Why you should use the Threaded Cane in Bloodborne

Hunters need less swag, and more Class.
Basically a Skill Build, with a little sprinkle of Arcane for the Memes.
If you have any questions about the build or gems used, feel free to ask in the comments.
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Escape from the City (Metal Cover) - LittleVMills
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[@lottji]

Tbh there really aren't any bad weapons in bloodborne so long as you know how to use it and get a build going around it

[@ashrunzeda4099]

Yeah, the effectiveness of the weapon depends on the playstyle of the player. I only found two weapons that didn't suit me, and both are Ludwig's weapons (LHB and HMS).

[@7atmalj]

@@ashrunzeda4099 bruh Her/his majesty’s ship (according to google) is not a weapon

[@Skablin_]

@@7atmalj Holy Moonlight Sword from the DLC, you get it after the first boss. Who I still haven't beaten btw lol

[@SharksFuneral]

if i’m building the skill stat what weapons should i be using ?

[@ConnerFoxall]

@@SharksFuneralthreaded cane, saw spear, burial blade, blades of mercy, rakuyo and stake driver. If your levelling blood tinge as well then Chikage, simons bow blade are also very good options

[@Hepa0tus]

Finally, justice for the weapon i picked on my very first run of Bloodborne

[@doomcrab]

That Orphan parry, man, what a king

[@oleg4209]

I mean I defeated orphan of Kos with mostly parries, so....

[@whosjohncorzine]

@oleg4209 Damn, what's crazy about that is, no one asked

[@doomcrab]

@@whosjohncorzine ohhhh... Now thats what a call THE Damage

[@GURGLEGUY12345]

Never thought watching someone play the _Bloodborne_ DLC would be my first exposure to a cover of _City Escape._

[@authaire]

no shit lmfao

[@couliseaux]

Transformed the cane yields the highest visceral damage. Just did a skill/bloodtinge playthrough and it rocked with all three clawmark runes.

[@GURGLEGUY12345]

That was actually my first build. Sans the Clawmark Runes. Though I may have used them for the final fights...?

[@couliseaux]

@@ZoeBateman TBF I usually test my damage output on scourge beast in one of my farming spots. That would make a difference.

[@joels5150]

visceral damage is totally independent of weapon damage. It’s solely determined by your skill attribute/applicable runes Your initial thrust damage is based on the weapon you’re using. You can test it by having no R2 weapon (bare-hand, like you start the game) and just doing backstabs that way. The visceral damage will be constant based on the enemy.

[@Phurzt]

​@@ZoeBatemanactually, it does matter which form you use, as with the transformed whip form, not only do you get a serrated bonus, you also get a 15% skill scaling increase, meaning you do more visceral damage in whip form over cane form.

[@Phurzt]

@@ZoeBateman yes that is how serrated damage works

[@joels5150]

I’m doing a Chikage run, a Blade of Mercy run, a heavy Bloodtinge run, an Arcane run, A Strength run, and I’ve ultimately come to the conclusion that the Threaded Cane is perfectly balanced, as all things should be 💪 Also, it’s the only proper weapon if you want to play Bloodbornevania, which I absolutely do want to do a lot.

[@Bapfel_Editz]

Have you completed every run?

[@HellCat_Kenny]

Started with the cane and did not regret it, it’s a fantastic weapon. A little slow on the draw but if you play with that in mind it’s really great in pve and pvp. It’s also the only weapon iirc that has both serration and righteous attributes, the whip being serrated and the cane being righteous ofc.

[@tytar1037]

I just like skill builds and one handed weapons because I LOVE parrying. I’ve gotten pretty good at. I can basically parry lock Lady Maria. Most fun for me! The cane fits that perfectly.

[@gibsonananias3076]

I prefer to fight maria with a two handed weapon, because using parry is too easy

[@_You_Are_Not_Him_]

​@@gibsonananias3076 first time I played the game I got good at parrying so by the time I got to maria she seemed like the easiest boss in the game. Just parry tf out of her.

[@Chris-xs3vu]

How the hell did you play this game without a lantern

[@xlumxsy5082]

There's a lantern?

