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Contents

  • Changelog
    • Updates
  • Training
    • Advice for New Adventurers
    • Races and Factions
      • Overview
      • Factions
      • Character Races
      • Classes
        • Overview
        • Dragonknight
        • Nightblade
        • Sorcerer
        • Templar
        • Warden (New Class)
          • Overview
          • Green Balance
          • Winter’s Embrace
    • Leveling
      • Leveling
    • Attributes
      • Overview
      • Active Effects
      • Buffs and Debuffs
        • About the Buff/Debuff System
        • Aegis
        • Berserk
        • Brutality
        • Empower
        • Endurance
        • Evasion
        • Expedition
        • Force
        • Fortitude
        • Gallop
        • Heroism
        • Intellect
        • Mending
        • Prophecy
        • Protection
        • Resolve
        • Savagery
        • Slayer
        • Sorcery
        • Toughness
        • Vitality
        • Ward
        • Applying Debuffs
      • Mundus Stones
    • Champions
      • The Champion System
      • Passive Effects
        • About Passive Abilities
        • Constellation Group: The Thief
        • Constellation Group: The Mage
        • Constellation Group: The Warrior
    • Curses: Vampires and Werewolves
      • Overview
      • Vampirism
      • Lycanthropy
      • Obtaining Curses
      • Removing Curses
    • Skills
      • Overview
      • Weapon Skill Lines
        • Overview
        • Two-Handed
        • One Hand and Shield
        • Dual Wield
        • Bow
        • Destruction Staff
        • Restoration Staff
      • Armor Skill Lines
        • Overview
        • Light Armor
        • Medium Armor
        • Heavy Armor
      • World Skill Lines
        • Soul Magic
        • Legerdemain
        • Vampire
        • Werewolf
      • Guild Skill Lines
        • Fighters Guild
        • Mages Guild
        • Undaunted
        • Thieves Guild
        • Dark Brotherhood
      • Alliance War Skill Lines
        • Assault
        • Support
        • Racial Skill Lines
        • Craft Skill Lines
    • Archetypes
      • Overview
      • Magicka DPS
        • The Mage
        • The Flameblade
        • The Bloodmage
        • The Fanatic
        • The Naturalist
      • Stamina DPS
        • The Assassin
        • The Beastmaster
        • The Depraved
        • The Tempest
        • The Zealot
      • Tanks
        • The Crusader
        • The Dragonscale
        • The Stormshield
        • The Icebreaker
        • The Reaper
      • Healers
        • The Devoted
        • The Druid
        • The Invoker
        • The Flamekeeper
        • The Shadowpriest
  • Combat, Crafting, and Activities
    • Combat
      • Initial Combat Tactics
      • Additional Combat Tactics
      • Damage Types and Potency
      • Crowd Control: Vulnerabilities and Death
    • Stealth and Sneaking
      • Sneaking
      • Stealth Combat: Sneak Attacks
    • Group Activities
      • Winning Friends
      • Influencing People (Know Your Role)
    • Player Guilds
      • About Player Guilds
    • The Alliance War (PvP)
      • About the Alliance War
      • Joining a Campaign
      • Alliance Border Keeps
      • Alliance Points and Rankings
      • Campaign Score
      • Alliance Bonuses
      • Exploring Cyrodiil
      • Capture Points
      • Siege and Defend
      • Temples and the Elder Scrolls
      • Types of Quests
      • Imperial City DLC
    • Morrowind: Battlegrounds (PvPvP)
      • Overview
      • Game Modes
      • Battlefields
      • Rewards and Medals
    • Crafting
      • Crafting Professions
      • Seeking Inspiration
      • Certification and Crafting Writs
      • Traits
      • Crafting Sites and Sets
      • Morrowind Crafting Motifs and Sets
    • Crafting Professions
      • Overview
      • Alchemy
      • Blacksmithing
      • Clothing
      • Enchanting
      • Provisioning
      • Woodworking
      • Equipment Professions: Your Gear’s Life Cycle
      • Power-Leveling
