1 and Bloodletter would be nr. The Bowblade is an interesting one because its two modes are so different from one another. You are also able to get the best damage out of the Axe, if that is your forte. 2% physical attack gems, all offensive stats at 50, and on NG+9 against the. Found in Old Yharnam, below a broken staircase in the second building you can enter. But well worth it. You can either put some extra points in strength to use the Bloodletter so as to mix combat up a bit in case you get bored of always using the Chikage or put enough points in skill to reach the softcap so as to bolster your visceral attacks in. Best weapon is whatever you feel most comfortable using. The only disadvantage would be its low vitality. Cursed Te. 1. 8%) boost in Bowblade damage and a 5. Bloodtinge scales damage for guns and bloodtinge weapons (Chikage, Bowblade, Reiterpallash, Bloodletter). This build will be used for story co-op (first half of the game). Professional Usefulness Score 83/100. 13 Great Lake. 12- Vicar Amelia: Nothing to say here, is just a standard beast fight, not hard. (i. Chikage build. -You can now Build Chikage to be +10 with 2 +18% gems and a +21% Bloodtinge, making it really strong. All these decisions feel overwhelming, but you pick an origin with the highest level in the category you’re building for when selecting an origin. BL: 75 Your first playthrough of Bloodborne is a special one and should be one that allows you to be competitive without dominating the PvE. First Playthrough - “The Beginner”. 2% Physical): pwmf22gu (boss at layer 1)- If you don't meet requirements, try this. Focus on Strength and Skill first as physical attack carries over to the Transformed version and will always do more damage. You can pretty safely cheese Simon after accessing the first shortcut, although it will be somewhat time-consuming. Its initial anime-style draw deals tremendous damage. Here are the glyphs for farming the best gems for Lost Chikage:Radial (27. Well for the bow it's basically Lost Bowblade + Blood Atk Up gems vs. The Kirkhammer is one of the coolest weapons in Bloodborne. -You can now Build Chikage to be +10 with 2 +18% gems and a +21% Bloodtinge, making it really strong. I’m kind of confused about the scaling / gems. If you don't have a level cap in mind or you're willing to go higher,. First, Chikage requires that you have at least 14 skill, which is a blessing in that the damage from whatever skill weapon you use prior won't suffer substantially, but a curse in that those are points which you can't dedicate to bloodtinge. If you're a Bloodtinge Build, might as well farm for the best Bloodtinge Gem instead of 27. Arcane – 6. How to get essential items for a powerful bloodtinge build is depending on you. Pros: Most unique move set. A pure Arcane build wouldnt use those weapons (except maybe the Tonitrus for early Bolt damage). Step by step guide on how to beat bloodborne with nothing but pure blood damage, but without equiping a weapon in yo. For a bloodtinge build you can either do: Skill (25)/Bloodtinge (50) -- and go with chikage and/or simons bowblade. The ULTIMATE Kin / Beast Hunter Gems Guide ️ best To. When I originally started out, I thought I was going to use all 3 Beast Runes. Namely Chikage and Evelyn. Try it. Engiocsag Rehtaf: Mhazard: Military Veteran : Level 26: A low level Cannon build with all three Formless Oedon runes equipped, capable of firing cannon for up to four times. Skill: 20. it's great in both forms so i don't really care, and since the transformation burns HP you. Which is arguably the best pistol for a bloodtinge build, so that's 2 birds with 1 stone. Loch Shield. The fact that this weapon is found in what is arguably one of the best areas of the game is enough of a plus. There's a +21. 6. it works great on both of them. But I think, that's not a good idea for a first build. I've found decent sized gems with 10-12 rapid poison on them as level 15 gems, but only in the deepest of pthumera dungeons. Most enemies have low resistance to Blood damage) Skill has visceral damage. Now, it will take longer to farm for gems if you go heavily into the pure Bloodtinge build aspect. At Lv 120, 50/25/14/25/50/06 is the best way to build BLT: Phys% Chikage, Blood% Bow, Blood% Letter and a Blood% Evelyn. As for your build, I usually make BL150s, so I'd go for 50 VIT/40 END/10 STR/40 SKL/40 BT/20 ARC, but you can always reduce END by 20 and SKL/BT by 5 each if you want to stay down at BL120. 