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Tumblebuffing this with crystal magic weapon (with bow glitch) might actually be viable, since the weapon does have a spell buff stat, meaning that the buff's damage will scale with it, instead of how it works with most weapons when you try to tumblebuff them. I wouldn't encourage you to use it on pvp tho, since it kinda feels cheap to abuse a glitch to have an advantage.

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What an odd weapon :D I've never been this bamboozled before

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This weapon is overpowered, especially the weapon art. Please nerf, from software.

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Uses weapon art for guidance. Gets another message saying "Try Finger but hole." Best weapon.

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- needs faith for usage
- scales the best with intelligence
- refuses to elaborate further
- leaves

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Why does it scale with int? Why? Of course these Guys are sorcerers as well. Would be cool to have a full miracle support catalystweapon. What a waste.

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Everyone talking about meta.

I just use this with Hidden Body and haunt the Lothric Highwall. woOo~

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On paper, you'd use this to cut down the weight load of carrying both a melee weapon and a catalyst. It swings a bit faster and has a bit more reach than Heysel's Pick. The Pick gets hyper-armor on the two hand-attacks, but if you're running a caster, you're probably too squishy to be good at trading anyways, so if you have both weapons, I'd call Candlestick the superior.

The problem is that you can get Heyel's Pick two bosses earlier and you don't have to give up Soul Dregs to get it. By end-game, neither is really relevant anymore outside of PVP gimmicks, because split damage makes them worse than actual melee weapons and the spell buff is worse than actual catalysts.

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When you use faron flashsword and the staff itself hits your target, you get a little bonus damage ontop of the flashswords damage and this makes me wonder, if I was to use faron flashsword with this weapon, would I get the bonus damage of the weapon itself as if I was doing a light attack ontop of the flashsword damage, or would it just be a tiny amount of damage like with a normal staff?

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The cost for the +5 upgrade is 666 souls, hmm...

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Part of me doesn't understand why it needs to be a soul transposed weapon if it can get upgraded normally. The Guiding Light skill should've been replaced by that fireball move those Deacons are always using. I also find it strange that it requires 12 Faith but has no scaling, but doesn't need Int requirements and has scaling? C'mon man

This weapon would've been better off as a normal drop, missed opportunity for Simple infusions

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Currently running this as my primary melee weapon on a Pyromancer while off-handing my flame, and I love it dearly. Having a weapon that is also a sorcerer staff saves you equip load and lets you wear heavier armor, offsetting a caster's natural squishiness. I would easily rank it over Heysel's Pick due to the quick speed and greater reach.

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Bumped into a guy who was dominating a fight club with a crystal greataxe and an offhand candlestick. Dude singlehandedly stomped three anim-cancelling guys with black knight shields and ringed knight straight swords, and me and my lucerne didn't stand a chance.

You don't need the meta to grab Ws- the game can still be fun!

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Sorcery catalyst, used by faithful clerics that throw fireballs at you. ****ing nonsense, imagine this but as miracle catalyst

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I just checked in soulsplanner and this has the same spell buff as Heysel's Pick at +6 upgrade level. The weapon itself has much lower AR, but it has straight sword moveset and is super light! Why is everyone sleeping on this??

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the weapon art is god like.

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Real skill comes from using your weapon correctly, not from using the meta
~Anonymous, the art of PvP

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Why do people not like this again? It's a fairly long straight sword that does decent (not a world beater but still usable) damage while also doubling as a catalyst, allowing it to combo into certain quick spells. Wouldn't say it's very usable at lower levels but that can be said about a lot of weapons. Considering nearly everyone invests into faith to get tears it's not an outlandish requirement at higher levels, you really don't need to min-max this game at that point. Pretty solid weapon overall, would still give Heysel's the edge for it's ability to trade against small weapons with no poise boosts. Becomes godly as a secondary weapon paired with Heysel's though for roll catching.

