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PassiveSerpent-Hunter is a Great Spear in Elden Ring. The Serpent-Hunter scales primarily with Strength and Dexterity. It is a good Weapon for attacking enemies at a long reach and does not require any stats value. It is intended for use against a specific boss, Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy.
Weapon that serves as both greatsword and spear.
Thought to have been used to hunt an immortal great serpent in the distant past, it manifests a long blade of light when facing such a creature.
When their master's heroic aspirations degenerated into mere greed, his men searched for a weapon with which they might halt their lord.
Where to Find Serpent-Hunter in Elden Ring
The Serpent-Hunter weapon can be found at the following location:
- Held by a corpse on the left as you enter the boss chamber of Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy. [Elden Ring Map here]
- If the players picks up the Serpent-Hunter in the middle of being summoned. After picking up the spear and getting summoned, a second copy of the Serpent-Hunter would appear at the original location upon returning to their world, allowing you to dual wield the Serpent-Hunters.
- This weapon will not be respawned on a New Game Plus. The only way to respawn the weapon is to discard it. After discarding the weapon and reloading your location, the weapon would reappear at its original location provided that Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy was still alive.
- If the player manages to beat Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy without picking up the Serpent-Hunter, the weapon disappears.
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Elden Ring Serpent-Hunter Notes & Tips
- Weapon Skill: Great-Serpent Hunt
- This weapon cannot be infused with Ashes of War
- Can't be buffed with Magic or Consumables
- Serpent-Hunter can be upgraded by using Somber Smithing Stones
- A solid weapon for Strength builds due to its A scaling for Strength. While slightly heavier than the Lance and cannot be infused with Ashes of War, the Serpent-Hunter has a horizontal sweep as its strong attacks.
- At 80 Strength and 12 Dexterity, the Serpent-Hunter has 694 AR when one-handed and 747 AR when two-handed.
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- This item cannot be sold.
- This item cannot be dropped and given to another player.
- NOTE: As of Patch 1.08 incorrect physical attack values of some attacks of the Serpent-Hunter weapon have been fixed.
- NOTE: As of Patch 1.09, the scaling values of this weapon were changed. Please refer to the Upgrades Table of this weapon below.
Regarding the weapon's special properties while fighting God-Devouring Serpent and Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy:
- The weapon's attacks, and its weapon skill, will generate additional beams of swirling wind that greatly extend its range to allow the player to hit Rykard from outside the lava pool at his feet.
- Axe Talisman and Spiked Cracked Tear, Claw Talisman (and by extension, Raptor's Black Feathers), Twinblade Talisman, Spear Talisman and Curved Sword Talisman do not affect the special damage of the weapon.
- Warrior Jar Shard and Shard of Alexander does boost the damage of the weapon's Skill.
- Because of the long windup of the skill, people can believe that Godfrey Icon boost its damage, but that is not the case.
- Ritual Sword Talisman, Red-Feathered Branchsword, Kindred of Rot's Exultation and Lord of Blood's Exultation work as normal, and provide a general damage boost. The same applies to the incantation Flame, Grant me Strength.
- Winged Sword Insignia does not trigger while attacking, but does receive the benefit if triggered by another weapon.
- When dual wielding with another Great Spear class weapon, both spears will generate the beams during the powerstance attacks.
Moveset & Videos in Elden Ring for Serpent-Hunter
Serpent-Hunter PvP Poise Damage Values in Elden Ring
Patch 1.10 adjusted PVP Poise Damage of all Weapons including some Spells and Incantations. Please take note that these adjustments are exclusive to PVP.
One-Handed Attacks
- 1H R1 (1/2/3 Attacks): 193.325/96.662/104.5
- 1H R2 (1/2 Attacks): 313.5/313.5
- 1H Charged R2 (1/2 Attacks): 940.5/940.5
- 1H R1 Jumping: 193.325
- 1h R2 Jumping: 627
Two-Handed Attacks
- 2H R1 (1/2/3 Attacks): 250.8/125.4/135.85
- 2H R2 (1/2 Attacks): 360.525/360.525
- 2H Charged R2 (1/2 Attacks): 1034.55/1034.55
- 2H R1 Jumping: 193.325
- 2h R2 Jumping: 689.7
Serpent-Hunter Upgrades in Elden Ring
Please see the Upgrades page to understand the weapon bolstering process.
