Church Pick is a trick weapon in Bloodborne. It was added with The Old Hunters DLC. There are 3 versions of this weapon: Normal, Uncanny and Lost. The only known differences being the Gem Imprints and the locations in which they are found.
Church Pick Description
"One of the old trick weapons of the Healing Church, a hunting weapon formed from one of the giant picks that appear in old beast tales.
The Church Pick initially serves as a large sword, but when transformed functions as an extended war pick. In spite of its origins, it is a highly practical weapon."
Church Pick Information
- This weapon deals Righteous damage and its thrust attacks deal additional damage to enemies weak to Beasthunter blood gems.
- The Church Pick is not serrated, but rather has a hidden Beasthunter damage modifier of 20% applied to all of its attacks that deal Thrust damage.
- Transforms from a large sword to a war pick.
Location
Normal
- The Hunter's Nightmare: Dropped by a hunter wearing Yahar'Gul set (presumably, this is the summonable Old Hunter Defector Antal) in one of the cells that you open with the Underground Cell Key from the Research Hall. To make this battle simple, attack him through the door with a strong R2 attack, then leave the room. He will lose sight of you and his AI will return to a standstill behind the door. Rinse and repeat until dead.
Uncanny Church Pick
- If you have the normal version: Create Glyph 8i29rqz3 (Pthumeru Labyrinth) and buy from Bath Messengers up a ladder from the main room for 16,000 Blood Echoes.
Lost Church Pick
- If you have the normal version: Create Glyph 8i29rqz3 (Pthumeru Labyrinth) and buy from Bath Messengers up a ladder from the main room for 16,000 Blood Echoes.
Player Notes
- The transformed L2 attack does very little damage, but has a large stagger effect. This can be used to combo enemies which normally cannot be stunlocked by R1 attacks. (The snake-headed men in Forbidden Woods are an example)
- When transformed, all attacks deal Thrusting dmg. This makes it very effective against enemies weak to thrusts (brain sucker, celestial mob) and allows the setting of powerful "adept" blood gems.
- The transformed R2 attack (uncharged) has very good range.
- With strength and skill both at level 50, a fully upgraded Church Pick has an ATK of 340.
Stats/Scaling
Movesets & Videos
| Move | Damage Type & Modifier | Stamina | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| R1 Combo | 1.00x, 1.03x, 1.07x, 1.12x | 20 | Thrust, followed by a horizontal sweep from right to left, followed by a downwards diagonal backhand slash from left to right, then a slight uppercut finish starting from the right foot. |
| Backstep R1 | 1.00x | 30 | Performs a horizontal sweep from right to left. |
| Dodge R1 | 1.00x | 30 | After the roll, performs a thrust. |
| Dash R1 | 1.10x | 30 (+run) | Performs a backhand sweeping horizontal arc, from left to right. |
| R2 Attack | 1.37x | 40 | A forceful thrust. |
| Charged R2 | 1.79x | 55 | An arching and wide ranging uppercut which begins behind the player over the right foot and ends above the left shoulder. |
| Backstep R2 | 1.31x | 45 | Performs an overhead ground slam. |
| Dash R2 | 1.47x | 50 | Performs an overhead diagonal slash starting over the right shoulder and ending at the left foot. |
| Leap | 1.53x | 50 (+run) | Performs a leaping overhead slam. |
| Transform Attack | 1.26x | 30 (+x) |
| Move | Damage Type & Modifier | Stamina | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| R1 Combo | 1.10x, 1.05x, 1.05x, 1.26x | 25 | Backhand overhand downward slam, followed by a horizontal sweep from right to left, then a horizontal sweep from left to right, followed by an overhead slam, horizontal sweep from right to left and then a horizontal sweep from left to right. |
| Backstep R1 | 1.00x | 30 | Performs a downward diagonal slash ending at the left foot. |
| Dodge R1 | 1.00x | 30 | Performs a diagonal uppercut starting at the right foot and ending above the left shoulder. |
| Dash R1 | 1.05x | 35 (+run) | Performs a backhand sweep slash from left to right. |
| R2 Attack | 1.47x | 45 | Horizontal sweep from right to left with a slight uppercut and a momentary windup pause. |
| Charged R2 | 2.00x, 2.21x | 70 | An overhead slam that begins with the appearance of an imminent sweep, then reorients to the overhead slam. |
| Backstep R2 | 1.37x | 50 | Performs a wide backhanded slightly diagonal sweep from left to right. |
| Dash R2 | 1.47x | 50 (+run) | Performs an overhead ground slam. |
| L2 | .53x | 20 | Performs a shortened backhand horizontal swipe from left to right with the weapon ending perpendicular to the player rather than a complete circular follow through. The attack is the same for every iteration (dash, dodge, backstep, etc) |
| Leap | 1.58x | 50 | Performs a leaping overhead slam. |
| Transform Attack | 1.42x | 35 (+x) |
Trivia
- The Church Pick And The Hunter's Axe both have similar appearance. When transformed, both are wielded as a polearm and have the same de-transformation attack. The only difference apart from the Church Pick having a slightly more complicated mechanism is that the Hunter's Axe is a strength-based weapon.
