[Top 5] Dark Souls 3 Best Staves That Will Ignite Your Sorcery

Updated:

13 Jan 2022

Staves are the items that allow you to cast Sorceries. These items are amazing and have some nice additional effects regarding scaling, Weapon Arts, and much more for you to discover. This article will cover some of the best Staves in Dark Souls 3, why they’re good, and how to find them.

5. Preacher’s Right Arm

How to get the Preacher's Right Arm

The Preacher’s Right Arm is the appendage of one of the locust priests, ideal for casting Sorceries due to its high spellbuff at later levels, as well as its very useful Weapon Art, which is great for offensive potential. It also works very well with Farron Flashsword for a true combo! While it is a bit of a niche item, it should not be overlooked when planning out a new playthrough.

What makes the Preacher’s Right Arm great:

Good spellbuff
Lacks Steady Chant, but has Feasting Branch
Good for battle mages

Preacher’s Right Arm stats:

Regular: 109 physical attack | Intelligence scaling: C
Regular +3: 152 physical attack | Intelligence scaling: B
Regular +5: 190 physical attack | Intelligence scaling: A

4. Sorcerer’s Staff

How to get the Sorcerer’s Staff (5:36)

The basic staff is one of the best Staves you can use since it is in itself very reliable for many situations. Like other Staves, it does have some peculiar scaling, where the weapon is better at certain Faith level ranges than others. This is easily walked around though, so you will have no issues with this great weapon.

What makes the Sorcerer’s Staff great:

Good damage
High scaling
Reliable
Good spellbuff

Sorcerer’s Staff stats:

Regular: 60 physical attack | Intelligence scaling: B
Regular +3: 82 physical attack | Intelligence scaling: A
Regular +6: 105 physical attack | Intelligence scaling: A
Regular +10: 135 physical attack | Intelligence scaling: A

3. Heretic’s Staff

How to get the Heretic’s Staff (1:48)

Another very useful Stave, the Heretic’s Staff has a greater range than other weapons of the same class, so it makes spells such as Farron Flashsword and Soul Greatsword have more range. This is ideal for players who want a more defensive playstyle.

What makes the Heretic’s Staff great:

Good range
Decent damage
Solid spellbuff

Heretic’s Staff stats:

Regular: 63 physical attack | Intelligence scaling: B
Regular +3: 86 physical attack | Intelligence scaling: A
Regular +6: 110 physical attack | Intelligence scaling: A
Regular +10: 142 physical attack | Intelligence scaling: A

2. Izalith Staff

How to get the Izalith Staff (2:17)

The Izalith Staff is one of the best Staves for Dark Sorceries, seeing as it scales with both Faith and Intelligence when using them. When you cast normal Sorceries while wielding this staff, it will only factor in the Intelligence scaling it has, leaving Faith out of the equation. Other things that make this Staff great are its low stamina consumption, and the possibility of it being a good physical weapon, due to its high base damage.

What makes the Izalith Staff great:

Good base damage
Dual scaling on Dark Sorceries
Low stamina consumption
Long range

Izalith Staff stats:

Regular: 120 physical attack | Intelligence scaling: B
Regular +3: 168 physical attack | Intelligence scaling: A
Regular +5: 210 physical attack | Intelligence scaling: A

1. Court Sorcerer’s Staff

How to get the Court Sorcerer’s Staff

At the end of the list, we have the Court Sorcerer’s Staff, a Stave that is extremely powerful throughout all stages of the game, offering the highest damage out of all Staves that do not use Dark Sorceries. While the Izalith Staff outclasses this weapon with Dark Sorceries, it is still at the top because the basic types of Sorceries are more readily available for players. It has a high spellbuff, its damage is great and the scaling is insane. Overall a very strong choice!