Worth using a Blessed weapon for health regen?

[Fried Noodles]

If you stack all the health regen effects, it seems to be pretty not-nothing.

My character's build at Lv.62 is still in a bit of a non-committal state.
I've got like 18 STR/DEX (to use a shield and my Lothric Knight Sword), 15 INT/FTH (access to Hidden Body, Greater Magic Weapon, Replenishment, Carthus Fire Weapon Thingie, etc)

Everything else is randomly dumped into HP/FP/Stam.


I was wondering if it would be worthwhile to change up my build a bit to focus more on Faith.
Maybe get FTH up to 35 so I could use Lightning Stake.

Up to this point I haven't been using offensive Sorceries or Miracles because the stats were too low and the damage felt too weak vs. the FP cost.

With FTH being up to 35, I'd also get decent scaling on Lightning/Blessed infusions.

I made a brief foray into the Painted World of Ariados and came out of it with the Ethereal Oak Shield, which supposedly has the same health regen effect as a +10 Blessed infused armament.
And I got the ring out of Anor Londo which also gives you regen.

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I'd originally thought that the Lothric Knight Greatsword would be a good weapon for Blessed but it requires a lot of Strength and is super heavy. I haven't the equip load for it.

My AR seems like it would be a bit lower if I change my Sharp Lothric Knight Sword to Blessed.

[A very spicy burrito]

Originally posted by Fried Noodles:

If you stack all the health regen effects, it seems to be pretty not-nothing.

My character's build at Lv.62 is still in a bit of a non-committal state.
I've got like 18 STR/DEX (to use a shield and my Lothric Knight Sword), 15 INT/FTH (access to Hidden Body, Greater Magic Weapon, Replenishment, Carthus Fire Weapon Thingie, etc)

Everything else is randomly dumped into HP/FP/Stam.


I was wondering if it would be worthwhile to change up my build a bit to focus more on Faith.
Maybe get FTH up to 35 so I could use Lightning Stake.

Up to this point I haven't been using offensive Sorceries or Miracles because the stats were too low and the damage felt too weak vs. the FP cost.

With FTH being up to 35, I'd also get decent scaling on Lightning/Blessed infusions.

I made a brief foray into the Painted World of Ariados and came out of it with the Ethereal Oak Shield, which supposedly has the same health regen effect as a +10 Blessed infused armament.
And I got the ring out of Anor Londo which also gives you regen.

--
I'd originally thought that the Lothric Knight Greatsword would be a good weapon for Blessed but it requires a lot of Strength and is super heavy. I haven't the equip load for it.

My AR seems like it would be a bit lower if I change my Sharp Lothric Knight Sword to Blessed.

Just put a blessed gem on a ridiculously lightweight weapon, such as a caestus. Equip the weapon in your off hand and swap to it when you need health regen.

[♱ Remilia Scarlet 🦇]

Originally posted by A very spicy burrito:

Originally posted by Fried Noodles:

If you stack all the health regen effects, it seems to be pretty not-nothing.

My character's build at Lv.62 is still in a bit of a non-committal state.
I've got like 18 STR/DEX (to use a shield and my Lothric Knight Sword), 15 INT/FTH (access to Hidden Body, Greater Magic Weapon, Replenishment, Carthus Fire Weapon Thingie, etc)

Everything else is randomly dumped into HP/FP/Stam.


I was wondering if it would be worthwhile to change up my build a bit to focus more on Faith.
Maybe get FTH up to 35 so I could use Lightning Stake.

Up to this point I haven't been using offensive Sorceries or Miracles because the stats were too low and the damage felt too weak vs. the FP cost.

With FTH being up to 35, I'd also get decent scaling on Lightning/Blessed infusions.

I made a brief foray into the Painted World of Ariados and came out of it with the Ethereal Oak Shield, which supposedly has the same health regen effect as a +10 Blessed infused armament.
And I got the ring out of Anor Londo which also gives you regen.

--
I'd originally thought that the Lothric Knight Greatsword would be a good weapon for Blessed but it requires a lot of Strength and is super heavy. I haven't the equip load for it.

My AR seems like it would be a bit lower if I change my Sharp Lothric Knight Sword to Blessed.

Just put a blessed gem on a ridiculously lightweight weapon, such as a caestus. Equip the weapon in your off hand and swap to it when you need health regen.