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Miyazaki is still laughing his a$$ off with that 12 fth requirement

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Mediocre damage, annoying faith requirement, and useless skill. Straight sword moveset is great, but doesn't carry this weapon to greatness. Go with Heysel Pick instead

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I feel like the only reason to use it is to have a weapon, a shield and sorceries at the same time.

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How to make this PoS work:

1. Preperation: place the composite bow in your left hand, candle stick in the right. Have a quick low FP cost spell (like Farron Dart) in your first slot, and Crystal Magic Weapon in slot 2.

2. Tap roll to back step and and HOLD weapon art immediately. If you draw the bow you screwed up, try again. You should be holding the weapon art button and not be in the weapon art. You have to keep the weapon art button pressed through the remaining steps.

3. Continue holding weapon art, start moving forward: you must keep moving forward as you perform the last steps. How fast or slow you decide is irrelevant.

4. Cast your first slotted spell, during the animation switch to Crystal magic weapon.

5. With crystal magic weapon selected: roll forward and during the roll cast it.

6. You can stop holding the weapon art button. Enjoy Crystal Magic Weapon on this sword. At 60 intelligence it should add 190 magic damage for a total of 443 magic damage. Enjoy 45 seconds of reasonable damage.

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Is this used for miracles or sorcery? I can't tell.

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A level nine herald can use this to cast farron dart; get the scholar' s ring and BABY we're in business

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What **** is this? Scales with INT but need Faith requirement to wield. WTF seriously trolling.

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The straight sword moveset as we know is op, combined with sorceries you can have some real fun and even be dangerous. People need to get gud cause this sword does decent damage but the real damage comes from the sorceries you can mix in.

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A wooden stick works better as a weapon than this. Literally.

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You know this weapon is horribly awful when lothric's holy sword has higher dps

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It's important to note this allows you to cast Farron Dart with just 8 INT. The lowest staff requires 10 INT to use. Absolutely game-breaking.

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I thought the golden ritual spear was bad as a weapon/catalyst hybrid.

Then i found this piece of sh¡t

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i actually like this weapon, used it for INT build

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At +6, the spell buff scales EXACTLY THE SAME as Heysel's Pick (SL60 here). I guess this could be interesting by the higher attack speed? But Heysel already does a combo with R1s and Old Moonlight or Soul Greatsword. What is even the point of this?
To cast Great Magic Shield on Twin Dragon Greatshield (Stability 100) with Untrue Dark Ring so nobody knows how are u tanking so many hits? You've never pulled a staff or Heysel's so they would hardly suspect of that filthy straight sword; I bet most of the Havel daggers and PKGS don't even know this exists.

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The biggest drawback for this weapon is its lower Spell Buff when compared to other catalysts. It’s strength is in its ability to mix up attacks by functioning as a straight sword. Depending on your armor and build it’s also decent for keeping your weight under 30% for distance rolling, as it nullifies the need for a catalyst AND a weapon like a straight sword. That being said the weapon art is entirely useless in any situation, it’s ultimately weaker for casting or melee combat and it requires twelve faith and a point in strength. You’re much better off using the Heretic’s Staff if you want to do something out of meta or even the Witch Tree Branch. As for the straight sword spam well, Farron Flash Sword has Sorcerers covered. It’s hilarious to know most people die inside in Fight Clubs when you spank them with this thing though. Good times.

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Best weapon in game, WA kills Midir in 30 seconds and summons Sulyvahn for PvP matches.

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trash weapon for trash casuls use torch instead it doesn't even need a weapon art to light a candle

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Cleric's Candlestick: 124/253
Crystal Long Sword: 154/302
If you want a catalyst-sword and something completely different without even swapping weapons, this is honestly a neat piece of versatility. Weaker R1s than the typical option, sure, but surprisingly similar. IMO versatility and mixups are more important than BIG FAT NUMBERS, but I'm just a random comment talking about a dead game, so whatever

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Best WA to use after killing someone

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As on 2021:
Base spell buff is 100 (not 120) and it does not scale with an upgrading with minimal int&faith lvls. Spell buff column in the "Cleric's Candlestick Upgrade Table" in this article is not for small Int lvls. An actual scaling for Int <= 20 is worse that Sorcerer's Staff has. So you'll not be able to make powerfull staff for a Dex build with minimal Int&faith (12/12) investments. Trash.

