Talk:Whip (Dark Souls III)/@comment-4511886-20170716123249

Although pathetic in terms of versatility, being unable to riposte, backstab or even plunge attack, the wide swings are quite effective for crowd control and roll catching. Aditionally, the low damage and slow attacks can be easily compensated for by using the range and unusually high poise damage to your advantage. However, it seems the follow-up attacks are slightly shorter, so make sure you're not right at the end of the whip's reach if you want to combo.

Enemies I've found it effective against include dogs, manservants and evangelists. Going to see how it performs later on, definitely looking forward to testing it on the corvians.