Set the Spear

Butt to the earth, point to the beast: let it bring its own weight onto the iron.

Mode

Channel

Used with

Spear, Shortspear

Stamina

16

Cooldown

6s

Range

2.6 tiles

Price

520 gold

Needs first

Long Thrust

What it does

Hold the key: set the butt in the ground and lower the point (wind-up 0.15 s), for up to 3 s; you turn freely but don't walk, swing or sprint; Space ends it at once. 16 stamina to set, 6 a second while held; the cooldown starts on release. A foe whose hurt circle enters your reach + 0.3 tiles (spear 2.6, shortspear 2.05) inside the front 70 deg while charging or leaping at you (a creature in the strike phase of a charge or leap AttackSpec, a BodyMoves charge or pounce, a person's charge technique) or closing at 4 or more tiles/s (measured from its step) runs onto the point: power 2.0 (x1.3 if it was charging or leaping: 2.6), poise 30 (+15 if charging or leaping), a tip blow. Its charge or leap ends there (state Recover, motion ended, knock zeroed, never a stun: unlike running into a wall it is not stunned) and it is held on the point for 0.4 s (spear pin). Once per foe per setting, up to 3 foes. Blows still land on you while set.

Edge: Deep Set

The charge bonus x1.3 becomes x1.6.