Rakuyo is a Trick Weapon in Bloodborne added with The Old Hunters DLC. There are 3 versions of this weapon: Normal, Uncanny and Lost; which only differ in their Gem Imprints and the locations in which they are found.
Rakuyo Description
"Hunter weapon wielded by Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower.
A trick sword originated in the same country as the Cainhurst Chikage, only this sword feeds not off blood, but instead demands great dexterity.
Lady Maria was fond of this aspect of the Rakuyo, as she frowned upon blood blades, despite being a distant relative of the queen.
One day, she abandoned her beloved Rakuyo, casting it into a dark well, when she could stomach it no longer."
Rakuyo Information
- Transforms from a Twin-blade to dual wielded Saber and Dagger
- Requires 16 Blood Stone Shards, 16 Twin Blood Shards, 16 Blood Stone Chunks, 1 Blood Rock, and 4240 Blood Echoes to fully upgrade
- When in dual wield mode, pressing L2 performs a double spin move slicing with both swords
- Performing an L2 immediately after an R1 in dual wield mode will result in a simultaneous diagonal slice with both swords
- Performing an L2 immediately after an R2 in dual wield mode will result in a simultaneous forward thrust with both swords
- To perform a Leap Attack, tap forward on the Left Stick as you press R2
- To perform a Transformation Attack, press L1 while performing another attack.
Location
Normal
- Fishing Hamlet. Get to the bottom of the well. Can be reached from the underground tunnels at the end of the area or via a ladder in the well right away. In that area a Shark Giant will wander around. Fighting him makes a second one appear after the first reaches sufficiently low health. The first giant will walk over near the ladder and scream at the ceiling, causing the second one to drop. The second one drops the weapon.
- Fighting the two of them can be difficult and it is a good idea to use the Shaman Bone Blade to make them fight each other and finish off the weaker one. Molotov cocktails are also very effective against them. If neither is available to you, try to kill the one with the anchor first, as it is significantly harder to dodge.
- One easy way to beat them is use of ranged weapon like Simon's Bowblade if you are a bloodtinge build, and the Holy Moonlight Sword if you are an arcane build.
- A Threaded Cane's transformed whip can easily hit the giants from the ledge once they're lured over and begin attacking, but be sure to keep your distance after each hit. Except that there is no way to lure them over the the ledge. No ranged weapon will hit the one standing at the back and the one hanging from the ceiling doesn't drop down until the first one is at 50% health.
- Unlike other giants in the game, these ones are easy to gun parry for a visceral attack. Keep in mind this will get very tricky after the other one starts fighting, so try to separate them and time your viscerals to get the invincibility at the right moment.
- If your range is inadequate you can use the monocular to angle a throwing knife to be able to hit the shark giant in the back. This way, you can continue from the strategy of killing them on the ledge with a gun/magic without going around. (confirmed as of January 19th, 2019)
- Chaining together backstabs is a very effecient way of dealing with them, if played right you should be able to eliminate the first shark giant before the second reaches you this way. It is extremely difficult to get behind the patrolling Shark Giant without him detecting you.
- For a video showing an easy way to kill the sharks with a monocular and a throwing knife strategy, check .
Uncanny Rakuyo
- If you have the normal version: Create Glyph 8i29rqz3 (Root Pthumeru Labyrinth) and buy from Bath Messengers up a ladder from the main room for 50,000 Blood Echoes
Lost Rakuyo
- If you have the normal version: Create Glyph 8i29rqz3 (Root Pthumeru Labyrinth) and buy from Bath Messengers up a ladder from the main room for 50,000 Blood Echoes
Player Notes
- In twin-blade mode, the hunter alternates between attacking with either blade in their R1 combo, meaning the transition time between the 1st and 2nd attack (or 3rd and 4th, 5th and 6th, etc.) is very brief.
- In dual wield mode, the hunter alternates between thrusting with either sword in their R2 combo, which can continue indefinitely as long as stamina permits.
