Pursuers

For the Dark Souls II variant, see Affinity.

For the Dark Souls III variant, see Affinity (Dark Souls III).

Not to be confused with The Pursuer.

Pursuers (追う者たち) is a Sorcery in Dark Souls. It can only be acquired through the Artorias of the Abyss expansion.

Availability

Trade the Soul of Manus with Snuggly the Crow. You can get to Snuggly the Crow by going to Undead Asylum and turning right on the cliff outside the exit.

General information

Conjures up to five black orbs around the player, which activate and home in on opponents when they come within range. In this sense, Pursuers resemble Homing Soulmass, albeit with projectiles that move more slowly but home in more aggressively, as well as fewer casts. Pursuers has a longer than average casting time.

Pursuers activate at a closer range than usual against opponents who wear the Ring of Fog. It will not activate at all against opponents that use Hidden Body. Using the Silver Pendant while pursuers are cast but not launched cause the pursuers to be blown away from the player and become active, automatically homing in on nearby enemies without needing to automatically activate. Using the Silver Pendant against an opponent's Pursuers will temporarily block them but not destroy them, caution is advised as the Pursuers may return and hit the player.

While the spell can theoretically summon between two and five orbs depending on the player's Intelligence, in practice the spell's Intelligence requirement prevents the player from casting it at thresholds that would generate less than 5. If orbs make contact with a physical object before meeting an enemy, they fizzle out without dealing damage. Orbs that make contact with the enemy without activating will deal very minor damage to the opponent. The orbs will also disappear if they have not been activated for more than a minute after casting.

Each pursuer, when activated, has a magic attack power of 1.3 times the catalyst's magic adjust and 120 base physical attack, which is affected by your catalyst's Strength and Dexterity scaling.

Description

Gallery

Promotional screenshot

Casting is similar to the Homing Soulmass group of sorceries

Launching animation

Hitting a target