How Weapons And Stats MISLEAD You In Elden Ring (You're Building Your Character WRONG)
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- Опубликовано: 22 апр 2022
- You might've been mislead by weapons, stats and scaling in Elden Ring and today I'm going to show you why and how to make sure that you get the best possible build in Elden Ring or rather how to make the most out of your build in Elden Ring. Or even one layer deeper: how to make very powerful builds you never thought were even possible in Elden Ring. I go over a bunch of misconceptions in this video that are ruining your build without you even knowing it in Elden Ring. This video consists out of a bunch of Elden Ring tips and tricks to make sure that you have the best build possible in Elden Ring. Enjoy!
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You are missing something....in that the Watchers Greatsword probably outdamages the Guts greatsword at extreme high levels of strength...perhaps 80 plus. There is a sweet spot between bad8e damage and scaling ...maybe guts GS is better at 60 str and watcher better at 80plus str...maybe! Idk ! I agree and love the video tho. The be more clear, I only disagree when you say "one is better than the other"...you have to try differentt levels of str and DeX to truly see any weapon. There is a build out there where even the most obscure weapons shine. Love the videos you make however, and I agree with 95 percent as stated! Keep them up...obscure scaling tests me likey!
Nope scaling works how it's always worked your confused because your not using all the stats to calculate, the requirements make a difference the sword with 11 str and 12 dex will always end up better than a 10 str 10 dex requirement, this is why you should be using the requirements along the base scaling before deciding on weapons to level up.
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Little tip when you respec, equip the weapons you plan on using so you can see how much your stats are affecting the AR
yes very good addition, I do this all the time. And going out of the menu before respeccing means you don't waste your larval tear either
This really lets you play around with your stats to get the absolute highest AR!
@@NizarGG O nice, I didn't know it didn't consume your tear if you back out. That's good to know.
If you truly want to save your tears and not waste them. Save your game prior to respecing, you think something went wrong and just exit game and quit on the home page or kill the app in task manager and re load. Boom, free tear that you get to try out.
Just keep in mind this does not consider the effects of stat boosting items, so if you want to use say the Stargazer Heirloom talisman on an int build, you need to put 5 extra points into int to get accurate numbers (just don't forget to remove them before confirming)
Something that might be handy is having the ability to compare weapons at their base upgrade level. It can be hard to compare the base damage of a weapon you just picked up with the +14 weapon you've been playing with for half the game.
Yes!
No joke. Every time I see a new katana I compare it to my + whatever uchikatana and like, nope guess I’m not switching lol
@@childofthelordkingofkings1904 Yeah, and that gets expensive in a hurry. I just try to guess based off of weapon type and scaling factors which one is better.
I mean…. there’s a wiki, just look up the weapon you’ve been using on your phone and compare it there
@@TheGiantDwarf everyone doesn't wanna pull out their phone to google the game every single time they find a weapon . Gear comparisons should be root structure in a game based entirely around loot and stat building
I am following my heart more than numbers or any AR value. If the weapon is cool to look at with a cool moveset and/or has spectacular special abilities, I'll use it and build around it. Sure there might be better weapons out there, but I want to enjoy the game while feeling like a badass. Thank you for the video. I always like to keep a few fully upgraded weapons that do serious damage, quickly, in case I cannot overcome a boss with my cool factor 😎
Good luck out there and remember to have fun. That's what it's all about.
Edit: Also Fashion Souls > AR Souls.
fashionsouls is the way.
#EldenBling
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A man after my own heart. Fashion is the only thing that matters
Cool build sick fit good fight 💪🏽
every time a new patch comes out there's people rushing to spam videos - you take your time and produce quality like this that packages super helpful information into an easy-to-understand format. thank you!
Nah they'll stick to their "op game breaking god build" stuff.That or "99979639499499 runes in minutes" videos
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Anyone with two brain cells knew the stuff in this video though. It's mostly for brain-afk'ers. You'd know all this just by looking at the numbers as you upgrade a weapon. You can see your scaling increase and your scale letter turn blue, but not change. This indicates that the letter is not a static value.
i'm not one of those but it's a good way to make hundreds of dollars from a $60 dollar game. People will click regardless.
