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Intelligence is a Stat in Dark Souls
Intelligence
Intelligence governs the power of Sorceries. It also controls weapon attack power for weapons that scale with Intelligence. This includes Weapon upgraded with Magic Upgrade and Enchanted Upgrade paths and unique weapons, specifically Moonlight Greatsword and Velka's Rapier.
- See: Blacksmith Rickert of Vinheim
- See: Large Magic Ember
- See: Enchanted Ember
Sorceries require a minimum level of intelligence to cast.
(You can acquire without the required stats and even attune the spell, but attempting to cast will leave your character scratching their head, literally.)
NOTE: This stat does NOT increase the power of Pyromancy spells. Pyromancy Power only increases with the level of The Pyromancy Flame.
Intelligence does increases the damage of punch attacks made with The Pyromancy Flame.
NOTE: Some weapons (e.g. Velka's Rapier) require a minimum intelligence level to be wielded properly.
If you do not meet the minimum intelligence required, you will stagger every time you hit an opponent.
List of weapons and their Scaling
Also see weapon scaling.
Scaling - D
Scaling - E
Scaling - A
| Stats |
Attunement ♦ Attunement Slots ♦ Bleed Resist ♦ Curse Resist ♦ Dexterity ♦ Endurance ♦ Equip Load ♦ Faith ♦ Fire Defense ♦ Health ♦ Humanity ♦ Item Discovery ♦ Level ♦ Lightning Defense ♦ Magic Defense ♦ Physical Defense ♦ Poise ♦ Poison Resist ♦ Resistance ♦ Stamina ♦ Strength ♦ Vitality |
Anonymous
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So what ammount of Intelligence do you need and what it will give you?
- 16 for all must have basic sorceries, recomended to use with oolacile ivory catalyst (or tin darkmoon catalyst if you have 30+ faith)
- 25 for all weapon buffs and soulmasses, also recomended to use with oolacile ivory catalyst (or tin darkmoon catalyst if you have 30+ faith)
- 32 for all dark soceries, recomended to mix with high strength and manus catalyst (or high dexterity and tin banishment catalyst but this pick gives far lesser damage)
- 44 for all soul spears, recommended to use with logan's catalyst for more casts or tin crystallization catalyst for more damage
- 50 for all possible sorceries, recommended to use with logan's catalyst for more casts or tin crystallization catalyst for more damage
Use "enchanted" weapon upgrade only if you are pure high intelligence build. If you are high intelligence mixed with high physical stat use magic weapon instead. If you have low inteligence do not pick any of them.
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After leveling this skill enough, your character becomes smart enough to realize they should have just leveled str instead
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For INT builds, the "Enchanted" weapon upgrade scales from your INT. Level 4-5 enchanted can scale to Grade "A" making alot of your favorite weapons be strong and viable for you! (I'm a claymore-wielding sorc)
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Monkeys and Primates: STR and DEX users
Humans: Faith and intelligence users
Truly monkey's are superior
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Article might benefit from smaller ways intelligence affects sorceries (e.g. homing soulmass has 2 projectiles at 16 INT, 3 at 19 INT, etc); a note that Dex, not Int, affects casting speed; and a link to the Magic Adjustment page, which shows which catalysts are best for various intelligence ranges.
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Softcaps are 50 for spell casting catalysts and 40 for weapon scaling. Exception is logan staff softcaps at 45 instead of 50.
"List of weapons and their Scaling" in a completely random order...
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