Quality build weapon build best @ sl 250 or higher ?

[*D4rKsKy*]

Can someone tell me if this is true?
Example a high sl character over 250 with a quality weapon and an lightning infuse or wich ever u wanne use does way more dps then a keen or a magic +10 or whatever whats avelible ?
Also a softcap of 60 on all skills.

[Toyosatomimi no Miko]

Are you ESL? This reads like you don't have the best grasp on English.

Lightning is a dex infusion. First of all.
Second, yes, provided you have 60/60 str/dex quality is the best infusion type for pure physical damage on most weapons. However, there are some outliers like the giant crusher that get better scaling with occult (default scaling+ARC) for pure damage.
Third, if you have 60 in every damage stat (str, dex, int, fth, & arc) you're better off with an elemental infusion like flame art, divine, or magic due to how split damage pulls ahead at really high levels due to oddities with how enemy defense is calculated. You're also better off using occult on weapons with innate bleed due to the increased bleed buildup while keeping high damage scaling.

[*D4rKsKy*]

Originally posted by Toyosatomimi no Miko:

Are you ESL? This reads like you don't have the best grasp on English.

Lightning is a dex infusion. First of all.
Second, yes, provided you have 60/60 str/dex quality is the best infusion type for pure physical damage on most weapons. However, there are some outliers like the giant crusher that get better scaling with occult (default scaling+ARC) for pure damage.
Third, if you have 60 in every damage stat (str, dex, int, fth, & arc) you're better off with an elemental infusion like flame art, divine, or magic due to how split damage pulls ahead at really high levels due to oddities with how enemy defense is calculated. You're also better off using occult on weapons with innate bleed due to the increased bleed buildup while keeping high damage scaling.

Yeah no native english but thx for advice that works.

[Toyosatomimi no Miko]

Originally posted by *D4rKsKy*:

Originally posted by Toyosatomimi no Miko:

Are you ESL? This reads like you don't have the best grasp on English.

Lightning is a dex infusion. First of all.
Second, yes, provided you have 60/60 str/dex quality is the best infusion type for pure physical damage on most weapons. However, there are some outliers like the giant crusher that get better scaling with occult (default scaling+ARC) for pure damage.
Third, if you have 60 in every damage stat (str, dex, int, fth, & arc) you're better off with an elemental infusion like flame art, divine, or magic due to how split damage pulls ahead at really high levels due to oddities with how enemy defense is calculated. You're also better off using occult on weapons with innate bleed due to the increased bleed buildup while keeping high damage scaling.

Yeah no native english but thx for advice that works.

Hopefully that all helps well enough.
Also, a good ash of war helps greatly too, and can even carry otherwise mediocre weapons.

And a note from a guy who plays at high RLs. If you're going to RL250 you might as well go all the way to 301+ since 301 all the way to the RL cap is all considered the same level for matchmaking. Or, something similar to that. Gives you a very wide matchmaking range.

[Nauct]

Enemies have more and more flat damage reduction and damage resistance in higher new games. In general stacking one damage type as high as you can is best. At your level Quality should surpass Heavy or Keen. In this game they really nerfed Quality in comparison to just STR or DEX.
Get your +25 flat physical damage, then buff it with whatever magic.

[Toyosatomimi no Miko]

Originally posted by Nauct:

Enemies have more and more flat damage reduction and damage resistance in higher new games. In general stacking one damage type as high as you can is best. At your level Quality should surpass Heavy or Keen. In this game they really nerfed Quality in comparison to just STR or DEX.
Get your +25 flat physical damage, then buff it with whatever magic.

Split damage actually pulls ahead even with the flat defenses due to how damage scales once you start getting into having 2 or 3 attack stats at softcap, as well as due to the flat defense increases not being that significant with increasing NG+ cycles compared to raw HP values. So long as the infused damage type is not one the enemy resists normally you'll get more damage from an infusion than a weapon buff on a pure phys weapon. Though if you can do both through an ash of war you're best off doing that (Such as flaming strike weapon buff or the many ways to get holy buffs). The split damage issue is only really relevant at PVP meta RLs and for NG+X runs at said RLs, since some people like doing that for some reason.
Pure phys is a lot simpler to do, however, and lets you have a ton more options for ashes of war if you go quality instead of occult.