Talk:Winged Spear/@comment-98.117.74.223-20140627200840

I just absolutely love this weapon. No matter what else I try to use, I keep coming back to this. It's much lighter than the pike with very close stats, has better stats than a regular spear with only minimally higher weight and stat requirements, has a moveset that I prefer to the partizan, and has better upgrade options than the silver knight spear. Being able to attack with the shield up means the endurance bar becomes a (self replenishing) extention to your life bar so you may not need to invest as many points in vitality. It has a light attack that will outspeed almost all enemies attacks, and a good long reach. The one handed light attack, when used with the shield up, allows you to stay completely immobile which is extremely handy in areas where you have to fight enemies while being in a tight or narrow spot where a misstep means a fall to your death. The heavy attack makes for a great finisher that has even longer range than the light attack at the cost of a slower wind up, which is mitigated by the longer range. It also has my favorite running attack, a very quick jab forward with amazing range that even when you miss your target allows for quick recovery, which means you rarely find yourself punished when you miss. I also enjoy the precision of it's attacks, even though this is probably a huge deterrent for most and probably what keeps most people away, but once you are used to it the straight forward narrow hit box actually feels pretty generous.

I know a lot of the things I love about the winged spear are true of all spears and thrusting swords, but the combination of stats/required stats to weild/weight/upgrade paths/moveset all lead to this being my favorite over the others. This post got long real quick haha...i just think this seems to be an under-utilized weapon that is rarely, if ever mentioned as a good choice for a lot of different builds.