- In dual wield mode, L2 changes behavior depending on the context of its usage.
- Neutral L2 initiates a spin attack that is great for crowd control. Press L2 again to spin again.
- Pressing L2 after R1 attacks causes the hunter to slash with both swords simultaneously.
- Pressing L2 after R2 attacks causes the hunter to thrust with both swords simultaneously.
- In addition to having the same blade as the Chikage, the Rakuyo's rolling attack and running attacks are also identical to that of the Chikage. However, unlike the latter the Rakuyo does not scale with bloodtinge.
Stats/Scaling
Movesets & Videos
| Move | Damage Type & Modifier | Stamina | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| R1 Combo | 1.00x, .90x, 1.00x, 1.15x | ?? | This combo starts with a horizontal sweep from right to left, followed by a backhanded thrust of the hilt, followed by a backhanded diagonal downward slash from the left shoulder to the right foot, then a forward thrust, backhand diagonal downward slash, another forward thrust and finishes with a final backhand diagonal slash. |
| Backstep R1 | .90x | A diagonal uppercut from the right foot to the left shoulder. | |
| Dodge R1 | ?? ~ ?? | ?? ~ ?? | After the roll performs a more vertical uppercut. |
| Dash R1 | 1.10x | ?? (+run) | Horizontal sweep from the right to the left. |
| R2 Attack | 1.35x | ?? | A sweeping uppercut that winds up behind the player arcs past the right foot and finishes above the left shoulder. |
| Charged R2 | 1.70x | ?? | Initiates a dash thrust. |
| Backstep R2 | 1.25x | Backhanded forward thrust. | |
| Dodge R2 | ?? | ?? | Performs a sweeping diagonal uppercut. |
| Dash R2 | 1.40x | ?? | A quick forward thrust. |
| Leap | 1.40x | ?? (+run) | Performs a leaping horizontal swipe. |
| Transform Attack | 1.30x | ?? (+x) | Detaches the dagger and performs a diagonal sweep up (left foot to right shoulder) with the saber and a diagonal sweep down (right shoulder to left foot) with the dagger. |
| Move | Damage Type & Modifier | Stamina | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| R1 Combo | 1.00x, 1.00x, 1.20x, 1.10x | ?? | This combo alternates a right and left horizontal slash, then performs a dual backhand slightly diagonal slash, with both hands moving from the torso to full extension at the sides. |
| Backstep R1 | .90x | Performs a short backhand horizontal swipe with the dagger, moving from right to left. | |
| Dodge R1 | ?? ~ ?? | ?? ~ ?? | After the roll, performs a horizontal sweep with the saber, moving from right to left. |
| Dash R1 | 1.10x | ?? (+run) | Performs a horizontal backhand sweep with the dagger, moving from left to right. |
| R2 Attack | .90x, .95x, .90x | ?? | Alternates left and right thrusts. |
| Charged R2 | ?? | ?? | N/A |
| Backstep R2 | 1.25x | Performs a thrust with the saber. | |
| Dodge R2 | ?? | ?? | After the roll performs a thrust with the dagger. |
| Dash R2 | 1.40x | ?? (+run) | Performs a thrust with the saber. |
| L2 | .95x+100, 1.05x+110 (after normal 160, after r2 120) | Performs a 360 dual slash (counter clockwise). Pressing L2 again performs a counter spin (clockwise). | |
| Leap | 1.40x | ?? | Performs a leaping diagonal slash with both blades, moving from right to left. |
| Transform Attack | 1.50x | ?? (+x) | Attaches the dagger to the bottom of the saber before performing a forward thrust. |
Trivia
- Rakuyo (落葉) literally means "falling leaf".
- The sword of Rakuyo resembles a hybrid between a katana and an European court sword.
