howl of shabriri buff?

[^8 ompish]

does the frenzied flame seal boost/buff your howl of shabriri in any way?

[Imperator Ricardo]

It merely increases the already miniscule direct damage of the howl, and also slightly increases the madness build-up due to the Arcane scaling of the seal, wich is so little that it does not particularily matter.
Neither the buff, debuff nor the duration of either will be affected.

[^8 ompish]

so i should keep using flame grant me strength with the frenzied seal?

[Imperator Ricardo]

Certainly. Flame Grant Me Strength has almost all the benefits of Howl of Shabriri, while having none of the negatives.

Worth mentioning though is that Flame Grant Me Strength will only buff your Physical and Fire damage. If you use any build that is heavy on another element, it will not be quite as useful. Still a nice-to-have buff though.

[^8 ompish]

ok thank you another question is blackflame or bloodflame a better infuseion thing im running a dex/str build kinda with a little bit of faith and i dont know with one to use note that blackflame lassts like 20 seconds but is really fast to cast

[Key]

The only advantage of the Howl is the fact that it freaks people out and makes them panic roll near you, doesn't really matter in PvE though.

Also, in pvp the howl doesn't get its buff reduced.

[Imperator Ricardo]

Originally posted by ^8 ompish:

ok thank you another question is blackflame or bloodflame a better infuseion thing im running a dex/str build kinda with a little bit of faith and i dont know with one to use note that blackflame lassts like 20 seconds but is really fast to cast

Bloodflame Blade is vastly superior in just about every way.
Not only does it go well with innate bleed weapons, but the duration is also respectable enough. Blackflame Blade lasts a measly 7 seconds, requiring a great amount of micromanagement. The 2% Health drain is also not particularily useful, especially considering you have to get into melee range anyways.
The only disadvantage of Bloodflame Blade being that it is useless against certain bosses that are immune to status effect - including Blood Loss.

[^8 ompish]

ok thank you alot