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PassiveSerpent-Hunter is a Great Spear in Elden Ring. The Serpent-Hunter scales primarily with Strength and Dexterity. It is a good Weapon for attacking enemies at a long reach and does not require any stats value.
Weapon that serves as both greatsword and spear. Thought to
have been used to hunt an immortal great serpent in the distant
past, it manifests a long blade of light when facing such a creature.
When their master's heroic aspirations degenerated into mere
greed, his men searched for a weapon with which they might halt
their lord.
Where to Find Serpent-Hunter in Elden Ring
The Serpent-Hunter weapon can be found at the following location:
- Held by a corpse on the left as you enter the boss chamber of Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy. [Elden Ring Map here]
- If the players picks up the Serpent-Hunter in the middle of being summoned. After picking up the spear and getting summoned, a second copy of the Serpent-Hunter would appear at the original location upon returning to their world, allowing you to dual wield the Serpent-Hunters.
- This weapon will not be respawned on a New Game Plus. The only way to respawn the weapon is to discard it. After discarding the weapon and reloading your location, the weapon would reappear at its original location provided that Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy was still alive.
- If the player manages to beat Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy without picking up the Serpent-Hunter, the weapon disappears.
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Elden Ring Serpent-Hunter Notes & Tips
- Weapon Skill: Great-Serpent Hunt
- This weapon cannot be infused with Ashes of War
- Serpent-Hunter can be upgraded by using Somber Smithing Stones
- A solid weapon for Strength build due to its A scaling for Strength. While slightly heavier than the Lance and cannot be infused with Ashes of War, the Serpent-Hunter has a horizontal sweep as its strong attacks. It can also be used as an offhand weapon for the Lance if one wants to dual wield Great Spear class weapons.
- At 80 Strength and 12 Dexterity, the Serpent-Hunter has 694 AR when one-handed and 747 AR when two-handed.
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- This item cannot be sold.
- This item cannot be dropped and given to another player.
- NOTE: As of Patch 1.08 incorrect physical attack values of some attacks of the Serpent-Hunter weapon have been fixed.
- NOTE: As of Patch 1.09, the scaling values of this weapon were changed. Please refer to the Upgrades Table of this weapon below.
Regarding the weapon's special properties while fighting God-Devouring Serpent and Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy:
- The weapon's attacks, and its weapon skill, will generate additional beams of swirling wind that greatly extend its range to allow the player to hit Rykard from outside the lava pool at his feet.
- Axe Talisman and Spiked Cracked Tear, Claw Talisman (and by extension, Raptor's Black Feathers), Twinblade Talisman, Spear Talisman and Curved Sword Talisman do not affect the special damage of the weapon.
- Warrior Jar Shard and Shard of Alexander does boost the damage of the weapon's Skill.
- Because of the long windup of the skill, people can believe that Godfrey Icon boost its damage, but that is not the case.
- Ritual Sword Talisman, Red-Feathered Branchsword, Kindred of Rot's Exultation and Lord of Blood's Exultation work as normal, and provide a general damage boost. The same applies to the incantation Flame, Grant me Strength.
- Winged Sword Insignia does not trigger while attacking, but does receive the benefit if triggered by another weapon.
- When dual wielding with another Great Spear class weapon, both spears will generate the beams during the powerstance attacks.
Moveset & Videos in Elden Ring for Serpent-Hunter
Serpent-Hunter PvP Poise Damage Values in Elden Ring
Patch 1.10 adjusted PVP Poise Damage of all Weapons including some Spells and Incantations. Please take note that these adjustments are exclusive to PVP.
One-Handed Attacks
- 1H R1 (1/2/3 Attacks): 193.325/96.662/104.5
- 1H R2 (1/2 Attacks): 313.5/313.5
- 1H Charged R2 (1/2 Attacks): 940.5/940.5
- 1H R1 Jumping: 193.325
- 1h R2 Jumping: 627
Two-Handed Attacks
- 2H R1 (1/2/3 Attacks): 250.8/125.4/135.85
- 2H R2 (1/2 Attacks): 360.525/360.525
- 2H Charged R2 (1/2 Attacks): 1034.55/1034.55
- 2H R1 Jumping: 193.325
- 2h R2 Jumping: 689.7
Serpent-Hunter Upgrades in Elden Ring
Please see the Upgrades page to understand the weapon bolstering process.
