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For anyone who wants to use scythes in pvp these weapons R1's and R2's are kinda slow but it doesn't care about poise unless they are past 125 poise which is rather rare. First these weapons are better two handed their power stance moveset isn't great for being aggressive and often you get hit out of power stance attacks since they don't hit at the same time, the jump attack is one of the best in the game however so if you want to build around that it's not a horrible idea.
So when two handed or one handed your crouch/roll lights are your best friend they hit fast, very fast so while fighting spam that crouch attack you can even roll catch with them like with colossal swords but you have to take a step forward immediately after you land the 1st hit a lot of the time.
Their Jump heavies have good range around you so jumping to the left or right of people when using them can catch them while staying relatively out of their weapons range. As for the running attacks they go far and are probably going to be the 2nd most used attack since again their neutral R1's and R2's are just really slow. However their R2's are decent at catching players that roll into you since they are slow so use those defensively.

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Anyone know why they shadow nerfed reapers? They didn't even stand out. Had super slow L1s, and now R1s. Can't find an answer

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As of patch 1.07, Reapers have the slowest R1 in the game. It is the only weapon class that cannot combo with storm stomp.

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For all the super rare weapon drops in this game, why can't the avian marionettes drop their scythes? It's not like reapers couldn't benefit from a little more variety.

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For a mostly defensive weapon in pvp these sure don't have the speed to pull it off. Range is ok and the recent poise damage at 125 for even lights are great but they don't have the speed they should have to be viable, you just get outspaced with harder hitting builds who hit slightly faster or have a little more range with attacks and a lot of times it's both.

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Since these got more chip damage along with “Shotel” weapons are these worth using against fingerprint users or should I just stick to vulgar militia shotel?

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One thing I haven't liked about Reapers is that their charge R2 are too slow in comparison with weapons like Greatswords and Curvedgreatswords, specially the Scythe R2 that is. I hope From Software can improve it later on.

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2 holy scythes and no int scythe, why from

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Sad theirs no twin blade scythe

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What has more reach in general? Reapers or greatswords?

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the person below me is sad there's no twin blade scythe

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Sad theirs no twin blade scythe

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Sad theirs no twin blade scythe

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It's a shame there's only 4 of these, same with the low numbers on twinblades

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Return from whence thou cams't, for that is thy place of belonging.

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I expext something like the Salt Reaver from salt and sancuary. I don't ask for something similar or too over-the-top, but just 4 scythe avaible it's a bit underwhelming. I hope they add some other scythe with the dlc.

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raptor of the mists is amazing on these

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This is probably the one weapon class that only one weapon ISN'T viable, but then again there is literally only 4 Scythes so...

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Wish they had an art of war like Gehrmans air attack in Bloodborne

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I like what they did with these but I miss neck swipe and corvian r2's. The crit animations however, are sick.

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why they all cause bleed passive effect

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Another way of Fromsoft telling us to use go use a fvcking katana.

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4 scythes, 2 of them got high fth scaling, one has to be farmed... damn, feels like dex got shafted in the scythe category :/

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Insultingly enough, vulgar militia shotel halberd (one of the shortest) has better range than scythe... Almost all reapers moveset cons would have been mitigated by just having better range (to at least similar degree like ds3 scythe), yes even the strong attack, but we are stuck with weapons that are almost twice the character lenght being outranged by everything but fist and claw weapons and hammers, sure you can put sword dance on (2) of them to have longer reach, but this is just sad.....

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Hoping they'll add another scythe if dlc drops.

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Thank GOD they fixed the critical animation. Looked so goofy in the previous games. Now it looks dope.

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Theres a scythe in concept art among the legit weapons in the game that isnt in the game itself... I wonder if itll be dlc? It feels like something akin to a dream/st trina character.

