Blue%20Flame

Blue Flame+5

Stats
icon wp physicalAttack 130(*72)(*110) icon wp counterStrength 110
icon magicbonus 180(*187)(*153) icon wp poiseDamage 20
icon firebonus 0(*53) icon wp stability 20
icon lightningbonus 0(*53) icon durabilitiy 60
icon darkbonus 0(*53) icon weight 3.0
Requirements & Bonus
icon strength 22 icon dexterity 22 icon intelligence 22 icon faith 22
13
E
15
D (*C)
12
C
icon magicbonus green icon firebonus green icon lgtngbonus green icon darkbonus green
C(*B) *C *C *C
Weapon Type Straight Sword
Attack Type Slash / Spell
Enchantable Yes
Special Yes
*When infused: 110 physical dmg/153 elemental dmg and B scaling with chosen element. Dex scaling changes to C.

Blue Flame is a weapon in Dark Souls 2.

 

Straight sword wielded by Leydia apostles.

Imbued with a special magic that makes the Blue Flame both a sword and magic catalyst. Execute a strong attack to emit magic.

The Leydia apostles, adept at magic, wielded unique weapons but were hunted down as traitors.

Acquired From

 

Hints and Tips:

  • Upgrade with Twinkling Titanite to +5
  • Its Strong Attack will cast sorceries with 100 cast speed (Clear Bluestone Ring does affect Blue Flame's casting speed), making it a versatile option for Int builds. However, it cannot cast Hexes, only sorceries.
  • Unlike catalysts, Blue Flame can be buffed with resins and sorcery powers increased with Magic Weapon, Great Magic Weapon and Crystal Magic Weapon
  • Spell-based buffs increase the elemental damage on a weapon by a percentage of that elemental damage already present on the weapon... Catalysts (staffs, chimes, pyro-flames) have no affect on the potency of spell-based buffs.
    • example: Blue flame +5 (disregarding scaling for a moment) has 163 base magic damage. Crystal Magic Weapon is applied like so: (163 x 1.3) + 50 = 211.9 + 50 = 261.9 =~ 262 magic damage.
  • Buffing Blue Flame also seem to benefit the spell damage as well and equipping Ring of Blades. Also Aromatic Ooze outperforms Crystal Magic Weapon significantly, so much that you would need more than 50 int for Magic Blue Flame to do better damage.
  • Infused with "Raw", Blue Flame is capable of doing very high spell damage - even at 12 intelligence - making it possible to use spiced down, very damaging spells, with almost no relevant stats.
  • Infusing with "Magic" will benefit any wielder with 68 Intelligence or above; this, combined with the ability to cast Soul Spear at a low height (allowing for point blank casting), makes it a deadly weapon for a high INT built caster. .
  • If looking for a dual wield build with sorceries Blue Flame is an excellent choice (be sure to wield Blue flame in the right hand, as the Power stance overrides the Sorcery casting).
  • At least one blue flame must be equipped in order to have two weapons equipped with the same sorcery-based buff at the same time (either use two blue flames or use a staff to buff the blue flame and then switch to a weapon and buff it with the blue flame)
  • Once in power-stance, the left handed strong attack will function as it would with regular straight swords. The regular right hand Strong Attack will remain able to cast spells.
  • The Blue Flame's cast source is from the grip, not the blade, making the casting height similar to a chime.
  • If paired with Hidden Weapon or Illusory Rings, one can create an illusion as if one is able to cast spells with his/her bare hands, a very useful trick for catching PvP foes off guard..

Youtube relevant videos:
(( Links only please, no embeds, no PvP videos.))
Blue Flame tutorial


Required in Build:
 

Blue Flame Upgrades

  Attack ValuesBonus Parameter Bonus Auxiliary Effects Damage Reduction (%)
Name
icon wp physicalAttack
icon wp magdmg
icon wp firedmg
icon wp lightningdmg
icon darkbonus
icon Counter%26poisedamage
icon strengthscale green
icon dexscale green
icon magicbonus green
icon firebonus green
icon lgtngbonus green
icon darkbonus green
icon wp poisonbld
icon wp bleed
icon wp physicaldef
icon wp magicdef
icon wp firedef
icon wp lightningdef
icon wp darkdef
Blue Flame 86 120 - - - 110
20
E D C - - - - - 50 10 35 35 25
Blue Flame +5 130 180 - - - ^ E D C - - - - - 50 10 35 35 25
Magic 48 124 - - - ^ E D B - - - - - 48.7 20 33.7 33.7 23.7
Magic +5 72 187 - - - ^ E D B - - - - - 48.7 20 33.7 33.7 23.7
Fire 73 101 35 - - ^ E D C C - - - - 48.7 8.7 45 33.7 23.7
Fire +5 110 153 53 - - ^ E D C C - - - - 48.7 8.7 45 33.7 23.7
Lightning 73 101 - 35 - ^ E D C - C - - - 48.7 8.7 33.7 45 23.7
Lightning +5 110 153 - 53 - ^ E D C - C - - - 48.7 8.7 33.7 45 23.7
Dark 73 101 - - 35 ^ E D C - - C - - 48.7 8.7 33.7 33.7 35
Dark +5 110 153 - - 53 ^ E D C - - C - - 48.7 8.7 33.7 33.7 35
Poison 80 112 - - - ^ E D C - - - 52 - 48.7 8.7 33.7 33.7 23.7
Poison +5 121 168 - - - ^ E D B - - - 65 - 48.7 8.7 33.7 33.7 23.7
Bleed 80 112 - - - ^ E D C - - - - 52 48.7 8.7 33.7 33.7 23.7
Bleed +5 121 168 - - - ^ E D B - - - - 65 48.7 8.7 33.7 33.7 23.7
Raw 98 138 - - - ^ E E D - - - - - 50 10 35 35 25
Raw +5 149 207 - - - ^ E E D - - - - - 50 10 35 35 25
Enchanted 73 107 - - - ^ E E D - - - - - 50 10 35 35 25
Enchanted +5 130 180 - - - ^ E E C - - - - - 50 10 35 35 25
Mundane 43 60 - - - ^ E E E - - - - - 50 10 35 35 25
Mundane +5 65 90 - - - ^ E E D - - - - - 50 10 35 35 25

