Board Thread:Dark Souls II/@comment-67.60.216.72-20140506151612

Recently found the ember for McDuff, and I have been experimenting ith upgrades and infusing.

Due to the fact that infusing(adding fire,magic, ect) drops the letter grade of weapons(S,A,B,C,D,E), is it better to infuse a non upgraded weapon, then upgrade(+1, +2) AFTER infusing in order to attain the original Letter rating?

Example: My Drangleic sword is +2 with a C,C for Str,Dex. If I infuse it now with Lightning it drops to a D,E rating. Will a +3 upgrade after infusing return it to  C,C rating for Str,Dex? Will subsequent upgrades increase the letter ratings even further once a weapon has been infused?

I have the Heide Knight sword +10, which has an inherent lightning effect. Should I even bother infusing the weapon since its already +10. 