What should I infuse my sun sword with?

[Gorb 2: The Gorbening]

Im using a faith build and don't know what is the best thing to infuse my sun sword with.

[Chael]

lightning

[Dexter]

http://darksouls2.wiki.fextralife.com/Dark+Souls+2+Wiki

[HolyOne]

nothing. it's best for its scaling, which infusion ruins. use something else for a faith build, something with inherent lightning damage, like heide sword.

[DerOger]

yeah, lightning infused sun sword isn't really great, even for a faith build. i would recommend leaving it as is, if your str&dex is good.

you could try a lightning infused heide sword as an alt. weapon

[Call Sign: Raven]

The sun.

[Scorpion62]

The weapons I really enjoyed using on my lightning build are:

mace - probably the best early weapon. I still use it as my backup weapon it's so good. Most enemies are stunned from the very first hit until they die.

defender greatsword - GREAT weapon. It has it's own lightning inherently built into itself which you can use way before you get the sunlight blade spell - sooo cool!

large club - great early weapon for whacking enemies.

greatsword - very good, always good for whacking bosses or multiple enemies all rounded up together.

malformed shell - just a great weapon all around, but it's a bit risky to get.

dragon tooth - BEAST - curretly my highest damage weapon using the ring of blades +2 and adding sunlight blade spell There is not a normal enemy, or red phantom that you can not totally own with this weapon. 2-hand, whack, rinse repeat, they never get up.


grym greataxe - I am actually a little dissappointed in this weapon just due to the limited attack set and angle of swing. It actually misses dogs about half of the time, it just swings right over them if you do the hoizontal attack, and the range of attack feels very short in comparison to a greatsword, club, etc.... Yuck. But it does a ton of damage.

[Gorb 2: The Gorbening]

Originally posted by Elpam Purys:

The sun.

if only I could do that

[glass eater]

Use a longsword if you want a straight sword to use, and infuse it with lightning. It's essentially the same thing but will be better since you can take better advantage of the scaling and base damage. Sun Sword is only good if you can take advantage of it's AA scaling, in which case it is likely the best quality weapon in the game.

[Nolo Contendere]

Originally posted by Scorpion62:

defender greatsword - GREAT weapon. It has it's own lightning inherently built into itself which you can use way before you get the sunlight blade spell - sooo cool!

Erm.....you have to clear shrine of amana and undead crypt BEFORE you can even access the throne of want.......Just sayin'

You also use up durability to buff it and iirc, it's weaker than SLB. Still a solid weapon from what I understand, even with the nerfs it recieved.

Edit: To the OP: Honestly, take it from a guy who did make the mistake, leave the sun sword uninfused.

General rules of thumb for infusing your weapon:
Infuse if.....

a) It has great base damage
b) it has lackluster scaling
c) you have high stats that are relevant to the element you are infusing with.
d) it has inherent elemental properties

Leave uninfused if.......

a) the base damage is not that great
b) the weapon has excellent scaling

Those are general rules of thumb, and there are exceptions (but I dont feel like going over them, someone else who is much nicer than me will)