The majority of the youtube community surrounding elden ring is so trash right now.
This is very helpful in explaining the details of how scaling and damage work, but weapons are more than their raw numbers. I don't use Warhawk's Talon for its raw damage, I use it for its cool unique lunging R2 attack that no other sword in the game can do.
A weapon could put out insane damage but if the moveset isn't good or fun I typically won't use it.
The element of surprise is 99 vigor +
Besides dps would be more with Warhawk talon over all. More swings, it's a straight sword. I mean trading blow for blow obviously. But I'd digress.
Warhawk has a unique skill?
@@Delibelly99 a unique heavy attack. It's a lunging two hit combo. The charged version goes even further.
Arcane also scales Sleep, not just Bleed/Madness/Poison.
If you put sleep wax on an albanuric axe with high arc, you have super high buildup
Because there's only two weapons you can do this with it's not well known! :D
wait Arcane scales madness?! I always thought it was faith lol
@@TENEBRAELGAMING No. Buildup speed scales with Arcane.
wait is the albanauric axe an arcane scaling weapon without a preset ash of war???
Arcane scales nothing unless a weapon has arcane scaling. If you take a weapon with inherent bleed but no arcane scaling, having 99 arcane is going to proc bleed as effectively and quickly as having 9 arcane.
Specifically between watchdog and greatsword - this does not take moveset into account.
The watchdog moveset is, in my opinion, way better for consistent hits on all enemy types and shapes.
Doing 15 more damage per hit when it comes down to thousands of hp doesn’t matter as much as hitting the target consistently.
Yeah you can loose 30 raw dmg for a insane moveset . But the scaling is tricky and dont add a lot if you dont take 2 grade scaling .
The guts gs is easy to find and its the guts gs lol but love the watchfog gs moveset .
the only thing you need for a greatsword is crouching attacks.
So movesets dont matter because all of them are wortheless without that.
@@Tory-JJ if only anyone cared about your elitist gatekeeping.
I’m sure there is an echo-chamber for you somewhere.
@@Tory-JJ Invade or duel with only the guts crouch poke and make a video about it. I'd love to watch that. Or better yet, just make a new category of challenge run using only the poke.
@@Tory-JJ what an uneducated opinion.
I came in ignorant and left confused
This game hits the sweet spot for weapon damage. Has something for the min/maxers, but keeps the other options in the same weapon class close enough to each other that personal preference and elden bling doesn't severely gimp your damage.
"Hits" lol. Moonveil gang rise up
I love that this video has the vibe of a criminal documentary. It adds a lot of little chuckles from me.
This is fire content brother. Great descriptions and your display of the numbers along side nuanced commentary really showed a clear understanding of the many mechanics behind the scenes.
I think the base damage also takes in to consideration the weight of the weapon. Speed over damage.
I also imagine the relative strength and utility of the weapon skill factors in.
yeah but fast weapons have this bad habbit of not stopping peoples attacks if they land first on some fights
Tbh, I like the Hand of Malenia, especially in duel wielding… when it’s been upgraded + skill-boasting talisman lol. I did my 3rd play through with them.
Good for clearing trash mobs, but it feels so bad that you don't get any poise in the windup for the WA. Even the slowest bosses still knock you out of that shit.
@@zzyzx_001 I mean, it’s not too bad. I was able to defeat a handful of major bosses with ease.
For pvp you just use a greatsheild and rapier and when you see them start the ash of war start stabbing before they make the first contact and you can stab them the entire time they are doing the ash of war.
It's great as a cavalry sword.
the editing in this video is fantastic. zoom ins, overlays, sound effects. Thanks for the effort
when it comes to split damage weapons like moonveil, blasphemous blade, sword of night and flame, if its only the ash of war/skill you're going to use primarily then it's better to level up intelligence or faith since strength or dexterity doesn't affect magic damage
Thank you
Primary example of this is the halo scythe.
E faith scaling, but the weapon art rings do a tonne of damage because it only scales with faith.