Requires regular reinforcement with Somber Smithing Stones
This weapon cannot be enchanted with Magic or boosted with Consumables.
| Attack Power | Stat Scaling | Passive Effects | Damage Reduction (%) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Serpent-Hunter | Phy | Mag | Fir | Lit | Hol | Sta | Str | Dex | Int | Fai | Arc | Any | Phy | Mag | Fir | Lit | Hol | Bst | Rst |
| Standard | 111 | - | - | - | - | 73 | B | E | - | - | - | - | 72 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 50 | 24 |
| Standard +1 | 127 | - | - | - | - | 80 | B | E | - | - | - | - | 72 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 50.5 | 24 |
| Standard +2 | 143 | - | - | - | - | 87 | B | E | - | - | - | - | 72 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 51 | 24 |
| Standard +3 | 159 | - | - | - | - | 94 | B | E | - | - | - | - | 72 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 51.5 | 24 |
| Standard +4 | 175 | - | - | - | - | 102 | B | E | - | - | - | - | 72 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 52 | 24 |
| Standard +5 | 191 | - | - | - | - | 109 | B | E | - | - | - | - | 72 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 52.5 | 24 |
| Standard +6 | 207 | - | - | - | - | 116 | A | E | - | - | - | - | 72 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 53 | 24 |
| Standard +7 | 223 | - | - | - | - | 124 | A | E | - | - | - | - | 72 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 53.5 | 24 |
| Standard +8 | 239 | - | - | - | - | 131 | A | E | - | - | - | - | 72 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 54 | 24 |
| Standard +9 | 255 | - | - | - | - | 138 | A | E | - | - | - | - | 72 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 54.5 | 24 |
| Standard +10 | 271 | - | - | - | - | 146 | A | E | - | - | - | - | 72 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 55 | 24 |
Anonymous
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twinblade talisman for the final poke, godfrey icon for their l2 in pvp/pve and you're all set (also i am so ****ing sorry to everyone here as someone who uses this as an actual weapon and not some exploit machine because i can't play a game)
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To counter the chainsaw glitch, run far away and use ranged options. My favourite method to counter these maidenless creatures is to use the jump shot trick where you can fire a great arrow with a short bow. Jar cannon works wonders too.
The chainsaw glitch requires setup, so that’s what you look for. Someone guarding with a flail for instance is a dead giveaway they’re trying to chainsaw, so turn and run. They can’t chase you while doing the glitch, as their movement is slow.
Run like hell. It’s the only counter I’ve found.
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Pretty hard to miss this weapon in NG, but for those going into NG+ make sure you grab before killing Rykard, especially if you're legitimately trying to grab two of every weapon.
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3 man dedicated ganker, enable your taunter tongue or chainsaw
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the 1 handed charged R2 has a motion value of 210, compared to other great spears that have a motion value of 165 or 155. it is also the highest out of any weapon in the game
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This weapon is what lacks the most in Elden Ring right now : DS2 weapons. Weapons with unique movesets, hybrids of different weapon classes, just like in Drangleic.
Almost every Elden Ring weapons have the same generic moveset of their classes, and it's a shame.
But Serpent-Hunter in the contrary has everything. Great lance R1's, Greatsword R2, UGS crouch poke, etc... This weapon is so much fun.
The DLC needs to bring back weapon variety.
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A completely normal, incredibly average (but cool looking) weapon whose reputation has been tarnished by douches online. It's okay, Serpent-Hunter. I still love you.
I'm just grateful they made a gimmick weapon that looks cool and is actually viable beyond its boss fight. I have a PvP build that uses it and have made it a fun ritual to dance around and show my opponent I'm not a massive douche-nozzle using the chainsaw glitch.
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to u, my fellow red who was ganked by a host who abuse taunter tongue, i've chainsawed them, now i hope u found a descent invasion, Don't give up skeleton!
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I don't get why this weapon doesn't have a neutral scaling, since it's a must use weapon for a major boss. Strength builds have it easy on this one
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I really wished this one had at least the skill "Unleash Dragon" of Tailbone Spear of DS3
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It's crazy to me how many people think it's totally acceptable and within reason to bug this weapon in pvp... clearly doesn't require skill, just practice and also it's a good weapon, maybe play the actual game instead of using exploits to ruin it for others?
