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[Choprfrk]

So I'm making a dex/int/faith build with the seal that scales off both faith and int. What weapon could I pair with it? I want one that scales off those three attributives, or one that I can infuse to have all those.

[Seven ate you]

Erdsteel Dagger, Magic or cold infused or simply with a int buff
Sword of Night and Flame
Clayman's Harpoon with some faith infusion or faith buff

These are your 3 options and only the sword is really good, with the dagger being horrible and the spear being worse if you go down that route.
You typically don't wanna mix int and faith for melee weapons but the sword is the only exception of where it works.
Main problem, outside of having 3 damage types on one weapon, making defense hurt it a lot, is it only has a D in dex.
Although all 3 options have poor scaling somewhere with dex, int and/or faith.

[Choprfrk]

Originally posted by Seven ate you:

Erdsteel Dagger, Magic or cold infused or simply with a int buff
Sword of Night and Flame
Clayman's Harpoon with some faith infusion or faith buff

These are your 3 options and only the sword is really good, with the dagger being horrible and the spear being worse if you go down that route.
You typically don't wanna mix int and faith for melee weapons but the sword is the only exception of where it works.
Main problem, outside of having 3 damage types on one weapon, making defense hurt it a lot, is it only has a D in dex.
Although all 3 options have poor scaling somewhere with dex, int and/or faith.

nice, those are the weapons I was testing, and youre right the sword is the only good one. Kind of sad because I enjoy the incants and this is the only way I could make them really strong or viable. If I just go pure faith/dex are there better weapons? I'd guess so since any good dex weapon could just be faith infused

[Ulmace]

Originally posted by ComTlancys:

Originally posted by Seven ate you:

Erdsteel Dagger, Magic or cold infused or simply with a int buff
Sword of Night and Flame
Clayman's Harpoon with some faith infusion or faith buff

These are your 3 options and only the sword is really good, with the dagger being horrible and the spear being worse if you go down that route.
You typically don't wanna mix int and faith for melee weapons but the sword is the only exception of where it works.
Main problem, outside of having 3 damage types on one weapon, making defense hurt it a lot, is it only has a D in dex.
Although all 3 options have poor scaling somewhere with dex, int and/or faith.

nice, those are the weapons I was testing, and youre right the sword is the only good one. Kind of sad because I enjoy the incants and this is the only way I could make them really strong or viable. If I just go pure faith/dex are there better weapons? I'd guess so since any good dex weapon could just be faith infused

there are lots of dex faith weapons,
treespear is pretty strong and can be buffed, has 2 hit strong attack, but is a heavy weapon
godslayer greatsword also really strong
winged scyte is a good weapon, light and more focused on dex faith, has anti healing effect on skill so good for pvp

[Mander]

Guardian Swordspear with cold infusion should be your best bet for INT/Dex/Faith. It's a halberd, but with a different moveset from the rest of the weapons in the same category (quicker). I would suggest double slash as ash of war (to take advantage of the reach).

[Seven ate you]

Originally posted by ComTlancys:

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I'd just recommend dumping dex and having int and faith with the sword. That is what spell casting builds do when they can afford it, if they want a melee weapon like the sword. And when I say dumping dex, I mean respecing.

If you want dex for the faster casting speed, use the tailsman that does it.

Pure caster builds, or in your case, pure caster build that's trying to use a melee weapon, just put points into vig, mind, faith and int. It would be nice to be able to add dex or strength into that mix but that makes it too stat required. Unless you want to be over leveled.

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[Ulmace]

Originally posted by Seven ate you:

Originally posted by ComTlancys:

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I'd just recommend dumping dex and having int and faith with the sword. That is what spell casting builds do when they can afford it, if they want a melee weapon like the sword. And when I say dumping dex, I mean respecing.

If you want dex for the faster casting speed, use the tailsman that does it.

Pure caster builds, or in your case, pure caster build that's trying to use a melee weapon, just put points into vig, mind, faith and int. It would be nice to be able to add dex or strength into that mix but that makes it too stat required. Unless you want to be over leveled.

EDIT: Fixed formatting

spreading stats is not good for your damage output but does wonders for your defenses.
it also gives some good weapon variety so its great for people still learning the game

[OneEye]

Originally posted by Ulmace:

Originally posted by Seven ate you:

I'd just recommend dumping dex and having int and faith with the sword. That is what spell casting builds do when they can afford it, if they want a melee weapon like the sword. And when I say dumping dex, I mean respecing.

If you want dex for the faster casting speed, use the tailsman that does it.

Pure caster builds, or in your case, pure caster build that's trying to use a melee weapon, just put points into vig, mind, faith and int. It would be nice to be able to add dex or strength into that mix but that makes it too stat required. Unless you want to be over leveled.

EDIT: Fixed formatting

spreading stats is not good for your damage output but does wonders for your defenses.
it also gives some good weapon variety so its great for people still learning the game

I know people on here would have a stroke if they saw my stat spread hahaha I’m like a squirrel. I find a new cool weapon I started putting points in the stats to try it. My first soul game if you couldn’t tell.

[Ulmace]

Originally posted by OneEye:

Originally posted by Ulmace:

spreading stats is not good for your damage output but does wonders for your defenses.
it also gives some good weapon variety so its great for people still learning the game

I know people on here would have a stroke if they saw my stat spread hahaha I’m like a squirrel. I find a new cool weapon I started putting points in the stats to try it. My first soul game if you couldn’t tell.

if you have like 20 str and dex is pretty good for faith weapons that have both str and dex scaling as well, even if its D or E. (because early levels of dex and str up to around 20 make the biggest difference)
for faith spells casting speed doesnt do much (large amounts of dex improve cast speed, but only certain magic spells really benefit from it)
once you get used to dodging and a specific weapon you can respec and put your points more into the stat that benefits your weapon scaling the most for a bigger damage output.
more damage can make fights a lot faster which means less room for ♥♥♥♥ ups.
find the damage and defense ratio that gives you the most enjoyment.

[n1rual]

Originally posted by ComTlancys:

So I'm making a dex/int/faith build with the seal that scales off both faith and int. What weapon could I pair with it? I want one that scales off those three attributives, or one that I can infuse to have all those.

no seal is worth it in the end