Board Thread:Dark Souls/@comment-1687225-20130119154009

My favorite character for PvP, which has 31 Faith and 40 dex, utilizes a great scythe with sunlight/darkmoon blade. What's strange is that I feel that there isn't much of a benefit at all from using the weapon buffs on my great scythe. I've found that the lifehunt scythe, with its fairly miniscule advantage in physical damage, has become my preferred weapon.

I have never been an avid fan of either the miracles or the sorceries, to be honest. The thought of something that could run out before I could reach a bonfire has always been very unpleasant to me. So as a result I don't know everything about how sorceries and miracles. But I do know that darkmoon blade and other weapon buffs are feared throughout the community (check out this video). I can only guess that the people that use these buffs all have 50 int or faith (which is where scaling stops for weapon buffs), and that most of the magic damage I deal is adequately defended against with my opponents armor.

In the end, what I have to say is this: If you are creating a build specifically for weapon buffs (particularly if it's a PvP build), go all the way and get that 50 int/faith (or at least 40). Any less, and it's just not worth it. It'd be better to invest those points into more endurance or vitality instead. If I were to create the same character again, I'd dump that extra 20 points or so I had in faith into vit and endurance--it'd be a nice change to not get two shotted by everyone. 