I was thinking of the devs adding spears to SK. They could have a long range, and a higher damage than most swords, but to balance that out, they can only jab, no swinging unless maybe if its a charge attack, and it takes 2 hands to wield, meaning no shield when you are using your spear. Charge attacks could have you leaping forward with a strong highly damaging thrust, or 360-ing to swipe at all enemies in range. The spin attack wouldnt hurt as much as te thrust, but it would knock enemies back further, in the case of being surrounded.

Looking forward to your feedback/flaming :3