Always could count on you, Mr. Holmes! Also, Farron Ring doesn't reduce the cost of spells. He could've had a simple infused weapon, but he was using the Witch's Locks which can't be infused and never switched off his off-hand Pyro glove. So yeah, probably infinite FP. Edit: Actually, I looked again and it does seem like he switches to a Caestus very briefly here and there (like when Scott backstabbed him). So he might not have been using infinite FP, and just barely ran out at the end.
I landed the neckswipe battle art with this once... on a Havel's greatshield... and it guard-broke them when they probably didn't have much stamina left, so maybe it's good for that, but probably not. Also you do know that you can run towards and around Black Flame Snake or whatever and it won't hit, right?
Hey Scott, when's the narrated thought duels with the dancer's enchanted weapons coming out? I have a certain diabetic friend who's really looking forward to it :)
+Timmy Turner I think I fought you yesterday, I had ancient dragon gs and carthus, fucked up at the beginning of the fight so I just rolled till I had half health then the other guy in the arena dropped on me. Good times.
have you thought about doing a video on the black knight sword? was wondering how you would play a gs without a poke (im guessing mostly staggered r1s? lol)
Come on brother where's the post tournament Video at??? Your fight with DudleyC was awesome! And watching you lay the smackdown on PTS literally had me and my buddies in histerics
You should try the Twin Princes sword. It doesn't have great damage, but the weapon art attacks are surprisingly good. Or maybe everyone I fight is really bad I dunno. I've never actually fought against it, so I can't be sure. Still, I have a lot of fun with it.
I was impressed with your skills in this video. You used a slow weapon against a few good players using meta weapons and out-thought them and won. Impressive. And I learned some things on how to win with slower weapons, which is my thing, so thanks.
***** lol. It's because instead of saying, "This guy is a good reactive player using a straight sword, I can't win with this weapon" you out-thought him using a "worse" weapon and found a way to win, which is exactly what I try to do. So thanks, it was a good watch. It also leads to my next question: if you were FORCED to use a greatclub against a very good washing pole and carthus user, how would you go about trying to win? I look at it like the PvP version of an SL1 challenge run. It takes incredible patience and skill to do it obviously, but with enough patience and skill it could be done. How would you try if you were forced to?
+Pinip_F_Werty lol. I was waiting for that reply. Well, I'm determined to get as gud as humanly possible with the great club so anyone on ps4 who wants to tryhard against me with meta weapons please add me so i can practice.
No need but I shall anyways. Thank you sir. Now I feel like a dick because sometimes when people cheat it does that so I was just throwing out accusations like an idiot.
As a Network Engineer, I feel that you should know that high latency DOES cause skipping. On his screen, he's at position A, but with a latency of say.... 400ms, you see him where he was a little under half a second ago. The same goes for you. He sees you where you were at a little under half a second ago. The skipping is the games engine attempting to compensate for not knowing his exact position in time, and just showing you what it's got on him, even if it is 400ms late every time. And on the subject of latency and good internet, it still has to cross an OCEAN. His connection must come from his network, to his CO, from them, across an ocean, to your CO, then to you. And if that calculates out to 400 MS, it will. Having "Good" internet will only account for your internal network, and your connection to the CO. Your connection only accounts for maybe 10% of the latency when you have distances that great. I mean, it's on the other side of the planet. o.o
Qarcon Its pretty fucking good. If you haven't watched it, I suggest you binge watch it now. It starts off as a generic, happy looking anime but it soon delves into some really dark shit. Trust me the mc gets fucked up all over the anime.
also i didn't see you talking about it at all in the first 10 minutes but r1r2 is a combo. i saw you go for it once or twice so i might just be telling you things you already know but just in case
that sword has S scaling with faith when infused with lightning (don't tell anyone....it's my secret roll catching weapon) Not as good as the CCS, but when you don't want to be like everyone else, the lothric sword is fun.
People! Don't build the corvian for bleed! It shines damage wise with a quality build, but strength and chaos are also great too... i guess sharp, but idk...
I do believe he gets +5 luck for each hollow gem infused weapon he currently has out, so he got +10 luck from the hollow cestus and hollow corvian scythe.
