Polearm

A polearm is literally a weapon on a pole. There is an abundance of polearms in NetHack:


 * halberd
 * bardiche
 * spetum
 * bill-guisarme
 * voulge
 * ranseur
 * guisarme
 * glaive
 * lucern hammer
 * bec-de-corbin
 * fauchard
 * partisan
 * lance

This is the order in which monsters will attempte to use polearms, and so roughly from best to worst.

The lance is, in real life, a polearm, but in NetHack it uses the lance skill instead of the polearm skill.