I said on my 'punisher's gauntlet' weapon idea that I wanted to make an arcane weapon, too. Looking back over my idea for the punisher's gauntlet, it definately leaned more toward strength bloodtinge rather than quality bloodtinge (hey. i'm not complaining. less stats to put in skill means more I can put in vitality), so I decided to keep it even and make this more of a skill arcane weapon.
The untransformed version is unimpressive, a small knife in your right hand. Nothing ornate or special. It's smaller than the blades of mercy, with a straight blade and no engraving. Originally, this wasn't even a weapon. It was a knife used to maintain and prune the lumenwood flowers in the upper cathedral ward and the research hall. It's attacks are simple and quick. Stabs and slashes. It attacks fast and is hard to parry, but the damage is laughable, with mediocre scaling.
When it transforms, it becomes a whole nother beast. Upon pressing the L1 button, the dagger is held out, and roots and flowers of the lumenwood sprout from the knife and envelope the hunter's right hand. The place where the dagger was grows into a large, thorny root, twisting up into almost a blade. The weapon now scales more with dexterity and arcane, and the attacks are larger slashes, and the blade lashes and whips violently, seemingly alive. The hunter still has access to their offhand item. The charged R2 isn't what you'd expect, either. Instead of a normal attack, it charges and lets out a puff of mist. That mist stays there for around 5 seconds, and builds up poison on whoever stands in it. The poison build up speed scales purely with your arcane.
I can't predict what the reaction to this weapon will be, but I personally love it. It would work great for a sort of scholar cosplay build, or maybe a member of the church.
Please give me your thoughts on the Lumenwood pruner. If I get more weapon ideas, I might make more of these posts