Talismans have already been covered , so I ' ll just mention that you should consider getting Yorshka ' s Chime . Highest spell buff at high Faith I think it becomes the best after 50 Faith . It doesn ' t have hyper armor like the talismans so it won ' t be the best for trades using Lightning Stake or anything but it will be useful if you use any buffs like Darkmoon Blade beforehand . Lightning Bladebuffed Dragonslayer ' s Axe can be pretty potent , and there are some other cheeseish builds like LightningDarkmoon Bladebuffed Drakeblood Greatsword or a buffed quick weapon that you use to try and spam damage from the buff . <| sep |> As someone who ' s never speedrun it or even beaten it remotely medium speed I don ' t really get this . Can someone give some context ? Edit Thanks for the explanations , guys , I ' ll look up a video when I ' m not at work as well .