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Massive L from fromsoft to not be able to use it against messmer at least in phase 2

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Does NOT work against Messmer, in either phase.

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Does this work versus Messmer?

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It surely can be dropped to another player. Transferred 3 serpent hunters last night.

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I just wish it was buffable the same way Bloodhound Fang is. Not to make it stronger, but so I could buff it with lightning and really commit to the Nameless King build

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I heard that it’s useless outside of rykard fight
Thoughts?

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1.12 patch notes are incorrect for anyone who has not tested this. The speed of the crouch attack has been decreased, feels about the same as the colossal sword crouch R1 poke now. Much better in my opinion, now I won't feel like a sweatlord using this in PvP because it is an excellent weapon for a strength build.

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1.12 Seriously? :D

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Increased speed on crouch attacks? Oh Neptune

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this will probably get patched out soon, it's time for madness throwing knife glitch that applies sleep,bleed and rot and can be glitched to shoot from a repeating crossbow

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Totally justified to pull this one against first step gankers

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Great to see ER reaching the degenerate glitch fest state in record time, faster than the other games.
Spamming bloodhound step on a thrusting sword then golem arrowing and after all else fails chainsaw is somehow considered ok or even a skill now in an invasion.
I know Er pvp is trash but this is cringe.

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Crouch attacks were a mistake

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Yes me like big poke stik. Chainsaw? What is chainsaw?

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Love how the spirit you encounter in the manor's hallway tells you he left his spear and then you find his corpse holding it, like he knew he at least could pass it on another hero, in hope to slay the devourer of worlds. Such an epic weapon

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this weapon doesnt use the skill attack on any other boss?

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I am questioning that maybe during Mesmir fight
This weapon can be used like rycard fight cus the weapon was originally made to hunt a different god then rycard
And
Seeing the latest cinematic you see mesmir use his fire
Like fire snakes
Also considering he has that double header snake
And
Rycard rancor is kinda the same its a explosion snake basically which would make sense
Couse rycard fused
His dead magic power together with the fire snake power
Which created a explosif snake

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Go out there and chainsaw some cheaters and lag lords. (Chainsaw some pve'rs while your at it)

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If stormruler became a spear

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Less base AR than a Katana…

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lowkey hope that when they patch out the exploit they brick the save files of people who used it, just wishful thinking

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So you're telling me this is an actual weapon and not a chainsaw?

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I use this in pve. It is good powerstanced with siluria's.

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ez low effort way to counter losers using this is any glintblade phalanx spell. cast and run then spam roll directly into them. the phalanx will proc and stagger them instantly.

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dragonslayer swordspear my beloved what did they do to you

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Steelovsky: "I want to chainsaw pve'rs"
Don't we all

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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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The most hated item in FromSoftware history

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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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I'm going to use this against Messmer

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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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isn't that the Dragonslayer Swordspear from Dark Souls 3?

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“I am the best player. Everyone is below me.”

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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 very fun with this weapon

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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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DS 3 Stormruler İS BETTER OUTSİDE

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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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Who left the weapon there, lore-wise?

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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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we love hyperarmor, we love hyperarmor

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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

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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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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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the goat

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My parents don't love me PvP starter pack:

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1.10 made this into another noob weapon just a HA stick now

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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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How is this not a colossal weapon

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Is it bad if I chainsaw glitch in arena?

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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 damage is insane, but the range.... it's... it's okay

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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.

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Crouch-poke spam: The Weapon

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Do you have to defeat Godskin Big Boy first, to get this weapon?

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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.

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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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chainsaw man

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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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