Best Polearm?

[Akryn]

EDIT: I now know a lot of people use the Pike, War Spear and Awlpike. I'm sorry for not including them.

I've been wondering recently what people think the best Polearm is. I've included some of the Polearms I think which are used the most (even though there's still 13 options). If I have missed a common one out, please let me know.

You have to vote first before you can see the results - this is in an attempt to make your own vote not depend on someone else's who has already voted. I have an idea what will come out on top, but we'll see how it will go.

If you vote, I would greatly appreciate it if you would leave a reason why you chose what you did.

[Murmillus_Prime]

EVERYONE MADE CLONES OF ME WHEN I KILLED LOTS WITH MY LONG HAFTED BLADE, NOW YOU SEE LOTS OF MES EVERYWHERE CARRYING JUST LONG HAFTED BLADE AND A SHIELD COPY! COPY COP!RIGHT!

[Riddaren]

There are different types of polearms so you can't just compare them all with one another.

Anyway, I use the heavy lance for most of my kills, so it's the best weapon for me.
After that it's probably the horse bumps...

It's also good while on foot as long as you stay out of duels and don't get overwhelmed by enemies ofc.

[Akryn]

There are different types of polearms so you can't just compare them all with one another.

Yeah, I thought of that after I posted the poll. Most cav will just choose the lance.

[Earthdforce]

German Poleaxe isss amazing.

[Stokes]

Gah! I chose the wrong option. I meant to pick "Long Hafted Spiked Mace", but I accidently chose "Long Hafted Knobbed Mace".

Anyways this weapon, the Long Hafted Spiked Mace, is pretty incredible for all those "in your face" polearm needs. I greatly prefer it to the Bec de Corbin... In fact I don't know why you would choose the Bec over this weapon, unless for style considerations.

Long Hafted Spiked Mace
Cost: 4745 (Almost half the price of the Bec)
spd rtng 94 (Faster than the Bec)
weapon length 138 (Much longer than the Bec)
swing damage 34, blunt (Less damage - but wait, it's blunt damage, so it ends up doing more damage to armored peeps)
thrust damage 20 blunt (The *only* downside, a little less thrust damage)
Knockdown (Okay this is icing on the cake - random chance to knock somebody down = 1v1 insta win)

Compare to the Bec de Corbin

Cost: 7312 (Expensive)
spd rtng 93 (Slower)
weapon length 120 (Shorter)
swing damage 36, pierce (Pierce damage = less than or equal damage)
thrust damage 26 pierce (More damage)

Second to the long hafted spiked mace I'd say some favorites are the ashwood pike and the war spear... And of course my trusty Heavy Lance.

[Akryn]

+1 Awesome to you for the detailed info.

That's what I used to use then retired and started using Xbow and 2H (which I regret) but used Polearm before I retired. Unfortunately I made my character as a 1H with shield so I never got the full Polearm experience as it was a last few levels choice.

I regret heirlooming the Sniper Xbow and want to know which Polearm to heirloom for my next gen... hence the purpose of this poll.

The Spiked Mace is a big contender.

[Armpit_Sweat]

Glaive or Long Hafted Blade.

I would say Long Hafted Blade is the best, but it has "oriental look", and is not really suited for my western armor. So for all the Cloth armor users, Ninjas and Samurais - Long Hafted Blade, for western armors - Glaive.

Why? Well, they are both well-rounded weapons. With skill - you can take them to any situation and win. Some will always prefer a "speciality" weapon with range, damage or speed bonus compared to others, and are dependent on certain tactics. But with a Long Hafted Blade, you are always ready. And its cheap.

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Gah! I chose the wrong option. I meant to pick "Long Hafted Spiked Mace", but I accidently chose "Long Hafted Knobbed Mace".

Anyways this weapon, the Long Hafted Spiked Mace, is pretty incredible for all those "in your face" polearm needs. I greatly prefer it to the Bec de Corbin... In fact I don't know why you would choose the Bec over this weapon, unless for style considerations.

