How does ground slam, golden slam scales?

[HellSlayer]

Someone said it is not weapon dependant but i tried on my other character and with two handed it hit hards and with a dagger it barely does damage.

O tried no faith weapon and faith weapon and scaling of faith seems nothing.

[Indig0]

Ground slam is simple -> weapon upgrade lvl. = more dmg.
Golden slam is a bit broken -> as the dmg. is calculated on the weapon upgrade lvl. ... it also takes the affinity (holy will deal more dmg). Here comes the broken part. Depends if you hit the target directly or via the "explosion". In one case You'll hit just with the physical dmg. and on the other You'll connect Your holy dmg. NOT both ;)

EDIT: For the early game just use a weapon of Your choice with AOW:Sacred Blade ... and later Erdtree+10 and ~80 Faith - You'll not need a weapon at all ;) Also don't forget to use 2x Talismans at all the time (Erdtree++ and offhand a +0 Gravel just for the lightening boost).

[HellSlayer]

Originally posted by Indig0:

Ground slam is simple -> weapon upgrade lvl. = more dmg.
Golden slam is a bit broken -> as the dmg. is calculated on the weapon upgrade lvl. ... it also takes the affinity (holy will deal more dmg). Here comes the broken part. Depends if you hit the target directly or via the "explosion". In one case You'll hit just with the physical dmg. and on the other You'll connect Your holy dmg. NOT both ;)

EDIT: For the early game just use a weapon of Your choice with AOW:Sacred Blade ... and later Erdtree+10 and ~80 Faith - You'll not need a weapon at all ;) Also don't forget to use 2x Talismans at all the time (Erdtree++ and offhand a +0 Gravel just for the lightening boost).

Thanks for explanation, it will be helpful for others once they start searching for answers. Seems my dagger will carry me. Also sweet crits then too.