Gallery
AnonymousUsing blue elixirs makes the shaman bone blade much easier to get off. Get the first one down to half with viscerals or however, drink an elixir, run around a bit to lose their attention, then smack one with the bone blade from behind
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The last statement in Player Notes:
"In addition to having the same blade as the Chikage, the Rakuyo's rolling attack and running attacks are also identical to that of the Chikage. However, unlike the latter the Rakuyo does not scale with bloodtinge."
Firsty, this says "in addition" but references nothing else on the page. Secondly, the Rakuyo and Chikage do not have the same blade. Have a quick look at them side-by-side. The Rakuyo has a sabre blade with a clip point designed for penetrative thrusts, where the Chikage has a slightly more traditional katana tip, with a less pronounced, less curved point.
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small tactic for people who don't really want to make specific builds or use items:
take the anchor shark round the back of the cave and keep a lot of distance
if you stay far enough away, he's guranteed to charge at you
this charge is super telegraphed and easy to spot, and you can parry it
land the parry, dash forward, guranteed visceral
you can do this twice before it starts moving round the front of the cave to wake up its friend
while it does this, whale on it with as much dps as you possibly can , and if that isnt enough to kill it (at least on regular new game) then back off and bait a charge attack from the anchor-less one
it will always do this first after activating and the anchor one has a 50/50 chance of charging too
take your time with this fight though, bullshit reigns supreme in that well
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If you want to cheese, get throwing daggers, the monocle, and the Beastcutter. Bait the far shark by aiming with the monocle and arcing the throwing dagger then Beastcutter R2 a ways back from the ledge. Done and dusted
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For anyone having trouble with the shark giant duo and just looking for an easy cheese:
-Stock up on oil urns, molotovs, bone marrow ash and knives and get yourself a long-ranged weapon (church pick/threaded cane are good examples).
-Go down the elevator near the end of the area and past the two winter lanterns (you can parry their grab and iframe through the frenzy damage with a visceral). You should come across an opening to the room with the shark giant duo, but don't drop down.
-Throw a knife or something similar at the shark giant walking around. Use the monocular if you have trouble aiming.
-The shark giant should walk right up and try to attack. Stay spaced away and wait for an attack, hit it once, then back off.
-When the second shark giant drops down, let them group together and throw your oil urns/molotovs at them. If both are still alive afterwards, use knives/bone marrow ash bullets or any other projectiles to finish off at least one. Monocular also helps with your aim here.
-If you manage to kill the shark giant that dropped from the ceiling first, it should drop the weapon (I think). If not, just kill the other with your ranged weapon.
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I’m addicted to this game but the entirety of the fish man helmet was awful I hated every second especially these guys holy **** these guys are awful
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The L2 on transformed almost feels like a Waterfowl Dance light. Hits fast and reasonably hard at the same time.
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The shark that drops in is the one that drops the Rakuyo, it also has much less health than the anchor shark so a few viscerals should do the trick
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"**********ing *******sucker ****** cancer weaopn!!!!! k ys if your using this to play the game!!!" - Normally functioning adult's reaction to dying in video games
This is the best weapon in the game for my Skill builds. Insane damage with the correct gems, crazy DPS and can be buffed. Fully upgraded I haven’t found anything this monster can’t handle.
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Was able to make quick work of the giants with bolt paper.
Not sure if it’s a none weakness but with a +10 saw spear I managed to take massive chunks of their health without any other strategy really. Just try to divide and conquer and isolate one of them by running around the tree, when one of them dives, go in and hack away. When they are up, dodge to the right and attack from the side.
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not worth it. idc about any information concerning this item, there is now way this is worth that bs
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Whirligig saw staggers the shark in about 3 hits, get it to about 60% hp then parry it. The visceral should put it down to about a quarter hp enough to take it out in one combo while it's standing up and the other shark drops. Then just parry the other fish and rakuyo is in the bag. I tried the cheese methods but was unsuccessful, this got me the weapon the first time i tried it. Screw hiding on a ledge, just get your hands dirty. I haven't tested it but assumedly any heavy weapon will stagger in 3 hits, i just had the saw at +10.
