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Pic related is mine, the dragonslayer from berserk. I like it because it's simple. It's just a big fucking sword, no fancy bells and whistles like enchantments or spells.
Second runner-up is sting from lord of the rings, I like that it glows blue when orcs are around and it can be used in the dark as a light source.
Spears don't get enough love.
They really don't. It's the People's weapon, after all.
I get that swords are cooler for a fantasy setting but spears are THE weapon. You put the pointy bit on a long stick so your foolish swore-wiedling opponent can't reach you. Fantasy has neglected the importance of the spear for far too long.
i hear this point all the time, but spears are honestly a compromise based on logistics, useful for an army or mass formation (harder to stab ur own guys when the sharp bits are 4 or more feet away) but for a 1 on 1 or other small fight why not use a greatsword if price is no issue? with a smaller spear you can use a shield, but if its pike v greatsword, well theres a reason the more elite that guarded the battle standards or disrupted pike formations had greatswords instead of spears - a greatsword is just a better more expensive spear in many ways. Plus i just cant get ENOUGH parierhaken (hooky bits like a secondary hilt halfway down the blade), if more spears had secondary hilt-style bits for grappling i'd be closer to team spear lol.
but yeah in a contest between the spear and the standard 1 handed sword, spear is the way to go, shield or not
Shout out to Aeglos, Gil Galad's spear from Lord of the Rings And Syl from Stormlight Archives