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Peace___Frog posted...

I knew that Molly's scaled with arcane, but that Gascoigne fight was the easiest thing I've ever done. I missed two of my throws and still only needed to do a few swipes at the end to get the kill. I'm blown away right now.

this is how you know anyone who says "early game arcane is rough" has no idea what they are talking about

once again, I have literally beaten Gascoigne several times using only the 10 molotov cocktails and like 4 oil urns that you pick up on the way to fight him.

UshiromiyaEva posted...

Also, Blades of Mercy, really? Huh, I never actually looked into it, but always thought those were the pure skilliest of the skill.

they can't be converted to pure arcane, which makes them particularly good as mixed build weapons. they get flat bonus arcane damage on top of their high skill scaling, which rewards 50 skill and any amount of arcane that you invest into the build, since you'll be getting bonus arcane damage as well.

for this reason they are also optimized when using +%Attack gems instead of +%PhysDamage gems

very few enemies in the game have arcane resistance, either, which makes it a very versatile damage type. I think a 50 skill, 18-25 Arcane build that uses the blades of mercy would be pretty powerful. in fact, one of my friends played bloodborne for the first time last year, used the blades of mercy, and had a surprisingly easy time with the game.


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all the rest weren't so unfortunate
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