Chop off the end of the pikes with big swords? lol, I know this is a fantasy game, but really, come on.
A bit of reading if your interested. (C&P)
Description of
Pike
The weapons used during the Middle
Ages include the Pike. The description of the Pike which provides basic facts
and information about the weapon is as follows:
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Pike - This weapon consisted of a sharp
spike blade mounted on a wooden shaft, or pole - referred to as a
pikestaff
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This weapon had a wooden shaft, or
staff, between 10 and 14 feet (3 and 4 meters) long, mounted with a steel head
resembling a spear
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Used as a versatile weapon against
knights on horseback. The weapon was constantly developed and refined to include
metal rims over the shaft making it even more effective against cavalry starting
with knights on horseback . The pole, or staff, increased in length to become
more effective fighting weapon
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The weapon was used as a means to combat
enemies on horseback. The spear end could apply significant injury to a knight
in armor, or a knights horse. Horse armor was developed to counteract such
injuries but the sheer force applied from a long pole, or pike, was extremely
effective against horses. The Medieval horse, called a Destrier was the favored horses of knights in the Middle
Ages
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Pikemen were also armed with a dagger
and a sword to enable them to battle enemies who had been unhorsed. The pike was
far too unwieldy to use in close combat
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Type or group of weapons - Polearm - A
group of pole-mounted weapons. Were all variations of poles measuring between 4
and 14 feet long with different 'heads' - spikes, hammers, spears, axe
etc