What attribute does pyromancy scale off of?

[RockPaperBazooka]

I think in DS1, pyromancy damage increased with more strength. is that still the case?

[Julius Seizure]

Pyromancy didn't scale with anything but the flame itself in DS1. These days, it scales with your combined INT/FTH scores.

[Flowernose]

Ds1 had no scaling for fire
Ds1 dark magic scaled off of strength

[RockPaperBazooka]

Does any spells in DS3 scale with strength or dex?

[RockPaperBazooka]

huh. interesting. I mean in terms of pve i always thought strength was a bit overpowered due to their ability to stagger. giving dex more magic options sounds like a good way to balance that out.

I am going strength build at the moment but would like to dabble in some magic for the sake of variety. Should I go miracle? What would not be complete ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ to spec into

[kingart1742]

So if i want to play a pyromancer should i level int and faith? or can i just level one of them?

[Facepalm]

Level both, at 25/25 your great chaos fire orb will start to do some pretty nice damage.
30/30 is fine to stop at but 40/40 is optimal.

[²³☣Fєnrir☣²³]

so optimal i should have 40 in int/faith?

[Effusion]

Originally posted by ☣Harlekin☣:

so optimal i should have 40 in int/faith?

Here's the data
https://www.reddit.com/r/darksouls3/comments/4gd7js/psa_pyromancy_int_floor_relative_scaling_lots_of/

[Cha0s13erry]

Originally posted by Facepalm:

Level both, at 25/25 your great chaos fire orb will start to do some pretty nice damage.
30/30 is fine to stop at but 40/40 is optimal.

Hi, I was just wondering, do you really have to level both int and faith together? Or you can level up maybe faith first and then int for the pyromancy damage to rise? And also do the black pyromancies require both int and faith too? Even if they deal dark damage?

[Nox Tenebris]

I second this question! And necro!