Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-118.101.240.217-20130912115834/@comment-11245364-20150213210600

149.254.56.109 wrote: As the weight of the item contributes to the speed of the swing (like the weight of a bow to it's draw speed) it's really a question of weighing up weight vs damage output.

I've found the ancient nord hero weapons to fill this niche well but it's worth experimenting to find out for yoursef. Nope. Every type of weapon (1h sword, 1h maces, 2h axes, etc) has only one swing speed that depends only in it's type and not in it's weight. In Skyrim logic, a 2h sword (a greatsword) weighing 2 ton (2000 kg) will swing as fast as a greatsword weghing 20 kg. So, yeah... weight only matters if you want to leave more space for carrying stuff, but don't affect dps at all.