Compared to the other long weapons, I'm not sure. I've only played as a swordsman. What I found about it depends on what kind of character you're making. If you're putting a lot of points into dex, it gets high scaling with that around 15+ at a B grade (out of S). That being said, if you want to go immediate damage, the lightning pike is the best option I've seen for it (gets up to 250 damage in both physical and lightning). I don't know how powerful it would be with the dex scaling at around 40 (when stat returns diminish), but coupled with the lightning, I imagine it would be devastating. That's all assuming this is the right pole arm for the job.