This means that a faster weapon will benefit much more from said skills, because it can apply the damage bonus more often. Two-handed weapons scale very badly with Enchanting and Smithing bonuses.Įnchants and weapon tempering apply the same fixed bonuses to any weapon, regardless of their attack speed. Also, some strong unique weapons like the Dawnbreaker and Dragonbane are one-handed only.Īlso, from Two-handed rebalance mod description: A major advantage of the One-handed build to the Two-handed build is that the Block skill tree has perks that only affects you if you are using a one-handed build (Elemental Protection, Deflect Arrows, Shield Charge).