The polearm perk tree also provides advantages for horseback combat such as increased damage to other horses, improved couched damage in general, and reduced cooldown before you can couch your polearm again. Although you can use one-handed or two-handed weapons while mounted, you won’t be able to couch them and you will need to ride much closer to enemy lines to ensure a hit. They provide much greater reach than one-handed or two-handed weapons, and can be couched to inflict devastating damage on one or more opponents as you ride by them at high speed. The main reason to specialise in polearms in Mount & Blade: Bannerlord is to use them while mounted on horseback.
