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For the Dark Souls variant, see Magic Weapon.
For the Dark Souls III variant, see Magic Weapon (Dark Souls III).

Magic Weapon is a sorcery in Dark Souls II.

In-Game Description

Sorcery that imbues weapon in other hand with magic. Adds magic damage to the types of damage the weapon already inflicts.
Wielding a sword and casting a sorcery are two different things, and some members the Melfian Magic Academy view these varieties of spells impure.

Availability[]

Bought for 2,000 souls from Carhillion of the Fold in No-man's Wharf or Majula.

Effect[]

Applies a Magic buff to the weapon in the hand opposite the staff used to cast the spell. Though it is weaker than the Great and Crystal variants, Magic Weapon's high amount of casts, long duration, and low requirements means it can serve to boost a player's damage output throughout entire areas instead of needing to be saved for single engagements or boss fights.

The total bonus is difficult to calculate, but is roughly 15% of the sum (30 + weapon's Magic scaling * character's Magic bonus + weapon's Base damage), with a small additional damage bonus on Magic infused weapons.

The duration scales with Intelligence, starting at 63 seconds at the 10 required Intelligence all the way up to 135 seconds at 15 Intelligence where the duration scaling caps.

Attunement Milestones[]

Like all other spells, the amount of casts per slot increases upon reaching certain Attunement milestones:

Attunement Level Amount of Casts
10 8
26 9
32 10
43 11
49 12
58 13
79 14
94 15

Duration Scaling Information[]

Duration values are listed in seconds. Base duration of this spell only depends on Intelligence. Base duration shown as well as values with the Lingering Dragoncrest variants applied and pieces of Northwarder Set applied.   

INT Duration LDCR (15%) LDCR +1 (25%) LDCR +2 (40%) Full Northwarder Set (22.5%) NW Hood (5%) NW Robe & Trousers (Both 2.5%) NW Manchettes (12.5%)
10 63 72 79 88 77 66 65 71
11 77 89 97 108 95 81 79 87
12 92 106 115 129 112 96 94 103
13 106 122 133 149 130 112 109 119
14 121 139 151 169 148 127 124 136
15 135 155 169 189 165 142 138 152
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