I think the mace of Molag Bal, is supposed to be like that on purpose. It's not meant to be the deadliest, most efficient weapon. Rather, it's meant to cause as much pain as possible. That's just the kind of guy Bal is.
And also ofc it’s to make you fully understand who is causing said pain, he wants you to have plenty of time to fully understand that molag bal has domination over you and your suffering
@@glossyplane542 and on top of that, the only reason it does the same damage as a daedric mace, is simply because men mer and beast on average, are so weak compared to... well... the average daedra. It's almost completely by accident, I think. He could've made it so much more lethal if that's what he wanted.
I was going to point this out, it's 100% meant to be a torture device rather than a weapon of war, it just so happens that that evil ol' Ballman or whatever his name is prefers it when you bring torture devices with you onto the battlefield.
@@GenericProtagonist7 Molag Bal. His name is literally in the name of the weapon, not to mention is spoken in the video and the OP mentioned it by name too.
Urbul gro-Orkulg knows you NEED axes and blunt weapons. BIG ones. So he makes them and sells them here... Slash N' Smash, the BIG Orc weapon shop! BIG weapons! For BIG heroes!
@urielgarcia7958 It's one of the best looking weapon in the game. Yes, it's large, but it reminds me of lord of the ring sarons mace looked ridiculous big but he was massive in size but still. 1.Molag mace 2. Glass 3. Dragon 4. Ebony 5. Elven The rest are so ugly, I'd never use them in the game....
I've kind of always thought it weird that the dragon bone mace looked like that when you have the absolutely funny yet brutal design of the warhammer, using a hip bone as the head is funny and also maybe an unintentional reference to early human weapons. thinking about it now maybe using some smaller bones from different areas like the wings. Maybe use the dragon wing equivalent to the humerus, or upper arm bone, as the head of the mace.
@@cassgaming2383I LOVE Believable weapons, but I always thought that the Mace of Molag Bal was overly stripped down. It is an unwieldy design in vanilla, sure, and I prefer the modded version overall. But, with it being a Daedric Artifact… I can suspend my disbelief a lot more than the basic armory, and I think it lost a bit of charm.
The mace of molag bal reminds me of a gothic version of the truncheon of submission and I love it, it’s arguably one of the most iconic Skyrim weapons. Also the orcish mace looks like an artichoke
I'd love to see a war axe one next. I think they have some of the most underrated designs in the game. Ebony and Daedric axes, both war and battle, are so darn cool.
The Elven mace will always be in my top 3. I remember getting the game on the Xbox 360 and there was a screenshot on the back of the case with the Dragonborn welding the Elven mace and using the healing spell. I thought this weapon was badass. I was so happy when I first got one how many years ago!
the hammered looks of iron weapons in skyrim is actually pretty accurate. See.. steel can be heat treated and hardened.. but the only way to harden iron is to hammer it over and over.. hence the dents everywhere. the process is called "work hardening" and sometimes if you go too extreme with it, it can make the metal brittle and has to be annealed to be worked again.
You should really do these for the two-handed weapons. Some of those axes look rather nice. That dragonbone mace is great though. Realistically, one of the most brutal designs and I don't really agree with the idea that fantastical material should mean throwing physics out the window. That being said, Daedric equipment is pretty funny to consider because the explanation behind it looking like that is essentially that it's just plain chaos infused into a weapon and it's so magical that it just works. Yeah, that meme applies.
This video was ground breaking one might say. It packed a real wallop, smacked me upside the head. It really hammered the point home. I had a smashing good time watching it slam away
I like the mace of molag bal, mostly because it's sooo extra that it can hurt someone no matter how you hit them with it. You could chuck it at someone and chances are, it'd really hurt them because it has so many pointy bits
You should review weapons from older Elderscrolls games like Morrowind and Oblivion. Find out which game has the best designed weapons, whether it’s how realistic or fantastical it is or how well it mixes the two.