[@bikillni7560]

I played through the game at least 3 times before I realized there was a lantern

[@user-gp5ce4ns4j]

I play without a lantern and put the brightness all the way down. I find it makes the game look much better.

[@xlumxsy5082]

@@user-gp5ce4ns4j I thought I was the only one

[@omarghanem8743]

@@user-gp5ce4ns4j you are stupid then

[@occultnightingale1106]

The Threaded Cane is, in my estimation (from over 2100 hours of play), the best weapon in Bloodborne. It's faster than most weapons even in whip form, has access both to the Holy Damage modifier and the Serrated Damage modifier, scales mostly off of Skill, which both increases its Visceral Attack potential *and* means that it can be enhanced to ridiculous damage levels with a Heavy Abyssal Blood Gem, and its moveset is by far the most versatile of any weapon. It's got crowd control, single-target range, hits around corners and through walls, its basic attacks are wide and sweeping enough to catch dodging enemies, its heavy Whip attacks have surprisingly good stagger potential at a decent range, and its transform attacks deal excellent damage while also switching to a more-needed form at the time. Most other weapons have at least some of these benefits, but no weapon has *all of them.* The one drawback to using the Threaded Cane is that it's not the best option for a first playthrough during the early game, because it takes a while for its scaling and Blood Gems to catch up with the other starting weapons, but other than that, it pretty much has no downside.

[@Legacysong2012]

I agree with most of this, and have to add something. Starting with the addition, you don’t even mention that the serrated form is great against a large portion of enemies and bosses, and then when you add fire paper, oh god. This is why I don’t agree with all you said, because the Threaded Cane is actually EXCELLENT for a first playthrough in early game. The whip is so damn good to take out the hordes in that first area, and this weapon shreds apart Cleric Beast, and Gascoigne.

[@hugmuun]

The thing about the threade cane is it requires the most stat investment of the 3 starting weapons but when you get 50 50 strength and skill the cane outpreforms the axe and the cleaver by a mile

[@Legacysong2012]

It doesn’t take that much stat investment

[@MsYunaFires]

Wait, strength? I've only been building skill/stamina/vitality.. Just beat Vicar Amelia, and I'm like lvl 50ish 😅

[@Legacysong2012]

@@MsYunaFires naw, don’t really need strength unless you need it for your secondary weapon. I invest just enough stats to wield the LHB as my secondary, everything else goes into Skill, Vitality, and Endurance. You dominate most bosses and enemies

[@alfienade6738]

number one reason to use the cane, the transform from whip form to cane form, with the top hat, hunting like a true gentleman

[@dotone732]

Item description wise it has always been the best for me. Maintain that humanity by looking fresh

[@stevos7111]

The fire whip is so badass.

[@chronophobia1337]

That's a sub and like right here! Brilliant fights and cool montage. Loved the part with "that moment" on Kos and right after that BOOM! Parry. Beautiful, absolutely.

[@j4ym2]

Thanks for the video :) I love the editing it makes me crack up your amazing sound design :D

[@xxzmaster04xx29]

I was thinking about doing a run with the threaded cane. Now I'm doing it.

[@BigBadBalrog]

I don't have much to say, but that was bloody brilliant and I want you to have this small piece of engagement

[@Shin_Animations16]

Your editing is great, I can’t get over it It make *laugh*

[@matthewfera2954]

The Tidus/Tower Knight mash when you did the emote at 0:37 was amazing. Still laughing.

[@Fiqhting]

phenomenal

[@connormcconnell7805]

When it's giant grotesque beasts use the whip because it's serrated

[@From_A_Diverging_Timeline]

Doing my first playthrough. Using the threaded cane. I like the poke charged attack and also like the range on the whip. Great for groups. I tried the saw cleaver and didn't like it that much. Even tho everyone says it's the best starter weapon. Awesome videos man you deserve more subs.

[@amazonbox8717]

Cleaver is probably the worst. It gets pretty much instantly outclassed by the saw spear and the other starters have better crowd control

[@thelonelyranger2112]

Cleaver might be outclassed by many other weapons but L1 transformed attacks are shredding (specially if the enemy decides to stand still) It also consumes the same stamina as fists (correct if im wrong) and has more moves when charging transformed R2

[@degenerate8802]

​@@amazonbox8717The saw cleaver and spear are one of the best weapons in the game. What are you on about?

