Carthus Flame Arc vs. Crystal Magic Weapon

[Nefiji]

Anyone has knowledge on that subject matter? I've got 33 INT and 10 FTH as well as a Pyromancy Flame +10. Still I'm not sure if Crystal Magic Weapon would be stronger than the pyromancy variant, since I'm lacking the FTH. What do you say? :)

[videogames]

CMW should be stronger, Carthus Flame Arc is the weakest of all the buffs (except for Blessed Weapon, that's just a sad joke). The main advantage is it lasts 90 seconds (vs 60 for CMW), and it's really cheap.

[Facepalm]

At those stats if you also have a upgraded catalyst your magic weapon is going to be stronger.
For pyromancies you need to level both Int/Fai.
You can use both on your weapons and check your AR and see which one is higher.

Originally posted by videogames:

Carthus Flame Arc is the weakest of all the buffs.

*cough* blessed weapon *cough*

[Halfdan]

best way to find out would be to measure the AR increase of the two spells. look at the base AR of whatever weapon you're buffing, then buff with CMW. write down the new AR (the bonus of course being magic damage). then do it again with CFA (the bonus this time being fire damage). compare the AR, and you'll know which is better.

Then you need to look at situations. enemies weak to fire take more from CFA, and enemies weak to magic take more from CMW. CMW only lasts 60 seconds, and takes a staff to cast, which weighs more. CFA lasts 90 seconds and the pyro glove is weightless. CFA is more reliant on stats, as it doesn't scale off of the pyro glove's bonus, and only scales off of int and faith, while CMW scales off of your staff's spell buff.

hope this helps.

[Nefiji]

Thanks guys, that were some helpful new informations to me. Didn't even upgrade my staff, thought the buff was static. I'm going with CMA then since I don't have much FTH.

[Halfdan]

No prob, glad we could help! Good luck, and have fun!

[TurboQuest]

Just woke up, too lazy to type a lot, so I'm just copy pasting from Wiki to share what I know:

For Carthus Flame Arc:
The attack rating applied scales with the power of your flame.
A good choice for melee characters looking for bonus damage with minimal INT/FTH investment, but still scales well as a melee damage source for dedicated pyromancers. Though Crystal majic weapon and lightning/darkmoon blade will scale better unless you increase both INT/FTH equally.

Source: http://darksouls3.wiki.fextralife.com/Carthus+Flame+Arc