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Originally Posted by Flying Dagger
As seen in the warhammer video, the pick is much more useful in most situations than the blunt side. If you are to replace the blunt with an axe-blade, you have something which can easily cut shields into half, snap spears, trap swords, and also penetrate plate armor pretty effectively.
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Dunno about that. The concentrated force of that hammer blow IS quite useful. It's really useful for bludgeoning around somebody, especially in armor. Look at the way that armor is cracking and denting after the impacts. A sustained flurry of strikes from that hammer would really mess up someone even if they had plate and padding underneath.
The spike is deadly of course, but keep in mind that it takes a bit of work to retrieve it after it goes through platemail. And if you don't hit a vital area, you might run the risk of having your weapon stuck in a guy whose still attacking you. Or you could fail to remove it fast enough to deal with another enemy.
The hammer is what you use to knock the enemy around, and you finish him with the spike.