Long Hafted Spiked Mace
Cost: 4745 (Almost half the price of the Bec)
spd rtng 94 (Faster than the Bec)
weapon length 138 (Much longer than the Bec)
swing damage 34, blunt (Less damage - but wait, it's blunt damage, so it ends up doing more damage to armored peeps)
thrust damage 20 blunt (The *only* downside, a little less thrust damage)
Knockdown (Okay this is icing on the cake - random chance to knock somebody down = 1v1 insta win)

Compare to the Bec de Corbin

Cost: 7312 (Expensive)
spd rtng 93 (Slower)
weapon length 120 (Shorter)
swing damage 36, pierce (Pierce damage = less than or equal damage)
thrust damage 26 pierce (More damage)

Second to the long hafted spiked mace I'd say some favorites are the ashwood pike and the war spear... And of course my trusty Heavy Lance.

I dont like Bec, it gives me bad memories from "original" cRPG, but it does pierce damage, so its more effective against armored enemies.
The way you hold weapon means a lot, I am not saying its the case, but lets say Long Spiked Club ( 126 range ) is NOT longer then German Greatsword. Needs to be tested at least.

[Seawied]

Gah! I chose the wrong option. I meant to pick "Long Hafted Spiked Mace", but I accidently chose "Long Hafted Knobbed Mace".

Anyways this weapon, the Long Hafted Spiked Mace, is pretty incredible for all those "in your face" polearm needs. I greatly prefer it to the Bec de Corbin... In fact I don't know why you would choose the Bec over this weapon, unless for style considerations.

Long Hafted Spiked Mace
Cost: 4745 (Almost half the price of the Bec)
spd rtng 94 (Faster than the Bec)
weapon length 138 (Much longer than the Bec)
swing damage 34, blunt (Less damage - but wait, it's blunt damage, so it ends up doing more damage to armored peeps)
thrust damage 20 blunt (The *only* downside, a little less thrust damage)
Knockdown (Okay this is icing on the cake - random chance to knock somebody down = 1v1 insta win)

Compare to the Bec de Corbin

Cost: 7312 (Expensive)
spd rtng 93 (Slower)
weapon length 120 (Shorter)
swing damage 36, pierce (Pierce damage = less than or equal damage)
thrust damage 26 pierce (More damage)

Second to the long hafted spiked mace I'd say some favorites are the ashwood pike and the war spear... And of course my trusty Heavy Lance.

I'd like to point out that in c-rpg, the damage ceiling for pierce is much higher. If your PS is high enough, pierce actually does MORE damage than blunt against armor. You just lose the knockdown.

[Paroxysm]

I still prefer the bec to the long hafted spiked mace. At masterwork the the mace has +18 length and knockdown, while the bec has +2 dmg on swing, +6 dmg thrust, +1 speed and is pierce, which I prefer to blunt. The knockdown is nice, I'll give it that, but the length is give and take. In the open field you have an advantage over shorter weapons, but in enclosed spaces with not much room to swing the bec will glance less and that's important to me as I play siege primarily. Bec all the way.

[Casimir]

mighty long maul

[1slander]

Long hafted spiked mace is my favorite ground supremacy weopon with that uber knockdown.  It really equalizes an outnumbered fight, has great reach and a really reasonable speed for it's abilities.  Hits like a pimp on steroids too.

Prepatch with the 200+ wpf I loved the Glaive...spamming it anyways.  Post patch I have been forced to learn to parry and the spiked mace seems resilient in close quartered combat via multiple opponents once you have a decent amount of PS.

[Artyem]

None of the above, I'd say the Swiss Halberd or Pike are the best.

[Gravoth_iii]

Warspear is my favourite, hard to teamkill with but packs a punch when stabbing, and the side swings are fast and confusing

[Torp]

where is quarterstaff?