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The weapon that helped me beat Margit when I first started. One of the best weapons fr.

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Is this thing and Zamor's GS viable on quality builds focused on strength?

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Easily my favorite weapon in the whole game. And yeah, there are more powerful weapons. But between the high poise damage, high jump attack damage, length, and awesome AOW. It's top tier IMO

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Probably the most overtuned weapon in the game honestly. Highest ar for curved greatswords wiht a skill that does immense damage and also has bleed. That alone would make it one of the best weapons in the game but then it also gets extra damage on jump attacks and can be buffed despite being a somber weapon. I feel like there are a lot of other mediocre weapons that could have been given that as a unique feature to make them viable rather than this.

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I was planning to run a dex/faith build like I do with every Souls game, but then I got my hands on this. A few months later and that faith has gone into the Golden Order seal and some support incantations.

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I got this at level 48 and it’s OP use this beast (from the beast)

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Black Knight Sword of Elden Ring. Trivializes everything even through endgame.

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Very reminiscent of the Exile Greatsword from DS3. Straightforward weapon with great scaling and a good movelist. Not as flashy as some other options, but it'll do the job well.

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Bloodhounds Fang is the best weapon in the game and it's not close. It makes the game conquerable for anyone with thumbs. Spam the weapons skill. Profit. That's it. That's the extent of the how-to video.

I call it the best because it keeps people from quitting. Bloodhounds Fang is your pocket Superman. Don't be afraid of the game. Any schmo can play and have fun with this weapon. I guarantee it.

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You think this is bad? This? This chicanery?

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Step 1. Obtain weapon
Step 2. Profit

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One of the best, most fun, and easy to get weapons in the game.

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if you love getting backstabbed in pvp this is the weapon for you

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Step 1 - obtain weapon
Step 2 - profit

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back in my day, this was regular smithing stone upgrade level

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It's so funny when you help out a new player and they keep hitting the boss in the back with the goofy ahh backflip. Looney Tunes energy.

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I have tryed all the "high damage" 2h weapons with my NG2 playthough. And i must say, yes, something like giant crusher gets more AP. But taking into consideration the consecative hit buffs from talismans and flasks. Golden vow, flame, give me strenght and bloodflame. I like this the most. The damage is on par with the "best damage 2h;s" but this has best maneuvrebility, angle, hitting multiple enemies at the same swing. Not to mention the blood-loss buildup. THis is my favorite weapon, i don't care what "noob weapon" stickma it has. Its the best.

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Everyone trash talking this is just mad that Bloodhound finesse on a random noob builds hits like twice as hard as their Moonveil.

Oh. And make sure to use jump attacks with this monster.

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slaps

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currently using this on my dex caster, holy **** this + lightning armament hits so hard

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parry bait

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One of the greats, great damage, great moveset, great ash, low reqs, scales well into NG+, and you can get it within your first 15 minutes of play easily.

Sure you'll never get the same level of damage you would out of a properly built moonlight greatsword, or any of the other broken strong weapons, but for how easily obtained and used it is you'd be hard pressed to find anything better that isn't cheese like bleed.

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This weapon is trash compared to the PKCS, only nubs and casuals run around with this piece of garbage.

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Insane on a properly optimized quality build. Throw on shard of alexander and enjoy cutting people in half in pvp

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Pairs nicely with the Dragons Halberd: the fang bleeds while the dragon freezes.

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I wish this was infusable. I hate that skill so much.

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the beloved

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ak-47 of elden ring

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I’m on my first playthrough of Elden Ring right now and this weapon has been my right-hand man for roughly 55 out of the 65+ hours I’ve put in so far. I’m taking things slow (this is sort of my first proper fromsoft game), but I ****in love this sword and I think I’ll keep using it for many more hours to come. I’m glad to see other people hold it in high regard as well

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Very good vs Malenia

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It's not a particularly pretty piece of rusty iron, but it gets the job done.

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Ah yes, ol’ reliable

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F**** yeah. The only weapon that teaches you how to truly play the game. Just saw someone wielding this run into Godfrey's second phase aoe where he tears up the ground. Then I went over to Radagon and saw someone apply Bloodflame Blade to it. He died in one hit. Y'all are geniuses.