    • Homestead
      • Obtaining Your First Home
      • Example Costs and Sizes of Homes
      • Morrowind Homes
      • Furnishing Your Home
      • Homestead Visiting and Visitors
    • Other Activities
      • Exploration
      • Material Gathering
  • Adventuring Across Tamriel
    • Introduction
    • Currency and Holiday Events
    • Merchants and Services
      • Banks and Moneylenders
      • Crafting Stations
      • Dye Stations
      • Fences
      • Merchants
      • Navigators
      • Shrines
      • Stables
    • Making Money
      • Ways to Earn Money
    • Crime and Punishment
      • The Crimes
      • Infamy Meter
      • Stealth
      • Pickpocket
      • Lockpicking
      • Breaking and Entering
      • Theft
      • Safeboxes
      • Killing Livestock
      • Smuggling Contraband
      • Assault and Murder
      • Aiding in a Crime
      • Tamriel Guards: Paying Your Bounty
      • Outlaws Refuge
      • Treasure
      • Thieves Troves
      • Helpful Skills
    • Mounts
      • Mounts and Stables
    • Items of Note and Interest
      • Item Storage
      • Currency
      • Weapons
      • Apparel
      • Consumables
      • Crafting Materials
      • Miscellaneous
    • Factions (Major and Minor)
      • Major Guilds
      • Minor Factions
    • Locations
      • Provinces and Zones
      • Cities
      • Wayshrines
      • Housing
      • Navigators (Boatswains and Caravans)
      • Merchants
      • Crafting Stations
      • Crafting Sets
      • Guild Traders
      • Banks
      • Stables
      • Dye Station
      • Outlaws Refuge
      • Guild Halls
      • Shrines
      • Striking Locales
      • Settlements, Groves, Towns, Campfires
      • Museums
      • Dungeons
      • Group Bosses
      • Special Events
      • Dolmens (Dark Anchors)
      • Ayleid or Aetherial Wells
      • Mundus Stone
      • Cyrodiil Locations
      • Imperial City Locations
    • Dark Anchors (Dolmens)
      • About Dark Anchors
    • A Trove of Tamriel Tips
      • Skyshards
      • Tips
      • Glossary
  • Quests
    • Quest Map
    • Quest Types
      • Introduction
      • Main Story Quests
      • Aldmeri Dominion Story Quests
      • Daggerfall Covenant Story Quests
      • Ebonheart Pact Story Quests
      • Alliance War Quests (PvP)
      • Cyrodiil Quests (PvE)
      • Imperial City Quests (DLC)
      • Dark Brotherhood Quests (DLC)
      • Fighters Guild Quests
      • Mages Guild Quests
      • Thieves Guild Quests
      • Undaunted Quests
      • Aldmeri Dominion Side Quests
      • Daggerfall Covenant Side Quests
      • Ebonheart Pact Side Quests
      • Coldharbour Side Quests
      • Craglorn Quests
      • Wrothgar Quests
      • World Encounters
      • Crafting Quests
      • Holiday Events
      • Miscellaneous
    • Vvardenfell Main Story Quests
      • Broken Bonds (Tutorial)
      • Divine Conundrum
      • Divine Inquiries
      • Divine Delusions
      • Divine Intervention
      • Divine Disaster
      • Divine Restoration
      • Divine Blessings
    • Morag Tong Side Story Quests
      • Fleeing the Past
      • Of Faith and Family
      • A Purposeful Writ
      • Family Reunion
    • Telvanni Side Story Quests
      • A Hireling of House Telvanni
      • Rising to Retainer
      • Objections and Obstacles
      • The Magister Makes a Move
      • The Heart of a Telvanni
    • Vvardenfell Quests
      • A Melodic Mistake
      • Hatching a Plan
      • Haunted Grounds
      • Reclaiming Vos
      • At Any Cost
      • Ancestral Ties
      • If the Spell Fits
      • Bound by Love
      • The Memory Stone
      • Ancestral Adversity
      • Like Blood from a Stone
      • Nothing to Sneeze At
      • The Scarlet Judge
      • Breaking Through the Fog
      • An Armiger’s Duty
      • A Web of Troubles
    • Vector Quests
      • About Vector Quests
      • Ashlander Relations
      • A Friend in Need
      • A Late Delivery
      • For Glory!
      • To Tel Fyr
      • Crafting Consumables Certification
      • Crafting Equipment Certification
