Check out Weapon Art Damage Guide for Elden Ring

Here's a detailed guide about Weapon Art Damage in Elden Ring.


Quick Summary version:


There are three categories of weapon arts, with different rules.


Weapon Hits


Arts that hit with your weapon (aka a "Weapon" hit) depend on your weapon’s AR, and have a high multiplier. Simple.


Enhanced Hits


If the hit looks magically buffed somehow (aka an “Enhanced” hit), then it's a Weapon Art, plus an additional Buff.

While you’re in the animation for the Art, your weapon has a very short-lived buff that is based on:


  • • Weapon upgrade level

  • •1-2 of your stats decided by the affinity of the Art (eg Int for Magic, Fai for Sacred)

  • •Your weapon’s scaling in those specific stats (eg a weapon with higher Int scaling will get a bigger buff)


Bullet Hits


Arts that hit with anything other than your weapon (aka “Bullet”) depend only on:


  • • weapon upgrade level

  • • 1-2 of your stats decided by the affinity of the Art (eg Dex for Keen Art, Int + Dex for Cold)

  • • the affinity of your weapon, not the actual scaling on your weapon. Just the affinity


Conclusions


Weapon upgrade level is incredibly important to Bullet or Enhanced-type Arts’ damage. At max level, the base damage of the art is x4, and the scaling for your stats is also better.


The affinity of the weapon you’re using affects damage of Bullet-type Arts in two ways:


  • • Gives a stat multiplier to the effect of your stats. Try to use an affinity that boosts the stat your Art cares about

  • • Changes the stat curve used to find the effectiveness of your stats, in the same way that Standard, Heavy, Quality all have different physical damage stat curves


While you can boost the damage of Bullet-type arts by choosing an affinity that focuses on the same stats that the Art uses, the scaling from stats is much smaller than the stat scaling on weapons. Base damage is most important. Even at max stats, you’re only going to get about a 50-60% damage increase over no stats at all.


I hope this guide can help you in game.


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Jan 5, 2023