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The only starting weapon that even have difficulties dealing with grave wardens

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This spear is so BAD, I used this out of spite for half my play through, Why? I’m fawkin stupid idk but I did and this thing is slow af, little range for a spear, tickles the enemy, and misses half the time, use this if you want to go hollow.

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Spear.

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I don't understand how it straight up misses so much. whiffing without hitting.

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I recently started a Herald playthrough. I decided to only use the starter gear just for fun. I thought that using this weapon was going to be the hardest part. I was wrong. The hardest part was having to use the kite shield. The kite shield has pretty awful stability and even at plus 6 it can't defend against much without getting knocked back. It's a lot harder to use a spear when you don't have a good shield to block with. Anyways, this weapon really isn't too bad. The short reach actually turns out to be helpful since a lot of enemies just charge right at you. You don't have to back away as much to stay in optimal range. I really thought the catacombs would be hard but it turns out you can do a running attack to stun the normal skeletons and a well placed backstab to take out the tougher ones.

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A small and pathetic weapon. Winged spear is basically superior in almost every way but damage, but the damage difference is not big enough to justify the lack of range. The range hurts weapon art too, because it almost never connects. A ****in' shortsword is a far superior weapon because its fast, has crowd control, actually useful weapon art and on top of all that - increased crit damage.

What pisses me off most is that spears used by hollows outside firelink shrine are far longer, and are not the same weapon.
I could've lived with reduced range if the weapon had some unique stat, like maybe an increased crit damage of 115 or higher and maybe performed shield splitter a little faster than its' brothers. Until then its an F tier among spears with NOTHING to show.

****in' Follower's Spear is better because at least it has a unique gimmick of weapon a strength-focused spear with a very unique weapon art.

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I've been invading SL25 +4WU with this thing for 2 days now. The results are weird.
I've pumped ALL the stats into DEX + used both hunter's and milkring to get it to 40 on a deprived.
At 40 DEX, Sharp Spear +4 deals 258 AR.
Sharp Winged Spear deals 257. Damage difference is so small - that they're basically the same weapon.

Objective advantages: low weight, greatly reduced stamina consumption and a rare "shield splitter" WA.
With 102 stamina I can swing it R1x6 or R2x4.
For comparison i can swing Winged Spear R1x5 or R2x3. So 1 extra swing either way.
Shield splitter proves useful for harassment of shielded individuals, covers a lot of distance and can deliver some very painful hits with Leo Ring. People also don't know the timing on the thing because they've never seen it and often get roll-catched by it. Its basically an extra range heavy attack.

Disadvantages: low range, albeit not too low. There are times when i go "how on earth did i hit that?" and then times when i go "i would 100% hit that if i had a longer spear". Although range is the entire reason why spears exist in the first place, so its frankly hurts the weapon by a lot that it lacks the ONE thing its' weapon class should excel at.
Weapon art has notably tight hitbox and can - on occasion - just fly past the target without hitting it if target was too close or moves to much, which is annoying when it happens.

All this considered - i had a surprising amount of victories with it, albeit against inexperienced opponents. Its the inferior weapon among its brethren, but not completely worthless.
That being said i'd still would advise to just spare some stats to use either winged spear, partizan or even arstor's spear - all of which are far superior options for their own reasons.

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The lack of range really hurts this weapon. Range is the main reason to wield a spear in the first place, and this one has good stats in general, but lacks the imprescindible of it's weapon class. This is why so many people prefer winged spear or partizan.

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People are calling this spear good, but it really depends on what you mean by "good".
Let's go through the numbers shall we?

400 AR is the highest the base spear goes, sharp infused at 40/40.
Partizan = 412 refined, and it has longer range plus the most versatile spear weapon art.
Saint Bident = 494 lighting infused using faith instead of dex, and has by far the longest range of all the spears.

The only unique benefit you get from using this is the low stat requirements and the low stamina requirements. Those aren't benefits to be ignored, but are they enough to justify building an entire build around this weapon when it has less range and slower startup frames than most straight swords? Probably not.

