But, it is possible to reach Vamos with the Drake Sword. The path is surrounding by booby traps and guarded by Necromancer who repeatedly spwan strong Undead Skeletons. Normal +5 weapons can be ascended to Fire by Vamos, who is hidden at the Catacombs. A fire weapon has higher damage rating than its lightning counterpart.īut most importantly, Fire weapons can be made very quickly in early game. Fire damage also tops out at a slightly higher level than lightning damage. There are optional bosses in Lost Izalith with high Fire resistance that can be skipped by opening up the shortcut through the Chaos Witch Quelaag.

But Fire damage can be used to finish the game. Lightning damage is more flexible than Fire damage as it damages all bosses in the game and most enemies. He will ascend your +10 normal weapon to Lightning mode using Titanite Chunks. Then you must find the Giant Blacksmith in Anor Londo.

You will have to find 9 large titanite shards and must give the Large Ember to Andre the Blacksmith to ascend a +5 weapon to +10. It is difficult to make a lightning weapon, and you must wait until mid-game. Souls exclusively reserved for Intelligence or Faith can now be spread out to Vitality, Dexterity or to make upgraded equipment. They can do a fair amount of damage initially, and potentially more than their fire or lightning cousins, but not until the character has been greatly upgraded.īy using fire or lightning weapons, you are free to increase other attributes to round out your build (as opposed to higher weapon damage). Normal, magic and divine weapons scale with related attributes. You must only meet the minimum requirements to wield the weapon.įire and lightning damage is available immediately upon weapon ascension. A character with very low strength will do the same amount of damage with a fire or lightning weapon, as a character with much higher strength. Weapons do a fixed amount of fire or lightning damage based only on the level of the weapon. Unlike other types of damage, fire and lightning weapon damage does not scale with any character stat.

Dark souls 2 fire seed