I named my stalhrim mace “The Ministry of Truth” after the big-ass meteor Vivec (the character) suspended above Vivec (the city) in Morrowind - both because of the resemblance, and because it’s similarly terrifying to see brought down on someone’s head ☠️
I know I'm a bit late to this (only just found the Channel), but the Creation Club/Anniversary Edition gives a new type of Mace that I truly love: The Ebony Mace from the Ghosts of the Tribunal Creation/Quest. It's not as Fantasy as the Vanilla Ebony Mace, being an Ebony Ball with spikes coming out of it, and the handle itself is solid Ebony as well. It's gorgeous, and actually stronger than the Vanilla Ebony Mace (being on par with Dragonbone, but lighter).
Glass in skyrim is actually obsidian just a different color. Its pretty common to do that in fantasy games. In german for example the glass armor is named "Vulkanglas Rüstung" which means volcano glass. So its not as unrealistically tough as people think.
I actually enjoy that Molag Bals mace looks like a cave man club. Feels very rudimentary and more in-character for Molag Bal, being a big dumb brute. I only use it for evil characters though. You're right, the implications if your character using it are not good, be sure to only use it for an Evil playthrough.
I like the way the Mace of Molag Ball looks primarily because i almost never have to see the handle (I play first person exclusively). Looking at the whole thing I can see how it DOES look a bit cartoonish & silly with how big it gets very quickly, but I only ever see the horns & spikes of the top, which I think look sick as fuck. & The lore also carries it to one of my favorite weapons in game. I also LOVE the way npcs react. I love walking around Riften and hearing "That mace... get it away from me. GET IT AWAY."
When I was an angsty teen the mace of Molag Bal was my favorite. As I’ve grown up and replayed the game a million times I now totally agree with you. It’s ridiculous and edgy more so then needed. Just like I was as a teen
I belive its on prpose, its the weapon of the god of domination, so i belive its probably supposed to cause as much fear and pain as possible, not used in battle
To be honest, I actually love orcish mace, in fact, of all orcish weapons, it is my most favourite. Whenever I enchant one, I rename it to "Totem of Something" or "Something Totem" (my Shock enchantment made "Skyfire Totem" and my life-leech enchantment made "Wendigo Totem") due to that savage looks (and the fact my character is traditionally melee witch, so all maces are either Totems or Scepters)
So glad the Ebony Mace won this one, because good lord. Whenever my ludicrously overpowered Dragonborn finally rolls up to Dawnstar after snatching the Razor and running to clear up their nightmare problem, Erandur always lugs this beautiful deathbringer into Vaermina's old haunt, cracking the skulls of old friends and foes alike as we free Dawnstar (or the Skull depending on if I'm getting Oblivion Walker) from the sins of his past.
You forget rusty mace (you can get both rusty mace and mace of molag bal when molag tells you to smack logrolf, don't do anything just exit the house and if you buy the house in markarth and have a weapon plague then you can put rusty mace in the plague then go back and smack logrolf then you get the mace of molag bal go back to your house and take the rusty mace), but i never use mace anyway, the only mace i use is a redguard named mace windu with the star wars mod :3
I used to think maces were blunt weapons before I played Skyrim. The Stalhrim mace is the only 100% blunt mace in the game, but looks like a bowling ball on a stick. The Dwarven mace is probably my favorite, though it looks like it has blades as well, just under the top section.
You should do a video on the ancient Nordic weapons. I didn’t see the ancient Nordic mace in here so you must have either forgotten about it or something
I think not one, except the dwarven mace, maybe, would be classified as a mace in real world. They are more of a weird three-four bladed reverse axes, for some reason
I thought the ebony mace was the best one because it’s the only one with more than 4 blades as well as some small sharp hooks at the end of each blade that increases the chance of seriously wounding your enemies.
MoMB is only my favorite when playing as an evil characyer. It sets the mood. Othereise, your choices are mostly the same as mine (I actually like the orcish mace to be a bit higher). I get your logic though.
