All information is based on screenshots, movies, and dev team comments. These are not besed on the Prequal fiction simply because the fiction is not a total representation of the game. Please note that most weapons have not be matched with pictures, so these will change. Better than leather, still easy to breach Shields Shields do not have many skills associated with them, but tend to be very usefull in conjunction with a sword. Good for Absorbing arrows, very large Swords Slashing Class Everyone loves swords.
Swords blend speed with height.
You can see a good description here . Axes Slashing Class Axes tend to be larger and bulkier than swords, but also do more damage per hit and are a little slower. With the acception of the quarterstaff, the other staves are primarily magical. Ascension, this did double damage against the undead. But since we've seen it in the arms of the undead, it has probably changed in Origin.