old scratches buffs don't affect attack power, it just increases their spell power. if its been increasing your attack power then that's a major glitch. also if the farfalla smashy weapon attacks using magical damage instead of physical you've just found the a great weapon for pvp if that's true then the weapon can only be negated through resist which most other melee players won't have. this is like the blades of the shade for buccaneers and it rocks!