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Really mediocre, the problem with 99% of from weapons are the boring moveset. This one could have been cool but u should be invulnerable both when u back up and when u dash forward. Considering heavy armor are ugly as **** and enemies are not fair at all. This is a bad weapon. Cheap version of the bloody helice

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This weapon is really good.

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Damn. People love this thing so much they pulled up the motion values. Lmao.

Anyway, in case anyone is confused, 118 is the MV for the 1 handed jump R1, 142 is the MV for the 1 handed jumping R2 and 128 and 151 are the 2 handed MV for 2hjR1 and 2hjR2 respectively.

However, do note that there are plenty of other infusable weapons with higher than average MV.

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This weapon is so much fun! The L2 ability makes me feel like I'm playing a character action game. I wish more weapons had moves like this one.

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Nice quality weapon great in early game and late game
Not the best for pvp and aow is terrible against enemies who parry

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if i have to always jump might aswell use colossal or GS, idk the r1 and powerstancing l1 are so slooow

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It’s a common misconception that quality builds are bad. There are tons of Somber weapons that scale with quality better than pure builds like this weapon. It’s also a huge misconception that quality builds are “bad”, or even for for Infusions. There is usually 1 weapon in every class where with the same investment as other pure builds, will just have a lower AR by 10-15 points (which isn’t that noticeable). It’s more restrictive but luckily the weapons that do scale good with quality are mostly good for their class like the Claymore and the Great Lance(which are considered to the best in their class). In my opinion, it’s a good trade off since you can use 70% of the games ashes of war while being able to use almost every type of weapon for mix ups, actually have very good range options for a melee build via bows/great bows since they scale rather well with quality, and power stance better on heavy weapons than str builds since you won’t be missing out on too much damage via 2 handing.

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I think it's a decent noob trap. Don't get me wrong it's a great weapon. Problem is it's a quality weapon and quality is pretty bad in ng so you won't have many other options on quality build. You also can't change rather mediocre skill. On another hand grab pulley bow and you can easily finish the game without trying or learning much. Plus it's still the best curved greatsword

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If I am having trouble in the game old Bloodhound's Fang saves the day

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Probably, pound for pound, the most effective and best weapon in the game.

Easy to get (Early game, Limgrave)
Upgraded with Somber Stones, which are easier to obtain and upgrade than standard Smithing Stones
Great Damage
Extremely good Moveset
Great Ash of War
Bleed

Like, it's hard to justify using anything else. This sword just covers everything.

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>no serrated edge
>no spikes
>has passive bleed
nice consistency there fromsoft

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I love it

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No hate on the weapon, it's fine but I swear it's cursed.
Everyone I see using it do some of the dumbest plays I've seen and it's concerning.

So weapon is alright but please be mindful of the bloodhound curse when using it.

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Is was should have a unique moveset with boodhound claw welp at least mod exist.

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the article links the wrong video. the build in the video does not use bloodhound's fang at all...

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All the other curved greatswords donated their AR to this abomination. Sharing is caring, pls buff the other cgs from

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So this was the first weapon I obtained from a boss. lvl67 right now and I'm still using it. I switch to other weapons to explore the variety of the game and builds, but this bad boy is always with me whenever I'm having trouble.

So if you're a new souls games player, like I am, I suggest to keep it as highly upgraded as possible throughout your playthrough as it helps in a lot of difficult areas, but use other armaments too - there's a lot of fun stuff to play with

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So, i finished NG+3 right now. Always was a Dual Colossal Greatsword user. With 99 Str and Dex. But i had a little trouble while fighting Radagon/Elden Beast.
So i switched on one of these just for fun and i deleted both bosses faster than i expected.
I will never go back to Colossal GS, only two handing this bad boy.
I‘m very excited to see how it will perform und the upcoming DLC ❤️

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I think this weapon was a balance mistake. Everyone can get it because it's a guaranteed drop, potentially extremely early in the game, and it's just straight-up too good in every way. Why would you use anything else?