Requires regular reinforcement with Somber Smithing Stones
| Attack Power | Stat Scaling | Passive Effects | Damage Reduction (%) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Serpent-Hunter | Phy | Mag | Fir | Lit | Hol | Sta | Str | Dex | Int | Fai | Arc | Any | Phy | Mag | Fir | Lit | Hol | Bst | Rst |
| Standard | 111 | - | - | - | - | 73 | B | E | - | - | - | - | 72 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 50 | 24 |
| Standard +1 | 127 | - | - | - | - | 80 | B | E | - | - | - | - | 72 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 50.5 | 24 |
| Standard +2 | 143 | - | - | - | - | 87 | B | E | - | - | - | - | 72 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 51 | 24 |
| Standard +3 | 159 | - | - | - | - | 94 | B | E | - | - | - | - | 72 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 51.5 | 24 |
| Standard +4 | 175 | - | - | - | - | 102 | B | E | - | - | - | - | 72 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 52 | 24 |
| Standard +5 | 191 | - | - | - | - | 109 | B | E | - | - | - | - | 72 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 52.5 | 24 |
| Standard +6 | 207 | - | - | - | - | 116 | A | E | - | - | - | - | 72 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 53 | 24 |
| Standard +7 | 223 | - | - | - | - | 124 | A | E | - | - | - | - | 72 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 53.5 | 24 |
| Standard +8 | 239 | - | - | - | - | 131 | A | E | - | - | - | - | 72 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 54 | 24 |
| Standard +9 | 255 | - | - | - | - | 138 | A | E | - | - | - | - | 72 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 54.5 | 24 |
| Standard +10 | 271 | - | - | - | - | 146 | A(171) | E(9) | - | - | - | - | 72 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 55 | 24 |
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So how quickly does the fight with Rykard end if you upgrade this to +10 first?
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Used it to beat Morgott. Love this weapon, probably my favorite in the game rn. This and Marais, switching between the two or dual wielding.
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Fantastic gimmick weapon which extends the effect if you duel-wield. Outside of the Rykard fight, its the most boring weapon ever made.
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I wish it had real ashe of war cause it's moveset is cool and it looks epic.
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Imagine this had dogwater scaling but nice base damage, something like 400 when fully upgraded. Then it would be useful tool for every build due to not having any stat requirements for spear/shield play style. But like anything else in the game this too is of course only viable for strength builds.
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I was today years old when I found out this does exclusively pierce damage, even though the heavy attack makes a cutting motion.
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I don’t wanna hear a single person dog on this weapon outside its gimmick arena. This slaps. It deals insane damage, basically the best possible moveset of any great spear, and the ash of war has more hyperarmor than lady maria.
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Did a pure strength greatshield run with this and it shreds. High dmg and stagger. It is only outclassed by Heavy Sword Lance.
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Don’t care what you saw on YouTube, this is a gimmick weapon. It was literally designed just to make one boss fight feel more unique.
These absolute freakazoids need to stop trying to convince people that it’s viable outside its one shtick.
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When I think about it, the fact that this is one of the only weapons to not get affected by the increased heavy attack speed change really speaks to how it might not have been the most thought out or balanced decision.
Like, if they specifically thought "Yeah don't increase the serpent hunter's speed on heavies, that would be too strong" why would that logic not apply to like.... everything else. SURE, for the scenario you use this weapon in it might SEEM like it would be too strong, but uncharged colossal sword heavies are so absurdly powerful in both PVE and PVP after the speed increase, at least for me, they replace light attacks. This goes for even lighter weapons and ESPECIALLY DLC weapons, which that balance change was made to accommodate for the speed of heavy attacks on new weapons designed in the DLC. Heavy attacks went from heavy attacks to chargeable light attacks.
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It's so bad, I just had to come here to complain. The aow is so slow, it makes colossal charged heavies seem fast, but it does nothing close to the same damage or poise damage. I was convinced it's bugged, but no. It's just that bad. Shame. It looks amazing.
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If it was customizable it'd be my favorite weapon, The drip is unreal ...dogwater skill outside but godlike against one single boss.
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Why is it so short???? Its bull!@#$ the nameless king gets one 4x as long
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Man the bass on this weapon is unbelievable. Takes me back to hunter axe in Bloodborne which also had incredible weapon feel. It handles more like a colossal than any of the actual colossals.
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Anyone else remember this being smithing stones? Vs somber? I mean glad it's somber easier attain and upgrade. Thing is stance breaker
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i wish the ash of war still had the beam, less damage of course but i don't think it would be that op, even tho still my favorite weapon.
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The uncharged heavy has much weaker motion values than other great-spears, but the fully charged ones have a lot higher motion values than the other great-spears
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Shame you can't get another in NG+. I was looking forward to bullying Rykard with two of them.
