Polearms

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The Polearms skill denotes how well your character uses long hafted weapons. These weapons tend to deal less damage than other weapon types, and are often very bulky and slow to attack with, but they make up for this by having an inherent reaching ability, able to hit from 2 tiles away. It crosstrains with the Axes skill and the Staves skill.

You may reach with a polearm by pressing v, and any form of autofight (Tab) will do it for you.

Aptitudes

At	Ba	DE	Dg	Ds	Dj	Dr	Fe	Fo	Gr	Gh	Gn	HO	Hu	Ko	Mf	Mi	Mu	Na	Op	On	Sp	Te	Tr	Vp	VS
-2	0	-3	-1	-1	-2	0	N/A	0	-1	-1	8	1	0	-2	3	2	-2	0	0	0	-3	1	-2	-1	-1

List of Polearms

Name	Dam	Hit	Speed	Hands	Size	Dam Type	Prob
Spear	6	4	11	One	Little	Piercing	10
Trident	9	1	13	One	Medium	Piercing	10
Halberd	13	-3	15	Two	Large	Chopping	10
Scythe	14	-4	20	Two	Large	Slicing	10
Demon trident	12	1	13	One	Medium	Piercing	2
Trishula	13	0	13	One	Medium	Piercing	0
Glaive	15	-3	17	Two	Large	Chopping	10
Bardiche	18	-6	19	Two	Large	Chopping	2

History

Prior to 0.10, polearms could only reach if they had the reaching brand, which any of them were eligible for.

See Also

• List of polearms
• Table of species aptitudes
• Polearm selection strategy