Dryleaf Arts

Notes

• Requires 8 Strength and 8 Dexterity, weighs 1 and has a critical rating of 100. It deals Strike damage and combines palm strikes, punches and kicks at short range.
• Standard has equal Strength and Dexterity scaling. Heavy focuses on Strength, Keen favors Dexterity and Occult favors Arcane. Magic, Flame Art and Sacred add their respective Intelligence or Faith scaling; those attributes do not improve Standard by themselves.
• This is paired hand-to-hand equipment. Two-handing one copy gives the combined moveset without needing a second copy. It is a separate weapon class from ordinary fists and claws.
• Upgrade it with Smithing Stones to +25. Can use compatible Ashes of War and affinities, including the hand-to-hand skills Palm Blast and Dryleaf Whirlwind.
• Grease and external weapon enchantments cannot be applied, even with a physical affinity. Adding a Blood, Poison or Cold affinity is a separate way to give its hits status buildup.
• It has no innate blood loss or other ailment. Arcane can improve buildup added by an appropriate Blood or Poison affinity, but it does not increase Cold frost buildup.
• Palm Blast costs 14 FP and can be charged for a larger, stronger close-range blast. Its damage follows the weapon's damage and affinity, rather than a staff or seal's casting strength.
• The kick attacks benefit from Shattered Stone Talisman and Divine Bird Warrior Greaves. Those kicking bonuses do not apply to every punch or to Palm Blast. Repeated connecting hits can build successive-hit bonuses.
• The light weight is useful for keeping total equipment weight low, but its short reach still matters. Long attack strings can leave you exposed if the target moves out of range.
• The Moorth Ruins duel rewards this weapon and Dane's Hat. The waterfall clothes and later kicking-focused Dane's Footwork are separate pickups. Defeating him in the friendly duel does not permanently kill him.