complete A Godless Blight
Spiked Axe	Common	??	(Randomised)	??
	Rare	??		??
Stone Axe	Common	??	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Epic	??		Blacksmith, Loot
Swift Slayer	Legendary	2599	+15% Warrior Damage +15% Damage with Heavy Bladed Weapons +50% Damage and Elemental Buildup after Parry	Helix Store
The Underbite	Legendary	8257	+25% Hunter Damage +50% Damage on Animals +50% CRIT Damage but -10% CRIT Chance	Purchase Wild Boar Pack DLC
Twin-Blade Battle Axe	Rare	??	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Epic	??	(Randomised)
War Scythe	Epic	2464	(Randomized)	Blacksmith, Loot

Ptolemaic Egypt (1st century BCE)

Heavy blunts

Name	Rarity	Quality (Max Level 40)	Damage (Max Level 40)	Attributes	Availability
Bone-Cracker	Rare	87	469	Adrenaline on Kill III Adrenaline Regeneration I	Nomad's Bazaar
Boredom Bane	Common	93 (Lvl 45)	493 (Lvl 45)	Adrenaline on Kill I	Blacksmith, Loot
Bronze Bludgeon	Common	84	401	Adrenaline on Kill II	Blacksmith, Loot
Copper Mace	Legendary	92	473	Adrenaline on Kill IIII Combo Multiplier I Health on Hit	Blacksmith, Loot
Diamond Exchange	Common	85	404	Adrenaline on Kill II	Blacksmith, Loot
Eye of Apep	Legendary	91	409	Adrenaline on Kill II Critical Hit Damage III Poison on Hit	Desert Cobra Pack DLC
Eye of Ra	Legendary	91	404	Adrenaline on Kill III Adrenaline on Hurt II On Fire	Helix Store, Nomad's Bazaar
Face-Breaker	Rare	86	404	Adrenaline on Kill I Adrenaline Regeneration II
Fanged Mace	Legendary
Festus' Thunder Ball	Common	85	401	Adrenaline on Kill III	Blacksmith, Loot
Glowing Mace	Legendary				First Civilization Pack
Gruesome Mattock	Rare	97 (Lvl 45)	501 (Lvl 45)	Adrenaline on Kill II Bleeding on Hit I	Blacksmith, Loot
Headache Remedy	Legendary	93	477	Adrenaline on Kill III Adrenaline on Hurt II Sleep on Hit	Blacksmith, Loot
Keeper of Harmony	Legendary
LOLCAT	Legendary
Mace	Common			Adrenaline on Kill I	Blacksmith, Loot
Minoan Poppy Pin	Common	85	473	Adrenaline on Kill I	Blacksmith, Loot
No Borders	Legendary	95	718	Adrenaline on Kill II Adrenaline on Hurt III Health for Damage	Nomad's Bazaar
Sharur	Rare	88	408	Adrenaline on Kill III Critical Hit Rate I
Skull Breaker	Rare	86	404	Adrenaline on Kill III Adrenaline Regeneration I	Purchase the Tribal Pack.
Spade of all Trades	Common	84	404	Adrenaline on Kill I	Blacksmith, Loot
Sycamore	Rare			Adrenaline on Kill I Critical Hit Rate II	Uplay
The Uab Block	Common			Adrenaline on Kill II	Blacksmith, Loot

