Most weapon categories DO have unique combos to discover as is, though. Their base damage may be lacking, but the scaling is nothing to sneeze at, and they can perform an extra-fast after-roll attack so they're extremely good for a hit and run playstyle some (read: Nelson of Yukaslegion) say they're a little OP in that regard.Īs for melee weapons, there's no dual wielding.

The second category, bows, on the other hand, are definitely a primary weapon. Pistols can do something similar, but it's more of a backstep than dash. Deliver a light attack with your mainhand weapon and immediately follow it up with a crossbow attack and your character'll combo into a backdash coupled with an extra-fast shot. One-handed weapons such as spears, whips, and one-handed swords can. Another neat thing that they sell is the Steel Centipede whipsword, which is a good, versatile weapon for hunters. One thing that crossbows DO have going for them is the backstep attack. The Iron Ones are the best (starting, at least) creed for a pistol build as they sell not only a rank one but also a rank two pistol at later devotion levels. Crossbows run cheaper to use than guns, and obviously have a lot more range, and you can snipe with 'em to cheese distant troublesome enemies. Ammo can run a little expensive, but later in the game that stops making such a difference. Guns are short-ranged shotgun-type attacks that hit like trucks, and even has decent amount of scaling. The crossbows and pistols are both sidearms.

Maybe dip into Swordsman rank 2 for the Black Widow arcane greatsword, rank 3 swordsman for the Northern Cross lightning Greatscissors, or rank 4 for the Shikeimaru arcane katana and Branding Iron fire sword, though be aware that going any further than rank 2 means you're going to probably need to use some grey pearls to regain skill points from the pointless stats along the way. The Dragoon Espingole is slightly better but there are even better pistols available if you get to the dome of the forgotten and get the hornet ashes you can get a nice holy dmg pistole that has S scaling which is almost equal to the top tier pistol available later on. In a nutshell, making a hybrid build may be tempting on the short term, but you'll suffer for it in the long-term, so don't overdo it. 'What need have I of defense when all of my foes are ashes', I believe the quote goes. Ive found the crossbow in my offhand is pretty decent for picking off enemies at a distance, or forcing one enemy to come forward away from their mob. Something I found more and more as the game went on was that just having the raw stamina to keep firing was better for my survivability than having more actual healing items. (This was a bug that was fixed in patch 1.0.1.Mage builds largely work off of stacking as many multipliers as possible, so if you're using wands instead of staves, working with 20 or 30 magic instead of 40 or 50, or using the link of fire and sky to spam one element instead of the Storm Ring while altering between two, and using some other creed other than the Keepers and their OP sky crystals, you'll not see the late game damage numbers that mage builds are infamous for. This can be useful for Dexterity builds, which don't have many options for Strike damage weapons. Equipping a main hand weapon that has an Extra Blades or Extra Blunt property will affect the offhand gun's damage split the sane way it affects the main hand weapon by shifting the Slash or Strike damage by 50% changing the flintlock to 75% Strike or 75% Slash.The weapon's damage type is split between 50% Slash and 50% Strike damage.Using a weapon buff, such as a Blessed Page, will buff both your main hand melee weapon and offhand gun, despite the gun not gaining the visual effect of the buff.Like other gun weapons, this weapon has 1.5x damage multiplier on its attacks, giving it effectively 50% higher AR than it shows.At 50 Dexterity this weapon has an Attack of 71.6 at tier VII.Mass-produced with quality materials by a reputable gunsmith, this weapon is designed to fire a variety of ammunition types including elemental and poison loads in addition to standard lead shot. Flintlock Pistol in Salt and Sanctuary is a Pistol type weapon.Ī simple lever-action pistol that utilizes a flintlock mechanism to ignite a charge of black powder, propelling forth a cluster of small projectiles.

Salt and sanctuary pistols