Beasthunter Saif - Bloodborne

Beasthunter Saif
Imprints (Normal)
Imprints (Uncanny)
Imprints (Lost)
Damage
90	--	--	--	--
--	--	100	100	200
Requirements & Scaling
9 E	11 D	-- --	-- D	--

Beasthunter Saif is a Trick Weapon in Bloodborne. It was added with The Old Hunters expansion. 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.

Beasthunter Saif Description

"A trick weapon used by the old hunters.
A second blade is found inside the curve of the main one. In its initial form, the saif can be wielded like a long curved sword, but when transformed, its blade is contracted, allowing for quick, repeated stabs.
Although this trick weapon allows for adaptive combat, it was later replaced by saws and similar weapons that were more effective at disposing of beasts."

Beasthunter Saif Information

• Transforms from a curved long sword to a short weapon like the Saw Cleaver
• Requires ?? Blood Stone Shards and ?? Blood Echoes to fully upgrade
• 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

• The Hunter's Nightmare. After the Blood River, when you pass through the cave with a tick, where you encounter two dogs and a large amount of crows along with an enemy Beast Cutter hunter. Climb the ladder on the left of the pit and instead of going forward, turn to the left and drop down the ledge. There will be a single piece of loot guarded by a Saif Hunter.

Uncanny Beasthunter Saif

• 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 Beasthunter Saif

• 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

• Its shortened form has a quick lunging attack as its first R1, making it useful for PvP or agility-focused builds, or closing in after dodging boss attacks. The transformed dash R1 and regular R2 also has a slightly longer step forward compared to other weapons. This allows  for successive, aggressive gap-closing attacks. The lunge does not reset when the combo is finished, however, so repeated R1 attacks won't move you forward every fourth swing.
• Transforming from the curved sword form to the shortened version will perform a quick gap-closing lunge attack.
• Transforming from the shortened to the curved sword, however, will perform a quick backstepping slash, useful for disengaging.
• Unlike the Saw Cleaver and Saw Spear, the Saif actually flips directions when transforming. In both modes, the same blade on the outer edge is used to attack, while the Saw weapons use different blades for different modes. The few times the inner edge is used is in the untransformed dash R1, the initial transformation attack, and the untransformed, uncharged R2 attack.
• Though the tricked form fights a lot like the Saw weapons, it is not serrated and therefore does no extra damage to beasts and has a thrust attack on R2.
• Its transformation is flipped compared to the other Saw weapons, as its extended form is the default.
• The first attack is an uppercut swing, perfect for making books fly everywhere

Stats/Scaling

+0	90	-	-	-	-	-	-	100	100	E	D	-	D	-
+1	99	-	-	-	-	-	-	100	100	E	D	-	D	-
+2	108	-	-	-	-	-	-	100	100	E	D	-	D	-
+3	117	-	-	-	-	-	-	100	100	E	D	-	D	-
+4	126	-	-	-	-	-	-	100	100	E	C	-	D	-
+5	135	-	-	-	-	-	-	100	100	E	C	-	D	-
+6	144	-	-	-	-	-	-	100	100	E	C	-	D	-
+7	153	-	-	-	-	-	-	100	100	E	C	-	D	-
+8	162	-	-	-	-	-	-	100	100	E	C	-	D	-
+9	171	-	-	-	-	-	-	100	100	D	B	-	C	-
+10	180	-	-	-	-	-	-	100	100	D	B	-	C	-

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Trivia

• The word "saif" is Arabic for "sword."

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