What does lightning scale off of ds2?

The Lightning Attack Bonus value is determined by the Faith stat. This value is then multiplied by the Lightning scaling weapon or casting tool's Lightning scaling stat, then added to the attack rating along with any other scaling. In order to continually increase Lightning Attack Bonus, Faith needs to be leveled up.
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What does lightning scale with in ds2?

Lightning scales off of your faith. Fire scales off of intelligence and faith, but you can do either or both. Fire doesn't scale as well as magic for intelligence (at higher stat levels), and it doesn't scale as well as lightning does for faith (at higher faith stat levels).
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What does lightning damage scale with?

Lightning weapons scale their lightning damage with dexterity and their physical damage with str/dex - if you want a str/fai weapon then you're better off opting for Flame Art or Holy, since their secondary damage types will scale from faith.
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Does lightning scale with faith Dark Souls?

DARK SOULS™ III

Does Lightning blade miarcle Scale with faith? Yes, as does Darkmoon Blade.
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Does lightning scale with faith or dex elden ring?

Lightning infused weapons scale with dexterity. If you want lightning damage that scales with faith, use the electrify armament incant, or vyke's dragonbolt if you don't mind becoming weaker to lightning damage.
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Elden Ring All Elemental Damage Types Explained & Best Uses For Magic, Fire, Lightning & Holy

Does lightning damage scale with faith?

Weapons with Elden Ring's powerful lightning-themed Ashes of War such as Thunderbolt or Lightning Slash scale with Faith if a player infuses them with the Sacred Affinity (their basic attacks will do Physical and Holy damage, but their special attacks will still do lightning damage).
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Does increasing faith increase lightning damage?

Lightning damage on weapons doesn't scale with any of your stats in DS1. Faith will boost the damage on your miracles, though.
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Does lightning damage scale with faith ds2?

Dark Souls II

Lightning scales with faith, fire scales with both faith and int, as does dark. Lightning scales with FTH; Fire scales with INT and FTH; Dark scales with the lowest stat of FTH and INT, meaning an even distribution gives the best result.
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Is Faith strong in ds2?

Str, Dex, or quality builds are much more powerful in this game. While yes, faith has been nerfed since release, but that doesn't make it useless. If OP plans to put a lot of stats into faith it can be very powerful.
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What does lightning scale with Dark Souls?

Lightning - Decreases weapon base damage, reduces weapon STR/DEX scaling, adds lightining damage which scale off FAITH.
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Why is lightning so damaging?

Lightning is extremely dangerous because it contains a massive amount of electricity, high temperatures, and a lightning strike is an unpredictable event. The average lightning strike transfers 100 million volts of electricity at an amperage of 30,000 amps.
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Is there a scale for lightning?

Lightning activity level (LAL) is a scale that describes degrees and types of lightning activity. Values are labeled 1–6. Isolated thunderstorms. Lightning is very infrequent, 1–5 cloud-to-ground strikes in a five-minute period.
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How efficient is lightning?

In terms of light bulbs, it's enough to power about 12 million bulbs but a more practical measurement would be to say that a single lightning bolt has enough energy to power more than 850,000 homes or small town for an entire day!
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What increases lightning damage ds2?

In order to continually increase Lightning Attack Bonus, Faith needs to be leveled up. Diminishing returns begin at 40 Faith, and becomes worse after 50. Lightning Attack Bonus caps at 200 points, when Faith is at 99.
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Is lightning damage good in ds2?

- (most) Heavily armored foes are hit harder by Lightning/Magic. - Lightning damage scales off faith. The Sun Sword will lose a grade in STR scaling and 2 grades in DEX scaling, but can B scaling in Faith. If you'd rather have the lightning damage, it's probably better to do STR/FTH without maxing out DEX.
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Are dragons weak to lightning ds2?

Weaknesses. The dragon is naturally resistant to fire, but seems to suffer from Magical and Lightning damage.
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Who is the hardest boss in DS2?

The Fume Knight (found in the Crown of the Old Iron King DLC) is perhaps the most difficult boss of Dark Souls 2. His attacks have odd timings and his second phase especially features quickly telegraphed attacks that are easy to miss.
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Is DS2 the best Dark Souls?

Dark Souls 2 has better locations and combat mechanics compared to its predecessor. Dark Souls 3 failed to make meaningful changes to PVP, and players die too fast. Dark Souls 2's PVP has to be the best in the Souls franchise.
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What is the most powerful weapon in DS2?

Ranked: 15 Most Powerful Weapons In Dark Souls 2
  1. 1 Sacred Chime Hammer.
  2. 2 Crypt Blacksword. ...
  3. 3 Black Knight Greataxe. ...
  4. 4 Giant Warrior Club. ...
  5. 5 King's Ultra Greatsword. ...
  6. 6 Smelter Hammer. ...
  7. 7 Roaring Halberd. ...
  8. 8 Fume Ultra Greatsword. ...
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What is lightning weak to in Dark Souls?

Silver is good against lightning (silver knights, Anor Londo gargoyles). Black metal resists fire. Anything that uses an element tends to be strong against it, like how wyverns are resistant to lightning despite being dragon relatives.
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Does nameless king do lightning damage?

Nameless King uses his spear to attack the player multiple times. He raises his spear and slams it down on the ground to cause a lightning explosion. The Wyvern flies up in the sky and starts to breathe fire down on the ground in a large area. The attack has good tracking so being far away is beneficial.
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What should I infuse greatsword with?

However, it also deals big damage with elemental infusions (more specifically Crystal, Lightning, Chaos and Dark) on appropriate builds. Its best AR comes in Dark/Chaos infusion, if aiming for a Str build then pick heavy.
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Is there any benefit to lightning?

Thunderstorms help transfer the negative charges back to Earth (lightning is generally negatively charged). Without thunderstorms and lightning, the earth-atmosphere electrical balance would disappear in 5 minutes. Lightning also makes ozone-producing chemicals.
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Is faith or intelligence better?

Faith has better weapon variety and utility/buff spells. Int has better offensive spell options especially after they patched fp costs. So it depends if you want to go more melee with magic as back up or caster. You can go melee with casting as back up with int, but you really only have 3 weapon options.
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