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You wouldnt believe going up against thousands crouch pokers, but it actually has a horizontal R2
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People upset about the glitch are just mad that they don't have the skill to pull off the inputs consistently to use it they just dont like that something outplays their moonveils, power stance bleed spears and whatever else they are trying to win with.
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As strange as it seems, I have a character that have 2 of these.
It's been a year and I still don't know how.
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I really hope the gimmick of this weapon comes back in the dlc for like Messmer or some other snake guy or something cause right now its a cool gimmick but kinda sad it only happens once.
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Sad to see such a legendary weapon being used for glitches and by loser tryhards
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Remember the infinite stunlock from the Splitleaf? This is it now, feel old yet?
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The follow up of the ash war deals absurd damage and most people don’t expect it so they just rush you . Remember one shoting a dude with full health with it .
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Wait what happened to the Gelmir Knight who used to tell you about how he left it there? I enjoyed that but upon returning to the game he's not there anymore? Any reason anyone knows of that led From to remove him?
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boss fight was so easy and fun thx to this weapon, lore is great too
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I skipped Godskin Nobble by climbing the wall, I tried for 2 hours and Ash of War doesn't work except for the boss fight, you must be kidding me.
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At least its way better than some fake-ass 'big epic sword' used against a giant but doesnt work on every other giant in the game.
Cant put my finger on what is it called though.
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I will always glitch this with no shame in pvp. Make your maidenless claims all you wish, but the true vision of souls pvp is the only thing that matters is that at the end of a battle is one lives the other dies. Your ideals of honor and fair play are meaningless.
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"i'll have a, uhh, +10 serpent hunter!"
"how original"
"and with a +10 ghiza's wheel!"
"daring today, aren't we?"
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This weapon is fine, it's reputation has been 'tarnished" due to the chainsaw glitch and the ensuing toxicity
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haha so nice this weapon.
THAT bossfight was very much pure joy!
I got the weapon and died once.
Then i upgraded it to +7 and i got the mimic tear.
So two of me stabbed the hell out of this freaking giant snake man!
What a blast! xD
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Never saw a decent human who was using this weapon. I do not mind if you like PvP but damn every person I have seen with this weapon was just so damn toxic and annoying.
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Wish this comment section talked about anything other than ****ing pvp
That's my favorite weapon in ER pvp.
Good damage. Nice hyper armor when two handing it. Gorgeous moveset.
R2 is weird. I hardly imagine it being used besides charging it while standing over lying opponent.
R1 is nice but it is worse than other attacks.
RR2 is weird. It can be only used if you opponent doesn't know anything about super advanced eSports mechanic called strafing.
RR1 is perfect. I love roll catching with it. The attack is very good for chasing down opponent using bhs.
JR2 has great damage and poise damage. It is best used when your opponent starts a slow animation.
JR1 it is a perfect jump attack. Reverse jumping + turning 180° immediately mid attack animation is truly amazing.
Backstep attack. It is so cool.
Rolling attack is gorgeous.
Crouch attack. It is perfect. Perfect! Opponent makes one panic roll -> opponent receives damage. Chain of 3+ roll catches? Easily!
You can "break" crouch attack animation by wiggling so it would be harder to predict.
The only shunter's flaw is that sometimes you need to unlock to roll catch your opponent if they roll sidewards.
That's my favorite weapon in ER pvp.
Good damage. Nice hyper armor when two handing it. Gorgeous moveset.
R2 is weird. I hardly imagine it being used besides charging it while standing over lying opponent.
R1 is nice but it is worse than other attacks.
RR2 is weird. It can be only used if you opponent doesn't know anything about super advanced eSports mechanic called strafing.
RR1 is perfect. I love roll catching with it. The attack is very good for chasing down opponent using bhs.
JR2 has great damage and poise damage. It is best used when your opponent starts a slow animation.
JR1 it is a perfect jump attack. Reverse jumping + turning 180° immediately mid attack animation is truly amazing.
Backstep attack. It is so cool.
Rolling attack is gorgeous.
