Court Sorcerer's Staff | Dark Souls 3 Wiki

at 99 int this has a spellbuff of 254, not sure if this was listed anywhere

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Carian Regal Scepter's father

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TL;DR - On a high INT build the Sage's Crystal Staff is not worth taking over the Court Sorcerer Staff.

I tested the Court Sorcerer's Staff (SB 238) vs the Sage Crystal Staff (SB 207). Conditions: Both staves max upgrade, 60 INT, Scholar's Candlestick, Crown of Dusk, Young Dragon Ring, Bellowing Dragoncrest Ring, Lloyd's Sword Talisman, Magic Clutch Ring. My testdummy was a Lothric Knight just at the Castle's bonfire (NG).

Since the Sage's Speciality is higher bonus damage from Steady Chant (the staff-buff), I tested my spells with unbuffed and buffed staves. I tested it with Crystal Soul Spear and (Great Soul Arrow)

Court Sorcerer Staff
Unbuffed: 1270 (588)
Buffed: 1397 (660)

Sage's Crystal Staff
Unbuffed: 1102 (493)
Buffed: 1433 (679)

I used a lot of magic buffs and dont know if the result would be more in favor of the SCS if I didnt, but right now it seems like the 15 extra FP doesnt seem worth it for the 3-4% higher damage than the CSS. (And that's only while the staff-buff is active, unbuffed the CSS wins with +10% more damage).

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I’m gonna be real I’ve only used this because I miss Logan so much

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The rusted chains of prison moons
Are shattered by the sun

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son of a beach I was on the phone with my boss and accidentally sold this to the vendor, didn't have backup. Almost cursed him out.

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ORDER IN THE COOOUURT

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Not that many staff designs aren't similar to this one, but it could be a reference to "Slain" the sorcerer from the classic anime "Record of Lodoss War", who uses one shaped just like this. It's an anime in a similar style/period to Berserk which is obviously a huge influence on these games.

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If you look at it from above you'll notice that the top is not aligned to the rest of the staff

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I have 50 int and 50 fth. My CSS stays at 140 DMG and my yorshkas chime stays at 127. No Matter If I Level int and fth Up or Not. Only my Pyro Flame gets more DMG. All 3 catalysts are +10. Even If I Skill int and fth to 99 with rosarias Help, the DMG wont increase. Except for the Pyro Flame.

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Is it worth upgrading this thing from +9 to +10? the page of soulsplanner says that the spellbuff only goes from 237 to 238

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Needs to be over 50 int for highest spell buff. At 50 int this has 202, Preacher's Right Arm has 205. It may not be much but if you're like me and are not always mindful to keep the steady chant going, it won't have the damage at 50. Will have to test at other levels.

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So at +10, 50 int, my Court Sorcerer Staff has 202 Spellbuff. This says at 60 int it will have 238? Uhhh. Did this get nerfed? My murky longstaff at 50 int 20 faith has 201 spellbuff so there's just no real reason to use court sorcerer anymore...

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for people wondering, the best damage setup for sorceries is offhand crystal sages staff and mainhand court sorcerer, you can buff with the sages and cast with the court for crazy damage. Ofcourse this consumes a lot more fp then just using a scholars candlestick, but also does way more damage.

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Which would be better for a sorcery build? The Court Sorcerer staff or Sage's Crystal Staff?

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Buff the FUGS

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can somone explain why my scaling is so low on this staff i have 32 int but i only get 6 extra damge from scaling. The staf has s scaling

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At 55 int+fth, the Izalith Staff has a spell buff of 254, while this one just scales with int and has only 220 spell buff with the same 55 int.

For a mixed int/fth build, Izalith Staff is much better with all sorceries, and even more so with dark sorceries.

At those same stats, the Crystal Chime has a spell buff of 226. That's a 6 higher spell buff from a chime that can cast both miracles and sorceries, versus the Court Sorcerer' s staff.

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At +9 it's spell buff is less then a regular sorcery staff at +6 I have 46 int.... Honestly am I missing something.

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These pages should show the spellbuff at 40 INT builds as well. Not everyone goes upto 60 INT. Anyway, at 40 INT Sorcerer's Staff is better this one as its spellbuff is higher. This is the best staff for high INT build though (normal Sorceries, for dark ones Murky staff is best for mid-levels and Izalith's best when combined with Faith). It's only outdamaged by Archdeacon's staff at 90 FTH build who builds a Sorcerer with 90 FTH anyway.

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It should be noted that, when both are unupgraded, the Court Sorcerer's Staff and the Heretic's Staff have the same spell buff (170) at exactly 49 intelligence.

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So, which option is better:
Having a weapon with hollow gem
or
Having Crystal sage's rapier?