      • A Call for Aid
    • Daily Quests
      • Ald’ruhn Daily Relic-Preservation Quests
      • Ald’ruhn Daily Beast Hunt
      • Consumables Crafting Writs
      • Equipment Crafting Writs
      • Vivec City Group Boss Daily Quests
      • Vivec City Delve Daily Quests
    • Vivec City Museum Quests
      • The Ancestral Tombs
      • The Lost Library
    • Guild Quests
      • Fighters Guild: Anchors from the Harbour
      • Mages Guild: Long Lost Lore
      • Dark Brotherhood: Voices in the Dark
      • Thieves Guild: Partners In Crime
    • Delve Quests
      • A Smuggler’s Last Stand
      • A Hidden Harvest
      • A Dangerous Breed
    • Public Dungeon Quests
      • Echoes of a Fallen House
      • Forgotten Wastes Group Event
      • The Heart’s Desire
      • Nchuleftingth Group Event
    • Trial Quests
      • Forging the Future
      • Unique Monsters
      • Boss Fight 1: Hunter-Killer Fabricants
      • Boss Fight 2: Pinnacle Factotum
      • Boss Fight 3: Archcustodian
      • Boss Fight 4: Refabrication Committee Reactor, Reclaimer, and Reducer
      • Boss Fight 5: Assembly General
  • Interactive Maps
    • West Gash
    • Grazelands
    • Bitter Coast
    • Ashlands
    • Azura Coast (North)
    • Molag Amur
    • Ascadian Isles
    • Azura Coast (South)
  • The Atlas of Morrowind
    • Overview
    • Bitter Coast
      • Region Overview
      • Bitter Coast Collectibles Map
      • Bitter Coast Quest Map
      • Bitter Coast Fishing Map
      • Arenim Manor
      • Mallapi Cave
      • Aleft
      • Addadshashanammu
      • Ashalmimilkala
      • Hlormaren Stronghold
      • Ashurnibibi
      • Ahemmusa Camp
      • Shulk Ore Mine
      • Rethan Manor
      • Fishing Hovel
      • Zainsipilu
      • Firemoth Island
      • Sarys Ancestral Tomb
      • Andrano Ancestral Tomb
      • Seyda Neen Wayshrine
      • Seyda Neen
    • West Gash
      • Region Overview
      • West Gash Quest Map
      • West Gash Fishing Map
      • Yasammidan
      • Arkngthunch-Sturdumz
      • Ald Velothi Harbor House
      • Ashalmawia
      • Urshilaku Camp
      • Urshilaku Camp Wayshrine
      • Mysterious Ruin (Bethamez)
      • Maelkashishi
      • Drivam’s House (Gnisis)
      • Gnisis
      • Gnisis Wayshrine
      • Berandas
      • Salothan’s Council
      • Dushariran
      • Veloth Ancestral Tomb
      • Ashimanu Cave
      • West Gash Wayshrine
      • Randas Ancestral Tomb
      • Ularra
      • Khartag Point
      • Red Exile Camp
      • Hleran Ancestral Tomb
      • Ald’ruhn Wayshrine
      • Ald’ruhn
      • Mallapi Cave Back Tunnels
      • Ramimilk
      • Red Exile Tent
      • Kudanat Mine
      • Redoran Garrison
      • Nilthog’s Hollow
      • Assarnatamat
      • Boundary Bridge
      • Balmora
      • Balmora Wayshrine
    • Ascadian Isles
      • Region Overview
      • Ascadian Isles Collectibles Map
      • Ascadian Isles Quest Map
      • Ascadian Isles Fishing Map
      • Vassir-Didanat Mine
      • Foyada Quarry (INACCESSIBLE) (Arkngthand)
      • Fishing Lodge
      • Amaya Lake Manor
      • Mistress Dren’s Residence
      • Amaya Lake Docks
      • Ruined Ancestral Tomb
      • Quarry Bridge and Dam
      • Bal Ur
      • Suran Wayshrine
      • Suran
      • Inanius Egg Mine
      • Master Kharekh’s Residence
      • Ald Sotha
      • Vivec City Wayshrine
      • Vivec City
    • Ashlands
      • Region Overview
      • Ashlands Collectibles Map
      • Ashlands Fishing Map
      • Ashurnabitashpi
      • Ald Carac
      • Llando Ancestral Tomb
      • Falasmaryon
      • Valenvaryon
      • Ebernanit
      • Forgotten Wastes
      • Indaren Ancestral Tomb
      • Zergonipal
      • Valley of the Wind Wayshrine
      • Cavern of the Incarnate
    • Grazelands
      • Region Overview
      • Grazelands Collectibles Map
      • Grazelands Quest Map
      • Grazelands Fishing Map
      • Kushtashpi
      • Northern Farmstead
      • Poacher’s Treehouse
      • Vos
      • Tel Mora Wayshrine
      • Nchuleft
      • Scavenger’s Ruin