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Maybe y favourite moveset out of all weapon classes. Every attack from crouching to jumping R2 is pretty good. Scythes from last two Dark Souls games have ben meh except for Friede's, I'm glad they stand out and feel unique in this game. Kinda miss the standand weapon art from DS3 and I really was hoping for some int scythes, but it is what it is

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Oh boy, time for a Rurufon/Auriel build!

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Aww man, i wanted the one those gravity fellows use, the one that lets them pick up stone and throw it at us

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Next dlc a good scythe that doesnt scale with faith and we good fromsoft

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Interesting thing I noticed about reapers is how you can get a sneaky power attack from horseback. I was kind of pissed that reapers didn't have a hitbox while charging power attacks but because it doesn't it doesn't alert the enemies by hitting the ground and so you can actually get the bonus damage from unaware enemies with a fully charged heavy attack! It's kind of cool and while niche fits the theme of "reaper".

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I miss Friede's scythe. Not even the weapon skill, but the appearance and standard moveset. It just felt so simple and elegant.

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scythes in this game just kinda make me sad. They're cool and the job they do, they do it well, but man, i wish there were more than 4. Their main appeal is that they laugh at shields but that niche can be fulfilled by a couple other weapons, namely that one curved halberd and/or the ice spear Ash of War. So why pick a scythe over another weapon that can outperform it? Because scythes are badass and stylish as all hell.

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I have noticed that while using the Scythe with the double slash ash of war, i was unable to hit him

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more scythes, more scythes , more schyers,moer scvgbhjhetmd.

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Why are the R1s just 3 repeating diagonal attacks and a 4th slower diagonal attack? Shouldnt have to powerstance to get some horizontal moves. They need to revise the single scythe set for a little variation

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I was dumped when figured out that powerstanced moveset is the same as katana’s. But slower. And Nagakiba is longer…

But backstab unique animation is cool tho

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>tfw No triple bladed Reaper from the Radahn Festival can be obtained.
Why even become Elden Lord, bros???

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If I have to make a wish list for a weapon in the (possible) DLC, I'd take a Scythe with a Destined Death ability, like Maliketh's Black Blade, if possible.

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If you spam the block button, it looks like you are doing the 'jerk off' action with your off-hand. like, "Oh wow, this guy has a greatsword, I cant wait to see his varied attacks (gestures with hand)"

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The people calling scythe in this game good or strong have never used scythe from DS3. If they have they would never call this weapon good in a faster paced game such as elden ring.

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I feel like there wasn't enough development time for some of the weapon classes, but From's DLCs usually complement what was missing in the base games . So there's still hope for a fancy boss weapon reaper :)

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Do scythe have sweet spot damage like they did in ds3?

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I saw one in digital artbook that is not there

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Gotdamn Torches have more variety then Scythes

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Not having a death flame related scythe is a true tragedy.

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Are there seriously only 4 scythes??? DS3 had just as many and was half the size at best. Come on FromSoft.

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Slow and tricky to use against poke weapons but best for aggressive pressuring and one shots alot of builds at SL125 if built like this vagabond class 48faith 60vigor 16strenght 26endurance rest dump in Dex, banished knight armor,haligtree knight helm, great jars arsenal, sacred scorpion charm,shard of alexander ,claw talisman,Halo scythe+10,winged scythe+10,erdtree seal,dagger w/bloodhound step,for physic mix holy cracked tear and dex knot tear, incantations will be golden vow,flame Grant me strength, I like to run morgotts great ruin

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same moveset for all of these except the heavy attack on the scythe.

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Wait there are scythes??? i didn't find a single one :(

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Honestly I was kinda hoping those 3 bladed scythes all over the place in the radahn fight were actual weapons

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Enjoying the game but I've been absolutely let down by the reaper class. ONLY 4?? Torches have more variety! TORCHES!

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why not just call the category "scythe" since every one of them has it in their name.

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I would really like a scythe that scales with INT for my death sorcerer build. One can dream...

