Talk:Whips/@comment-5003336-20131026195335/@comment-5264386-20131026205702

They're underrated because they have horrible tracking in the main hand. Even in the off-hand, when their tracking is supposed to improve, it still doesn't get much better. The immunity to parrying is useful, however, when enemies can literally take a sidestep or two to dodge its attacks, it makes the point moot. Also, the normal Whip is actually *slightly* weaker than the Balder Side Sword, having five less AR points regardless of the value of dexterity.

However, I agree with you on the point of the Guardian Tail. Augmenting it with Rotten Pine Resin is extremely useful, since it inflicts great amounts of poison build-up per hit. I'm planning to make a PvP build which utilises poison attacks, and this will be one of my go-to weapons for it.