Palladium Pike

A spear is a poke, not a swing. Hold the button and the shaft extends toward the cursor and pulls back, hurting anything it passes through on the way out and again on the way in. That is strong against enemies funneled down a corridor and clumsy against anything that circles you in open air.

Reach is the entire reason to carry one. This reaches roughly ten tiles, far enough to hit something standing on the far side of a platform gap while you stay out of its way. Melee speed bonuses do more here than they do on a sword, because a faster thrust also pushes slightly further out before it retracts.

The sprite is a halberd, broad blade and all, rather than the point a pike would have. The Orichalcum Halberd has the same problem in reverse and looks like the pike.