
Due to its heavy weight, the weapon's movement speed is very low-a walkspeed of 14.5 compared to the average melee walkspeed, which is 16.ĭue to its slow attacking time, focus on the timing of the stroke before charging the enemy. The main attack focuses more on the torso, while the alternate attack focuses on the head. The Sledge Hammer has an incredibly long range, moderately slow striking time and can kill in one to two hits. It does not have any distinct coloring or markings that indicate it is from a certain company. The Sledge Hammer's in-game model is a generic sledgehammer that can be commonly found in hardware stores. The level of kinetic force applied allows sledgehammers to destroy most locking mechanisms, or straight up destroy the obstruction in the first place.

Law enforcement uses sledgehammers as well as battering rams in raids on a property to gain entry by force, commonly through barricaded doors. Sledgehammers are also used when the maximum amount of force is required to dislodge and/or loosen an object that is stuck. Sledgehammers are commonly found in construction (or rather, deconstruction), such as when working with masonry, concrete, and drywall, where everything must go and precision is not required. The incredible mass in the head of the sledgehammer combined with the amount of leverage makes the sledgehammer less about precision hammering and more about the indiscriminate destruction of whatever it hits.

Sledgehammers, unlike standard hammers, are generally intended for the purpose of destruction.

The word sledge is derived from the Anglo-Saxon word " slægan", which essentially means "to strike violently". Sledgehammers are heavy tools featuring a large head for applying massive amounts of force to an area.