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This is the highest damage curved greatsword at 80 str and 80 dex having 910 AR in one hand and 939 AR in two. The Scalesword beats it by a measly 4 AR with minimum faith but has split scaling. Bloodhound's Fang can also be buffed. Being one of the earliest and easiest to acquire weapons, it's just one of the best weapons in the game from base level to a high level quality build

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"an amazing weapon for the first playthrough but because it cant be infused falls off hard in NG+"
I'm sorry dealing around 910 pure physical ar (goddam Greatsword deals less) one handed with 80 str 80 dex while having inate bleed, being buffable, having insanely damaging weapon skill, having higher attack modifiers on jump attack and being second longest curved greatsword is not enough for ng+??????

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This and Reduvia completly destroys early game's balancing. And all you have to do is wait for the NPC allys to solve your problem. Remember when you had to kill bosses like the Dancer, Iron Dragonslayer Armor, Gundyr and Oceiros to get something remotely as powerfull? With ER you just ride to the right place and pick it up.

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His AoW is affected by light rolls (weight <30%)?

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Old Wolf Curved Sword my beloved

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an amazing weapon for the first playthrough but because it cant be infused falls off hard in NG+

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I just wish I found this sooner mannn it’s so fun because of how you can dodge and counter attack with its aow like doing so in monster hunter world with the long sword im having a blast with it

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I’m not going to lie, I beat the bloodhound before Margit and this weapon has let me clear so much content after leveling up

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Please help me, I just defeated the Bloodhound Knight Darriwil and the screen showed I won the weapon but when I checked my inventory is not there.
What happened?

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When fully upgraded scales much better with Dex, so if you are planning a Dex build you're in luck, and it works okay as a quality weapon. For my first character, which was built around this weapon and a decent shield, I had my strength in the mid 20s and my Dex around 40 and I constantly buffed this with Bloodflame Blade, which increases the bleed buildup substantially, so that's fantastic, and it also gives you fire damage, which is great. So you get high bleed without having to increase arcane at all. At around 25 str and 40 dex, this thing does a ton of damage, buff with bloodflame, which only requires 12 faith, and you have a high physical damage, high bleed procs, and some fire damage to boot. Assuming you have been leveling Vigor and Endurance appropriately the build should be finished around RL 100-110. Therefore, if you are planning to follow the 125-150 meta, you should have between 30-40 levels to splash around in the end. At which point you could turn into a tank and dump into more vig/end or you could mix a good deal of faith (and/or arcane magic) into the mix to give your character serious diversity both PvE and PvP wise. Only real downside I have found about using this weapon is that it only does "slash" damage, which is generally the weakest damage to targets with decent armor, which can really hurt this weapon in both scenarios, which would make it wise to have a solid and completely viable backup weapon with some blunt or standard. Cheers.

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oh look, another heavy weapon with dex scaling. fromsoft has a favorite

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great quality weapon

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You can't buff it with magic

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For PvP, this weapon is an absolute beast, hits hard, long as hell, and the little extra jump attack damage makes estus punishes hit extra hard

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This weapons really is just ol’ reliable. It’s so good and so easy to use. It seems cheesy but it’s really not because it’s not that hard to mess up and get punished for it. You don’t need to be smart to use it, but when you are, it’s even better.

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What should I go for after this? I’m currently using mostly the banished knight armor set with this weapon at +6

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i think its my favorite weapon. I use it on ng+4 and it still does good damage, especially when dual, and its not too slow. bloodhounds finesse deals respectable damage, i recommend using this

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Was this called darrawil's nail in the first version of the game or am I imagining things?

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Noobs new L2 stick

Luckily it is the easiest thing to dodge in the game

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This weapon single handedly makes the other martial (str/dex) only curved greatswords worthless, atleast for PvE. Has a good ash of war, very high base damage, base bleed, is buffable and has better scaling than all the other curved greatswords, even on quality infusion. Even at 55 str and minimum dex requirements, it has nearly the same AR has a heavy omen cleaver (the str CGS), + base bleed on top of it.

The only reason to never run this on a str/dex/quality build over the other curved greatswords is if you like the other curved greatswords movesets (very unlikely, since the R2s of the omen cleaver are bad), or if you want to use some specific ash of war instead of bloodhound's finesse.

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I see everyone using this at the start of their playthroughs, apparently completely ignoring that it is a slash-only weapon and slash is the worst type of attack vs armor in the game. would honestly recommend using Large Club for the raw damage or Morning Star/Flail for the bleed. you can get both of them just as much if not even earlier + they can have the better Lion's Claw ash of war. Also i dont think i should be pointing this one out cuz its pretty obvious, but Great Stars is an obvious substitute later on, at early-mid game.

