Why the hell is the torchpole here but only when you check max stats?

Torchstate forever.

my favourite weapons

A torche is not a tool bro what ??

I think it would be cool to see a torch that's based off the flame of the fell god, considering how it turns the whole damn Erdtree into a fireworks festival. I mean I know it's they're not supposed to be used as weapons but it would be fun to see an outlier.

Worth noting that the Torch, Beast-Repellent Torch, and Steel Wire Torch all have flat fire damage that doesn't scale with any stat, while the Sentry's Torch (Holy, Faith), Ghostflame Torch (Magic, Int), and St. Trina's Torch (Fire, Faith) all have elemental damage that actually scales with a stat (at "top end of C scaling" scaling.) Given that Trina's (with its Faith scaling fire damage) also puts targets to sleep, and Ghostflame (with its Int scaling magic damage) also inflicts Cold, they're probably actually good sidearms on a melee Int or Faith build.

I tried a torch only run as a challenge. Quickly realized torches are actually good and it was hardly a challenge.

Fromsoft: "People seem to really like having a light source in our games, let's make unique ones.

Fextra anons: "Cant believe fromsoft didn't strap a bazooka to a torch. Total missed opportunity."

Someday... someday these will be classified as Catalysts instead shields so noone will do the torch attack instead of their actual weapons skill.

missed opportunity to give these a straight AR buff for damage types, like the sentry's torch boosting holy damage by 10%, etc.