He doesn't know

Unless you're adding magic to a physical build.

No. It's not the worst catalyst in the game. That's blatantly wrong.

Strength dex hybrid and this makes you so much better if magic

It's for builds that dont have or want to invest in intelligence. (Dex/strength)

This person is 100% correct, spell buffs don't scale with intel just magic adjust.. the base catalyst has a higher MA stat than this.

I'm not one for worst or best when it comes to many things but this is seriously just a cosmetic catalyst as it offers nothing greater for any kind of build.

The sorceries with the lowest requirements are Soul Arrow, Magic Weapon, Magic Shield and Aural Decoy (utility spell) at 10 INT which can be useful if you are using the normal Oolacile Catalyst (10 INT req) that you can farm from the Bloathead Sorcerers in the DLC. If you are using this catalyst and intent on staying at 12 INT, this also allows the use of Heavy Soul Arrow. Everything else has additional INT requirements. Personally, I recommend 16 INT as a great break point as that nets you access to all the Soul Arrow variants, Great Magic Weapon, Strong Magic Shield, Dark Orb, Dark Bead and pretty much all the utility spells.

If you're a dedicated caster you probably wouldn't use this. The catalyst seems at its best when you're doing a melee class build and want to add weapon buffing sorceries to your repertoire.

It's also good for all low level builds that incorporate any form of magic in their arsenal, and have at least 12 int, because of the stagnant 180 Magic Adjust offering a decent boost without the need for stamina

But none of it makes sense, 10 requirement on the base catalyst with higher magic adjust. I would say it just for cosmetics, its the only thing that makes sense.

Because this has a higher adjustment than the Sorcerer's Catalyst between 12 and 26 int.

But buffs are based off of magic adjust, the regular sorcerers catalyst has higher MA.

Anon 22 Jan 2023, the Sorcerer Catalyst's MagAdj scales with intelligence, while the Oolacile Ivory Catalyst's is always a 180. At low int levels (<27), the Oolacile Ivory Catalyst's MagAdj is higher.

It's not wrong tho, i'm pretty sure it means all sorceries created in Oolacile, such as Hidden Body, Chameleon, etc. It does not mean Dark Bead, Dark Orb and Pursuers, because despite being found in Oolacile, they are probably from the abyss that's been corrupting the lands.