Okay since I really love how dragon claw looks, I had to see what I can do with it. Turns out that this incantation has A LOT of poise, so you can easily trade with even heavy jump attacks mid cast, and hit them.
Also turns out that the first part has a lot of hit stun allowing some incantations to true combo like catch flame. Since its a two part incantation, it allows you to cancel into other incantations without any delays making catch flame cast really fast (and yes.... This also works with PLACIDUSAX'S RUIN but the follow up can be fully avoided unless they panic roll like crazy)
And as we also know, catch flame ALSO allows you to cancel follow up incantations like honed bolt, this makes honed bolt cast really fast and can catch rolls easily.
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