Curved dragon greatsword

[DeezNuts]

So i am currently making a dex build and i have a +5 curved dragon greatsword and i have 30 str and 60 dex. I am sl 240 and would it be wise if i infuse it with fire and use flame weapon with my +10 dark pyromancy flame? I didn't upgrade my int and faith at all. Which one will end up higher overall damage per swing? With fire infused and +10 dark pyromancy flame flame weapon or just don't infuse at all?

[Evertrill]

Just leave it as it is, you lose the scaling (it has great scaling) and since you didn't up int or fth then you won't get much out of it.

[DeezNuts]

So it would be better if i just leave it like that?

[Evertrill]

Originally posted by You think it's funny?!:

So it would be better if i just leave it like that?

I would say so.

[Grad]

For CDGS at least, the base STR/DEX scaling is superior to the Faith scaling it gets, even after being infused.

Keep in mind that at +5 an uninfused CDGS has B/S STR/DEX scaling.

Lightning Infusion changes that to C/A/B.

While people may not want to admit it, STR scaling is basically on par with INT/Faith, and DEX scaling still isn't as bad as people make it out to be (especially with a weapon with good scaling rating).

Going from B/S to C/A/B honestly leads to a loss in damage output for most stat spreads. Your 30/60 is better off without int/faith imo

I will readily admit that DEX scaling is generally pretty bad compared to everything else.
There are cases of DEX weapons that DO get decent scaling like CDGS though.

[Evertrill]

Ok so I just went in and it did more damage when infused with fire but that was only because I have 58 in INT and 58 in FTH and since you didn't level up FTH or INT it wouldn't do more damage (it wasn't a huge increase either only by 81 damage.)