Are there any infusable faith weapons besides erdsteel dagger?

[Thomas Devlin]

I'm running a faith build and started looking for a good faith scaling weapon that I can apply flame art to so I can torque my AR, but after looking through the weapon lists I'm starting to think that weapon might not exist, at least in the early game. The only option I can find is the erdsteel dagger, but it's a dagger, at least for the moment it's getting directly outclassed by any other weapon I infuse so the scaling bonus isn't making a difference

[Clail]

Erdsteel Dagger is the only faith weapon period that can be infused I believe, since it's damage is strictly physical.

If you have a secondary offensive stat like Str or Dex, best to just infuse a weapon you like into that so you can buff it. Or run it standard if you don't get enough scaling bonus.

[Sephylon]

Sacred flame affinity already adds fai scaling. Erdsteel is the only infusable wep with native fai scaling. Other than that, wait and see with the dlc

Out of curiosity tho, what are you looking for that none of the infusable weps suit your needs?

[Thomas Devlin]

Originally posted by Sephylon:

Sacred flame affinity already adds fai scaling. Erdsteel is the only infusable wep with native fai scaling. Other than that, wait and see with the dlc

Out of curiosity tho, what are you looking for that none of the infusable weps suit your needs?

I was just looking for a general faith weapon that can be infused with flame art or sacred so I could double dip the faith scaling, I don't even need one that bad I just really wanted to find one once I realized they were so few and far between

[Doctor Teo]

Originally posted by Thomas Devlin:

Originally posted by Sephylon:

Sacred flame affinity already adds fai scaling. Erdsteel is the only infusable wep with native fai scaling. Other than that, wait and see with the dlc

Out of curiosity tho, what are you looking for that none of the infusable weps suit your needs?

I was just looking for a general faith weapon that can be infused with flame art or sacred so I could double dip the faith scaling, I don't even need one that bad I just really wanted to find one once I realized they were so few and far between

While that is an amusing thought, it's not necessary, any infusable weapon will be perfectly functional with a humble Flame Art/Sacred infusion.

There are a number of weapons with completely unique properties like the Erdsteel Dagger, but unique does not always equate better than alternatives, or even good at all. The Carian Knight and Lazuli Glintstone Swords have the unique property of blocking while charged heavies, but it would eat all your stamina to try. The Erdsteel Dagger and Clayman's Harpoon both have innate scaling in a casting stat. The three flails have the Spinning Chain ability, which there is no ash of war for. The Golem Halberd is the only Colossal weapon (NOT sword) with a pierce damage attack, namely its Charge Forth ability, but it cannot actually accept a Charge Forth ash of war, so loses this unique property when infused.

These strange and rare qualities that you sometimes find on a weapon can get the theory juices flowing, but it's not often that it ends up as relevant or useful outside of perhaps some strange niche situation. Erdsteel Daggers are one of those.

[Sephylon]

sacred infusion isn't double dipping into erdsteel's innate fai. Infusions swap out the current stat scaling of the wep with another predetermined one based on the infusion and weapon class. Sacred erdsteel dagger actually ties with dagger for highest fai scaling on their weapon class, both having fai correction values of 55. Followed by sacred great knife at 51 then parrying dagger at 50.