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I used this weapon a bunch in Dark Souls 2, with what I dubbed a "stab-and-jab build;" the stab from the spear, jab from an offhand caestus. If they get too close, they get punched, too far away and they get stabbed.

Unfortunately, the DS3 iteration is a bit more like the first game's: not bad, but lacking the ability to bash people with the shaft. There's also the fact that this iteration has the shortest hitbox of any within the trilogy.

Now here's where the weapon proved itself to me as at least a semi-viable one. One playthrough, I tried reliving the nostalgia of my one successful DS2 playthrough by recreating the "stab-and-jab build," but it didn't quite work out; so I switched to great-weapons, namely the Great Machete... until I had to face Friede.

You see, I couldn't finish the fight with any summons due to that making the bosses' HP too high, so I decided to go it solo. The Great Machete and other heavy weapons were too slow, and as it happens the stamina would not regenerate fast enough; so I figured "huh, I guess I'll give this dinky little spear a try..." and upgraded it to something like +7.

And let me tell you something: this weapon may not be the best in PVP (given latency and non-excessive reach) but dear God can it hold its own in PVE. On my first try against Friede with the Spear and Caestus, I managed to hold my own and win the fight. Even when I reached the Ringed City, this weapon proved to be viable despite all my grief in the early about it not doing enough damage. Keep light on your toes, don't lose focus and you can pull it off.

TL/DR: Spear is good for non-Herald builds.

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i tried using this in the arena, it is actually pretty decent. it deals better damage than astors spear on a quality build, the only other spear with the shield splitter wa. Shield splitter is great for roll catches, has poise and amazing range. The spears range is bad, but still a fun weapon. There are better spears, but it is worth a try.

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SPEARS ARE GOOD THEY JUST SUCKS IF YOU WANNA START HERALD DO IT

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i am in extraordinary amounts pain

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Utter garbage. If you want to use a spear, build for winged spear and use the uchigatana until you get to patches.

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The hitbox and damage of this pointed stick is NEGATIVE. If you're masochistic enough to play a spear build, move away from this as soon as possible.

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This has the second lowest stamina consumption per R1 of all the spears (it's 19, Golden Ritual Spear is 18 and the rest go from 20 to 27) but I believe that's basically the only thing it has going for it. Shield Splitter is rarely useful outside of the L2 + L2 combo that's given to Mail Breaker and It has one of the shorter ranges.

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I don't understand where the hate for this thing is coming from. Yeah its got shorter range than most spears but its damage is nothing to scoff at. I was using this around smoulder lake (cant remember if its +6 or 7) and it pretty much two to three shots everything. Its pretty fast too and I had no trouble using it. So I really can't understand where all these comments about it having***** damage coming from.

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Let's be honest, the real reason this weapon was made to be so bad it because miyazaki wants to punish you further for starting as a semi-faith build

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low damage, low range, slow swining speed, only 1 type of moveset, you get stagger when using against shields even when 2handing, no critical bonus, sucks for crow control, easy to miss target with your small poking edge. Utter garbage...

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The slash heavy attacks of Dark Souls II are gone.

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I just like this thing as a compliment to Ultra-Greatswords; great for abusing turtles or poking straightsword spammers. Otherwise, it's pretty terrible.

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Honestly, I'd rather use a broken straight sword.

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Rather wait for the Winged Spear

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it's so short and comfy

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It's a SPEAR.

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Can't decide whether this weapon has a slower windup compared to partisan.

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the best spear is gorgoyle flame spear.

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...to like this weapon for herald. I really did. But imho it is just lackluster. The damage and scaling are mediocre, the attack speed is quite slow, at +3 i can't even backstab the regular enemies in the area for oneshot. Yes, you can attack while holding the shield up, but the hitbox is meh and you will still take damage when attacking while blocking.

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What spear is he using

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...ugh

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Once you free Greirat you can purchase the spear from him for 600 souls. He is located down the stairs to the left of Andre in Firelink Shrine.

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