10. Now you can use low-scaling (but very strong) strength weapons (such as the axe), cannon. It has a B scaling in skill and a S scaling in bloodtinge. ago. As for the chikage, the stats are split between Skill and Bloodtinge. " "Foreign-made weapon wielded by the royal guards who protect Annalise, Queen of the Vilebloods at Cainhurst Castle. D. Boards. I just did some searching on my gems, and some have an additional effect of adding +1 or +2 health regen which I did find in dungeons and can be slotted in to right handed weapons. This glyphs give you access to lost chikage whic. That's about all you'll find "early in the game" that are viable for a BT build. • 8 yr. A build focusing on bloodtinge or skill based weapons, the evelyn and chikage are very strong with this build, with the burial blade being a strong choice as well. The Chikage normally is a Katana that scales with the Skill stat. - Pick up and upgrade the Saw Spear from the beginning until you get the Chikage. Arcane and to a lesser extent BT can be incremented to become more powerful past the hard cap (50). Rakuyo Description "Hunter weapon wielded by Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower. . Kill Cleric Beast. The Best Arcane Hunter Tools. Quite powerful. 3 Hunter. If you want to complete your build early you may choose to find some chalice dungeons and get op blood gems, farm echoes and get items for your build. Chikage in untransformed mode only scales off skill, in transfromed only scales off bloodtinge, all attacks are buffed buy +physical% gems. Best places to farm gems are fetid/cursed depth 5 dungeons, primarily Phtumeru Ithyl root and Lower Loran root. Chikage is the closest thing to a bleed weapon, it has innate 30 Rapid Poison and Rapid Poison acts like bleed in Dark Souls, when it procs the enemy loses a chunk of its health. The best would be 50 or even 60. Anyone help me out with a build that would work well with it, also any ideas on suitable weapons to use with the build before. The third pure build is the vitality + arcane build. They allow 3 27. ) So, the Chikage. The Beginner Build. I find on my NG+ Chikage build (50 BT/40 SK) that blood up gems that have high % ups (like +30%) are usually better than phys gems of caliber just below (like +25%) because the transformed form is what you're gonna be using most of. Yet, there is one tool that is above the rest, and one worthy of its build for being. Try it. If you are doing any kind of SKL/BT hybrid or plan to use Chikage one handed then you'd probably be better with the standard one. Build Equipment. Chikage has decent range and a solid moveset and it's transformed R2 (though costing health) has a downright bloody ridiculous attack modifier. Saw Spear/Saw Cleaver (Highest DPS in the game but the weapon itself gets very bland with its moveset) 6. Same as un7jx5px. It reduces fall damage to 0 and gives you +100 Beasthood. DJ_0000 7 years ago #2. Lost for maximizing damage with the bow form. Castle cainhurst also holds Evelyn. I was making a bloodtinge pvp build, but I noticed that this build also rocks in pve. The 50 Vit / 50BT build is excusively a mindless, pure R1 mash build. I have a BL43 tinge 'build' with 50BLT and 31. It’s an awesome weapon once you get the hang of it. Hell0_W0rld5 • 5 mo. Level 90 will allow you to invade the most often throughout the nightmare areas, Cainhurst, and now the DLc areas. So I’m working on a build inspired by Trevor Belmont from Castlevania, any ideas for weapons/armor? I’m thinking about using the charred hunter set but I’m not 100% sure what to go with. Second, Chikage only makes use of your skill. The stats are evenly distributed, making it easier to go. Bloodtinge Chikage. You have to farm off shaped bloodtinge blood gems though and that takes hours even with all the eye runes. Reply Replies (1) 71 +1. It really depends on if you want to use. The Bloodletter is a heavier weapon, but oddly has lower damage per hit than the Chikage. If you do, follow the build advice from u/MyHeartsMistakes or u/n00exec. Transformed Mode: The Chikage's transformed mode is for those who like to live on the edge. Nuff said 1 Ithmari ·. 25 SKL will give the normal mode some decent damage and it'll also give your viscerals some oomph. GameStop Moderna Pfizer Johnson & Johnson AstraZeneca Walgreens Best Buy Novavax SpaceX Tesla. 6%) boost in the Chikage. Chikage is one of the other Bloodborne weapons that will be made available after joining the Cainhurst Vilebloods covenant. "Chikage has inherit poison build up making it lethal. But when restricting yourself to a BL120 built (50/32/16/16/50/6) Chikage has the absolute best DPS of any weapon I have found both for PvP and PvE; without use of pellets. Business, Economics, and Finance. Lost chikage has a circle slot, so you can plug a firearm and your lost Chikage with the damp bloodgems to greatly slow the effect of the Chikage. 