Heavy blades

Name	Rarity	Quality (Max Level 40)	Damage (Max Level 40)	Attributes	Availability
Battleaxe	Common	84	469	Adrenaline on Hurt II	Blacksmith, Loot
Bronze Axe	Common			Adrenaline on Hurt I	Blacksmith, Loot
Bronze Epsilon Axe	Common			Adrenaline on Hurt I	Blacksmith, Loot
Crescent Axe	Common	85	469	Adrenaline on Hurt III	Blacksmith, Loot
Crocodile's Fang	Rare
Cutting Axe	Rare	98 (Lvl 45)	506 (Lvl 45)	Adrenaline on Hurt II Critical Hit Damage II	Blacksmith, Loot
Divide et Impera	Legendary	93	411	Adrenaline on Hurt III Combo Multiplier III Health on Hit	Purchase the  Roman Centurion Pack.
Fan Axe	Rare	86	469	Adrenaline on Hurt III Combo Multiplier I	Blacksmith, Loot
Forlorn Hope	Legendary	92	411	Adrenaline on Hurt III Combo Multiplier II Sleep on Hit	Purchase the  Nightmare Pack.
Headsplitter	Legendary			Adrenaline on Hurt III Adrenaline on Kill II Low Health Critical	Blacksmith, Loot
Labrys	Legendary				Purchase the Gladiator Items Pack.
Leviathan	Legendary	101 (Lvl 45)	510 (Lvl 45)	Adrenaline on Hurt II Adrenaline Regeneration I Health Gain on Kill	Nomad's Bazaar
Medusa	Rare	88	408	Adrenaline IV Adrenaline on Kill I
Mushussu	Legendary	90	412	Adrenaline on Hurt III Critical Hit Damage III Sleep on Hit	Helix Store, Nomad's Bazaar
Nebuchadnezzar's Wrath	Legendary	93	477	Adrenaline on Hurt IV Critical Hit Rate II Health for Critical	Nomad's Bazaar
Palmette Carver	Legendary
Sahalin Axe	Legendary	106 (Lvl 45)	782 (Lvl 45)	Adrenaline on Hurt III Critical Hit Damage III Cursed	Purchase the For Honor Pack.
Scalloped Head Axe	Common	93	497	Adrenaline on Hurt I	Blacksmith, Loot
Serpent Axe	Legendary	93	477	Adrenaline on Hurt IV Bleeding on Hit II Poison on Hit	Blacksmith, Loot
Shark Fin	Legendary	91	408	Adrenaline on Hurt II Critical Hit Rate III On Fire	Helix Store, Nomad's Bazaar
Sharp Cut	Common	85	408	Adrenaline on Hurt II	Blacksmith, Loot
Tooth of Sobek	Legendary	100 (Lvl 44)	455 (Lvl 44)	Adrenaline on Hurt III Adrenaline Regeneration II Instant Charging	Assassinate the Shadow of the North.

Italian Renaissance (16th century)

Name	Damage	Speed	Deflect	Cost	Availability
Bearded Axe	2	3	4	7000ƒ	Sequence 2
Bastard Sword	3	4	3	12400ƒ	Sequence 6
Stocco	3	5	5	17000ƒ	Sequence 7
Spadone	5	4	4	26100ƒ	Renovate 10 blacksmiths
Bartolomeo's Axe	3	2	5	N/A	Complete all Mercenary guild challenges
Spada Lunga	4	5	3	N/A	Complete Blacksmith shop quest

Ottoman Empire (16th century)

Name	Damage	Speed	Deflect	Cost	Availability
Bearded Axe	2	3	4	8050 8050 8050	Sequence 2
Merovingian Axe	1	5	5
French Bastard Sword	3	4	3	14260 14260 14260	Sequence 4
Condottiero Axe	3	2	5	23460 23460 23460	Sequence 6
Prussian Longsword	3	5	5	30015 30015 30015	Sequence 7
Broadsword	5	4	4	N/A	Complete all Mercenary Guild challenges
Almogavar Axe	5	5	5	N/A	Complete "The Champion, Part 1" memory

American Revolution

Name	Damage	Speed	Combo	Cost	Availability
French Naval Axe	2	3	3	£750	Sequence 6
Hessian Axe	2	1	4	£3650	Sequence 6
Pirate Boarding Axe	5	4	2	N/A	Sequence 7
Naval Axe	4	4	2	N/A	Sequence 9
Boarding Axe	3	4	3	£7000	Sequence 9

