Saw Spear - Bloodborne

Saw Spear
Imprints (Normal)
Imprints (Uncanny)
Imprints (Lost)
Damage
85	--	--	--	--
--	--	100	100	200
Requirements & Scaling
7 D	8 D	-- --	-- D	n/a

The Saw Spear is a Trick Weapon in Bloodborne. 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.

Saw Spear Description

"One of the trick weapons of the workshop, commonly used by those who dedicate themselves to the hunt. This saw, effective at drawing the blood of beasts, transforms into a medium-range spear. The saw, with its set of blood-letting teeth, has become a symbol of the hunt, and only grows in effectiveness the more grotesquely transformed the beast."

Saw Spear Information

• Transforms between a saw and a spear.
• Requires Blood Stone Shards and Blood Echoes to fully upgrade.
• To perform a Transformation Attack, press L1 while performing another attack.
• The Saw Spear is considered a serrated weapon in both forms, and causes additional damage to enemies susceptible to these weapons

Location

Normal

• Can be bought from the Bath Messengers, after obtaining the Saw Hunter Badge, for 1,000 Blood Echoes.
• Treasure in Central Yharnam Sewer, on the ledge above the dead end with boats. You also need to cut down the corpse hanging from the rafters high above.

Uncanny

• Central Pthumeru Root Chalice
• Glyphs: 68nqfbsq (Side Area after opening Boss Gate on Layer 1)
• Glyphs: hi2x65mt (Layer 3, Foetid Offer)
• Glyphs: v6is49mx (Layer 2, Coffin Chest in a room over the bridge. Respawns a Madman's Knowledge upon revisiting the chest after returning from the Hunter's Dream)
• Glyphs: 2k4i4g6w (Layer 2, in the pre-lantern area, past the cannon there will be a Watcher guarding a coffin chest)
• Glyphs: 7hqg2h9a (Pre-lantern area)
• Glyphs: g9xq8g8t (Foetid offer, layer 2 pre-boss room)

• Glyphs: n2jx4duu (Layer 3, After Boss Gate side area, Uncanny Threaded Cane also appears in main area on same layer.) 

Lost

• Lower Pthumeru Root Chalice
• Glyphs: 8cu74x96 (Pre-area before Layer 1, Rotted and Fetid Offering)
• Sinister Lower Pthumeru Root Chalice
• Glyphs: gwedu9m7 ( Layer Three side area before boss room)
• 8dc7g5bt - first layer side dungeon

Player Notes

• Contrary to what its name suggests, the spear utilizes slashes rather than thrusts (except in its R2 attacks), functioning much like a sword with extended reach.
• Both transforming attacks deal significantly more damage than basic attacks but are executed roughly as fast as the latter. Spamming L1 is a viable tactic that allows the hunter to dish out lots of damage in a short period of time.
• Enemies susceptible to serrated weapons receive around 15%-20% extra damage from both modes of this weapon.
• In saw form, this weapon has an identical move set to the Saw Cleaver  in saw form.
• At 99 Strength, Skill and Arcane the Saw Spear+10 gains 193 physical bonus.

Stats/Scaling

R: Rally/Regain. The amount of HP regained on an R1 attack immediately after taking damage

														R
+0	85	--	--	--	--	--	--	100	100	D	D	--	D	35
+1	93	--	--	--	--	--	--	100	100	D	D	--	D	37
+2	101	--	--	--	--	--	--	100	100	D	D	--	D	39
+3	109	--	--	--	--	--	--	100	100	D	D	--	D	41
+4	117	--	--	--	--	--	--	100	100	D	D	--	D	43
+5	126	--	--	--	--	--	--	100	100	D	D	--	D	45
+6	133	--	--	--	--	--	--	100	100	D	C	--	D	47
+7	141	--	--	--	--	--	--	100	100	D	C	--	C	49
+8	149	--	--	--	--	--	--	100	100	D	C	--	C	51
+9	157	--	--	--	--	--	--	100	100	D	C	--	C	53
+10	170	--	--	--	--	--	--	100	100	D	C	--	C	55