Kind of sad that for casters to use arts they need to dump their physical stat, but I guess that's a balance mechanic tradeoff for having access to incantations/sorceries.
But what if you want to use regular slashes too?better lvl up both
@@TheMETALICA40 focus int and get dex to 20-30
Ashes of war damage is off of the base damage of your weapon
Instant like. I needed this info, whether it is good or bad. Just nice to see a post dealing with my struggle. Thank you homie.
Awesome analysis on the scaling for weapons!! Great editing as well! I'd love to see something similar for crafting stuff and ranged weapons too!!
Great video. I think one thing that people should pay attention to as well is the attribute requirements. From the weapons I use (not saying this is always the case), but when the weapon that requires a higher attribute in that category, it usually wins out. Hand of Malenia requires 48 Dex. The Greatsword that had higher AR required 1 more in strength at 31.
"wins out" is still so massively subjective there because of movesets and timing though
@@connormccarthy2745 have you watched the video? Heck, did you read my full statement or just saw two words? No subjectivity if you had done both.
1- the video was discussing the AR and scaling, mainly.
2- I said the weapons I (which means me, not you) use.
3- I said "should pay attention to as well" as he mentions movesets along with other factors in the video.
@@impexxable yeah, and I was reiterating those points because it really seemed like you were giving advice and I didn't want people to see that and take it as advice. This is a public forum, I'm just trying to put information out there, not put you down. I watched the video, I read your statement, and I thought it was oversimplified and didn't want someone to get the wrong idea. Put the gun away bud, don't get so goddamn offended
Honestly, your comparison between these 2 weapons of different weapon categories is kinda odd. Like, Greatsword on a str build is gonna do more dmg per hit than Malenia's on a dex build. It's just that Malenia's, it being a much faster and obviously smaller weapon, will be able to get it's dmg out faster than Greatsword. This is an odd comparison you've chose to go after to support your dmg requirement argument, but I guess I'll let it slide because you clearly don't understand what you're talking about because it's likely ER is your first souls game.
@@OddWolf666 its odd you wanted to call someone out for an "odd comparison" when it was actually just your lack of reading comprehension. Don't worry I'll let it slide as its likely you were just being an elitist, who can't even read properly.
love the work you put into this video :) clarified a lot for me, thanks!
Awesome editing, clear message! Dropped a like brotha. I was actually mind blown at the theories here - extremely eye opening.
I ran into this confusing stuff about a week ago when I was trying to pick a secondary straight sword for my build, and it's such a huge pain.
Not only is none of this explained in game (or really in the wiki either), but it feels like you need to spend the resources to upgrade multiple weapons just to compare them and pick which one you want to use.
I get that the game is built to encourage experimentation with your build, but this system seems designed to confuse and trick players (and not in a fun way like a maze or puzzle).
What works best is to get the ball bearings for smithing stone 1-4 and just find a quick tune farm spot that might take like 30 mins top to get enough runes and upgrade what you want… that’s what I do when I want to break from the main stream weapons
Its kinda unfair to point it like that because, tbh, Nizar didn't spoke the full truth here. In his first example, Warhawk's Talon actually DOES scale better: it has +323 damage against the Broadsword's +282. That's what scaling governs. What he ommited is that, actually, Warhawk's Talon is an overall weak weapon damage wise. Its base damage at +25 is lower than the Broadsword.
The reason why the Broadsword did more damage is 2 things:
. First, Broadsword's base damage is WAY higher than the Warhawk's Talon. Both standard at +25, Broadsword gets nearly 290 damage, while the Warhawk's is near 240.
. Second, 80 is the highest cap, the HARD cap, meaning you can't get more damage from Dex past that. In Keen affinity, the soft caps are 20 (meaning, until 20 dex is where you will get the MOST damage per level), 60 (meaning it has diminished returns from 21 to 60), and 80 (meaning, from 60 to 80, you will BARELY gain any damage). The Broadsword has a high B scaling in Dex (meaning its almost A in scaling) while the Warhawk's is A, but not nearing S, so the difference in what both of them gain from the Keen affinity is not that distant.
