Talk:Kronsh/@comment-1023950-20171203231020/@comment-184.170.76.210-20180116184153

I would argue the opposite, that the kronsh shape makes it much better for use as a weapon than as a tool. It's true that it is not designed for backswings, but then, backswings are hardly ever used in traditional melee combat. Don't use the warframe stances as an indication of historical or feasible combat maneuvers. Having double ended hammers and axes is much more common for tools than for weapons (many of the double ended war axes you see in fantasy settings are not historically accurate). The round shape of the kronsh head makes it useless for most hammer-tool related jobs besides making curves in metal sheets but you would not want those odd embelishments on the face of the head if it were. Finally, the Kronsh resembles a real war club design used by native americans.

You are perfectly right about the stance tough. It comes merely from the fact that all the existing hammers in the game are two handed, wereas this war club is meant to be used one handed and the machete stance is the closest fit for one handed weapons (certainly better than the sword or dagger stances for instance). One could argue that it should use the hammer stance instead of polearm stances when used on a pole grip though. There are feasible and historical examples of pole hammers with relatively small heads for the length of shaft. Lucerne hammers were quite effective.