Good upgrade path for the avelyn?

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I'm using a faith build :)

[Vagrant]

Divine since it scales with Faith?

[Pork Chop Sandwiches]

Hmm, I already have a divine iaito, and most of the bosses and enemies in this game have high magic resistance. I wonder if upgrade it with the lightning path good? (maybe chaos?)

[Rarayn]

Lightning would be your best bet on a Faith build, as there are Lightning bolts but no other type of elemental/magical bolts. Split damage is undesirable, and a Faith build won't get very good damage with a pure physical upgrade path.

[Pork Chop Sandwiches]

I see, thanks. The lightning bolts are costly though ;)

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Wonder if this is as OP as it is in DS2?

[Archmystic]

Originally posted by Franklin Clinton:

Wonder if this is as OP as it is in DS2?

Avelynn sucks.
it also sucks in DS2 tho so ye its just as (NOT)"OP" as in DS2.

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Originally posted by Archmystic:

Originally posted by Franklin Clinton:

Wonder if this is as OP as it is in DS2?

Avelynn sucks.
it also sucks in DS2 tho so ye its just as (NOT)"OP" as in DS2.

Before they nerf it, it's pretty op man :)) (DS2)

[Crombell]

Originally posted by Rarayn:

Lightning would be your best bet on a Faith build, as there are Lightning bolts but no other type of elemental/magical bolts. Split damage is undesirable, and a Faith build won't get very good damage with a pure physical upgrade path.

This, and the avelyn has no scaling whatsoever. If you made it divine or occult, you'd split the damage into physical and sorcery, which cripples it entirely, as you get no scaling bonus anyways.

Lighting +5 with lightning bolts is better than anything else.

Originally posted by Archmystic:

Originally posted by Franklin Clinton:

Wonder if this is as OP as it is in DS2?

Avelynn sucks.
it also sucks in DS2 tho so ye its just as (NOT)"OP" as in DS2.

What're you talking about? In Dark Souls 2, the avelyn is and was (both pre- and post nerf) the best ranged weapon in the game.

In Dark Souls it's a lot better balanced. Higher damage than a bow, shoots faster, but has a long reload time, and unlike in Dark Souls 2, it doesn't follow the enemy while you shoot.

It's an incredibly good weapon for punishing pyromancy, or attacks that slows the enemy down too much.

The reason it is overpowered in Dark Souls 2, is that it makes the opponent unable to attack you while you shoot, as the avelyn automatically targets them.

[Archmystic]

Originally posted by Archmystic:

Avelynn sucks.
it also sucks in DS2 tho so ye its just as (NOT)"OP" as in DS2.

What're you talking about? In Dark Souls 2, the avelyn is and was (both pre- and post nerf) the best ranged weapon in the game.

In Dark Souls it's a lot better balanced. Higher damage than a bow, shoots faster, but has a long reload time, and unlike in Dark Souls 2, it doesn't follow the enemy while you shoot.

It's an incredibly good weapon for punishing pyromancy, or attacks that slows the enemy down too much.

The reason it is overpowered in Dark Souls 2, is that it makes the opponent unable to attack you while you shoot, as the avelyn automatically targets them. [/quote]

Only as a mundane. which is why they only nerfed mundane.
and in DS its utterly useless.
In ds II its only useful as a mundane on a really high lvl charecter, which doesnt matter much due to soul memory dictating Multiplayer instead of SL. - which is crap so it sucks.

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Originally posted by Crombell:

Originally posted by Rarayn:

Lightning would be your best bet on a Faith build, as there are Lightning bolts but no other type of elemental/magical bolts. Split damage is undesirable, and a Faith build won't get very good damage with a pure physical upgrade path.

This, and the avelyn has no scaling whatsoever. If you made it divine or occult, you'd split the damage into physical and sorcery, which cripples it entirely, as you get no scaling bonus anyways.

Lighting +5 with lightning bolts is better than anything else.

Originally posted by Archmystic:

Avelynn sucks.
it also sucks in DS2 tho so ye its just as (NOT)"OP" as in DS2.

What're you talking about? In Dark Souls 2, the avelyn is and was (both pre- and post nerf) the best ranged weapon in the game.

In Dark Souls it's a lot better balanced. Higher damage than a bow, shoots faster, but has a long reload time, and unlike in Dark Souls 2, it doesn't follow the enemy while you shoot.

It's an incredibly good weapon for punishing pyromancy, or attacks that slows the enemy down too much.

The reason it is overpowered in Dark Souls 2, is that it makes the opponent unable to attack you while you shoot, as the avelyn automatically targets them.

True, a dual avelyn in ds2 will kill you in 1 hit. Alright thanks for the help guys. Lightning avelyn it is. I know it's not a good pvp weapon, but it so freeking cool :)