Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-70.65.185.63-20170204093838/@comment-25841881-20170208220559

Yes, their armies were trained to use spears. That is why Zombie could reference them as a pike focused nation. However, they weren't really trained to use swords. An idea I got from the [Scabbards thread] was that they simply receive a weakness debuff while using their sidearm, to represent that they're not as skilled as someone whose main weapon is that.