Sorceries 201 - Maximizing Spellcasting Speed

[DragonSoundxSG]

Hello All -

Starting a Sorceries series where I impart my vast knowledge to fledging Sorcerers.

In this thread, we discuss spell casting speed:

1. Spell casting speed is determined by your Dexterity.
2. The max casting speed is capped at 70 Dexterity.
3. There are two items that raise your Dex for spell casting purposes ONLY:
a. Radagon Icon (+30 Dex) - https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Radagon+Icon
b. Azur's Glintstone Staff (+40 Dex) - https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Azur's+Glintstone+Staff
4. Equipping both of these is not advised and it will bring you above the cap, therefore you should consider which is best, keeping in mind that Azurs staff increases FP consumption by 20% even if off-handed.
5. Based on the above, it's advisable to raise Dex to 30 or 40 and use ONE of the aforementioned items, if you want to maximize spell casting speed.

Discussion time - 1) Is maximizing casting speed required? 2) Which spells are most affected by casting speed?

[cybercybercybercyber4]

radagon icon gives 30 virtual dex, so the standard is radagon icon + 40dex.

fast spells get more benefit from cast time reduction. the winner is bestial sling, if casting it out of neutral at casting speed cap it comes out almost instantly. this is also the reason why going lower than 55 poise is probably a bad idea.
cast speed is also very noticeable with other fast spells like swift glintstone shard, but hardly noteworthy for slow spells like rock sling.

[DragonSoundxSG]

Originally posted by cybercybercybercyber4:

radagon icon gives 30 virtual dex, so the standard is radagon icon + 40dex.

fast spells get more benefit from cast time reduction. the winner is bestial sling, if casting it out of neutral at casting speed cap it comes out almost instantly. this is also the reason why going lower than 55 poise is probably a bad idea.

You are correct, editing!