Mace

A mace is a one-handed or two-handed blunt weapon, usually in the form of a large heavy metal piece (with a varying set of short edges, points, or protrusions) on a short rod.

A popular sub-type is the hammer which resembles the more practical tool used in some professions.

One-handed maces are often used by combat rogues because of their high delay and high damage range, and priests, shamans, and druids because many exist that give procs or attribute bonuses beneficial to casters. They can also be used by death knights, paladins, warriors and monks.

Two-handed maces can be used by death knights, druids, paladins, shamans, and warriors. According to Warcraft lore, the two-handed warhammer was the favored weapon of the Knights of the Silver Hand, led by Uther the Lightbringer. Following the death of Uther at the hands of Arthas and the devastation of the Order, the weapon fell out of favor as that was exclusively used by paladins.

Humans and dwarves have Mace Specialization, which increases Expertise in that weapon slot by 1% when wielding a mace.

Notable maces

 * The Doomhammer, legendary weapon of the orc Warchief Orgrim Doomhammer and his successor Thrall.
 * The Unstoppable Force, available at reputation with respective Alterac Valley factions.
 * Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros
 * Might of Menethil, an epic two-hand mace that dropped from Kel'Thuzad in Naxxramas.
 * Hammer of the Naaru, another epic two-hand mace that drops from High King Maulgar in Gruul's Lair in Blade's Edge Mountains.
 * Light's Vengeance, the two-handed paladin warhammer of Arthas Menethil.
 * Krolmir, Hammer of Storms, weapon of Thorim, the Titanic watcher of the Temple of Storms.
 * Val'anyr, Hammer of Ancient Kings
 * Fearbreaker, an ancestral hammer of the Bronzebeard clan
 * The Silver Hand (artifact), weapon of Tyr.
 * Sharas'dal, Scepter of Tides, a mace created by Queen Azshara.


 * Hammer of the Lightbringer, the warhammer of Uther the Lightbringer