Dexterity | Dark Souls 3 Wiki

Dex increasing spell casting time is a dumb mechanic imo. But hey, at least the saint tree bellvine exists, so a strength pyro build is doable.

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Does anyone know if the casting speed increase from dexterity only applies at higher levels of dex, like it did in the original Dark Souls, or would, for example, going from 15 to 20 dex also reduce the amount of time it takes to cast a spell?

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With my infinite knowledge, I can confirm the truth behind this stat: It is actually the stat in Dark Souls 3. You see, when you go to the fire keeper or the stat menu, it appears in the menu. Therefore, it is the stat in Dark Souls 3.

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Start with deprived and only level strength, you destroy everything. See how that works out with Dex (it won't)

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dex bad

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Don't you fu3king look at it you know better

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Question.

Does this stat also affect the cast time of Miracles and Pyromancies?

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Dex>sex

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Stat for basement dwellers. Str chads rise up

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the fun stat

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I don't get it, all it does is raise your damage where other stats raise your damage AND defense. Why would I use this?

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Greasy stat

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Filthy stat for [We apologize for the giant dad, please continue using your stinky disgusting weapons with no worries unless a chad luck build shows up]

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Around 10-20 str and 40 dex paired with a sharp gem upgraded sellsword twinblades +10 and congratulations you have officially beaten the game. L1 for fast 2 hits per strike!

My favorite pve weapon does a lot of damage.

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Increasing this stat makes my attacks faster?(put in other words, does it decrease the time between slashes?)

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Sexy

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Why are you gai? You are gai.

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Casting speed should be tied 50% to catalyst upgrade level and other half to stat requirement. If you hit the base stats required for a spell, you get base cast time for that spell. If you hit, let's say, 7 additional points above the requirement, your bonus cast based on stat requirement is maxed out.

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Dex > Sex

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Casting speed should align with attunement not Dex.......

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Best stat

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It's pure bullshit that they made dex be a requirement for fast spellcasting in this game. This basically says you either sacrifice a ring slot for a much later released DLC ring or you NEED to invest in DEX, which is otherwisely mostly useless for spellcasters.

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So I recorded a 60 FPS video of myself using Great Chaos Fire Orb at different dexterity values and then I opened the video in photoshop to look at it frame by frame when the animation starts and ends. The animation starts when your pyromancy glove begins to glow and ends when the projectile forms.
40: 65 frames
43: 64 frames (Carthus Milkring)
45: 64 frames (Hunter's Ring)
48: 63 frames (Hunter's Ring & Carthus Milkring)
40: 62 frames (Sage's Ring +2)
43: 62 frames (Sage's Ring +2 & Carthus Milkring)
45: 62 frames (Sage's Ring +2 & Hunter's Ring)
48: 62 frames (Sage's Ring +2 & Carthus Milkring & Hunter's Ring)
https://prnt.sc/1028pjy

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mfw when you literally need 0 dex to wield a ****ing door for a shield

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Does it increase the throwing speed of projectiles? Makes sense to me if it did, but can’t find anything anywhere so I’m guessing not.

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i eat breakfast with the souls of strength builders

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Smough forgive me i always put 16 to 18 dex in my builds

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They say dex is for noobs, but playing the game without hyper-armour is hard as hell. Full strength build is as easy as it gets.

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Only thing I hate about dex is that for some stupid reason, you need to invest in it for spell casting time.

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the oppression of this build needs to stop, the strength supremacists have reigned for too long now! SUPPORT DEX RIGHTS! as well as the entire DIPFL community (dexterity, intelligence, pyromancy, faith, luck) BUILDS OTHER THAN STRENGTH ARE PEOPLE TOO

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If you level it even once, there is no place in heaven for you.

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I found that it's best to have at least 20 dex, as you will have access to almost all weapons with dex req, also imo dex is better then strength

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Dex builds all over the shop,hey nothing personal kid

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leveling this dosen't decrease heterosexuality does it?

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What DeX would you recommend for a 140 build? I use it for pvp and pve, also mainly the freyed blade.

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How much DEX do I need for max swing speed?

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Does anyone know the difference between a DEX of 40 and a DEX of 50 when it comes to casting speed? Is it worth to go all 50 on it?

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When it says [1 point of Dexterity gives an increase of 0.4 to all defenses and 0.2 to all resistances(deprived)] Is that saying only if you start the deprived class or something?

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Does anyone know how much casting speed is increased per point of dexterity? Or is it more like casting speed is increased in intervals of 5 dexterity?

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What is the best dex weapon?

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So I have a noob question, I accidently upgraded my uchigatana with lightning. Took away my scaling. Is the damage it gives raw damage or does mu level 40 dex make any luck of difference.

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DON'T TELL ANYONE YOU LEVELED THAT UP *****!

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i did my first playthrough with a strenght build and it took me a while to kill the bosses, did my 2nd playthrough with the sellsword twinblades, destroyed everything

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You're a casul if you ever level that skill up

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It says there's a hardcap after 59, but with Sharp Crow's Quills +10, it's still gaining respectable AR after 70.

