Online:Two Handed

Progression

	2	Uppercut

	4	Critical Charge

Forceful I	5

Heavy Weapons I	10

	14	Cleave

Balanced Blade I	17

	20	Reverse Slash

Heavy Weapons II	25

Balanced Blade II	28

Follow Up I	30

Forceful II	34

	38	Momentum

Battle Rush I	41

Follow Up II	46

Battle Rush II	50	Berserker Strike

Smash

Two Handed is one of the six weapon skills available in Elder Scrolls Online. You can advance through this skill line by equipping a two-handed weapon.

Learning[edit]

The Two Handed skill line is granted the first time you kill an enemy with a two-handed weapon equipped. You can increase your skill by engaging in combat with a two-handed weapon equipped, or by having Two Handed skills slotted. The more skills you have slotted, the faster your skill will increase. Nords are naturally gifted with Two Handed weapons, and will learn the ability more quickly than other races. In addition, you can earn free levels in the skill line by reading Skill Books, which may be found randomly on bookshelves anywhere. The skill books which increase Two Handed are:

Skill Perks[edit]

Two Handed weapons have an associated skill line that is revealed through use of a Two-Handed weapon. Known abilities are listed below.

Notes

The numbers displayed here are the base values for the skills. Magicka/Stamina Cost is based on a character of Level 50 160. Damage values are based on Max Magicka/Stamina 12000, Max Health 16000, and Weapon/Spell Damage 1000. The actual numbers you see in the game may depend on a variety of factors, including skill line rank, your equipped weapons and armor, other skills, enchantments, etc. As such, they should only be used as a comparative reference.

Ultimate Abilities[edit]

These abilities must be activated manually, for a cost of Ultimate.

Name	Line Rank	Cast Time		Target	Range	Radius	Duration	Cost
Berserker Strike	50	0.4 seconds		Enemy	7 meters	5 meters	–	150 Ultimate
	Strike at an enemy with a vicious blow, dealing [9223 / 9324 / 9426 / 9528] Physical Damage to them and all nearby enemies. This attack ignores the target's Physical Resistance, and grants you Physical and Spell Resistance equal to the amount ignored from the initial target for 8 seconds.
			Onslaught	Now grants Penetration for your direct damage attacks rather than Resistances, but for a shorter duration. Strike at an enemy with a vicious blow, dealing 9528 Physical Damage to them and all nearby enemies. This attack ignores the target's Resistance and grants you Physical and Spell Penetration for your direct damage attacks equal to [85 / 90 / 95 / 100]% of the amount ignored from the initial target for 5 seconds.
			Berserker Rage	You are immune to all disabling, snare, and immobilization effects for the duration. Strike at an enemy with a vicious blow, dealing [9528 / 9633 / 9737 / 9842] Physical Damage to them and all nearby enemies. This attack ignores the target's Resistance and grants you Physical and Spell Resistance equal to the amount ignored from the initial target for 8 seconds. You are immune to all disabling, snare, and immobilization effects for the duration.

Active Abilities[edit]

These abilities must be activated manually, while a two-handed weapon is equipped, for a cost.

	Line Rank	Cast Time		Target	Range	Radius	Duration	Cost
Uppercut	2	0.8 seconds		Enemy	7 meters	–	–	2700 Stamina
	Slam an enemy with an upward swing, dealing [7072 / 7149 / 7226 / 7305] Physical Damage.
			Dizzying Swing	Also sets the enemy Off Balance. Hitting Off Balance enemies stuns them. Enemies that are immune to Off Balance are snared. Slam an enemy with an upward swing, dealing [7305 / 7385 / 7465 / 7546] Physical Damage and setting them Off Balance for 7 seconds. Hitting an enemy that is already Off Balance stuns them for 2 seconds. Targets that are immune to Off Balance are snared by 40% for 2 seconds.
			Wrecking Blow	Grants you Empower and Major Berserk after casting. Slam an enemy with an upward swing, dealing [7305 / 7385 / 7465 / 7546] Physical Damage. Grants you Empower and Major Berserk for 3 seconds, increasing the damage of your Heavy Attacks against monsters by 70% and your damage done by 10%.