- A few of its attacks in the transformed mode are very similar to that of the Burial Blade.
- The Church Pick os the weapon of choice of the summonable Old Hunter NPC Defector Antal
Gallery
| Trick Weapons |
Amygdalan Arm ♦ Beast Claw ♦ Beast Cutter ♦ Beasthunter Saif ♦ Blade of Mercy ♦ Bloodletter ♦ Blunderbuss ♦ Boom Hammer ♦ Burial Blade ♦ Cannon ♦ Chikage ♦ Church Cannon ♦ Evelyn ♦ Fist of Gratia ♦ Flamesprayer ♦ Gatling Gun ♦ Holy Moonlight Sword ♦ Hunter's Torch ♦ Hunter Axe ♦ Hunter Blunderbuss ♦ Hunter Pistol ♦ Kirkhammer ♦ Kos Parasite ♦ Loch Shield ♦ Logarius' Wheel ♦ Ludwig's Holy Blade ♦ Ludwig's Rifle ♦ Piercing Rifle ♦ PVE Builds and Weapons Review ♦ Rakuyo ♦ Reiterpallasch ♦ Repeating Pistol ♦ Rifle Spear ♦ Rosmarinus ♦ Saw Cleaver ♦ Saw Spear ♦ Serrated Weapons ♦ Simon's Bowblade ♦ Stake Driver ♦ Threaded Cane ♦ Tonitrus ♦ Uncanny Chikage ♦ Weapon Moveset Damage Comparison ♦ Whirligig Saw ♦ Wooden Shield |
Anonymousi used a bolt paper on it for celestial emissary and anikin's betrayal started playing??
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My absolute favorite weapon in the game that has me constantly debating when my skill characters are ready for Ludwig.
- Anonymous
Takes a bit of effort to get, but totally worth it. That hidden 20% bonus against beasts is very nice. One of my favourite weapons in the game.
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Not as strong against groups as something like the Axe or Burial Blade but a very powerful tool nonetheless. Deceptively fast too
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The hunter immediately got stuck behind the door after I ran out of the cell (didn't even know he was in there until he attacked me). Luckily I had my cosmic drumstick to pancake him through the wall for jumping me. The Pick itself is decent, I actually like the one-handed form a lot. It feels like a more complete take on the Corvian greatknife. Problem is the transformed state isn't really my jam, there's something unwieldy about these halberd-like weapons for me.
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Is there any enemy that isn't weak to this? It has Thrust, Beasthunter and Righteous so I'm pretty sure every enemy is weak to it in some way.
Amazes me how every weapon in this game is viable. I personally love the Skill based weapons and this thing right here is like easy mode. So powerful but also fun as hell to use. Redundant with the weapons in this game. Bloodborne is THE FromSoftware game IMO. It’s a perfect game
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You could at least afford to tell where the hunter is instead of assuming we know what doors the key opens. Especially considering how much wasted text are listed under the map walkthroughs for battle tactics when that has nothing to do with navigation.