I knew the ebony mace would be number 1 But to be honest i wish the dragon mace would be more like the dragon hammer with more of a femur end to the mace or even parta of the dragons horns /spine horns. For the daedric mace i wished the enchantment or enchantmenta you place on it would hover within the top of the mace slowly seeping into it..(like how the spells in your inv look when you scroll through them. I with each weapon would have a unique way to show its magical enchantment instead of it having slightly glowing idk cracks
Why I love the Stalhrim Mace It's just a frozen testicle on a stick, that's what makes it amazing to me. Imagine getting killed by a fresh from the freezer big ass Giant's Balls of all things
My problem with the mace of Molag Bal is that it's too frickin big (a string of words I don't like using when talking about Molag Bal). I mostly play in 1st person, and that thing takes up way too much of the screen. It is overly edgy, but at least it doesn't look like a mammoth's frozen drool bubble. Though even the bubble looks better than dragonbone 😭
I havent made a comment in years and Id like to start of by saying I love your content Rogue. How dare you put the orcish mace that low. That shit is my baby and I will die defending this hill.
Curious, where would you put the Amber Mace, Ancient Nord Mace, Dark Mace, Ebony Mace (Tribunal), Golden Mace, Light Of Day, Mace Of The Crusader, Madness Mace, Nord Hero Mace, Scourge, and Sunder?
I think the mace of Molag Bal, is supposed to be like that on purpose. It's not meant to be the deadliest, most efficient weapon. Rather, it's meant to cause as much pain as possible. That's just the kind of guy Bal is.
And also ofc it’s to make you fully understand who is causing said pain, he wants you to have plenty of time to fully understand that molag bal has domination over you and your suffering
@@glossyplane542 and on top of that, the only reason it does the same damage as a daedric mace, is simply because men mer and beast on average, are so weak compared to... well... the average daedra. It's almost completely by accident, I think. He could've made it so much more lethal if that's what he wanted.
I was going to point this out, it's 100% meant to be a torture device rather than a weapon of war, it just so happens that that evil ol' Ballman or whatever his name is prefers it when you bring torture devices with you onto the battlefield.
@@GenericProtagonist7 Molag Bal. His name is literally in the name of the weapon, not to mention is spoken in the video and the OP mentioned it by name too.
@@NoxWyatt molag ballsack
Orc weapons be like; *You have contracted Tetanus*
Player Sleeps: "You Never Awaken..." *Screams in Sent to Shadow Realm*
Urbul gro-Orkulg knows you NEED axes and blunt weapons. BIG ones. So he makes them and sells them here... Slash N' Smash, the BIG Orc weapon shop! BIG weapons! For BIG heroes!
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Heck yeah
The dragon bone mace looks like dragon toe nails glued to a stick
@@Nevermore2991 for real
oh god i hate this, cant unsee
Omg im a big fan of yours
They had a good mace head already if they just used a vertebare from the tail of a dragon skeleton
@@Nevermore2991or a dragons femur would be badass
I like to see someone ranking based off how badass and cool looking it is, not how useful it is
You're absolutely CRUSHING it with these puns
Ebony Mace is indeed brutal.
My dude put the IRON MACE over mace of Molag Bal...
Yeah cause plain beats ugly any day
And I’d do it again
@@urielgarcia7958Thats a crazy take
@@Five_FingersofDeath and one that has some followers.
@urielgarcia7958 It's one of the best looking weapon in the game. Yes, it's large, but it reminds me of lord of the ring sarons mace looked ridiculous big but he was massive in size but still.
1.Molag mace
2. Glass
3. Dragon
4. Ebony
5. Elven
The rest are so ugly, I'd never use them in the game....
Stahlrim Mace is literally the most beautiful mace in the game by far and maybe my favourite one
@@AndysTake that’s a hot take but I also love it!
4:46 "You have contracted Brain rot" LMAO that *insert pic* there
I've kind of always thought it weird that the dragon bone mace looked like that when you have the absolutely funny yet brutal design of the warhammer, using a hip bone as the head is funny and also maybe an unintentional reference to early human weapons. thinking about it now maybe using some smaller bones from different areas like the wings. Maybe use the dragon wing equivalent to the humerus, or upper arm bone, as the head of the mace.
@@spedsky1827 dragon hip bone Warhammer is goated
Every time i use the stalrim mace, i am just expecting to hear the *BONK* sound effect and i love it so much
dragonbone mace could literally be a tiny version of the warhammer and we'd be happier
Intro puns were so good they made me subscribe. Absolutely smashing content!
