Dire flail

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Name	Dire flail
Skill	Maces & Flails
Damage	13
Accuracy	-3
Base delay (%)	13 (130%)
Min delay	6 at skill 14
Hands	2H
Size	Medium
Ranged?	No

A spiked flail with longer spikes and a heavier head. "'Ah! ah! ah!' laughed his two men, 'how the Norman villains will be humbled when they see their doughty knight's skull beaten in by our brave countrymen.'" -Tale of Chivalry; or, Perils by Flood and Field_. 1830.

Dire flails deal high damage and have a fairly low base delay, although they are two-handed.

Strategy

A good earlygame weapon for Maces & Flails users. They are great weapons at low skill. Despite being two-handed, dire flails attack harder and faster than either maces or flails. It takes less skill to reach a "reasonable delay" than your one-handed options.

If you are a Maces & Flails user who hasn't found a shield yet, there's little reason not to use a dire flail. Even if you have found a shield, a dire flail can remain competitive at low weapon skill. At high skill (around 14-16 skill), it is generally outclassed by either morningstar + shield or a great mace.

	Dire flail
Mundane
Magical
Artifact