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Compared to the burial blade,
Pros
-Very stabby, good against kin
-All stab moves have pseudo-serration (20%) and the weapon is also rightous (20%)
-higher physical damage
-transformed L2 is excellent
-better transformed moveset (in my opinion)
- buffable
Cons
-No innate arcane
-burial blade’s dodging attacks are stronger
-untransformed burial blade is much easier to use.
-untransformed R1 combo is weird and bad against groups (in my opinion)
Conculsion
I’d say to take the church pick over the burial blade if you’re the kind of hunter who’d prefer more damage against non-humanoid foes, or don’t foresee yourself using dodging attacks very much.
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Why is everyone saying this is Serrated when in fact it says right there it's not Serrated. Who's lying?
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"I was down in the bloody mines, for forty-eight hours today."
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this thing on arcane build with bolt should be called Kin Cleaner.
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righteous? check
serrated? check
thrust? check
range? check
even on first hit? check
backstab ability? check
knockdown on(some) R2? check
and the list keeps on going... this weapon really has it all.
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Please tell me I'm not the only one who thought it was called the "Church Prick"
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The transformed R1 is just made for the fight against Amygdala. I was doing around 600 damage per swing to the head and I don’t even have high-level blood gems yet.
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Kin deleter
Actually beast deleter too
Just everything deleter. Phenomenal weapon
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Why it does serrated damage? hmm.. I guess it's made of adamantine like the mythical weapon harpe.
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This weapon is ***
Great
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Seriously, that followup to the tricked form charge attack is so god damn fun lmao. Tosses enemies a mile away
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Super simple looking weapon, nothing special bout it.
That’s until you feel the weight of a picking pick going through your skull. Then you’ll pay attention.
Good luck, Gascoigne.
Good luck, Amelia.
Good luck, Gehrman.
The Church Pick reigns supreme.
10/10.
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So I play bloodborne for over two years now and was experimenting with this baby here. I used my best Thrust Gems for it and read something about righteous... Welp, didn't knew that's a thing. (Btw Pick Form R1 + L1 + R1 is the best Thrust combo and I love it) Anyway I was going through a Loran Dungeon and encountered a Labyrinth sage. (You know, these guys that have the Scream-like mask face, are fast as fvck Boi and floaty hair). I positioned myself behind the guy to give him a nice backstab with a pick formed R2. Welp... I fvcked up the attack so I immediately did another one... That's when I learned this thing has a follow uppercut to its R2. And that my fellow hoonters was the moment I fell in love with this weapon. The second R2 sends Bloodlickers flying and I absolutely love it. Thank you for being here to read this nice story about a fellow hoonter.
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I don’t know how to read scaling (plz don’t laugh) would this be good for a strength build?
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Which version of this would be best to maximize thrust dmg?
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The difference between +9 and +10 is nearly 60!! I had Skill 50 and Strength 20 and expected a nice increase going to +10, but nearly 60? Nice! :)
This weapon is amazing. I've been playing BB for years but never tried it until now. It's actually very good!
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The guy that you gotta kill for this...yeah his ai is broken as hell
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Fun fact, his AI is actually programmed to have him stand behind any door. I ran into the hall after hitting him and he started waiting for me behind the door made of metal bars leading down to Brador's cell. It was especially funny when you consider he's trying to sneakily hide and wait behind a door that is completely see through. Solid wooden door? Didn't work. Open metal bars? This will get him for sure!
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The transformed version follow-up R2 after a fully charged R2 attack from the back (backstab) also opens up enemies for visceral attack, meaning that with enough stamina it can do charged R2-> follow up R2-> visceral attack dealing massive damage... Probably would be useful in chalice dungeons...
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Righteous, serrated, and mainly thrust damage. Because every enemy you face is gonna be weak against at least one of those
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Favourite from this game, this was so fun to use and did alot of damage
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Untransformed, it looks like the posts in the cathedral of the deep which you can find almost everywhere, often impaling a corpse or man-grub near the covenant NPC
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It's worth mentioning how great this weapon is based on the transformed version dealing only thrust damage. Very few of the enemies or bosses in the whole game has a great resistance to thrust damage, they either have a minor weakness to it, and take slightly more damage, a major weakness, with obviously big damage, or just average resistance. Literally the only enemies/bosses I can think of that have thrust damage resistance are those that have resistance against all physical damage anyway.
