Is a pure pyromancy build fun?

[Elllll]

I'd like to give it a go, but will it make the game to easy/boring? As far as I can tell I would only need to level up VIT, END, and ATN.

[42ndWanderer]

it will be fun but u have a verry limited amount of spell casts so u have to manage them verry strictly. thats why people normaly have a med weapon like a bastard sword thats raw or anything else u like for a backup or eaven chaos.

[42ndWanderer]

also if u want iv got a pyro build by aborlondo if u want adter i kill team rocket ( s and o ) we could co op :)

[Havel]

Originally posted by Telf:

I'd like to give it a go, but will it make the game to easy/boring? As far as I can tell I would only need to level up VIT, END, and ATN.

It could be fun but you'll probably want to offeset your reduced str/dex levels with higher then soft cap endurance for a higher line for armor choices to still fast roll. Pick an upgrade path with no scaling, Chaos is ideal but lightning is also very good but even more so in this case because you'll have a lot of fire damage already with pyromancy. Pyromancy is more of a thing you can throw into any non casting build due to the lack of investment in anything but ATN. Pull up a build maker and figure out if you want to fast roll or mid roll before anything for poise in the build.

[Elllll]

Originally posted by Havel:

Originally posted by Telf:

I'd like to give it a go, but will it make the game to easy/boring? As far as I can tell I would only need to level up VIT, END, and ATN.

It could be fun but you'll probably want to offeset your reduced str/dex levels with higher then soft cap endurance for a higher line for armor choices to still fast roll. Pick an upgrade path with no scaling, Chaos is ideal but lightning is also very good but even more so in this case because you'll have a lot of fire damage already with pyromancy. Pyromancy is more of a thing you can throw into any non casting build due to the lack of investment in anything but ATN. Pull up a build maker and figure out if you want to fast roll or mid roll before anything for poise in the build.

Cool thanks. I'll probably go lightning great scythe or uchi then.

[🎃MaximusBlastalot🎃]

You can do a vit gouge and take pyro but its much more effective on a 45dex build.

[Havel]

Originally posted by Telf:

Originally posted by Havel:

It could be fun but you'll probably want to offeset your reduced str/dex levels with higher then soft cap endurance for a higher line for armor choices to still fast roll. Pick an upgrade path with no scaling, Chaos is ideal but lightning is also very good but even more so in this case because you'll have a lot of fire damage already with pyromancy. Pyromancy is more of a thing you can throw into any non casting build due to the lack of investment in anything but ATN. Pull up a build maker and figure out if you want to fast roll or mid roll before anything for poise in the build.

Cool thanks. I'll probably go lightning great scythe or uchi then.

No offense intended, but great scythe is far less effective then it used to be with the removal of dead angles. Don't get me wrong, it'll look ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ cool as hell but the was weapon really mostly dead angles with the jump attack going for it. Just fair warning xD

[Elllll]

Originally posted by MaximusBlastalot:

You can do a vit gouge and take pyro but its much more effective on a 45dex build.

You mean the scythe? Or just pyro build in general?

[Elllll]

Originally posted by Havel:

Originally posted by Telf:

Cool thanks. I'll probably go lightning great scythe or uchi then.

No offense intended, but great scythe is far less effective then it used to be with the removal of dead angles. Don't get me wrong, it'll look ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ cool as hell but the weapon really mostly dead angles with the jump attack going for it. Just fair warning xD

Yeah i've heard about that, might go uchi then.

[Havel]

Originally posted by Telf:

Originally posted by Havel:

No offense intended, but great scythe is far less effective then it used to be with the removal of dead angles. Don't get me wrong, it'll look ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ cool as hell but the weapon really mostly dead angles with the jump attack going for it. Just fair warning xD

Yeah i've heard about that, might go uchi then.

Uchi is a ton of fun and still quite effective :D

[🎃MaximusBlastalot🎃]

Originally posted by Telf:

Originally posted by MaximusBlastalot:

You can do a vit gouge and take pyro but its much more effective on a 45dex build.

You mean the scythe? Or just pyro build in general?

dex effect the cast speed of most attack spells other then wotg. This includes most pyromancies.

[cautr]

Originally posted by Havel:

Originally posted by Telf:

Cool thanks. I'll probably go lightning great scythe or uchi then.

No offense intended, but great scythe is far less effective then it used to be with the removal of dead angles. Don't get me wrong, it'll look ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ cool as hell but the was weapon really mostly dead angles with the jump attack going for it. Just fair warning xD

Could you explain that "dead angles" thing? Never heard about it.

[Elllll]

Originally posted by MaximusBlastalot:

Originally posted by Telf:

You mean the scythe? Or just pyro build in general?

dex effect the cast speed of most attack spells other then wotg. This includes most pyromancies.

So its would be better to trade some vit and end for high dex? Cos i was looking at 35 vit 35 end 23 att 14 str and 14 dex.

[Singrave]

pure pyro build is not viable in DS1
the best choice for pyromancy is DEX-oriented Pyromancer starting class.

at level 80 you'd have
30-35 vit
19 att
25-30 end
14str
40dex

Iaito a little longer than uchigatana and have better moveset with a little less damage.

[cutterman1999]

Whether or not you consider a pure pyro build fun depends on the amount of enjoyment you get from lighting your enemies on fire. They're ideal for ultra low-level builds because once you know where to go and how to spend your money, you can cauterize Lordran at the wave of your hand. There are a few drawbacks that you'll have to account for in your own way, like long range and casting speed, but once you've got the headgear and ring to match, you'll be unstoppable and have more souls than you know what to do with. Which, if you barely level up, means it's also an ideal springboard to just about any other build you want. Two chaos thumbs up.

[Havel]

Originally posted by cautr:

Originally posted by Havel:

No offense intended, but great scythe is far less effective then it used to be with the removal of dead angles. Don't get me wrong, it'll look ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ cool as hell but the was weapon really mostly dead angles with the jump attack going for it. Just fair warning xD

Could you explain that "dead angles" thing? Never heard about it.

Dead angles are from the original version, shields blocked in the front of them but the way attacks work is they angled from the player launching the attack. If done correctly you could make contact with the shield while attacking a different direction then the direction they are blocking to bypass the shield blocking.