If I could like this video 100 times I would. Been working through your how to spear videos recently. Been playing them on and off for a year or so now, started with 1h/torch/hunter hood/merc jack/leather shoe. Got really good at winning out IP'd fights in cheap 4.1 sets. Now I'm trying to use higher IP and I have serious trouble picking Ws for match ups. This guide and your others is everything I need to really move forward. I play almost exclusively solo, and guildless. So Spears are perfect for me. I love the guardian helmet choice too, I hadn't tried it before. But I took a flat 6 version of this set out today and wow. Got some good fights and just dominated! (Then got smudged by a zerg XD) I know this is one of your older videos but thank you so much for taking the time to really detail out the mechanics, and give comprehensive how to's and explanations. You are by far my favorite spear youtuber, because you are one of two that I've seen actually break down the mechanics like a damn scientist! Happy hunting!
So much work put on this video.Exactly what i needed as i started to main 1h spear recently. Keep doing this type pf videos it really motivates us to continue improving.
I start to playing spears because of you. My guildmate know me like "The spear guy" and I already influenced other guys to play too. I already watch your vids many times and I still trying to find another tree weapon to spec up, but spears is so versatile and better, Idk. 90% of the vid I already know, but still watch because I love your content.
I don't usually like using forest of spears in PvP either, but it Does pair quite nicely with a merc jacket. Also Inner Focus is still pretty good for ZvZ fights (particularly with the Spirit Hunter). The charge up almost perfectly matches your average shotcaller's countdown till engage, and having the speed buff on the way in means you can often save your boots for the way out.
Well, there you go XD That almost sounded like the beggining of a poem or something. There is always something to improve on, keep in mind it takes time to become experienced in pvp. A lot of failures and deaths along the way. Good luck spartan
12:05 Yeah this is very true. I love spears, but have found myself "forced" to play more and more non-spear builds just to be able to be more viable in group content
It is sadly true.. The amount of content you will find spears competetive is limited. Compared to stuff like carving/blodletter which will not only work but be efficent in a wider variety of content and sizes for PVP
It can maybe work but i think you just get kited and don't get the value full value without first w? Notice aswell i mentioned the value will be situational, which is something to avoid for consistent results.
When I'm on T6 equivalent build, I use roast pork and if T6+ I use Roasted Puremist Snapper. You use beef sandwich instead, which is an interesting choice. I will try running that next time see how it goes.
I use beef sandwich when i play t7 or below, it will give more value than roast pork in most scenarios for pvp. When I'm above t7 i use eel stew or roasted puremist snapper.
One of the best albion vid I've ever seen. Recently, I used 1h spear in duels against claymore. Sometimes we used our E spells at (or almost) the same moment, apparently the spear's reckless charge somehow interrupted or cancelled the claymore's E though it is allegedly not interruptible. Could you tell if there is some strange interaction between these spells?
Thank you for support! It's true the Charge ability is not interuptable. "Charge towards the targeted enemy, becoming immune to all Crowd Control effects, Debuffs, and damage for 1s." However what some people is unaware about is the following: If Claymore uses E spell on a target (It's a single target targeted ability) and the target moves far away from where they stood when the spell was cast it will go on cooldown, lose passive stacks but it won't connect the stun or damage. In short: Move when claymore uses e = It will miss
Can you suggest an armor set using 1H spear with shield as offhand? Thanks sir and this is a very informative video, would be very nice to see another content like this. :)
I can not say i would recommend running shield as a offhand at all. In smallscale you can maybe run facebreaker with hellion jacket but that is about it. Stay away from using shields. You could run the build i showcase during the build discussion with a shield instead i guess but would recommend torch instead
Hello! A big portion of your damage is from autoattacks, your q stacks amplifies your damage output from autoattacks. As a good rule of thumb: If you play againgst ranged opponents you should almost always try to autoattack them to deal damage and get into melee range even if you don't have 3 stacks of q. Meanwhile if you play againgst other melee weapons you should try to get 2/3 stacks before trading melee range since they will have better trades otherwise. Agaings melee poke them with q and try to play of your range advantage.
I think you can't miss out on the combat stats that healing potion/resistance potion provide. You might struggle with mana because you have higher ip on your weapon than your armor? I don't really struggle with mana on spear personally so it is hard for me to say without more information.
Especially helmet IP matters since it gives the most energy regen. I also notice energy drains fast with e.g. 1450 spear and 1100 helmet. But also you cannot really use all spells on cd for extended periods of time. In nonstop pve or if a fight drags on you have to limit your impaler usage.
As explained in the video the weapon tierlist was ranked based on my subjective opinion on how efficient they are in solo & small sized group content. I don't play spirithunter or think it can be used for those types of activities to any success at the moment. That is why i chose to not rank it.
Be careful when taking other peoples opinions for facts. Always try to validate or make your own opinion from personal experience. From my experience PVE is very rewarding & efficent now for solo players with open world fame farm. A lot of content have become a lot more forgiving for solo players aswell. That being said doing PVP has a lot of options. Corrupted dungeons is a good option, it can provide good silver for skilled players. Open world PVP however can be hard to get into and learn as a new player but will be very rewarding if you become experienced. Everything stated is my subjective opinion, feel free to make your own.