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Miquella's Ring of Light is borderline cheese, melts bosses when at a good angle, panics opponents in PVP. I've plus 10 this thing and it's one of my most used weapons in the game 250 hours deep

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I really wish there were some more special weapons in this class. I feel like they could've done so many outlandish and cool designs

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weird how there is no int scaling reapers, like how theres no fth scaling katanas.

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i use two grave scythes with cold affinity on both. raptor of the mists on right, bloodhound step on the left. in my experience i get way more offensive power from just the scythes than any ashes that fit on them, so i use raptor as a parry, if raptor activates: L1 to jump attack, if it doesn't: R1 to crouch attack (or roll away). two-hand the left scythe when i need speed, dodge attacks are way faster when two handing which is a nice bonus.

- dual wield jump attacks are really strong and have good recovery
- crouch attacks are quick
- dual wield basic do not have very good efficiency for damage, speed, or stamina, but have pretty good poise damage and duration for stunlocking in PvE
- you don't need to constantly two-hand, one-hand, or dual wield, all stances can hold up to each other in some fashion

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i love this weapon class because nobody ever uses it

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"Reapers you say? Hell, cowboy, we gotta train more of these guys, they're seriously bad ass!"

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Scythes are fun weapons but sadly, they seem to be a bit lackluster compared to some other weapon classes.

It feels like there is missing something when playing one of them. The damage is average, the swing speed rather slow and the Poise damage is also mediocre. The moveset is not to bad with some good range but it's definitely not as good as DS3 Friede scythe f.e.

BUT From finally added a unique critical strike animation which is great btw!
After seeing it tho, I kinda wish scythes had some special kind of innate crit multiplier with that decap animation. That would be cool!

Anyways, conclusion is, compared to Twinblades, Katanas and some of the heavy hitting weapons they seem to be a little weak but overall it's still a fun weapon class which can work good on status or faith builds + these beauty's got some sex!
So if you enjoy them or think they look cool, play them. Everything can work in Pve!

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I feel like single moveset of these is slow and weird. The animations have lag between them for combos. I only like dual wielding them as their moveset is faster and much much better.

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Dual grave scythe L1 is really good and fun and can have some nasty bleed

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Disappointing The gravity stone miner's weapon and the small flying marionette soldier's weapon aren't obtainable when the reapers class is lacking so much.

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so no scythes with bleed and arcane scaling? disappointed

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very awkward weapon class, gets the worst of both worlds, slow attacks and low poise damage, gets out ranged, no hyper armour and no multi hits, explains why you never see anyone using or talking about them (apart from people using winged scythe just for the L2 spam)

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Very awkward weapon class, has the worst of both worlds, slow attacks and little poise damage, no range, no multi hits, no hyper armour, no good ash of wars. I see why no one uses these (unless its the winged scythe just to spam L2)

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Unique backstab animation, pretty sick!

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Friede, please make your way in the next updates. Sexiest moveset in all Souls series...

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I just wish they had better range as they get outranged by practically every halberd, great curved swords, regular great swords and almost every colossal weapon while having no hyper armor to speak of (or very late hyper armor frames), semi slow running attacks, without ds2 90% shield piercing and semi slow attack speed, the ds3 corvian greatscythe is laughing at them and let's not talk about Burial blade... The poise damage is nice though.

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Whenever I see someone turtling with a Shield I whip out the Grave Scythe, it's always funny to see them dying inside when they realize their entire strategy of holding L1 has gone to ****

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I love the powerstance moveset on these. For some reason no one knows how to dodge the running R1s.

