Range: Moderate
Power: High
Rate of Fire: Moderate
The Javelin is more of a hybrid than a true ranged weapon; it excels at mid to close range and doubles as a reasonably effective melee weapon. The javelin’s damage is velocity based and, as a result, sprinting and then hurling the javelin causes it to travel farther and deal significantly more damage.
Generally speaking, it is an instant kill on all classes (except knight) if a javelin lands in the torso area from a sprinting throw. On the lightly armored classes, the sprint is less needed for the kill, opening up to more versatility.
Currently, you can carry five javelins, which is one more than the Heavy Javelin and one less than the Short Spear.
It's possible to pick up thrown javelins off the ground, though there appears to be a time limit and it only works on certain areas. It most consistently works on ground-level (as opposed to on buildings) and oftens glitches when upon an elevated surface of some sort.
It should be noted that the Javelin type weapons have had their recovery time reduced since the Chivalry: Medieval Warfare Beta. It will take a few seconds to bring up your next javelin or secondary weapon after a throw. You will be helpless against a close-range assailant in the meantime, reducing the effectiveness of the javelin class.
It is possible to negate the long recovery time by quickly switching to your secondary weapon and then switching back to the Javelin.
This may be patched in a future update.
Trivia
- The Javelin is by far the most hated class and the worst to play
- If you like to play as a Javelin, most people are considering therapy or jumping-from-a-high-cliff-without-Bungee-equiptment for you
- Javelins are like North-Korea, everybody knows it's the most evil thing on the planet but still they won't destroy it with atomic bombs
- Imagine a sunny summer morning, you walk through the warm, sunny world with bird noises all around and everything is just fine. Right at that moment, a Javelin jumps out of the nearby bushes and gets run over by a train. Sometimes, world IS fair
- I've unlocked the heavy fucking crap spear without knowing that you can level your kills by using the first spear instead, which is waaaay better than the motherfucking toothpick you get afterwards. This game hates me more than my cat.
- I give my cat food and a warm home everyday but she don't even look at me
- Like the girl I love
- But that's an other story
- Did I ever mention that I hate Javelins?
- If there would be a Javelin-Genocide it would be a good genocide