Arena Spearman¶

a rank of one

Path: Armsman · Everyone · all classes: Ascendancy

Nodes¶

Name	Type	Effect
Start of the Initiation	Start	—
Melee Reach	Small	6% increased melee range
Movement Speed	Small	5% increased movement speed
Parry Strength	Small	12.5% increased parry bonus
Spear Damage	Small	20% increased spear damage
Stagger Resistance	Small	+10% stagger resistance
Stamina Recovery after Blocking	Small	20% increased stamina regeneration on block recently
Measure of the Spear	Notable	A spear thrust landed at the far end of its reach empowers the next echo thrust of its series
Footwork in the Sand	Notable	Right after a spear thrust, dodging makes a short retreating step that keeps the echo series going; it costs stamina and grants no invulnerability
Champion's Answer	Notable	+1 echo thrusts on your next spear thrust that hits after a parry
A Rank of One	Notable	Additional strikes of a primary melee attack become echo strikes: spectral copies of the weapon strike the enemy it hit, one after another with spears +2 spear extra strikes
Ring of Points	Notable	+30% spear stagger resistance with strikes
Answering Step	Notable	After a block, your next melee attack steps towards the attacker; after a parry, towards the enemy you aim at
Knockback	Small	10% increased knockback
Spear Attack Speed	Small	5% increased spear attack speed
Spear Stagger	Small	40% increased stagger build-up with spears
Pinned on the Point	Notable	Echo thrusts push their target towards the point of the original thrust
Next Opponent	Notable	When the target of an echo series dies, the rest of the series moves to one enemy next to it
Press the Line	Notable	40% increased stagger build-up with spears with strikes When the target of an echo series is newly staggered, the rest of the series comes faster

Data from Path of Valheiman 6.0.6, extracted 2026-11-09.