Board Thread:Dark Souls III/@comment-64.138.247.38-20160421180135/@comment-4511886-20160422083137

Depending on your stats, you may want to consider a Sharp infusion instead of Raw. You'll lose some base damage, but it'll still perform better than Raw at around 20-25 DEX or so.

As for Fire, I haven't really found a need for elemental infusions so far. Pine Resins and weapon buffs are usually more than enough to get you through the tougher enemies.

Do remember that Fire Gem infusions don't scale with your stats. If you want your fire weapons to scale, you'll have to infuse them with Chaos Gems, which seem relatively rare.

Also, you can't buff elemental weapons anymore, so you're voiding the use of Charcoal Pine Resins and the Flame Weapon (I can't remember the real name for it) pyromancy, which may end up doing more damage with a Sharp weapon than a Chaos variant would.