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The weapon of Lady Maria, guardian of the Astral Clocktower, is a longsword and a dagger when split in two. Like the two hands of a clock.
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They put a hucking twinblade in the game and didn’t even let you two hand it. I am going to amputate Michelle Rocky’s feet and burn them to a crisp.
i got it by just parrying the anchor giant, visceraling him twice, hitting him with a boneblade once the other one came down, then, after the anchor giant died, i just killed the unarmed giant. used a +8 church pick. for what it's worth, it took me 4 attempts when maria took me 2.
i think it's worth mentioning that the L2 in transformed mode changes depending on if you do it alone, after an r1, or after an r2. r1-l2 is a diagonal slash with both blades from top right to bottom left, r2-l2 is a long-reaching stab with both swords. very useful for crowd control and single-target damage combo ends respectively.
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Got it. I used the executioner gloves and Ludwig's holy blade. but the first time I got it I killed the one with the anchor but the other did a jump attack and fell off the map, didn't see when it happened but I think he jump through the circle in the middle, then it a long time but finally died, did someone experience this as well?
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FYI--if you want to summon someone to help you get this thing, don't kill the Orphan of Kos! You aren't able to summon people once the area boss is defeated.
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This weapon is the epitome of why I love Bloodborne combat so much, it has a more diverse moveset and combo potential than most weapon CATEGORIES in any of the other games
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wish me luck im about to attempt a early dlc run to be able to use this in base ng
The ****ing salt in these comments lmaooooooo
This weapon rules.
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Monocular and throwing knife confirmed as of July 15th 2022, and another effective weapon for the ledge strat is the boom hammer (transform it, wait for an opening after throwinf knifing, do a single uncharged heavy and back off- wait for attack pattern and repeat, works on both, confirmed same date)
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Finally got them... Tested both methods in the comments, neither method makes this fight easy, lots of work and attempts required either way.
- For Parry and shaman bones : For the parry, it's really all or nothing, you either get the timing right, or you get trampled to death. For the shaman bones, the effect doesn't last long, and the openings to get a second stab in are really rare. Plus you need to get locked in and you can only carry 3 shaman bones on you.
-For the balcony "cheese", you need to get through the two winter lanterns, which is a challenge in itself. Next, you def. need the monocular to target the big one and a good amount of knives. Don't waste time with the one on the ceiling, even though you can lock it, you can not harm it. Once the big one start attacking, be careful as all its attacks will get through the textures and hit you. The timing to get a hit in without getting hit back is really narrow, and you cannot get a lock in.
In the end, I mixed both strategies, and got lucky. I was doing the balcony method, and as I got the hit that took the big one at 50% health, I actually fell in the arena. I manage to stab the big one with the bone at the same time the smaller fell down the ceiling. The effect wore off before either was killed, but as I was on the other side of the arena, they each took a different way around the central pillar to get to me. I managed to get the parry on the big one + a visceral. It had just a silver of health left, so I went in and stabbed it with the shaman bone while he was getting back up from the visceral. And the best part was that they both gave the final blow to each other, so both died at the same time.
Really glad I'm done with these two.
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My arcane is at 30 in NG, and molotov cocktails barely make a dent in the first one. I think you really need a high arcane stat to take advantage of the cocktails.
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FROM HELL'S HART I STAB AT THEE! FOR HATE'S SAKE, I SPIT MY LAST BREATH AT THEE! YE DAMNED SHARKS!!!
-hunter Ahab, 50eth try getting the rakuyo.
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has 60 rally at +10, 54 at +7 and 40 at +0. i assume it starts at 40 and adds +2 for every level. so:
40,42,44,46,48,50,52,54,56,58,60.
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This got to be one of the most impractical weapon designs ever. Now, downvote me weebs.
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Everyone being tactical, I'll keep it simple, shaman blade. Sneak in with visceral every now and then, and then finish off the last one.
