User blog comment:Lord Loss/Discussion of the Week: Hammers/@comment-4775842-20120729143336

I've always like hammers, though because of both their lack of guard and moderate movement impediment it's often diffcult to find out when you need to sheathe it when it's best to just roll away. In pure raw power, hammers are the leaders, with hunting horns right next to them. However, hammers aren't so effective against some monsters (such as tigrex, in my opinion) not really due to the monster being fast, but becasue the monster's movements also cause you to flinch, which is a deathnote to many hunters (i.e. Teostra's turning swipe).