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For the Dark Souls variant, see Great Magic Weapon.
For the Dark Souls III variant, see Great Magic Weapon (Dark Souls III).

Great Magic Weapon is a sorcery in Dark Souls II.

In-Game Description

A sorcery superior to Magic Weapon. Reinforces weapon in other hand with intense magic, allowing for infliction of heavy magic damage.
The old purists of the Melfian Magic Academy view swordplay as a barbaric form of engagement.

Availability[]

Effect[]

Applies a Magic buff to the weapon in the hand opposite the staff used to cast the spell. This is the intermediate sorcery weapon buff, between the Magic and Crystal variants, and as such has a moderate amount of casts, medium duration, and decent requirements. This places it in a somewhat awkward spot between the ease of acquisition and use of Magic Weapon and the power of Crystal Magic Weapon that makes it more suitable for a character with middling amounts of Intelligence, such as a character adding some decently powerful spells to their weapon usage.

The total bonus is difficult to calculate, but is roughly 20% of the sum (30 + weapon's Magic scaling * character's Magic bonus + weapon's Base damage), with a small additional damage bonus on Magic infused weapons.

The duration scales with Intelligence, starting 27 seconds at 10 Intelligence when this spell is spiced down going all the way up to 108 seconds when the duration scaling caps at 27 Intelligence.

Attunement Milestones[]

Like all other spells, the amount of casts per slot increases upon reaching certain Attunement milestones:

Attunement Level Amount of Casts
10 3
32 4
49 5
94 6

Duration Scaling Information[]

Duration values are listed in seconds. Base duration of this spell only depends on Intelligence. Base duration shown as well as values with the Lingering Dragoncrest variants applied and pieces of Northwarder Set applied.

INT Duration LDCR (15%) LDCR +1 (25%) LDCR +2 (40%) Full Northwarder Set (22.5%) NW Hood (5%) NW Robe & Trousers (Both 2.5%) NW Manchettes (12.5%)
10 27 31 34 38 33 28 28 30
11 32 37 40 44 39 33 33 36
12 37 42 46 51 45 38 37 41
13 41 47 52 58 51 43 42 46
14 46 53 58 64 56 48 47 52
15 51 58 64 71 62 53 52 57
16 56 64 69 78 68 58 57 63
17 60 69 75 84 74 63 62 68
18 65 75 81 91 80 68 67 73
19 70 80 87 98 86 73 72 79
20 75 86 93 105 91 78 77 84
21 79 91 99 111 97 83 81 89
22 84 97 105 118 103 88 86 95
23 89 102 111 125 109 93 91 100
24 94 108 117 131 115 98 96 105
25 98 113 123 138 121 103 101 111
26 103 119 129 145 126 108 106 116
27 108 124 135 151 132 113 111 122
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