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If there’s ever another souls-like game, I want this sword, but and Ultra Great Sword. Imagine casting Farron Flashsword with that weapon XD

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The only weapon the pkcs idiot didnt show up to comment. He knows he stands no chance against this.

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Made a character named Candulor that uses exclusively this and the scholar's Candlestick. Despite loving this playthrough and weapon, I have to give a disclaimer here. Other than getting a neat moveset variation by alternating 2H R1 and flashsword, this weapon is atrocious. For a meme build like mine it's actually really fitting, but you're not gonna get very far using this weapon seriously.

6/10, still not completely horrible on account of being a straight sword

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meh

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Does it boost sorcery o magic damage like the scholar candlestick? In a PvPskills video, he says it does but I haven't seen a difference. And this wiki also doesn't say that.

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People getting triggered by the fact that this doesn't cast miracles just don't get that this was used by guys who worshipped Aldrich. So it's actually more appropriate that it uses magic rather than faith.

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BEST WA

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A rusty piece of junk that it's boss doesn't even use, not even worthy enough as a "boss weapon" to upgrade it with titanite scale like every other boss weapons, null scaling in faith despite coming from the aglomerated souls of DEACONS wich also used PYROMANCIES, the most useless weapon art in the game, outclassed by any other crystal-infused straight sword wich can be forged way sooner in the game...

Do i need more proof to think there was some mentally disabled dudes in fromsoft when they designed this crap?

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Such courage to say it reminisces the Blue Flame from DS2.
The Blue Flame is a cannon: it can be infused AND buffed providing notable results with low int (raw) and amazing results with high int (magic). Not to mention that is a reference to Gandalf's sword Glamdrig which is described "as bright as a blue flame" while vanquishing foes.
...While this is a crooked candlestick, which requires faith to cast sorceries, dropped by some guys who used it to cast fireballs.

Things like these in a fantasy RPG give me conniptions.

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This should have been a dual miracle/pyromancy catalyst, not another sword/staff.

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Don't you love when weapons have faith requirements but no scaling for it?

Makes it seem real unnecessary.

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Few things about this weapon:

1. Should’ve just dropped from Deacons, not a boss weapon. The Archdeacon Staff should’ve been the boss weapon.

2. Requires faith investment when it doesn’t even scale with faith. Not even an E.

3. The most useless WA in the game. Provides light, which a torch can already do, and the “additional guidance” is just messages made by the devs for people who literally must be blind if they can’t figure out where to go.

4. States it’s a candlestick used by clerics, but can’t cast miracles.

5. Is so bad that it isn’t even upgraded with titanite scales, but rather regular titanite.

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it's basically flashlight but instead of batteries it uses fp

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I understand it from a lore perspective, but why should a sorcery weapon require faith!? SRSLY

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The main thing that irks me isn't the weapon art, but the fact that it's the *Cleric's* Candlestick But it doesn't cast Miracles. You know, the CLERIC-like spells in the game?

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Best WA in the game.

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"this is the only boss weapon that upgrades with regular titanite" OOF, Even they're Transposed Weapon got the Short End of the Stick

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Does the spell buff increase with upgraded candle

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Look at those hanging chained candleholders in the church imagine this as a candlestick whip, the whip made from the chain. Weapon art; whip of the gods, "Mete out the punishment of the Gods unto those fallen to dark, gives extra damage towards creatures of dark"

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There are no bad weapons, only bad players.

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The younger sibling of the Blue Flame that lives in its shadow. From just let us resin buff it pls

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Unpopular opinion. Best weapon in the game. Beats literally everthing

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Anyway to use this on your left hand and still be able to cast the Weapon Art?

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so what exactly does the weapon art do again?

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So it's the*****ty cousin of the Blue Flame that can't be infused or buff.. bloody hell, DS2 really did have more verity on what you could do with your gear lol.