Given the excellent hitbox of the R1s on this weapon, I'd recommend skipping hollow infusion. You're pretty much never proccing bleed against someone who you're not already stomping into the ground. Against good players I'd rather have the extra damage from a Sharp infusion (if a pure Dex build) or at least a lightning/Dark infusion (for dex/faith). Haven't tried an int based version yet. The running 2hR1 has insane range on part of its hitbox and it can easily be used to outspace nearly anything. Only Gargoyle spears give me problems in terms of spacing. That being said while the weapon is good for duels I think it's pretty poor for invasions unless you pair it with a straight sword or something similar. Reapers aren't good against people who close distance and keep up pressure.
Serious question. Is anyone on suicide watch for PTS? Normally he pumps out shitloads of content and theres been radio silence since his dramatic defeat. Please keep us updated.
I fought a ganker using this scythe and I couldn't do anything I got my ass kicked mostly because my hyperarmor on my black knight sword was useless. Every time I went to attack he would either roll or hit me and cancel my attack I went through like 5 estus just trying to get a few hits in. I should have just switched weapons.
R1 headshots with a scythe do ~500 damage, so I think Neck Swipe should deal 800-ish. And yes, you can headshot with the entire Reaper moveset, but you could also just use a Washing Pole, which also does headshots.
+Broneteer Gaming ahhh thats why. It seems counterintuative to call the class reapers when all of them have the word scythe in their name. i guess working as intended
Kristian Rachew ikr? somewhat makes sense, but the only thing that makes no sense when it comes to those weapons is how anyone would possibly ever get hit by Neck Swipe.
duel charms are horrible cause the 30 faith that I have for dark moon blade are gone so instead of fighting a 120 level player you are fighting a level 90 it's a litlle bit unfair
quick question to ask to the community, obviously the kind of cheating where you have 99 in every single stat is unacceptable, but would it still be frowned upon if someone were to, say, cosplay as sonic and literally just run around the world at 4x speed before jumping off the ledge and kill themselves? the kind of cheater just looking to make other people laugh basically.
I have no problem with those cheaters. They aren't really cheating in the sense of the definition where you "gain an advantage over opponents using unintended methods"
***** That's what I thought, I was doing some of that last night just to fuck around and people were black crystalling out or just straight up suiciding.
I fought a ganker using this scythe and I couldn't do anything I got my ass kicked mostly because my hyperarmor on my black knight sword was useless. Every time I went to attack he would either roll or hit me and cancel my attack I went through like 5 estus just trying to get a few hits in. I should have just switched weapons.
Great video just finished watching it, i must say this is one of your best yet!!! can't wait for the next one
Havok, thanks for hosting the awesome tournament, it was a blast to watch!
Glad you enjoyed it mate :)
Hmmm, not sure if being genuine or mocking the memes... ~__~
+Timmy Turner i created the meme
I just about to dislike before reading the name, now I'm confused but I'm sure you're a meany little fuckwad
More like Acceptable Corvian Scythe.
Still no smoughs hammer.... I am sad.
Don't you know? It's all about saving the best for last
Don't you know? It's all about saving the best for last
Don't you know? It's all about saving the best for last
The weapon goes through the ground every r1, you should constantly be sad with that
His pc/phone probably just messed up and sent it 3 times just trying to do it once, but yeah, he has 3 comments
Great stuff Scott ! Keep it up man, already done watching all of your videos.
Praise the jund, uploading just as i was checking for videos.
Okay, I watched the edgy pyro man part. He used:
13 Black Serpents
7 Weapon Arts
2 Black Flames
and 1 Black fireball
That man had so much FP
Yeah 99 ATT will do that for you
Always could count on you, Mr. Holmes!
Also, Farron Ring doesn't reduce the cost of spells. He could've had a simple infused weapon, but he was using the Witch's Locks which can't be infused and never switched off his off-hand Pyro glove. So yeah, probably infinite FP.
Edit: Actually, I looked again and it does seem like he switches to a Caestus very briefly here and there (like when Scott backstabbed him). So he might not have been using infinite FP, and just barely ran out at the end.
*****
Oh, you're right. I didn't consider the weapon art. My bad!
the peeve reference cracked me up, 10/10 would raiden again.
Hey Damn, personally I prefer using a Hollow caestus and a bleed-infused corvian - y/n?