      • Pyroclastic Flow (Zainab Camp)
      • Dubdil Alar Tower
      • Zainab Camp
      • Sethan Ancestral Tomb
      • Aralen Ancestral Tomb
      • Pulk
      • An Unfortunate Experiment
      • Rubble-Filled Door
      • The Shoreline Farmstead
      • Falensarano Ruins
    • Molag Amur
      • Region Overview
      • Molag Amur Collectibles Map
      • Molag Amur Quest Map
      • Molag Amur Fishing Map
      • Library of Andule
      • Gimothran Ancestral Tomb
      • Zalkin-Sul
      • Mzanchend
      • Dulo Ancestral Tomb
      • Galom Daeus
      • Missir-Dadalit Egg Mine
      • Nchuleftingth Wayshrine
      • Nchuleftingth
      • Tusenend
      • Camp and Pyroclastic Flow
      • Sulipund Grange
      • Foyada Quarry
      • Ashunartes
      • Marandus
      • Vandus Ancestral Tomb
      • Erabenimsun Camp
      • Mountain Pass Tent (Mount Kand)
      • Alas Ancestral Tomb (Mount Kand)
      • Mountain Pass Ravine (Mount Kand)
      • Lower Mountain Arches (Mount Kand)
      • Inanius Egg Mine Back Entrance
      • Telasero
      • Red Exile Campsite
      • Dreudurai Glass Mine
      • Helan Ancestral Tomb
      • Molag Mar
      • Molag Mar Wayshrine
    • Azura’s Coast
      • Region Overview
      • Azura’s Coast (North) Map
      • Azura’s Coast (South) Map
      • Black Snail Smugglers’ Isle
      • Tel Mora
      • Esutanamus
      • Pinsun
      • Hanud Tower
      • Vassamsi Grotto and Mine
      • Hlervi Ancestral Tomb
      • Yansirramus
      • Tel Aruhn
      • Sadrith Mora
      • Sadrith Mora Wayshrine
      • Sadrith Mora Dock and Slave Field
      • Anudnabia
      • Halls of Fabrication (Tel Fyr)
      • Dreloth Ancestral Tomb
      • Kaushtarari
      • Tel Galen
      • Andalen Ancestral Tomb
      • Matus-Akin Egg Mine
      • Holamayan Monastery
      • Shashpilamat
      • Nchardumz (North)
      • Nchardumz (Southeast)
      • Almurbalarammi
      • Barilzar’s Tower
      • Red Exile Rock Camp
      • Grave Marker
      • Shrine of Azura
      • Mzahnch
      • Lady Laurent’s Camp
      • Bal Fell
      • Red Exile Toadstool Camp
      • Zaintiraris
      • Hlaalu Ancestral Tomb
      • Mawia
      • Abebaal Egg Mine (Abandoned)
      • Marvani Ancestral Tomb
      • Shipwreck Cove
      • Tel Branora Wayshrine
      • Tel Branora
      • Beran Ancestral Tomb
  • Bestiary
    • Overview
    • New Base Mob Enemies
    • Daedric Shrine Special Enemies
    • Vvardenfell Quest Enemies
    • Delve Quest Bosses
    • Public Dungeon Quest Enemies
    • Ald’ruhn Daily Beast Hunt Enemies
    • Delve Bosses
    • Forgotten Wastes Public Dungeon Champions
    • Nchuleftingth Public Dungeon Champions
    • Public Dungeon Group Event Enemies
    • Group Bosses
  • Appendices
    • Collections
    • Crafting Motifs
    • Crafting Sets
    • Equipment Sets
    • Furnishing Plans
      • Overiew
      • Furnishing Blueprints
      • Furnishing Designs
      • Furnishing Diagrams
      • Furnishing Formulas
      • Furnishing Patterns
      • Furnishing Praxes
    • Quest Rewards
    • Rare Fish
    • Survey Reports
    • Treasure Maps
    • Ancestral Tombs
    • Daedric Ruins
    • Housing
    • Merchants and Crafting Stations
    • Sermons
    • Shrines of the Seven Graces
    • Skyshards
  • Achievements
    • Overview of In-Game Achievements
    • Main Story Quests
    • Vvardenfell Quests
    • Ald’ruhn Daily Quests
    • Explore Vvardenfell
    • Public Dungeons
    • Ancestral Tombs Hunter
    • Tribunal Preacher
    • Morrowind Master Angler
    • Morrowind Skyshard Hunter
    • Morrowind Crafting Styles
    • The Pilgrim’s Path
    • Daedric Explorer
    • Strider Caravaner
    • Cliff Striders’ Bane
    • Group Bosses
    • Halls of Fabrication
    • Savior of Morrowind
    • Battlegrounds
    • Achievement Furnishings
    • Battlegrounds Achievement Furnishings
    • Console Achievements and Trophies
    • Xbox One Challenges
  • Concept Art
    • Locations
    • Vivec Statues
    • Dwarven Colossus
    • Armors and Weapons
    • Enemies