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ta cheta.....

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Seemingly staggers Malenia every 2nd hit, making her a joke

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The AoW is pretty op. Imo Mainly because of how little the fp cost is for the damage it does. I love this weapon but balance wise it can be tuned down alittle. I mean I remember taking almost 20 percent off of Godrick’s health with the AoW when I buffed with just howl of shabriri. My stats weren’t even dedicated for a quality or dex build lol.

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When people ask why you should make a quality build, you show them this.

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Insane how predictable and easy to parry are people using this weapon in PvP. Nothing but mindlessly spamming that AoW with followup.

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Way too OP in pve imo.... with this you don't wanna level up any other weapon you will find later.

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Weapons like this and many others have convinced me that From is experimenting with changing quality weapons to being ones that either dex or strength builds can use instead of NEEDING both. Even the straightswords lean one way or the other when upgraded or as a gradient within its scaling. The lordsworn straightsword is a good example of this. And it would explain why traditional quality builds fall behind in raw numbers in Elden Ring.

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Just encountered the Draco Sentinel outside Leyndall. Threw some blood grease on my fang and stomped him. Amazing weapon!

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Black knight halberd looks a lot different than I remember.

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This weapon is so OP, here's a great trick to duplicate it early. You and a friend create a throw away character.
Quickly level and get the Bloodfang. Enter a coop with your friend where one of you is on their throwaway. Throwaway choose the option to "Leave" which will drop the item for your partner to pickup. Now you have 2 of them at the start of the game... Enjoy slaying!

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I'm surprised this one can be buffed with spells/consumables. It's the only somber smithing weapon without only physical damage that can be buffed that I'm aware of. I don't know if it's been buffed or changed in anyway since launch, but this is easily one of the best weapons in the game.

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Does it work in a dex build?

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One of the only somber stone quality weapons. A really fun one too!

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I absolutely fell in love with this sword the moment I got it on day 1, but it's definitely too strong, amazing moveset and range, hits like truck, exceptional poise break, AoW has both hyper armor and iframes, on top of that has innate bleed and is buffable. This is the ultimate weapon for quality build.

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Why does this thing hit SO HARD!? Absolutely demolished Margit with a +2 BHF.

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The heavy Uchigatana

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Bloodhound's Finesse is my fave ashes of war I've found. Great sword that I've been using for a long time!

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One of the best quality weapons. Beastly scaling, buffable and a nice bonus in Bleed and jump attack. WA is an upgraded version of Old Wolf Curved Sword, which happens to be one of my favorites in DS3. And the BEST thing is, it can be obtained 5 minutes into the game. GO GET IT.

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My first and my last love. Im in ng+3 now and with 80 dex and 65 str this weapon comes up to nearly 815 AR one handed. Only the BB got a bit more. I run a quality build with a bit faith for buffs.

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Completely ridiculous, don't see how this thing isn't the best quality weapon in the game. Innate bleed, meaning buffing it with bloodflame is 95 flat bleed build up, that's nuts.

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Looks almost identical to the blades used by the Lion Guardians.

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This thing is kinda nuts. It can be gotten at the very start of the game, has fantastic scaling, can be used the greases, and has a kickass Ash of War.

The only downside this thing really has is just the downsides of Curved Greatswords, which mostly comes down to speed, and even then, the AoW on this comes out pretty damn fast.

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This is deceptively good in NG+ runs. The split scaling means you can crank out decent AR around level 200, but the kicker is how fast attacks come out of this weapon combined with the AR. The stamina cost isn't too bad either.

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if you see someone using this, they're either a god or a noob, nowhere in between.

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theres a reason why this is the speedrunner weapon of choice. great damage, good scaling, bleed, super high damage AoW, accessible 5 minutes into the game

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Really satisfying weapon to use. You'll feel boss when using the spacing of the L2 to avoid an attack and then the iframes of the follow up to warp through the next while still getting damage. Also it hits harder than most colossal weapons, so there's that.

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This weapon is very powerful. AoW at +10 lets you beat godskin duo easily because it deals so much damage that you can kill one of the bosses before the respawn timer runs out.

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