I did some testing on runes (Dual Wield)

[Steven Silverheart]

.. And here are the results

Using two Pietas at +5. Doing a single light attack to test damage.

Results :
No Rune - 290 Damage
1 Devoth Mainhand - 305 Damage
1 Devoth Mainhand 1 Devoth Offhand - 305 Damage
2 Devoth Mainhand - 321 Damage
2 Devoth Mainhand 1 Devoth Offhand - 321 Damage
2 Devoth Mainhand 2 Devoth Offhand - 321 Damage

1x Orimon Mainhand - 313 Damage
2x Orimon Mainhand - 337 Damage
Same with Orimon as Devoth. Does nothing in the offhand weapon.

Seems there are no changes when i put a scaling/damage rune in an offhand weapon. However Nartun (Mana on kill) seems to work on offhand.

Will be doing some more testing and probably updating this thread when i try other runes.

Any thoughts on this?

[JustRez]

Double Pieta +5 Main and Off hand Runes
1x Olandi
1x Orimon
1x Ruq
357 - 367 Depending on type of enemy

Olandi for Smite buildup wich triggers every 2nd hit
Orimon For Increased Swing Damage
Ruq For Posture Damage (Faster Posture buildup)

I would change your Devoth's with Orimon's For More damage Devoths is a low end rune.

This is also with maxed out Radiance lvl btw

[JustRez]

397 - 385 dmg with 2x orimons on each weapon.

[Kriss Hietala]

How much buildup Olandi gives ? How much scaling adds Orimon? why the heck the game doesn't provide any info.

[ZenDragon]

some runes just feel broken to me. they just don't seem to work at all. no stat changes either on the info screen. really wish they did some proper QA on this game :(

[JustRez]

441 - 421 dmg
2X Olandi
2x Orimon
2x Dimexus (Changed Ruq)

463 - 477 dmg
4x Orimon
2x Dimexus

This is just Raw Damage i didn't look at the smite proc damage but its well around 220-250 on a proc i think idk.
This combined also with Hallowed Triptych pendant + Orian Sorcerer & Bramble Ring

[JustRez]

Meanwhile i changed a few pendants & rings and dealth 560+ Dmg per swing LOL

[JustRez]

Originally posted by catnip abuser:

runes are incredibly under-tuned and do very little

I don't think you even get as much as a 5% bonus from ANY rune

you're better off using the runes which give unique effects rather than damage increasing ones because the damage increase is negligible when you could have faster stamina recovery, lower equip load, more/recovering health, etc.

I mean you cannot expect a 200 dmg buff for each rune you put into it would be rediculous

[Kriss Hietala]

No rune shows any values when solcketed so it's hard to measure how impactful those are. Hexworks need to fix it asap.

[JustRez]

Originally posted by Kriss Hietala:

No rune shows any values when solcketed so it's hard to measure how impactful those are. Hexworks need to fix it asap.

Agreed its annoying to swap a rune and tp back to a mob to bash it twice and tp back to swap another thing xD

[JustRez]

Tbh i went with
4x Ori's
2x Dimex
Hallowed Trip Pendant (Posture Dmg)
Orian Sorcers Ring (Holy Dmg)
Grayson Ring (Aditional Dual Wield Dmg)

i must say this build 500+ damage with 250 ish or more Smite Proc Damage every 3-4 Swings is pretty nutty. While The Pendant Makes Bosses, Mobs able to be postured rather quickly.

[JustRez]

Not to mention if i add Radiant Weapon buff that damage is 699-715 Per swing

[blueberryvibe]

Originally posted by catnip abuser:

Originally posted by JustRez:

I mean you cannot expect a 200 dmg buff for each rune you put into it would be rediculous

In Bloodborne you could get some pretty insane damage boosts from caryll runes, but those were locked behind the random dungeon mechanic so it was more effort than just purely random drops

I don't think it would be ludicrous to expect a 15% damage boost per rune at higher tiers of runes. Nobody wants to minmax for a 2% damage boost, that's not even noticeable in gameplay...

Actually the Caryll Runes where Bloodbornes version of ring slots. You are thinking about the gems.

[blueberryvibe]

Originally posted by catnip abuser:

Originally posted by blueberryvibe:

Actually the Caryll Runes where Bloodbornes version of ring slots. You are thinking about the gems.

whatever man it's been 50 years

You could also get pretty good gems without farming chalice dungeons. I think 18,5% dmg gems in base game and like 22 or 23% ones in the old hunters dlc. Not that you care, since it was 50 years ago.

However I agree with you about single % dmg buffs being unattractive. I remember the first few that drops in Bloodborne, or ones found as world loot, were really trash. Boosting damage with 1-3% or something. "Gee thanks From for these awesome power ups, now I can finally beat the boss"

[JustRez]

Bruh this is LOTF not bloodborne...

Originally posted by blueberryvibe:

Originally posted by catnip abuser:

whatever man it's been 50 years

You could also get pretty good gems without farming chalice dungeons. I think 18,5% dmg gems in base game and like 22 or 23% ones in the old hunters dlc. Not that you care, since it was 50 years ago.

However I agree with you about single % dmg buffs being unattractive. I remember the first few that drops in Bloodborne, or ones found as world loot, were really trash. Boosting damage with 1-3% or something. "Gee thanks From for these awesome power ups, now I can finally beat the boss"

[Kaizen]

Originally posted by JustRez:

Bruh this is LOTF not bloodborne...

Originally posted by blueberryvibe:

You could also get pretty good gems without farming chalice dungeons. I think 18,5% dmg gems in base game and like 22 or 23% ones in the old hunters dlc. Not that you care, since it was 50 years ago.

However I agree with you about single % dmg buffs being unattractive. I remember the first few that drops in Bloodborne, or ones found as world loot, were really trash. Boosting damage with 1-3% or something. "Gee thanks From for these awesome power ups, now I can finally beat the boss"

Wish it was bloodborne.. 🙄