*hollow claw, pardon me
Alright scott. You know whats next.
Narrated Thoughts Duels XVIII: Greatlance
Creepz vs TAPOR exhibition match next tourney???
match of the century right there, lads.
Yes
Hey Scott, great video, would you ever be up for trying pyromancy in a similar way you did you caster duels?
Pyro, miracle and hex prs
I landed the neckswipe battle art with this once... on a Havel's greatshield... and it guard-broke them when they probably didn't have much stamina left, so maybe it's good for that, but probably not.
Also you do know that you can run towards and around Black Flame Snake or whatever and it won't hit, right?
could someone pls tell me what armor set is the fourth opponent with the black knight greatsword wearing (after the nine minute mark)?
Scott, any plans to do a video on curved greatswords? I'd like to see one with the Exile Greatsword since I'm planning on using it for my next run.
Noooo! The quality is too high, my shitty internet connection can't handle it!
I guess I'll come later.
Hey Scott, when's the narrated thought duels with the dancer's enchanted weapons coming out? I have a certain diabetic friend who's really looking forward to it :)
omg are you Tubby McDiabetus
***** Hehehe :D
It was super cool to fight you btw.
Life goal achieved! GG
+Timmy Turner I think I fought you yesterday, I had ancient dragon gs and carthus, fucked up at the beginning of the fight so I just rolled till I had half health then the other guy in the arena dropped on me.
Good times.
How about a Narrated Thought video about your tournament fights?
Thoroughly enjoyed the "grudge match" BTW.....
I think we all did
+Lofaus If the comments weren't as cancerous, then I would have. T-T
Pinip_F_Werty true...
have you thought about doing a video on the black knight sword? was wondering how you would play a gs without a poke (im guessing mostly staggered r1s? lol)
It would be 30 minutes of staggered 1s. Hell, check the Wolnir's vid, it would be identical
+DamnNoHtml Darn, was worth a try. Either way im enjoying the videos, keep it up dude
Hey Scott, is there any chance to get some videos out of the tournament?
will you be adding this to your main build? it looks pretty viable.
Come on brother where's the post tournament Video at??? Your fight with DudleyC was awesome! And watching you lay the smackdown on PTS literally had me and my buddies in histerics
forgot to record my perspective sadly. there was nothing to be learned from my dudley fights though, i played very badly on the 2nd
You should try the Twin Princes sword. It doesn't have great damage, but the weapon art attacks are surprisingly good. Or maybe everyone I fight is really bad I dunno. I've never actually fought against it, so I can't be sure. Still, I have a lot of fun with it.
Sorry if you already answered this but, do you plan on making a post duel commentary on your fight with DudleyC from the last tournament ?
That ending was so good.
That Caestus combo though!
I was impressed with your skills in this video. You used a slow weapon against a few good players using meta weapons and out-thought them and won. Impressive. And I learned some things on how to win with slower weapons, which is my thing, so thanks.
Coming from you, that is an impressive compliment, thank you.
***** lol. It's because instead of saying, "This guy is a good reactive player using a straight sword, I can't win with this weapon" you out-thought him using a "worse" weapon and found a way to win, which is exactly what I try to do. So thanks, it was a good watch. It also leads to my next question: if you were FORCED to use a greatclub against a very good washing pole and carthus user, how would you go about trying to win? I look at it like the PvP version of an SL1 challenge run. It takes incredible patience and skill to do it obviously, but with enough patience and skill it could be done. How would you try if you were forced to?
+tallbeardedone That would never happen, remember, it's "not viable".
>;]
+Pinip_F_Werty lol. I was waiting for that reply. Well, I'm determined to get as gud as humanly possible with the great club so anyone on ps4 who wants to tryhard against me with meta weapons please add me so i can practice.
+tallbeardedone Torch is viable, 99% win-rate, end of discussion.
>:D
Somebody please explain to me what that actually is when they slide around and the animation doesn't match.
lag (no need to thank me)
No need but I shall anyways. Thank you sir. Now I feel like a dick because sometimes when people cheat it does that so I was just throwing out accusations like an idiot.
Scott for the record, at close range scythe r1 combos into the r2.