Colonial Louisiana

Name	Damage	Speed	Combo	Chain-kill	Cost
Naval Axe	4	2	4	2	10620 écu
Boarding Axe	5	3	3	3	27040 écu
Obsidian Axe	5	2	4	2	16310 écu
Macuahuitl	4	3	3	2	17000 écu

French Revolution

Name	Level	Damage	Parry	Speed	Range	Cost	Modifiers	Requirements
Pickaxe	*	1	1	1	1	N/A	Additional Damage: +25%	N/A
Wooden Hammer	*	1	1	1	1	N/A	Additional Damage: +25%	N/A
Bastard Sword	* *	2	2	1	1	250₣	Additional Damage: +25%	N/A
Long Axe	* *	2	2	1	1	250₣	Additional Damage: +25%	N/A
Claymore	* *	2	2	1	1	N/A	Additional Damage: +25%	Murder Mystery – The Body Politic
Bardiche	* *	2	2	1	1	250₣	Additional Damage: +25%	N/A
Seaman's Axe	* *	2	2	1	1	250₣	Additional Damage: +25%	N/A
Armosplitter Axe	* *	2	2	1.5	1	N/A	Additional Damage: +25%	Secrets of the Revolution Pack
The People's Bardiche	* *	2	2	1.5	1	N/A	Additional Damage: +25%	Revolutionary Armaments Pack
Executioner's Double-Bladed Axe	* *	2	2	1.5	1	N/A	Additional Damage: +25%	Revolutionary Armaments Pack
Heavy Morningstar	* * *	3	3	1	1	1,000₣	Additional Damage: +25%	N/A
Great Sword	* * *	3	3	1	1	1,000₣	Additional Damage: +25%	N/A
Heavy Cleaver	* * *	3	3	1	1	N/A	Additional Damage: +25%	Collect all artifacts from Le Louvre
Round Axe	* * *	3	3	1	1	N/A	Additional Damage: +25%	N/A
Long Sword	* * *	3	3	1	1	N/A	Additional Damage: +25%	N/A
Flamberge	* * *	3	3	1	1	N/A	Additional Damage: +25%	Murder Mystery – The Death of Philibert Aspairt
Swordstaff	* * * *	4	4	1	1	5,000₣	Additional Damage: +25%	N/A
Spiked Battle Club	* * * *	4	4	1	1	5,000₣	Additional Damage: +25%	N/A
Great Claymore	* * * *	4	4	1	1	5,000₣	Additional Damage: +25%	N/A
Tanner's axe	* * * *	6	4	1	1	N/A	Additional Damage: +25%	Dead Kings – A Royal Hide
Officer's Round Axe	* * * * *	6	6	1	1	N/A	Additional Damage: +25%	Murder Mystery – Cut the Middle Man
Heavy War Mace	* * * * *	6	6	1	1	25,000₣	Additional Damage: +25%	N/A
Viking's Remains	* * * * *	6	6	1	1	25,000₣	Additional damage: +25%	N/A
Great Flamberge	* * * * *	6	6	1	1	25,000₣	Additional Damage: +25%	N/A
Officer's Bardiche	* * * * *	8	8	1	1	200,000₣	Additional Damage: +25%	N/A
Heavy Falchion	* * * * *	8	8	1	1	125,000₣	Additional Damage: +25%	N/A

Trivia

• The maximum amount of combo hits with a heavy weapon is three. ^{[citation needed]}