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There's a really cool follow up move if you hit R2 right after a fully charged R2 in it's transformed version, almost like a more damaging, more focused version of the Hunter Axe's spin2win. Such incredible knock back, high damage, and it looks really cool!
If you are Arcane looking for a serrated fire weapon, this thing is my go-to. It has good reach, decent scaling, fast attacks, and is light on your stamina bar.
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Just out of curiosity, how the hell is this weapon serrated? Righteous I can understand since it's a church weapon, but there aren't any serrations or teeth in the model. Did Fromsoft just decide that this one weapon should get all the bonuses, no matter how nonsensical it would be?
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Has anyone noticed that this looks very similar to Yorgh's Spear from Darksouls 2 in it's untransformed state? Maybe Sir Yorgh is the old hunter from the tales haha
I just want to mention, the wiki has this being described as "a short spear" when it's in its untransformed state, yet in the description of the actual weapon it says "large sword."
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STR/SKL build with just enough arcane to use Empty Phantasm Shell. Everything else into VIT and END, plus a blunderbuss for them juicy staggers, and ba-blam! You can handle ANYTHING in the game, and can also cosplay as Sister Friede.
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Why put the points into strength and skill for this weapon? Why not skill and arcane since it has higher scaling with arcane?
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I'd actually go as far to say this has the most versatile moveset of any weapon in the game. The weapons' overall moveset in both modes has literally something for everything, on top of its unique status of having both Righteous and Serrated damage inherent. Its damage is...ok, contrary to what one would think with all the inherent bonuses it has and on paper damage number, but that's just contrary to other options in the game. Its moveset is still so good and its damage still good more or less that it more than makes up for it.
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So I can't fight the guy to get the pick. He is literally crouched in the corner of the room. Did I miss something
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Shouldn't the moveset make mentions of it's charged R2 follow up R2 attack? You scrape the pick along the ground then thrust forward with the tip that can send enemies flying back.
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What makes this weapon so great...the L2. That L2 can surprise anyone and has a lot of stagger damage. The L2 can knock nearly anyone out of a attack. But also the charge attack in PVP is amazing because you will prob miss the 1st charge hit...however if you delay the 2nd hit a little bit then they will run in to try and hit you...then they die.
With thrust gems, this thing can ONE SHOT! people. (Over 1500-1600 damage with the return charge hit.)Tested with best thrust gems and 50 skill plus min strength
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hey so is it serrated while untrasformed and church while transformed? or both all the time? thanks to whoever answers wit da truth
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Why is this weapon considered serrated? IS it considered serrated? I've never noticed any extra damage toward beasts when I use it...
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I've used nearly every weapon in this game and I can personally tell you this is one of the best and doesn't get the recognition it deserves. With all 27.2% physical gems and with 50 in skill and strength this thing has exactly 700 damage. The damage paired with the righteous and serrated multiplier and the fact it's transformed mode is all thrust attaxks this weapon is possibly the most versatile weapon in the game. Also I'm working on getting 3 thrust atk up 31.5 atk gems, and I know that'll make this thing a beast. Also one of my favorite parts of this weapon is the move set, the charged R2 follow up will leave enemies reeling.
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I don't have the DLC, yet I can summon Antal, who wields this weapon, before Paarl.
Way to tease me, From :(
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Is the trasformd full charged R2 still considered thrust, like I see what it says above in the player notes but it also seems as if it has blunt potential
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This weapon pick form (as opposed to what I call stake form) works Godly to target boss heads for critical damage and riposting them. Ebrietas especially, been wrecking her all day with this thing, add Bolt.
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I have the underground cell key, but the door is still locked, any help? I was able to open the other door (With the set).
