I’m ranking my top 20 picks for the best-of-the-best two-handed weapons you can get in Skyrim. If that’s what you’re looking for then you’ve come to the right place. Some of the best greatswords and battleaxes do swing quite quickly (depending on your skill point distribution) but in general, two-handed weapons are slow yet deadly. Greatswords, battleaxes, and warhammers are quite bad at protecting you from incoming enemy attacks, but they often do much more damage than any other weapon in the game. This comes at the expense of compromising your ability to defend. Every two-handed weapon in Skyrim is associated with dealing a large amount of damage.