Pyromancer's Parting Flame Question

[Arkardu]

How the hell does this work differently? I honestly don't see the huge difference, between the two flames. Which is better to use, the original or this?

Sorry for asking stupid.

[TrueArchery]

It's got a melee-range explosion that deals together with the cast mroe damage than the normal Flame. It's pretty damn good for Black Flame and such, and for hitting at point blanc.

It's overall damage is a bit lower, but it's definitely worth it. (lower spell-buff, that is)

And it's WA is a hidden meter that fills for anything killed. If you use the WA, you get free Estus!

[Azryte]

AFAIK parting flame is meant to have a better spell buff at lower int/faith levels, getting outclassed by regular at high levels. Plus it has the weapon art to regain estus.

[Scraps]

From what I know, one has built in Estus, the other has a built in normal Combustion. Parting Flame also leaves a fire trail while casting offensive abilities (kiiindof like how lightning spear works), where if people are close enough, they'll get damaged additionally by a seperate source. It's basically a straight buff for spells like Great Combustion or Black Flame.

Lastly, spell buff. standard is slightly higher, and is good for pure pyros, whilst Parting flame is lower, and better for hybrid pyros.

Tl;dr: What everyone else said, cause I'm slow at typing.

[PraiseTheScrub]

Using it on my SL30 pyro sunbro. The extra estus is great. But it needs to be equipped for the kill meter to be filled (1 estus per 12 kills). And estus refills doesn't stack.

[Washing Machine]

Interdasting about the Black flame thing. Is it worth swapping to this from regular pyro+10 if I primarily use Black Serp + Black Flame at 40/40 faith/int?

[TrueArchery]

Originally posted by Washing Machine:

Interdasting about the Black flame thing. Is it worth swapping to this from regular pyro+10 if I primarily use Black Serp + Black Flame at 40/40 faith/int?

Yea