1. Quality is recommended for beginners since they're straightforward and give a lot of weapon variety. Role-playing video games are possibly the most practical gamer genre of all. Reply Replies (1) 6 +1. [deleted] • 5 yr. Like what I said before, its normal mode will only scale the skill stat while its blood mode will only use bloodtinge stat. The Tonitrus is designed for Kinhunter's blood gems. Seriously. Bloodtinge Gemstone is a material Item in Bloodborne. Cainhurst Vilebloods is a covenant in Bloodborne. Plain Isz chalice, with easy bosses, that is exceptionally rich in ritual materials. Use Beast Blood Pellets and relevant elemental buffs to back up one of the highest DPS weapons in the game; the gems for it are relatively easy to get. chikage, bloodletter, and the bowblade are the true. Not. One of the best Bloodtinge weapons in the game is the Chikage. By the time you fight logarius your build can look like this: Vit 20, End 15, Skl 15, Bld 30 (no points into anything else). Most enemies don't even have a chance to get close to you before you finish them off. Fun moveset and excellent for bloodtinge builds. Thereafter you get bloodtinge to 50 asap and proceed to delete bosses. OoS sexy, but i prefer to keep my sanity. Hunter’s Axe (Spinning attack is the only reason why it’s on my list) 8. You also can live with 20 endurance and throw that into bloodtinge too. In it's normal phase it scales ONLY with skill and transformed scales ONLY with Bloodtinge. I just did a speed run in ng+3 and my chikage destroyed all the bosses. (A 14 SKL/50 BLT Chikage build has all kinds of choices. The Holy Moonlight Sword is one of the best Bloodborne weapons for mixed Arcane builds. Bloodborne. But I think the most fun for me was SKL. Get the Rakuyo and you'll be doing tons of damage, and your visceral attacks will be insane. They scale with Skill only in untransformed mode, and with Bloodtinge only in transformed (2-handed) mode. It is wielded by Brador and is part of The Old Hunters DLC. I really just gotta say every single weapon in bloodborne is good it’s all. 99 new GameStop. The saw cleaver might have. Visceral Attacks restore 300 HP. e. For gems you'll want anything that increases Phys ATK UP. CryptoSimon’s Bowblade build. Quality has versatility in weapons. I only use the ranged Bowblade, as this build only has 25 skill. Vitality and Endurance are also important to this build (like many builds), so you should have a good number of both. Frankly, with 50 SKL/25 BLT, the Chikage is not going to be an ideal choice. 50 is the second softcap for all weapon stats, so I'd stop there unless there's absolutely nothing else you want to level. Go to bloodborne r. You are also able to get the best damage out of the Axe, if that is your forte. For the top position, we have a build that is a cross between a meme build and a hyper-damage build. It has a B scaling in skill and a S scaling in bloodtinge. Without further ado, let’s discuss the top 10 Bloodborne builds that’ll make you a monster in PvE and PvP settings. Simply get 2 Physical Radial Gems, and 1 Circle Bloodtinge Gem (I farmed for a Stamina Cost increase curse on all of my gems). Unfortunately the clinic skip doesn't work anymore, but. Radial. The best and most enjoyable Skill weapon in the game. But you’ll want to get more hp to offset the hp penalty, which is why you want 50 vitality eventually. The Chikage is a Trick Weapon in Bloodborne. It was a lot of work, so I hope you. The Chikage and the Bloodletter are the two best Bloodtinge-scaling weapons in Bloodborne. For PvP find ones with -atk vs beast or kin since it won't matter. The Blade of Mercy was originally named as "Warped Twinblades" during the Alpha test, and it was the tool of choice for the "agile" hunter. The Kirkhammer is one of the coolest weapons in Bloodborne. Skill boosts the power of faster weapons such as katanas and rapiers. is the real-life alternate name for an iron meteorite, and it seems to be the reason why arcane power. Don't make that mistake again when you create a Bloodborne Chikage Build! 💡 Watch this video for more Chikage mechanics infos ️. Bloodborne Weapons bloodletter Chikage. You get insane damage with chikage fully gemmed but it's not a weapon that's particularly fun to use imo. Chikage Analysis: Means A Thousand Vistas in Japanese; Pronounced, Key,Ka,Ge; Stronger when bloodied, yet drains players health. There's a reason why the Saw Cleaver has been featured so heavily in Bloodborne's marketing — it's easily the best starting weapon by a country mile, scales nicely with most builds, and has a. Just a small curiosity: Should I be eating a Beast Pellet for bosses to take them down faster or that's really unnecessary with Chikage? [ANSWERED: BBP only boosts Physical DMG, and in 2H mode Chikage deals Blood DMG. For Bloodborne on the PlayStation 4, a GameFAQs message board topic titled "Best 120 Build in the game". A_Good_Hunter. Because of this, you'll either want to focus on one of these stats primarily, or level them both equally. 