User blog comment:B214/Talk About What You Want! 2/@comment-24409634-20140628103520/@comment-1359322-20140628114525

Actually, Issei's method of using Ascalon is better than the original way of using Ascalon.

Ascalon is a Holy Sword with Dragon Slayer features that all. The Ascalon can't use any powerful blast/slash like Durandal nor does it have any special abilities aside from its Dragon Slayer, so instead of powering up the Ascalon, which serves no purpose, its better to use Ascalon to make the Boosted Gear more suited to combat Dragons instead.