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I would actually use this as a mainhand weapon if the blade wasnt bent. I dont like how its bent at the end of it

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Scholars Candlestick: "who are you!?" Clerics Candlestick: "I'm you but longer."

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Doesn't just holding it on your offhand buff you like even if you use a different staff on your main hand

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For a sorcerer who also levels some faith for that occasional heal sometimes, fashion souls with court sorcerer set is underrated.

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Or if you want an actually good r1 and aesthetic? The pick is ugly... besides, i prefer a sword on a knight, a club is for barbarians. :^D In all seriousness, the pick might be better, but the sword is very viable too, you'll be fine either way.

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In comparison to Heysel Pick it has less AR, less spellbuff, worse weapon art and can be found a bit later in the game. I don't think there's any good reason to use this other than for the looks and using WA to fool around during duels.

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For those who somehow don't know by now, this thing got a boost to spellbuff, it now has 200 spellbuff at 60 int. It's now very viable as a hybrid catalyst. You wont hit as much as other straight sword r1s at that investment, but it does adequate damage and the spells are relatively hard hitting now with the proper gear.

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I found Something interesting about this weird weapon… You can use it efficiently with a sorcerer full intelligence but only for light magic spells! Not respect the faith requirement will severely impaired dark spells and you will not be able to use the weapon art (not very useful by the way). But magic spells and the physical and magic damage from the sword will be preserved! For a cleric character, this is the first and only staff available , with very few intelligence <9. He will have the possibility to use it to cast the very first sorcery farron dart, and to have a sword dealing magic damage, plus the weapon art corresponding to the miracle seek guidance. But because it scales with int, magic damage and farron dart will be very weak… Knowing that you have dark moon blade to deal magig damage with a cleric… but still fun to add to a build. So despite the name of the weapon, this is definitely more a sword catalyst for sorcerer.

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Can u buff this wapon with the magic wapon spell?

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I wish this weapon's melee damage scaled from faith while spells scaled from int

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When using farren flash sword with this, both blade hit. Does anyone know if this is a great way to use FFS because you would get both magic from the spell as well as the candle sticks damage every time?

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I've been using this thing from day 1 with a crossbow and have been seeing more success than any other mage build besides heysel pick. Straightswords true combo into crossbow fire, giving you better damage than two regular r1s with this weapon. With exploding bolts and homing soulmass, you can free-aim at the opponent's feet with the crossbow [stunning them with the explosion] and then let all the orbs hit them for max damage. TYou can also use spells like Affinity to bait rolls and rollcatch with exploding bolts AND in some situations, the affinity will come back to hit them after getting stunned. I swapped affinity for crystal hail later bc most pvpers use the same dodge pattern for crystal hail, making it easier to predict their rolls. It's no different than playing sword + c.bow, just with added pressure of homing soulmass and affinity to prevent passivity. You can even use regen with the saint-tree bellvine...

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the faith is only needed if you want to use the weapon art, damage isn't affected

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Does this pretty much allow you to cast magic even if your build isn't a casting build?

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Hey I am trying to help my friend with his pryo build, and was wondering if this buff his pyromancy.

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This thing doesn't even know what it wants to be. It's a straight sword that also functions as a sorcery catalyst that doesn't require Intelligence but requires 12 Faith that scales "meh" with Intelligence and its Weapon Art is slightly more useful than Neck Swipe. It's ugly as hell with a bent blade to boot.

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By looking at the prerequisite I wonder... Since we have 12 faith anyway. Maybe using a talisman with force in the left hand to stun melee attackers before casting a sorcery is the way to use this weapon. Since Heysel's Pick got a true combo, it could be it's "kinda true" combo.
I'll test that tomorrow.

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Oh blue flame how I miss you...

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Most usless weapon in DS3, literally just use a sorcerer catylst. Save yourself the souls, just consume the Deacons Of The DEap boss soul, it's basically free souls.