120. Many chikage users I face are real easy to parry since they keep pressing that spam. The Chikage continuously drains your health in its transformed state, which can kill you if attention is. Skill Rakuyo. Glyph: kwnp6g7i first bonus area. Like the Chikage, it saps the hunter's health in. DJ_0000 7 years ago #2. Why? You access most weapons in the game, particularly the best ones and get very good scaling off of both stats. This build is amazing for PvE and pretty good for PvP 50 BT is basically a staple for Chikage builds since the transformed mode is where it shines. GameStop Moderna Pfizer Johnson & Johnson AstraZeneca Walgreens Best Buy Novavax SpaceX Tesla. Bloodtinge gems top out at 31. Those tools can be very handy and exploiting elemental weaknesses is a good way to dish out damage. You learn to skillfully dodge around your target and carefully select just the right moment to unleash massive amounts of damage, either via tricked Chikage or BMA Evelyn shot. All are +10. Holy Moonlight Sword guide with all stats, location, upgrades, lore, and tips. 45 bloodtinge, 45 skill, 50 vitality, 40 endurance. It depends on what level you intend to stop at. 2% gems in each slot. Executioner’s Gloves. A build following this guideline allows you to use your chikage to the best of its capabilities, the reason why you shouldn't increase skill is that you want to deal damage while using it in L1 mode, L1 mode doesn't scale with skill but with bloodtinge. TR Chikage, TR Reiterpallasch, TR Rifle Spear & Evelyn/Repeating Pistol: Bloodtinge / Skill Hybrid: Lone Survivor: 50: 17: 11: 25: 50: 7: 110: Chikage, Reiterpallasch, Rifle Spear, flat arcane BoM & Evelyn/Repeating Pistol: Arcane Based: Arcane Quality:. The best setup for the Rakuyo is one cursed heavy abyssal gem (+65, +15, -stamina) and two cursed 27. The player is fighting Beasts and Cosmic beings while. But I think the best weapon is the Saw Cleaver. 4. Kirkhammer is str, tonitrus is str, axe is str. I've made a fair few builds on the game and I can honestly say that the BT build was my favourite. Go to r/tombprospectors, look up the Lost Chikage early glyph, dump all your stats in BLT and grind some gems. Bloodborne: 11 Best Builds, Ranked 11 Saw Cleaver Strength Build. Bloodborne 's Trick Weapons. I run the highest iteration of anti-clockwise and clockwise metamorphosis along with clawmark(30%). Skill and Bloodtinge build is the best you can do for PVP. That way you get to use both modes of the weapon well and you get good viscerals as a bonus. The main aim here is to use the Cannon and a Chikage, while trying to one-shot the opponents you invade, and if they don’t die, you finish them off with a high-damage Chikage. Sort of, the best damaging gems that don't go into Fools / Poorman's gems are 2 27. For a great SKL/BLT build, go Noble Scion, 43/8/10/50/50/9. Trick Weapon: Threaded Cane (early game. They allow 3 27. 10 Threaded Cane Skill Build. Transformed, it will use your bloodtinge stat and deal it as blood damage. Notes: This build doesn’t stop. It deals great damage and it's rather quick. Those gems tend to all enhance bloodtinge damage and scaling, so it may be pretty strong for a bloodtinge build. 1. The best offensive Hunter Tool is A Call Beyond, a huge explosion of homing stardust that seeks out enemies. It does about 1500damage to ebrietas with a charged R2 and like 6-800 with an R1. 5 on it. This is the fastest way to get chikage in bloodborne. 16. Skill - I really wanted this build to be my go to. RELATED: Bloodborne: How To Make An Overpowered Hunter. This weapon offers a unique combat style and has been the centerpiece of many a Bloodtinge build. 