Rifle Spear is a one-trick pony though. It's got one or two moves that are good but the rest of its moveset is TRASH.

Reiterpallasch is where it's at for Skill/Bloodtinge builds. Quit being a savage, Lee.

>Faggerpallasch
>Needing style over substance

If you think the Rifle Spear is a one trick pony, then you need to get ******* gud, my son.

You've got to time it right, but a rightly upgraded Rifle Spear can wreck **** .

Worried about trying to backstab an annoying enemy? No worries, m8, you can run a whole football field with the Rifle Spear's charged R2.

Worried about countering with twohands? No worries, it's a blunderbuss/spear.

It's the perfect weapon for a hoonter.

>Not embracing Dignified Trick Rapier
>Choosing Gun on pointy stick

The only thing Rifle Spear has going for its physical attacks is the range. Plus the scaling on Reiterpallasch is better, and you shoot a pistol bullet instead of a shotgun spread, which makes it LEAGUES better at parrying than the spear.

Also, Spear is only imitation, you need more eyes son.

>Only viable thing from Cainhurst is the Cainhurst Set
>Not Executioner's Gauntlets
>Not Evelyn
>Not Pimp Crown of Illusions

Reiterpallasch is definitely easier than the spear to use, i'll give you that one, but it's not easy to use properly either. Truth be told, I'd rather pick most other weapons over either the spear or the rapier. The thing that puts me over to the rapier side over the two is the moveset is better overall, even though it lacks a really good move like all the other weapons have.

But that's just me. I prefer versatility in any Souls game, and this one is a slash/thrust weapon with a built in pistol for parrying, opens up the left hand for something like a Torch or the Loch Shield. For me it's more useful than the spear, despite its amazing charge attacks and two-handed parry capability.

>Crown of Illusions
>Wearing crown
>Being that much of a *******

Reiterpallasch is easy to use properly, it's a rally weapon, you dodge like a pansy, and then follow up with quick attacks, while there's no wrong way to use the Rifle Spear, you could parry all day, you could sneak up, and do the world's longest dash R2, or you could just swing like a madman.

You don't need to be an expert in fingering a gargoyle while blindfolded using chopsticks to use the Rifle Spear, that's what I like about Powder Keg Hunter weapons, and by extension, Oto Workshop weapons, they're simple and effective.

>Boom Hammer
It's a burny burny smashy smashy, effective against beasts.
>Piercing Rifle
It's a rooty-tooty point'n'shooty that can actually do some damage, regardless of Bloodtinge scaling.

>1967 + 49
>Versatility.

That's you, but I'd rather be so fast that Sanic the Hudgehug gets motionsick, that's why I use the Beasthunter's Saif + Peestol sometimes, but I've taken a liking to the Holy Moonlight Greatsword, AKA Two-tap R2.

>Dodge like a pansy then follow up with quick attacks

Pretty sure that's Hunter 101 with any weapon that doesn't require two hands to wield. In fact, among the ways to play the Rifle Spear, the only way that's unique to it is the long charge R2, which is coincidentally its best move. Also, the nerve of criticizing me for liking Reiterpallasch for "EZ Mode" and then extolling the Boom Hammer.

The Saif is one of the two weapons I carry for general purpose hoonting, and amen on ALWAYS using a pistol over a blunder-of-the-century-buss.

Also I don't get what you were trying to say with the whole "1967+49" bit. I'm assuming that's damage, but I'm not sure which weapon you were referring to.

>Hoonter 101 is to dodge
>Not equipping Executioner's set, Golden ******* of ******* , Spare Tire of *********** , and Golden Rifle of No Parries, just shooting.

The Saif seems like it'd be perfect for PVP considering you can close Gaps like a blowout sale.

Also, add up 1967 and 49 in your calculator.

Lel how on earth was I supposed to make the connection on the year?

Saif is breddy gud in pvp. Transition attack is godlike. As I said, one of my go-to weapons.

I have to ask, is the Spear your mainstay? Or do you just like it a lot. My default weapon is the Kirkhammer.

I honestly don't like having mainstays in games along the caliber of Souls, because you can never use the same weapon on all enemies, some enemies are too quick, too long range, etc, etc.

I don't PVP much, but the few times I did, I've found that the Moonlight un-transformed sweep combo is great for taking down enemy health, then again, mine was a plus 9.

And yeah, it's one of my favorites, mainly because of the ridiculous Calvary Charge for an R2, but , like I said, I don't like having mainstays, but, uh, if I did, the Rifle Spear would be one of the few.

Fair enough. I know that there comes a point where you have to start specializing your weapons in Bloodborne, but personally I like the Kirkhammer because it's just such a great weapon for any scenario. You'll never be caught off guard against an enemy with a physical resistance; it's got slash, thrust, and blunt damage all rolled into one.

The moonlight sword is actually a pretty awful pvp weapon because of the time between attacks. If you get hit by the sweep, a pistol shot will counter the next hit in the combo 9 times out of 10. The hits hurt a lot though.

And honestly, I don't like the Kirkhammer, the ******* tombstone on your back makes all the armors you wear look like trash, the smash is only good if you surprise your foe, and it's just not good, in my opinion, but you do you.

The Moonlight Sword is not bad at all, or maybe I was just good at adapting, seeing as it was the strongest weapon I had so I had to use it, and it was pretty good if you swung first.

You don't need high Arcane for it, though.

Granted, you need to buff up your Arcane to a good level, but not high.

I mainly used it untransformed as the Claymore, because it was so good as a claymore, and only used it transformed when I just wanted to two-hand.