Do all bleed weapons scale with Arcane?

Arcane will NOT affect bleed buildup if a weapon does not have arcane scaling. An uchigatana or a bandit knife can cause bleed, but they do not scale with arcane natively, so arcane will therefore have zero effect.
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Do any weapons scale with arcane?

One of the few Twinblade weapons worth investing in any FromSoftware game is Eleonora's Poleblade, which not only scales with Arcane but also Dexterity. Eleonora's Poleblade deals a massive amount of Blood Loss build up and deals Fire Damage that can be buffed with other skills.
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Does blood katana scale with arcane?

Here are a few viable options for you to choose from that can be applied to katanas, spears, and most swords. When infusing a weapon with any of the below Blood Ashes of War, bear in mind that once a weapon has the Blood affinity, it will then scale using Arcane primarily.
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Is Dex or Arcane better for bleed?

Meanwhile, occult weapons with bleed and some of the unique weapons have quite strong arcane scaling for damage. In those cases, heavy arcane investment is the way to go. Your bleed will stop scaling at 50, but you can get good returns on damage up to 80 just like a standard dex build.
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Does Bloodflame Blade scale with Arcane?

Does not scale with Arcane even when wearing the Dragon Communion Seal. As it is fire damage, it is buffed by the Fire Scorpion Charm and Flame-Shrouding Cracked Tear and will set the Hand and Giant Hand enemies on fire rendering them incapacitated while dealing tons of damage to them.
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What does blood flame blade scale with?

The bleed only scales with arcane, so you need a seal that scales with arcane to up the bleed. There are 2 seals that scale with arcane, the blood oath seal and the draconic seal. The blood oath seal also raises damage of bloodflame incantations.
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Is it worth leveling arcane for bleed?

Arcane is mainly good for increasing bleed buildup, which is a very powerful technique through most of the game. Alternatively, occult scaling adds straight physical damage with arcane scaling. I've played through the entire game with pure arcane and it was great.
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What is the most op weapon in Elden Ring?

A fantastic non-bleed option and arguably the strongest weapon in Elden Ring, the Blasphemous Blade has had the hearts of fans since the game launched.
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Should you dual wield rivers of Blood?

It is recommended that players dual wield the Rivers of Blood katana alongside either the Uchigatana or Nagakiba, with the second of these two options requiring some additional points be put into Strength.
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What scales off arcane?

There are 15 different weapons in Elden Ring that scale off the Arcane stat.
  • Albinauric Staff.
  • Bloody Helice.
  • Clinging Bone.
  • Dragon Communion Seal.
  • Eleonora's Poleblade.
  • Marais Executioner's Sword.
  • Mohgwyn's Sacred Spear.
  • Morgott's Cursed Sword.
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Does Moonveil cause bleeding?

Moonveil has a relatively low 50 Bleed damage with each hit, but this can be improved greatly with just a sprinkle of Arcane.
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Does bleed damage scale off Arcane?

Arcane just increases the amount of bleed buildup per hit. If you don't use Arcane, it means it takes more hits to proc bleed. Of course, instead of putting points into Arcane, you could use Blood Grease or Bloodflame Blade on the weapon.
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Do any seals scale with Arcane?

The bleed only scales with arcane, so you need a seal that scales with arcane to up the bleed. There are 2 seals that scale with arcane, the blood oath seal and the draconic seal. The blood oath seal also raises damage of bloodflame incantations.
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Is Arcane good for Rivers of Blood?

Rivers of Blood: You want both Dex and Arcane, but a little more focus on the latter. It scales and has soft-caps with both, but it primarily scales with Arcane.
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What is the best bleed katana in Elden Ring?

With blood in the title of the weapon, it is no surprise that the Rivers of Blood katana is the best blood weapon players can find and use. Inflicting also physical and fire damage with every hit, this is a weapon many foes will not wish to cross blades with.
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What is the best talisman for bleed?

The best Talismans for a Bleed build

The only Talisman that's directly related to this build is Lord of Blood's Exultation, which increases your attack power when blood loss occurs nearby. This Talisman can be obtained by killing Esgar, Priest of Blood inside the Leyndell Catacombs.
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How do you maximize bleed damage on Elden Ring?

Using Lord of Blood's Exultation in conjunction with Seppuku is the best way to maximize Bleed damage against bosses in the game. Players can also go with Rotten Winged Sword Insignia, which raises attack power with successive attacks, or Millicent's Prosthesis, which does the same but also raises dexterity.
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Is 60 arcane enough?

You'll need 27 Arcane to wield Mohgwyn's Sacred Spear, but we recommend raising it all the way to the soft cap of 60. This will increase your damage with the spear and also increase the speed with which you inflict the bleed effect on enemies.
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How much bleed does Seppuku add?

Note: As of Patch 1.07, this skill adds 30 bleed build-up to the user's weapon instead of 84 build-up, and takes 100 + 15% of the user's max HP instead of 10% of the user's max HP.
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What should my arcane be at Elden Ring?

40 is great but it gets strong gains up to 60 I think. Probably some gains up to 80, even. At 40 I noticed the dragon seal and bleed kinda hitting critical mass. I think 40 is a big soft cap for most stats.
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Why does bloodflame blade not work?

You need a seal to cast it, do you have it equipped and meet its requirements? Also, you need enough fp to be able to cast it. Does your weapon have an elemental infusion like fire/flame art/cold etc. or is it upgraded with somber stones? You can't use it on weapons with non physical damage.
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Does seppuku and bloodflame blade stack?

Both work regardless of your weapon and stack multiplactively. Blood flame blade, Blackflame blade, Scholars Armament, the grease consumables, etc, are weapon buffs and can't be used on unique weapons. Seppuku and Chilling mist ash of wars are weapon buffs as well, but you can't put them on unique weapons anyway.
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Which seal is best for Bloodflame blade?

The main weapon you'll want is the Godslayer's Seal. This requires four points in Strength and 27 in Faith, and boosts all Godslayer incantations. These include all your Black Flame spells, and as such make this handy little seal a cornerstone for this build.
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