anyone know of any good arcane builds? which weapons can you use?
Can't go wrong with ludwig's. Get it to +6 and pop in the fire gem from behind Iosefka's for a decent early through mid game. Once you get a circular fire gem or two, go kill Ludwig and get the MGS and you're set. Later on you can get some really strong lightning gems in fisherman's wharf for late game options.
>>318119454
what about stats? and any other weapons?
On that note, anyone know a good weapon to use until I can work my way to the chikage? Having a hard time levelling bloodtinge while still maintaining other stats.
>>318120557
axe
If you want to use strong weapons, go 16 STR, 12 SKL, 50 ARC.
If you want your arcane tools to be fully powered, go 70~99 ARC. They don't softcap.
In either build, you want a fire saw spear.
>>318118916
>>318120953
how much stronger are they at 100 arcane than at 50?
>>318121065
This sheet is probably outdated, but here
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17tmcuxmi_Ibh-rLSwO_7AFedTUbruJhpHD2o9LxAYOI/edit
>>318119692
I haven't tried any others yet but pretty much anything that is purely physical you can convert to fire/bolt/arcane. 16 str 12 skl lets you use most decent arcane weapons in the game, so roll a cruel fate and rush those stats and pour the rest into health and arcane. I'm thinking about running some elemental beast claws with that new rune and seeing how that goes, but I've been clearing the dlc bosses with a fire/lightning ludwig's. By the way, you can use tentacles to backstab now which is extremely useful.
>>318121567
18 STR is good too
Fire Stake Driver can deal some pretty insane damage
Whirligig Saw is really nice too
All ArcaneAYYY
>>318121298
tfw 125 meta oh well 99 arcane damage difference isn't that much more than 50
>>318121786
No. It really is huge. Augur got massively buffed, executioners deal 3 of those damage numbers, Call Beyond fires like 12.
Then there's accursed brew and blacksky eye, too.
70 ARC is fine.
>>318122296
ok rate my build
>>318122352
>>318122296
any recommendations ?
>>318122352
Holy Moonlight Sword, despite appearances, is a STR/SKL/ARC weapon, in that order.. ARC only increases the damage of the special attacks.
STR is necessary for it.
Don't do both 16/12 and 72 ARC. You won't need Ludwig's when you've got the raw power of 70+ ARC tools, and fire saw spear is stupid good.
Just make a 16/12/50, or use all those levels for a STR / ARC.
Weapon damage softcaps at 50, it's the tools that don't.
BL125 isn't a meta level. 43, 80, 98, 117, 150 are.
Plenty of people at 150 if you want to make versatile ARC build.
You should ask the bloodborne general, really, they know a lot about ARC.
>>318122865
eh there seems to be a lot of people at 125 any other weapons besides the saw spear?
>>318123034
Saw cleaver, Hunter Axe, Beast Cutter, Beasthunter Saif, Threaded Cane, Flamesprayer, Tonitrus,Kos Parasite and Kin Modeare all weapons you can use effectively with 12/11 STR/SKL.
If you go 16/12, you get the above, Ludwig's Holy Blade, Boom Hammer, Holy Moonlight Sword (it does work with 16 STR but uses bullets quickly).
The ones I didn't mention aren't effective on an ARC build. Innate arcane damage on a physical weapon sucks.
>>318123558
ok i should infuse the moonlight sword and tonitrus with arcane and the others with lightning right? also the moonlight sword should still be pretty good if i get the best gems shouldn't it?
>>318118916
Holy Moonlight Sword and Ludwig's Holy Blade get A arcane scaling.
Kirkhammer, Whirligig saw, and Threaded cane get B arcane scaling.
Tonitrus and Boomhammer both benefit off of arcane do to their self elemental buffs.
>>318123558
and is the saw decent for my build? sorry for asking so many questions
>>318124183
by saw i mean the pizza cutter
>>318123949
Bolt is really rare and only really effective against Kin, which are also rare.
The DLC at least added a place where you can get good bolt radials, but it's late.
You'll want to use Fire on most everything. Arcane is suffering to get, Fire is easy. Fire is also good against almost everything.
You can get cursed fire gems early in Pthumeru dungeons from the dual flaming sword guys.
For Moonlight, Tonitrus, and Boom Hammer you actually want Nourishing gems. They increase all attack power.
Tonitrus benefits far more from Bolt ATK or ATK Up than flat +50 bolt attack or whatever. Tonitrus gets mondo scaling when tricked.
The absolute best gems for an arcane build are Cold Abyssals from Depth 5 FRC Pthumeru Elder. 22.5% scaling. They got a massive buff in the last patch.
You always want radial radial triangles, by the way.
>>318124183
All saws are godly.
>>318122865
>BL125 isn't a meta level. 43, 80, 98, 117, 150 are.
>people still perpetuating this myth that bloodborne has metas because of a handful of nobodies at reddit and 4chan, all of which disagree with each other constantly, in a game with thousands of people online at any given time
>>318124445
alright i just think lightning looks cooler i'll probably test both out
>>318124762
I think it's 80-125 really
>bloodborne
>builds
>>318124889
There is no meta. I have character with every blood level you can possibly imagine and all of them get a lot of action.
People seem to forget that we haven't had metas since dark souls 1. Dark souls 2 had fuckall due to soul memory wide as fuck ranges and neither does bloodborne because people tried really hard to just force 120 while everybody had their own idea as to why it should be different since the games are very different stat-wise.
Try it yourself and see.
>>318125054
i just feel most comfortable at 100 or 125 honestly
>>318124445
alright thanks
Are blades of mercy any good on a Arcane build?
>>318125441
No. Same with burial blade and amygdala arm.
Tiny base damage and no scaling. Even Cannon with its E scaling scales FAR better.
Other weapons have over triple the amount of base damage when equipped with element gems.
Tempted to do an arcane build to fuck with people like this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noed6aYO0Ug
Almost certainly not worth the effort though.
>>318129419
i wish bullets refreshed after every invasion
>>318129920
Me too. I should never have to throw myself off a cliff because I've been winning too much.
>>318130363
From would patch it in if enough people complained about it
Executioner Gloves for arcane
What are the best gems for arcane?
