Glaive
Name | Glaive |
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Skill | Polearms |
Damage | 15 |
Accuracy | -3 |
Base delay (%) | 17 (170%) |
Min delay | 7 at skill 20 |
Hands | 2H |
Size | Large |
Ranged? | No |
A pole with a large, heavy blade on one end.
"To know the perfect length of your ſhort ſtaffe, or half Pike, Forreſt bil, Partiſan, or Gleue, or ſuch like weapons of vantage and perfect lenghts, you ſhall ſtand vpright, holding the ſtaffe vpright cloſe by your body, with your left hãd, reaching with your right hand your ſtaffe as high as you can, and then allow to that length a ſpace to ſet both your hands, when you come to fight, wherein you may conueniently ſtrike, thrust and ward, & that is the iuſt length according to you ſtature. And this note, that theſe lengths will commonly fall out to be eight or nine foor long, and will fit, although not iuſt, the ſtatures of all men, without any hindrance at all vnto them in their fight, becauſe in any weapon wherin the hands may be remoued, and at libertie, to make the weapon lõger or ſhorter in fight at his pleaſure, a foot of the ſtaffe behind the backmost hand doth no harme." |
This weapon falls into the 'Polearms' category. It is a two handed weapon.
The glaive is the largest of the "common" polearms. While weaker than a bardiche, a glaive can deal respectable damage from a distance.
As a chopping weapon, it'll cut off hydra heads. It is also too large for kobolds and spriggans to use at all.
Strategy
Glaives are considerably more common than bardiches or demon tridents. If you're stuck with a regular trident, you may want to consider a glaive, even if were using a shield.
Image | |
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Mundane | |
Magical | |
Artifact |
Unrandarts | |
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Glaive of Prune | |
Glaive of the Guard |
History
Prior to 0.10, these lacked innate reaching and had a greater (18) base delay.
Weapons | |
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Axes | Battleaxe • Broad axe • Executioner's axe • Hand axe • War axe |
Maces & Flails | Club • Demon whip • Dire flail • Eveningstar • Flail • Giant club • Giant spiked club • Great mace • Mace (Hammer) • Morningstar • Sacred scourge • Whip |
Long Blades | Demon blade • Double sword • Eudemon blade • Falchion • Great sword • Long sword • Scimitar • Triple sword |
Polearms | Bardiche • Demon trident • Glaive • Halberd (Scythe) • Spear • Trident • Trishula |
Ranged Weapons | Arbalest • Hand cannon • Longbow • Orcbow • Shortbow • Sling • Triple crossbow |
Short Blades | Dagger • Quick blade • Rapier • Short sword |
Staves | Lajatang • Magical staff • Quarterstaff |
Throwing | Boomerang • Dart • Javelin • Large rock • Stone • Throwing net |