Board Thread:Dark Souls III/@comment-64.138.247.38-20160421180135/@comment-4511886-20160423064850

I noticed that as well, when I was fighting off some slimes. You can't two-hand the Flame, which means you can't access the L2/Skill. While it is sad that you can't use combustion with a shield, without getting an awkward setup going,  the punch is a hell of a lot stronger than in the previous games, hitting upwards of 200 damage with a +2 Flame against Slimes is pretty damn good compared to the 20 or so you'd score in the other games.