Average Physical Attack Increase

Move sets & Videos

Regular Move set: Physical Damage

Move	Damage Type & Modifier	Stamina	Effect
R1 Combo	1.00x, 1.02x, 1.04x, 1.09x	20	Alternating slashes; starting with top right to lower left, then top left to lower right side, horizontal from right to left, then an upward slash from left to right.
Quickstep R1	0.95x (frontstep), 1.00x (sidestep)	25~27	Quickstep forward, back or left results in a quick hop forward and fast horizontal slash from left to right. Stepping right is the same attack, but slashing from right to left
Backstep R1	0.95	25	The character takes a step forward with the left foot and swings from right to left horizontally while taking a large step forward with the right foot
Dash R1	1.09x	30 (+run)	The weapon is slashed on a downward diagonal from left to right
R2 Attack	1.20x	35	The saw is slashed from right to left horizontally with a brief windup animation. This does not combo, with the character resetting each time and performing the same attack repeatedly.
Charged R2	1.90x	50	The saw is brought behind the character on the right side and held for a short duration. The right hand twists slightly which cues a rapid slash from overhead right diagonally toward the character's lower left
Backstep R2	1.10x	35	Similar footwork to the backstep R1, except the right foot takes a small step with the attack occurring as the left foot takes a big step forward. The blade is raised very quickly in an upward vertical slash from near the character's left foot to overhead above the right shoulder.
Dash R2	1.26x	45 (+run)	The R2 while running looks very similar to the standard R2, but has a shorter windup animation and has the player crouched lower to the gounrd.
Leap	1.40x	50	As the character leaps forward the saw is raised over the right shoulder and brought down in a vertical slash that strikes the ground to the side of the left foot. Effective for enemies that are low to the ground
Transform Attack	1.30x	23 (+x)	Similar to the Saw Cleaver in that the player pushes the closed Saw Spear forward and has it extend. The extension of the blade is the actual attack as it snaps forward from unlocking. During dodging transformations, the weapon is brought from right to left, but other actions can lead to the attack animation going from left to right.

Transformed Move set: Physical and Thrust Damage

Move	Damage Type & Modifier	Stamina	Effect
R1 Combo	1.09x, 1.11x, 1.09x, 1.11x	25	A three move combo starting with a horizontal slash from right to left, a windmill starting from the left side of the body resulting in a downward vertical slash and ending in a left to right horizontal slash
Quickstep R1	1.09x	33~40	A quickstep left, back or forward results in a quick hop forward and a slash from left to right horizontally. A quickstep to the right slashes from right to left.
Backstep R1	0.92	40	After the backstep, the character hops forward and thrusts the spear forward for what becomes a decent range poke.
Dash R1	0.89x	35 (+run)	The dashing R1 results in a thrust forward that looks like the backstep R1 attack.
R2 Attack	1.34x	35	A short windup leads to a thrust forward that looks much like the backstep R1 and dash thrusts.
Charged	1.75x, 1.55x	50	The weapon is brought back and held for a short duration before being thrust forward in a stab that hits the ground. Hitting R2 again will result in a slash from the character's lower left to upper right. This has a short delay between attacks but is only possible with this combo.
Backstep R2	1.19x	35	The Saw Spear is raised overhead and as the character lunges forward onto their right foot, the blade is swept down veritcally into the ground.
Dash R2	1.19x	45 (+run)	The dash R2 is a faster version of the backstep R2 animation. While not identical, they are very similar with the most notable difference being in swing speed.
Leap	1.34x	50	After leaping forward, the blade is thrust forward. This is effectively the same as the regular R2 after a small jump forward.
Transform Attack	1.24x	30 (+x)	The extended weapon is brought behind the character where it snaps shut. The now closed weapon is slashed forward. While dodging the animation starts from the right and sweeps left, but this can be reversed based on the previous action (R1 then L1 will have it begin on the left hand side for instance)

Trivia

• Carried by Djura's Ally in Old Yharnam.     

1. Tested on wolves in Central Yharnam
2. Tested in PvP with naked, BL 120 characters using maxed weapons
3. Tested in PvP with naked, BL 120 characters using maxed weapons