Pieta's Sword bad now?

[Vendrick]

I've been doing a RAD build and have been dual wielding Bell Spears, and finally got enough Umbral Scourings to get Pieta's Sword. I rushed excitedly to purchase it ASAP. I started upgrading it and only had the mats to get it to +4, but it's still weaker than one of my Bell Spears that's only a +3. I knew it got nerfed, but is it just garbage now, or does the scaling get much better and surpass the Bell Spear later on?

I looked on the wiki and if it's correct then Pieta's sword is bad all the way to +10 compared to Bell Spear. Now, my radiance is only 35, so I'm sure pumping that up will make a difference, but is there another weapon that I should be gunning for, or should I just keep upgrading Pieta's?

Please advise.

Edit: Also, is there a better spot to farm upgrade mats? I've tried all the places I can find suggested and had terrible luck. I've spent over an hour and a half at least at the Vestige of Valade place where you run up and fight axe guys, crossbow guys, and the big dude at the top and only ever gotten 2 drops in total. One regular and one large. Surely there is a better way to get upgrade mats?

[Kisstouch]

For mats, there is a way to purchase them.

For the build, NG+2 I’m running Pieta’s and Elianna’s swords, there something to try out with them. Or, you can just run a shield with 3 mana rune regeneration and a mana stone ring to get perma defense aura and slam your Pieta sword on your enemies!

I just kill the reaper with this build ;)

[Vendrick]

But does Pieta's sword's damage outclass other RAD weapons? Like I said, right now, my Bell Spears are pretty decently outclassing Pieta's sword at the same level.

[Vendrick]

Okay, my decision paralysis is becoming an issue with this. I now have to choose what to spend my hard earned (yet very few) upgrade materials on, and I cannot find any post on the internet that talks about any RAD weapon other than Pieta's or Bloody Glory, but they are all months old and I'm afraid they have been further nerfed since, from what I've read, it seems like these devs nerf stuff like crazy. As it stands, with 50 RAD Pieta's sword looks like trash compared to even my starting priest hammer.

I'm about to the point that I'm leaning towards playing it safe and upgrade my bell staves just to be able to get by and testing out the others when I have an abundance of mats, but at the same time, I know I'm gonna be pissed at myself when I do finally upgrade them and one of them ends up being way better.

[☼Solaire Of Astora☼]

Originally posted by Vendrick:

Okay, my decision paralysis is becoming an issue with this. I now have to choose what to spend my hard earned (yet very few) upgrade materials on, and I cannot find any post on the internet that talks about any RAD weapon other than Pieta's or Bloody Glory, but they are all months old and I'm afraid they have been further nerfed since, from what I've read, it seems like these devs nerf stuff like crazy. As it stands, with 50 RAD Pieta's sword looks like trash compared to even my starting priest hammer.

I'm about to the point that I'm leaning towards playing it safe and upgrade my bell staves just to be able to get by and testing out the others when I have an abundance of mats, but at the same time, I know I'm gonna be pissed at myself when I do finally upgrade them and one of them ends up being way better.

IMO just switch into an inferno or umbral build, I mainly run with saint latimer's spear and I'm having a blast on NG+4

[Vendrick]

Would I do a STR/RAD even spread for that?