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I fear i may have killed the mimic and died since the mimic isn t there and i don t have the staff.. am i screwed till ng?

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Does upgrading the staff actually increase the spell buff?

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I started a new character and got my friends to give me the Court sorcerer staff and the regular sorcerer staff is outclassing it.Neither are upgraded and my INT is 24. Im doing about 10 more damage with th starter staff testing against the hollows outside of firelink

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Alright, so check this out. I did a damage comparison with this staff at 60fth vs Court Sorcerer's Staff at 60int, and it turns out that despite having 3 extra spell buff AGS is in fact WEAKER than CSS by about 5% in all areas (and 8% for Great Farron Dart and Affinity). I'm updating the page with this information, please don't remove it unless you get conflicting information in another test.

"Damage test with Court Sorcerer's Staff 60int (238 spell buff) vs Archdeacon Great Staff 60fth (241 spell buff). Same character, same NG cycle (+14 or so). Young Dragon Ring, Bellowing Dragoncrest Ring, Magic Clutch Ring, Dark Clutch Ring, Crown of Dusk, and Scholar's Candlestick (right hand). Steady Chant applied before each cast.

CSS (238 spell buff, 60int)
Great Soul Arrow: 570
Great Heavy Soul Arrow: 1032
Great Farron Dart: 161
Crystal Soul Spear: 1336
White Dragon Breath: 1146
Great Deep Soul: 418
Affinity: 715
Dark Edge: 743

AGS (241 spell buff, 60fth)
Great Soul Arrow: 540 (5% weaker)
Great Heavy Soul Arrow: 980 (5% weaker)
Great Farron Dart: 149 (8% weaker)
Crystal Soul Spear: 1276 (4-5% weaker)
White Dragon Breath: 1090 (5% weaker)
Great Deep Soul: 395 (5% weaker)
Affinity: 660 (8% weaker)
Dark Edge: 704 (5% weaker)"

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At 60 INT & 60 FTH it's the best attacking staff.

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In the french version, it's call "Catalyste de Logan" (Logan's staff)

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Could someone give me the spellbuff for this weapon in increments of 15? (15, 30, 45, 60, 75, and 90)It would be appreciated due to me wanting to try and get the best and I wonder when I should stop with the int.

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Why its steady chant cost 15FP to cast ? Is it stronger than other staves ?

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I never noticed a soul increase with the court sorcerer staff can somebody confirm it so i know for sure?

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at +10 with 35 Int it got 150 spell buff.I will update as soon as i get 50 Int. Later with 60 too. I'll write it right below this "comment topic"

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At 55 Intelligence and 18 Strength this staff has a Spell Buff of 220 (Source)why is strength mentioned? does this somehow play a part in the spellbuff?

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I, for one, own a french copy of the game and guess what, the staff is directly named "logan's catalyst" ... did they do it on purpose ? Description doesn't change much though.

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I think I just found out it gives a 20% increase in the souls gained, just like the medicant's stuff!Let everybody know this!

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Is there a point in going past +4 since the scaling doesn't increase?

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At 50 INT, This staff at +6 has only 2 less spell buff than the default Sorcerer's staff at +7.

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These tables should show the spell buff for catalyst. I think thats the most important stat for casters.

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overall best staff.

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+10 with 60 int: 238+10 with 99 int: 254

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Seriously, what use is the physical damage output of a Stave to anybody?

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I killed the mimic in the profaned capital and he dropped the Symbol of Avarice, but not the staff, what happened?

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is this the best staff for magic?

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is this the best staff for normal magic?

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I was fighting the mimic for the staff and he disappeared I don't think he died because I didn't get any souls and he didn't respawn when I rested at the bonfire and I can't see any item around either. Has anybody else had this?

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Any reason why the steady chant buff costs twice as much as other staves? Is the buff twice as potent, or last twice as long? The description downs seem to indicate that its a stronger version other than this costing 15 FP over the normal 7.

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This is unequivocally the best staff - +10 at level 60 = 238 Bonus the sage bests it by about 1-3% damage but costs around 60% more to cast and needs constant buffing.

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from personal experience, this breaks even Hereticc's Staff at 49 int at least when both is +7 (195 m.atk) and +8 (196 m.atk)

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Heretic's Staff is the best staff up until a certain amount of INT. At 40 INT is still outdamages this one when both are at +10. Don't quite know where the break even point is, if there is one. Assuming there should be with the better scaling on this staff. Also haven't upgraded Crystal Sage's yet so don't know quite where that one falls.

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Heretics staff at +0 does more damage with me.

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Apparently this is the Strongest Staff in the game when not using a weapon art?

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