That is because the Talon has a different moveset that is a double swipe, both at full damage, so the overall damage of the weapon probably had to be reduced to not deal double the damage of other swords in its Heavy attack.
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@@felipecouto1102 how is it dishonest when he literally points this out a few minutes later - that it's due to base damage differences
@@heckingbamboozled8097 Its not dishonesty tho, its just not technically correct , because the scaling is in fact better
My man your content is STRONG. Imma subscribe.
Ever since I first played demon souls and throughout all souls games I’ve always had the scaling system bugging the crap out of me. I always knew that something wasn’t quite right But I’ve always been too lazy to test it myself. So thanks for doing that 👏🏻👍🏻
Thank you for an actual in-depth analysis truly appreciate it !
thank god i found this video, while i'm just about to hit end game on my first playthrough, im already planning min-maxing builds and avoiding diminishing returns. keep it up man!
I currently use Night and Flame and Uchigatana; while I was leveling up, no points were adding up if I added strength- but faith and intelligence the numbers started to stack. I have to respec when I get to that point. Thanks brother, I just subscribed 🙏
a lot of people start off not understanding scaling and going for base damage but the moment they figure out scaling base damage doesnt exist to them
I'm not sure this dude understands scaling. If you have a weapon that scales better with strength you would do a keen build with it to make it scale better with dex. You should make it a heavy build instead.
Thanks brother! This was extremely helpful 🤜🤛
I just subscribe to your channel everything that you said makes so much sense and I had no idea 🤷🏻♂️
Excellent video as always Nizar!! So min-maxing aside, since the differences aren't MAJOR, is it safe to say we can just use whatever weapons we like, as long as they mostly fit our builds?
yeah ofcourse you can use whatever you want to use! the idea behind this video is more about that there is actually more possible in terms of making viable builds than what one would think initially, but also how to really get the most out of your build.
@@NizarGG yes, that's what I was hoping for, more viability! Thank you for your response!
Yeah pretty much. Just use the scaling as a guide to which attributes you should invest in.
@@renno2679 thanks!
This is the only video I feel like answers all my questions. I also feel like all this holds the game back a lot.
Best elden ring build videos on youtube!!! Thank you Nizar!
There's also the importance of damage type when looking at different weapon categories, where Standard, Piercing, Slashing, & Striking can all have an effect on which one ends up putting out more total damage, based on what you're fighting.
An easy example to see this with is Radahn's Starcaller Swords vs the Fallingstar Beast Jaw. When maxed out, the Fallingstar Beast Jaw has a higher AR and literally all of the numerical stats are greater than the Starcaller Swords …but if you're testing the damage on the Albinaurics at the Mohgwyn hill, the Starcaller Sword's attacks will always deal greater damage per hit.
Yep. I just learned how much thos effects your damage output a few hours ago. I noticed i missed a dungeon in the swamp area by the dragon burnt ruins (the mine in the north west tip, with the graveminner troll as a boss, i think was its name). The regular enemies there are made of stone or something and a +5 curved greatsword bounced off them each hit and did less damage per hit than a +2 basic whip.
@@shadowofenvy1847 the Crystalians are like that too, 35% absorption on slash and thrust but only 10% on standard and strike plus 40% on all magic and elements. first time i ran into them i had to switch to a mace to beat them.
Yo. I love your structure of your video. Your flow. You work with the silence very well. And your ex0lanation was on point. I ha ent seen someone explain it like that. Thx!
Really informative video and I love your editing style !
This is why the grave scythe is so good and so versatile with so many builds it has an absurdly high base AR making it good for Dex builds strength build especially and even magic build
Never trust a scythe user.
From what I've seen from a few sources is that the scaling isn't the only factor that makes a weapon have high AR, it's the weapons with an already higher than average base AR in addition to their scaling that makes them good. Like you said in the video of course and well done explaining this important bit of information.
10:34 For customizable weapons you can always switch the overall weapon scaling to Blood, Poison or Occult to get the built-in bleed to scale with Arcane.
