20 Basic Video Game Skills That Are Secretly Broken

Bloodborne, FromSoftware’s Victorian era-inspired soulslike, offers plenty of incredible weapons to use against the unending onslaught of horrors that your hunter is tasked with destroying.

Most players seek only the best weapons and skills, as your build can make the difference between being an unkillable god or a total failure.

However, while it's easy to think only endgame weapons and complex skills can get the job done, in reality, the most reliable and deadly build in the game is for the basic Saw Cleaver that you can start your game with.

Although a starter weapon like the extendable Saw Cleaver may seem to be too basic to be good, in reality, it's not. Due to its incredibly smooth and fast animations and surprisingly high damage output, if you just build your character around Strength and Skill, the cleaver will allow you to kill regular enemies in seconds, and those who survive can be easily dodged, as the weapon's quick animations will stun them and give you plenty of time to flee.

While other weapons might look fancier and offer better stats, the saw is the fastest and easiest-to-use tool in the game, and with just a little bit of proper skill investment, it becomes absolutely deadly.