Vyke's War Spear

Notes

• Requires 16 Strength, 20 Dexterity and 18 Faith, and weighs 8. Dexterity provides the strongest Physical scaling, Strength is weaker, and Faith improves Fire damage.
• Ordinary full-status hits apply 65 Madness buildup. The weapon has no Arcane scaling, so Arcane does not improve this fixed buildup.
• Madness mainly affects players and eligible human NPCs. Most creatures and bosses are immune to the status, although the spear's Physical and Fire damage still works against them.
• Frenzyflame Thrust costs 14 FP. You leap and plunge the spear into the ground, causing a Fire explosion and leaving a three-pronged patch of frenzy flame.
• The plunge uses the weapon's attack power, while the independent Fire explosion and ground flame improve through Faith and reinforcement. Dexterity helps the ordinary Physical contact rather than those Fire effects in the same way.
• The blade and explosion can connect together at close range. Their Madness amounts differ, and the lingering flame uses smaller repeated amounts rather than applying a full ordinary hit on every tick.
• Using the skill also adds 20 Madness buildup to you. Repeating it can trigger your own Madness even when the enemy is immune.
• Shard of Alexander and Fire bonuses improve the skill. Frenzied Flame Seal boosts its incantation group, not this weapon skill. Neither Godfrey Icon nor Claw Talisman improves the uncharged jumping skill.
• Uses Somber Smithing Stones to +10. Its skill and affinity are fixed, and grease or weapon enchantments cannot be applied.
• Festering Fingerprint Vyke near Church of Inhibition gives the spear and Fingerprint Grape together. Roundtable Knight Vyke in the Mountaintops evergaol gives different rewards.