Do just like this person said.
Also simple gems slowly regenerate FP if you have some of them, you could also put them on lightweight weapons and swap to them when you're not fighting to get passive FP regen, it works the same way since you mentioned about FP cost. :)

[Artek [General]]

Blessed weapons are for regen, not damage dealing.
Actually USING a blessed weapon in combat is usually a silly idea as your damage will be sub-par. But maybe you're okay with that.

Usually blessed gems are put on some off-hand utility item that you use for anything else but damage dealing. Like a parrying tool or a dagger/shortsword that you use to compensate your bigger, slower weapon.
The regen value is preset and loses its' efficiency with time as you enter late game, but having some regen is better than 0 and you can save estus charges on long thorough explorations, or by just going AFK every once in a while. As someone who used blessed sidearms before - its a neat thing to have and very comfy.
You can even bless a shield, but it will grealy compromise its' defensive properties.

[Superboniato]

Originally posted by Fried Noodles:

And I got the ring out of Anor Londo which also gives you regen.

The classic equip/unequip very quickly that ring works much better.
The normal way its too slow to be useful at all. At the speed it normally works, it doesnt make enough difference in your survival options. But equipping/unequipping the ring, actually can make you save a couple estus.

Also you get a little better to "hardswaps".

Infusing in something like that, i would prefer the FP regen infusion. More useful because you dont need that much fp to cast a spell or skill. But as another user said, i would equip it in the other hand, not my main weapon.

[paulaus333]

i find blessed items somewhat useful in both pve and pvp. princess ring + max blessed shield (carried on back only) + max blessed offhand weapon (need to switch to it), can save use of an estus if you have sufficient time to heal. you still need to use estus in an emergency

the stacked healing rate of +10 items is surprisingly good with the above ring

[Willheart]

As said, most people use Blessed/Simple infusions on their offhand - so they gain the passive effects alongside a strong weapon. But, as you've discovered they do actually have some scaling with INT/FTH, so they're not entirely a lost cause for damage.

I've been meaning to do a similar build with a Blessed infused Dragonslayer Axe, since it makes the Lightning damage scale with Faith, include your Ethereal Oak Shield and you've got double healing, Warcry weapon art helps with damage (normally you'd use Lightning Blade buff or Lightning Resin, which overrides Warcry WA). Add-on Sacred Chime of Filianore's WA + Replenishment miracle + Lloyd's Shield Ring, you can be insanely tanky with decent enough damage, regenerating enough to keep within Lloyd's Shield Ring range.

These sorts of regen builds work wonders at low-mid level, but they do get outpaced by pure damage builds especially at higher SoulLevels/Weapon Upgrades. That said, for PvE or co-op phantom it's great, also it should let you wear Symbol of Avarice all-day every-day, so lollygag your way to victory, Ser!

[urabe mikoto]

Blessed weapons usually are not a good idea outside of faith builds

[Fried Noodles]

Originally posted by urabe mikoto:

Blessed weapons usually are not a good idea outside of faith builds

Well yeah, but the idea is that I would become a Faith build. With a Pale Tongue.

I just dunno if I have enough stats as a Lv.65 to pull it off effectively.

Also my build currently is pretty suboptimal. I have a Sharp Lothric Knight Sword, but around the bare minimum Dex as needed to use the sword still.

My AR may actually increase a bit if I were to respec to a Faithy character with a Blessed weapon. ;)

As for having sidearms to swap to with the Blessed infusion. Blessed seems to scale partially with your weapons smithing level. I haven't the chunks necessary to level a bunch of side armaments to get the full regeneration speed out of them.

I'm still swinging a +7 weapon due to lack of chunks.

Originally posted by Artek General:

You can even bless a shield, but it will grealy compromise its' defensive properties.

I am likely going to use the Ethereal Oak shield. Its health regeneration rate is equivalent to a +10 Blessed Armament and it has 100% physical absorption with 50 Stability.

Bit of a step down from the Black Knight Shield I'm used to, but MUCH lighter.

[Artek [General]]

Originally posted by Fried Noodles:

You can even bless a shield, but it will grealy compromise its' defensive properties.

I am likely going to use the Ethereal Oak shield. Its health regeneration rate is equivalent to a +10 Blessed Armament and it has 100% physical absorption with 50 Stability.

Bit of a step down from the Black Knight Shield I'm used to, but MUCH lighter. [/quote]
Oh yeah, absolutely. That thing is very popular because of exactly that.