Best Polearm?

[Chagan_Arslan]

why no Pike ? its the longest polearm that is dirty cheap, one of the best support weapons if not the best and its used by large amount of players

[Joxer]

PIKE!!!

[Fluffy_Muffin]

I agree the pike is very usefull and it gives you alot of bang for your buck

[knppel]

18 kills as peasant with the scythe in 2 siege rounds yesterday. That's that.

[Cyclopsided]

short spear on a 3/36 build = LOL

Oh, and Nice job not including pike/awlpike/ etc.
Nobody mentioned the battle fork, the best Shield/spear combo weapon?
this thread consists of side swinging rambo weapons, not teamwork/support weapons.
I voted glaive, of the list that is most beastly imo. It is almost god tier for teamwork and can sideswing so it i good in single battles.

[Spawny]

For shield/polearm: Battle fork when on foot, Heavy lance on horseback

Just polearm infantry: Awlpike.

I don't care an awlpike has only 2 attackdirections. It's the reason most people underestimate it. When you time it right you can curve stabs around teammates to poke enemies and in 1v1 it's not too bad. Again, timing and footwork are crucial.
I'm going to masterwork my awlpike. Will take me quite some time, but who cares

[Phalanx300]

Pike is very lethal. Reasons beeing:

- Support. You can support you teammates from an safe distance meaning you put your enemy on the defensive.
- Protection in Groups. Remember playing with 5 other Pikeman and when we stuck together we couldn't be harmed. If someone was about to finish me of a frienly pike would stick in his side. If someone was going to kill an ally I stabbed him with pike etc.
- Range. Really its all the pike is about, you can stab at the enemy while keeping your distance. If your in a group that is, one on one you are better of dropping the pike and using a sidearm.

Only downsides:

- Ranged Fire: When using pike you have no protection from projectiles. Which can be helped by just using a shield till your closed but I always like to play more realistic pikeman.
- One on one: Your pretty much dead unless you drop it.

Currently also use the Warspear/Shield combo for Germanic Warrior but also came to like to use Light Lance/Shield combo instead. This gives me the same advantages a pike gives me while I can still use a shield for protection and the lance looks more "realistic" as well.

[Armpit_Sweat]

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Pike is very lethal. Reasons beeing:

- Support. You can support you teammates from an safe distance meaning you put your enemy on the defensive.
- Protection in Groups. Remember playing with 5 other Pikeman and when we stuck together we couldn't be harmed. If someone was about to finish me of a frienly pike would stick in his side. If someone was going to kill an ally I stabbed him with pike etc.
- Range. Really its all the pike is about, you can stab at the enemy while keeping your distance. If your in a group that is, one on one you are better of dropping the pike and using a sidearm.

Only downsides:

- Ranged Fire: When using pike you have no protection from projectiles. Which can be helped by just using a shield till your closed but I always like to play more realistic pikeman.
- One on one: Your pretty much dead unless you drop it.

Currently also use the Warspear/Shield combo for Germanic Warrior but also came to like to use Light Lance/Shield combo instead. This gives me the same advantages a pike gives me while I can still use a shield for protection and the lance looks more "realistic" as well.

Agree.