Great Spears | Elden Ring Wiki

The only weapon class that has a moveset that is actually viable to receive the benefits of the Twinblade Talisman

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Sees that all of my opponents have dual Great Spears. "Thats OK. I didn't want to have fun anyways."

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So someone removed every button from my controller except for L3, L1, and X. Now I originally thought I wasn't going to be able to play the game anymore but fortunately the Great Spear weapon class exists to prove me wrong.
Now I can easily kill those evil red bastards in a totally fair 3v1 and call it skill. Thanks, Elden Ring.

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Its funny watching a psgs player just standing there humping the ground when you refuse to roll so they can reaction rollcatch you

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About to get downvoted but in my opinion powerstanced greatspears are the most fun setup to use in the game. Every single move they have serves a purpose depending on the situation.

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if the average ping between players wasn't 300 these would be literally impossible to play against

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Ah, the martial art teabagging your opponent to death before you teabag them.

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I did it! i found out how to dodge the stupid crouch attack! (most of the time) Start running away from the dual-spear guy, and then dodge when you're about to leave the range of the spears. Most of them will try to make you panic roll, so instead force them to attack and dodge accordingly.

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Nerf this hard to see powerstanced crouch poke bs already

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I wish there was a great spear besides the lance that you could use AoW's on ... hoping we get on in the DLC

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PSGS can be very tough to fight however there are ways to beat it. For those PSGS players that tend to wave dash at you to psych you out into panic rolling instead attack them and keep up intense hyper aggression. Don’t give them a second to breathe and force them to back off. I’ve had the most success with the knights greatsword by free aiming my hits. Play very close attention to how they react to certain actions and try to mix up what you do. If they are running from you watch out for a quick pivot jump attack. You can force them to roll or jump by using the gravity stone fan and punish accordingly with either a roll catch or by backstabbing after their jump attack. In order to effectively counter PSGS you need to stay calm and keep up as much pressure as you can. If they are using BHS or quickstep delay your attacks slightly to catch them or use ashes of war that cover a wide area around you with a lingering hitbox such as flaming strike or storm stomp. Having an offhand dagger or thrusting sword can be used to get some chip damage on them over the course of the fight and can be used to quickly finish them off when they get to low health. Overall it will be a tough fight unless they aren’t very good but they can be beat and it just takes some practice.

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The most underwhelming class out of all the heavy weapon classes for pve. Like every aspect of them feels mediocre in comparison with the other heavy classes. From its individual hit damage, dps, stance damage, moveset, etc. liek only two are above average simply because of their ashes.

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These got the exact opposite problem that claws have, this weapon class doesnt have enough infusable weapons, and claws have no somber weapons.

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No magic greatspear, sad :(

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I wish we will have more infusable Great Spears in the DLC I wanna slap some cool Ashes on them

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Out of 6 great spears only 1 is infuseable/ can have its Aow changed. A waste, such a cool weapon class...

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It's a big problem that most of these deal split damage as the spear talisman only boost physical AR on counter.

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If I had a nickel for every Dex/Faith Great Spear, I'd have two nickels. Which is a lot, considering that there are a total of six Great Spears.

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The 1.09 nerfed a few overpowered things, but these didn't even get touched. Expect to see even more people dual wielding these in your invasions/duels.

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If I'm reading the game data right, the dual-wielded running attack with Great Spears hit 10 times. What's the interaction with things like Rotten Winged Sword Insignia, Millicent's Prosthesis, and Godskin Swaddling Cloth? Do the multiple hits trigger them as often as the numbers suggest or is there a penalty?

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Why is the dual wielded crouch attack so fast? If i try to reaction dodge it, BOOM half my healthbar gone.
If i dodge before they attack they can reaction hit me.

The hell im i supposed to do?

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Weird to me they only have one great spear that you can change the ash of war on

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No great spears for INT, but two for FAITH or DEX + FAITH, "nice" I hope in DLC they add good great spear for INT or DEX + INT

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Lance: chilly mist + BHS power stance ooo how creative. Serpent Hunter: crouch r1 moment. Vyke's: ok so my arc build host will spam sleep grease ripple halberd running r1s while i phantom hit to apply frenzy, and when they fall asleep i press l2!!! xd!!! Mohgwyn: invader who tries to win with powerstance moveset and then gets frustrated, presses l2 until victorious, and teabags. Siluria's and Treespear are cool.

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I miss the murky hand scythe. It wasn't as cancerous as these weaons.

