Raw Weapon Infusion

[kamikazi21358]

New to DS3, from my understanding, I can infuse weapons and uninfuse them without losing my upgrade level? As long as I have the material required at least?

My strength and dexterity is at the minimum level to yield the weapon I’m using — would it be practical to infuse it with a raw gem, and put stats into other important stats like health and endurance? Then when I get better gems or when I start putting more into strength/dexterity, then I can uninfuse it?

For reference, at +2 I get a 24 point bonus from my stats, but with raw I get a bonus damage buff of 48. So would it be a good thing to make my weapon raw early game?

I’m just asking so I don’t find out that the thing I use to uninfuse a weapon is like a super late game item or something and screw up my weapon.

[Sparhawk 59]

Raw early game all steam ahead

[quacksouls]

A Raw build is very good for early game and could take you up to Aldrich. You can find at Farron Keep a gem to un-infuse your weapon.

[ChubbNutt]

You don't even have to uninfuse. You can just overwrite whatever it is.

[psheue]

That´s exactly how you use Raw gems (it´s always a good idea to have a Raw weapon regardless of the build). There´s no need to uninfuse your weapons before a new infusion and you´ll never lose a weapon´s upgrade level.

[Mr. Black]

If you barely can wield a weapon RAW, obviously. But if for example it's a greatsword or something you usually use 2handed and you have like 27+str do heavy infusion all the way.

Refined is for 40 40.

Sharp works wonders with some weapons with minimum str and like 60 DEX

[kamikazi21358]

I wasn’t even aware you could override gems without uninfusing them, in this case I don’t even see a downside to using a raw weapon.

[Mr. Black]

Originally posted by kamikazi21358:

I wasn’t even aware you could override gems without uninfusing them, in this case I don’t even see a downside to using a raw weapon.

the only bad thing is, they're very rare. The game only offers 1 predefined drop. You have to farm hollows like no tomorrow to get more.

[kamikazi21358]

Originally posted by Mr. Black:

Originally posted by kamikazi21358:

I wasn’t even aware you could override gems without uninfusing them, in this case I don’t even see a downside to using a raw weapon.

the only bad thing is, they're very rare. The game only offers like 2 predefined drops. You have to farm hollows like no tomorrow to get more.

Are you referring to raw gems or other types? Raw isn’t a problem, I already made a shortsword raw I got from a lizard that I didn’t plan on using long, and I somehow got 3 more by killing stuff, it’s been dropping surprisingly often for me.

Originally posted by Mr. Black:

If you barely can wield a weapon RAW, obviously. But if for example it's a greatsword or something you usually use 2handed and you have like 27+str do heavy infusion all the way.

Refined is for 40 40.

Sharp works wonders with some weapons with minimum str and like 60 DEX

Which I did hear some of the types of infusions in DS3, I did want to do sharp I think since I looked up and saw that it gets an S scaling in dexterity with a sharp gem [lothric sword]. But I just got minimum requirements for now, so I was wondering if it was smart to make it raw for the extra damage for now, then change it later.

[lucas.gasparino3110]

Originally posted by kamikazi21358:

New to DS3, from my understanding, I can infuse weapons and uninfuse them without losing my upgrade level? As long as I have the material required at least?

My strength and dexterity is at the minimum level to yield the weapon I’m using — would it be practical to infuse it with a raw gem, and put stats into other important stats like health and endurance? Then when I get better gems or when I start putting more into strength/dexterity, then I can uninfuse it?

For reference, at +2 I get a 24 point bonus from my stats, but with raw I get a bonus damage buff of 48. So would it be a good thing to make my weapon raw early game?

I’m just asking so I don’t find out that the thing I use to uninfuse a weapon is like a super late game item or something and screw up my weapon.

Not a huge fan of raw. You can actually change the infusions, even bring the weapon back to normal, at Andre, whenever you want, for a soul cost. I´d say raw works best for int/faith builds, as you need a weapon for when ♥♥♥♥ gets close, but can´t spend too many souls on str/dex. Also, early game I´d say an elemental infusion works better, fire is particularly useful at Farron/Road of Sacrifices/Undead Settlement/Cathedral of the Deep. Fire is also nice for fighting dogs, they stun for a really long time once hit, if they don´t die. Raw gives you early power, but later the lack of scaling means the weapon may get outclassed. Keep in mind that infusion items are a bit rare. What kind of build are you going for?

[kamikazi21358]

Originally posted by lucas.gasparino3110:

Not a huge fan of raw. You can actually change the infusions, even bring the weapon back to normal, at Andre, whenever you want, for a soul cost. I´d say raw works best for int/faith builds, as you need a weapon for when ♥♥♥♥ gets close, but can´t spend too many souls on str/dex. Also, early game I´d say an elemental infusion works better, fire is particularly useful at Farron/Road of Sacrifices/Undead Settlement/Cathedral of the Deep. Fire is also nice for fighting dogs, they stun for a really long time once hit, if they don´t die. Raw gives you early power, but later the lack of scaling means the weapon may get outclassed. Keep in mind that infusion items are a bit rare. What kind of build are you going for?

I already did the raw infusion, it actually is working great right now for me.
I was thinking of going dexterity, I been using the lothric sword and it’s being very effective for me (and it looks nice of course). Though my reasoning is l, with a raw infusion to boost base damage, I can keep my strength and skill at the base requirements for a bit, and focus on vitality and endurance for now. By the time I get around to focusing on dexterity, and/or when the raw infusion starts feeling obsolete, I am hoping is it would be by the time I would have found a better gem of something.