Lusat's Glintstone Staff | Elden Ring Wiki

There's some good weapons/ashes of war with strong int scaling ranged attacks that can be used as a substitute for the increased fp cost sorceries, in situations where fp sustain is a concern. Darkmoon Greatsword and Glintstone Kris stand out as excellent options, from my testing their skills are very strong and actually compete with sorceries well in terms of damage and fp effiiciency. Darkmoon GS in particular does some absurd damage with charged strong attacks while its buff is active. Lusat's can then be used more selectively when necessary.

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Note that if you have this staff equipped, the +50% cost will be applied to spells even if you use another staff to cast them but the damage bonus WILL NOT.

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It seems to be that Lusat's Damage Buff doesn't stack with two of them like other staves (Loss for example) but the FP Cost definitely does come out of the bar twice. Wonder if that's an oversight or a punishment.

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Wooden Staff: 4,5 weight
Crystal Staff: 4,5 weight
Stone Staff: 4 weight
Metal Staff: 3 weight

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I think this staff was designed for low FP spells to make them more potent. When you use higher FP spells, the extra FP cost becomes exponentially less worthwhile.

People keep saying how much it costs for their spells, but I think that's an excellent way to stop INT builds from just using this staff and exploring other options.

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i think they broke the staff bonus. my number don't change somehow when im using it (even in main hand) but my magic consumption is still affected, i have all the stat to use it including the 10 str

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Costs too much FP for only 10% extra damage, they should either buff the damage or reduce the FP cost to 30-40%

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Best staff for pvp but yeah it still costs too much FP

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I wish all the carian scepter weilders would realise that big damage always better, and switch to this.

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Needs a buff. 10% extra damage doesnt justify the 50% extra cost, it should be at least 20% more. I want to use lusat crown as well, so i will use the primal shard talisman, but i wish the boost could be more substantial, because it doesnt feel like the extra cost is really paying off.

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So technically this descrition is misleading like so many others. It does NOT boost any specific sorceries unlike other staffs like Carian Regal which specifically boosts moon spells by like 10%. This staff just offers highest (int only) scaling while also costing 50% more fp per cast. The description should read something like "provides high spell damage while draining its users fp" So again this staff does not provide any actual bonus damage for a class of spell. It just is a high scaling staff while also making your spells cost more.

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Does this give a damage boost to all spells?

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Does this boost effect Schollars Armament

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Where does it say it cost more FP? Or have people just tested it and figured it out? I'm new to the whole series of games, so just learning this stuff.

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The additional cost from this staff should be a flat amount and not percentage based. This would limit slicer and swift pebble spam in pvp while retaining high damage on sorceries. This staff should turn already powerful endgame spells into nukes not encourage spam playstyle with basic sorceries.

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Really nice in pvp but in pve the FP cost is way too high, it should be reduced to something like 40%, in my opinion

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The handle on this bears a surprising resemblance to the handle of Marika's Hammer. Doubt there's any connection, but it's still neat.

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"Increases FP costs by 50%." Uhhhhh am I missing something here fellas? Comet cost 18FP without any increase and 36fp when using this staff... Last time I mathed a 50% increase would make Comet cost 27 fp and not 36....? This thing seems to actually increase FP cost by 100%

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2 handing this staff is broken, it says you meet the requirements but still bounces of shields and consumes way to much stamina on spells, now I have to waste 2 levels on strength for my int build

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If you use a low cost spell, This is an amazing staff even with the FP cost

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I would use this but i need my blue spinning ash of war

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Is it correct that with 80/80 Int/Faith, Prince of Death Staff outdamages Lusat's staff?

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This is good if you aren't primarily caster, but use int-scaling Ashes of War & want to buff with scholar's armaments as high as possible.

