Dismounter as good as Bloodhound Fang

[Obi]

The dismounter was a very early drop for me and carried me all the way through Limgrave and Weeping Peninsula. Very solid weapon and particularly handy for mounted combat due to its wide swing. Later I found the Bloodhound Fang which is slightly better due to bleed effect but I found them entirely equivalent otherwise, the fang is slightly heavier though.

The fang has cool weapon art, but it cannot be replaced. While the dismounter can use many arts/ashes. One can probably say the dismounter is actually better because of this.

[squat_instructor]

Dismounter jumping R2 has way less range

[Bagg Boy (formerly Smoke)]

Originally posted by squat_instructor:

Dismounter jumping R2 has way less range

But it has the advantage of being pathetically easy to get.

[squat_instructor]

Plus Fang is a somber weapon so way more convenient to upgrade AND it's the rare case of a somber weapon that can be buffed

[MegaHurtz]

I too went this way - Dismounter then Bloodhound.

I find the Bloodhound Fang's weapon art really grew on me, the backflip retreat attack followed by the hound-charge attack is what I beat Malenia with.

Really useful and the fact you can aim the BF's attacks towards new targets mid combo if not locked on is great fun. Plus those 2 attacks do great damage.

Also it scales with Arc, at 50 Str, 50 Dex, 20 Arc I have 800+ dmg, my favorite weapon in the game so far.

[Dollmaker]

I mean the Fang is better if you like its skill, plus it can be buffed, something rare for somber weapons, but if you want a different skill then yeah Dismounter is better.

[Freak4Leeks]

Originally posted by Hoarah Loux, Warrior:

But it has the advantage of being pathetically easy to get.

to be fair so is the bloodhound fang you can parry darriwil to death pretty easy due to his long wind ups and even if you suck at parrying blaidd is a summon for it and you can sit back and watch him destroy darriwil

[Bagg Boy (formerly Smoke)]

Originally posted by Freak4Leeks:

Originally posted by Hoarah Loux, Warrior:

But it has the advantage of being pathetically easy to get.

to be fair so is the bloodhound fang you can parry darriwil to death pretty easy due to his long wind ups and even if you suck at parrying blaidd is a summon for it and you can sit back and watch him destroy darriwil

Yeah, but Darriwil is a boss, and the Bloodhound Knight enemy types are a little dangerous, even with parries. The enemies that drop the Dismounter do next to nothing. They are jokes in comparison.

[Amereth]

Bloodhound fang is the worst coolest weapon ever. You really want that thing to work, but half the time that desire is going to kill you.

amazing weapon... if you seek to die while looking royally badass.