Board Thread:Dark Souls II/@comment-132.3.37.80-20140424154526/@comment-25950924-20160414044231

This adds Intelligence scaling for physical damage and reduces normal physical scaling (Dexterity and/or Strength). Even with 50 intelligence, this only is beneficial for weapons that have low scaling AND low base damage.

A hand axe, for example, will do more physical damage upgraded down raw than enchanted. While Santier's spear does have no scaling, its base damage is quite high so it would be better upgraded down the raw path.