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I run Lusat's as my main, no Carian Regal. Extra fp doesn't bother me much. I mitigate it with high(er) Mind, but also - Wing of Astel's heavy is a ranged magical projectile that doesn't cost fp, which helps a lot in clearing dungeons and for co-op assists. I also started investing a bit in Fai and picked up the Golden Order Seal, and added Black Flame + Lightning Spear for some low fp options, as well as if something is resistant to magic. Using that + Snow Witch Hat + Cerulean Seed Talisman has made it completely ridiculous. It's outperforming Carian Regal even at +9 so once I pick up another Somber Ancient it's gonna be wrecking everything. The extra dps makes low-tier spells like Glintstone Icecrag shred everything so you don't even need to rely on the highest-consumption spells.

Plus they just dropped the fp cost of a bunch of spells so...go forth and crush with Lusat's, fellow mages.

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Ideally it would be regal scepter for daily use, Lusat for boss fights or comet azur infinite fp combo. Upgrading regal scepter and Lusat staff both to maximum requires two somber ancient dragon smithing stones, think twice before choosing between fashionable weapons and two staffs...

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Attention all Lusat staff mages: It is in fact LEGAL to have above 9 vigor. You don't need 60 mind just to spam rock sling.

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When equipped, ALL spells cost 50% more mana but you deal about 10% more damage with Lusat's Staff compared to Carian Regal Stick, assuming 80+ INT and a fully upgraded weapons. Even when I soft capped INT & MIN, I still felt like I wanted more mana, meaning Lusat's wasn't viable for me! Maybe it will be for you, especially if you only use it sparingly.

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why does every player that uses this staff have 300 hp

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The extra FP cost isn't as bad as it sounds. Burst DPS is more limited by stamina than FP, so this staff doesn't actually lose DPS in most cases. There are also a number of very low cost spells (Carian Slicer, Shard Spiral, Magic Glintblade, etc) which won't totally drain your FP even with the 50% cost increase. And of course every spell build is going to have infinite FP for 15 seconds. It's a must carry for high INT, even if you won't use it all the time.

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this + moonveil in left hand, carian regal scepter + main katana in right hand. use lusats staff to buff primary katana and cast nukes, when i use scholar armament on a keen nagakiba it gets 900+ base damage with only 50 dex and 70-80 int. if scholars armament runs out then i can just switch to two handing moonveil, or use moonveil in left and carian regal scepter in right hand. carian regal scepter is honestly one of the best melee staffs in the game because of how much poise damage it's weapon skill does.

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Put another level or two in endurance if you need it so you can equip the Academy or Carian Regal staff in slot 2. Buffs > wonderflask > big nuke > swap to normal-FP staff for cleanup.

Honestly you’d think it would weigh more, with that chunk of bling on top. Ice on my staff like I’m frosting a carat cake

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As a min maxed pure sorcerer for a certain Rune Level I found you don't need the 10 STR to get high spell buffs with it but beware that using Carian Slicer, Piercer, Etc. sword melee spells can be a bit troublesome as they will bounce of blocking enemies leaving you open, even full charged Piercer will bounce of a shield.

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Does the improved scaling on this make this the best scholar's armament staff in the late game?

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Could this be held in the other hand for a stave to gain its benefits, or do I have to use this to cast the spells?

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If you start using this early enough, you get used to it. 50% FP sounds atrocious, but really it's not so bad. Being able to kill things in a single hit where it would take two otherwise means you're saving some FP in the long run. Once your flasks are refined and plentiful enough, your FP economy is just fine; I have an 8-6 split (mostly to have 3 cerulean for co-op) and very rarely run out of cerulean tears. And this isn't just using pebble on everything; Carian Slicer is my workhorse spell, sure, but besides that I have Comet and the legendary sorceries, and can use all of them plenty of times before having to drink. All in all this is the undeniable best staff in the game.

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While the +50% FP cost might seem cruel, it seems like this staff is more focused on defeating enemies and bosses in few casts, so an increase in FP cost makes sense.
...Although, 50% is a lot... and that makes it less considerable as a staff when it's only around 10% better than the Carian Regal Scepter. 20-30% would have been enough, I think...

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50% INCREASE TO FP COST?? nah give me that regal cepter lmao

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I'm finding some good use with this, but ONLY in one specific situation: bosses I can kill with one long cast of Comet Azur.

