demon's scar

Demon's Scar

icon wp physicalAttack
0 physical defense shield icon 25.0
icon magicbonus
-
magic defense shield icon
35.0
icon firebonus
99
fire defense shield icon
65.0
icon lightningbonus
- lightning defense shield icon 30.0
icon darkbonus
-
dark defense shield icon
35.0
icon wp critical
110 icon wp stability 30
icon weight 0.5
icon durabilitiy
70
     spell buff 110
Requirements & Bonus
icon strength 22
icon dexterity 22
icon intelligence 22
icon faith 22
- E D D
- 16 17 17
weapon type icon Curved SwordsFlames damage type icon Slash
skill icon Spin Slash icon fp cost 7( -/20)

Demon's Scar is a Weapon in Dark Souls 3. It is part of The Ringed City.

 

This chaotic thing, the last flame kindled by a demon prince, is shaped like the claw marks of a demon.

It is both a fiery bladed weapon, and pyromancy flame.

Skill: Spin Slash
Spin to stoke a fierce chaos flame, and use momentum to transition into a spinning strong attack, creating a short-lived lava pool.

 

Dark Souls 3 Demon's Scar Information

Demon's Scar Spellbuff

  • Scales with Intelligence and Faith, does not scale with Dexterity
  • 17/17 = 127
  • 20/20 = 136
  • 30/30 = 166
  • 40/40 = 190
  • 99/99 = 220

Demon's Scar Scaling & Softcaps

  • 1 and 2-handed stats:
    • 0/16/17/17 = 235 AR = Base Stats & Dex Softcap
    • 0/40/17/17 = 249 AR
    • 0/16/39/17 = 290 AR = Int Softap
    • 0/16/17/39 = 290 AR = Fth Softcap
    • 0/16/39/39 = 345 AR = Combined Softcap
    • 0/40/40/40 = 361 AR 
  • After softcaps, it gets less than 2 AR per level
  • Int/Fth Weapon
    • It scales well with Intelligence and Faith
    • Dexterity softcaps at base stats

 

How to Get Demon's Scar in Dark Souls 3

Obtained via Soul Transposition with the Soul of the Demon Prince

 

Dark Souls 3 Demon's Scar Notes, Tips & Trivia

  • Cannot be Infused or Buffed.
  • Reinforced with Titanite Scale.
  • The weapon doubles as a Pyromancy Flame
    • Heavy attack = Cast Pyromancy
    • Light attack = Light Attack
    • Does not have any regular heavy attacks except jumping attack
    • Same moveset in off-hand
  • Normal Attacks
    • All Fire damage, no physical damage
    • Boosted by Fire Clutch Ring
    • Unaffected by Flynn's Ring.
    • Unaffected by Witch's Ring and Great Swamp rings (though casting is boosted)
  • It is the lightest Curved Sword in the game.
  • Has the highest Critical modifier out of all the Curved Swords.
    • Critical modifier may effect Sacred Flame
    • Only limited testing, but the critical also appears to affect critical attack spells, such as Sacred Flame. (Minor testing was accomplished on the drakeblood knights, with both a +10 Demon's Scar and a +10 Pyromancy Flame and 40/40 Int/Fai.)
  • High Fire Block %, lightweight option for Smouldering Lake Lava.
  • R1 true combo's into Black Flame and Great Combustion with a high enough casting speed.

  

Moveset and Videos:

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  • The weapon has a different moveset depending on the hand it is held in: it has the scimitar one-handed moveset in the right hand and the Falchion one handed moveset in the left hand. 
  • Demon's Scar Moveset
  • Video Location

 

Dark Souls 3 Demon's Scar Upgrade Table

Requires regular reinforcement, totalling ?? souls, 15 titanite scales and 1 titanite slab.

