Elden Ring - Hammers

Hammers put one-handed Strike damage on a light frame of 2 to 7 weight and 8 to 20 Strength, and players carry them for the damage type and the Ash of War slot rather than for the numbers.

Combat

Pros

• Almost the whole class deals Strike damage (the Warpick and Flowerstone Gavel are Pierce, the Scepter of the All-Knowing is Strike and Pierce), and hammers are known for their effectiveness against heavily armored enemies and for destroying shields and breaking guards.
• Entry is cheap. The Club needs 10 Strength and no Dexterity at all, Varre's Bouquet needs 8 Strength, and the Warpick weighs 2.5.
• The Mace, Morning Star, Warpick, Hammer, Stone Club and Monk's Flamemace come with Kick or no real skill, so they take any Ash of War cleanly with nothing worth preserving.
• The best Strength scaling reaches C at +0 (Club, Stone Club, Nox Flowing Hammer and others), and the Curved Club reaches S Strength at maximum Heavy upgrade, unusual for a one-handed class.

Cons

• Damage is genuinely low. The highest base physical damage in the class is the Monk's Flamemace at 126, against 136 for Axes, 145 for Great Hammers and 151 for Greataxes.
• One-handed hammers deal less poise damage than two-handed ones, so one-handing a hammer is the weakest version of the class.
• Stance damage is uneven and mostly poor, running at maximum standard upgrade from 84 (Scepter of the All-Knowing) and 94 (Ringed Finger) at the bottom to 130 (Stone Club) at the top, and the Scepter's 84 is the lowest of any axe, hammer or flail.
• Guard boost tops out at 36 (Stone Club, Hammer), so this is not a shield-substitute class.

Builds

Between 12 and 16 Strength with 7 to 9 Dexterity covers almost the entire class, since the Mace, Morning Star, Spiked Club, Curved Club, Hammer, Stone Club, Ringed Finger and Flowerstone Gavel all sit inside that range.

• There is no reason to go past 20 Strength for the class itself, because Marika's Hammer at 20 is the highest requirement and it is a Remembrance weapon.
• Two-handing is the default, since two-handed hammers deal more poise damage and carry the same hyper armor as halberds.
• A pure Strength build that wants stance damage takes the Stone Club on Heavy, where stance damage rises from 130 to 143 while attack rating drops from 298 to 257, which is the trade the class actually offers.
• Dexterity builds want the Monk's Flamemace (13 Strength and 13 Dexterity, D Strength and B Dexterity scaling, 308 at maximum standard upgrade).
• Intelligence builds want 21 Intelligence for the Scepter of the All-Knowing, which carries the class's lowest stance damage.

Best Weapons

Weapon	Image	Attack	Weight	Str	Dex	Int	Fai	Arc
Monk's Flamemace		126	6	13	13	-	-	-
Hammer		124	6.5	14	7	-	-	-
Stone Club		122	7	16	8	-	-	-
Curved Club		114	5	11	7	-	-	-
Varré's Bouquet		46	2	8	16	-	-	24

Notes

• Two-handed hammers carry the same hyper armor as halberds.
• Stance damage at maximum standard upgrade is 84 on the Scepter of the All-Knowing, 94 on the Ringed Finger, 100 on Varre's Bouquet, 102 on the Club, 106 on the Curved Club, Spiked Club, Envoy's Horn and Warpick, 112 on the Mace and Monk's Flamemace, 116 on the Hammer, Morning Star, Marika's Hammer, Nox Flowing Hammer and Flowerstone Gavel, and 130 on the Stone Club.
• A Heavy affinity trades raw attack for stance damage on this class, taking the Hammer from 303 attack rating and 116 stance damage at maximum standard to 261 and 127 at maximum Heavy.
• The Flowerstone Gavel is the only hammer from the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion and the class's only Arcane-scaling Pierce weapon (D Arcane, 15 Arcane required).

All Hammers

The table below lists all Hammers in Elden Ring.

Name	Image	Physical	Magic	Fire	Light	Holy	Crit. Boost	Weight	Str.	Dex.	Int.	Fai.	Arc.	Sell Price	Skill
Club		103 41	0 27	0 27	0 27	0 27	100 27	3.5	C 10	0	0	0	0	100	Barbaric Roar
Curved Club		114 45	0 30	0 30	0 30	0 30	100 30	5	D 11	E 7	0	0	0	100	Barbaric Roar
Envoy's Horn		96 38	0 26	0 26	0 26	62 38	100 28	4	D 10	D 12	0	D 16	0	100	Oracular Bubble
Flowerstone Gavel		121 49.0	0 33.0	0 33.0	0 33.0	0 33.0	100 33	6.0	D 14	D 8	0	0	D 15	0	Flower Dragonbolt
Hammer		124 51	0 34	0 34	0 34	0 34	100 36	6.5	C 14	D 7	0	0	0	100	Kick
Mace		115 45	0 30	0 30	0 30	0 30	100 30	4.5	D 12	D 7	0	0	0	100	Kick
Marika's Hammer		101 44	0 30	0 30	0 30	65 44	100 33	6	D 20	D 12	0	D 19	0	100	Gold Breaker
Monk's Flamemace		126 49	0 33	0 33	0 33	0 33	100 33	6.0	E 13	C 13	0	0	0	100	Kick
Morning Star		118 47	0 31	0 31	0 31	0 31	100 31	5	D 12	D 8	0	0	0	100	Kick
Nox Flowing Hammer		122 51	0 34	0 34	0 34	0 34	100 34	6.5	C 17	E 7	0	0	0	200	Flowing Form
Ringed Finger		121 38	0 26	0 26	0 26	0 26	100 28	4.5	C 15	D 9	0	0	0	500	Claw Flick
Scepter of the All-Knowing		99 36	64 36	0 25	0 25	0 25	100 27	4.5	E 12	D 18	D 21	0	0	100	Knowledge Above All
Spiked Club		114 45	0 30	0 30	0 30	0 30	100 30	5	D 12	D 7	0	0	0	100	Barbaric Roar
Stone Club		122 52	0 35	0 35	0 35	0 35	100 36	7	C 16	E 8	0	0	0	200	Kick
Varré's Bouquet		46 38	0 25	0 25	0 25	0 25	100 25	2	E 8	D 16	0	0	C 24	200	Blood Tax
Warpick		108 40	0 27	0 27	0 27	0 27	100 27	2.5	D 11	D 9	0	0	0	100	Kick