@@mr.hunter5546 If you want to start playing solo in open world it will at first feel unrewarding and that you just die a lot from groups and other players. But with time you will start to build up experience and you will understand what you can do, your limitations, matchups, abilites and everything that comes from experience. I would recommend you to play with cheap sets, 4.1/5.1 gear. And just play for fun, take a lot of fights and you will learn along the way. If you have and further questions, you can find a discord link in the description of the video.
I know right this weapon is dupe weapon i was below 400 health thier were 3 gankers after me all had like 1300 ip i had 1000 ip i am not rich to have that much XD 😂 i had everything thing on cooldown but with that 3sec cooldown ability that slows the enemy when hits u was able to prevent them from ganging up on me and i was even able to kill one 😀 but sadly didn't have time to loots 😭
Yes, this is something i mentioned in the video, i reffer to it as "Auto lockout", some people call it "stagger duration" aswell. I discuss this mechanic at 38:17 and how you can get around this without losing DPS.
I don't really enjoy playing corrupted dungeons, i made a video on stalker level to showcase some matchups in the past but will not post more content any time soon.
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Easily the best spear break down I've ever seen. And I've been watching them since before 2nd W was actually good.
If I could like this video 100 times I would. Been working through your how to spear videos recently. Been playing them on and off for a year or so now, started with 1h/torch/hunter hood/merc jack/leather shoe. Got really good at winning out IP'd fights in cheap 4.1 sets.
Now I'm trying to use higher IP and I have serious trouble picking Ws for match ups. This guide and your others is everything I need to really move forward. I play almost exclusively solo, and guildless. So Spears are perfect for me. I love the guardian helmet choice too, I hadn't tried it before. But I took a flat 6 version of this set out today and wow. Got some good fights and just dominated! (Then got smudged by a zerg XD)
I know this is one of your older videos but thank you so much for taking the time to really detail out the mechanics, and give comprehensive how to's and explanations. You are by far my favorite spear youtuber, because you are one of two that I've seen actually break down the mechanics like a damn scientist!
Happy hunting!
Thank you for the support, keep at it.
You will improve with time, don't forget to play for fun over playing for silver!
You did hands down the best guide ever in albion. Thanks a lot even me as a veteran could learn from that
Thank you for the support.
Keep in mind the content of the video is based on my opinion, always try to make your own.
So much work put on this video.Exactly what i needed as i started to main 1h spear recently. Keep doing this type pf videos it really motivates us to continue improving.
This video is god-tier, very good job on it, would love to see more!
very nice guide, reminds me of one of those in-depth league champion guides
I start to playing spears because of you. My guildmate know me like "The spear guy" and I already influenced other guys to play too. I already watch your vids many times and I still trying to find another tree weapon to spec up, but spears is so versatile and better, Idk. 90% of the vid I already know, but still watch because I love your content.
Thank you for the support
WoW !!! This clip is so much helpfull man! Gj and rly ty!
Gotchu fam
The best guide of Albion, i am an experience player and learned a lot! Loved the turtle hahaahha
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I don't usually like using forest of spears in PvP either, but it Does pair quite nicely with a merc jacket. Also Inner Focus is still pretty good for ZvZ fights (particularly with the Spirit Hunter). The charge up almost perfectly matches your average shotcaller's countdown till engage, and having the speed buff on the way in means you can often save your boots for the way out.
Yes, this is something that i was aware of but diden't mention in the video. The video was more centered around smaller sized PVP.
Thank you so much !
It would be good if theres a weapon tree explanation of every type of it.
Thank you Mr. Zugzwang. My Q's are inaccurate and my movement is also poor. I will practice.
Well, there you go XD
That almost sounded like the beggining of a poem or something.
There is always something to improve on, keep in mind it takes time to become experienced in pvp. A lot of failures and deaths along the way. Good luck spartan
I will bring a Haiku to the next video. Progress is slow and steady. Thank you for your efforts.
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XD
See you soon
12:05 Yeah this is very true. I love spears, but have found myself "forced" to play more and more non-spear builds just to be able to be more viable in group content
It is sadly true..
The amount of content you will find spears competetive is limited. Compared to stuff like carving/blodletter which will not only work but be efficent in a wider variety of content and sizes for PVP
@@PinguAlbion spear for solo roaming and corrupted dungeons, great fire for hellgates and longbow for zvzs, s all a man can ask for
Golden guide
Merc Jacket works really good if u fight vs melee and you play on Torch + Attack Sp passive build.
It can maybe work but i think you just get kited and don't get the value full value without first w? Notice aswell i mentioned the value will be situational, which is something to avoid for consistent results.
When I'm on T6 equivalent build, I use roast pork and if T6+ I use Roasted Puremist Snapper. You use beef sandwich instead, which is an interesting choice. I will try running that next time see how it goes.
I use beef sandwich when i play t7 or below, it will give more value than roast pork in most scenarios for pvp.
When I'm above t7 i use eel stew or roasted puremist snapper.