Bleed doesnt scale with arcane unless the weapon also scales with arcane. You wont get more bleed value for arcane if your weapon scales with dex/str for exemple.
The thing about scaling is that it is based on the weapons base damage. Even if it has an S scale in a stat, that scaling is based on the damage associated with that stat. Example: weapon does 150 phys and 75 elemental damage. Phys has C in both str and dex, and an A in relevant stat for that element. Because the base damage for that element is considerably lower, there is the likelihood that the phys damage will grow far faster than the elemental damage even if you pump hard into the element's relevant stat.
In pure phys weapons, this means that even with the str and dex scaling, you may get a weaker weapon than one with a higher scaling if the base damage is lower.
If you want to get a good idea of which will be stronger, just look at how much growth you get to the base damage when upgrading weapons.
I think from soft need to put "+" and "-" on the weapon scealing grades to make it easier to understand where exactly your weapon is on the grade treshhold. Like for moonveil for ex.
B+ for int, B- for dex and D for str.
I'd rather they just lay out the actual numbers like was done in this video
Best video I've watched about Elden Ring. Keep up fellow tarnished. Subscribed.
You've been uploading videos for a long time and you're obviously underrated.
Little advice if I may. Your titles are on point. Your thumbnails I believe can catch more eyes if they have fewer words, but bigger font. Less detailed images, but brighter aggressive colors.
All the best.
Let's be honest, in every Dark Souls game, weapon damage didn't mattered that much. It was always all about what you like to use. So why people thought Elden Ring would be any different?
Of course, damage is important, but not as important as movement suited to your playstyle. That's something I absolutely love about From Software games. It's true variety. In most RPGs, you are practically forced at some point to use most damage dealing weapon, even if you're not liking it that much, because finishing the game without it would be a nightmare. Not in FS games. You like to use standard straight sword? You can use it effectively to the very end of the game. That's why upgrading your weapon is way more important, than switching to a weapon with slighting more base damage.
Same goes for armor. Difference in some heavy set in light set in terms of defense will never be high enough to consider light armor pointless. Fashion > Defense.
Well yeah but there are always weapons that are superior than others and some that are far more superior than the rest
@@gotworc Yes, they are, but this superiority is not that big. You can easily beat the game with starting class weapon if you want. Yes, it will be a little harder, but not impossible.
@@chicken29843 You're talking PvP or PvE? Because I have no idea how it works in PvP, so if you're talking about that, than I can't argue with you, however, in PvE, you can use every weapon in the game, and if upgraded, it will be viable. Sure, some weapons are better than other, but not by a margin large enough to make weaker weapons unusable.
@@MK-yz2pr that's an invalid arguement. yes, it might be possible to beat the game with a fucking spoon, if your name is lobosjr and you're basically a patience elemental. viable in theory, but is it fun though?
This is more of a problem of badly designed bullsh!t enemies more than weapon viability IMO.
Thank you sir. This was exactly what I was looking for!
WoW this felt like a lecture at uni. It’s crazy how in depth these numbers go & what they mean & manipulate other factors. Very informative thank you for this mind blowing video.
It definitely deserves a sub 🧙♂️ 🪄
'Scammers Greatsword' LOL! Love your work Nizar GG 👌
Thank you a lot. That's really interesting.
Another thing to consider is that you can't really compare AR between weapons if one of them does different damage types. Since enemies have residtances to different damage types, a weapon like Moonveil has more of its damage reduced, compared to say, an Uchi that has its damaged only reduced by slash resistance and not by magic resistance.
Great editing, subbed
your videos are awesome. easily my favorite elden ring channel
Nice effects on the video. Clean and not over done
The vid I needed G. Thanx
I feel like the real endgame is excel spreadsheets.
Man… the best vid on this subject that I have found. You earned a sub from me
Very Informative thanks for the video.
Thank you for clarifying this dude!!
Great video. Liked and subscribed.
Thsbks for the explanation. You broke it down great
Great video!!
We should start a movement to get the damage increase from scaling values for each weapon added to the wiki next to its letter because that’s huge
I've been waiting for this although there aren't seemingly specific hard answers. This puts us in the right direction though and has given us some insights. Thanks Nizar.
