Skill is a stat in Bloodborne. Some Weapons scale their damage based on your Skill stat, therefore this is an important stat to level if you are planning a Skill Build.
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Notes
- Skill (scales your Skill based weapons) softcaps at 25, hardcaps at 50.
- Some Blood Gems affect this stat.
Weapons with Skill Requirements or Scaling
Weapon | Requirement | Scaling, +0 | Scaling, +10 |
Amygdalan Arm | 9 | E | E |
Beast Claw | 12 | E | D |
Beasthunter Saif | 11 | D | B |
Beast Cutter | 9 | E | D |
Blade of Mercy | 11 | C | S |
Bloodletter | 6 | - | - |
Boom Hammer | 8 | E | E |
Burial Blade | 12 | C | B |
Chikage | 14 | D | B |
Church Pick | 14 | D | B |
Holy Moonlight Sword | 12 | D | C |
Hunter Axe | 8 | E | D |
Kirkhammer | 10 | E | E |
Logarius' Wheel | 12 | - | - |
Ludwig's Holy Blade | 12 | D | B |
Rakuyo | 20 | C | A |
Reiterpallasch | 12 | C | A |
Rifle Spear | 11 | D | B |
Saw Cleaver | 7 | E | D |
Saw Spear | 8 | D | C |
Simon's Bowblade | 15 | C | S |
Stake Driver | 9 | D | C |
Threaded Cane | 9 | C | A |
Tonitrus | 8 | E | E |
Whirligig Saw | 12 | E | D |
Firearms with Skill Requirements or Scaling
Firearm | Requirement | Scaling, +0 | Scaling, +10 |
Cannon | 13 | - | - |
Evelyn | 11 | - | - |
Fist of Gratia | 9 | - | - |
Flamesprayer | 8 | - | - |
Gatling Gun | 12 | - | - |
Hunter Blunderbuss | 9 | - | - |
Hunter Pistol | 9 | - | - |
Loch Shield | 8 | - | - |
Ludwig's Rifle | 10 | - | - |
Piercing Rifle | 10 | - | - |
Repeating Pistol | 11 | - | - |
Rosmarinus | 8 | - | - |
Wooden Shield | 8 | - | - |
Stats |
Arcane ♦ Attire Stats ♦ Beasthood ♦ Blood Echoes ♦ Bloodtinge ♦ Buffs ♦ builds ♦ Discovery ♦ Endurance ♦ Insight ♦ Stamina ♦ Strength ♦ Vitality |
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04 Feb 2019 13:02
Yes, skill affects visceral attacks. I made a pure arcane build and my viscerals were horrible weak. My skill chat however one shorted alotta beasts.
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05 May 2017 09:28
Why is the Amygdalan Arm here but not on the Strength page? It scales far better with strength than it does with skill.
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Visceral attacks05 Jul 2016 14:57
I hear skill effects visceral attacks? Is this true? Meaning high skill builds do insane viceral damage?
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01 Jul 2019 06:35
Why does this page not reference visceral attack damage?
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