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imagine we got the full moveset all the time, would it be in your top 5 weapons? It might for me
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such a missed opportunity that this has no special interactions with messmer
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imagine a let me slay him character that dual welds these with 99 str that beats Rycard for you
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A good RL1 weapon, but Star Fists still the best for level 1 runs
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Unironically an almost perfect weapon, Good values, animations, damage types and good AoW with positioning tricks and great damage, looks good aswell. HOWEVER the running R2 is completely horrible, and if this weapon followed its roots and used a Greatsword or UGreatsword moveset running R2 like its Jumping R2, it would have been unironically perfect for spear players and greatsword players alike
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It.. makes no real sense to me that you cant imbue or change the AoW... It's legit finished its purpose?
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Wish we could remake this into a certain nameless king's weapon again...
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Bloodhound's Fang is somber and can be buffed. This should have been able to be buffable too.
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This thing is absolutely absurd in terms of stance damage.
Also i did a nameless king build with this thing so yea
10/10 weapon, hilariously strong for "a gimmick weapon:
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This this has very high stagger on it's charged heavy attacks, deceptively strong and is actually one of the better STR weapons in the game even without the beams.
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Although this thing makes Rykard Milos to be an easy fight...
It is quite the "fool-catch" weapon.
You use the weapon skill, the enemies will flee, and then, try to instantly retaliate, so you just need to do the follow up, and they are dead.
Pros and tryhards might not get caught, but a majority of people (including some tryhards) gets caught by this.
Prod teached me it. And it works. Mostly in invasions!
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"They should've kept serpent hunter gimmick for Messmer" mfs would be even more disappointed to see it not chunking him down with 10k damage per hit if it was real. The gimmick is absolutely not necessary in this fight.
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It would have been cool if the skill kept the beam outside the fight
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HERE ME OUT THE DARK MOON GREATSWORD IN THIS WEAPONS SHAPE WOULD BE SO COOL
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The wiki is wrong on the Spear Talisman part, it does indeed affect the ash of war.
Tested myself, at 70str 15dex a counter did 2772, after equipping the Spear Talisman it did 3188. dummy was a gatefront ruins soldier.
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I have no clue why this thing carries in the base game so hard. I was being walled by mogh with lvl 10 ruin sword, lvl 22 giant hunt, so I throw on lvl 9 serpent hunter and in a couple tries demo him
It seems so mediocre, but it just seems to work
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I love this weapon, not because of the braindead glitch or because it's a try hard sweat lord weapon. But because it fits my gelmir knight build so well
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The ash of war on this is a skill cannon in both pve and pvp, if you know when and how to use it you're gonna be stance breaking everything in your way
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Why they did they specifically exclude this weapon from the heavy attack buffs??
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as far as I can tell, the information about the axe talisman not affecting the special damage is wrong, as I am consistently doing more damage with it than without. Granted I am only talking about whenever you do a charged attack with serpent hunter, otherwise this site is correct only because the axe talisman doesn't apply outside charged attacks.
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To use dual great spears with pre-nerf tracking you need to have serpent hunter in your right hand
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>Dragonslayer sword-spear is back
>Look inside
>Somber weapon, cant be buffed
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The page doesn’t say if you can’t use spells to buff this. Can you use them on it?
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Just had a weird bug where the skill on this weapon doesnt work on rykard. No damage, no impact sounds, nothing. It fires off but it just clips through him even when standing right in front of his head. Anyone else have this issue?
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Good thing there is an alternative way to use the chainsaw glitch. It's a good counter to people with **** net
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just got killed by someone throwing this at me....
least broken weapon
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FS take 2 years to fix chainsaw patch
community take 2 days to find alternate way to use chainsaw
do I really need 2 more years for next fix ?
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This thing is an R2 machine. The R2s are fast (especially the second one) and they also have drastically increased motion values compared to other great spears.
Also, for those who didn't know: The deflecting hardtear also seems to increase the stance damage by guard counters. I used the Serpent-Hunter with a reflect build because the two-handed guard counter of great spears is really fast, and two spontaneous guard counters are enough to stance break a Crucible Knight. This wouldn't happen with normal guard counters.
All in all, this is a really good weapon.
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so great they patched chainsaw, now if only they'll get off their asses and patch hosts being able to jack their way on top of the roof of the heroes grave building at the first step while pretending to be afk
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So lame they force you to use a cool weapon in a cool fight, and then immediately make it lame afterwards. What’s the point?
