by ChizFreak Sat Jan 26, 2013 5:27 pm
Silver Knight Spear is the best spear. (lol)
Seriously though, for me it's the best, longest range along with MLBH and DSS, the MLBH does pure magic damage, and most shields can counter that (and don't forget GMB), and the DSS does split up damage, so it sucks, it may have higher AR than the rest of spears but it doesn't do actually more damage unless you have ultra high stats, the only good thing about the DSS is that I "think" it breaks guards more easily than the other 2 spears.
The SKS is better than normal spears because of great range, you can out range someone casting Great Combustion with it for example. Also because it's pure physical damage (unlike the DSS) it works wonderfully with the Leo Ring (which only boosts physical counter attack thrust damage). The range advantage is very important and will make you win most battles. Also the SKS stunlocks very easily because it has great poise damage. 2-handed the SKS is a stunlock machine. With enough poise, you will stunlock anyone who tries to trade hits with you (unless they are wearing something super heavy like havel's, giant's, stone guardian's etc).
The DSS requires far too much stat investment weakening your build.
Finally, the SKS works flawlessly with the Dragon Roar, which for a Glass Cannon build you're doing fits perfectly. Red Tearstone Ring, Leo Ring, Dragon Body >>> Roar, the roar stuns people and pushed them far, but because of the range SKS you can still hit them while the buff is active and have an ultra damage output. I did had a build like that for a long time.