Am I doing something wrong, or do beast incants simply suck?

[Quackerz]

I was hoping to play a thematic build using beast incants, but they seem absurdly weak.
I have the beastclaw seal at +25 50 Str and 30 Fth for my NG+ run, but they seem to not be worth it at all. Am I doing something wrong? Is only the Faith portion applied to the damage, or do beast claw and bestial sling just suck?

[A Gamer Gaming]

Try the boulder throw, also try using 2 Clawmark seals because the damage bonus stacks (don't have to upgrade the one you aren't using to cast), or use Cinquedea dagger

[bigbiggaboo]

They r ok. you would probably get better results just pumping faith and using erdtree seal. And u could use the beastclaw seal in an off hand to still get the boost.

[ddreamer9159]

i hope your actually using a big strength weapon as well like the beast claw hammer.
the beast dagger also buffs the damage of the beast spells alongside of the beast seal.
beast incantation are mostly used to supplement a moveset not replace it. the beast sling is just a fast close range spell to stun/ keep an enemy in check or to get the final kill. the boulder is just as good as a fireball with decent range and damage. the beast claw especially the one attached to the hammer is a shotgun that is best used up close against a giant enemy where all of the claws hit the enemy at once. this is usually very risky and etc. so its not a tactic to base an entire build on. its not like a sorcery build where you dont need to use a melee weapon.

[craneology]

I doing something wrong

[Yal]

Golden Wov and Flame Grant Me Strength both boost damage (all damage +20% and fire/physical damage +20% respectively iirc - and they stack with each other) so if you can work either of those into your moveset you'll see some improvement. Also talismans that boost incantation power (you get the upgraded "boosts all incantations" talisman for killing Gowry after finishing Millicent's questline) could be useful, maybe the one that boosts all roar/scream skills too to fit with the beast theme?

[Turt]

Beast Claw (And Gurranq's variant) deal physical slash damage. The keyword being slash. You start using those spells against weakly armored enemies like Nox and Animals you'll start to see some big damage.

Bestial Sling is like a shotgun style spell. It's damage also greatly decreases across further ranges. You'll find that spell more powerful when up close against enemies. I believe it does strike damage so it'll be better against armored enemies, but I could be mistaken.