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Finally Chainsaw is patched. I always understand the usage against chinese ganklords & edgy tunnelgank but never when some tryhards like g9 and steel don't get the gank down in more normal situations and thatswhy chainsaw 'em for their patheticness "i must win cs i'm the best". Bye Bye
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this FromSoft forget that this weapon have game breaking bug in PVP and a lot of people abuse it for literally 2 years ?
DLC already release for month and no one have fix the chainsaw glitch ???
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This not activating in Base Serpent fight is lame. Then again, you'd probably one shot him with a single charged GSH strike.
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Really hope this is a call-back to the Nameless King's spear.
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Messed up the final boss of the dlc with a couple of 5000 damage Great Serpent Hunts directly to his balls, love this weapon
The serpent hunter could be crafted by the hornsent firstly in the bonny village there is a giant snake skin left in the woods nearby the statue that we take the "O mother" gesture secondly the special lighty-windy thing that this weapon creates when facing rykard is so similiar to incantation spira the hornsent seems to be close with such concepts as wind spirits and light.
I don't like having that spear in my inventory. If I put it in storage and someone summons me against Rykard, will it appear in my inventory?
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In my opinion the partisan with spectral lance was the weapon of gelmir knights, why? My points:
- The partisan is used all throughout the lands between by knights, the partisan's color schemes specifically perfectly match with gelmir knights' armor
- the serpent hunter, which is used to kill the serpent god (I'm unsure about this but i think they're an outer god? Also i said "kill", in reality he can't be slain, he'll return eventually) uses the same magic as the spectral lance, same visual effects, the reason why the serpent hunter doesn't scale with arcane is imo because of the fact that there's already a strength arcane greatspear, they wanted to have a pure strength option fr gameplay purposes
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In my opinion the partisan with spectral lance was the weapon of gelmir knights, why? My points:
- The partisan is used all throughout the lands between by knights, the partisan's color schemes specifically perfectly match with gelmir knights' armor
- the serpent hunter, which is used to kill the serpent god (I'm unsure about this but i think they're an outer god? Also i said "kill", in reality he can't be slain, he'll return eventually) uses the same magic as the spectral lance, same visual effects, the reason why the serpent hunter doesn't scale with arcane is imo because of the fact that there's already a strength arcane greatspear, they wanted to have a pure strength option fr gameplay purposes
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Massive L from fromsoft to not be able to use it against messmer at least in phase 2
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It surely can be dropped to another player. Transferred 3 serpent hunters last night.
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I just wish it was buffable the same way Bloodhound Fang is. Not to make it stronger, but so I could buff it with lightning and really commit to the Nameless King build
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I heard that it’s useless outside of rykard fight
Thoughts?
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1.12 patch notes are incorrect for anyone who has not tested this. The speed of the crouch attack has been decreased, feels about the same as the colossal sword crouch R1 poke now. Much better in my opinion, now I won't feel like a sweatlord using this in PvP because it is an excellent weapon for a strength build.
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this will probably get patched out soon, it's time for madness throwing knife glitch that applies sleep,bleed and rot and can be glitched to shoot from a repeating crossbow
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Totally justified to pull this one against first step gankers
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Great to see ER reaching the degenerate glitch fest state in record time, faster than the other games.
Spamming bloodhound step on a thrusting sword then golem arrowing and after all else fails chainsaw is somehow considered ok or even a skill now in an invasion.
I know Er pvp is trash but this is cringe.
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Love how the spirit you encounter in the manor's hallway tells you he left his spear and then you find his corpse holding it, like he knew he at least could pass it on another hero, in hope to slay the devourer of worlds. Such an epic weapon
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I am questioning that maybe during Mesmir fight
This weapon can be used like rycard fight cus the weapon was originally made to hunt a different god then rycard
And
Seeing the latest cinematic you see mesmir use his fire
Like fire snakes
Also considering he has that double header snake
And
Rycard rancor is kinda the same its a explosion snake basically which would make sense
Couse rycard fused
His dead magic power together with the fire snake power
Which created a explosif snake
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Go out there and chainsaw some cheaters and lag lords. (Chainsaw some pve'rs while your at it)
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lowkey hope that when they patch out the exploit they brick the save files of people who used it, just wishful thinking
So you're telling me this is an actual weapon and not a chainsaw?
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ez low effort way to counter losers using this is any glintblade phalanx spell. cast and run then spam roll directly into them. the phalanx will proc and stagger them instantly.
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Imagine designing a weapon described as being used to hunt giant serpents, then designing a giant serpent for the second phase of your heavily marketed epic flippy anime man bossfight and forgetting this weapon even exists because only every single boss in the entire DLC should be allowed to attack from across the room
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