Love that this game is still alive
@@kingbouncer1314 Skyrim will never die
@@RogueRanksagreed
my problem with the Mace of Molag Bal is how fucking giant it is. the design is fine i just with it didnt eat the entire right third of my screen
I use a molag bal replacer that is much smaller than the vanilla model and is my favorite mace in the game
Oooh what mod?
@RogueRanks I think it's called reshaped weapons? I'll just edit this if I'm wrong
Edit: it'd believable weapons not reshaped weaopns
@@cassgaming2383I LOVE Believable weapons, but I always thought that the Mace of Molag Bal was overly stripped down. It is an unwieldy design in vanilla, sure, and I prefer the modded version overall. But, with it being a Daedric Artifact… I can suspend my disbelief a lot more than the basic armory, and I think it lost a bit of charm.
3:58 bro it’s a video game
How dare you play a bad guy lmfao
Bro it's a joke.
The mace of molag bal reminds me of a gothic version of the truncheon of submission and I love it, it’s arguably one of the most iconic Skyrim weapons. Also the orcish mace looks like an artichoke
You should rank armours next!
I think I’ll do all weapons then finish it with armors 💀
Ok!
@@RogueRanks rank rings and jewelry
@@l0sts0ul89lmao comparing silver garnet rings to silver amethyst rings is so fckn funny to me for no reason lol
I'd love to see a war axe one next. I think they have some of the most underrated designs in the game. Ebony and Daedric axes, both war and battle, are so darn cool.
@@cerebralassassin117 axes will be tough because I agree!
Two-handed glass axe where it's at
The Elven mace will always be in my top 3. I remember getting the game on the Xbox 360 and there was a screenshot on the back of the case with the Dragonborn welding the Elven mace and using the healing spell. I thought this weapon was badass. I was so happy when I first got one how many years ago!
the hammered looks of iron weapons in skyrim is actually pretty accurate. See.. steel can be heat treated and hardened.. but the only way to harden iron is to hammer it over and over.. hence the dents everywhere. the process is called "work hardening" and sometimes if you go too extreme with it, it can make the metal brittle and has to be annealed to be worked again.
You should really do these for the two-handed weapons. Some of those axes look rather nice.
That dragonbone mace is great though. Realistically, one of the most brutal designs and I don't really agree with the idea that fantastical material should mean throwing physics out the window. That being said, Daedric equipment is pretty funny to consider because the explanation behind it looking like that is essentially that it's just plain chaos infused into a weapon and it's so magical that it just works. Yeah, that meme applies.
This video was ground breaking one might say. It packed a real wallop, smacked me upside the head. It really hammered the point home. I had a smashing good time watching it slam away
You nailed this.
Mace of Molag Bal has got to be one of my top five favorite weapons in the game. Tho, I'm very biased towards anything Molag Bal
I like the mace of molag bal, mostly because it's sooo extra that it can hurt someone no matter how you hit them with it. You could chuck it at someone and chances are, it'd really hurt them because it has so many pointy bits
You should review weapons from older Elderscrolls games like Morrowind and Oblivion.
Find out which game has the best designed weapons, whether it’s how realistic or fantastical it is or how well it mixes the two.
Nice vid brah 🤙🏻
Thanks!
I named my stalhrim mace “The Ministry of Truth” after the big-ass meteor Vivec (the character) suspended above Vivec (the city) in Morrowind - both because of the resemblance, and because it’s similarly terrifying to see brought down on someone’s head ☠️
RR giving me brainrot with his back to back to back puns
For ke the mace of mohlag is my fave because of its design lol
Rank Skyrim Player Homes.
Youre on your way to yt big boys league buddy. Keep it up. Maybe do some lore vids too. Thatd be fire
Thank you!
@@RogueRanks np
For A Pragmatist Such As Myself The Dwarven Mace Is Perfect, & My Personal Favorite.
The wordt part of the orcish mace is the spikes are backwards. They should hook down to stab into the enemy on a glancing blow.
I know I'm a bit late to this (only just found the Channel), but the Creation Club/Anniversary Edition gives a new type of Mace that I truly love: The Ebony Mace from the Ghosts of the Tribunal Creation/Quest. It's not as Fantasy as the Vanilla Ebony Mace, being an Ebony Ball with spikes coming out of it, and the handle itself is solid Ebony as well. It's gorgeous, and actually stronger than the Vanilla Ebony Mace (being on par with Dragonbone, but lighter).