[@amazonbox8717]

@@degenerate8802 I'm saying the saw spear is better than the cleaver and you get it almost immediately, so getting cane for holy damage or axe crowd control is better

[@user-cs6vw9ye3r]

if the enemy staggered, i suggest switch cane into whip form before visceral attackit does more damage than the cane form

[@Legacysong2012]

And if it is a boss, don’t forget either fire paper or fire gems

[@lucas-ml2ey]

A parry lover myself, this weapon is just my soul mate in a skill/tinge build along side evelyn, pimp cane for life

[@hussainalkhatem299]

Justice for the cane. I picked and used it up until new game +7

[@jimmydejesus5921]

wowee this was very john bloodborne of you

[@Steven_Bo1]

1:35 LMAOOO the Earl Sweatshirt “don’t care” 😂😂😂

[@MrGrunja]

Bloodborne was my first souls game and at the beginning I used a strength build with Ludwig's blade. Hated it and dropped the game. Afterwards I have decided to give it another shot and went for the threaded cane, going for a dex+bloodtinge build. I have platinumed it (and all souls afterwards, except Sekiro I confess). I think it is fantastic from crowd control as it allows to keep enemies at a distance, which for certain chalice dungeons (in particular those with the bell women) it is fundamental to survive. I think it is a fantastic pve weapon (although I have used Chikage in end game for bosses).

[@GTAPanos]

Why you should use pokey poke Reiterpallasch 😂 love those videos!

[@ratt__mann9220]

I picked the cane simply because it looked and sounded cooler than the others

[@Legacysong2012]

You left out that it is great because the transformed state is highly effective against most enemies, and especially most bosses, in the game. While only a few things are weak to the holy damage that the base form does, that base form has not one single enemy that is resistant to its damage type, either. It also scales with skill, so a visceral attack is going to do extra damage, and if you do a visceral on a boss while using flames, that boss is going down easily. Plus the best crowd control, and despite what people say, you do stagger opponents with this weapon. There are literally a shit ton of reasons to use the Threaded Cane while there is not one single reason you shouldn’t use it

[@degov5]

I did my first playthrough with the threaded cane and had a blast with it. Then i went online and saw everyone trashing it 😂

[@hamad.s4227]

Keep it up 😂😂

[@bawcbawc]

I feel like video featured more as a why you should level skill at some points

[@motivmanogaming]

Simply the best weapon

[@doctorvoid2998]

*sigh* OKAY GODDAMIT I'LL MAKE A THREADED CANE BUILD

[@Jan-bk2qv]

You missed using the backstep transformed R2, besto attack

[@zeptocreations5507]

The tool of champions. *I CANE EVEN*

[@Faso26TV]

Believe it or not, in my first run I used the threaded cane from start to finish. Loved the weapon until I got the Chikage

[@Awwscrewit]

Cane was the first weapon I used. Problem was it was my first Souls game and I didn't understand scaling so I dropped it mid game.

[@StandardCabrera]

Only ever played with the cane lol. Beat weapon by far I think

[@chill_moai8251]

Great video. personally this weapon was not for me, started a new game to try out the axe and uhhhhh…. I still did as bad as before 😅

[@CLRC1997]

No matter the question, Pimp cane is always the answer

[@midgetydeath]

It does a ton more visceral damage in whip form, allegedly.

[@zane433]

art

[@tylerp2476]

The pimp cane slaps.

[@Prompeius]

If i may ask, where did the damage to vicar Amelia come from? Just stats, or did you farm some dirty gems first? That made my pickle tickle a bit

[@R1Spam]

No Chalice Gems, just the Gems collected along the way during progression.