Man the range of scaling within a letter rank - damn now it makes more sense. Thanks!!
Bro solid video this is dope
Good vid. I think maybe you should have brought up Weapon Enchantments too though, no?
Might have made the video too confusing, but with the Melania vs Uchigatana example, being able to enchant the Uchi needs to be brought up when comparing weapons too, even if it doesn't relate to scaling.
Such a helpful video that really expanded my knowledge on this subject. One question though, without looking it up or rebirth, how do you know which stat scales higher when they both have the same scaling? Like in the Moonveil example, how did you know it scales better in int even though int and dex are both B?
This was done really well. You got my sub.
This is the easiest scaling video I’ve seen yet easiest to understand. Thank you.
I'm glad you mentioned the attack speed and ranger. I was worried you'd gloss over it and not not that it is a factor.
The only input I have for this video is that you shouldn't worry about having the best stats. If the weapon you like does 30 less damage than your strongest weapon, just go with the one you like more. Whether you like the look of the weapon or another attribute of it, pick the one you like best. Seldom is a small damage difference gonna be the difference between defeat and victory. I'd recommend players build their character around the weapon they plan to focus on or the weapons if running katana and spears or something. Don't try to over reach your build by trying to use every weapon you see. Stick to a few you really like and try to build around them.
Super cool vid man!
Nice work, Thanks.
Wait, you're tellin' me I gotta get to know my weapon and stats in order to get the most out of my build?! That's crazy!
Jokes aside thanks for the tips and detailed step by step, I was just thinking about how I'd wanna run a Faith build of some kind after my first playthrough. :D
very helpful, thank you.
this is so good, where do you get the scaling values?
Honestly, I was somewhat confused about how damage works, but after seeing your video it finally "clicked".
Now I realize that if I wanna compare two weapons, the ideal is going for an AR Calculator which can be found online.
Nice video, really enjoyed it. Quick question - does weapon art in case of weapons like moonveil scale the same as base weapon damage or is it only int dependent?
yes
Depends on the ash , some like moonveil are magic dmg so that’s scaling off INT. If the ash is just a move set rather than magic or elemental attack it scales off base scaling for physical dmg
Great vid 👍just subscribed
LOL I am very glad you brought base damage into the account because the first half of this video I was doing nothing but screaming at my phone Bro you've got to take base damage into account and you seem well smart enough to understand that. super glad I didn't make a douche of myself. great video great information you earned a sub
Really interesting and insightful video. Great work and fun to watch.
This guy gets it!!! This is why I always check Hand AR for multiple infusions before committing. Running a quality build with a 25% bias into dexterity, so some weapons are best quality, others keen, others heavy (when two handed).
I first noticed something was off of this nature with the Astora Greatsword and Painting Guardian Curved Sword in DS3. At the end of the day, scaling is all misdirection and inner mechanics. The only thing you should be concerned about is class moveset, unique moveset, and then (if infusable) whichever infusion produces the highest "Right/Left hand Damage" value (with some accounting for how split damage is nerfed by flat defenses).
I like adding elements to my attacks then going heavy or keen
Great advice once again and overall a very interesting topic. I have one question still, is it for example with a greatsword better to use 2 of them or does it depend. I'd like to use 2 of the greatswords but not if I'm getting a disadvantage.
Two handing is slightly stronger now but it depends on your build, dual gs is never a bad idea tho
Like most builds, it depends.
Use whatever weapon you want as long as you're having fun that's what matters when you think about the damage negation in regards to a player and enemies in PVE you have to acknowledge that a difference in 20 to 30 Armament damage isn't a lot of actual damage when you think about it when you're swinging a regular swing with anything but a colossal Greatsword are you hitting the numbers that your armament damage is? No shit even with big weapons unless you're talking about boosted jumped attacks or other boosted attacks but regardless it's such a minut difference you would just be diluting you're playing experience to try and get such a little increase use whatever weapons you want use whatever ashes of War you want and have fun 🙇🙇🙇🙇🙇 most people don't realize that 10 levels into increasing your strength or trying to completely optimize your damage unless you're using all of your talismans and additional Buffs that are percentage-based you're getting very little very very little increase in actual damage when you could be getting more survivability or more adaptability adding more different things to your character whether it's different weapons different spells incantations different things to deal with different situations a lot of people get caught up in damage but you end up nerfing your character by trying to go all for damage like when I kill a sorcerer with 1 swing and they had 800HP like I get it if you kill someone you won't die but like it's not worth it.
