Neither were PK powerhouses, but I can't recall polearm specs (and there were a few in Battle.. there always are) giving me issues. I had the gator and rhino.

Obviously Porcupine isn't even in this discussion (it's toasted by any two-hand weapon, obviously). The rest though, I would guarantee you are a combination of RNG, small sample size or selective memory (ie, you only remember the bad times, you don't notice when things go normally).

I don't think anyone needs to prove anything to you, just as you don't need to prove anything to us. You have veterans and extremely skilled PKers (no, I'm not counting myself as that) telling you something. You can either believe it, or not.

But if you prefer, you can just continue to assume that pole specs are an extremely poor matchup for your shifter. That's fine. When I played a Shaman, I knew that Liches were an extremely poor matchup. As an Orc, I know to avoid Druids. Every class is good against others, and bad against others. Think of CF as an extremely advanced game of Rock-Paper-Scissors. Sure, sometimes Scissors can beat Rock, but don't expect it to happen a lot.