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but why does the powerstance crouching attack have 180 degrees of tracking

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I’m just saying that I use the tree spear everywhere I sometimes have to use a dagger on a faster target but still my main weapon is the tree spear

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Crouching and jumping was a mistake.

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I'm not sure why people gas up the power stance jump attack so much, its only really good against high recovery moves. Switch to a thrusting sword and then it's no longer useful.

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i wanna powerstance Treespear and Lance without feeling like a filthy casul plz nerf

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hmm today i will give the longest weapons in the game the best tracking attack in the entire game, surely this will have no repercussions on the balanced of pvp

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the irony of sweatlords that use 1 attack in a weapons moveset complaining about spell spam is just too sweet.

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creativity? skill!? time for the meta boyo, where even if you win youve still lost

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now that ugs poke is finally balanced can from please nerf these

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l3 l1 l3 l1 l3 l1 l3 l1 l3 l1

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whats spacing? jumping l1 go brrrrrrr

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1.08 can't come soon enough.

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Redditors getting triggered at my funny pokes

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powerstance it to announce to the world that you're a no skill shitter

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min maxed for least skill highest damage most unfun build possible

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Powerstanced cancer: cannot be jumped over (they hit upwards), outtrade anything (poke attack), fast as hell. Goddamn crouching mechanic just ruins all that sh*t.

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Fromsoft don't make a completely unreactable crouch attack challenge (fail)

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all yall double great spear running attack builds need to chill the f out

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I hate that the "optimal" way to use these is just dual wield them and hump the ground. Talk about boring and low skill.

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why is the only greatspear that can have its ash of war changed a damn lance? cmon man give us something else atleast

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I think we should be able to change the ash on treespear, built in holy damage wouldn't be that strong and clayman harpoon already exists. Also the only great spear with a custom ash is Lance, and some people don't like the look of it.

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Wanna get a screenshot of 2 chads toe to toe 1 with serpent hunter 1vwith Siluria's.. both charging their AoW.... That is all

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dual wield moveset needs a nerf. badly.

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What kinda weapons do you guys want from up coming DLCs? I want an actual infusable spear, Lance looks like trash. It looks dumb when you get off torrent but it doesn't even function like a Lance while on torrent either, you swing it around, normal spears function more like a Lance than actual lance. I want a regular looking spear that happens to be big, an infusable Treespear basically.

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The lance looks dumb as f**k the second you get off Torrent. Every player I've seen using it regardless of armour set looks like a clown running around with that thing.

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i love how good they are but hate that almost all of them scale with faith or arcane

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I swear the double great spears damage is dumb, especially with counter damage...

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I really want a regular war spear, Lance is ugly and treespear is stuck to a bad aow and I dont want madness

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Hi guys, Note: You use less stamina per hit with a (Great) Spear, while holding the shield up. I was able to do one more hit with the pike at 40END and also with the lance. I have yet to test whether it affects the damage.

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From, let us get 2 serpent hunters without a glitch! It’s the best great spear visually, besides maybe mohgs!

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They have the same colossal sword r1 crouch poke.

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It’s really annoying how the only infusable great spear looks super scuffed with pretty much any ash of war.

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what a bizarrely incomplete category. the single "generic" version doesn't even resemble the weapon type, barely fits into the game.

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Great Spears pros and cons

Pros:
Has insane tracking
Long reach
Reasonable damage
Heavy poise damage

Cons:
Slightly heavy
Slow

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if there's DLCs comin' down the line, then i hope we get one more infusable Great Spear (that actually looks like a spear)
i dunno, is kinda of a waste that the only greatspear that is infusable is the Lance, the one that doesn't have a sweeping r2 or a special one like the Treespear.

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Is there a way to parry the running heavy attack before the heavy thrust at the end of the animation? The final thrust is parryable but I just cannot get a parry on the prior "running hits".

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Are great spears any good in PvP. Been meaning to switch from colossal swords to great spears since I like the safe play of spears because of their range.

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I just wish I could helicopter spin the treespear, or maybe the serpent hunter. also they should really at least give it a proper storm ruler weapon art, even if they obviously can't do as high a damage or hitbox version for the sake of not breaking the game

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I fell in love the long spear combat in Dynasty Warriors games when I was young and loved being able to pierce at medium range or sweep with its double edged blade. I use a spears in any game that allow for this kind of combat. So glad the Greatspears can do this but so sad you cant add spinning blade, blade dance, repeating thrust etc to one

Yes you can add one to the lance, but not at all what I'm looking for aesthetically.

