Best Talismans For Pyromancers, Ranked

Some people just want to watch the world burn. Sorceries and incantations offer a completely different playstyle to the traditional sword and shield combat found in Elden Ring, giving players the opportunity to attack from range as opposed to getting up close and personal.

Within the spell category, there are plenty of options when it comes to choosing the right spell type or style that suits the player best or is particularly good against the enemy. Fire is a great choice for any playthrough, allowing high area damage and consistent damage output against the majority of the bosses in both the base game and DLC. In any Elden Ring build, it’s important to choose the right talisman, and pyromancers are no exception.

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Marika’s Soreseal

A Price To Pay For Everything

• Raises mind, intelligence, faith, and arcane by 5 each, but increases damage taken by 15%.
• Elphael, Brace of the Haligtree: Found on an altar in a sealed room in the southeast lower levels. Full Guide.
• Base Game

The classic mage-oriented talisman, Marika’s Soreseal effectively provides a 20-level buff, with the small downside of turning the user into a glass canon. There is no shortage of flaming spells that can benefit from this immense stat buff, whether an incantation or sorcery. Having some additional mana and damage on all spell types is a pretty incredible boost.

The downside is barely noticeable when playing as a pyromancer. The player will want to stand far away from the enemies and rain down hellfire from afar, with little to no risk of being damaged or dying.

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Cerulean Seed Talisman +1

Keep The Spells Coming

• Boosts FP restoration from Flask of Cerulean Tears by 30%.
• Obtained by interacting with the Hanging Bell in Finger Ruins of Dheo. Full Guide.
• Shadow of the Erdtree DLC

Spells, unlike regular attacks, are limited to an extent. Their amount is capped by the player’s FP total, which can only be refilled upon using a flask, consumable, or a few other minor sources. Flasks are, of course, the most consistent and effective way, so why not make them a whole 30% stronger with this talisman in the pouch.

It may be tucked a fair way into the DLC, but once picked up, players can use this talisman to reduce the number of flasks required for fights significantly. This frees up the slots for more HP flasks and helping in the longer fights that require a boat load of spells.

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Graven-Mass Talisman

Nightmarish Item With Nightmarish Damage

• Raises damage of all sorceries by 8%.
• Found in a chest atop Albinauric Rise, in the east of the Consecrated Snowfield. Full Guide.
• Base Game

For the sorcerer pyromancers, the Graven-Mass talisman is one of the best buffs to directly sorcery damage and doesn’t require elaborate quests or completing the entire game to acquire either. Picking up a few early-game fire spells can help the player defeat plenty of enemies, but this talisman amps up the damage by a fair amount, allowing those same spells to carry into the later stages.

The best part is that it doesn’t clash with the Graven-School talisman, which is found far earlier in Raya-Lucaria. On top of that, it provides an additive buff, making the total amplification 12%. It’s a no-brainer combo for any fire lovers.

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Flock’s Canvas Talisman

Better To Be A Monk Than A Mage

• Greatly raises the potency of incantations by 8%.
• Drops from Gowry after killing him, only if he is crying about Millicent’s death. Full Guide.
• Base Game

For the incantation fire spells, of which there are plenty, there is a perfect talisman that provides a substantial buff without any drawbacks. Faith is the go-to stat for any aspiring monk, so players can happily stat into faith a bit lighter at first for some additional FP, and make up for the damage with this simple buff.

It does take a bit of finding and adventuring to the ends of the earth, but it is a great choice for DLC playthroughs or New Game+ runs. Players can collect it a few bosses prior to the ending, giving a boost to some of the hardest fights in the game.

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Primal Glintstone Blade

Fire-Sale In The Most Literal Sense

• Reduces spell FP costs by 25% but reduces maximum HP by 15%.
• Stargazer’s Ruins in Mountaintops of the Giants. Full Guide.
• Base Game.

If damage isn’t the issue, and it’s the ammo count that’s troubling the player, then spamming incantations with 25% reduced costs sounds absolutely perfect. Similar to the soreseal and scarseal talismans, the downside to this one is a lack of survivability, which is mostly alleviated by the traditional pyromancer strategy.

The best part is that by reducing the cost of spells, players can keep the fire coming for longer, reducing both the number of times they need to flask and the number of FP flasks that are needed in the first place.

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Beloved Stardust

Machine Guns Attached To A Porcelain Caster

• Shortens casting speed for sorcery and incantations by the utmost, but increases damage taken (-30% damage absorption).
• Given by Count Ymir after completing the first part of his quest line. Full Guide.
• Shadow of the Erdtree DLC

If there wasn’t enough fire in the world, then go ahead and bring more into it. Beloved Stardust is effectively a quick reload option for all spell types. Whether the player is attempting to lay down a field of magma or launch fireballs from above, each one can be done in rapid succession, upping the DPS and extending the duration of flames.

The great part is the ability to stagger enemies repeatedly. Hit after hit, stagger after stagger, due to the constant barrage of spells heading towards the enemies. There is no downtime, no letting up, and no chance the bosses can make it out unburnt.

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Fire Scorpion Charm

Let It Burn, Burn, Burn

• Increases fire damage by 12%, but increases physical damage taken by 10%.
• Found up the ramparts on a wooden platform to the west in Fort Laiedd within Mt. Gelmir. Full Guide.
• Base game

Ignite the flames and tear through any boss in the game with this charm, which massively boosts any fire-related damage and turns the player into a flaming demon from hell. Much like many of the other talismans affecting spells, damage taken is increased, but once again the benefit more than makes up for that.

Hidden fittingly near the Volcano Manor, it doesn’t take long to pick up in a playthrough. With a 12% amp to all fire damage, pyromancer builds go completely nuclear and hit new flaming heights nearly unmatched by other talismans.

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Talisman Of The Dread

Rekindle The Flame

• Raises the potency of magma by 15%.
• Can be found on a corpse inside Elder’s Hove. Full Guide.
• Shadow of the Erdtree DLC

Depicting Bayle himself, dishing out magma-based damage with this talisman becomes virtually unstoppable. Breath attacks that litter the ground with a flaming sea or launch magma into the skies from afar, deal so much damage to bosses and regular enemies that players will be wondering why they ever used another weapon.

To the east of the Lands of Shadow, this talisman lies waiting and gives the most substantial buff to fire-related spells that any player could ever want. And because it’s sitting on a talisman slot, it gives this incredible buff without harming the build or playstyle at all. The best of both worlds