Why can't I use bloodhound Fang?

The Bloodhound's Fang is undoubtedly one of the most powerful weapons you can find in the early areas of Elden Ring. However, you may not be able to wield it straight from spawn. To use this weapon you will need 18 strength and 17 dexterity.
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How do you use the Bloodhound Fang?

The Bloodhound's Fang Default Weapon Skill is Bloodhound's Finesse: Slash upwards with the Bloodhound's Fang, using the momentum of the strike to perform a backwards somersault and gain some distance from foes. Follow up with a strong attack to perform the Bloodhund's Step attack.
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How do you equip ashes of war to bloodhound's fang?

You're not supposed to be able to apply ashes to Bloodhound Fang because it has a unique weapon art.
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What stats do you need to use the Bloodhound Fang?

The Bloodhound's Fang scales primarily with Strength and Dexterity and is a potent Weapon, capable of performing brutal melee attacks against enemies and immediately taking distance from them.
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Is Bloodhound's Fang still good?

Bloodhounds Fang is the 2nd best pure melee weapon in the game next to Serpent Hunter when you are a skilled melee player. Serpent Hunter is a strength weapon though. Now this changes dramatically if you are a less skilled player. Then lots of weapons become better than BloodHounds Fang.
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Bloodhound's Fang - Bloodhound's Step, but not Annoying! - Elden Ring Field Guides #short

Is Rivers of Blood better than Bloodhounds Fang?

BHF is a much heavier and slower attacking weapon. Besides, if you don't have any points in Arcane, RoB will have bad damage values. What's your Arcane stat at? Rivers of Blood gains damage from it (Both Physical and Fire), as well as applying more bleed per hit.
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Is the Nagakiba better than the Bloodhound Fang?

The Bloodhounds Fang has more raw damage output and decent innate bleed buildup, but if you wish to go for a dedicated bleed build, then a Blood-Infused Nagakiba will be your way to go. For PvE purposes both choices are great in their own rights though!
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Is strength or dexterity better for bloodhounds Fang?

The bloodhounds fang is one of the best dexterity weapons you can get early game in Eldon ring, and this Elden ring tutorial is going to allow you to get the most damage out of your weapon on your Elden ring playthrough.
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Why do Speedrunners use bloodhound's fang?

Bloodhound's Fang is one of the fastest weapons to beat the game. It is not even close to being one of the best PvE weapons. All Remembrance speedruns use Serpent-Hunter for the same reason. The weapon skill is spammed because it's a strong and useful attack, not just because the AI "can't do anything about it".
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Does bloodhounds fang scale with arcane?

The Bloodhound's Fang only scales with strength and dexterity, so arcane has no effect on it. Okay, cool! Thank you for all of the info. Arcane just increases the amount of bleed buildup per hit.
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Why does everyone use Bloodhound Fang?

This sword is known for its high damage output, versatility, and unique abilities, making it a favorite among players. But what makes Bloodhound Fang stand out is its bleed effect, a rare and powerful ability that sets it apart from other weapons in the game.
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What is the best Ash of War?

Elden Ring: 15 Best Ashes Of War, Ranked
  • 8 Carian Greatsword.
  • 7 Seppuku.
  • 6 Hoarah Loux's Earthshaker.
  • 5 The Glintblade Phalanx.
  • 4 Thunderbolt.
  • 3 Gravitas.
  • 2 Carian Grandeur.
  • 1 Bloody Slash.
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How do I equip bloodhound step?

Bloodhound's Step is an Ash of War in Elden Ring. Players can equip the Ash with all melee weapons that take Ash of Wars. It doesn't require any specific stat to be paired with a weapon. Fans can look at the skill as an enhanced Quickstep.
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What is the strongest weapon in Elden Ring?

A fantastic non-bleed option and arguably the strongest weapon in Elden Ring, the Blasphemous Blade has had the hearts of fans since the game launched. Scaling with Faith, Dexterity, and Strength, it also has built-in life steal, which is incredible against bosses with giant health bars.
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Is Bloodhound Fang an end game weapon?

Incredible weapon, going to stick to it for sure ! BHF is one of the weapons which will carry you until the very end of the game. There barely is any other weapon as trusty and effective as Bloodhound's Fang, given it's simple stat investment while dealing a single damage type.
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Is Bloodhound Fang a Dex weapon?

For this build, you'll need 18 Strength and 17 Dexterity to wield the Bloodhound's Fang. This will also allow you to use the Bloodhound Claws, which have a slightly lower requirement for each stat.
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Is Bloodhounds Fang good for PvP?

Bloodhound's Fang is one of Elden Ring's best PvP weapons that you can find fairly early in the game. This curved great sword is gained as a reward for defeating Bloodhound Knight Darriwil in a Limgrave evergaol.
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How do you use Bloodhound special ability?

When no enemies are around, Bloodhound can see White Ravens in the world, which can be interacted with to cause them to fly towards the nearest enemy. Scanning a White Raven will also activate it, and fully refunds the tactical charge.
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Is Bloodhound Fang a strength build?

It's a Quality Greatsword that lean's more towards Dex. Unfortunately you can't slap an ash of war on it due to it being a boss weapon so no infusions sadly but so long as you have a solid chunk of Dex it'll still be pretty damn strong on a Strength/Faith build.
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Can Bloodhounds Fang be upgraded?

Finally, the Bloodhound's Fang is a unique weapon. So, like every unique weapon in Elden Ring, it requires Somber Smithing Stones to upgrade.
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Can you change bloodhounds Fang scaling?

By changing an ash you can apply an affinity to alter the scaling to suit a build which otherwise would not use B-fang, to still get the moveset and other attack properties from it.
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Should I use bloodhounds fang?

Bloodhound fang is easily one of if not the best weapon in the game, it's a somber weapon so it can be upgraded quickly and easily, it has high scaling, bleed, a useful AoW, does good posture damage, reasonable stamina consumption and speed, does it still have the jump attack buff? decent range and it can be buffed.
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Is Moonveil Katana better than Bloodhound?

Moonveil is great, but it's ash of war costs too much FP. Bloodhounds bleeding combined with an extraordinarily good ash of war (back flip followed by a forward teleport strike) makes it useful in pretty much any situation.
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Is the Dragon scale blade good?

What makes the Dragonscale Blade exceptional is its rarity as one of only two weapons, the other being the Dragon Halberd, capable of dealing both Lightning damage and causing Frost. Although the Dragonscale Blade doesn't possess the almighty Bleed build-up, it compensates by inflicting both Lightning and Frost.
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What is the best pure dex katana in Elden Ring?

Of all the katanas in the game, the Uchigatana, Nagakiba, and Hand Of Malenia are the best for pure Dexterity builds.
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