Crouch attack. It is perfect. Perfect! Opponent makes one panic roll -> opponent receives damage. Chain of 3+ roll catches? Easily!
You can "break" crouch attack animation by wiggling so it would be harder to predict.
The only shunter's flaw is that sometimes you need to unlock to roll catch your opponent if they roll sidewards.
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i am the most hardcore sword spear fan and they made this thing for me
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Been glitching w this in arena and haven't lost a single match in like 3 hrs. Best spear in the game hands down
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Since Eclipse Shotel shows quality is not a prerequisite, why is this not a legendary weapon?
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There are a lot of good things that can be said about this weapon. It may not be absurdly broken but as far as I know most of the people wielding SH I’ve fought were very skilled and knew the weapon so well I often got killed fast when I started playing this game. But considering how the chainsaw glitch breaks the whole game’s dynamics in pvp it feels like a better option to ban the weapon just the way you can’t use crimson flasks in colosseum. It’s extreme but remember fromsoft has not been able to fix this problem with any patch.
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This is very good offhand choice in PvP right now (not for powerstance). 1h greatspears have hyperarmour on attacks, so you can have something faster or longer in mainhand.
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I know it would be oposite of original but some wepons could be added to this game from older games like ds3. Gaels Greatsword, fume ultra or dragonslayer.. instead of envoys horn for example or hammers that noone's using..
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It do piss me off a bit that you cant get it on ng plus like you use too. Talking about bull shittery there
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the people of this comment section are so depraved. Why do you need to swear to god that all people who use a weapon in pvp in a video game deserve to be pushed off a cliff.
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This outside or rykard's arena is like godfrey without serosh: as simple as it appears, and hits like a train
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Imagine if Rykard's great Rune being active would enable the light blade on the skill (would be absolutely broken i know)
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I really wished 1.10 would have removed the weapon swap exploits but nope. Still a thing since DS1... Every person who uses it in any way other than the game intended deserves every report they get.
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the fact that they thought people actually like storm ruler fights enough to warrant more than 1 and that this is the first iteration that's not a joke weapon in pvp is ludicrous
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Use this weapon on the arena if you want people to start being toxic and hate you for no reason.
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essentially prenerf ultra greatswords but slightly less boring since the running r1 is good
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Yo why is it that every person who uses this in PvP the most sweaty, rude, and dishonorable mfer to ever exist? Like I've met white mask wearers with dual bleed curved swords who still bow. I've seen dual great lance users who follow etiquette and wait for buffs. I've encountered mages who bring actual variety in spells and combos. But this? I've never met a single serpent hunter user that isn't a "immediately run up to you and spam crouch pokes before t-bagging". Literally every single one of them. It's almost impressive how consistently maidenless their behavior is.
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One the most badass designed weapons in the game all to me made almost useless after its boss fight. As it sits right now you gotta go well out of your way to want to use this. It is damn beautiful and has a good moveset but its snailshit slow weapon art makes it next to unusable
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"honest" lance... at least there's no reason to dual wield these.
Do you have to defeat Godskin Big Boy first, to get this weapon?
Do you have to beat Godskin to get it? In the Volcano Manor/Mt Gelmir area?
I thought you could just no boss into it through the Abductor Virgin warp or the Rya invite. Am I missing something?
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I love this weapon man, I decided near the end of the game to go full braindead mode and got 66 str and charge attack buffs to melt everything within weapon's reach. Pair this with 60 endurance and and bull goat armor with the poise talisman and you become a trade machine.
Some good pros to this weapon are that you never have to invest in anything but strength, so you can disregard every other damage stat entirely; poise damage is also fantastic on this weapon and can immediately down weaker enemies with a charged attack.
The fact it only has physical damage is a blessing and a curse as you don't have an easy time with more physically resistant enemies but never have to worry about the downsides of split damage.
Some downsides are that it's unbuffable and cannot be infused either, and it's ash of war is absurdly slow and committal for not really much reward.
Anyways I'm so glad they made a decent version of the storm ruler but it is a shame it doesn't keep actual wind properties outside of Rykard's fight.
You can dual wield the Serpent Hunter with another Great Spear during Rykard's fight and the wind attacks will also be generated
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Why does the swordspear with a edged blade get a poke for the crouch attack, while a lance with no edges at all gets a sweep?
