Why does infusing Witch Tree Branch with Faint Stone decrease it's ATK value?
I am very confused with how infusion works in Dark Souls 2. I have Witch Tree Branch +10 staff, when I tried to infuse it with faint stone the ATK value dropped by 3 points.
Why does that happen? If I use it for sorceries, does it worth infusing?
Best Answer
When you infuse a weapon, it reduces raw damage (Unless it is a Raw stone), and
reduces scaling grades(Any Stone). To make up for that, it adds a new type of
scaling/amplifies one, based on the type.
For example, a Faintstone adds magic damage, and scaling based on your
INT, but reduces other damage types, and other scaling types. For the case of
you, you are reducing dark damage and increasing magic damage.
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