Originally posted by Starscream M
you have a point...a spear is quite useless in a one on one fight
Not really, there's plenty of one-on-one spear fighting styles in real life (think staff fighting except with a pointy bit. That, in this case, can burst into flames).
It's only if it's a longer spear that one-on-one goes out of the picture, and the Spear of Athena is pretty short.