Weapon Scaling | Dark Souls Wiki

is there a known general formula to calculate the extra damage you get from scaling?

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The Parameter Bonus/Scaling Values table is complete, alright. But it doesn't say anything about the 1-handed/2-handed comparison. And there's something very weird about that in the game

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The Parameter Bonus/Scaling Values table is complete, alright. But it doesn't say anything about the 1-handed/2-handed comparison. And there's something very weird about that in the game

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I dont understand why From decided to use letters inste ad of just displaying the scaling percentage, because each weapon has its own numbers that are poorly represented by the letters and can be misleading. All other stats are displayed by raw numbers instead of vague letters.

It would also make it easier to see how much scaling you gain from weapon upgrades instead of suddenly jumping from B to A, which in practice usually just means the scaling went from 99 to 101 or something like that.

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Divine link is broke, the correct one is https://darksouls.wiki.fextralife.com/Divine

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I have a masters degree in Telecommunications Engineering and I still don´t understand this

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So if I had Lightning Scythe +5 and physical dmg is 279 and lightning dmg is 279 without bonuses full dmg is 548? Or it doesn't add up?

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So I'm a bit confused, what would the Attack Power on an un-upgraded club be with a strength of 10? I would think it'd be 87(from base)+1.1(from scaling)*10(the attack stat)*.05(from the rating) or 87.55, but the actual value seems to be 91. What am I missing?

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So I'm a bit confused, what would the Attack Power on an un-upgraded club be? I would think it'd be 87(from base)+1.1(from scaling)*10(the attack stat)*.05(from the rating) or 87.55, but the actual value seems to be 91. What am I missing?

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Why does scaling have to be so difficult to understand? I'm still stuck on the math portion. What I think it is is the letter scaling multiplied by the % stat scaling. So if you have a C scaling (STR) and 20 strength... C scaling range is from 50% to 74% and 20 strength would only use 40% of that 50 - 74% so that would be 59.6% (so 60%). So if I have a weapon that deals 80 damage with a C scaling, the scaling damage should be +48 and the total damage should be 128? Honestly, I have no idea what the proper equation is and the comments (though informative) don't really help. Can I get some help?

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The great sword I use in dark souls has four slots on it for the weapon distribution and inflammation strength durability intelligence and faith

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u sure it's x2.0 mag resist of shields upgraded magic path suddenly..?

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Pls how to know if i have B 75% or 99% ?

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Pls how to check if i have B scaling with 75% or with 99% ??

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Just pointing out a typo: the last chart top left puts "Claymore" where it should read "Upgrade Level".
(I know this has been there for almost 10 years probably and nobody cares, but...)

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Is simple:

BD = Weapon Basic Damage
SB = Weapon Scale bonus
PP = Dex/Str/int/Faith Player points

PP * SB + BD = Output damage

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Defense calculations throw the whole "1 stat vs 2" into a blender. For raw numbers, putting 20 into Dex and 20 into Str gets the most damage numbers. But Defense is calculated against your stat level, so 20 Dex and 20 Str gets blocked much more than 40 Str or 40 Dex would. So putting 40 into one stat makes tougher enemies easier, while splitting stats makes easier enemies even easier.

So it depends on what you're after. If you find you're getting swarmed by lesser enemies you might want to go 20/20. It would let you cut through them like butter. If it's the high defense enemies and bosses that give you the most trouble then you'll want to go 40/0. If you want to strike a balance between the two, you'd go 30/10.

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I can't quite understand because I speak another language, but I think I'll understand if you clarify with this example:
If I have a longsword, which uses a "C" for dexterity and strength, and I only have 40 points to split between the two ... what is the best way to maximize damage? Dumping all the points into one of them (example: str = +0, dex = +40)? or is it better to be fair (example: str = +20, dex = +20)?
PS: I appreciate any response. I hope that I have been understood.

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Alright souls fans tell me what is the point of 99? Since you can already have majority of the damage of a weapon? Beyond 40 seems a waste at least until 400 levels

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Scaling doesn't stop after reaching level 40 with given stat. It just slows down by around 70%. Above 40 it usually takes 2-3 points to get as much bonus as for 1 point at stat level of 1-40.

"It essentialy stops at level 40". It is not worth to level above 40 if you are at low SL like 120-140 since spreading it among other usefull stats is more beneficial. Nonetheless when you have lots of important stats at level 40 it becomes good idea to level these stats above 40.

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"For lower stats (from 10 - 40) points/level increase exponentially" - exponentially?? Who wrote this bs.. please go back to school..

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There is a thing i don't quite understand when using the tables:
Does every weapon for example has exactly one base damage and all upgrade path values (magic for example) are calculated from that or does each weapon has a separate base damage depending on upgrade path?

For example:
Dagger -> base damage 56
Crystal Dagger (x 2.2 in weapon table above) -> base damage 123 ✔
Lightning Dagger (x 1.8 in weapon table above) -> base damage 100 ✔

but:
Magic Dagger (x 1.5 in weapon table above) -> base damage 84 (should be 63)

Would be grateful for some insight :)

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I understand in theory (thanks to some of the comments on this page) how to calculate scaling damage, but my calculations never match what the actual bonuses are in game. Example: I have 40 STR/40 DEX. A Black Knight Greatsword with 220 base damage has B/E scaling which are quoted to be 90% STR, 5% DEX. From this, I would assume the scaling damage should be 220*0.9*0.65 + 220*0.05*0.65 = 128.7 + 7.15 = 135.85 -> +136 in game. However, in game it says it is +177. For a simpler example, I normally use the Great Club +15. At 40 STR, the game tells me it gives a scaling bonus of +302. The wiki states a scaling ratio of 88% for STR, which puts it in the "B" category, so I'm assuming this is for the Great Club +0. If I trust the upgrade parameter table, I would expect the +15 club to have 1.2x the scaling percentage which would come out to 105.6%, which seems fine since that's just getting into the "A" category which is what the +15 club has. So if I go to calculate damage using 337 base damage, I would expect 337*1.056*0.65 = 231.32 -> +231 in game. This is significantly lower than the +302 in-game value. If the 65% value for 40 STR is correct, this indicates that the weapon has ~138% scaling bonus from STR, which almost puts it in the S category which it clearly isn't. I'm not two-handing to get these in-game values, which would increase my effective STR level and associated scaling values. I'm lost.

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So if a weapon has S scaling in strength than every time i upgrade strength is damage increases by 140-200% or am i wrong

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What if i increase my strength instead of dex to use a dex weapon after meeting it's required scaling, will it increase my damage?

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I know that using a weapon with 2-hand increase the stregth for these multipliers, but it's missing how much. Is half of strength? Example 30 St with 2h is 45? Or am I wrong?

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I've heard that offhand scaling is different somehow. Is there a page on this topic already?

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damm crosbow have high atack value multiplires

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