Enchanted vs Crystal weapon

[Gaming Gamer]

Which one is better for lower intelligence? i'm looking towards enchanted because i can get it early

[Thembolon Hive]

You cant use Crystal weapon if you have low int. If you have enough int for this, crystal better anyway.

[Gaming Gamer]

Alright. i'll change my build to have higher intelligence and then down grade my enchanted version to crystalwhen i do get the ember

[Gaming Gamer]

nvm just discovered that you can upgrade to crystal using regular chunks. i'll just downgrade to a +10

[Thembolon Hive]

Originally posted by Seath the ♥♥♥♥♥♥:

Alright. i'll change my build to have higher intelligence and then down grade my enchanted version to crystalwhen i do get the ember

Oh wait. Omg, i thought you talking about sorcery... About upgrades idk which is better.

[Gaming Gamer]

Originally posted by zZKubikZz:

Originally posted by Seath the ♥♥♥♥♥♥:

Alright. i'll change my build to have higher intelligence and then down grade my enchanted version to crystalwhen i do get the ember

Oh wait. Omg, i thought you talking about sorcery... About upgrades idk which is better.

Oh, i don't know much about upgrades either lol. i'll just assume crystal weapon is better since its found later in the game

[Thembolon Hive]

Originally posted by Seath the ♥♥♥♥♥♥:

Originally posted by zZKubikZz:

Oh wait. Omg, i thought you talking about sorcery... About upgrades idk which is better.

Oh, i don't know much about upgrades either lol. i'll just assume crystal weapon is better since its found later in the game

Crystal can be better with dmg, but you cant repair it.

[Gaming Gamer]

RIP the build then. i'll just go with a fire pyromancer build instead

[The Icecream Snowman]

I never understood the point of an upgrade path where you'll lose the weapon eventually. The two INT scaling upgrades are Magic and Enchanted. Magic is better for low INT because it doesn't decrease STR/DEX scaling as much; it doesn't add as much magic damage or INT scaling, though,

[AnKalameet]

Crystal has nothing to do with magic. It's a pure physical upgrade path, like normal +15 but on steroids. It can't be downgraded and it can't be repaired except by upgrading, which means all crystal weapons have a limited lifespan.

If you're looking for a pure magic build, you have essentially 5 options:
Option 1--get minimum strength/dexterity to wield a weapon you like, and take it up the Enchanted path. You can do this relatively early in the game.
Option 2--get minimum stats for a weapon you like, and take it up the raw and eventually normal +15 paths and buff it with the Magic Weapons spells. If your build allows for it you can eventually swap out to the Obsidian Greatsword, which can be buffed, doesn't have scaling, has decent damage when fully upgraded, and has relatively low requirements, but isn't accessible until late-game.
Option 3--get minimum stats to wield a weapon you like and take it up either the Lightning or Chaos paths. Basically the same as using an Enchanted weapon except its power is now wholly dependent upon upgrade level and ignores stat scaling.
Option 4--grab either the Moonlight Butterfly Horn or Moonlight Greatsword. Or both. Pure magic damage with decent scaling and movesets, but not accessible until mid/late-game.
Option 5--grab Velka's Rapier. Split magic and physical, but primarily magic with low dex requirement and perfectly acceptable as thrusting swords go. Not accessible until mid-game.

[King Robert Baratheon]

Originally posted by AnKalameet:

Crystal has nothing to do with magic. It's a pure physical upgrade path, like normal +15 but on steroids. It can't be downgraded and it can't be repaired except by upgrading, which means all crystal weapons have a limited lifespan.

If you're looking for a pure magic build, you have essentially 5 options:
Option 1--get minimum strength/dexterity to wield a weapon you like, and take it up the Enchanted path. You can do this relatively early in the game.
Option 2--get minimum stats for a weapon you like, and take it up the raw and eventually normal +15 paths and buff it with the Magic Weapons spells. If your build allows for it you can eventually swap out to the Obsidian Greatsword, which can be buffed, doesn't have scaling, has decent damage when fully upgraded, and has relatively low requirements, but isn't accessible until late-game.
Option 3--get minimum stats to wield a weapon you like and take it up either the Lightning or Chaos paths. Basically the same as using an Enchanted weapon except its power is now wholly dependent upon upgrade level and ignores stat scaling.
Option 4--grab either the Moonlight Butterfly Horn or Moonlight Greatsword. Or both. Pure magic damage with decent scaling and movesets, but not accessible until mid/late-game.
Option 5--grab Velka's Rapier. Split magic and physical, but primarily magic with low dex requirement and perfectly acceptable as thrusting swords go. Not accessible until mid-game.

This. I was watching Oro's first Dark Souls 3 playthrough recently because I was bored and when he find out about the crystal enchantment/infusion he noticed it gave magic damage (or scaling, I forget). A crystal infusion in Dark Souls 1 just raises the damage massively, removes scaling but lowers the durability iirc and once it's broken it's gone for good. Upgrading the weapon does repair it but once it's fully upgraded it's death is inevitable.