Do dragon spells scale off faith or arcane?

They don't scale off of your stats, the casting implement does. So yes, if you use the dragon seal all of your spells (aside from some buffs and heals) effectively scale off of Arcane, since your seal scales off of arcane.
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Do dragon spells scale with Arcane?

Dragon incantations scale with Faith and Arcane so not only should they do more damage, status build-up should be faster with a higher Arcane stat. Alright, I did some tests and found that the answer is yes, Arcane does affect the spell status buildup, but only if the tool used scales with Arcane.
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Are dragon spells faith-based in Elden Ring?

These spells primarily require a moderate amount of both Faith and Arcane to wield, except for Bayle's Incantations which instead only have a high Arcane requirement.
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Does faith increase dragon incantation damage?

Leveling up Faith and upgrading you Finger Seal with smithing stones increases the damage of your incantations, you only need to increase Arcane if you are going for a bleed build or to hit the requirements for the Dragon incantations.
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How to buff dragon incantations in Elden Ring?

Boosting Dragon Communion Incantations

Dragon Communion Seal provides a 15% boost in damage for most Dragon Communion Incantations. Roar Medallion boosts damage of breath and roar based Incantations by 10% (5% in PvP), as of Patch 1.09. Dragonmaw, Dragonclaw, Bayle's Tyranny and Bayle's Fire Lightning excluded.
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What enhances dragon incantations?

Dragon Cult Incantations are a category of Incantations characterized by Lightning that scale with Faith. The Gravel Stone Seal boosts the damage of these spells by 15% when held in an active hand (32.25% if one is held in each hand), not including Electrify Armament as it is a Weapon Buff spell.
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How to maximize incantation damage?

Incant Scaling can also be increased by upgrading the sacred seals. Incant Scaling only affects the damage or healing of the incantations cast by the seal, and has no effect on the duration of buffs or other incantations. Incantations which heal over time do not benefit from Incant Scaling.
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What is the best dragon spell in Elden Ring?

Elden Ring: 10 Best Dragon Communion Incantations, Ranked
  • 8 Dragonice. Requirements. ...
  • 7 Rotten Breath. Requirements. ...
  • 6 Smarag's Glintstone Breath. Requirements. ...
  • 5 Borealis's Mist. Requirements. ...
  • 4 Theodorix's Magma. Requirements. ...
  • 3 Agheel's Flame. Requirements. ...
  • 2 Ekzyke's Decay. Requirements. ...
  • 1 Placidusax's Ruin. Requirements. FP Cost.
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What seals scale with arcane?

There are 2 seals that scale with arcane, the blood oath seal and the draconic seal. The blood oath seal also raises damage of bloodflame incantations.
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What stat makes your incantations stronger?

Intelligence: Increases effectiveness of Sorcery spells and similar magics. Faith: Increases effectiveness of Incantation spells and similar magics.
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Does Placidusax's ruin count as Dragon Communion?

Placidusax's Ruin is a spell in Elden Ring. Though it may look similar, it's neither one of the Dragon Cult Incantations nor one of the Dragon Communion Incantations.
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What is the best seal for dragon incantations?

The Dragon Communion Seal has unique scaling and attributes that make it very good for Dragon Communion and Frenzied Flame incantations. Most players will want to look toward other seals, however. The Dragon Communion Seal gives a +15% boost to the special Dragon Communion incantations.
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What is the strongest faith spell in Elden Ring?

Faith affects an Elden Ring player's ability to cast incantations, but also to equip some great weapons, and these are some of the game's best.
  1. 1 Elden Stars.
  2. 2 Death Lightning. ...
  3. 3 Fortissax's Lightning Spear. ...
  4. 4 Erdtree Heal. ...
  5. 5 Flame Of The Fell God. ...
  6. 6 Lansseax's Glaive. A Deadly Diagonal Lightning Slash. ...
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Does arcane scale all bleed?

Arcane will NOT affect bleed buildup if a weapon does not have arcane scaling. An uchigatana or a bandit knife can cause bleed, but they do not scale with arcane natively, so arcane will therefore have zero effect.
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What scales with arcane?

Weapons That Scale With Arcane
  • Albinauric Staff.
  • Bloody Helice.
  • Clinging Bone.
  • Dragon Communion Seal.
  • Eleonora's Poleblade.
  • Marais Executioner's Sword.
  • Mohgwyn's Sacred Spear.
  • Morgott's Cursed Sword.
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Do incantations only scale with faith?

Unless you have a spell tool that has unique scaling, sorceries scale with intelligence, and incantations scale with faith. There are fire sorceries (int), and fire incantations (faith), but unless you use a spell tool that has unique scaling, the general scaling rule applies.
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Do dragon powers scale with arcane?

For example leveling up your arcane stat and improving your dragon communion seal (with somber smithing stones) will increase your incantation scaling which in turn will increase your spell damage.
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Which seal has the highest faith scaling in Elden Ring?

Elden Ring Erdtree Seal Notes & Tips

Has the highest Incant scaling at 80 Faith and max upgrades, but only surpasses the Godslayer's Seal after 69 Faith. This is the ideal sacred seal for casting healing incantations, as they only benefit from faith-based scaling, and the Erdtree Seal has the highest faith scaling.
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Is Levelling arcane worth it?

Arcane is mainly good for increasing bleed buildup, which is a very powerful technique through most of the game. Alternatively, occult scaling adds straight physical damage with arcane scaling. I've played through the entire game with pure arcane and it was great.
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How much faith for dragon spells?

Players need 23 Faith and 15 Arcane to cast it, which is not bad considering other Dragon Communion Incantations stats requirements.
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What is the hardest dragon in Elden Ring?

A secret boss encountered only by diligent players in Crumbling Farum Azula, Dragonlord Placidusax has to be the hardest of Elden Ring's many boss dragon enemies.
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What is the easiest dragon in Elden Ring?

If you've defeated Flying Dragon Agheel, then head to Dragonbarrow in Caelid to meet its close relative, Flying Dragon Greyll . Luckily, with the experience gained from the Agheel fight, this foe will be quite easy for you to deal with. They generally have the same move set, so the fight becomes predictable.
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Does faith affect Incantation damage?

Each point allocated to the Faith stat increases the effectiveness and damage dealt by Incantations cast with weapons that have Faith scaling. A weapon with a Faith scaling grade of S will benefit the most from the Faith Attribute, followed by grades A, B, C, D, and E.
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What stat makes incantations stronger?

The stat you actually need to boost is "Sorcery/Incantation Scaling" found on the equipment you're using to cast the spell. Different equipment scales with different stats.
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Do you need faith for incantations?

While Elden Ring sorceries are almost always dependent on your character's Intelligence stat, all of the game's incantations require Faith, though some will also need Arcane or Intelligence as well.
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