Whips Guide
Whips Guide (in progress)
Below you'll find everything important to know about Short Whips.
In a Nutshell
Pros
- Many multi-hitting attacks with the ability to cause high damage.
- Several strong attacks that aim high by default.
- A highly-accurate, defense-penetrating forward snap technique.
Cons
- Many pre-requisites before being able to perform all maneuvers.
- Many attacks limited to humanoid opponents, meaning more difficult to train in easier hunting grounds.
- Unmastered Recovery means that fumbling may actually cause self-injury.
- No significant weapon blocks (other than coil block) means you must rely on shields & combat maneuvers for only 2 defensive layers.
Advice & Tips
- Ankle Trap to the moon.
- Flogging the Bull (Feinting) auto-aims high, making it a very strong support maneuver in a group.
Weapon Details
Speed
Weapon roundtime with outstanding speed (190+):
| Weapon Type | Most Attacks | Flick Strike & Short Entangle |
Sky Circle Rake |
|---|---|---|---|
| hair whip | 1 + MoS | 1 + MoS | 2 + MoS |
| short whip short whip with a retalq bit simple whip of soft leather |
2 + MoS | 1 + MoS | 2 + MoS |
| scale whip | 2 + MoS | 2 + MoS | 3 + MoS |
| short whip with a boison bit | 3 + MoS | 2 + MoS | 3 + MoS |
Raw Damage
In this damage ranking table, 1 is the best/highest raw damage. This ranking does not factor in critical hit frequency/quality. It simply ranks weapons based on the roll-over-success required to achieve the highest damage tier on an unarmored humanoid opponent.
| Damage Rank | Weapon(s) | Maximum Damage Tier (with 230 strength) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | short whip with a boison bit | 5 |
| 2 | scale whip | 5 |
| 3 | short whip with a retalq bit | 5 |
| 4 | short whip | 4 |
| 5 | hair whip | 3 |
| 6 | simple whip of soft leather | 3 |
Available Weapons Comparison
| Weapon | Weight | Source(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| a hair whip with a soft leather bit | ? | Usius (Practice Weapons) | training weapon / no damage |
| a simple whip of soft leather | 0.3 lbs | Llorona (Leather) Apecuia (Officium de Humanitas) |
|
| a hair whip | 1.8 lbs | Marius (Gladiator Weapons) | |
| a short whip | 3.0 lbs | Marius (Gladiator Weapons) BHC bandits |
|
| a scale whip | 1.8 lbs | Marius (Gladiator Weapons) | |
| a short whip with a boison bit | 2.5 lbs | Marius (Gladiator Weapons) | |
| a short whip with a retalq bit | 1.4 lbs | Fama (Retalq Weapons) |
Moves
Worthwhile
Less useful
Complementary Skill Sets
- Combat-Maneuvers is necessary for any weapon, but especially so for Whips due to being one of only two defensive layers.
- With no weapon blocks, Shields is also fundamental due to being one of only two defensive layers.
Complementary Traits
Miscellaneous
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