Talk:Abyssal Anguish/@comment-64.62.201.13-20150711230148

I think this doesn't actually affect the stats on your weapon. It just adds a dark element damage aura and shockwave effects to your attacks based on the strength/magic of your shield. If you use it with an upgraded rusted magic shield, your attacks and the shockwaves cause torpor and poison.

And it affects spells too. Levin and brontide leave shockwaves where they strike. frazil adds a shockwave to go with the final ice blast. Light staff attacks leave a shockwave with every blast. Frigor I think has a shockwave but it's not where the ice spire is but in front of your character. And I haven't tested Ingle or Comestion extensively enough to be certain where their shockwaves are if they have any. If someone else want's to experiment, get a rusted magic shield and upgrade it. The shockwaves are easier to detect when they cause torpor and poison.

There's a fun low damage maximum debilitation gimmick build you can do by equipping morbidity, magnitude, abyssal anguish, flame trance, frost riposte, an upgraded rusted magick shield and an upgraded aneled sword/mace. Your perfect blocks AOE torpor/poison/freeze. Your abyssal anguish shockwaves/weapon aura torpors and poisons. And your weapon itself blinds, tars and sets on fire.

Or you can just use an upgraded rusted magick shield to add an AOE torpor shockwaves to your Virge of Madness, whichever.