  Attack ValuesBonus Parameter Bonus Auxiliary Effects Damage Reduction (%)
Name
icon wp physicalAttack
icon magicbonus
icon firebonus
icon lightningbonus
icon darkbonus
STR
DEX
INT
FTH
icon wp poisonbld
icon wp frost
icon wp bleed
icon wp physicaldef
icon wp magicdef
icon wp firedef
icon wp lightningdef
icon wp darkdef
icon wp stability
Regular - - 99 - - - E D D - - - 25.0 35.0 65.0 30.0 35.0 30 
Regular +1 - - 115 - - - E D D - - - 25.0 35.0 65.0 30.0 35.0 30 
Regular +2 - - 131 - - - E D D - - - 25.0 35.0 65.0 30.0 35.0 30
Regular +3 - - 147 - - - E C C - - - 25.0 35.0 65.0 30.0 35.0 30 
Regular +4 - - 163 - - - E C C - - - 25.0 35.0 65.0 30.0 35.0 30 
Regular +5 - - 180 - - - E C C - - - 25.0 35.0 65.0 30.0 35.0 30

 

Dark Souls 3 Demon's Scar Table Key

 

Requirement Parameter Bonus Attack Values Damage Reduction % Auxiliary Effects Others
icon-strength_22.png Strength
icon-strength_22.png Strength
icon-wp_physicalAttack.png Physical  Physical icon-wp_bleed.png Bleeding  Durability
icon-dexterity_22.png Dexterity
icon-dexterity_22.png Dexterity
icon-magicbonus.png Magic  Magic icon-wp_poisonbld.png Poison

 Weight

icon-intelligence_22.png Intelligence
icon-intelligence_22.png Intelligence
icon-firebonus.png Fire  Fire Frost Frost  
icon-faith_22.png Faith
icon-faith_22.png Faith
icon-lightningbonus.png Lightning  Lightning  Curse  
    icon-darkbonus.png Dark  Dark    
    Critical Critical
 Stability
   
    Spell Buff Spell Buff
     
     Range      

Parameter Bonus: Strength, Dexterity,Magic, Fire, Lightning and Dark bonuses - The scaling multiplier applied to the [Attack: stat]. Scaling quality is from highest to lowest as follows: S/A/B/C/D/E.The higher the player's [Str, Dex, Mag, Fire, Light] stat, the higher the [Attack Bonus: Stat] is (found on the player status screen). The higher the scaling letter, the higher the percent multiplier applied to the [Attack: Stat].This resulting bonus damage is added to the base physical damage of the weapon and is shown in the equipment screen in blue numbers as a "+ X". 
Durability: The weapon's HP, when the durability hits 0, the effectiveness of its attacks become weakened to the point of almost uselessness. When an items durability is low, a message will come up saying "Weapon At Risk!" at this point the weapon does not perform at it's best.
Weight: How much the item weights when equipped. 
Stability: How well the player keeps stance after being hit
Attack Type: Defines what kind of swing set the weapon has: Regular(R), Thrust(T), Slash(Sl), Strike(St)

 




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    • Anonymous

      do gundir, vordt. Go to kathedral, beat painted world and friede, get access to ringed city, kill demon prince and boom you got it early enough to enjoy the rest of the game, tho you might be emotionally scared for life, but hey the weapon is worth it

      • Anonymous

        PKCS without the niche R2, outdamages 40 dex PKCS on 30 int/fai, has the same range as PKCS, can god damn cast pyromancies

        why the hell are people complaining about PKCS instead of this? stat investments maybe?

        • Anonymous

          Just a periodic reminder that it’s me who discovered the interactions between the demon scar and warmth and contacted the official wiki page owner to let him know and he took all the credit. Remember to record and post first before telling anything you discover.

          • Anonymous

            Meh, never used it in PVP, so it may be good for that, but for PVE I found this very overrated. At 30/30 int/fth, my chaos man serpent Hatchet and chaos carthus curved swords both do more fire damage than this thing (plus they do some physical damage, too). Both of those weapons have B scaling in Int/Fth (better than the C scaling on this flame) so they should continue to outclass this thing in damage at 40/40 int/fth. Those weapons also have better reach than this thing and about the same stamina use and speed. And the spell b7ff isn't as good as the standard Pyro flame. Don't really get the hype.

            • Anonymous

              This weapon is so amazing but you literally get it at the end of the game, you barely have a chance to use it. So what's the point?

              • Anonymous

                Whoever made that description on Fextralife, I did not use a +10 pyro glove to test that, I used a +3 one for similar results, read it again

                • Anonymous

                  Don't sleep on the WA. It can combo with the R1 and do more damage than blaclflame. Also many people don't notice the lava it leaves behind and you end up with 200 extra free damage from it.