@@PinguAlbion Ah I see. Thanks for replying. I'll try out Beef Sandwich. Also, you got 120 elite spec on all spears, leather jackets, etc right?
@@NerdistRay yes, i got 120 on my regular spear set, it's a grind
@@PinguAlbion I haven't even gotten 70 spec on the rest of the spears, jackets, etc yet. 120 elite spec seems like a huuuuge grind yeah.
@@NerdistRay Keep at it!
One of the best albion vid I've ever seen.
Recently, I used 1h spear in duels against claymore. Sometimes we used our E spells at (or almost) the same moment, apparently the spear's reckless charge somehow interrupted or cancelled the claymore's E though it is allegedly not interruptible. Could you tell if there is some strange interaction between these spells?
Thank you for support!
It's true the Charge ability is not interuptable.
"Charge towards the targeted enemy, becoming immune to all Crowd Control effects, Debuffs, and damage for 1s."
However what some people is unaware about is the following:
If Claymore uses E spell on a target (It's a single target targeted ability) and the target moves far away from where they stood when the spell was cast it will go on cooldown, lose passive stacks but it won't connect the stun or damage.
In short: Move when claymore uses e = It will miss
Can you suggest an armor set using 1H spear with shield as offhand? Thanks sir and this is a very informative video, would be very nice to see another content like this. :)
I can not say i would recommend running shield as a offhand at all. In smallscale you can maybe run facebreaker with hellion jacket but that is about it. Stay away from using shields. You could run the build i showcase during the build discussion with a shield instead i guess but would recommend torch instead
should I start using some auto attacks when 3 charges or no?
Hello!
A big portion of your damage is from autoattacks, your q stacks amplifies your damage output from autoattacks.
As a good rule of thumb:
If you play againgst ranged opponents you should almost always try to autoattack them to deal damage and get into melee range even if you don't have 3 stacks of q.
Meanwhile if you play againgst other melee weapons you should try to get 2/3 stacks before trading melee range since they will have better trades otherwise. Agaings melee poke them with q and try to play of your range advantage.
Is it worth using energy potions since I feel like it goes down very quickly. Maybe its just because I use t4 capes usually
I think you can't miss out on the combat stats that healing potion/resistance potion provide. You might struggle with mana because you have higher ip on your weapon than your armor? I don't really struggle with mana on spear personally so it is hard for me to say without more information.
Especially helmet IP matters since it gives the most energy regen. I also notice energy drains fast with e.g. 1450 spear and 1100 helmet.
But also you cannot really use all spells on cd for extended periods of time. In nonstop pve or if a fight drags on you have to limit your impaler usage.
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Wher3 u put the spirithunter ? In fights smallscale best one i would agree spirit and mayb even daybringer but never something else in speer tree (
As explained in the video the weapon tierlist was ranked based on my subjective opinion on how efficient they are in solo & small sized group content. I don't play spirithunter or think it can be used for those types of activities to any success at the moment. That is why i chose to not rank it.
Mate should I try play Albion solo cus well I've heard a lot of bad rumors regarding solo player and I don't have any friends to play with
Be careful when taking other peoples opinions for facts. Always try to validate or make your own opinion from personal experience.
From my experience PVE is very rewarding & efficent now for solo players with open world fame farm. A lot of content have become a lot more forgiving for solo players aswell.
That being said doing PVP has a lot of options. Corrupted dungeons is a good option, it can provide good silver for skilled players.
Open world PVP however can be hard to get into and learn as a new player but will be very rewarding if you become experienced.
Everything stated is my subjective opinion, feel free to make your own.
@@PinguAlbion ok thx for the reply and honest review mate. Might as well give it a try, btw is there any tips where to start?
@@mr.hunter5546 If you want to start playing solo in open world it will at first feel unrewarding and that you just die a lot from groups and other players. But with time you will start to build up experience and you will understand what you can do, your limitations, matchups, abilites and everything that comes from experience.
I would recommend you to play with cheap sets, 4.1/5.1 gear. And just play for fun, take a lot of fights and you will learn along the way.
If you have and further questions, you can find a discord link in the description of the video.
This is why i use 1h spear when i roam open world soloxd
That's the way to go spartan
1H Spear is life
I know right this weapon is dupe weapon i was below 400 health thier were 3 gankers after me all had like 1300 ip i had 1000 ip i am not rich to have that much XD 😂 i had everything thing on cooldown but with that 3sec cooldown ability that slows the enemy when hits u was able to prevent them from ganging up on me and i was even able to kill one 😀 but sadly didn't have time to loots 😭
whenever I use Q, It resets the auto attack gap, which is frustrating
Yes, this is something i mentioned in the video, i reffer to it as "Auto lockout", some people call it "stagger duration" aswell. I discuss this mechanic at 38:17 and how you can get around this without losing DPS.
pls corrupted dungeons with this build explain matchup pls
I don't really enjoy playing corrupted dungeons, i made a video on stalker level to showcase some matchups in the past but will not post more content any time soon.
imagine the mage shoes + harpoon + a glaive that would be pretty far hahaha
Bro are u french ?
Nope
yo
my man knows is spears