Pyromancies - some of them seem a little useless

[Carface Is My Spirit Animal]

since we're going off FP or "mana" instead of uses this time around, some of the pyromancies to me just seem pointless, like bursting fireball. Even if I get in the targets face and hit them with all the balls it barely does more then a plain fireball? Thoughts on other good or bad pyromancies?

[Hekatonkheires]

I intended to use pyromancy as my main weapon, but the only attack spells I've found so far (Boreal valley) are fireball, fire orb and bursting fireball. Fire orb does about the same damage as a strike from my uchigatana, the two fireball spells are pretty much garbage. Unless great chaos fireball or flame tempest are decent I might just give up on pyromancy. Its only use seems to be cheesing big enemies.

[Carface Is My Spirit Animal]

Originally posted by Hekatonkheires:

I intended to use pyromancy as my main weapon, but the only attack spells I've found so far (Boreal valley) are fireball, fire orb and bursting fireball. Fire orb does about the same damage as a strike from my uchigatana, the two fireball spells are pretty much garbage. Unless great chaos fireball or flame tempest are decent I might just give up on pyromancy. Its only use seems to be cheesing big enemies.

I'm near the 3rd Cinder lord, I just picked up all the black flames so thats nice to have on fire resist enemies and they do a little more damage anyway on enemies with equal resists compared to their counterparts (Great Combust / Fire Orb) I don't like Black Snake, the DS2 version was better.

So far my favorites are: Chaos Fire Orb, Fire Whip, Black Flame, Black Orb, Carthus Flame Arc, and Chaos Bed Vestiges "Forbidden Sun".

Situational: Poison/Toxic mist (awesome on Old Demon King), Sacred Flame, Chaos Fire Storm, Rapport (interesting for putting a monster on your control for CC or set it up for big damage)

Blah: Bursting Fireball, Fire Surge, Boulder Heave, Black Serpent