Critical Charge	4	Instant		Enemy	22 meters	–	–	3780 Stamina
	Launch across the earth and smash an enemy, dealing [3688 / 3728 / 3768 / 3809] Physical Damage. This attack is always a Critical Strike.
			Stampede	Increases the cost and the charge now deals damage in an area around the target, and leaves residual damage at the impact area. Cost: 4590 Stamina, Duration: 15 seconds, Area: 5 meters. Launch across the earth and smash an enemy, dealing 3811 Physical Damage to them and all nearby enemies. This attack is always a Critical Strike. After reaching your target, you sunder the ground beneath you, dealing [846 / 854 / 863 / 873] Physical Damage to all enemies in the area every 1 second for 15 seconds.
			Critical Rush	Deals more damage based on the distance traveled. Reduces the cost. Cost: [3510 / 3420 / 3330 / 3240] Stamina. Launch across the earth and smash an enemy, dealing 3811 Physical Damage. Deals up to 50% more damage based on the distance traveled. This attack is always a Critical Strike.

Cleave	14	Instant		Cone	–	7 meters	–	3510 Stamina
	Focus your strength into a mighty swing, dealing [4610 / 4660 / 4711 / 4761] Physical Damage to enemies in front of you. You also gain a damage shield that absorbs [4610 / 4660 / 4711 / 4761] damage for 6 seconds.
			Carve	Converts into Bleed Damage and applies a bleed over time to enemies hit. Focus your strength into a mighty swing, dealing 4765 Bleed Damage to enemies in front of you, and causing them to bleed for an additional [7612 / 7692 / 7777 / 7862] Bleed Damage over 12 seconds. Hitting a target that is already bleeding from this ability extends the duration by 10 seconds, up to a maximum of 32. You also gain a damage shield that absorbs 4765 damage for 6 seconds.
			Brawler	Damage shield now increases in strength for each enemy hit. Focus your strength into a mighty swing, dealing 4765 Physical Damage to enemies in front of you. You also gain a damage shield that absorbs [4765 / 4816 / 4869 / 4921] damage for 6 seconds. Each enemy hit increases the damage shield's strength by 50%, up to 300%.

Reverse Slash	20	Instant		Enemy	7 meters	–	–	2430 Stamina
	Spin around and strike an enemy down, dealing [3073 / 3107 / 3140 / 3174] Physical Damage. Deals up to 300% more damage to enemies with less than 50% Health.
			Reverse Slice	Now deals its damage in an area around the initial target as well. Area: 5 meters. Spin around and strike an enemy down, dealing [3176 / 3211 / 3246 / 3280] Physical Damage to them and all nearby enemies. Deals up to 300% more damage to enemies with less than 50% Health.
			Executioner	Converts to Bleed Damage and reduces the cost. Increases the amount of bonus damage dealt to low health targets. Cost: 2160 Stamina. Spin around and strike an enemy down, dealing 3176 Bleed Damage. Deals up to [385 / 390 / 395 / 400]% more damage to enemies with less than 50% Health.

Momentum	38	Instant		Self	–	–	20 seconds	3780 Stamina
	Duration: [17 / 18 / 19 / 20] seconds. Focus your strength and resolve to gain Major Brutality and Sorcery, increasing your Weapon and Spell Damage by 20%, as well as gaining Minor Endurance, increasing your Stamina Recovery by 15% for [17 / 18 / 19 / 20] seconds.
			Forward Momentum	Reduces the cost, increases the duration, and provides a brief immunity to snares and immobilizations. Cost: [3510 / 3420 / 3330 / 3240] Stamina, Duration: 40 seconds. Focus your strength and resolve to gain Major Brutality and Sorcery, increasing your Weapon and Spell Damage by 20%, as well as gaining Minor Endurance, increasing your Stamina Recovery by 15% for 40 seconds. Activating this ability removes all snares and immobilizations from you and grants immunity to them for 4 seconds.
			Rally	Also heals you when the effect expires. Focus your strength and resolve to gain Major Brutality and Sorcery, increasing your Weapon and Spell Damage by 20%, as well as gaining Minor Endurance, increasing your Stamina Recovery by 15% for 20 seconds. You heal for [3176 / 3211 / 3246 / 3280] Health when Rally ends. The final heal is increased by 15% every 1 second, up to a maximum of 300%.

Weapon Sets[edit]

These sets add effects to abilities.

