Best blood gems, caryll runes for a strength build?
I'm at level 70, vitality is at 35, endurance 18, strength 45. The rest of the stats are untouched, I am at the one reborn boss fight. I'm completely new to the souls genre so my build might be a bit sloppy but as long as it can take me through the main game I don't mind. But one mechanism that I have been completely ignoring up till now is the use of blood gems and caryll runes. I want to improve my build by going for an appropiate combination of blood gems and caryll runes.
When I look around online many suggests going for the heavy abyssal gem down in the chalice dungeons but I'm thinking that might be a bit tough to get my hands on if I don't use any other runes or gems. So what's my best approach? I'm using the hunter axe if that matters.