“Ribbed for your enemy’s displeasure” is crazy
I'm surprised yours is the first and only comment about that line 💀
The elven mace looks like an oversized grappling hook.
100%
Dwarven and stalhrim maces are my favorites just like the simple I’m going to mash you look and feel lol
Glass in skyrim is actually obsidian just a different color. Its pretty common to do that in fantasy games. In german for example the glass armor is named "Vulkanglas Rüstung" which means volcano glass. So its not as unrealistically tough as people think.
I actually enjoy that Molag Bals mace looks like a cave man club. Feels very rudimentary and more in-character for Molag Bal, being a big dumb brute. I only use it for evil characters though. You're right, the implications if your character using it are not good, be sure to only use it for an Evil playthrough.
I like the way the Mace of Molag Ball looks primarily because i almost never have to see the handle (I play first person exclusively). Looking at the whole thing I can see how it DOES look a bit cartoonish & silly with how big it gets very quickly, but I only ever see the horns & spikes of the top, which I think look sick as fuck. & The lore also carries it to one of my favorite weapons in game. I also LOVE the way npcs react. I love walking around Riften and hearing "That mace... get it away from me. GET IT AWAY."
When I was an angsty teen the mace of Molag Bal was my favorite. As I’ve grown up and replayed the game a million times I now totally agree with you. It’s ridiculous and edgy more so then needed. Just like I was as a teen
I belive its on prpose, its the weapon of the god of domination, so i belive its probably supposed to cause as much fear and pain as possible, not used in battle
A-mace-ing
A-mace-ing
We need two handed weapon rankings ! Like the stahlrim battle axe or sum
7:48 that's a hammer
Yeah exactly, it's a defender hammer I think tho
W list and i love the channel. you should do a bow ranking next
elven mace looks like a plug with a grappling hook attached
Remember its the guy that put glass sword high
Sounds like a badass
Yo Molag's Mace is one of the coolest maces in the game dude you on skooma or smthg??
It's way too big though, it would be cooler if you could see where you are going while wielding it...
To be honest, I actually love orcish mace, in fact, of all orcish weapons, it is my most favourite. Whenever I enchant one, I rename it to "Totem of Something" or "Something Totem" (my Shock enchantment made "Skyfire Totem" and my life-leech enchantment made "Wendigo Totem") due to that savage looks (and the fact my character is traditionally melee witch, so all maces are either Totems or Scepters)
Funny enough I just acquired the mace of Molag Bal 😭 I like it because it gives my orc a sadistic feel
So glad the Ebony Mace won this one, because good lord. Whenever my ludicrously overpowered Dragonborn finally rolls up to Dawnstar after snatching the Razor and running to clear up their nightmare problem, Erandur always lugs this beautiful deathbringer into Vaermina's old haunt, cracking the skulls of old friends and foes alike as we free Dawnstar (or the Skull depending on if I'm getting Oblivion Walker) from the sins of his past.
can you rank armors next inculding the brawler gaulets
the orcish mace looks like it's made for stabbing, rather than swinging
I knew you were a man of quality and that you would have Ebony at #1 when you placed Stalhrim in a respectable position at #5 👌
All I can say is this channel need more…. Subscribers it’s great
Putting the Mace of Molag Bal so low is a war crime
You forget rusty mace (you can get both rusty mace and mace of molag bal when molag tells you to smack logrolf, don't do anything just exit the house and if you buy the house in markarth and have a weapon plague then you can put rusty mace in the plague then go back and smack logrolf then you get the mace of molag bal go back to your house and take the rusty mace), but i never use mace anyway, the only mace i use is a redguard named mace windu with the star wars mod :3
I would love to see a weapon ranking of believable weapons mod
GET IT AS BLUNTLY AS HE CAN
I used to think maces were blunt weapons before I played Skyrim. The Stalhrim mace is the only 100% blunt mace in the game, but looks like a bowling ball on a stick. The Dwarven mace is probably my favorite, though it looks like it has blades as well, just under the top section.
