Best polearms to horse fight

[Pizza Cztery Sery]

What is the best polearm to fight on the horses's back. Rhomphalia in game is 2h weapon, not polearm.

[Teralitha]

I prefer the sturgian heavy druzhilak or whatever its called. At least til I can craft something better.

[Teralitha]

Originally posted by Sheepify:

Originally posted by Teralitha:

I prefer the sturgian heavy druzhilak or whatever its called. At least til I can craft something better.

The lance?

If we're talking about straight-up poking with a backup weapon for when you're dehorsed, I'd have to go with the cataphract lance.

Prefer better thrust damage and overhead thrusts to couched charges for my characters. The other way around for AI, since they suck anyway, heh.

Im just answering the OP's question.

[Teralitha]

Originally posted by Sheepify:

Originally posted by Teralitha:

Im just answering the OP's question.

And I made the mistake of attempting to engage you in a conversation.

You ok there, mate? Seem terribly tetchy in your responses right now.

its that time of day.

[LockeCasual]

I've been exchanging my lance for longer and longer ones, regardless of the other stats. I just want it to reach my targets lol. Nothing feels quite as lame as missing everyone in a line of targets bc I misjudged the length of my damn weapon.

[Szekhar]

Originally posted by Teralitha:

Originally posted by Sheepify:

The lance?

If we're talking about straight-up poking with a backup weapon for when you're dehorsed, I'd have to go with the cataphract lance.

Prefer better thrust damage and overhead thrusts to couched charges for my characters. The other way around for AI, since they suck anyway, heh.

Im just answering the OP's question.

Yeah the druzhnik lance is pretty OP, I prefer it to cataphract lance too, it's got less range but is much faster and has 45 pierce damage so if you are using it more for poking than couching, you gonna do way more damage

[Dewguru]

For me, a kind of glaive or other swinging polearm works best. Purely play style related, but I'm clearly much better with a swinging polearm from horseback than I am with a thrusting one. By the time I can craft a high end one of my own, there aren't any fights I'd look to avoid.

[LockeCasual]

That sounds great for my second, non-empire game. The only way I'll get smithing done in this run is if I find a smith companion.

OH, but maybe I'll make my child a smith lol. Forgot about that

[Tohtori Leka]

That depends on your enemies and where you fight. Long lances or spears are good in open ground and against enemies with long weapons. When fighting in forests or villages a short swing polearm is best.

[MasterShake]

I quite like druzhinik lance. I attempted to create something custom, once I reached decent smithing progress, but ended with somewhat still similar to it.
Swinging polearms are great too, but the poking ones hit first. But the swinging ones superior in skirmish. Probably having both isn't bad idea, especially if you didn't go 2H route.

[Silhouette]

The menavliaton works pretty well on horseback and can do both swinging and thrusting, although to my memory have to craft your own for one that does both well. Does a little less damage then other polearms in both swinging and thrusting, but get enough speed on horseback and it doesn't matter anyways.

[Silhouette]

Originally posted by Sheepify:

Originally posted by Silhouette:

The menavliaton works pretty well on horseback and can do both swinging and thrusting, although to my memory have to craft your own for one that does both well.

Why would you bother with a poor man's glaive substitute? :)

Has been a while since I used polearms, especially the menavliaton honestly. Do remember it felt faster and smoother with release thrusts if thats whats your looking for. And case and point since I stick to the Glaive now?
Speaking of op polearms, is it still possible to craft Throwable/swingable/pokeable Swordstaffs? Remember crafting 4 of those and using them on horseback.

[djo1313]

Menavlion has swing speed of 84, damage of 123, thrust speed of 94, thrust damage of 49, length of 163 and handling at 72. The Glaive has swing speed 82, damage 145, thrust speed 92, thrust damage 30, length 149 and handling 70.

The Menavlion is superior in every way except it does 22 less damage which is minor because of the speed damage bonus on horseback. Majority of my connected swings are one hit kills.

I have never understood the love for the Glaive in these threads when the Menavlion is clearly the better weapon.

[アゼム]

Originally posted by Pizza Cztery Sery <3:

Rhomphalia in game is 2h weapon, not polearm.

Rhomphalia is a 2-handed polearm. Which is a polearm, not a 2h weapon in terms of skills

[Crom Grimblade]

iv had great luck with the battanian polearm that some of the nobles use

[Silhouette]

Originally posted by djo1313:

Menavlion has swing speed of 84, damage of 123, thrust speed of 94, thrust damage of 49, length of 163 and handling at 72. The Glaive has swing speed 82, damage 145, thrust speed 92, thrust damage 30, length 149 and handling 70.

The Menavlion is superior in every way except it does 22 less damage which is minor because of the speed damage bonus on horseback. Majority of my connected swings are one hit kills.

I have never understood the love for the Glaive in these threads when the Menavlion is clearly the better weapon.

For me, mostly just cuz it doesn't make a huge difference between the 2 with horseback speed in. So for pure style points. Hah.
Though most playthroughs I just stick to 2handed, and pick up a few points in 1h and polearm just for boosting troops as captain.