I have a feeling some of the spells are going to get nerfed pretty soon, it honestly feels a bit like cheating. The Iron Keep first bonfire area is filled with dragon signs, even at my SL, most people are probably close to SL 150 though. Did some PvP with nothing but Affinity (Pursuers for you DS1 folks) and Avelyn and cleaned up. The best weapon I've found so far to use it on is Avelyn, which just completely wrecks fools. Have a weapon with good base damage but no scaling? At 20, it will add a bunch of damage. The sword has never seen the light of day. The mundane part is added fun: Mundane infusion scales a weapon with your lowest stat. Crypt Blacksword - Dark Souls II Wiki Guide - IGN Crypt Blacksword updated Ultra greatsword symbolizing guardianship over the Undead Crypt. I was using the Abyss Seal ring, which helps, but a lot of what you need for this build is easily obtainable in NG pre-endgame, using an ascetic or two (The Rotten with ascetic for the Crypt Blacksword, for example, or Scorpioness ascetic'd for the 3 attunement slots ring, and skellington lords for that insane cast speed ring).
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And I was using a Dark Idol's Chime, which is the chime you get from Licia, not even endgame stuff. I was 2-hand R1 swinging on a drake towards the end of the game, with a bonfire intensity of 3 (2 ascetics burned) and doing close to 1200 damage per swing. I also have 20/20 dex/str, so I got a Crypt Blacksword, infused with Dark, and buffed it with Resonant Weapon. Received in trade from the Weaponsmith Ornifex for the Old Dead One Soul, the Crypt Blacksword is one of the most unique ultra greatswords in Dark Souls II, but it can be. They can only dodge them for so long, it's a fast cast and does a ton of damage through most shields too. I stopped using the spell in PvP because I was 2-shotting EVERY PLAYER and I felt bad. I have 30/30 int/faith, 20 attunement and Great Resonant Soul hits for 1100+ on almost everything. Like, so overpowered it straight-up breaks the game.
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Point being, hexes are goddamn ridiculous. I also have 20/20 dex/str, so I got a Crypt Blacksword, infused with Dark, and buffed it with Resonant Weapon. If you don't know, hexes require Int and Faith and Mundane scaling works off your lowest stat, so everything needs to be somewhat high.
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I decided to respec, as I had 6 of those soul vessels, to go for a hex/mundane build. So I was tooling around in the postgame, feeling kind of burned on my pure strength build, especially after rolling a cleric alt to co-op with a friend.