Polearms

Polearms are slashing or blunt two-handed weapons in Outward. As opposed to Spears, Polearms have wide, powerful attacks, providing high Impact over greater area.

Usage

Polearms are used in the traps:

• Spike Trap

Polearm Skills

See also: Melee Weapon Skills

• Moon Swipe
• Splitter

List of Polearms

Halberds

Halberds are an excellent choice of weapon for beginners, due to how easily they deal with multiple Enemies and their high Impact.

Icon	Name	Damage					Speed	Damage Bonus%		Durability	Weight	Effects
	Astral Halberd	32.8  8.2	15	–	–	7	1.2	7%  7%	–	400	4.0	Curse Haunted
	Beast Golem Halberd	34	41	–	–	6.5	0.9	–	–	425	8.0	Bleeding
	Chalcedony Halberd	16  16	37	–	–	6.25	1.0	–	–	325	6.0	Slow Down
	Cleaver Halberd	28	41	–	–	6	0.9	–	–	350	8.0	–
	Crescent Scythe	23.25  7.75	41	–	–	6.3	1.2	–	–	250	4.0	Elemental Vulnerability
	Damascene Halberd	43	47	–	–	6.75	1.0	–	–	400	6.0	Increases the damage of weapon skills
	Dreamer Halberd	22.5  22.5	48	–	–	6	1.1	–	–	525	6.0	–
	Duty	40  5  5	44	–	–	7	1.0	–	–	777	8.0	Burning Holy Blaze -10% Stamina recovery rate
	Fang Halberd	25	31	–	–	5.8	1.1	–	–	250	4.0	Bleeding
	Forged Glass Halberd	48	41	–	2	7	1.0	–	–	400	6.0	–
	Galvanic Halberd	37	44	–	–	6.75	1.0	–	–	325	6.0	Pain
	Ghost Reaper	24  24	50	–	–	3	0.9	–	-15%	450	7.0	Haunted
	Giantkind Halberd	15.5  15.5	37	–	–	6.3	1.0	–	–	425	7.0	–
	Gold Guisarme	29	34	–	–	6	1.0	–	–	350	7.0	–
	Hailfrost Halberd	23  23	51	–	–	7	1.0	15%	–	450	6.0	–
	Horror Halberd	34.5  11.5	49	–	–	7	1.0	–	–	300	6.0	Extreme Poison
	Iron Halberd	21	27	–	–	5.5	1.0	–	–	325	6.0	–
	Kazite Partizan	31	31	–	–	5.8	1.0	–	–	325	6.0	Weaken
	Marble Halberd	41	49	–	–	6.5	0.9	–	–	400	8.0	–
	Masterpiece Halberd	51	55	–	–	7	1.0	–	–	430	6.0	Increases the damage of weapon skills
	Meteoric Halberd	21  21	52	–	–	7	1.0	–	–	345	6.0	Holy Blaze
	Militia Halberd	30	47	3	–	6.25	0.9	–	–	400	6.0	–
	Mushroom Halberd	23	27	–	–	5.5	1.0	–	–	175	7.0	Poison
	Obsidian Halberd	14  14	37	–	–	6.25	1.0	–	–	325	6.0	Burning
	Palladium Halberd	25.5  8.5	41	–	–	6.5	1.0	–	–	525	8.0	–
	Ruined Halberd	30	44	–	–	6.5	1.0	–	–	200	8.0	–
	Sanguine Cleaver	30	40	–	–	6.5	1.0	–	–	400	8.0	Extreme Bleeding
	Savage Halberd	29	37	–	–	6.3	1.1	–	–	350	4.0	Bleeding
	Smoke Halberd	41	49	–	–	6.75	1.0	–	–	400	6.0	Blaze
	Spore Halberd	35	41	–	–	6.5	1.0	–	–	125	6.0	Poisoned
	Thrice-Wrought Halberd	18  18	43	–	–	7	1.1	–	–	425	7.0	–
	Troglodyte Pole Mace	25	17	–	–	5	1.0	–	–	100	6.0	Confusion
	Tsar Halberd	67	62	–	–	7.7	0.8	–	–	∞	10.0	–
	Vampiric Halberd	44	41	–	–	6.5	0.9	–	–	325	6.0	Leeches health on hit
	Vigilante Halberd	46	49	4	–	7	0.9	–	–	400	6.0	–
	Virgin Halberd	32	40	–	–	6.5	1.0	–	–	325	5.0	–
	Withering Pole Mace	41	42	–	–	6.5	0.9	–	–	75	6.0	Confusion
	Wolf Halberd	38	36	–	–	6.5	1.0	–	–	400	7.0	–
	Worn Guisarme	16	14	–	–	4.5	1.0	–	–	200	4.0	–

Staves

Staves are a form of polearm that gives a huge boost to spellcasting at expense of a shorter range and lower damage.

Icon	Name	Damage			Speed	Damage Bonus%		Durability	Weight	Effects
	Ancient Calygrey Staff	30  5	45	6.5	1.0	20%  20%	-20%	300	5.0	–
	Astral Staff	20  20	15	7	1.2	14%	-20%	250	4.0	Doomed
	Calygrey Staff	27  3	40	6.875	1.0	20%	-15%	200	6.0	–
	Compasswood Staff	12  12	41	6.5	1.0	20%	-20%	225	5.0	–
	Cracked Red Moon	25	40	6.5	1.0	15%	–	200	5.0	Blaze
	Crystal Staff	15  15	31	6.5	1.0	–	-10%	125	6.0	–
	Frostburn Staff	40	40	6.875	1.1	20%  20%	-15%	250	6.0	–
	Gold Quarterstaff	28	30	6	1.2	–	–	325	6.0	–
	Ivory Master's Staff	33	43	6.5	1.2	–	-20%	350	5.0	–
	Jade-Lich Staff	12  12	41	6.5	1.0	20%	-20%	225	6.0	–
	Mage's Poking Stick	13	37	6.3	1.0	–	–	125	5.0	–
	Master's Staff	29	41	6.5	1.0	–	-20%	225	5.0	–
	Quarterstaff	16	14	4.5	1.2	–	–	150	3.0	–
	Revenant Moon	30	40	7	1.0	35%	20%	300	5.0	Blaze
	Rotwood Staff	15.5  15.5	48	7	1.0	20%	-25%	225	5.0	–
	Scholar's Staff	20	34	6	1.0	20%	-15%	225	5.0	–
	Troglodyte Staff	5.5  5.5	22	5	1.0	–	-10%	175	6.0	–

Animations

Standard Combo

Attack Pattern	Standard > Standard
Description	Two wide-sweeping strikes, left to right
Full Length	1.590 seconds (1.0 speed)
Multipliers	1.0x DMG	1.0x	1.0x
Animation

Special Attack

Attack Pattern	Special
Description	Forward-thrusting strike
Full Length	1.589 seconds (1.0 speed)
Multipliers	1.3x DMG	1.3x	1.25x
Animation

Combo 1

Attack Pattern	Standard > Special
Description	Wide-sweeping strike from left
Full Length	2.584 seconds (1.0 speed)
Multipliers	1.3x DMG	1.3x	1.25x
Animation

Combo 2

Attack Pattern	Standard > Standard > Special
Description	Slow but powerful sweeping strike
Full Length	4.234 seconds (1.0 speed)
Multipliers	1.7x DMG	1.7x	1.75x
Animation

Other combo patterns include:

• Sprint attack: Performs a unique side-striking animation, but with no multipliers (1.0x)

Notes

• Quarterstaff uses slightly different multipliers, but otherwise has the same animation set. See the Quarterstaff page for more details.

See Also

• Equipment
• Magic