What is fireball damage based on?

[Squirting Elephant]

I have only 10 intel. I'm strength based. Is it any good ascending my pyromancy from +15 to +21? It's very expensive but I need some fire damage (going nuts in tomb of giants bonfire #2) vs those big skeleton beasts.

[Red Phantom]

Pyromancy damage is based solely on the rank of your Pyromancy Flame. None of your stats have any effect on it. So the more you upgrade the flame, the more damage you will do.

[Squirting Elephant]

Great then I can actually use it as a melee character :).

[Pocok]

It scales with intellect B. At least the game says.

[hollowedfox_]

at 45 dex you get a speed bonus to how fast you can cast pyromancy spells

[zero]

Aullah původně napsal:

It scales with intellect B. At least the game says.

the pyromancy flame scales with int, your spells do not.

[Red Phantom]

Aullah původně napsal:

It scales with intellect B. At least the game says.

The scaling is only for the actual physical punching attack of the flame.

[Pocok]

Okay, sorry... I tho it does scale with int. My bad.

[Squirting Elephant]

The punching attack? Like pressing [RT]?

[Red Phantom]

Silver původně napsal:

The punching attack? Like pressing [RT]?

Yup.

[Squirting Elephant]

Oh... Like anyone is ever gonna use that haha.

[Pocok]

But then it means that it is useless on higher ng+ because it does not do too many damage... ?

[Donixs]

Aullah původně napsal:

But then it means that it is useless on higher ng+ because it does not do too many damage... ?

Nope, it still does fairly well in NG+, even in NG+7.

[zero]

Aullah původně napsal:

But then it means that it is useless on higher ng+ because it does not do too many damage... ?

lvling up the flame makes it's magic ajust go up THAT affects your pyro spells, and it is very strong constantly.

[Red Phantom]

Aullah původně napsal:

But then it means that it is useless on higher ng+ because it does not do too many damage... ?

The damage adjust that you get from ascending it is still significant enough to allow it to keep up with sorcery. You have to remember that intellect has severely diminishing returns after 40 or so. So, in a sense, all of your offensive capabilities will basically reach a plateau beyond which they will no longer give you significant gains.

[Squirting Elephant]

So on NG+ melee might be better on super high levels (like 700+) because it keeps on scaling? Even though it's a little bit it still keeps on scaling and pyro seems a contant across all difficulties.