You should do a video on the ancient Nordic weapons. I didn’t see the ancient Nordic mace in here so you must have either forgotten about it or something
Amaceing!
I think not one, except the dwarven mace, maybe, would be classified as a mace in real world. They are more of a weird three-four bladed reverse axes, for some reason
Hot damn thats a lot of puns, respect lmao
I thought the ebony mace was the best one because it’s the only one with more than 4 blades as well as some small sharp hooks at the end of each blade that increases the chance of seriously wounding your enemies.
You thought right
As much as I agree with all of the ranking, I can't unsee the elven mace as a boat anchor
i think this is the first time ive seen the skyrim daedric mace ever
MoMB is only my favorite when playing as an evil characyer. It sets the mood. Othereise, your choices are mostly the same as mine (I actually like the orcish mace to be a bit higher). I get your logic though.
I love a good evil playthrough but why is MoMB so damn big
I'd like for you to rank the great swords and battle axes
Coming soon!
Molag bal his mace is ceremonial, literally on his altar.
Also the thing molag bal also does with woman. Might explain the shape.
You give me caedo Genesis but for skyrim vibes i rrly like it it takes me back
Usually agree with you but that orcish mace looks amazing.
the orkish mace is a true mall ninja weapon haha
I feel like molag bals mace is less of a weapon and more of a torture device, that being said it is ridiculously oversized and impractical lmao
Says he doesn’t like Mace of Molag Bal and kinda reminds him of a Cave Man Club (Proceeds to show us the Stallrim Mace)
nice video
Thanks!
I feel like the Orcish mace looks pretty sweet
could've made the molag mace a bit sleaker or compacted the bulkiness to the top end. Or keep the head design and give it a pole arm instead.
A like and a sub in the first five seconds for those puns
The mace of molag bal is only my favorite mace because it was the first god weapon I got my hands on
The Iron Mace should have been Number 1, the Thing is Beautimus with its Basic Design & Overall Feeling
Love the Puns ❤
I knew the ebony mace would be number 1
But to be honest i wish the dragon mace would be more like the dragon hammer with more of a femur end to the mace or even parta of the dragons horns /spine horns.
For the daedric mace i wished the enchantment or enchantmenta you place on it would hover within the top of the mace slowly seeping into it..(like how the spells in your inv look when you scroll through them. I with each weapon would have a unique way to show its magical enchantment instead of it having slightly glowing idk cracks
Rewatching this i can't wait for your Warhammer video
the elven mace looks like a grappling hook 💀
The daedric mace looks like someone shorted a staff a little too much then called it a mace.
Why I love the Stalhrim Mace
It's just a frozen testicle on a stick, that's what makes it amazing to me. Imagine getting killed by a fresh from the freezer big ass Giant's Balls of all things
My problem with the mace of Molag Bal is that it's too frickin big (a string of words I don't like using when talking about Molag Bal). I mostly play in 1st person, and that thing takes up way too much of the screen.
It is overly edgy, but at least it doesn't look like a mammoth's frozen drool bubble. Though even the bubble looks better than dragonbone 😭
Bro the ebony dagger ain't even that bad, yeah its a bit more of a knife shape but its got a pretty simple yet fancy design
Ebony Mace of the vampire 🦇🦉🌃 and the daedric Mace
The ebony mace is a lamp stand.
I havent made a comment in years and Id like to start of by saying I love your content Rogue.
How dare you put the orcish mace that low. That shit is my baby and I will die defending this hill.
I am interested to hear what you think of warhammers
Do you not include ancient Nord weapons in these? :(
Honestly the Dawnguard weapons too. The Dawnguard warhammer is one of the best looking weapons in all of Skyrim!
That will be in the warhammer list, this is maces
Fair
I love the Dwarven mace
Its so sick
Curious, where would you put the Amber Mace, Ancient Nord Mace, Dark Mace, Ebony Mace (Tribunal), Golden Mace, Light Of Day, Mace Of The Crusader, Madness Mace, Nord Hero Mace, Scourge, and Sunder?
Contracting brainrot in Skyrim will always be funny to me 😂