Other than Castlevania itself, when are video game whips actually good? 🤷♂️
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grinning_serpent@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The whip feels really weak to me. Being limited to attacking in 4 directions while enemies can approach from 8 is really limiting and the upgrade to deal more damage on a tip-hit was depressingly minor. I think I should have just put the 2000 bones towards another base attack upgrade.
Skill issue, I’m sure, but the hammer seems to be by far the strongest and overall best weapon.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
mortalblade@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
the threaded cane in bloodborne is an excellent whip weapon. Nothing else comes to mind tho…
Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
That thing turns into a whip? 🤔
I never used it for a whole run.
addie@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
It’s its trick mode. You can convert it without dropping your attack ‘combo’ on odd-numbered hits, so you can rush up to an enemy, quickly ‘cane hit’ twice to stun, then ‘whip hit’ until you’ve killed it with a bit of AoE coverage that stops any other enemy in front of you from sneaking in. Works great when you need to clear out a large number of mooks; the whip is a bit slow when you’re fighting single high-difficulty enemies.
In fact, might bust Bloodborne out again after I’ve finished Mina, always something more to learn about that game…
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Dead cells
Katana314@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
There’s a game called Moonlight Pulse that has a Castlevania whip on one character; so you get to decide whether to focus on its use. If you nail the perfect spacing with it and strike with the tip, it does a TON of damage, helping to shred bosses.
The game lampshades it a bit too. The girl who owns the whip laments that she has no natural abilities like the others, and instead relies on a crummy piece of equipment.
PolarKraken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Ivy’s whip in the Soulcalibur series is pretty gnar. But that’s not really what ya mean (I assume).
grinning_serpent@lemmy.world 1 week ago
They’re pretty good in Dark Souls 2 and Bloodstained 😭
Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 week ago
They ignore shields in Dark Souls but they are still outclassed by so many other weapons. It’s sad, because it’s a stylish, unconventional weapon but it also makes a run with one a challenge run due to it not being strong or particularly fast (as well as having wonky hitboxes, depending on the whip and game in the series).
popcar2@piefed.ca 2 weeks ago
The whip was my most used weapon in the game lol. The tip damage looks minor but it stacks up and manages to kill enemies with less hits, like an enemy that takes 3 hits would often take 2.
The whip works very much like the older Castlevania games, aside from positioning you can also jump, start attacking, then adjust your position in the air. You’ll still be attacking in the direction you started in.