[@3xodus]

I learned recently that Bloodborne has a parts system (sort of like monster hunter) where if a part is broken you do much more damage, maybe it was that

[@Legacysong2012]

I guess I missed that part in the video, but what I do know: Amelia is vulnerable to serrated, which is the damage type of the whip form, so extra damage is done. The cane also stems from Skill, which is the stat that also increases Visceral Damage. A lot of bosses have different places you can attack. For Amelia and Cleric Beast, the head especially, which you can shoot to stagger them, and the whip form can also reach there occasionally. Then doing a visceral in whip form on staggered Amelia (or Cleric) will do bonus damage because of serrated damage and also because the Skill stat raises the visceral damage output. If you have a fire gem, or fire paper, which if I remember right you could have at least one fire paper by the time you get to Amelia, it does even more damage, and the fire damage is also added into the visceral attacks which takes off an even bigger chunk of the health bar.

[@kisukoev]

how to break bloodborne in 2 easy steps: 1- use beast blood pellets 2- git gud

[@patto3652]

Pov: Gentleman goes about killing bloodthirsty monsters after missing his tea time.

[@AsAugustSleeps]

Damn, dude made Orphan of Kos look like a chump.

[@Uncle_dillbert_dimple]

What gems did you use

[@kareemmasri3934]

Been stuck on logarius and I got a level 7 Ludwig holy blade with 30 vitality 25 strength and 20 skill and you’re over here making him look like a pushover with less health. 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@tytar1037]

Backstab him when he does his power up. He’s really easy to parry in phase 2!

[@johnw.lennon1366]

I know I’m a bit late but telling you won’t hurt either I guess In phase 1, dodge to the left. Almost all of his phase 1 attacks can be dodged by doing this. You wanna hit him once (if you’re using your LHB in short sword form, twice would be fine as well) as he will sidestep once he takes damage. Stick to him like glue as he’ll punish you very badly if he gets distance from you. In this phase, you’re not really trying to get damage in rather get him into phase 2 as quickly as possible. When he is about to enter phase 2, he’ll thrust his staff into the ground. He takes a while to transition so use this time to stagger and visceral him. For phase 2, I highly recommend you use a gun like the hunter’s pistol. Unlike phase 1, now you wanna let Logarius come to you and parry him when he attacks. When he attacks with scythe, parry as he is about to swing and with the sword, parry when he is mid-attack. When he flies up to attack from the side, dodge left and he’ll miss you. If he goes directly on top of you, it’s a bit tricky to deal with but I recommend you run in the direction he was last at. Lastly, when stabs the ground with his sword, shoot it.

[@_You_Are_Not_Him_]

​@@johnw.lennon1366 I ant reading allat

[@guilhermesantos8728]

6:55-6:59 The musical timing...

[@VastChoirs]

That 30fps... c'mon we've got next gen hardware. FRomsoft just release an HD patch plz. Use the user created one if needed.

[@R1Spam]

They can’t even get Elden Ring to run at a stable 60 on the PS5. I fear for Armoured Core 6.

[@math3us420]

I beat this game first time with the cane and had not problem at all

[@christophercollins3632]

I thought there’d be more discussion on why it’s a good weapon. What kind of person should choose it. Pros and cons. Like someone else in the comments says, pretty much every weapon is good, if you have the build for it.

[@robertomartinez5519]

Haha. I am doing my first play through with the cane. I thought it was a dex build. Been fun though.

[@kingstarscream3807]

It's a whip like Castlevania. How could you choose anything else?

[@ThatsOk83]

blood pellets are so op

[@silversnail1413]

I beat the whole game with this beautiful weapon and it rarely failed me. Except in that stupid Living Failures boss fight.

[@Kaienowaty]

I think its a worst weapon in game but 0:48 "wof wof" got me ;)

[@LocalRezzKid]

Not gonna lie, bro is a little cracked at bloodborne

[@valstadt4617]

Beast cutter superior

[@anonimoqualquer9422]

How did you make this build?

[@ravoniesravenshir3926]

Wait doesn't that Zabimaru Sword thing, count as a improved version of the threaded cane?

[@Bertoleyus]

It's a strength version that pnly does blunt damage. Many comments I've read say the scaling is terrible.

[@friendoftheoyster3906]

Big thanks to Ludwig the Accursed who sponsored this video

[@vincentcovello8749]

What was your Build?

