While there may be ways of getting around this, a previous edit suggested you were planning a fighter or paladin, and the linked solutions wouldn't work there. PHB 72 Lances are STR based.Īll melee weapons in 5e are STR based unless they have the finesse property (in which case you can use either STR or DEX). When you are wielding a melee weapon in one hand and no other weapons, you gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls with that weapon. Because of this, Dueling, which requires that you use the weapon in one hand, can only apply while you are mounted: Dueling can apply.īut only while you're mounted this weapon's special property states that when you aren't, it "requires two hands to wield". You could use Two-Weapon fighting instead if you are mounted and take the Dual Wielder feat, though. The weapon must have the two-handed or versatile property for you to gain this benefit. When you roll a 1 or 2 on a damage die for an attack you make with a melee weapon that you are wielding with two hands, you can reroll the die and must use the new roll, even if the new roll is a 1 or a 2. Great Weapon Fighting Style cannot apply.Īs we can see above, the lance does not have the two handed or versatile properties one of which is required to benefit from the Great Weapon Fighting fighting style: Also, a lance requires two hands to wield when you aren't mounted. Special: You have disadvantage when you use a lance to ttack a target within 5 feet of you.
Let's start with the stats for the weapon: Lance