Light Vs. Curse Weapon

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Discussion about Light Weapon vs. Curse Weapon for new players like me

Light Vs. Curse Weapon

1hitparry 16 May 2010 04:15

So the short question is which is better?

I assume it depends on whether your character is built for physical damage or magical damage. I'm trying to get a BBS build together and I'm having a hard time figuring out which of the two spells I should get since I haven't had any experience with either of them. Right now my damage stats are

Str: 18 (I'm going to level this down and stick with DSS) 22 (For PFS once I grab it)
Dex: 18
Mag: 18
Will: 18

I apologize for not having my complete build, but I don't remember everything off the top of my head at the moment. Any feedback related to my build, or any general comments bout LW vs. CW would be greatly appreciated. : ) Thanks in advance.

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Re: Light Vs. Curse Weapon

Anorack 16 May 2010 04:27

Most BBS builds take magic to higher lvls and also remember that BBS' magic damage scales with luck. People take high magic to greatly assist with Light Weapon on the BBS. Cursed Weapon is primarily used with a "cracked" ToB on Dex/Str builds.

Re: Light Vs. Curse Weapon

1hitparry 16 May 2010 07:53

Ah, thanks! That means I don't have to put extra stuff into Int for now.

Re: Light Vs. Curse Weapon

inFAM0US 18 May 2010 00:05

I have a question; how do I get my catalyst to break???

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Re: Light Vs. Curse Weapon

bLaCkShAd0w 18 May 2010 00:37

You could Dual wield it and block attacks with it if 0 durability is what you want, or get attacked by a scraping spear. I think what you may mean is using a cracked catalyst, which means you do not meet the required stats to use it, There is a good explanation of it here: http://demonssouls.wikidot.com/forum/t-237747/no-broken-bonus-for-cursed-weapon

Re: Light Vs. Curse Weapon

inFAM0US 18 May 2010 00:44

Wow that just cleared it up for me haha thanks!

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Re: Light Vs. Curse Weapon

Nintendoblivion 20 May 2010 03:12

just a quick question, fits in this category

i know that LW scales with Mag, how much Mag should someone using LW have for it to be better than CW? (or i am i wrong)

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Re: Light Vs. Curse Weapon

1hitparry 21 May 2010 18:32

I don't know the exact details of the number crunching, but there's a PVP guide written by EWGF that has a small section comparing LW to CW. It gives a really good qualitative run down LW and CW. The only thing it lacks is some insane n dimesnional spread sheet comparing the all the different permutations between stats and weapons. What I got out of the guide and from this thread is that LW is better if you have any kind of magic scaling build. CW is better if your damage scales with physical stats and your magical stat requirements are low enough that you can use a cracked ToB.

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