Critical damage appears to ignore (or greatly reduce) the target's defense. A typical weapon can do either 2 or 3 times it's attack rating in critical damage. Most daggers do more than 4 times their attack rating in critical damage. The Umbral Dagger has the highest critical modifier in the game, at least for backstabs. 1 The Convergence. Overhaul mods for Dark Souls 3 have become more common as the community figures out new ways to mod the game. The Convergence is one of the most impressive overhauls of the bunch, going as far as overhauling Dark Souls 3's magic system and altering map geometry to create a new gameplay experience. SilverSaint7 • 10 yr. ago. The mace is IMO one of, if not the best, melee weapon for a caster, let alone it the only magic infused weapon you find and if you don't get lucky with early faintstone the only magic weapon for 3/4+ of the game. Yes it requires 12 str, but it requires no additional dex. Did we overlook any exceptional weapons in Dark Souls 3? We’d love to hear from you! Drop a comment below and share your favorite weapons in DS3. We’ll be sure to check them out. And while you’re at it, take a look at our other Souls-like game roundups and tutorials: All Dark Souls 3 Covenants Explained; How To Backstab In Dark Souls 3 The Dagger is one of the best. I havent seen anything with the same, or higher Crit multiplier than that. 2 mo. ago. aziz321 • 9 yr. ago. I have been testing out many weapons for this. The regular dagger by far is doing the most on backstabs so far. Regular dagger is doing almost 500 more than my fully upgraded rapier.
Dark/Chaos build. Both infusions run off the same stats. 30/30 for weapons, 40/40 for Flames, and 45/45 for the Crystal Chime, Cautha's Chime, Sunless Talisman, and Izalith Staff. Murky Longstaff seems to really only scale with Int effectively but still works well with Dark Sorceries with 45 Int and base Fth req.