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FromSoft, More Reapers please! This class of weapons is always under-used and it's a little BS that there's only 4 in a game of over 80 weapons

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Everyone's disappointed in the lack of variety in scythes & available weapon arts, I don't use them because their new moveset is trash

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the digital art book shows another scythe that is not listed

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the digital art book shows another scythe that is not listed

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Both the scythe and grave scythe are applicable with ashes of war. Loretta's Slash makes for a fun int-based scythe

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The grave Scythes is powerstance make such a string build. You can imbue them with frost if youre running a Str/Int build for a frost+bleed proc'er for some great bursts of damage. You can also run a faith build with flame imbued and have Flame Grant me strength spell for some bonkers boosted damage. Theres more you can do to make the builds even stronger. For context, the Ogres in the underground Lyndell city can be dropped in a full L1 combo, no buffs. And because they are heavy and proc frost and bleed, they interrupt them alot.

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The grave Scythes is powerstance make such a string build. You can imbue them with frost if youre running a Str/Int build for a frost+bleed proc'er for some great bursts of damage. You can also run a faith build with flame imbued and have Flame Grant me strength spell for some bonkers boosted damage. Theres more you can do to make the builds even stronger. For context, the Ogres in the underground Lyndell city can be dropped in a full L1 combo, no buffs. And because they are heavy and proc frost and bleed, they interrupt them alot.

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wish there was an int or arc scaling scythe or just more variety in general. there are 100 identical axes and swords and only 4 scythes, whips and claws :(

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wish there was an int or arc scaling scythe or just more variety in general. there are 100 identical axes and swords and only 4 scythes, whips and claws :(

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I expect atleast 3 scythes in the DLCs

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2 Faith Scythes? I wanted to make a Reaper build trying out all the crazy new sorceries :/

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2 Faith Scythes? I wanted to make a Reaper build trying out all the crazy new sorceries :/

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such a big game for only 4 obtainable scythes?

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There is a 5th reaper found in the Artbook for Elden Ring, but idk the name nor know how to get it rn.

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Class of scythes called reapers.. no special arc ones...

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Surely the fixed questlines in the new update will give the golden scythe. The scythe exists. The scythe exists. The scythe exists. The scythe exists.

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Do the Avionettes drop their scythe? Has anyone tried farming for it?

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Can scythes still headshot like they did back in DS3 with the Neck Swipe WA?

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“Scythe” is not shown on the interactive map as being in Cliffbottom Catacombs

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Missing holy damage from winged scythe

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There is a Reaper type weapon in the Collector's Edition artbook. A Golden one.

Anyone found that one?

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if you think this is a small amount of weapons see the ballista list

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It looks like the Winged Scythe's Holy stat is located in Crit by mistake?
104/55 is in Crit in the table above.
When I go into Winged Scythe's page its has 104/55 as Holy and 100/30 as crit

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I love that From added a decent STR Scythe into the game. I've been rocking a STR/FTH build with powerstance Grave Scythes and i shred through bosses and players alike, especially when i imbue the weapon with Bloodflame, i get Bleed procs in 2 L1's.

Yeah they swing slow and you need to get your spacing down, but when you learn the pacing and speed of them, you're unstoppable. The running L1 is also a great roll catch that does 2 massive horizontal swings that come out SUPER fast. Using the Sword Dance Ash Of War is also insanely beefy and chunks health bars, a well placed L2 with Sword Dance can one shot a player.

Easily my favorite weapon type at the moment, had to step away from my usual Straightsword playstyle once i tried these out.

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Uhh... help me ubderstand why winged is best? Is it just the ash of war?

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Hot Take, but am I the only one kind of disappointed with the Reapers selection in this game? I mean you get 2 reapers that look basic, 1 that has a different moveset from the rest outside the AoW, and 2 cool looking ones that are both faith based. Not to mention the complete lack of blood and occult ashes of war for the weapon class.

I get that the Halo and Winged Scythe's are good, but I just wish From Soft had added more Scythes into the game. For the Erdtree's sake, every other weapon class from dark souls 1 has a billion weapon options and scythes only get 4? c'mon man......

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Do these little bundles of fun still have their headshot property?

Debating reapers or thrust/slash spears atm and knowing I've got a little extra chance for crit damage would make the decision a lot easier.

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