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It would have made more sense if it was a miracle and sorcery catalyst, being the deacons are both clergy and sorcerers. But really, wouldn’t matter much for there’s not many hexer style miracles aside from the dark weapon and gnaw. It would have been nice if hexes crossed over, spells like Resonating Soul, Dark Storm, Scraps of Life, Dark Soul Patch and even Dark Fog. I loved Dark Fog, best Dark Souls 1-2 Spell but it had a better animation in Ds1. Anyway, I really didn’t like this weapon. I didn’t like the move sets and its damage output for both sorceries and attack isn’t very impressive. I get more damage with a magic infused Shield Breaker then this.

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Everyone here is freaking out about how the Cleric's Candlestick has a Faith requirement, but no Faith scaling, and that it casts sorceries.

...Meanwhile, I'm wondering how the Deacons of the Deep use them to spam pyromancies.

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Does anyone know if it combos R1-->Uncharged Old Moonlight? I hope it does because im not a fan of picks.

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I play as a mage but I also like to get close and personnel. this weapon is perfect for knight / mage hybrid . i have 60 int. it does 420 ar

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I think this could work as an off-hand weapon with Friede's great scythe. They both have faith requirement (11 friede's, 12 this) but don't really benefit from any higher faith than that. With this one could have the combo potential of off-hand straight sword and no need to switch to a catalyst to cast sorceries.

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Why the **** does the magic damage not scale with intelligence???

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Wanna know what would make this weapon a lot better? If it had the Stance weapon art. That's it.

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People complaining about it not having faith scaling and I'm like "Bruh we don't need another Izalith Staff do WE?!". Besides you have the crystal chime for both sorceries and miracles. Now that I think about it, it does and doesn't make sense.

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THE BEST *****ING WEAPON
MLG TORCH TIER 6/5 ON *****ING YELP

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I like this weapon, this is a very fun weapon.
But please Fromsoft, allow for this weapon to compete with Heysel Pick, or even the Demon Scar.

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+7 with 15 int and everything base this is a beast

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Anyone know if the WA effect stays if I switch the weapon? THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT DON'T QUESTION ME! I mean, I'll probably end up transposing and testing myself anyway, BUT THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT!

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I dont really like the fact that just because the Lore says that they were both sorcerers and clergymen means you cant cast miracles with it. It doesnt make sense from that very same standpoint, since well, they were BOTH sorcerers and clergymen.

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Once again, for anyone who doesn't know, the weapon is set up the way it is to match the lore behind it. The deacons of the deep were originally members of the way of white and were leaded by the 3 archdeacons, one of these deacons (Archdeacon Mcdonnell) was fascinated by sorcery and did experiments to try and channel faith into sorceries. This is why the clerics candlestick has a faith requirement, but scales with intelligence. They were clerics turned sorcerers as mentioned in the weapons item description. People are complaining about how its: -whiny voice- "not viable! D:", but as with any form of magic in Dark souls 3 your build has to be tailored to it for the magic to hit hard. Put on the 2 magic boosting rings, Lloyd's sword ring and put a scholar's candlestick in your left hand and you'll a decent amount of damage, obviously you'll need at least 30 int... There is nothing wrong with the amount of damage, i've used this weapon on my "deep knight" roleplay and it works very well, i had no issues with PvE OR PvP, i used GDS (great deep soul) and would rush in alongside my spell and attack when they went to dodge, i'd hit them with either the spell or my sword one way or the other... Affinity is just always great and it definitely helped on this roleplay as well. You can make a very viable hybrid build on this either way you go, sorceries OR dark sorceries. Don't compare this to using spells with an actual staff... You literally just can't compare the two, they're two different concepts. You saying "well i can hit 500+ with GDS on an izalith staff" is besides the damn point, with a staff you're going pure mage, with a sword catalyst you're going hybrid, two different concepts and OF COURSE A PURE CASTER WILL HIT HIGHER... No*****. The idea behind a hybrid is you sacrifice some damage for versatility, you can still hit just fine and can make up for the difference in damage with the additional options available to you and by Gitting Gud.

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CLERIC'S Candlestick, doesn't scale with Faith, classic from

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