Blackflame Blade

[Pyotr]

Hello there everyone 😀
Just a quick question ... does blackflame blade incantation scale with faith and does it get the benefit from Godslayer seal. Thank you 😇

[Old Captain Yon]

It does scale with Faith, the flat fire damage buff does (but only with Fth portion of catalyst scaling, like other buffs). % blackflame damage never scales.

It does not get bonus damage from seal, since no school bonuses apply to buffs.

[Smufius]

Originally posted by Old Captain Yon:

It does not get bonus damage from seal, since no school bonuses apply to buffs.

For this reason OP should get fire scorpion talisman and the fire tear for the physic.

[Artek [General]]

Black Flame Blade turns x0.65 of your Incantation Power into Fire damage,
so about +6.5 Fire damage for every 10 Inc.

But only Faith portion - hybrid seals that scale with things different from FTH will perform worse.

Weapon Buffing is considered a Support Magic and Support Magic does not benefit from special school bonuses, period: only offensive direct damage spells do.

In Godslayer's case there is also a single spell that is excluded from its' bonus:
"Noble Presence" - that spell instead is buffed by a specific armor piece.

[Old Captain Yon]

Originally posted by Smufius:

Originally posted by Old Captain Yon:

It does not get bonus damage from seal, since no school bonuses apply to buffs.

For this reason OP should get fire scorpion talisman and the fire tear for the physic.

Fire Physick and scorpion are not worth it for that spell alone. Even if you use it with an optimal setup like with Fire knight shortsword, the damage increase will be too low, especially considering scorpion's lowered defences. This incantation is used for its % damage, not for raw fire damage.

You are better off taking a mana regen talisman or Old lord's talisman instead to maximize the uptime of its very short duration, or get stamina-buffing talismans/physick to be able to squeeze more hits in.

[Pyotr]

Thank you all :)