User blog comment:Lord Loss/Discussion of the Week: Hammers/@comment-4697976-20120729223807

Slower than greatswords plus no blocking, and I've never used them much, but they do have insanely high damage! In portable 3rd I got the Alatreon hammer (upgraded) just to try it out, and once I got the feel of it I could solo Amatsu without getting killed once! Also good for Ukanlos, though now that they made Akantor super speedy it's a lot harder to beat him >.>