Church Servant (Cane)

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Location			Drop	Race
Cathedral Ward	282	239	Blood Vial x2 [19%], Blue Elixir x1 [1%]	Neutral
Cathedral Ward \| Cathedral Stairs	343	402	Blood Vial x2 [19%], Blue Elixir x1 [1%]
Upper Cathedral Ward	1105	873	Blood Vial x2 [20%], Blue Elixir x1 [1%]
Hunter's Nightmare	2064	871	Blood Vial x2 [21%], Blue Elixir x1 [1%]
Research Hall	2064	871	Blood Vial x2 [21%], Blue Elixir x1 [1%]

Church Servants can be found throughout the Cathedral Ward, where they aim to defend the church from all those that seek to harm it. Found on their own or in pairs, these enemies can usually be seen moving methodically and with purpose along short patrol routes, often with an end destination that you can follow them to. Church Servants can be interrupted and staggered, and are particularly weak against charged blows from transformed weapons. Transformation attacks aren't very effective at flinching them, though, so you're better off just using normal combos. The most common weapon employed by these enemies is the Cane, which uses a very simple and limited set of attacks (either an overhead spike or a horizontal swing) to great effect. Sometimes they will use a short combo, but the hits are slow enough that you can always escape even if one connects.

Occasionally you'll come across Servants that carry an additional weapon along with their Canes to augment their offensive capabilities, so make sure and pay attention to their off-hand when you approach them so that you don't run into any surprises. Some will be armed with Repeating Pistols, which they use to take potshots at you from a distance, and others use Flamesprayers to blanket the area in front of them with fire. Not all Servants use Canes, however, and some instead use a completely different and much more deadly fighting style with their scythes. These weapons have very long reach and can easily clip you as you're quickstepping past an attack if your timing if even slightly off, and Servants with this weapon a lot more aggressive than their Cane-wielding counterparts.

Then comes the black sheep of the Church servants - literally. These black-robed clergymen wield an unusual crucifix weapon in the shape of the Hunter's Mark, which they use to perform surprisingly fast overhead slams and forward thrusts. They are also capable of an extremely swift grab attack, which looks almost exactly like their normal thrust attack and gives almost no warning. Their most interesting ability, however, is the fact that they can switch between two fighting stances: the first has their weapon held vertically at the ready, the second in a much more aggressive posture with the crucifix held horizontally and pointing toward you When they are in the second stance it can be extremely difficult to predict their attacks, especially their grab; furthermore, all of their attacks cause frenzy and can be lethal if you get hit too many times.

If you enter the Cathedral Ward with 15 or more Insight, many of the Church Servants will undergo some changes that make them considerably more dangerous. The lanterns carried by the Cane & Lantern Servants will become covered with eyeballs and they'll now be able to use two magic attacks not otherwise accessible to them. The first is a large spherical blast that strikes in all directions, and the other shoots out small orbs that home in on you. The homing orb attack can be dangerous if there are other enemies nearby, as it will pass through them on its way to you, but environmental obstacles will block it. For the Scythe users, their weapon becomes coated in a magical aura that adds elemental damage to their attacks, and for the Crucifix wielders, a dark aura coats the weapon that dramatically increases the strength of their attacks, and the amount of frenzy buildup they cause.

All of their cane attacks have clearly telegraphed animations that only strike a small area in front of them, and both of these things combined make them very easy to interrupt, even if you're not yet familiar with the enemy. The small strike area of their attacks also makes them very easy to evade, so if you want to conserve bullets, quickstepping through the attacks to get to their back can be just as effective. Because they lack any kind of ranged attacks, if you're using a long ranged weapon or firearms you can attack them from outside of their range as they slowly walk towards you.

Church Servant (Cane) on Cathedral Stairs in Cathedral Ward has 343 HP & 402 Blood Echoes

	Pungent Blood Cocktails don't attract this enemy, making the item ineffective.
	Shaman Bone Blades affect this enemy, making it hostile to other enemies.

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Locations
Cathedral Ward	282	239	1259	1248	1347	1373	1385	1560	1423	1872	1448	2496	1511	3120
Cathedral Ward \| Cathedral Stairs	343	402	1414	2772	1513	3049	1555	3465	1598	4158	1626	5544	1697	6930
Upper Cathedral Ward	1105	873	1759	3619	1882	3981	1935	4524	1988	5429	2023	7238	2111	9048
Hunter's Nightmare	2064	871	3005	3392	3215	3731	3306	4240	3396	5088	3456	6784	3606	8480
Research Hall	2064	871	3006	3392	3216	3731	3307	4240	3397	5088	3457	6784	3607	8480