Board Thread:Dark Souls II/@comment-11372593-20140719083612/@comment-5662409-20140720175215

I see what you're saying ...what is your casting speed btw? And as you go thru the game the  Dragon Chime and the Chime  of Want can cast both both hexes and miricales  and of course   Caitha's Chime.

My set up is like this usually the Black hood (casting speed increase) I do wear the Black set most of the time but when I know I'm doing PVP or co-op  I wear the Dark set except for the head covering  (again Black hood)  so I can take  few hits if needed  .

I use hexes mostly but I have all the miracles and hexes and pyromancies  also the Clearstone ring will increase your casting speed when you get the black witches staff  play around with it. It's has the fastest casting for any   staff in the game period and it can do hexes and sorceries and the deception helps  and thats key.

Not sure how many spell slots you have but I always equip an heavy hitter  by that I mean like Great Resonant Soul  it's fast and they buffed it in the latest patch so now it almost back to were it was a few patches ago, Find a spell that suites your style. S o in my right hand I have my staff (insert joke here) then my sword (usually the Defender Great sword) the third item  is usally a bow  and in my left  hand is my shield then whatever chime i'm using.

And one last thing Cathias chime is really really good but I use the Chime of Want mainly because you can barely notice it in my hand  so I can usaully fire off 1-2 GRS.