Table Key

Please see the Upgrades page for details on Upgrade paths, ore and blacksmiths. You can see the Stats page for detailed explanations on what they do.

 

Requirements/
Parameter Bonus
Attack Values Damage Reduction (%)
Reducing the elemental damage taken in %
Auxiliary Effects Others
icon-strength.png icon-strengthscale_green.png
Strength
icon-wp_physicalattack.png
Physical
icon-wp_physicaldef.png
Physical
icon-wp_bleed.png
Bleeding
icon-durabilitiy.png
Durability
icon-dexterity.png icon-dexscale_green.png
Dexterity
icon-wp_magdmg.png
Magic
icon-wp_magicdef.png
Magic
icon-wp_poisondef.png
Poison
icon_weight.png
Weight
icon-intelligence.png
Intelligence
icon-wp_firedmg.png
Fire
icon-wp_firedef.png
Fire
icon-wp_petrifydef.png
Petrify
 
icon-faith.png
Faith
icon-wp_lightningdmg.png
Lightning
icon-wp_lightningdef.png
Lightning
icon-wp_cursedef.png
Curse
 
icon-magicbonus_green.png
Magic Bonus
icon-wp_counterstrength.png
Counter Strength
icon-wp_stability.png
Stability
   
icon-firebonus_green.png
Fire Bonus
icon-wp_poiseDamage.png
Poise Damage
     
icon-lgtngbonus_green.png
Lighting Bonus
icon-wp_castSpeed.png
Cast Speed
     
icon-darkbonus_green.png
Dark Bonus
icon-wp_range.png
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

      Right now I want to do a build with 50 int 50 faith where I power stance the Heide knight with the blue flame but I don't know how to farm for it and I don't want to basically beat the entire game just to farm for it

      • Anonymous

        It's really weird that use a catalyst to buff this sword and them cast magic with it does more damage than cast with the catalyst itself

        • Anonymous

          What farming method would you suggest? early moonlight gs + farm blue flame from the red guy or wait until undead crypt?

          • Anonymous

            Anyone knows about bleed and the effectiveness of sourceri casting.
            In game the scaling >BB< of magic infusion.
            I have 64 int
            Dmg is the same but + the bleeding dmg.

            • Anonymous

              Going to do a NG+ no bonfire run with this weapon, the disc chime, the old iron king’s crown, the repair sorcery, and heal. Wish me luck.

              • Anonymous

                Mediocre as a catalyst compared to Staff of Wisdom (about 25% less damage on spells,) but great as a magic damage straight sword for Int builds. You'd be better off in most scenarios with a dedicated catalyst and melee weapon but if you're tight on equip load or don't use offensive spells too much it's a good compromise.

                • Anonymous

                  Which bonfire do i use an ascetic on in brightstone to get the NPC invader who can potentially drop a blue flame ?.

                  • Anonymous

                    Thinking of doing a Spellsword build with this weapon, but I want to make it effective at melee and spells. Should I keep it un-infused and slap Aromatic Ooze on it, while having about say 53 int (enough Int to use Crystal Soul Spear). Aromatic Ooze can be farmed from the dog-like enemies in The Gutter btw.

                    • Anonymous

                      Actually, I did a bit more testing and it seems like most smaller weapons and a few larger weapons allow you to do a normal straight sword attack right after them. Some spears and the Chariot Lance don't work. It works with any attacks these weapons do.

                      • Anonymous

                        Not sure if anyone else found this, but at least is SoFS if you R1 immediately after stabbing from a roll with the weapon in your other hand your first slash is a regular straight sword slash.

                        • Anonymous

                          This weapon is one of the many reasons why DS2 is my favourite Souls. A great compromise between melee and magic. Looks good and the moveset is fine.

                          • Anonymous

                            Such a shame this weapon didn’t crossover to DS3. Instead we get an ugly tooth pick like weapon dropped by a red phantom with odd hat fetishes.

                            • Anonymous

                              Hmmmmmmmmm Its Called Blue Flame But Its Not A Pyromancy Weapon Like Wtf I Am A Full On Pyro GreatSword Build So This Weapon Is Waaaaaaay Out Of My Leauge Because I Have 5 Int XD

                              • Anonymous

                                I'm just leaving this here for anyone who's planning to use this weapon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xLqw2f1YqQ
                                NOTE: I didn't make the video. If the maker sees this I just want to say you did awesome job with it.

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