Two handing a weapon is a 1.5x modifer to your Strength. Powerstancing 2 weapons is a 2x damage modifer. Powerstancing will give you more damage
Thank you guys you helped me a lot. I appreciate it very much
Here I am listening and learning about how to pick an optimal weapon for my build...
only to go back to use what fits my ✨ A E S T H E T I C ✨
I'd like to see your build based on Sword of Night and Flame.
And thanks for this one. Eye opening for a casual like me!
Thanks for all the info.
4:20 as he later said, this is mainly due to the difference in base damage
I'm willing to bet the tables scales tip more and more in favor of the Watchdogs GS the further you go past the soft cap (utter blasphemy, I know)
Great video btw
This video was very well made! Subscribe and like well earned and thanks for these awesome tips :)
Great video you got a new subscriber
Been suspecting this for a very long time thank you lmao
Damn i just subbed 😮 Now what does keen/quality/heavy etc mean?
I think the misconception about scaling in regards to S being better than A is that the weapons don’t start at the same AR and the scalings simply add a multiplier to the base AR. So if you have a higher base, but slightly lower scaling it’ll still come out on top. There is also different grades within a single letter scaling. So a C in scaling for one weapon might not have the same multiplier as another because it’s more of a bracket.
GG editing man
Hey man which armorers your character use it looks sick!
Great video. I know im a little late but i just wanted to add one rule that was overlooked perhaps because it is assumed but I think it is worth emphasizing. That being the rule of cool. Aesthetics are not just an optional feature, it's a moral imperative baby. Yeah.
Thanks bud, subbed
One thing to note is that attack rating isn't the be all end all. Different weapons have been shown to have different attack speeds, even within the same weapon class. Getting all these actual scaling numbers (instead of just scaling letters) does make me wish for a google sheet somewhere though.
True, the scaling letters alone tell you fairly little, for example I am using the Regalia of Eochaid on one of my playthroughs, that weapon gets only C in both Arcane and dex, but the AR scales to insane levels, especially testing on my main with 80/80 in both stats and around 60 strength it goes way over 700
This brilliant analysis is extremely intelligent and perfectly argued!
It is totally different from the almost chaotic way in which I built my character, so thank you from the bottom of my heart!
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Is there a construction that will give you some advantage in the fight with Malenia?
Good content - but i think information is missing that may cause some misunderstandings. Specifically the moonveil example, it has split scaling for split damage - int ONLY effects the magic damage portion of the weapon, the physical part scales with dex. In PvP the higher AR isnt always going to do the highest AR on the stat sheet - just based of how defenses work when it comes to split damage.
I'd like to know where you found these scaling values attributed to the letter grades? Is there a table out there or a place we can see them?
It seems to me that the base stat requirements also have an effect on overall damage output when considering scaling. Looking at the examples shown in the video weapons with the higher stat requirement get the better scaling for whichever stat you are considering. I could be wrong, however that has been my impression playing.
Something else I wish you mentioned is that ashes of war often don't scale with the same stats as the weapon.
This can especially trick people up if they use a different scaling option than is native to the ash.
The greatsword bit at the beginning makes total sense though, the Guts greatsword starts with higher base physical damage so it's scaling from a higher point right from the off and finishes slightly ahead in terms of overall output than it started, being 18 points ahead to start and 22 to finish. The other thing you don't seem to take into account is the fact that testing has long known you get better scaling if you split your stats rather than meet the bare minimum for the lower and pump them all in the higher. For example, you can get better damage output by having less strength and some extra dex with some greatswords