Exactly what Plaguescarred said, each benefit of Polearm Master only works with a very specific set of weapons and the Lance is not one of them.
Incidentally this is why Glaives and Halberds are so popular in damage optimization builds. They are the only weapons that get the bonus action attack granted by Polearm Master that have the Heavy property and can thus benefit from Great Weapon Master as well.
While a Lance may not benefit from Polearm Master or Great Weapon Master it can benefit from a number of other features that other weapons cannot. First is that since it is not a Heavy weapon it can be freely used by Small races. This is especially important for the Lance as a Small creature can ride a Medium size creature as a mount and thus still be viable when going indoors. Also depending on how you want to build it you can go for the Dueling fighting style for that extra +2 damage, or you can take the Dual Wielder feat and use Two-Weapon Fighting with it.
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Can i use benefits from polearm Master with lance?
Maybe only two-handed Mode?
Errata say "or spear" but spear isn't reach weapon
Polearm Master cannot be used with a lance.
First benefit can be used with a glaive, halberd, quarterstaff, or spear.
Second benefit can be used with glaive, halberd, pike, quarterstaff, or spear.
Exactly what Plaguescarred said, each benefit of Polearm Master only works with a very specific set of weapons and the Lance is not one of them.
Incidentally this is why Glaives and Halberds are so popular in damage optimization builds. They are the only weapons that get the bonus action attack granted by Polearm Master that have the Heavy property and can thus benefit from Great Weapon Master as well.
While a Lance may not benefit from Polearm Master or Great Weapon Master it can benefit from a number of other features that other weapons cannot. First is that since it is not a Heavy weapon it can be freely used by Small races. This is especially important for the Lance as a Small creature can ride a Medium size creature as a mount and thus still be viable when going indoors. Also depending on how you want to build it you can go for the Dueling fighting style for that extra +2 damage, or you can take the Dual Wielder feat and use Two-Weapon Fighting with it.