Demon scar?

[Beast_of_Bray_Rd]

is the demon scar any good? is it also a good pyomacy flame or would i do better to use a regular pyomancy flame and a diffrent weapon?

[Kaizen]

unless you're pure pyro with min str dex, it's pretty bad

[Frimble]

It's not bad at all if you use Chaos Bed Vestiges. It allows for a very quick counter to those that roll into you when you cast it.

[Greed]

It does only fire damage so pretty much lame in damage but i don't know if it has a better scaling than a pyromancy flame

[Hanki]

I'm using the demon scar along with a Dark thrall axe in my pyro
It'sa nice weapon imo
I'm liking it, might not be the best, but still works

Regular pyromancy glove still has more scaling, yet the difference is not huge

[Snippy The Rat]

Its the only weapon a pure pyro can use, and it works well enough as a flame.

[lev]

only if you have minimal str and dex, but alot of int/faith (basically a pure pyromancer)

[Krampus]

My 120 pyro uses it as melee with an offhand stanard pyro flame.
It does pure fire damage so you don't want to use it against fire enemies.
I don't remember the exact numbers but it has something around 180 spell buff while the pyro flame has like 210 or 220 so it does do somewhat lower dmg on spells.
It's decent in pvp (if you know what you're doing, it's not a pleb build like quality)
and it absolutely murders in pve.

Edit: stats would also be nice probably. Min str/dex and i think 45 int/fth

[Snippy The Rat]

Originally posted by OMGa14LetterName:

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I use a 100 pure pyro (40/40) and the less spell buff from using Demon's Scar is negligible compared to being able to use a shield or even another catalyst.

[40+13x-3=17x-363]

A chaos falchion will do more damage. A chaos longsword/broadsword will do even more.

Pyromancer's parting flame has more spellbuff, regular flame more than both.

The only reasons to use the demon's scar are: it can combo with some pyros, 0.5 weight, fashion, and you can use something else in your offhand.

[Krampus]

Originally posted by Et Ca Repha:

The only reasons to use the demon's scar: fashion.

Really they only reason you need ...

[Astralmetic]

It's not bad, but if you are a pyro, there's no reason not to use it. It's an extra weapon and catalyst and it weighs....... 0.5. Yeah it weighs nothing so no reason not to use it as a pyro.

[Sticky White Stuff]

Yes, it is. I wouldn't cast ranged spells with it, but for PvP with a shield on the left hand, it is pretty good. It deals pure fire damage, which can be a hit or miss. And that is by no means a bad thing.

[Tiny serpent Shnissuvihr]

Only has 3 less spellbuff than the pyromancer's parting flame, So it's still pretty good, even when compared with the regular pyro hand, the damage is not too different.

[Hunubul]

I once calculated how much spell dmage difference there is (in %, but I forgot), but it's minimal compared to parting flame.

So depending on what you want:
-main damage by pyro spells: base pyro flame
-close damage, mostly black flame: parting flame
-jack of all trades: scar

I use it myself for testing. My weapons are onyx blade and some other stuff I can wield, thus having a curved sword is not really needed. But the WA is pretty nice IMO and can easily combo into a spell (if nothing else, rollcatch) Also it looks incredibly cool, as others said. The damage difference IMO is minimal, especially because I use lower damage pyromancies (bursting firewall, chaos orb and stuff and NO vestiges and other stuff), I mainly go for being a jack of all trades. I can damage from afar, I can have hyperarmor, I can deal damage up close fast, I can do anything, tho I do everything a bit less effectively.

[Herbalacious]

Try using combos with this weapon. R1+Black Flame is an easy one...you'll start to figure it out from there. This weapon didn't appeal to me at first until I noticed you can chain some attacks with spells very quickly.