Spear is off the meta

[HeatAndRun]

These days I almost don't use spears in a normal gameplay. The spear is unfortunately the least preferable weapon type at this moment.

Pros :

• Best weapon type to gain a large amount of hitstreaks.
• Have slightly more attack distance than the hammers.
• Attack can hit multiple enemies in most situations unlike strikers and cannons.

Cons :

• Melee weapon, so it means you have to be at a close range with the enemies, expose yourself to vulnerable situations more often. Also it requires frequent dodges while gameplay because of it, which means it does not work well with Colossapphire Greaves. Also, the spear has lower average hitstun than the hammers.
• The main problem of spear : It has the trickiest condition to activate the focused attack among the four weapons. This is the main problem of the spear, low chance of focused attack means lower average damage and little synerge with all those powerful armors that boosts the focused attack damages.
• Lowest base weapon damage. The base weapon damage of spear is approximately 66% of the strikers with same fortification level. It makes all those armors and powers deals the multiplier of base weapon damage less effective with spear. (66% effective compared to strikers)
• In conclusion, the spear has the least synerge with other powers and armors, has low average damage due to its hard precondition of focused attack, and the player is easier to lose HP than using strikers or cannons.

Overall, the spear is not so synergetic with large amount of armors and powers in this game, currently. Surely some of the other problem will be solved or changed as more content will be introduced in the future, including the armors that gives damage / critical bonus depending on hitstreaks. But there's one thing I hope to be changed is the picky condition of spear's focused attack. The spear's focused attack could become easier than now. For example the area of the "tip" of the spear could be larger than now. Or it can guarantee focused attack to the enemies knocked down. More frequent focused attack in the battle will definitely make the spear much more strong weapon to use, preferable over other weapons in certain situations.

[Creamean6_7]

When I thought the cannon was too easy (especially the Hail of Gory), I chose to play with a spear. After a period of practice, I think the heavy attack of the spear "Long Arm of Claw" will do considerable damage when it triggers focus attacks. And you can dodge by pole vault (of course, this is not dodge, this is a skill). Using combos in the new map seems to be more easily interrupted by the enemy, so I am more interested in the value of a single damage.

Of course, when the new map was first tested, the flexibility of the spear seemed to prevent the player from being frozen. The cannon is the opposite. Moreover, the enemy at that time was not so flexible, and combos could not be easily interrupted by the enemy.