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love watching people who don't know how to animation blend properly use it. its cute
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watching people try to do chainsaw after the easy version of it was patched is hilarious
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i wish the ash retained a little bit of the air magic, obviously not like an entire parking lot worth of range, but like maybe double the range of the spear
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Use the ash of war as an opener to enemies you sneak up on or on enemies you've staggered, don't be afraid to use the followup, either, it tends to hit, and boy do these attacks hit for a damn lot. It also deals massive stance damage.
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soft counter for crouch poking is simply moving or rolling to the right side of the opponent since they stab it from your left side
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The Ash of War on this weapon is horrendous outside the boss fight but when you land it on someone in PvP it is the most funny thing ever. Does great poise damage to bosses and scales pretty well with strength so it’s still quite good even outside the Rykard fight. In PvP it has a very high skill ceiling though it can be annoying to fight against someone trying to vortex you with the crouching attacks the whole match. What it lacks in range and ash of war it makes up in damage and moveset and is an overall quite good option for a strength build.
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Actually crazy people complain about this weapon being used in PvP. It's a solid weapon to be sure but it's not anywhere near OP.
It's the shortest greatspear in the game, it's R2 attack isn't great for PvP because of its range, and it has a basically unusable ash.
Plus sides of this weapon is it has good damage on a strength build and has crouch poke R1, though it should be noted that this crouch poke isn't anywhere near as powerful as the old colossal sword one. It has less range, less damage, and worse tracking.
Like I said, a solid choice for PvP but there's setups like powerstanced spears, greatspears, and straight swords that are way more OP than someone two handing the serpent hunter. Plus using this effectively takes some actual skill/understanding of PvP mechanics like spacing, timing and roll catching. Putting this in the hands of a new player to PvP isn't going to yield good results for them.
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I wish this thing was infusible with weapon arts, so you could put thunderbolt/lightning strike on it to make it Elden Ring's version of the Dragonslayer Swordspear
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I've maybe found a way to get two in one game cycle. All I did was to pick it up, then I teleported to roundtable hold to buff it. But I got killed there by Ensha (I was AFK then, okay?..) which teleported me back to rykard and it respawned despite already having one.
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So boring to fight people that know how to use this. Just run away - have a seizure- poke and repeat. Not to say it’s a bad tactic it’s just sooooo boring to fight
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If you use this in PvP you didn't get enough attention as a child
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There is an unlisted passive effect when using this weapon: your character suddenly starts sweating and can no longer see the sun light or go near grass
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got summoned as a hunter from inside Rykard's boss room (before initiating fight.) I picked the spear up and once I returned there was another spear.
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Sad that glitchers ruined the reputation of this weapon, I always gotta be careful when I see someone in duel or invasion with one now
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There's some misinformation on this page, winged sword insignia does work it also works with the beam attacks on rykard
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I wonder if there's any lore connecting this weapon to the old Storm Lord that presided over Stormveil Castle, considering its skill seems to generate a blade out of concentrated storm wind like the other storm-related ashes of war.
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Any **** that uses this for the bug in PVP should be permabanned. Don't like people joining coop with it either. How From hasn't made this an absolute priority to fix is beyond me.
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Very good charged heavy and great fun to use against Rykard but a shame it can't be infused with ashes of war.
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You can do a lot of interesting one-shot and fun glitches with this weapon, it's like the composite bow in DS3. I only use it for that.
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Just wish we could put ashs on it. Hell if outside the boss room serpent hunt functioned exacly like giant hunt it would be perfect
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Great weapon to punish gankers with the rob serpent-hunter glitch, hopefully from won't patch this
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Powerstancing this weapon does in fact cause the effect in the Rykard boss fight. Thanks to that other anon for detailing the dupe process :)
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can I use PUREBLOOD KNIGHT'S MEDAL to get a second one of these spears?
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The crouch poke attack is insanely good for PvP, not quite as broken as the old UGS poke, but pretty close
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favorite weapon in the game, imo, however can we make the weapon art cast the arm of light outside of rykard or make it somewhat usable
if you come here because of chainsaw glitch you encountered.
no need to find a counter solution.
just died , block them , and move on
it's not your false nor your skill issue to died with the glitch.
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