Elegy makes Blazing Scream an Archfiend Skill in Diablo 4, allowing the attack to benefit from Infernal Homunculus while its Skull Splitter skulls deal the same damage as the main skull. That conversion is the key to the pairing: the sword changes which bonuses apply to your main attack. For players budgeting D4 Gold for equipment upgrades, the skill interaction should guide which items deserve attention first.

What Elegy adds to Blazing Scream

Elegy gives Blazing Scream 30% to 50% increased damage and grants the Skull Splitter Variant at no cost. Its Lesser Demon skulls match the main skull's damage, so the additional projectiles retain the attack's damage value.

The Archfiend classification matters just as much as the extra skulls. Archfiend is a skill category, and effects that specifically improve that category can apply once Elegy converts Blazing Scream. This is why comparing weapons solely by their damage figure misses a defining part of the sword's value.

How Infernal Homunculus completes the interaction

Infernal Homunculus increases Archfiend Skill damage by 80% to 110%. Casting an Archfiend Skill also activates all its Lesser Demon Upgrades at no cost, with 200% longer durations. Elegy supplies the conversion that lets Blazing Scream participate in those effects.

Check the two item powers together before changing your equipment. Elegy supplies Skull Splitter and equal skull damage; Infernal Homunculus supplies the additional Archfiend benefits. Finding the second item alone does not establish the complete interaction described here.

Which version of Elegy should you compare

The Season 15 changes replaced Elegy's earlier 20% to 30% damage effect with the 30% to 50% effect and Archfiend conversion. The update also stopped its skulls from disappearing when they hit a wall. An older description can therefore leave out the very feature that connects the two items.

Start your next upgrade decision by reading Elegy's power, then compare Infernal Homunculus against the equipment you would replace. Record the upgrades your chosen setup needs before deciding to buy Diablo 4 materials, so that any spending follows a specific equipment plan.