Spear

A spear is a basic polearm that consists of a shaft with a pointed head. This design ensures that it is primarily suited for thrusting.Assassin's Creed: Unity
==History==
Spears were virtually ubiquitous throughout human history, adopted by various cultures around the world as a basic weapon. In 221 BCE, the Chinese Assassin Wei Yu slew the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, with a spear. Until the advent of firearms, spears saw regular service with militaries, such as that of the Saracens during their assault on the Assassin citadel of Masyaf in 1176.Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade
During the Renaissance, guards which employed pole weapons such as spears and halberds were commonly called Seekers for their tendency to use them to probe hiding spots.Assassin's Creed IIAssassin's Creed: Brotherhood While the Italian Brotherhood of Assassins tended to forsake polearms for their impediment to freerunning, spears were favored by many prominent Templars of this era, with infamous examples being the Turkmen renegade Shahkulu, Odai Dunqas, and Samila Khadim.Assassin's Creed: Revelations
Though spears, like most other melee weapons, were gradually phased out of military use by the development of firearms, during the time of the the French Revolution, they continued to see use among the Assassins such as those of the Parisian Brotherhood, was also present in the extremists, as a symbol of nailing the heads of the enemies as it happened during the French Revolution.
==Weapon statistics==
===Peloponnesian War===
Name	Rarity	DPS (Max Lvl 99)	Attributes	Availability
*Only available after downloading Legacy of the First Blade
**Only available after downloading The Fate of Atlantis
====Mobile Animus 4.38====
Name 	Tier	Damage	Speed	Miss Chance	Modifiers	Requirements
Falx of Olympos	 	 	 	 	 	
===Ptolemaic Egypt===
Name	Rarity	Quality (Max Level 55)	Damage (Max Level 55)	Attributes	Availability
**Only available after downloading The Curse of the Pharaohs
===Viking expansion Europe===
Name	Class	Atk	Spd	Stun	Crit Pre	Wgt	Availability
===Italian Renaissance===
Name 	Damage	Speed	Deflect	Cost	Availability
Spear	3 	3 	5 	N/A 	N/A
===French Revolution===
Name 	Level	Damage	Parry	Speed	Range	Cost	Modifiers	Availability
Razorhead Spear	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Spear 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Behind the scenes==
In Assassin's Creed: Official Game Guide, under the entry for the Crusaders, the Knights Hospitalier Soldier unit is depicted with a spear and a shield, but this unit never appears with this weapon in the actual game.
In Assassin's Creed II and Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, spears, and halberds are classified as long weapons and cannot be purchased from any blacksmith shop. They can only be used by disarming them from Seekers or picking them up from the ground after killing a Seeker. Should the player character, Ezio Auditore da Firenze, break into a full sprint or freerun at any time, he will automatically drop the spear as he cannot equip a long weapon. In Assassin's Creed II, the spear can be broken with a certain finishing move where Ezio snaps the spear over his knee and stabs his opponent twice at the same time with the now-broken spear halves. The spearpoint half will function as if it were a sword, while the handle half will function if it were a blunt weapon if they are picked up again. In Assassin's Creed II, the spear can also be broken in half by parrying a smash attack from a heavy weapon. In the non-canonical mobile version of Assassin's Creed II, a polearm called a "spear" by the game is part of the player's equipment, but it is technically a glaive, not a spear. Ezio Auditore uses it to assassinate the Templar Emilio Barbarigo.
In Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, it is possible for some guards to use the spear, including militia and Borgia captains. If they are disarmed, and the closest weapon on the ground is a spear, they will pick that up provided that no Seeker is alive nearby to take it as well. Borgia captains who used the spear has the running and action animations of the Seekers. Additionally, they can put the spear or halberd in their empty sheaths, but the spear will appear to be broken.
Spears are absent from Assassin's Creed, but in Assassin's Creed: Revelations, some Templar knights who use the weapon are fought in the memory "The Mentor's Keeper", which chronologically takes place before Assassin's Creed.
In Assassin's Creed: Unity, the spear features as a weapon that can be purchased and fully equipped for the first time.
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed II 
*Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
*Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade
*Assassin's Creed: Revelations
*Assassin's Creed: Unity
*Assassin's Creed: Origins
*Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
*Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece
*Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
*Discovery Tour: Viking Age
*Echoes of History 
*Assassin's Creed: Mirage
==References==
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