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Basic Information

Location			Drop	Weaknesses	Race
Yahar'gul (Evening)	177	319	Blood Vial x1 [4%]		Neutral

Description These denizens of Yharnam started off hunting beasts, but eventually the plague took most of their humanity as well. The fever-like urge to hunt remains, but they themselves have already been infested with the scourge of the beast. Unaware of this fact, they continue to search for prey to hunt and kill. Perhaps through their murky eyes, humans are seen as the true beasts. (Pre-release official description) Overview A basic enemy encountered throughout Yharnam and the surrounding areas. Huntsmen patrolling the streets of Central Yharnam will travel set routes which you can use to either avoid or ambush them; they also sometimes guard fixed positions. These foes are weak on their own, but almost never appear alone - the greatest danger they present is their ability to swarm you in large numbers if you're not careful. Their close-range torch attacks are especially deadly, because they leave almost no time to react and can hit you several times in a row; on the other hand, their weapon attacks have longer reach, but are much slower and more predictable. There are a wide variety of Huntsmen, but they all share some basic traits and can be killed with a few hits from your weapon. The trick to eliminating risk is to separate them and fight them one at a time, using pebbles if necessary. Some, such as the Torch & Shield variant, are more defensive and require a slightly different approach, but most, when fought alone are best tackled by cutting them down before they can attack. The ones that use longer combos, such as the Sickle and Cleaver variants, tend to give you easy chances for landing charged R2 attacks from behind while they recover from their attack string. The Cutlass and Pitchfork variants are the most dangerous, and should be considered the highest threat among a group of them, due to their ability to strike from the back of the group and still reach you. Strategy Interrupting their attacks is possible, but doing so is not really an effective use of bullets; it's much more economical to simply run up and hit them while they're getting up, so that they don't even get the chance to start attacking. If they do get up, remember that their attacks have extremely short range, so using weapons with long reach will let you attack them safely. This is also true if you come across a group of them; you can back up out of their range and use wide-arcing attacks from weapons such as the transformed Hunter's Axe or Ludwig's Holy Blade to take out the whole group without fear. Notes

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

Attack Patterns

All Attacks	Interrupt	Notes
Punch	Yes	Slow left hand punch with very small hitbox, if you stand close it will straight up miss. Quickstep in any direction; dodge forward through it to get behind them.
Kick	Yes	Slow right leg kick with forward momentum. Move to his left or quickstep in any direction; dodge forward through it to get behind them.
Invisible Thrust	Yes	Very rare "glitched" attack of what appears to be thrust with invisible weapon probably Cutlass. Quickstep in any direction; dodge forward through it to get behind them. [Slow Motion Gif Presentation]

Defenses

Location
Yahar'gul (Evening)	90	90	90	90	67	65	75	120	180	-	-

New Game Cycles

	New Game		NG+		NG+2		NG+3		NG+4		NG+5		NG+6
Locations
Yahar'gul (Evening)	177	319	700	1908	749	2099	770	2385	791	2862	805	3816	840	4770

+ Dialogues

Idle This, this stench... smells like you, stranger. Please god, help me. I must live. This curse... this is a damn curse. We all know who's at fault. We know precisely who it is. We're finished. No hope. We're cursed. We're all cursed. By Master Willem… Attacking Die! Cursed beast! You plague-ridden rat! Please, god! Beast! You foul beast! You fiend! You are not wanted here! I'll mess up your brain! Help me! Oh god! Away, away! You're better off dead! Death upon ya! Kill me! Oh god! Disgusting beast! Using torch Burn! Burn, burn! Away, away!

Searching from torch-bearer Foul beast. You can't hide for long! Spotted by torch-bearer Found you! Vile beast! The donor (?) will be the judge! Death to the minister! Death! Kill, kill! Over here! The outsider! Rip her apart! (?) You! Yes! Killed This town is cursed... Mother's love... Oh, foul beast... You damn beast... Curse. You are cursed... Death to all cursed beasts... This town's finished...