Lusat's Glintstone Staff + Azur's Glintstone Crown + Magic Scorpion Charm + Graven Mass Talisman + Terra Magica + Wonderous Physick (Magic Shrouding Craced Tear and Cerulean Hidden Tear)

All of that gives a few seconds of highly buffed and FP free Comet Azur and it SLAPS like an A-10 Warthog cannon from 10 feet away. It's very situational and it can fail a lot, and then I feel like I'm up crap creek with nothing but this FP-leaky staff as a paddle

Still it is gratifying when it works, especially on annoying bosses like those Ulcerated Tree Spirits. I ran an STR build on my first run through (my usual first build on a FromSoft game) and Esgar Priest of Blood took me like a dozen tries. I didn't expect Comet Azur to work on him because he was so fast, but Esgar kept leaping back and forth across the path of the beam!

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Scale like my ADHD at work, ~10% more productivity but cost 50% more focus point

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I know it has to be less efficient than the less damaging staffs for the sake of balance, but 50% increase of fp cost in return for 10% more damage compared to the Carian Regal Scepter is just nuts. 20% more fp costs would be enough I guess

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Prince Of Death staff is what I use on my main build, granted im level 295 but late late game theres no reason to use lusats over POD

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I think this weapon should have high physical damage scaling with strength as well, look at that morning star, it legit looks like a hammer

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Even if the efficiency is poor, if it enables you to kill a boss in fewer casts (or if you need to drink after every cast of your Big Spell), this staff will always come out on top.

If casting a small spell with this means it will one shot a target when the next staff takes two casts, this staff is more efficient. The problem is that you need to invest resources and time to test each staff, on each boss/enemy, and very few people want to do that. So on-paper stats are generally what people will gravitate towards.

Don't throw this in the bin unless you can't be arsed to actually try using it in a multitude of situations.

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Scaling at 80 int:
Lusat's Glintstone Staff +10: 413
Carian Royal Scepter +10: 373

That’s a 9.7% (rounded down) increase for a 50% increase in spell cost. Given this is for burst damage, one must question the benefit if one must stop dealing damage to chug blue every two or three casts.

I can see only one purpose for this staff – crossing the breakpoint between killing an enemy in two casts, and killing an enemy with one cast. This is inferior for PVE DPS given the extra chugging required, particularly if the player has a narrow window and misses out on an extra cast due to chugging blue.

I appreciate that a straight increase in damage and increase in FP cost to match is not balanced. I recognize that the higher DPS potential must come at a premium. That said, I think the scales are tipped too far for this one. 50% FP increase for a 9.7% DPS increase doesn’t seem like a good option. I think 30/10 or 40/20 would be more fair.

Personally I’ll stick with the Carian Scepter in all circumstances. Perhaps this is better for PVP, but who wants to slot that many blue flasks and miss out on heals in PVP?

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This staff is good if you have more than 30 mind and multiple sorcery buffs. Otherwise I would use another staff since 50% more fp consumption is really steep.

For example If you are using this staff with say all 3 talismans that boost sorcery damage as well as the tear that boosts sorcery at 80 INT since they all stack multiplicatively your damage will be absolutely nuts especially if you are duel wielding staffs casting say carian slicer for a casual 700 - 800 damage.

However if you are not stacking things to boost sorcery damage I simply would run another staff, the slightly higher damage isn't worth the cost.

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Basically the tin crystallization catalyst from ds1.

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R2 of this should deal actual damage, it's larger than half of the hammers for gods sake.

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it also increases stamina usage

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Not worth using in PvP IMO. Drinking blue is the biggest weakness of casters and this staff makes you do it way more often for 100~ extra damage on hit. Azur's is more FP efficient and gives you cast speed which is *the* stat to have max in pvp for casters. PvE/Infinite FP cheese aside this staffs overrated in my opinion.

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Suposse I equip Carian Regal Scepter on my right hand to cast any spell and Lusat on the left, Do I get the bonus from Lusat or just the increased cost? Also, Do I Need to fully upgrade the offhand staff? Finally, let's swap and put Lusat on the right hand to cast a Moon spell and Regal on the Left just for the bonus, in that case do I need to fully upgrade Regal Scepter for the offhand or It wouldn't make any difference?

