Dominions 3: The Awakening/Items/Spears & Pikes

Spears & Long Spears
Spears are polearms with long reach that however have a low damage potential. They are good at repeling units with short weapons.

Long Spears are similiar to spears but they have slightly longer reach.

Spears and Long Spears are one-handed weapons and can be used with shields.

Pikes
Pikes are extremely long spear-like weapons. They have moderate damage and have a -1 penalty to Defence but they are the longest weapon in the game and get +1 to Attack. They are very good at repeling other units.

Pikes are two-handed weapons and cannot be used with shields. This makes pike-wielding units more or less vulnerable to missiles.