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Parry fish on the anchor shark until it gets to half health. Once the second shark drops, kite both of them around the circle until you can bait the lunge/belly flop attack from the second shark. Once it lunges, it should be pretty far away from the anchor shark, and has a moment where it's just lying on the ground. Only then, you hit it with a Shaman Bone Blade while it's getting up, and watch the two sharks kill each other as you run away.
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When you enter the well initially, there is only one shark giant. It's the stronger of the two health-wise, and is parryable. It's easiest to just keep your distance and bait out the big lunge attack, which is relatively easy to parry. Get your visceral, back off and repeat. When it falls below 50% hp, it runs over to the ledge at the back of the room and another shark giant spawns. The second one has significantly less HP and no weapon, so it's going to mostly be trying to grab, two-hand smash, or dive at you. Avoid it and wait for an opportunity to parry the one you've already injured. It should die in 1 or 2 more successful visceral attacks, but you need to really be patient here and just wait for a safe time to strike. Once one is dead, the other can be taken out in whatever method you choose, and it'll die much faster than the first. You -could- switch to the second one when it shows up, but I find that the weaponless ones are much harder to parry for whatever reason. At any rate, it's basically a boss fight and with practice you will get it.
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The absolute easiest way to deal with the shark giants is to not fight them head on. Ignore the well that they are in initially and continue through the level. Once you unlock the elevator near OoK boss room, proceed toward the area where the Winter Lanterns are. Kill them, and you'll see the shark giants from the ledge.
From here, all you need to do is use the monocular to free aim a throwing knife at the giant that is furthest away (usually you just need to aim the crosshair up and to the right of the giant). Once he gets hit, he will attack near that ledge. From there you can safely attack him in between his attacks, as you can still be hit from this ledge. Stay a safe distance away, and when safe go and get 1 hit in and back away again. Rinse and repeat until they are both dead. Easiest with a long weapon like the Burial Blade but it can work with anything.
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Great weapon with a sick moveset, just a shame you can barely use it in ng
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Really wish I could stab myself with this like the boss fight
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After all i have suffered to get this weapon, i just take it to +10 and start using it even if I didnt want it.
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It can't be that hard to get behind the patrolling shark in the well if you're using blue...
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Playing a Lady Maria build be like >beat 95% of the game >oh boy now I can start playing the game
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Best skill weapon. The way its moves change depending on context is just so good and I wish that was applied to not only other weapons but other Fromsoft games too. Such a fun weapon.
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"*SOUND OF WEAPON EXLODING IN HALF* you from your wild curiosity"
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Killed two giant sharks buy parring them when they do that crawl at you.
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I beat the two sharks by using a lead elixir and tanking the damage. Worked like a charm.
Maria was related to Annalise. Make of that whatever you will.
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I Need help, actually Killed the one who drops the Rakuyo but i died shortly After that and now i Can’t find the drop, is it gone?
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They are harder than the orphan of Kos and I'm dead serious.
My first successful attempt at getting this weapon was using Ludwig's Holy Blade transformed charge attacks, it worked like a dream. Even if you don't get the backstab (which I had no problem getting) you are still doing massive damage at a really long range.
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Why bother fighting giants. After open the elevator in the hut, aggro one of the giants, then climb the ladder, go to back to the giants and use german reaper or church pick to poke them to death form a safe distance.
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Like stated above, using the shaman blade makes this easy to get. Easiest way to get the Rakuyo is to parry the first giant until half health. It actually has two attacks with decent parry window. Don't stay too far away from it otherwise it would charge at you which is quite hard to dodge due to limited space in the area. Stay at around mid range to bait out its attack then parry. It took about 2-3 parries for the first giant to reach half health for me. Then, once the other giant drops down, lure it to you away from the other damaged giant. Try to dodge or parry its attack but dont attack it and just use the shaman blade on it. It will attack the other giant and while they're fighting just sneak in few hits and there. In my experience, the said giant will have less than 50% of its hp once it had killed the other one which makes it easier to fini***** off. I did this in my first playthrough and did it with only me failing one time.
