What do dark Sorceries scale with ds1?

Dark sorceries do both physical and magical damage. The magical damage portion scales with INT and the INT scaling of your catalyst as per normal. The physical damage portion scales with STR/DEX and the STR/DEX scaling of the catalyst. They also do more stamina and poise damage than regular sorceries.
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What do Sorceries scale with in ds1?

Sorceries are cast by catalysts. Catalysts usually scale with the Intelligence stat, although there is one exception. Most sorceries can be purchased from various merchants found throughout the game. Some are found as lootable items.
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What do dark miracles scale with?

So far, it seems as though dark sorceries scale with INT and dark miracles scale with FTH and only require the minimum stat requirements of the opposite magic class.
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How does scaling work in Dark Souls 1?

That "+X" number indicates how much power you're getting from stat scaling. Below the power numbers are the letter grades indicating which stats the weapon scales with. The more of those stats you have, the more "+X" bonus damage you deal on top of the base power. Many weapons don't scale at all with stats.
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Are Sorceries good in Dark Souls 1?

Dark Souls Sorceries. Fires a magical projectile. Excellent starting spell which does very good damage against most enemies in the early game areas. Stronger soul arrow, same cast time as soul arrow, fewer uses.
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Do dark sorceries scale with strength?

Dark Sorceries don't inherently scale with Str. The Manus Catalyst scales with Str and will generally out-damage TCC on a Str/Int build. The Tin Banishment Catalyst scales with Dex and will generally out-damage Logan's on a Dex/Int build.
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What is the strongest spell in ds1?

Dark Souls: Best Sorceries, Ranked
  • 7 White Dragon Breath. The Soul Arrow may be a reliable spell to use early on in the game, but higher-level enemies won't be phased by it too much. ...
  • 6 Crystal Soul Spear. ...
  • 5 Great Heavy Soul Arrow. ...
  • 4 Crystal Magic Weapon. ...
  • 3 Dark Bead. ...
  • 2 Soul Arrow. ...
  • 1 Homing Crystal Soulmass.
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Do Pyromancies scale Dark Souls 1?

How do I improve pyromancy dark souls? In DS1, pyromancy only scales with how upgraded your pyro hand is.
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Does weight matter in Dark Souls 1?

Weight applies to all types of worn items, such as weapons, armor and shields. The heavier an item is, the more it encumbers the player. Weapons with a higher weight value tend to have a slower swing speed, and heavier armor pieces tend to have more defense and Poise while reducing stamina regeneration.
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Can you get Gwyn's sword?

Is it possible to get or craft Gwyn's fire sword? You can craft his sword after NG+ (since you need his soul for that) using any +10 straight sword, but it's just a 100% physical greatsword, no fire effect nor damage whatsoever.
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How do you make Irina a firekeeper?

You can make Irina a Fire Keeper by giving her the Braille Divine Tomes hidden across Lothric and buying up all of her Miracles except any Dark Miracles. It costs a fair number of souls, but she'll become a Fire Keeper and will even be able to level you up.
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What is the best miracle in Dark Souls?

Dark Souls: Best Miracles, Ranked
  • 8 Great Magic Barrier.
  • 7 Emit Force.
  • 6 Gravelord Greatsword Dance.
  • 5 Great Heal.
  • 4 Karmic Justice.
  • 3 Darkmoon Blade.
  • 2 Sunlight Spear.
  • 1 Wrath Of The Gods.
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Do spells scale Dark Souls?

No need to split points between attacking stats, and you'll increase your weapon and spell power at the same time. Spells scale off of magic adjustment, and the various talismans and catalysts give different mag adj depending on how they scale.
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What does Sorcery scale off of?

Most Sorcery scales off of Intelligence, which means… The higher your Intelligence, the harder your spell will hit, but…
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What stat makes Sorceries stronger?

Intelligence is the stat for casting Sorceries and for increasing your magic resistance. Attribute required to perform sacred incantations. Also boosts power of faith-scaling incantations.
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What is the difference between miracles and Sorceries in Dark Souls?

a lot of enemies have weakness against lighting, plus, it takes some time until you get powerful spells like soul spear per example. Miracles take longer to cast most of the time. So they balance it out by making it powerful. Sorceries have way more diverse spells you can play with.
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Is Dexterity important in Dark Souls 1?

There are many ways players can tackle the many challenges in Dark Souls, and it's important to settle upon a good build early. Dexterity is a great stat to invest in if players want to focus on weapons that hit fast and allow for the highest DPS possible.
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Do you get better loot as a human in Dark Souls 1?

You still have a bonus +200 item drop rate even if you're hollow. The more humanity you have in human form, the better chance of getting drops.
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What is the heaviest weapon in Dark Souls 1?

Due to its massive weight of 28 and Strength requirement of 58, the highest in Dark Souls, Smough's Hammer will take some time to prepare. For those seeking to unleash huge base damage, it is an ideal weapon.
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What does chaos blade scale with ds1?

The Chaos Blade drains 20 HP from its wielder with each successful attack, making it one of the only weapons that can kill its wielder. However, as it scales well with Dexterity as well as with Humanity due to the Chaos mechanic, it is capable of inflicting extreme amounts of damage to make up for this weakness.
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What is the most powerful pyromancy ds1?

With plenty of pyromancies to choose from in the game, more have been added to flesh out this list.
  • 8 Combustion. ...
  • 7 Fire Whip. ...
  • 6 Firestorm. ...
  • 5 Great Fireball. ...
  • 4 Chaos Storm. ...
  • 3 Great Combustion. ...
  • 2 Black Flame. ...
  • 1 Fire Tempest. Summons Pillars Of Fire That Are Almost Impossible To Avoid.
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Do weapons scale in Dark Souls?

Every weapon has damage that scales up to the respective stat(Humanity is an exception) by certain amount, represented by letters S to E. Weapons that deal pure physical damage can have scaling in STR, DEX or(which happens most of the time) both.
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Is fire or chaos better ds1?

Chaos weapons are special because they are Fire damage weapons that have additional damage that scales with Humanity (up to a maximum of 10 humanity)So chaos weapons will always be better (assuming identical stats) to Fire.
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What is the hardest boss in ds1?

Hardest Bosses In Dark Souls, Ranked
  • 8 Gwyn, Lord Of Cinder.
  • 7 Sanctuary Guardian.
  • 6 Four Kings.
  • 5 The Bed Of Chaos.
  • 4 Dragon Slayer Ornstein & Executioner Smough.
  • 3 Manus, Father Of The Abyss.
  • 2 Artorias The Abysswalker.
  • 1 Black Dragon Kalameet.
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What is the hardest souls boss ever?

Dragon Slayer Ornstein and Executioner Smough are arguably the most challenging bosses in Souls-likes history.
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