User blog comment:Sentry 616/Weapon Gushing/@comment-35455126-20200209193016/@comment-27144409-20200210175748

From what I understand, the mornignstars and maces are better suited to indiscriminate swinging, and that they're usually less fussy about direction. Real Warhammers are actually more precise and ment to land a solid hit on one target's armor at a time. They're also more likely to be asymmetrical with one side meant to apply blunt force to a tight area without sliding, and the other side is a spike to punch through armor.