Spike value

About Spike

Spike rewards patience. Tap a move and you get a very small AoE and weak damage; hold it and the spikes spread wide, hit several enemies at once and stun them, with a good vertical hitbox. Nearly all of its value comes from committing to full charges.

With only four moves and short to medium range, it won't carry you far, but for early First Sea grinding it does fine. Every move breaks Instinct, and it works well as a combo extender. Two things can annoy you: the smaller spikes land in random spots when held, and a fully charged move knocks targets away quite hard. There is also no real mobility beyond getting around on land.

A bit of history: Spike used to sit in stock permanently next to Bomb until Rocket and Spin became the two cheapest fruits, and before Update 17.3 it had only two moves. The physical fruit is very common and cheap, so we treat it as trade filler. If you want a cheap Natural with more build options, we would point you to Bomb.