                  • Anonymous

                    The critical modifier impacts sacred flames damage DRASTICALLY: Tested with 40/40 in both FTH/INT respectively and both the Witch's Ring and GSR.
                    demon scar +5 so we get a 190 spell damage mod and a +3 pyro glove with a 192 spell damage mod (I wanted to keep the spell mod pretty much the same to see even minimal changes in terms of damage). The damage difference is ridiculous:

                    I hit 345 damage on the drakeblood knights in NG+1 with the pyro glove
                    and 745 damage on the same enemy with the demon scar. The crit modifier seems to DRASTICALLY increase the damage output

                    I don't know how the crit modifier effects the motion value if someone in the community is more experienced with the effect of weapon class, motion value, crit modifier etc. please let us know the calculation for crit values and especially how it uniquely effects spell buff in this case.

                    • Anonymous

                      HOHOHOHO IT'SA ME SANTA CLAUSE
                      THIS WEAPON IS NAUGHTY AND IF YOU USE IT, YOU WON'T GET ANY PRESENTS TO CHRISTMAS!!!
                      HOHOHO, THE MACE IS BETTER!!! I USE THE MACE EVERY DAY AND IT'S THE GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREATEST WEAPON ON EARTH!!!
                      IF YOU WANT TO GET AAALL THE PRESENTS, USE THE MACE JUST LIKE ME!!!
                      MARRY CHRISTMAS!!!

                      • Anonymous

                        This page is bullshit. First it says "Same moveset in off-hand" then it says that "the weapon has a different moveset depending on the hand it is held in: it has the scimitar one-handed moveset in the right hand and the Falchion one handed moveset in the left hand." Wtf Fextralife? Can't you keep a track on info provided in pages in your Wiki? lmao.

                        • Anonymous

                          how soon can i get this? i'm a fellow player so idk how early i can get this, i saw several twinks with the ringed knight chest armor at sl 20 tho

                          • Anonymous

                            Failing the dex requirement (but not the casting stats) causes a visual error. The weapon will show the intended spellbuff (min stats + 0, 119) but will not do the correct damage. (45 versus 81 fireball damage compared to +0 pyromancy flame with the same stats, 123 spellbuff)

                            • Anonymous

                              This is the only weapon I've stopped using because it's too good. It has crazy fast swing speed which combos into a Black Flame. Speed, high damage output, low stamina usage, absurdly low weight, pretty good WA, and quick, easy access to spells. This weapon has no down sides in PVP. And that's why I stopped using it. It took me a few hours to master it and then I started getting bored. It's too unfair. The wins aren't even satisfying.

                              • Anonymous

                                I know the game is dead, but with decent dex does this get r1 flame fan? Asking cuz I want to do a pyro setup

                                • Anonymous

                                  LOL so much confidence for a shiity fire weapon against what? pkcs-the best weapon in the entire series? I can just soak myself with "flash sweat" and then enjoy pooping on those who use this shhity fire cs.

                                  • Anonymous

                                    Why use this before pkcs and tumblebuff >insert buff<?

                                    Because this is pure fire damage, can be paired with dark pyromancies or sacred flame with critical buff and it's almost unparriable thanks to it's pyro glove hitbox.

                                    Pick this demonic weapon up and start throwing pkcs users to the trash heap where they belong.

                                    • Anonymous

                                      Why would you use this instead of infused pkcs + pyromancy flame

                                      Then you get a good weapon art and a good weapon and stronger curved sword and stronger pyromancies

                                      • Anonymous

                                        Am I the only one who things this isn't that great? Sure it's amazing for PvP or something but in pVe I think curved swords are kind of, to put it lightly, not good: worse range than most other weapons.

                                        • Anonymous

                                          Probably the most fun I had in PVP with this weapon backflipping and spamming vestiges after WA. I guess people don't realize how strong WA is.

                                          • Anonymous

                                            The cooler hysel pick lol, I mean, it look cooler and deal pure fire damage, like hysel pick it also have a R1 to black flame true combo, less damage than the R1 souls Greatsword, but hey it's cooler

                                            • Anonymous

                                              I usually right hand the irithyll rapier and off hand the demon scar. Its a great combo with a lot of cancerous attacks for pvp. Plus if you're good you can abuse the hell out of the frostbite effect with this combo. Rapier also works best because of the high stagger for roll catching.

