What is the most cost effective polearm under 7k gold?

[HardRice]

I've been wondering, what is THE MOST cost effective polearm under 7k?

I'm going with the fauchard but i want to know if other people think differently.

[Rhekimos]

The pitchfork. All the rest depends on your style and what you consider effective. If you just want to rack kills with your weapon and want it to be under 7k, grab a Long Bardiche.

[Joseph Porta]

Fauchard is a great weapon, otherwise a hafted blade. I also use a long hafted knobbed mace, it's good fun swinging with that thing!

[Malaclypse]

Long Bardiche is pretty nice. Good length, cut damage, bonus against shields, pierce thrust for rearing horses. I'm also a big fan of the Long Axe, great dueling polearm, and the Military Scythe is a very nice middle ground between Scythe and Glaive.

[Zerran]

That depends... a lot.

Basically everything between the Hafted Blade and the Long Bardiche (excluding the Lance of course) are great infantry weapons. It just depends on your personal preference.

[Phew]

Long Bardiche is pretty nice. Good length, cut damage, bonus against shields, pierce thrust for rearing horses. I'm also a big fan of the Long Axe, great dueling polearm, and the Military Scythe is a very nice middle ground between Scythe and Glaive.

Long Bardiche might be the best weapon in the game period, nonetheless cheap poles.

[Rantrex]

Tried long spear?

[Bob_Ross]

bamboo spear 

[Grumbs]

Long Bardiche is very good but don't think it does rear horses, remember someone saying it is 1 unit too short (need to be 141+)

Theres only a few polearms that I think are complete trash or not worth using over something else, they have their uses or are balanced with cost. Most of the spears are pretty decent (even boar spear for 1.2k, cheap war spear), bamboo spear for length, military scythe or fauchard as cheap glaive type weapons, quarter staff, both lances, pike, long spear, war spear, battle fork. All pretty decent weapons

[Joseph Porta]

And, ofcourse, the Red Tassle spear is a more then decent spear.

[Jarlek]

Long hafted knobbed mace.

Fast, blunt, knockdown, medium reach. What's not to love?

[yurah]

Long hafted knobbed mace.

Fast, blunt, knockdown, medium reach. What's not to love?

Agreed I've had at least 600 knockdowns when I was gen1

[dodnet]

Try out Light Lance, since the buff some months ago its an even better weapon than before. It has high damage and a high reach.

[Rhalzo]

Long Bardiche is very good but don't think it does rear horses, remember someone saying it is 1 unit too short (need to be 141+)

I think I've seen people rear horses with them before on NA1.

[Jarlek]

I think I've seen people rear horses with them before on NA1.

That was probably a GREAT Long Bardiche. That one is long enough to reach horses.