The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind Guide › Training › Skills › Weapon Skill Lines

Two-Handed

Maximum Rank: Two-Handed Rank 50

Maximum Investment: 22 Skill Points

Unlocking and Progressing Two-Handed

The Two-Handed skill line is unlocked when you strike a killing blow while holding a two-handed melee weapon.

Progress the skill line by earning Experience with one or more Two-Handed abilities slotted on your Action Bar.

Slotting multiple Two-Handed abilities accelerates skill line progression.

The Two-Handed skill line has a great mix of hard-hitting melee abilities and basic utility. Along with some excellent attacks, you’ll find a gap closer, an execute, and a self-heal that grants a damage buff—nearly everything a melee-focused player could want on one Action Bar.

Two-Handed Active Abilities are Stamina-based. To improve their effects, invest in Maximum Stamina, Stamina Recovery, Weapon Damage, and Weapon Critical.

Ultimate Ability

Berserker Strike

Berserker Strike deals heavy Physical Damage that ignores your target’s mitigation, granting you Physical and Spell Resistance equal to the amount ignored for a short time.

While the base ability offers a nice mix of direct damage and defensive buffs, the utility offered by its morphs is what really makes Berserker Strike a contender for that valuable Action Bar slot.

Available Morphs
IconNameNew Effect

Onslaught

Killing an enemy with this ability immediately refunds the Ultimate cost.

Berserker Rage

You are immune to all Disabling, Snare, And Immobilization Effects for the duration.

Active Abilities

Uppercut

Its one-second cast time makes Uppercut a relatively slow but extremely powerful attack. If you plan to use a two-handed melee weapon, this will likely be your primary damage ability.

Available Morphs
IconNameNew Effect

Dizzying Swing

Stuns and knocks back the enemy hit.

Wrecking Blow

Grants you Empower, increasing the damage of your next attack.

Critical Charge

Although Critical Charge is a guaranteed Critical Strike, its popularity is due to its use as a gap closer. It’s handy in PvE, but many players consider it an essential Two-Handed ability for PvP builds. Following up a Critical Charge with an Uppercut is one of the most common Two-Handed tactics.

Available Morphs
IconNameNew Effect

Stampede

Reduces the enemy’s movement speed.

Critical Rush

Deals more damage based on the distance traveled.

Cleave

Cleave’s combination of area-of-effect damage and damage over time makes it an important tool for Two-Handed DPS, and the utility offered by its morphs makes it a difficult skill to pass up.

Available Morphs
IconNameNew Effect

Carve

Grants Minor Heroism, increasing your Ultimate generation.

Brawler

Grants a damage shield that increases in strength for each enemy hit.

Reverse Slash

As a straightforward execute, Reverse Slash is a great way to boost your burst damage and overall DPS. Once your target reaches 35% health use this as your primary damage ability for the greatest effect, as it produces a 90% damage bonus.

Available Morphs
IconNameNew Effect

Reverse Slice

Other enemies nearby take a percentage of the damage inflicted to the primary target.

Executioner

Increases the amount of bonus damage to low-Health targets.

Momentum

Granting Major Brutality and a long-lasting healing effect, Momentum offers a great mix of offensive and defensive utility. Those who plan to adventure alone should take special notice of the Rally morph—it makes this ability one of the best Stamina-based self-heals available to most classes.

Available Morphs
IconNameNew Effect

Forward Momentum

Reduces the cost and provides a brief immunity to snares and immobilizations.

Rally

Also heals you when the effect expires.

Passive Abilities

The Two-Handed skill line features five Passive Abilities, each of which has two ranks.

None of the available Passives are tied to specific abilities. If you utilize a two-handed weapon, it’s recommended that you invest in all Two-Handed Passives.

Passive Requirements

You can only benefit from a Two-Handed Passive Ability while a two-handed weapon is equipped.

Two-Handed Passive Abilities

NameEffect
Forceful Your light and heavy attacks damage up to two additional enemies for a percentage of the damage inflicted to the primary target.
Heavy Weapons Grants a specific bonus based on the type of weapon equipped.
Balanced Blade Reduces the Stamina cost of your Two-Handed abilities.
Follow Up A successful, fully charged heavy attack increases the damage of your next attack.
Battle Rush Increases Stamina Recovery for 10 seconds after killing a target.

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