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“ A Threaded Cane's transformed whip can easily hit the giants from the ledge once they're lured over and begin attacking, but be sure to keep your distance after each hit. Except that there is no way to lure them over the the ledge. No ranged weapon will hit the one standing at the back and the one hanging from the ceiling doesn't drop down until the first one is at 50% health. ”
Why does the second half completely negate the first half? And why is the second half completely wrong? Throwing knives work fine. You just can’t lock on, so it takes a bit of trial and error to get it right. Get fully stocked on regular and poison knives just to be sure. Took me about 5 tries, but it could easily take more.
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Interesting they put this right near the end of the DLC, close to a blood rock. It means most people who get it may be able to upgrade to +10 immediately. They must have considered that when placing it there :)
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I wish this was a bloodtinge weapon. You'd think it would be, since Maria uses blood attacks in her boss fight.
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I use this during invasions and it’s so stupid. R1 spamming opponent? R2 hyper armour to stop them! Host and co-operators? L2 spin of death and despair! Opponent survives more than 30 seconds of your BS and has a read of the move set? R1/R2 + L2 for brand new attacks to throw them off guard! Weakness? Missing.
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The Rakuyo emits red sparks instead of the usual orange while transforming which may hint that it’s actually traces of blood
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This weapon isn't actually broken at all it's just designed for players to be able to mimic the boss fight lady maria
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Holy Moonlight Sword L2 works wonders from the ledge overlooking the circular chamber with the two Shark Giants. Just lure the one on the ground over with the Monocular and a throwing knife, then go to town on him. You'll still need to watch for his anchor, but avoiding it up there VS down there is a lot easier, and less likely to combo you to death.
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It's strange how this is the most dex-intensive weapon in the game yet has one of the (mechanically) simplest transformations
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Okay so no one was really mentioning this strategy to get the rakuyo: If you don't have a shaman bone blade, go through fishing hamlet normally and then go to the ledge after killing the Winter Lanterns. Aim with a monocular and throw a throwing knife to hit the first guy. Use a long range weapon or your preferred ranged items to clip them through the ledge.
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Shaman bone blade works miracles. Seriously, just parry the first one's health away, shaman bone blade, and sit back and relax. You will probably have to use a second one at some point, but even after the effect (as in them being able to damage each other) wears off, they will be distracted for long enough to use your second one. Once one is left, swoop in with a weapon (I chose the beasthunter saif,) to finish the last one off.
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Is this weapon a reference to the guy who spreads his fanfictions all over the wiki? Epic
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Tbh I was far more concerned by the distant “la la la” as I climbed down the ladder than the fishy ceiling boi
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Weird glitch that I probably won't be able to replicate: I got the 1st shark down to half health and the other spawned. I got whacked down initially, but made it around the pillar to break them up. The 2nd one came after me while I was looking for the 1st, since it's health was down. I killed the 2nd and got the Rakuyo, but the 1st was gone. Huh? Not that I'm complaining...
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I believed that the name of this blade means setting sun “落陽”, which is more appropriate for the theme than falling leaves “落葉”
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I used the monocular and got the first one's attention and then I used accursed brew to get its health down and it worked like a charm. They can hit you through the floor using this method though.
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A pain in the ass to get. But, I suppose it's worth it. Very good weapon.
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Blades of mercy actually help a lot with the mobility of thrust attacks!
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Definitely powerful, but I cant seem to master the timing of this weapon. The moveset feels pretty slow and limited.
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This weapon is absolutely worth the pain and frustration of taking on the two shark giants. Certainly in my top 3 favorite trick weapons.
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I was lucky and went up the ladder twice, healed each time, jumped down attacking. Requires a bit of luck, but thanks to them being extremely aggressive, they spend some jolly time at the ladder anyway ! HA TAKE THIS, FISHMEN !
