Why does infusing Witch Tree Branch with Faint Stone decrease it’s ATK value

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I am very confused with how infusion works in Dark Souls 2. I have Witch Tree Branch +10 staff, when I tried to infuse it with faint stone the ATK value dropped by 3 points.

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Why does that happen? If I use it for sorceries, does it worth infusing?

Best Answer

This happens for nearly all infusions on all weapons. In one way or another stats or scaling is reduced.

In this particular case, it is reducing your physical attack value. Which does not affect casting sorceries.