The Terrible Irony of the Dragonslayer Spear

[Doctor Teo]

...Is that it's awful at slaying actual dragons.

Despite everything wrong with it, I love the feel of this weapon. But I do draw the line at its ability to punish drakes and dragons.

Since it's a spear, it gets lower damage on them compared to other weapons; a katana far outpaces it. And second, since you're fighting bloody dragon bosses ten times your size, your usual ranged advantage doesn't apply. The only dragons you can fight where your extra range is an advantage are those little guys in the Valley of Drakes, and those fellows seem to be lightning resistant.

It's really good at bashing away shields. It's really good at zoning enemies. It's really good for two handing while staying safe. I like this weapon, yet it is awful at slaying dragons.

[curser]

Ditto.

[Rallos Zek]

It's only named that because it's the spear used by Ornstein who is titled "dragonslayer" so that should clear things up.

[Nexim95]

Two-handed thrust relies on cross
and buries spear deep within a dragon's hide,
and sends human foes flying.
Do dragon zombies count as dragons? Those are pretty weak to lightning.
But otherwise, as Rallos already said, when used by you it's meant to be used against your own kind, that's why the description mentions "and it sends human foes flying".
About the range advantage, keep in mind that the spear you have is kinda smaller compared to the original. Then again, since there really are no dragons left in the game world, we can't confirm wether or not Ornstein had that range advantage while using the weapon against actual dragons. But hey, it has a ranged (lightning) attack, how many other weapons can say the same? ^^

[Bones]

It doesn't help that Kalameet is insanely elemental resistant. Range advantage is nice for undead dragons since they can't move.

[Toxic]

The only thing I know about spears is that they're great for new players who pve the game behind a shield, and that they are the bane of katanas in pvp. I'm looking at you Lion Ornstein.

[Kanjejou]

katana are broken anyway... far too powerfull (good damage low stamina consomption good speed good attack moveset bleed) with almost no drawback except being overused and thus predictable

[Doctor Teo]

Yep, it does do bonus damage against the zombie dragons. However, even with the bonus damage it tends not to be as potent as other weapons, though this is one case where the range advantage does apply when trying to get away from those claws. I wouldn't dare use the thing against Helkite though, that's for sure!

And yes, I did notice Kalameet's incredible resistance. I keep a Painting Guardian Sword as backup, and it ended up being more effective than the spear, as the slashing motion of the blade prevented me from missing. Bloody dragon's got narrow legs!

[Nexim95]

Originally posted by Toxic:

The only thing I know about spears is that they're great for new players who pve the game behind a shield, and that they are the bane of katanas in pvp. I'm looking at you Lion Ornstein.

I don't pve the game behind a shield, though. :^)

[Nexim95]

Originally posted by Insignia (Teo):

I wouldn't dare use the thing against Hellkite though, that's for sure!

Don't worry, I'll gladly take on the challenge in your place.