- This is about the weapon type Spears. For the individual weapon, see Spear.
- Game Guide(src)
Spears are long and piercing Melee Weapons, used for hitting or stabbing, mainly used by Amazons in Diablo II. They exist in both one-handed and two-handed variants, and are different from polearms. Generally, spears lack a cleaving blade, having a sharp piercing tip instead.
Diablo II[]
| QL | Name | Damage | Speed | Max sockets | Range | Str req | Dex req | Lv req |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Spear | 3–15 | −10 | 3 | 3 | — | 20 | — |
| 9 | Trident | 9–15 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 24 | — |
| 16 | Brandistock | 7–17 | −20 | 5 | 4 | 40 | 50 | — |
| 20 | Spetum | 15–23 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 54 | 35 | — |
| 24 | Pike | 14–63 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 60 | 45 | — |
| 33 | War Spear | 10–37 | −10 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 25 | 21 |
| 36 | Fuscina | 19–37 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 77 | 25 | 24 |
| 41 | War Fork | 16–40 | −20 | 5 | 4 | 80 | 95 | 25 |
| 44 | Yari | 29–59 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 101 | — | 25 |
| 47 | Lance | 27–114 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 110 | 88 | 25 |
| 58 | Hyperion Spear 
|
35–119 | −10 | 3 | 3 | 155 | 120 | 43 |
| 66 | Stygian Pike
|
29–144 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 168 | 97 | 49 |
| 74 | Mancatcher
|
42–92 | −20 | 5 | 4 | 132 | 134 | 55 |
| 83 | Ghost Spear
|
18–155 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 122 | 163 | 62 |
| 85 | War Pike
|
33–178 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 165 | 106 | 66 |
| Class | Base attack frames | Base attacks per second |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon | 15 | 1.66 |
| Assassin
|
22 | 1.13 |
| Barbarian | 18 | 1.38 |
| Druid
|
22 | 1.13 |
| Necromancer | 23 | 1.08 |
| Paladin | 19 | 1.31 |
| Sorceress | 20 | 1.25 |
Spears are two-handed Melee Weapons in Diablo II. Desert Mercenary hirelings can equip spears in the expansion.
Spears are compatible with Amazon Javelin and Spear Skills in the left and center columns of the skill tree, and with Barbarian Spear Mastery. Spear damage scales with the wielder's Strength, with each point of Strength equivalent to 1% enhanced damage.[3] Magic and rare spears can have either Amazon or Barbarian skill prefixes.[4] Compared to polearms, spears support fewer rune words, tend to have a longer reach, and tend to be faster for Amazons, about the same speed for Barbarians, and slower for other classes.
Javelins are a related type of one-handed weapons. Javelins count as spears as well as combo (melee/thrown) weapons.
The expansion also has a category of Amazon spears, which count as spears as well as Amazon Weapons. Neither desert mercenary hirelings nor other classes may use Amazon spears.
There are no set spears.
Unique spears[]
The unique spears in classic are:
- The Dragon Chang (Spear)
- Razortine (Trident)
- Bloodthief (Brandistock)
- Lance of Yaggai (Spetum)
- The Tannr Gorerod (Pike)
Additional unique spears in the Lord of Destruction expansion are:
- The Impaler (War Spear)
- Kelpie Snare (Fuscina)
- Soulfeast Tine (War Fork)
- Hone Sundan (Yari)
- Spire of Honor (Lance)
- Arioc's Needle (Hyperion Spear)
- Viperfork (Mancatcher)
- Steel Pillar (War Pike)
Spear rune words[]
The maximum number of sockets possible in a spear is 6.
In the expansion, the following Weapon Rune Words function in nonmagic spears with exactly the specified number of sockets:
- Breath of the Dying (6 sockets)
- Call to Arms (5 sockets)
- Eternity (5 sockets)
- Fortitude (4 sockets, in D2 ladder or D2R)
- Fury (3 sockets)
- Hand of Justice (4 sockets)
- Honor (5 sockets)
- Infinity (4 sockets, in D2R)
- Malice (3 sockets)
- Obedience (5 sockets, in D2R)
- Passion (4 sockets)
- Phoenix (4 sockets, in D2 ladder or D2R)
- Pride (4 sockets, in D2R)
- Silence (6 sockets)
- Strength (2 sockets)
- Venom (3 sockets)
- Wind (2 sockets)
Diablo III[]
In Diablo III, only one-handed Spears exist. They are mostly used by Barbarians, but any other class may try and use them as well. They have medium to fast attack speed, but their length does not give any advantage in game. Spears may be transmogrified into Daggers, and vice versa.
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