	Weapon set name	Description
Uppercut	Radial Uppercut	2 items: Uppercut deals 45% of its damage to all enemies near your primary target.
Uppercut	Perfected Radial Uppercut	2 perfected items: Adds 27-1190 Offensive Penetration 2 items: Uppercut deals 45% of its damage to all enemies near your primary target.
Critical Charge	Merciless Charge	2 items: Activating Critical Charge stirs up a barbarous lust for battle within you for 18 seconds, increasing your damage done with direct damage attacks by 93, up to a maximum of 560. This effect scales off the higher of your Weapon and Spell Damage.
Critical Charge	Perfected Merciless Charge	2 perfected items: Adds 27-1190 Offensive Penetration 2 items: Activating Critical Charge stirs up a barbarous lust for battle within you for 18 seconds, increasing your damage done with direct damage attacks by 93, up to a maximum of 560. This effect scales off the higher of your Weapon and Spell Damage.
Cleave	Titanic Cleave	2 items: Increases the direct damage Cleave deals by 36-1550 for each enemy in its cone.
Cleave	Perfected Titanic Cleave	2 perfected items: Adds 27-1190 Offensive Penetration 2 items: Increases the direct damage Cleave deals by 36-1550 for each enemy in its cone.
Reverse Slash	Disciplined Slash	2 items: When you deal damage with Reverse Slash, you generate up to 12 Ultimate based on how much execute bonus damage it dealt.
Reverse Slash	Perfected Disciplined Slash	2 perfected items: Adds 20-877 Maximum Stamina 2 items: When you deal damage with Reverse Slash, you generate up to 12 Ultimate based on how much execute bonus damage it dealt.
Momentum	Frenzied Momentum	2 items: While Momentum is active, casting Stamina abilities while in combat generates a stack of Frenzied Momentum for 20 seconds, increasing your Weapon and Spell Damage by 0-30 up to 10 times. After 5 or more stacks, your next Heavy Attack consumes all stacks and releases a violent explosion of energy around you, dealing 1084 Physical Damage to all enemies within 8 meters, scaling off the higher of your Weapon and Spell Damage.
Momentum	Perfected Frenzied Momentum	2 perfected items: Adds 20-877 Maximum Stamina 2 items: While Momentum is active, casting Stamina abilities while in combat generates a stack of Frenzied Momentum for 20 seconds, increasing your Weapon and Spell Damage by 0-30 up to 10 times. After 5 or more stacks, your next Heavy Attack consumes all stacks and releases a violent explosion of energy around you, dealing 1084 Physical Damage to all enemies within 8 meters, scaling off the higher of your Weapon and Spell Damage.

Passive Abilities[edit]

Passive abilities are active all the time, so long as a two-handed weapon is equipped.

	Line Rank	Description
Forceful	5	(WITH TWO-HANDED WEAPON EQUIPPED) Your Light and Heavy Attacks damage up to 3 other nearby enemies for 50% of the damage inflicted to the primary target.
Forceful	34	(WITH TWO-HANDED WEAPON EQUIPPED) Your Light and Heavy Attacks damage up to 3 other nearby enemies for 100% of the damage inflicted to the primary target.
Heavy Weapons	10	(WITH A TWO-HANDED WEAPON EQUIPPED) Grants a bonus based on the type of weapon equipped: Swords increase your Weapon and Spell Damage by 129. Axes increase your Critical Damage done by 6%. Maces increase your Offensive Penetration by 1487.
Heavy Weapons	25	(WITH A TWO-HANDED WEAPON EQUIPPED) Grants a bonus based on the type of weapon equipped: Swords increase your Weapon and Spell Damage by 258. Axes increase your Critical Damage done by 12%. Maces increase your Offensive Penetration by 2974.
Balanced Blade	17	(WITH TWO-HANDED WEAPON EQUIPPED) Reduces the Stamina cost of your Two-Handed abilities by 7%.
Balanced Blade	28	(WITH TWO-HANDED WEAPON EQUIPPED) Reduces the Stamina cost of your Two-Handed abilities by 15%.
Follow Up	30	(WITH TWO-HANDED WEAPON EQUIPPED) When you complete a fully-charged Heavy Attack, your damage done with Two Handed attacks increases by 5% for 4 seconds.
Follow Up	46	(WITH TWO-HANDED WEAPON EQUIPPED) When you complete a fully-charged Heavy Attack, your damage done with Two Handed attacks increases by 10% for 4 seconds.
Battle Rush	41	(WITH TWO-HANDED WEAPON EQUIPPED) Increases your Stamina Recovery by 15% for 10 seconds after killing a target.
Battle Rush	50	(WITH TWO-HANDED WEAPON EQUIPPED) Increases your Stamina Recovery by 30% for 10 seconds after killing a target.