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The general consensus seems to be that it boosts int scaling by 10/11% rather straight buffing sorceries, if this is the case then why does the description give the distinct impression that it's a passive ability similar to other staves' passives? It seems like it would have made more sense to either state it gives increased scaling in the description, or not mention the damage increase at all as it's kinda misleading

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In Demon's Souls, the Kris Knife and Morion Blade boosted magic attack if held in the off hand. Is there an equivalent staff in Elden Ring that boosts sorceries when held in off hand.

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Unlike the Meteorite Staff, you don't receive the damage boost when held in your offhand and casting with your main hand. You do however receive the added FP cost.

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Anyone noticed that this staff says it also scales with strength, but putting putting points even up to 99 into strength doesn't raise the staff's stats by even 1 point? Is the strength scaling on the staff completely broken? is it a bug that it says it should have strength scaling? seems to me like only intelligence increases it's stats.

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How exactly does this staff enhance spell damage? On my 52 INT character my +5 Lusat Staff (222 scaling) is doing 930 damage on the same enemies my +14 Acedemy Glintstone staff (223 scaling) is doing 937 damage on using the same spell. I don’t understand how its supposed to put out 11% more damage

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This staff is honestly not worth the increase in fp cost. As a pure caster, Carian Slicer is your bread and butter spell, yet you will kill in the same amount of hits as Carian Regal Scepter seemingly 95% of the time. The only time I could see this staff making a difference is when you are peppering your opponents with Swift Glintstone Shard, and in that case it MIGHT kill in one shot earlier.

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The thing people seem to forget is that the 1.1X bonus is in addition to the highest scaling in the game. For builds that can support the FP cost, there is no contest as this effectively has 450+ scaling at 80 int. I personally find the FP penalty to be manageable at 30 MND while using efficient spells (glintstone icecrag or glintstone pebble)

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I still think Rennala's staff is better. Without an extra FP expense it delivers insane damage. Use snow magic for exploring, as it is high damage and low FP cost: Glintstone Icecrag for regular sized enemies, Adula's Moonblade for enemies with large and multiple hitboxes (it completely deletes dragons); and if you want the extra damage, Terra Magica will ultimately save you FP, as it gives you a very decent damage boost for only 20 FP.

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The most powerful staff that scale with intelligence when +10, good for infinite fp + comet azur in ng. If you are in ng+ or Ng++ and have enough rune to level both intelligence and faith to 80, prince of death's staff will be more powerful.

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I saw so many people backseating and hyping this staff up, came to check and is the most unga bunga bait weapon I ever seen LUL

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At 58 INT the Lusat's Glintstone Staff+5 is at 237 scaling. The Meteorite Staff is naturally at 238

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Ok so I need to ask, and this is in regard to the description of the staff itself, how does "boost to all sorceries" work exactly? Does it give an unbiased increased to all offensive sorceries available, or is it simply just a naturally higher scaling with said sorceries? I'd appreciate clarification on this as the description on this weapon has had me confused for a while.

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It should be noted that the Prince of Death's staff has superior sorcery scaling as long as your faith is as high as your int, without the penalty to your FP consumption.

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Honestly unless you are casting extremely expensive spells this is a good choice to delete bosses but don't take it for exploration as it's going to bleed you dry quickly.

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How does this pair with Primal glintstone blade talisman?

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The quest to come here was so fun I forgot this was my objective. Bosses were annoying at first then dropped my headless boi's ashes and *teleports behind you* "nothing personal, kid"

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Off-hand this staff will only increases overall FP consume but will never increases your spell damage. not sure if it bugged or intended
so better main-hand it or else, use 'Prince of Death's Staff' once you can get to 80 int 80 faith at higher level for better sorcery scailing and lower FP consume.

