Valygar... spear?
Xavioria
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I know spears are awesome... I guess, whatever, but WHY would a stalker have proficiency in it like REALLY? lmao, I was laughing so hard when I saw this and was just wondering who thought in their right minds that this was a good idea
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(for clarity's sake, when I say "Ixil's Spike", I really mean a smiling half-orc blackguard, and by "a word", I really mean a reasoned and cultured discussion on the flaws and merits of polearms, how and where it is best to utilise them, and why you haven't kept up your subscription with Spears Monthly; we really think you should resubscribe, we value our readership, unlike that Scimitars Twice Quarterly)
But no, I understand that the problem is you don't get anything above +2 until go deeper than chapter 3, which is unfortunate. Literally the only other option is Ixil's Nail +4 and by then you've used effective +3 or better weapons to chop your way through some demons. Unlike those quarterstaves, those things just rain from the heavens with +3 or better variants all over the place.
There seems to be literally no reason to use one over say the Staff of the Ram if the only virtue you're comparing is damage. The free-action on the +6 version can be good to those who aren't religious haste users, and it's quite good to combine with Dorn's mask to round out his immunities and make him fairly reliable for removing paralysis/fears and what have you.
It's a real shame that the speed of the Paws of the Cheetah are so diligently squished by free-action, so that in sacrificing the APR bonus from haste I still have a blackguard with decent engagement-time. Also, in SCSII the enemies have learnt how to ambulate themselves around the battlefield more, and I've found you need some kind of movement bonus to effectively deal with that, and a spear that pins people to the spot would have helped.
@recklessheart
I don't think you can even backstab with a spear, can you?
Hm, maybe he thought it'd make him a hit with the ladies.
Stalkers are Rangers that are just as comfortable in a city as they are in the wilderness. A direct quote from the Ranger's Handbook: "Stalkers become proficient only with weapons they can easily conceal." A spear is generally not considered a weapon that can easily be concealed, but then again neither is a Katana. So really MOST of Valygar's pips are really atypical for a PNP stalker.