[@Masedogg10k]

not "follow me" from Sonic adventure 2 lol 😅😅 I know that theme anywhere lol. #teamdreamcast

[@Yay37840]

6:12 Maria caught by hentai tentackle monster

[@chocosnoob3939]

Mine doesn't do that

[@michaelbrown688]

How much strength and skill

[@unspoken657]

Yeah, but I don't know, beast cleaver kinda more destructive.

[@raid1140]

How do u get the crane to it’s whip form

[@TheSpartanlaw]

L1

[@connormcconnell7805]

Same button to transform every other weapon

[@strongbongus]

no, he’s talking about the crane. for that you’ve got to get a really good taxidermist who specializes in water birds. specifically in the order of gruiformes.

[@nunchuksteev9811]

Song please?

[@Antlinius]

3k with one visceral. WTF? Stats?

[@mateocortanage]

I legit felt bad for Paarl. It looked like animal ab*se😭

[@deanb5055]

I just found out you don’t need to always carry a torch around with you, from some dude in the comments lol

[@theOverthane]

Can we get a pinned comment in your vids with the builds? Puh-leese!

[@R1Spam]

Hey, thanks for the feedback. That's something I might actually add into some videos this week sometime, and future videos where relevant.

[@yuh9833]

Reported for r1 spam

[@AnderDoUrden]

Great video as usual but it doesn't matter the effort... the Cane will always be underwhelming and overrated. It's so extremely subjective I guess. If you have no fun with the moveset AND the damage is poor compared to other weapons. While it's easy to love a weapon if you enjoy the moveset even if the weapon itself is objectively "bad"

[@6omni6draconian6]

Just L2 with the hunters axe

[@jerm090]

No skill required. Just how I like it.

[@midgetydeath]

Parrying doesn’t show off the cane.

[@ageckothatplaysgames]

L. You didn't tophat.

[@VastChoirs]

Vicar Amelia... RIP. "bloodborne is the hardest fromsoftgame" lol yeah right maybe if you can't dodge basically at all. Otherwise it is actually by far the easiest. Maybe lower level chalice dungeons get pretty intense, but other than that bloodborne is easy. And it's still the best fromsoft game and the best soulslike ever made. Thanks for the video, man. Quality work as always.

[@katakuri774]

i don't know why, but out of the 3 fromsoft games i played, bloodborne is by far the hardest. (Bloodborne, DS3 and Sotfs) (not done with bloodborne yet though)

[@VastChoirs]

It becomes extremely easy if you use online mode and work through chalice dungeons or even enter other people's chalice dungeon codes to get powerful gems early. Even if you don't do this, generally if you focus on one stat your damage just gets outta control as demonstrated in the video. Str is the weakest and bloodtinge requires you to use chalice dungeons early on, but it's really hard to fail with either pure arcane or pure skill as demonstrated by the video. 99 arcane is super easy mode.

[@katakuri774]

@@VastChoirs thanks for the tips!

[@maverick5169]

@@VastChoirs ehy x game is easy if you get infinite exp and the best items in the game after 4 bosses

[@dieselwrench1442]

I played bloodborne after sekiro of all cursed games and one timed 80 percent of the bosses in this game. Game is a joke compared to sekiro

[@tonycheunghunter]

Threaded crane, the worst weapon in bloodborne

[@Vaginaattori]

On my 1st playthrough of the game. I picked the cane just to be different lol. So far i've got like 10 weapons, but i still use this almost every time for bosses, or for hitting multiple normal enemies. Just can't make the other weapons work as versatile. For bosses, it seems to have an unmatched reach over all the other weapons i've gotten. Almost solely use the whip form. I use the axe, & holy blade at times, if i want a little bit more damage. Can't wait to see, if the dlc weapons etc. turn out better than the whip. I'd be very surprised if they do.

[@satoshicosmonaut391]

I went to buy a ps4 a few weeks ago to play this build lul

[@CapybaraConnoisseur89]

That weapon is damn good, I always liked Skill weapons more especially Burial Blade and Blades of Mercy. So far only strength weapon I like the most is Hunters Axe 🪓 because it's a Polearm as well.