Dark Souls III Regulation Patch v1.09 Out

A new, small-sized regulation patch for Dark Souls III has been released today. Compared to the full-size patches that are normally released, this one seems to focus almost entirely on balance changes, with an eye on both the PvE and PvP parts of the game. I’m going to quote the changelog (which can also be found on Steam and Reddit) below:

• All Dagger weapons: increased critical attack power. Dark Sword: reduced weapon efficiency.
• Anri’s Straight Sword: reduced scaling effects.
• Wolnir’s Holy Sword: added faith scaling and adjusted weapon efficiency accordingly.
• Crescent Moon Sword: added intelligence scaling and adjusted weapon efficiency accordingly.
• Morne’s Great Hammer: added faith scaling and adjusted weapon efficiency accordingly.
• Lothric’s Holy Sword: added faith scaling and adjusted weapon efficiency accordingly.
• Yorshka’s Spear: increased FP damage effects.
• Scholar’s Candlestick: reduced sorcery-strengthening properties
• Demon’s Fist: reduced weight.
• Greatsword of Judgement: increased attack power.
• Heysel’s Pick: increased intelligence scaling.
• All shield-piercing weapons: added shield-piercing properties to regular attacks.
• All Skills that enchant a weapon with special properties: extended length of effect.
• Obscuring Ring: increased distance at which ring takes effect.
• Hornet Ring: adjusted efficiency.
• Black Serpent: adjusted tracking.
• Lightning Stake: now requires 1 attunement slot.
• Magic Barrier/Great Magic Barrier: extended length of effect.
• Divine Pillars of Light: increased attack power.
• White Dragon Breath: reduced stamina consumption.
• All Bug Pellet items: extended length of effect.
• Addressed other game balance issues and fixed other flaws.