With the R change is the AoE looking like Brand W size or is it more similar to old Pantheon R? Hitting someone with his R right now is already insanely difficult if not impossible. Hitting his old R was considerably hard to do as well, so if the hit box on the spear is pretty small, I can't imagine it ever hitting anyone.
Its like a Brand W but comes out much earlier than the rest of the ult. Sorts like a setup piece with the slow