120. it's a skill weapon first and foremost that just happens to have a gun in it. But it requires you to beat some pretty tough optional bosses and go through one of my least favorite areas in the game. BL 544Thumbnail by ems-eme, DeviantArt. aladore384 5 years ago #1. i also use the bloodletter on my bloodtinge build with 50 bt, 36 skl. 60GHz - 16GB Memory - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q. Sold by the Bath Messengers for 50,000 Blood Echoes after obtaining the Cainhurst Badge. Logarius Wheel (A fucking wheel shouldn’t be a weapon and this is why) 9. ago What is the best Chikage build? I am doing a new run for Return to Yharnam 15 8 comments Add a Comment [deleted] • 4 yr. The Chikage is the flavor of the month right now. I found it very rewarding to play. 8. Infinite Cannon. Hope this helps. In the early game, the weapons do not scale well with Bloodtinge, and the Chikage is one of the few right-handed weapon options that will be left with you. r/bloodborne. Overview. Like what I said before, its normal mode will only scale the skill stat while its blood mode will only use bloodtinge stat. 6% blood damage, that's the best chikage gem I've found so far, but you can only get one per playthrough. I tend to switch to saw spear for fast bosses though. Created by Azure__Wolf. I don't run a straight BT build with it. It's actually best to pick the starting class with the lowest of the stats you don't want. Final stats will probably be 50 vit 25 end 10 str 14 skill 50 bloodtinge, though you can redirect some points to skill if you want more flexibility with the Chikage. Plus if you only use blood form it gets super dull and easy to parry. 19 Kirkhammer. Beast Cutter is a Trick Weapon in Bloodborne. Not meant to be a showcase of gaming. I also listed the Lost chikage which has a bloodstone slot for higher bloodtinge. At the top of the list, we have what I consider to be the most fun build you can make in Bloodborne. Tempering gems top out at 27. Sanan_The_Man • 6 yr. Using the regular Chikage. 2 and a 31. The Tomb Prospector Set and the Bone Ash Set seem to have the stats that would best suit the needs of this build. Chikage. For a Chikage build you're gonna eventually want 25 Skill and 50 BT to get the most damage out of the Chikage's transformed mode. B. You would be missing out on quite a bit of blood damage though, as you can get 31. With the one gem instead of 3 it would Obv be lower but you can see what I'm getting at. Chikage is one of the Bloodborne weapons that have the most moves. The following guide is the result of broken PS4 pads, bruised thumbs, written with bloodied fingers from writers whose. Current build is 50 vit 20 end 25 skl 13 bloodtinge 10 str 7 arcane. Arcane: C. It has a B scaling in skill and a S scaling in bloodtinge. But 2h is where the real damage is. - Pick up and upgrade the Saw Spear from the beginning until you get the Chikage. Try to amp up your skills, health, and stamina (before the bloodtinge begins) until you stumble upon the Chikage. Lone Survivor only wasted 8 points, which is the least of any class. Bloodborne Chikage Build. Bloodborne wiki: Weapons, Armor, Classes, Items, Locations, Secrets, Gestures, Walkthroughs, and Maps. The Chikage and the Bloodletter are the two best Bloodtinge-scaling weapons in Bloodborne. You can have some fun with things like the Bowblade and Chikage as well with 50 skill and bloodtinge. My chikage build has 15 skill since it inly affects one handed stance. Simon's Bowblade with gems that boost either charged attacks or increase attack based on HP. If you are going to do it keep leveling up skill till you get the Chikage then start dumping into bloodtinge, that way you will still do pretty good damage with saw spear (scales better with skill than. Most bloodtinge builds players go for are hybrid str or skill blt builds usually strating with pumping str or skill to 25 and then bloodtinge to 50. Quality Beast Blood Pellets. Dropped by Rom, the Vacuous Spider. 17 Sep 2017 21:34 . I used the cane until I got chikage. A common theme that most of Bloodborne’s best weapons share is. It's your call, do you want to spend AT LEAST 10 hours farming? sofritasfiend • 6 yr. Cannon is kind of overrated. i use the bloodletter on my strength build with 50 str, 40 bt. Ever. it works great on both of them. And I focused on health over endurance because its a bit of a glass cannon build. . Lost is best because of the circular slot for a bloodtinge gem, normal is better for both versions. In Bloodborne, your character has different stats that can be increased when you level up. . It's very good, but it isn't best DPS. This build is best suited for those looking to utilize heavy offensive melee combat and want to be able to soak some damage and utilize the Regain mechanic. ago. Which one is best for you depends heavily on. I'm looking for recommendations on which stats to upgrade, I'm trying to play this play through differently, on my first one I mainly used Ludwig's. Let's break down this masterpiece. For PvP find ones with -atk vs beast or kin since it won't matter. It’s lesser in every category compared to the chikage. Without further ado, let’s discuss the top 10 Bloodborne builds that’ll make you a monster in PvE and PvP settings. All these decisions feel overwhelming, but you pick