I DO NOT USE ANY CHEAP WEAPONS OR STRATEGIES
Now that i got that cleared, i believe anything frowned upon, such as Scarping spear, is not cheap
You hate it when they use it, why don't you, they are simply taking advantage of the games applications
It is easy to counter, wear weak armor if you see a scraping spear and cast magic at him, mostly he is using a Tower Shield
Poison/Death Cloud, there is this thing called rolling
You can hate it, despise it, dread it, but its not cheap
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