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I don't use it myself (not enough somber dragon stones in the game), but it has it's niche this isn't the exploration staff, this is the dunk on bosses staff. Chug the free fp and magic damage boost physic and dunk a heavy spell like comet azur on the boss for free with 11% extra damage which can stack with scorpion talisman, red feathered branch sword(or full hp attack talisman for safety), and graven talismans. Good for short pvp encounters too because for some reason alot of people don't want more than 40 vigor. I wish it provided a passive effect like mag dmg % up for the right hand stave though instead of just having the highest spell damage scaling. That way you can offhand it for a theoretically higher scaling staff in the right. I do this with Azurs to up my cast speed on queen's staff. Maybe it should be stronger, but do you really want all mages in pvp to one shot you with trivial spells??? Maybe just lower the fp penalty that's my 2 cents. It's fine as it is IMO, but things can change as more things get buffed and nerfed. Maybe a change will be justified later.

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Honestly a worthy staff to pick.... However , you should consider this first. ( At 80 INT Lusat +10 goes for 413 Sorcery Scaling , which is 40 Scaling more than Carian Regal+10 which was 373 Sorcery Scale ). Now you might say 50% more FP increase yes... But if your High Leveled like i'm , having atleast 50 Mind for 280FP will result in Lusat's Staff +10 being soo much worthy than Carian for the increased 15% Damage between the 40 Sorc Scaling.... I could chain cast Stars of Ruin 5 times with Lusat's while with Carian it was 8 , obviously the faster i cast the better the damage that also includes my 60 Dex for Casting Speed. ( But specifically with Stars of Ruin the Lusat's +10 with 413 Sorc Scaling at 80 INT is better than Carian Regal +10 at 373... I pretty much 1 cast Stars of Ruin and kill all giant troll enemies , while with Carian i needed 2 Casts ). Thats a big difference , there's also the FP Potion that gives u infinite FP for 10sec which is worth it with Lusat ontop of that i combined it with the Magic Shroud that's 35% more Magic damage with Lusat , including Golden Vow i deal exactly 50% more Magic Damage with Lusat rather than Carian Regal at this specific build-up.... Lusat is definitely worth it when reaching 80 INT and atleast 45-50 Mind you wont even bother with the Extra FP i promise you as i'm level 276 now.

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The FP additional cost doesn't seem to work. I'm using the Meteorite Staff, which currently with 57 Intelligence has a Sorcery Scaling of 236 whilst my Lusat's Glintstone Staff + 5 has a Sorcery Scaling of 235. Great Glintstone Pebble costs 18 FP. When cast using Lusat's Glintstone Staff + 5, it still only consumes 18 FP. When attacking the same enemy, the Meteorite Staff does 2 more damage, with just 1 more Sorcery Scaling than Lusat's Glintstone Staff + 5.

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Not worth using until 70~ int. at 60 int it has 10 more sorcery scaling than academy glintstone staff +25. Not worth the FP increase until you get 30+ scaling over other options imo.

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Not a huge fan of that 50% FP increase. I can understand maybe a 15 or 20%, but 50% seems way too high for what that staff actually does. Especially when the armor sets that go along with the staves also increase FP cost. I think someone said 73% together. With the helm and staff, Ruin of Stars has a 66 fp cost, up from 38.

Thats kind of absurd considering the increase in damage doesn't reflect that at all. If my spells are going to cost 50% more, then I'd expect that in damage in return.

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it consumes additional 50% FP, but no additional damage at all
even less sor scaling than prince of Death's staff at high lev(448>430)
there are many legend weapons but staff

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It's LITTERALLY a giant spiked mace bigger and heavier than most onehanded hammers, but the staff bonk STILL DOES NO DAMAGE!!!
WTF???
This should have been a hybrid weapon like Heysel Pick or Manus Catalyst!

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anyone who has lusat's staff +10 and carian glintstone staff +25 (who boosts carian sword sorceries) who could please tell me which one does more damage with carian slicer? that would be really nice of you :)

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Lusat’s glintstone staff +10 at 99 int has a sorcery scaling of 430. Carian regal scepter +10 has 388 sorcery scaling at 99 int.