Assassin's Creed II

• Heavy weapons are not sold in stores, and Ezio Auditore cannot truly equip them. He may wield them by wrestling them from enemies or looting them off their corpses. However, he will lose a heavy weapon as soon as he performs a counter-attack as the weapon would become embedded in the enemy's corpse. Moreover, he will automatically drop it any time he sprints, grabs a ledge, completes a memory or a fight that was a phase of one, falls into water, or enters a hiding spot.
• Ezio Auditore can disarm a weapon from Brutes in the first attempt, whereas it can take several attempts to disarm Elite or Leader guards.
• Taunting is an effective method to disarm tougher guards such as Brutes or Papal Guards, as it makes them attack faster and gives Ezio more chances to disarm them.
• Ezio is unable to disarm guards wielding one-handed melee weapons until he learns the tactic from his Uncle Mario at the Villa Auditore. However, the game considers the ability to disarm guards wielding heavy weapons to be a separate skill from disarming guards carrying one-handed weapons, and Ezio is able to do it from the very beginning of the game. One can see this for oneself in the memory in which Giovanni, Francesco, and Petruccio Auditore are wrongfully convicted of treason against Florence and hung. If, after Uberto Alberti tells the guards to kill Ezio, the player waits for one of the two heavy-weapon-wielding guards to attack Ezio, Ezio can disarm them and use their weapons to kill the guards. Killing all the guards or killing some and scaring the rest away will count as "escaping", and complete the mission on the spot as soon as the last guard flees or is killed.

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood

• Unlike in its prequel, heavy weapons are available for purchase at the shops of blacksmiths. They therefore can be equipped as primary weapons.
• A heavy sheath, purchased from a tailor, is required for Ezio to equip heavy weapons as his primary weapon.
• Upon wielding a heavy weapon, it replaces the space normally assigned to his medium weapon, requiring Ezio to return to a blacksmith or the Assassin hideout on Tiber Island to replace it.
• Although Ezio can no longer perform the Smash Attack, enemy guards still can.
• Assassin recruits below the rank of Assassino can wield heavy weapons, and although these are described as axes in the recruit's training interface, they can manifest themselves as two-handed swords as well.
• Occasionally, whenever a heavy weapon is thrown at a guard that was in mid-air, through freerunning after pickpockets, it will stay in their head, and they will stand still. From then on, the guard will appear dead and won't attack Ezio, but when the Assassin removes his heavy weapon from the body, the weapon will fall to the ground and can be retrieved as usual.
• Heavy weapons lack the ability to counter-attack other heavy or long weapon users, except during an execution or counter-kill animation. Despite this, long weapons retain the ability to counter other long or heavy weapons.
• Heavy weapons no longer becomes lodged in enemies when counter-killing them, allowing Ezio to keep using them for the duration of the battle, unless they are thrown.
• When attempting to throw a heavy weapon at Cesare Borgia at the memory Pax Romana, it will automatically miss since the player is required to destroy his armor and kill him by combat and using a medium, short, or a ranged weapon.

Assassin's Creed: Revelations

• Unlike in previous games, medium weapons can be used to counter heavy weapons.
• Although listed as a heavy weapon, the Broadsword is wielded like a medium weapon. However the sound effects in kill animations is a mix of both medium and heavy weapon sounds.
• Counter-steal cannot be performed while wielding a heavy weapon.

Assassin's Creed III

• Heavy weapons, in the form of giant Hessian axes, are only wielded by grenadiers and frontiersmen, who cannot be countered or grabbed. Their regular attacks are slow and similar to Smash Attacks and cannot be countered; Connor will instead automatically dodge them when the command prompt for countering is pressed. This type of soldier can only be harmed when disarmed.

Gallery

• 
  Ezio using a bearded axe
• 
  The shop quest necessary to unlock one of the heavy weapons
• 
  Left to right: Labrys, Bearded axe, Bastard sword

Appearances

• Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles
• Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines
• Assassin's Creed II
• Assassin's Creed II: Discovery
• Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
• Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade
• Assassin's Creed: Revelations
• Assassin's Creed III
• Assassin's Creed III: Liberation
• Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
• Assassin's Creed: Rogue
• Assassin's Creed: Unity
• Assassin's Creed: Unity companion app

Sources

• Assassin's Creed II: Official Game Guide
• Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood: Official Game Guide
• Assassin's Creed: Revelations: Official Game Guide
• Assassin's Creed III: Official Game Guide

References

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