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I'm straight.

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Treespear could have been easily one of the best weapons in the game if they allowed it be infused and have custom weapon art. I mean it literally uses a generic WA and it upgrades with normal smithing stones. WHY CANT IT BE INFUSED

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Whats with the random choices From made with what can and can't be infused? The treespear, great club, and serpentbone katana have generic weapon arts and are upgraded with basic smithing stones but their weapon arts can't be changed despite that.

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The running r2/powerstance L2 on these things is bloody ridiculous, it's so dumb

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Treespear is absolutely BEAST. can be acquired relatively early. Will stagger low poise enemies with basic R1. Great fully charged R2. Will stagger the **** outta bosses.

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On a faith build (50fth) Treespear buffed with Vyke's Dragonbolt gets around 820 AR (cast with a maxed out gravel stone seal). Granted, the damage is split, but with its unique R2s and the already amazing great spear moveset, it's worth trying.

Other great spears are likely better, but I've been having fun with this one.

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In my opinion, the three best Great Spears are Siluria's Tree, Vyke's War Spear and Mohgwyn's Sacred Spear.

They receive the highest damage on a build where you put two stats to 60 (Siluria = 816AR on STR/FTH, Vyke = 801 on DEX/FTH, Mohgwyn = 778 on STR/ARC, but buffed by about 50 points by WA)
Out of those three, Mohgwyn's is barely longer than Siluria's, which is a fair bit longer than Vyke's. Siluria's builds up nothing, Vyke's gets 66 Madness build up and Mohgwyn's gets 90 Bleed buildup, however I think the Ash of War buffs that.

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mohg's, vyke's and the great lance are the only good ones rest are decent but nothing super impressive i'd say siluria's is good aswell but the projectile cant be free aided cause if u do try to free aim it it will just hit the ground.

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Mohg's Spear here is listed at 17 ARC when in fact it requires 27 ARC. Big error here, please fix.

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so we have the only spear that you can infuse, A tree,A gimmick weapon, A tree 2.0, One of the only weapon that have madness,and a "S P E A R".

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I wish there was a great spear other than the lance that could be infused/ash changed, just want something more spear-looking

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I have a really dumb question. It says some enemies/bosses are weak to "thrust damage". Is "Pierce" and "Thrust" the same thing?

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I wish every great spear had the Serpent Hunter crouch attack, that would make them so much better in pvp.

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Why is the lance the only great spear that can be infused? The tree spear should be a second option on the dex side to have an ash of war change, but for some reason it also can't be changed yet upgrades with regular smithing stones.

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Absolutely demolished Malenia with this and Fingerprint Shield pokes. Bleed & Fire damage on a Great Shield build is an incredibly versatile set-up.

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Absolutely demolished Malenia with this and Fingerprint Shield pokes. Bleed & Fire damage on a Great Shield build is an incredibly versatile set-up.

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Perhaps I'm the only one who didn't know this, but the great spears have a sprint-heavy attack that functions a lot like charge forth. It can hit three times, usually breaking guard for the third hit. (I tested some other heavy thrusting swords and regular spears, but it didn't work the same. Something to watch for.)

For the great spears with good scaling but no ability to change ashes of war, this move adds some versatility.

Lock on, sprint, press heavy attack. Doesn't need a big run up.

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Mohgwyn Sacred Spear Arc requirement is 27 post patch

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Post patch 1.03: this stronk

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Lance is 9 weight, not 10.5

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There's 16 daggers in the game but only 6 of the most used type of weapon in human history, seriously?

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have aall the weapons been discovered?

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Serpent-Hunter has a pretty great moveset for PVP, would def recommend a try on a STR build

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What is up with this "best greatspears" list at the top? We don't need this opinion based editorializing, aside from Mohgwyn's being bugged the best choice here is very subjective.

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6 great spears and half of them have faith requirements. Hope we get a bit more variety

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sorta wish Serpent Hunter spear do storm projectile upon heavy attack or as Ashes of war instead of jam it down and upper cut like a normal weapon

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Bring back Scraping Spear.

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None of these do rot it seems spears got shafted on that part :/

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only lance can change its ashes of war. Big minus.

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Is the Bone Lance from the official Launch trailer at 1:20-1:25 actually in the game?

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Hopefully Siluria's Tree spear gets added soon. I found the stats for it on YouTube but how to actually get the weapon still eludes me.

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Can I block and attack with this spears like with standart spear!?

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They better don't hold them in the middle like in DS3.

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new weapon class!!

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It's back

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