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Moltowcocktails are useless they take to much time and do way to low dmg The easiest way is to use the pillar as covrr and attack through with loaded attacks through the "edge" thats the only way The ancor one is faster then a dog does not have any brake in its attacks and does three times more dmg then maria This is the hardest enemy in game I thinl this enemy is a bug in game it just cant be that the only way to get him down is to glitch
The Monocular and using a Knife actually helped me because i kept trying to take these two on and as i got closer the more difficult it got to actually do anything,I did not engage them i just used the threaded cane and just kept attacking with that,and kept my distance so don't get hit to much. i lost all patience with these two but after killing one i just kept attacking with the cane,and i finally got my Rakuyo!
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What*****tingly stupid bull*****These assholes cost me more nerves than any boss. Finally though, I got killed the first one and was searching the second one, who already came down before I killed the first one, obviously. Didn't find the second shark, he was glitched away. Minutes later I got my echoes, without the reward. Great.
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It is still possible to use the throwing knife and monocular trick to lure the Shark Giant at the back without having to drop down. Oct 17, 2018. Could you not write wrong statements in a wiki just because YOU couldn't do it.
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Molotov cocktail don't do***** to these guys. What a joke whoever wrote that it's a "good idea".
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Majorly overrated weapon . Not as overrated as Ludwigs blade but still overrated . At this point I've made top tier bulids with 100% top tier gems and runes for literally every single weapon in the game . The reality is if you make the bulid right , "almost" every weapon is equally amazing and only dominant in certain situations . Perfect example , Boom Hammer with top tier setup is super mega god mode at one shotting mobs but absolute garbage at tough bosses , where as the Whirligig is the exact opposite of that
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The L2 spin attack is not that powerful, the DPS is higher when you use the transform attacks and the simple L2 attack at the end of a combo. I mean at the same cost of stamina It's a wonderful weapon, it has 534AR in my game at 42 Skill and cursed bloodgems, it's not that bad as this can hit very quick and the Rakuyo can be buffed.
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The ledge trick doesn't work, even the giant clinging to the ceiling can't be shot and he's well within range.
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Be careful when fighting the giants from above. I was shooting at them for a while, and one of them eventually clipped through the terrain and appeared in the upper level. Thankfully, it was nearly dead by that point, and the other one had dropped the rakuyo. Still, it was kind of scary to suddenly come face to face with a giant in that little tunnel.
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The problem with this weapon is that its too well designed. lol
I'm surprised From Soft didn't use it as a template to try more three button combo weapons in Dark Souls 3, but whatever the case the Rakuyo's sick. People can stay mad at it all they want, but I think everyone needs to make a character to optimizes it at least once because it's just such an amazingly fun weapon. It's like you become a devil may cry character while everyone else is still pressing one button.
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This is, without a doubt, my favorite weapon in the game. Not quite sure what all the salt is in these comments about the overuse of it in PVP. It's a good weapon yes, but not a great weapon. If you're any good it's easy to counter and stay out of its range. With that being said, I just love this weapon, the move set screams fluidity and grace and the design compliments this perfectly. It fits Lady Maria's character great and its the perfect weapon for my favorite boss fight.
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Can we get a one of those stat level-damage gained tables for this?
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Dear anyone that uses Rakuyo in pvp, f-uck you. Anyone can spam L2 to spin-to-win, and R1 spam since dark souls. This weapon has a ghost range that extends to at least 3 times the length of this weapon and is unpunishable. Seriously hate this thing.
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"One day, she abandoned her beloved Rakuyo, casting it into a dark well, when she could stomach it no longer."
Sure, Bloodborne, sure.... and the Rakuyo she fights us with is totaly not this weapon. Just our imagination I guess....
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With two +15 phys heavy abyssals and one 27.2% phys I get 573 ar which is 14 ar higher than two 27.2% phys at 50 strength 25 skill.
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
Newsflash assholes, Maria is nowhere near as good as Gehrman or Ludwig.
Just parry the shark giants guys it’s not that hard.
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