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For those asking, dex affects the casting speed of any spell that requires attuning. This means all pyromancies, miracles, and sorceries, including buffs like Lightning Blade and Magic Shield. 50 dex is the casting hard cap, but the impact of dex on casting speed is subtle. The difference between 10 dex and the 50 dex hard cap is somewhere around a 20 - 25% reduction in casting time. Testing a cast of Great Heal for example, my casting time was 2.8 seconds at 10 dex, 2.3 seconds at 40 dex, and 2.2 seconds at 50 dex.

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For example: If I use a two-handed Katana in a Dex build, the Dex is multiplied X1.5 the same as the STR ????

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So is 40 Dex the best for me because I only have that much.

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Does DEX effect the casting time of pyromancy or is it just sorcery?

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Is the casting time decreased by a lot or is it something you shouldnt be too worried about.

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Why do people say leveling Dex is stupid?

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Deks-terity?...

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If leveling DEX is stupid to you, you've been severely traumatized as a child guaranteed. The weirder it seems, the more help you need.

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Does anyone know if dexterity affects the speed of activating weapon buff speels, like dark moon blade?

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To anyone who is using a strength build, i recommend getting 18 dex, as it gives you a much larger selection of weapons to pick from.
Unless your build is focusing on a single weapon or two. Then it doesn't matter.

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Wanted to ask, since the soft cap for dex is 40. With rings like carthus milkring and hunter's ring gives you 40 dex at 32 actual dex. Should I level up my dex to be 40 or should I invest the other 8 points into another stat?

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What's this?

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some tips for high dex builds? what should be your dex for late game and pvp in the arena? is the difference from 40 to 50 or 60 better than investing some levels in int or faith for some other aggresive spells??

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40 dex is great for all dex builds going to 50 is needless 10 pts are better invested in vigor, intelligence, endurance, attunement or vitality

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added 0 Strength weapons

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I like how high dex = get gud. Lol *****s.

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Spell cast speed is correct at 50 dex.

How I tested: note* tested up to 48 dex but skipped 49 dex

45 dex spam GHSA, you will hear the spell cast sound on every cast

50 dex: spam GHSA, the spell cast sound is absent every 2nd cast

GHSA= great heavy soul arrow

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It just occurred to me that the icon for dexterity is a left hand which is ironic because the word dexterity comes from the latin word dexter which translates to right.

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this article should be updated to include frayed blade, which requires 40 dex

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Isn't the casting speed cap at 45? Why does it state it's 50?

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I'm new to DS figuring it out as I go,but this may sound ignorant but is the only way to increase roll speed and reaction time based on endurance and weight or does Dex play a part with that as well?

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For the guys nagging that it is weird that strength weapons reach requitements of 50 str while dex reach 28 you can 2H the 50 str well below 28 str while you cannot 2H a weapon to gain dex so that's completely normal

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how do you get higher dexterity?

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So if I have 20 dexterity and I wear a sage ring that virtually gives +30 for spell casting, there is no point in getting the sage ring +1 or +2?

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It has a hard cap at lvl 99, oh rlly?

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Does dexterity reduce also miracle casting time?

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Yes...I rlly focus on this to use my farron greatsword +5

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dont tell any1 u leveled this up btw

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theres weapons you can use at 50 strength, shouldn't there be weapons that require 50 or even 40 dex to use? come on From

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are the Stats given by the rings (hunter, carthus) effected by the soft cap, ie if i have 40 dex and equip both will i get diminishing returns?

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Is this skill any good and what does "wielding advanced weapons" mean?

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I noticed someone changed the cast speed to 50. Is it right.

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Does this speed my pyromancy casting time as well?

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Seems to be 45 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=E1WOTfCc05E

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Anyone know the cap for spell casting?

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Any1 been testing its viability and where it caps (maybe a 27 minor cap like vigor?)

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Does this effect miracles and pyromancies too?

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Some of the conditions have "Deprived" mentioned in brackets. What does it mean? For example:"Per point of dexterity increase of 0.4 all defenses, 0.2 all resistances (deprived)"Does that mean this only happens if I start with Deprived and won't get this advantage if I start with any other class?

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In DS2, there was a stat called Adaptability, which did a variety of things including reducing the amount of time that it took to use items.Obviously this stat isn't in DS3, but does anyone know if Dexterity (or any other stat) affects the amount of time it takes to use items?

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does dexterity rising to 30 or 40+ along with a low equipment load change your characters rolls into backflips?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1WOTfCc05E

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And advanced weapons meaning like staffs 4 magic bows , and daggers or spears and long swords

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If I was to use a knight should I focus in this because I don't want to use magic but I don't know what dexterity actually is

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Does dexterity give u more speed and faster attacks and what does it mean by falling like falling and hitting the ground or falling by being knocked over or Sent flying

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I prefer a melee characters but I don't get why Dex stats reduce spell casting time, I think is better determine the spell casting time with the Attunement stat, like in DS2.

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