As a Network Engineer, I feel that you should know that high latency DOES cause skipping. On his screen, he's at position A, but with a latency of say.... 400ms, you see him where he was a little under half a second ago. The same goes for you. He sees you where you were at a little under half a second ago. The skipping is the games engine attempting to compensate for not knowing his exact position in time, and just showing you what it's got on him, even if it is 400ms late every time.
And on the subject of latency and good internet, it still has to cross an OCEAN. His connection must come from his network, to his CO, from them, across an ocean, to your CO, then to you. And if that calculates out to 400 MS, it will. Having "Good" internet will only account for your internal network, and your connection to the CO. Your connection only accounts for maybe 10% of the latency when you have distances that great. I mean, it's on the other side of the planet. o.o
After the patch I feel like I neck swipe often enough, seems more like a luck thing rather then a skill thing
Nice video, Scott. Do you think you did Shamele proud?
Was it so hard to kill that first guy with his own blade and blocks/phantom hit dodges? ._.
Wtf I just picked up this weapon yesterday! Thx so much I was so confused on how to use this thing!
Who is rem?
re:zero, anime.
***** Who is your waifu though?
is that series good???
She dedu.
Qarcon Its pretty fucking good. If you haven't watched it, I suggest you binge watch it now. It starts off as a generic, happy looking anime but it soon delves into some really dark shit. Trust me the mc gets fucked up all over the anime.
360p.. we meet again.
Great video, 10/10, Corvian Great Scythe is bae
also i didn't see you talking about it at all in the first 10 minutes but r1r2 is a combo. i saw you go for it once or twice so i might just be telling you things you already know but just in case
Yeah I know I just usually try to R1 within sweet spot range, which the R2 will be too short for.
+DamnNoHtml yeah, it is kinda situational
Dude how are you sl 120 when you have those stats? Like 3 40 stats and str at w7
Str27*
That cleric build guy you fought who you said was decent. was he using a lightning infused lothric sword? seemed to hit with good damage.
Yeah, he was, you can see the lighting affect when he hits him
that sword has S scaling with faith when infused with lightning (don't tell anyone....it's my secret roll catching weapon) Not as good as the CCS, but when you don't want to be like everyone else, the lothric sword is fun.
It says S but has the same scaling as the regular longsword, the numbers don't mean shit in this game
If you don't want to be like everyone else, why are you still using a straightsword like everyone else?...
Ummm... Where to get this!? Is this a dropped wpn or covenant item!?
Dropped by those damned bird guys in the Road of Sacrifices.
People! Don't build the corvian for bleed! It shines damage wise with a quality build, but strength and chaos are also great too... i guess sharp, but idk...
How the fuck do you land a neck swipe critical anyway
What NG is he in? just wondering
"WHATEVER" - Edge Lord
Hey Scott, what do you think of Oroboro ? Do you think he's a good player ?
So how is that a soul lvl 120 build? I mean the stats set it up to be 130, is there something you are using that is giving you extra stats?
Prob be using some bling rings
He has two pieces of +10 hollow gear. Hollow gear gives you +5 luck when it's maxed out
I do believe he gets +5 luck for each hollow gem infused weapon he currently has out, so he got +10 luck from the hollow cestus and hollow corvian scythe.
Ok, now I even want to see it. Smough's Hammer!
Fun Fact - The r2 combos with a starting r1 hit
Given the excellent hitbox of the R1s on this weapon, I'd recommend skipping hollow infusion. You're pretty much never proccing bleed against someone who you're not already stomping into the ground. Against good players I'd rather have the extra damage from a Sharp infusion (if a pure Dex build) or at least a lightning/Dark infusion (for dex/faith). Haven't tried an int based version yet. The running 2hR1 has insane range on part of its hitbox and it can easily be used to outspace nearly anything. Only Gargoyle spears give me problems in terms of spacing.
That being said while the weapon is good for duels I think it's pretty poor for invasions unless you pair it with a straight sword or something similar. Reapers aren't good against people who close distance and keep up pressure.
Fun fact, R1 R2 is a true combo with the corvian!
i am on the video :D gg u 2
Serious question. Is anyone on suicide watch for PTS?
Normally he pumps out shitloads of content and theres been radio silence since his dramatic defeat. Please keep us updated.
