
The damage is great for the reach of the attack. If they come at you with a rolling attack, you can either do the weapon art during the start up animation fo their attack to cancel it, or counter with a rolling attack of your own.

It's 1st 2 hits deal pathetic damage, but ensure stunlock on almost all people who don't use the heaviest armors. If they come near you, you can retaliate with the weapon art. The 1st is good because it maintains distance which you want when using a whip.

If you spam it at mid-range, they have 2 options back/roll away, or roll into you. The R1 is still weird because it's slow, but great for luring people in. Been using whips again lately, surprisingly good for PVP duels.
