Well, Sara Sword is still better for crushing than the Zammy Spear. Not worth having both in my opinion just for a slightly better crush, since the spear is +5 more accurate but has 7 less strength. The difference is marginal. The spear is good for stab and crush, but the sword is good for crush and strength training only. [/hide]Sure, the two have roughly the same damage output in crush mode, but the Sara Sword is still better even when you just need to crush. The notable difference is that the Sara Sword trains strength while crushing. Zammy spear only trains defensively. Strength experience is more valuable than defense experience. You can use a whip to train in defensive mode, but not aggressive, so whenever you want to train strength, you're not normally able to utilize the best weapon; however, when you're using crush attacks, the SS gives the opportunity to train aggressive-style without losing out on kill speed, so you should take that opportunity when it presents itself. I guess from my standpoint (i.e. of a player with 99s across the melees), I don't really care too much about a specific xp. If you were concerned with defense, of course get the sword.