Looking for Polearms...and hunting/grinding spots

I think most pole arms aren't used because they are slow (8) and aren't the default meta for DRK (fast spears, like sky ski), so you might have some trouble finding them as they are usually npc'd. You can try posting in #free-market on discord and see if anyone has Dragon Chelbird from any HT runs. If you just like using Polearms, you can craft them with an NPC in Leafre (top left). You will need the lvl 100 weapon (Zedbug) and some ores and craft material (there's a guide on royals, but i won't link it here). There might be some people who have the NT weapon (speargrave/flairgrave) that can sell you for cheap too!

 

The only endgame Polearms that are generally used in any capacity are either Purple Surfboards, which are gated behind the summer event, or Crimson Arcglaives, which require completing a large portion of the CWK questline to unlock crafting from Fiona, as well as a lot of time and effort to gather the materials to actually make the weapon (Crimson Woods, Typhon Feathers, and the Taos). The main level Polearms are Speed 8, which is pretty awful (that’s the speed of an Arcglaive without Booster, and a PSB without Booster is still faster), which is why they’re generally NPC fodder.

Both the Surfboard and Arcglaive go for a pretty high price because of these reason. Polearms are basically only used for grinding or the occasional cardhunting/mob farming. They’re worth getting if you grind a lot, though, but all DrK equips tend to be hard gated by various things (Gachapon for Skis, Event for Surfboards, Crafting for Arcglaive).

 

It’s hard to go full Polearm because your entire bossing damage output is Spear based, and there’s very little bossing content that is cleave or mobbing friendly (and the ones that are generally involve smaller number of mobs, which is why Spear Crusher is still better in those scenarios (along with the fact it does more damage anyway).

I am a big Polearm advocate though, I went hybrid for a reason and don’t regret it at all. Even though my DrK primarily bosses now and basically is exclusively a Spear user, the option to switch for fast cardfarming or mob killing is nice, and I used Polearm from 10-125 or so.

 

There’s a few decent options for polearms until you get a PSB. White mop, blood snowboard, and super snowboard are the top 3 imo. First 2 are normal 6 and SSB is fast 5 and all 3 have ok attack on them.

 

Realized I didn't answer your question about the grinding spots.

If you're at a decent enough level (high 9x at minimum), Himes with a Priest is both great EXP with minimal pot usage. I have never been a huge fan of Dragon Roar for training, but CDs is very solid as well (though I believe Himes with PA Fury is faster still).

 

Red surfboard (7) is an alternative weapon too.
Although its not good as PSB or Arcglaive, probably still better than lv110-120 PA I think.

Btw I think you should check your dex for using
Arcglaive since it require 80 dex to wear, just a little note.