                                              • Anonymous

                                                You gotta beat the demon prince for this weapon. How is this a twink weapon? Someone said it was a twink weapon and i thought to myself "you re a moron"

                                                • Anonymous

                                                  I think I would have liked it if instead of having R2 cast, that it just have a heavy attack. The effect of scaling purely off of Int/Fai is benefit enough.

                                                  • The phantom range on this is terrible to go up against, my mage character was slaughtered by a vestige spamming R1 addict using this in like 3 hits in the arena.

                                                    • Anonymous

                                                      Can be buffed using Carthus Flame Arc with the bow glitch. For those that don't know: equip a bow in your off hand (recurve bow is best, you don't have to have stats to use it), hit L2 to use the weapon art of the bow, roll out of the weapon art but DO NOT release the weapon art button or directional input. Have a spell you can cast selected, roll again, during the roll cast your spell and then immediately swap to CFA, and upon exiting the roll, you should buff the weapon. At pyro stats of 40/40, you should have a pure fire AR of 515.

                                                      • Anonymous

                                                        Overall i find the demon scar to be a great pyro-build weapon and it can carry you through most of the game. the downside is that there are some enemies and bosses who have huge fire resistances, so it is still wise to have a spare weapon you keep on par level-wise. a dark-infused dagger or the like works well.

                                                        • Anonymous

                                                          Can someone tell me if this was hit during the Curved Sword nerfing? sometimes it retains Amazing speed but then also becomes slower than the falchion sometimes, Im just wondering

                                                          • Anonymous

                                                            i accidentally sold Wolnir's soul, i will give black knight stuff for black serpent or just his soul. PC Moni-Fen level 80.

                                                            • To the question of whether this increases Sacred Flame damage; a little yes. Tested on the Cathedral Knight at Lothric Castle, SL802 - Demon Scar spellbuff 220; damage 924 - Pyro Parting Flame spellbuff 226; damage 890 - Pyro Flame spellbuff 242; damage 806. Why Parting Flame did more damage than the regular Pyro Flame, I don't know, but, I'm going to assume the 110 critical on Demon Scar is responsible for the increased damage. If anyone finds different results or further logic on mine, please elaborate.

                                                              • Anonymous

                                                                Is this weapon any good in pve? Obviously we all know its great in pvp with its combo into black flame, but for pve its stats seem pretty bad. At 40/40 int/faith it only does aroumd 340 damage. A chaos falchion does around 480 for me by comparison. Its spell buff is also pretty bad compared to the standard pyro flame. So is this only a pvp weapon? Or is there some saving grace im missing?

                                                                • Anonymous

                                                                  @the guy below: "JuST Do Ng+, ItS EaSy". I think the reason anyone would not want to restart is because of the time it takes to catch back up to where they were. Of course ng+ is easy, you're overlevelled by the time you start your first ng, I've never seen anyone complain about the difficulty. It's also not your place to be telling people what they can and can't post, if you don't like it then move on. I'd sort of get it if there were a lot of similar messages spammed, but it's not that bad.

                                                                  • Anonymous

                                                                    I haven’t played as a pyro since ds1 and 2. This weapon is a lot of fun both pvp and pve. My only mistake was not trading for black serpent and getting wolnirs blade instead. I would trade basically any weapon item souls etc for black serpent

                                                                    • Anonymous

                                                                      Would anyone be willing to drop this / witch's lock for my alt? Have most other weps on my main that I can trade for! (Playing on PC)

                                                                      • Anonymous

                                                                        I find the weapon to be very fun though I will admit it's a little bit op so I only use it as a second last resort for bosses next to story tellers.

                                                                        • Anonymous

                                                                          Looking to transfer this from my main to my second pyro character. Anyone wanna scratch my back if I scratch theirs?

                                                                          • Anonymous

                                                                            I've been wondering what melee weapon I should use for my pyro build. I just beat the crystal sage and I'm using a raw longsword with 12 strength and 10 dexterity, and I plan to infuse it with chaos later. Anyone have any suggestions for a different melee weapon?

                                                                            • Anonymous

                                                                              I've got several high level characters and am willing to trade pretty much any item to get this to my low level pyro I just started.

