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minus-squareZorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-23 months agoA truly determined (re: suicidal) person can also just impale themselves further on your spear to disarm you. Can’t do that against a halberd. Shield walls help with this problem as well though, so spears are still really versatile.
minus-squaretrigonated@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months ago A truly determined (re: suicidal) person can also just impale themselves further on your spear to disarm you. The boar technique
minus-squareZorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoExactly what I was thinking about (read a post about that the other day on how boars are so batshit crazy they’ll impale themselves further just to try to gore you)
A truly determined (re: suicidal) person can also just impale themselves further on your spear to disarm you. Can’t do that against a halberd.
Shield walls help with this problem as well though, so spears are still really versatile.
The boar technique
Exactly what I was thinking about (read a post about that the other day on how boars are so batshit crazy they’ll impale themselves further just to try to gore you)