an origin with the highest level in the category you’re building for when selecting an origin. You can cheese him with Evelyn-Grab all the blood chunks in the Mergo's Loft-Grab the blood rock and awesome gems laying around mother brain. Which makes it easier to fit in gems that raise blood damage. I like rifle spear a lot for the charge attack. Radial Physical UP by 27. The Chikage is a katana that drains the player's health when transformed in exchange for pure Bloodtinge damage and to have a Rapid Poison effect on it. This page was created with data and visualization provided by Xarius478 - make sure to thank him profusely for his great work! All tests were run with weapons at +10, three 27. Rakuyo. Level up to 30 strength, put points into vitality and endurance, and faceroll the game with hunter's axe until you reach cainhurst and get chikage. Seems like a pretty good deal to me either way. Bloodborne Chikage Build: DON'T Make That MISTAKE. RELATED: Bloodborne: Best PvE Weapons, Ranked Firstly, to obtain the Chikage, one must have Cainhurst. Only rush in if you are sure of your abilities. Ludwig's Blade and saw cleaver are quality. Rapid Poison functions similarly to Bleed in Elden Ring - the bar fills up and then a chunk of damage is applied. The stats are 60 vitality, 20 energy, 50 strenght, 50 skill, 9 bloodtinge and 15 arcane. The Threaded Cane is one of my personal favorites because it deals both holy and serrated damage. Doing my first run with it and definitly got its pros and cons. This starts to feel right once you get used to it. Tontrius, Boom Hammer, Logarious Wheel and Holy Moonlight Sword are all great weapons. Edit: As for not knowing anything about bloodtinge. - Pick Professional starting class. Which will open up the Chikage, (which transformed, scales with bloodtinge, and normal mode, scales with skill), Simon's bow (same), but also a bunch of guns. 25 skill for juicy visceral attack and not transformed chikage as well as Simon's bowblade scaling for when I assist people. Also it is comically powerful against Wet Nurse with the right build. With this rune equipped. 10. Run a skill build using a cleaver or spear until you can get chikage. Mine is 50/50 Skill/BT. It is available in the Cainhurst Castle for 50, 000 Blood Echoes. It lasted me the whole way, but I pumped up skill a bit so the chikage wasn't useless when not 2-handed so the cane made sense. Bloodtinge also increases your pistol damage, so you can just dump that stat and blast enemies away, even if your melee weapon isn't "optimal". Can't use Bloodletter or Bow. You can go pure strength + vitality. Bloodborne Pure Blood Damage Only Guide. The "meta" level for PVP is 120, this build would bring you to Blood Level 111. Then you got a few gun hybrids and bt weapons that take a bit more Stat investment. Chikage (Not fan of getting my hp continuously drained) 7. Lost Chikage is the best one. The Chikage is one of the few weapons in Bloodborne that scales with Bloodtinge, and this weapon makes pure Bloodtinge builds viable. 50 BT is basically a staple for Chikage builds since the transformed mode is where it shines. Chikage is a monster with a lot of bloodtinge. Yes, it is very good, especially at 50BT and max gems (this means getting the lost variant in the chalices and using a 31. Combine the two and Arcane's the best solo offensive stat investment. The way my build… Advertisement. I created this Chikage deep review in order to highlight that physical stats and most particularly skill matter. The transformed mode has a good mixture of vertical and horizontal attacks. Rarity isn't everything, and Bloodborne's Bolt Paper and Fire Paper prove to be some of the most useful consumables in the game. Strength and skill are for the more advanced player. Animals and Pets Anime Art Cars and Motor Vehicles Crafts and DIY Culture, Race,. 6% (10. Extra in strength if you want to use bloodletter. 2H R1s have great DPS with the right build admittedly, but if you think it breaks the game and lets you breeze through it you're mistaken. The Chikage and Bloodletter have two melee modes, so it's easy for a player maining one to use them in transformed mode only on a Bloodtinge build, and to use the Lost versions to get a circle slot and use Bloodtinge gems to maximize their damage. So I've overleveled my arcane character to 170 as I bumped skill up to use the rakuyo. If you really want to drive yourself bat shit crazy for the best gems, you can farm y592byza and naapatbx for out of shape bloodtinge gems for the best possible chikage blood attack. 2% phys radial + 1x 31. So you always wanna use the transformed mode and use Blood attack up gem with lost chikage.