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I've just been playing a Skill/Bloodtinge build around 160 lvl and found this weapon a hell of a lot of fun in PvP, it has awesome range on non tricked and tricked attacks which a lot of opponents misjudge and the transform L1 is super quick to make it into a Scythe. The transform attack from Scythe to non tricked weapon also confuses people too and with a 1.42x multiplier can be pretty devastating. I either use this or Beasthunter Saif for PvP.
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The first form dashing R1 seems to sometimes curve around the left side of other hunters that are directly in front of you. This is a minor PVP issue that has lost me a few fights. I personally love this weapon but this is something to keep in mind for people using it.
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I didn't kill him the first time I opened the door but died instead. Now he is gone and doesn't re-spawn anymore. Has anyone found him outside his cell or is there only one chance to kill him?
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Damage wise Burial Blade win , but Church pick are much easier to master just keep switching between short and long version while burial blade short version still swing slow it does make up for burial blade high rally though.
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Does anyone know if the L2 does something special ( like the Whirligig Saw ) / is a combo ? The damage is pretty lame and its not that quick.
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I didn't kill him the first time I opened the door but died instead. Now he is gone and doesn't re-spawn anymore. Has anyone found him outside his cell or is there only one chance to kill him?
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How can it transform from a sword like weapon with a small handle to a pic that has a handle length maybe 4-5 ft?
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I killed him, got his armor set but there is no weapon, i hope my game isn't glitched or something but i got nothing out of it besides the armor. is there any other way to get the weapon? cause i really don't wanna restart this character since i was aiming to have every weapon before new game+ for testing and such but it would seem that my game has glitched again and shafted me out of yet another weapon i wanted to try (the first time it happened i missed all of eileens dialougue and then realized later she gave the mercy blades but then read somewhere that after rom she will be at the grand cathedral and be hostile so you can still get the weapons. killed rom went to grand cathedral no eileen, restarted the entire game however it wasn't nearly as bad as with this character whom i have spent way longer trying to complete everything v.v)
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One of my favorite weapons in the entire game but the Rakuyo and the Bloodletter do trump over the weapon. I like the Whirligig Saw but I haven't used it a lot because I'm leveling my bloodtinge
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So someone said that this weapon deals both serratation and church bonus damages. Can anyone confirm that?
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The untransformed looks more like a short lance, not a sword....
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I just made a character to use the pick and man is it fun. I really like the move set. Especially the the one handed charged r2 and the follow up to the transformed charged attack.
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I didn't kill him the first time I opened the door but died instead. Now he is gone and doesn't re-spawn anymore. Has anyone found him outside his cell or is there only one chance to kill him?
Does anyone know where I can find some good thrust attack blood gems? All the ones I have are trash.
I know that seasoned players know about the follow up attacks on weapons but if you're new to the game There are weapons that do a unique attack after a charged R2. Charge R2 and right after that press R2 again, in this weapons transformed mode it does an awesome attack that sends almost every enemy flying. Kirkhammer has one too with incredible damage
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The pick has become my favourite weapon because of its great balance. States wise it is not overwhelming but to the experience player it's befits are clear. It staggers like crazy on both modes. Stops all but the biggest in its tracks. Good reach. Ok stamina drain. I can get 45 hits on astral lady in corner? She could do nothing. Pick mode has great reach, speed and range r1 pick spam also staggers. Great move set for norm and pick. I do more dps with this wep than my beefed up Ludwig. Amazing wep
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It looks like both axe and pick are similar in functionality with the axe being strength based and the pick being skill based
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Doesn't this look similar to Martyr Logarius' scythe weapon? Maybe he uses a variation of this? -SilverDranglor
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Is it possible to hit the Hunter through the wall without opening the door and killing him before you get the key?
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What's the quickest way to get the weapon for my build I want to get it as soon as possible
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Wouldnt it be the best if we used the thrust gems? there are 32% ones too, also how many of the attack count as thrust?
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good for a pure skill build?? i noticed its scaling is only b, how important is scaling??
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Which of the variants of this weapon would be best suited for an Arcane build?
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Those weapons are most definetely linked. It would be awesome if in co-op someone could place the pick, then someone else would strike it with the kirkhammer for massive damage.
I HATE ****ING ANTAL
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