You need to not only gain but also maintain speed for this to work. Pressing X will couch your lance, shown both by your character pointing it in front of them and its position on the icon changing from raised to lowered. With a couched lance in your possession, you obviously need to equip it and make sure that you're riding in battle on horseback.Īs your horse gains speed while charging towards the enemy, you'll notice the small icon on the lower right, just above your health bar, lighting up. They're not the most frequent type of polearm you'll encounter, but visiting the trade screens of Imperial-aligned cities should eventually get you one. What you're looking for are two-handed polearms with the Couch Lance tag. On the same panel, you have icons and tags further describing what the weapon is capable of. Whenever you purchase or loot weapons, you'll notice that hovering your mouse above or clicking on them opens up a small panel with stats. To do so, you need to pay attention to the tags associated to weapons in Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord. Before you can rule the battlefield from atop your steed, you need to get your hands on an actual couched lance.
