Lets discuss the spears in this game

[Spaceminnow]

After my character was brutally abused by a MOA...

I started to think about the spears in this game.

Shouldn't spear damage "ramp up" with each successful stab?
I believe that "flat" damage with the spear is too weak...

I am still tilted... d Darn Moa...

[КрендельФигов]

I haven’t really gone with spears yet, but I’m thinking of moving to a build with a {non-throwing} spear from a titanium knife with a built-in stun gun.
It's all about the very interesting talent of SPEAR PARRY https://icarus.fandom.com/wiki/Talents
Nice video explaining MLMariss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gE436H8C3VE
You can build melee imba for hardcore zones there. I don’t see much options on knives (I’ll check it some other time).

[Tanyon]

Bow meta.. they can't kill you if they never get close to you.. I have never used a melee weapon in this game other than my knife on like very rare occasions.

[Aedwynn]

Originally posted by DarthTanyon:

Bow meta.. they can't kill you if they never get close to you.. I have never used a melee weapon in this game other than my knife on like very rare occasions.

Wait till you get to volcano biome creatures. Armored carapace on full head, back and sides.
Or arctic scorpions...

[Tanyon]

Are guns viable against them cause I'll just use them. I just prefer a ranged style of playing.

[Queltis]

That knives are necessary for skinning, do as much melee damage as an equivalent tier spear, and are faster to attack with, makes spears completely superfluous.

Knives should have their damage reduced, and spears should have their attack speed improved, to try to create some degree of parity between them.

[Natjur]

I always use bow and switch to knife if close. Spear could do with some love