+Mah Kookie Praise the Sun
Dramatic defeat?
+Freel Awen he talked shit about our boy Scott, (see his caestus vid) and they had a grudge match in havoks tournament. dude got creamed.
Mark Thornton Oh. i didn't even. is it on havoks channel?
+Freel Awen its on barneezeys
I fought a ganker using this scythe and I couldn't do anything I got my ass kicked mostly because my hyperarmor on my black knight sword was useless. Every time I went to attack he would either roll or hit me and cancel my attack I went through like 5 estus just trying to get a few hits in. I should have just switched weapons.
Honestly I love this weapon but I wish they would make the two handed R2 unparryable and maybe more damage (all scythes)
also make the weapon art not trash
How bad are scythes?
I've only ever landed neck swipe once, and I only hit because I was just out of range.
I ate a Neck Swipe for 400 dmg. The opponent was a 27 str, 40 dex, 40 luck Hollow build.
almost as much as a normal R1 combo!
+PlanetaryCombat was it a headshot?
R1 headshots with a scythe do ~500 damage, so I think Neck Swipe should deal 800-ish.
And yes, you can headshot with the entire Reaper moveset, but you could also just use a Washing Pole, which also does headshots.
Dammit Jund I'm watching this in 360p
haha that ending tho!!!!
Best ending ever
Good stuff.
Yo Jund, did you know you can hit 40/40 with 40 luck, 40 vig and 30 endurance at SL125?.. Well, 30 luck, two hollow weapons
But he can just go 27 strength that get's him up to 40/40/40 but with more health...
Why do you call them reapers. Aren't they called scythes.
Why do you call them scythes. Aren't they called reapers.
+DarkSoulMetal good point can't argue
the game literally classes them as "Reapers" when you look at what type of weapon they are
+Broneteer Gaming ahhh thats why. It seems counterintuative to call the class reapers when all of them have the word scythe in their name. i guess working as intended
Kristian Rachew ikr? somewhat makes sense, but the only thing that makes no sense when it comes to those weapons is how anyone would possibly ever get hit by Neck Swipe.
duel charms are horrible cause the 30 faith that I have for dark moon blade are gone so instead of fighting a 120 level player you are fighting a level 90 it's a litlle bit unfair
God damn, you wrecking cheaters while using shit weapons NEVER gets old!
quick question to ask to the community, obviously the kind of cheating where you have 99 in every single stat is unacceptable, but would it still be frowned upon if someone were to, say, cosplay as sonic and literally just run around the world at 4x speed before jumping off the ledge and kill themselves? the kind of cheater just looking to make other people laugh basically.
I have no problem with those cheaters. They aren't really cheating in the sense of the definition where you "gain an advantage over opponents using unintended methods"
***** That's what I thought, I was doing some of that last night just to fuck around and people were black crystalling out or just straight up suiciding.
Fashion souls on fucking point
r2 on scythes is so fuckin good
18:45 - 18:48 , wtf are you doing scott
use the most ultimate meta weapon: great wooden hammer
MGS 2 XD "Whatever!"
360p boiiisss
Obama pretty bad.gif
ey man u gave permission to give u shit on that :D
Rather watch training rooms. Quality and commentary are too good.
Ha u got rekt by that caestus
that sure explains why he died
Yeah maybe if you didnt get hit once, smh
0/10 not enough Priscilla
12:00 "The Ceastus is awful" - Followed by losing half of his hp in one combo
Memes
followed by never coming close to being hit again throughout the remainder of the fight
He doesn't judge utility based on damage, he judges it based on how often that damage lands. Caestus attacks rarely connect
And the guy still lost so... :P
Mmm Fanboy tears my favourite
Bruh
i would never backstab with a scythe in ds3 (or 1)...the animation is just so fucking stupid
Make the Corvian Scythe Great Again!
But it's better hollow though...
+PunkRockPikachu trump joke
Drucifer 1988 Followed by weapon name joke
Scott... Notice me.
I fought a ganker using this scythe and I couldn't do anything I got my ass kicked mostly because my hyperarmor on my black knight sword was useless. Every time I went to attack he would either roll or hit me and cancel my attack I went through like 5 estus just trying to get a few hits in. I should have just switched weapons.