                                                                              • Anonymous

                                                                                Read notes and tips, go down to critical damage information. Some IDIOT wrote their testing down and called their weapon a "+10 Demon's Scar". REALLY?

                                                                                • Anonymous

                                                                                  Fromsoft just needed op curved sword there stupid *****s. Jk I both this and the Pontiff Knight curved sword. Go ahead and insult me I know I’m a filthy tryhard :D. GO AHEAD INJECT UR VEINS WITH SALT AND CALL ME***** OH YAY BC I USE A WEAPON YOU DONT LIKE I DESERVE DEATH

                                                                                  • Anonymous

                                                                                    Hey, I’m looking for this sword and don’t have the dlc. I’m in Lothric castle and don’t have anything special to trade, but would be willing to give whatever I’m asked.

                                                                                    Steam: Fossick

                                                                                    I’m the one with the shitty history of names and the picture of an old guy in a skirt.

                                                                                    • Anonymous

                                                                                      Don't know about ya'll, but i hate fighting this thing. If your opponent lands just one r1 (with the fastest weapon in the damn game) they can true combo it into black flame for ridiculous damage considering its two hits. So what do you do from there? Well you either roll out and theres a 80% chancr you'll get roll caught by chaos bad vestiges, or you roll in and get slaughtered by the almighty two handed curved sword roll catch r1 spam. It's just.... UGH. The only real way to beat it is to play super passively, which wouldn't be a problem if it wasn't so fucking boring.

                                                                                      • Anonymous

                                                                                        A little odd that it weighs 0.5 instead of 0, like the normal/parting flames. I mean, it's literally fire. I guess it's odd that you have material fire, in the first place, so it's not too unbelievable that since you can wave it around like it has mass, it wouldn't be weightless.

                                                                                        • Anonymous

                                                                                          Easily my favorite weapon in the game. R1 into Blackflame works wonders, and if your opponent is greedy enough to attempt to attack you after the Blackflame you can combo into the weapon art. Not to mention, it has the nasty roll-catch capabilities of two-handed curved swords, in which you should always be two-handing with this weapon. Smack a Saint-tree Bellvine in your offhand to not waste a ring slot on Sages Ring either.

                                                                                          • Anonymous

                                                                                            There's a grammatical error. Not from wiki... from From... "creating an short..." It should be 'a' short-lived lava pool. That's funny to me.

                                                                                            • The description for the item has been changed since this page was written. The "evanescent lava chamber" was changed to "short-lived lava pool" during a patch I'm guessing.

                                                                                              • Anonymous

                                                                                                I'm at the Pyro-softcaps, and Demon's Scar+5 does the same fire damage as a Chaos Longsword+10, but none of the physical damage. Spell buff is not much lower than other Pyro-catalysts at least. But stilll, this is only ever useful if you absolutely have to a) use melee attacks b) cast pyromancies and c) use a shield or spells from other schools, all in the same fight and without switching what you have in hand. Applications outside of PvP are pretty slim I'd wager.

                                                                                                • Anonymous

                                                                                                  The critical modifier has nothing to do with the sacred flame damage, thats boosted by the weapons inherent fire damage. took about 12 seconds of testing to figure that out.

                                                                                                  • Anonymous

                                                                                                    Did anyone noticed, when you have for example Demon Scar in right hand and two handing something like shield, Scar disappear? But using Lifehunt Scythe or Lightning Arrow it's attached on character side like normal sword?

                                                                                                    • Anonymous

                                                                                                      Despite the lower Spell Buff, the Demon's Scar deals ~20% more Damage with Sacred Flame than the regular Pyroflame, and Black Fire Orb deals roughly the same Damage. Regular Fire Orb does seem to conform to Spell Buff however. Very peculiar weapon, this.

                                                                                                      • Anonymous

                                                                                                        Demon's scar weapon art does not have any hyper armor whatsoever. You can be denied mid air by literally everything.
                                                                                                        And because it doesn't do poise damage either you can't just "lock" someone into it.

                                                                                                        My fellow pyromancers, you're better off using the small dragonhead shield in your off-hand than two-handing it.

                                                                                                        • Anonymous

                                                                                                          I'm thinking of pairing this with the Crystal Chime to make a super caster. Not totally convinced by dark spells through. Heard that chime sucks with them.

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