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Not sure if it is worth doing a bit more damage for the increased cost... Could cast an extra spell to do overall more damge with some other strong staff

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+10 is 412 scaling
After 1.3 patch

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Would someone else help with letting know the stones before upgrading? So far - +1 costs 1 somber smithing stone, +2 coats 1 somber stone 2, +3 costs 1 somber stone 3

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My build:
lusat +10 and Jellyfish Shield (provides insane damage buff)
radagon icon, graven school Talisman, red feathered branchsword, + whatever else you like
magic shrouding cracked tear, cerulean hiddet tear(eliminates fp consumption)
I have 78 int src scaling is 403. Shield buff -> Terra Magica, Flask, Azur melt everything leaving scorched earth.

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As of March 19th, this staff is not using additional FP for some spells, from initial testing. Will continue testing shortly, later today.

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Everyone saying it's bugged is correct, in the previous patch offhanding this weapon increased the spell damage of your main staff, but now it just doesn't seem to work at all.

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Aside from FP does this have an effect on stamina ?

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Did they nerf it?

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+10 with 80 INT is 413 sorcery scaling

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why can't i put an ash of war on it

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+6 with 85 int is 333 scaling
+6 with 91 int is 336 scaling

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...The staff's body looks like the Elder Wand and I can't unsee it.

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dude, i lost....
LUSAT'S GLINTSTONE STAFF NOT scaling by blue dancer charm
meteorite staff scaling...
why?....
maybe LUSAT'S GLINTSTONE STAFF have scaling Sorcerery Scaling (if you need: multiply Sorcerery Scaling effect) then other Sorcerery Scaling modificator not working
i not test other talisman but when i test i print

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If you equip this staff with another staff and you cast with the second one, the damage isn't buffed, but the FP cost is increased

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Does this buff the damage of Scholar's+Armament as well? ( https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Scholar's+Armament )

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Increases FP costs by +50%, rounded up. Not sure how it interacts with FP cost-reducing items.

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at +5 it's 222 scailing

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There are now quite a few comments asking if its bugged or people trying to test the special buff(me included). It should be noted on this page that the staff just currently has higher sorcery scaling than other staves at the same level. Plus the extra 50% FP cost. This has been tested.
Also the page with all the staves mentions it has a passive sorcery ability both in the "best staves" section as well as the table for all the staves. This is probably adding more confusion and should also be fixed. Just a suggestion.

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Haven't tested at 99/99 yet, but at 60/60 the prince of death staff deals more damage and doesn't take 50% more fp to cast spells, and it gives an extra boost to death spells. Likely the strongest staff at high levels.

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Wow...at level 107 i Completely obliterated the bosses with Meteorite

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Just derking around, here's some extra info on FP costs. Example used will be Terra Magicus.

Base is 20 FP
With Lusat's GS staff, 30 FP, 50%
With either Lusat's or Azur's crown, 23 FP, 15%
With LGS staff and crown, 35 FP 75%

This means FP costs don't add but multiply.

1.15 x 1.5 = 1.725 x 20 = 34.5 rounded up is 35 FP.

I don't YT much, but I figure there's a certain debate on whether impulse DPS or efficiency is truly better, let alone whether Carian Regal Scepter is the true God with Comet Azur.

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Is this staff bugged..? When meteor staff and Lusat's staff are on the same sorc scaling, they do the exact same amount of damage, but Lusat increases FP cost :/ It's supposed to make all spells stronger too, right?

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At 80 INT and +10 this staff has Sorcery Scaling of 413 which far exceeds any of the other available staves. My understanding is that the damage increase mentioned is just built into the higher scaling, and the higher FP cost is actually visible on the sorceries page when you equip them if you are holding the staff - for example Glintstone Pebble costs 11 FP when using this staff and it's listed when you equip it. At the stats mentioned above it surpasses all other staves I have including bonus damage staves - it does noticeably more damage with Rock Sling than the Meteor Staff once fully upgraded and capped INT (lvl 80.)

Pump enough points into mind for the high FP and this staff hits like a truck. 10/10 would smith it to +10 again - the best staff hands down for a glass cannon build.

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Azur x Lusat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hHt3ZN-MQ8

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