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Basic Information

Icon	Stat	Description	Soft cap	Soft cap	Hard cap	Soft caps effect
	Skill	Attribute governing more nuanced physical weapon ATK. Determines whether or not you can use certain equipment.	25	50	99	Attack Rating UP Increases total attack with Skill weapons Total Attack based on weapon's scaling

All right-hand weapons and most left-hand weapons require some level of skill to use. Many weapons also have their damage increased by character's skill. Focusing on skill is desirable if player wants to engage in physical combat with light weapons.

Skill Equipment Requirements

Req.	Weapons	Req.	Firearms	Req.	Shield & Torches
6	Bloodletter	6		6
7	Saw Cleaver	7		7
8	Hunter Axe, Tonitrus, Saw Spear, Boom Hammer	8	Flamesprayer, Rosmarinus	8	Wooden Shield, Loch Shield
9	Threaded Cane, Stake Driver, Amygdalan Arm, Beast Cutter	9	Hunter Pistol, Hunter Blunderbuss, Fist of Gratia	9
10	Kirkhammer	10	Ludwig's Rifle, Piercing Rifle	10
11	Rifle Spear, Blade of Mercy, Beasthunter Saif	11	Evelyn, Repeating Pistol	11
12	Beast Claw, Burial Blade, Logarius' Wheel, Ludwig's Holy Blade, Reiterpallasch, Holy Moonlight Sword, Whirligig Saw	12	Gatling Gun	12
13		13	Cannon	13
14	Chikage, Church Pick	14		14
15	Simon's Bowblade	15		15
20	Rakuyo	20		20

Skill Equipment Scaling

Weapon	Scaling Base (+0)	Scaling Max (+10)		+0	+1	+2	+3	+4	+5	+6	+7	+8	+9	+10
Amygdalan Arm	E	E	Detail ►	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Beast Claw	E	D	Detail ►	E	E	E	E	E	D	D	D	D	D	D
Beasthunter Saif	D	B	Detail ►	D	D	D	D	D	C	C	C	C	B	B
Beast Cutter	E	D	Detail ►	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	D
Blade of Mercy	C	S	Detail ►	C	B	B	B	B	A	A	A	A	A	S
Bloodletter	-	-	Detail ►	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Boom Hammer	E	E	Detail ►	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Burial Blade	C	B	Detail ►	C	C	C	C	C	B	B	B	B	B	B
Chikage	D	B	Detail ►	D	D	D	D	D	C	C	C	C	C	B
Church Pick	D	B	Detail ►	D	D	D	C	C	C	C	C	B	B	B
Holy Moonlight Sword	D	C	Detail ►	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	C	C	C
Hunter Axe	E	D	Detail ►	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	D	D	D
Kirkhammer	E	E	Detail ►	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Logarius' Wheel	-	-	Detail ►	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ludwig's Holy Blade	D	B	Detail ►	D	D	D	D	C	C	C	B	B	B	B
Rakuyo	C	A	Detail ►	C	C	B	B	B	B	B	A	A	A	A
Reiterpallasch	C	A	Detail ►	C	C	B	B	B	B	B	A	A	A	A
Rifle Spear	D	B	Detail ►	D	D	D	C	C	C	C	C	B	B	B
Saw Cleaver	E	D	Detail ►	E	E	E	E	E	D	D	D	D	D	D
Saw Spear	D	C	Detail ►	D	D	D	D	D	D	C	C	C	C	C
Simon's Bowblade	C	S	Detail ►	C	B	B	B	B	A	A	A	A	A	S
Stake Driver	D	C	Detail ►	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	C
Threaded Cane	C	A	Detail ►	C	C	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	A	A
Tonitrus	E	E	Detail ►	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Whirligig Saw	E	D	Detail ►	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	D

Note: For more detailed information visit the Scaling wiki page.

Notes

Every class starts with at least 9 skill so stat requirement below that is automatically met.

Skill scaling can be improved with specific Blood Gems.

Diminishing Returns: Diminishing Returns is a common concept in RPGs, meaning that for a given investment, i.e. one point in a stat, you receive a smaller benefit, e.g. fewer hit points per point in the HP stat.