He's going to be using a trident because he'll just look kind of naff with a spear.
I don't care if a merfolk needs to spend +4gp for his trident! Especially on shade since you can get 15% attack speed. I get the second hit on charged attack make ubber damage if you miss the first hit on purpose to make 1 extra hit during shade ult but I doubt tis the only reason why sicne so many waystalker use the glaive.

The glaive usually has a sword-type face for slashing and a spear-tip for piercing at best. As nouns the difference between lance and glaive is that lance is a weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen while glaive is a weapon formerly used, consisting of a large blade fixed on the end of a pole, whose edge was on the outside curve.

(3) Finally, and specifically referencing halberd vs glaive, I think it's the designers way of saying: "It's a long stick with a metal slicey bit on the end.

If you're having trouble understanding how a weapon, particularly various polearms like the glaive and halberd, can be used outside of their written properties, read on. I personally prefer the glaive. My only real complaint with it is the first charged attack is weak. A glaive can do everything that can be imagined for a real glaive to do, because it represents a real glaive, and the same can be said of the halberd.

So the question is: was this done intentionally or just for balancing reasons? The spear can work against hordes, but the glaive with attack speed works great too. well the title of topic is so clear .. well i wants to know what's better between Spear and Glaive i'm playing sjsro and i got L 34 FF Build STR Account i'm gonna make it Glaive cuz i asked alot of ppl and they said Glaive is the best char in the Chinese cuz it's full str so it will be hard to kill it And I support that 100%.

Glaive vs Spear Question Since all posts about this subject are old, im here to ask for new feedback on pros and cons about glaive and spear and which of the two is better. The spear just seems bether to me but I guess that I have missed something about that weapon seems its the most popular for any elf class beside handmaiden.

A glaive (or glave) is a European polearm, consisting of a single-edged blade on the end of a pole.It is similar to the Japanese naginata, the Chinese guandao and pudao, the Korean woldo, the Russian sovnya and the Siberian palma [].. Overview. As a verb lance is to pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.
The glaive has natural armor pen even on light attacks. What's better Spear or Glaive. Using Your Imagination.

Get over it."

glaive vs spear, As nouns the difference between spear and glaive is that spear is a long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion while glaive is a weapon formerly used, consisting of a large blade fixed on the end of a pole, whose edge was on the outside curve.