Optimal stats for pyro?

[Bjørn]

I don't want to waste points in Int / Faith, I heard it not needed to put that many in
Hoping for some tips on that

[TrueArchery]

But... Pyros scale with Int and Fth - it would be stupid to NOT level it.
The softcap is 40/40, btw.

[Bjørn]

I'm going to level it, some people say it give very little return after 25?

[TrueArchery]

Originally posted by Bjørn Ragnarson:

I'm going to level it, some people say it give very little return after 25?

Wat this isn't Bloodborne, there's no cap at 25

[Neurological]

Well some pyromancies requires certain int and faith to be used. I'm rolling with 20 int 20 faith, using just chaos orb and sacred flame, does a nice output damage on both using the ring that boost pyromancies having 20 also in attunement.

[Potato Head]

30/30 int and fai still does pretty decent damage.

[Facepalm]

Optimal is 40\40, do you want good damage while having some extra points go 30\30.
Also when you start leveling it from the start make sure your first points go to int 18, this increases damage more than going faith, even if you level faith to 25 first before putting any points into int.

[TrueArchery]

Originally posted by Facepalm:

Optimal is 40\40(hard cap), do you want good damage while having some extra points go 30\30.
Also when you start leveling it from the start make sure your first points go to int 18, this increases damage more than going faith, even if you level faith to 25 first before putting any points into int.

Please don't call it hardcap. A hardcap is the point where you get NO returns out of leveling that stat (like stamina at 40 end in dks1).

[Facepalm]

Originally posted by TrueArchery:

Originally posted by Facepalm:

Optimal is 40\40(hard cap), do you want good damage while having some extra points go 30\30.
Also when you start leveling it from the start make sure your first points go to int 18, this increases damage more than going faith, even if you level faith to 25 first before putting any points into int.

Please don't call it hardcap. A hardcap is the point where you get NO returns out of leveling that stat (like stamina at 40 end in dks1).

Whoops my bad.

[slide me my spiders]

My goal stats are:

Vig 25
Att 24
End 18
Vit 15
Str 20
Dex 40
Int 30
Fth 30
Lck 7

thoughts?

[Facepalm]

Originally posted by Tom'o:

My goal stats are:

Vig 25
Att 24
End 18
Vit 15
Str 20
Dex 40
Int 30
Fth 30
Lck 7

thoughts?

Since i don't know how you want to play i can't really say anything other than the fact that this is going to give the great chaos fireball some great damage whilst still allowing a dex weapon to do propper damage.
what weapons though? since Str is 20
Att gives 4 spells slots so either 2 or three spells, since great chaos fireball costs 2 :P and that's a must haha.
Now endurance; i don't care much about this stat, the green blossom ramps up the regen so much it's silly (in my oppinion) to go over 100 unless you really enjoy blocking.
Instead i'd atleast put End to 16 and Vig to 27 for that 1K health. more if possible.

I'm no pro build person so do whatever you want but above is what i think about it, take that however you want.
Also as a side note; learn to free aim great chaos fireball, you can catch people at the end of their rolls with that one.

[TrueArchery]

22 VGR, base VIT and some END + Prisoner's Chain (or whatever that thing is called, it gives 15 free stat points for some less defense) is basically a must for your build.

Also consider lowering your Str/Dex for additional Att or stamina or HP.