Magic goes a long way in Demon’s Souls, more so than in the rest of the Soulsborne franchise. Boletaria is filled with aggressive demons who’ll gleefully tear players limb from limb, but spell casting helps mitigate the difficulty curve considerably. While Demon’s Souls on PS5 will prove a genuine challenge for anyone trying to sword & board their first playthrough, mages will be ripping through enemy after enemy.
It’s almost unfair how overpowered magic inherently is compared to melee builds, but this makes the class ideal for newcomers. Demon’s Souls is a hard game and an overpowered mage not only makes the experience manageable for beginners, but more fun for series veterans.
10 Play A Royal
While logic dictates that any would-be should start with the Magician class, there are several immediate advantages to starting out as Royalty. Not only does every Royal come with the Wizard’s set already equipped, along with a Silver Catalyst and Rapier, they begin the game with both Soul Arrow and the Fragrant Ring – two essentials for any mage in Demon’s Souls. Royals also start out at SL1, giving players far more freedom in regards to character customization and stat layout. When all else fails, a Royal will get through Demon’s Souls with ease.
9 Raise Intelligence
Intelligence is a mage’s best friend. In Demon’s Souls, raising Intelligence increases both MP – a vital star for any spellcaster – and Spell Memory slots. Of the two, Spell Memory is arguably the more important. It’s through Spell Memory where players can actually equip different spells. Spell Memory caps out at 6 slots, starting at 40 Intelligence. As players will have more than enough MP to cast whatever they want by that point, it’s advised to stop leveling Intelligence as soon as all 6 Spell Memory slots have been unlocked.
8 Pump Magic
It goes without saying, but a mage will have to invest in their Magic stat quite a bit. Magic isn’t as all purpose as Intelligence, but it’s the only means of raising the damage output of spells. With very exceptions, Magic makes Demon’s Souls’ already powerful spell set even more intimidating.
Magic also plays into Weapon Requirements, which should offer a mage some gameplay variety even if they shouldn’t be focusing on their weapons to begin with. Unlike Intelligence, Magic can be left soft capped at 30, allowing mages to round out the rest of their stats with Vitality and Endurance.
7 Use The Wooden Catalyst
It might seem contradictory to stick with what’s – on paper – the weakest Catalyst in the game, but the way Demon’s Souls handles its Catalyst system does mean the Wooden variant is debatably the best of the lot. Keeping this in mind, this does mean Royals will need to “downgrade” their Silver Catalyst at some point in the game.
The Wooden Catalyst is the only wand in the game that doesn’t offer some sort of MP penalty, allowing mages to make the most out of their abilities (with very minimal damage tradeoff.) Wooden Catalysts can be found either on top of the first watchtower in 1-2, or inside of a 3F jail cell in the Tower of Latria.
6 Find The Crescent Falchion
Mages should ideally avoid close range combat as much as possible, but this isn’t always possible. Fortunately, there’s an excellent magic-based weapon available as soon as players defeat Phalanx and gain access to the rest of the Nexus’ Archstones. Crescent weapons specifically scale with the Magic state, and the Crescent Falchion is easily found in 4-1.
Simply warp to the Shrine of Swarms, fight through the Silver Skeletons up the hill, and the Crescent Falchion will be guarded by a Black Skeleton on a smaller path left of the watchtower’s entrance. Not only does the Crescent Falchion play off a Mage’s best stats, its move set is as fast as it is varied.
5 Find The Phosphorescent Pole
The Phosphorescent Pole is perfect for mages who want to be a bit bolder in combat, or have simply spent some Souls into upgrading Strength and Dexterity. Getting the Phosphorescent Pole requires shifting the Tower of Latria’s World Tendency to Pure Black (as easy as dying while in body form seven times) and then killing Lord Rydell’s Black Phantom. As Black World Tendency makes enemies harder (while spawning new foes,) it’s important to go after the Phosphorescent Pole only after the Tower of Latria has been completed.
4 Learn Firestorm
Firestorm might very well be the best spell in Demon’s Souls, but learning it requires quite a bit of busy work and is tied to one of the most obscure side quests in the game. Firestorm can only be learned by Yuria, the Witch.
Yuria is imprisoned inside of the law watchtower in 1-2, but getting inside necessitates the full Official’s Set – its four pieces dropping from Fat Officials in 1-2, 2-1, and 2-2. Once all four pieces have been collected, players will be able to enter Yuria’s cell in 1-2, rescue her back to the Nexus, and then trade-in the Dragon Demon’s Soul to learn Firestorm – an AoE spell which will kill just about everything in its path.
3 Learn Cloud Spells
Demon’s Souls Cloud spells are lethal in the hands of the patient. After rescuing Sage Freke from his cell in the Tower of Latria, two supremely powerful spells can be attuned from the visionary. Trade in the Wriggling Demon’s Souls from Leechmonger to learn Poison Cloud or the Pureblood Demon’s Souls from Astraea to learn Death Cloud. Both spells work on virtually every enemy & boss, slowing draining their death while allowing players to sit comfortably from afar. Death Cloud in particular is one of the most reliable ways of killing the game’s secret boss, King Doran.
2 Get The Rogue’s Gear (Body Type A)
One of the best light armor sets in the game, the Rogue’s Gear can only be worn by characters who are Body Type A, but finding 3/4s of the set is reasonably simple. By pushing the Tower of Latria to Pure White Tendency, a pile of rubble will disappear on the third floor, leading to a cell with the Rogue’s Clothes, Rogue’s Gloves, and Rogue’s Boots. The helm, the Gold Mask, can either be dropped by killing Mephistopheles or found in 4-2 after the heart has been dropped.
1 Get The Ancient King’s Set (Body Type B)
The Ancient King’s set is the best armor for Body Type B characters, and arguably better suited for knights, but mages will have a much easier time killing Doran in order to take his armor. As the set regenerates stamina, the Ancient King armor can go a long way for a mobile mage. Simply drop Death Cloud on top of Doran, lose his aggro, and watch as the once great king suffers a slow death.
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