"Sacred" affinity sucks!

[Melchiah]

Even though it already has holy damage, I have to piss on my blade and praise the erdtree three times (i.e. use an item/skill) for it to kill the undead (or you know... don't bother, use flame art and just smack them before they raise again).

Am I missing something here?, what's the point of sacred?.

[SHOCKNUTZ]

sacred is just the affinity to scale with your stats. the perma death effect for undead is only available from certain weapons without using a buff. there are certain holy weapons that have unique weapon arts, but by default keep undead from rising again.

[Izlude]

Originally posted by Melchiah:

Even though it already has holy damage, I have to piss on my blade and praise the erdtree three times (i.e. use an item/skill) for it to kill the undead (or you know... don't bother, use flame art and just smack them before they raise again).

Am I missing something here?, what's the point of sacred?.

Active glowing on your blade means you can kill the skellingtons. No glow means you only get damage advantage.

[Melchiah]

Ok sure... but other than undeads I've not found anything weak to holy, and the main bosses are actually strong against it so again, what's the point?

[Izlude]

Originally posted by Melchiah:

Ok sure... but other than undeads I've not found anything weak to holy, and the main bosses are actually strong against it so again, what's the point?

Its for undead. Of course the main bosses are gonna not be weak to holy since they are demigods so they are holy. Its not like a thing to use in every situation, like with the other elements its situational. So if you are in an area with lots of undead go holy. If you are in an area with fire resistant enemies then use frost, etc.

[Melchiah]

Originally posted by Philogosten:

Its for undead. Of course the main bosses are gonna not be weak to holy since they are demigods so they are holy. Its not like a thing to use in every situation, like with the other elements its situational. So if you are in an area with lots of undead go holy. If you are in an area with fire resistant enemies then use frost, etc.

Then again, I can use Flame Art which also scales with faith and go ham on undeads since sacred won't make them die on the first K.O.

If anything I guess I could use Sacred against things that are resistant to fire... and pray they are not resistant to holy too.

[Baron01]

Holy damage is definitely undertuned or underutilized here as most enemies are not week to it and even undead are just weak and wont die permanently unless you activate ash of war skill. The fact that last boss is immune or even heals from holy damage is just salt to the injury.

[Sabaithal]

Use holy water pots to keep skeletons from reviving. Holy damage just does extra damage to them whilst they still walk.

If you're a faith build, I'd recommend getting the coded sword. When fully upgraded, its weapon art can clear multiple undead with one or two swipes easily.