what's the difference between pyro flame and parting flame?

[lev]

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[Ciaran Zagami]

The weapon art.

the stock flames weapon art lets you shoot a short range burst of fire (kinda crap)

the parting flame lets you refill your estus for kills. get kills, use art. get estus.

[Scraps]

There's other differences. One major difference is that the Parting flame is unstable, and therefore, the flame spreads a small amount of fire infront of the player when casting all offensive pyromancies (Think of it as a mini combustion, and yes, this stacks with Combustion spells).

However, there's a reason to use stock. Scaling. If you're playing a pure pyro, you will likely see more benefit in using the standard since it's overall the best catalyst for scaling (this includes the Demon's Scar).

[Brovah]

Doesn't the Parting Flame also scale with Hollowing?

[Scraps]

Originally posted by Brovah:

Doesn't the Parting Flame also scale with Hollowing?

I dont recall it does and quickly glanced at the wiki so correct me if I'm wrong.

What you're probably thinking of is DS2's Dark Pyromancy Flame, which does scale with hollowing.

[Doc Vivor]

it also consumes more stamina

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

Both scale only with int/faith.

Regular flame has more spell buff and combustion WA.

Parting flame hits with the flame+the spell you use. WA is 12 kills+25 FP=1 estus recharge.

Spell buff damage diference is minimal, at point blank the added damage from parting is quite noticeable (the flame hit also does poise damage and can stagger before the spell hits). Very good for combustion like spells, but also works for most pyros like any of the fireballs.

You also need 15 str for the WA, but not to cast spells. Some players say the flame hit can be deflected against greatshields and such without the str requirement, but can't say anything about that personally since i've always used it with at least 15 str.

The extra stamina consumption is because the additional flame hit too.

[lev]

so am I better off with parting flame if I want to pvp at meta level?

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

Originally posted by 722pam:

so am I better off with parting flame if I want to pvp at meta level?

Yes.

[i dont use this profile anymore]

Tbh I'd never use the parting flame for offensive pyromancies. The scaling is absolute ♥♥♥♥♥. Use it for buffs such as Power Within and Cartus Beacon and you'll be good to roll.

I'd prefer a regular Pyromancy Flame for casting the spells that hurt most.

[Thomas]

Are you planning to blackflame people to death? If your answer is yes, then go for the parting flame, and let the feast, begin.