As a player who allways tryes to max my build, Im allways looking for best combinations.
So far I have done 4 builds and with each of them I got to final game area. I consider dashing inferior to parry, so DIV is my dump stat, maybe Im wrong. I know that some of you guys are much better player then me and you are able to play with 0 in health, but Im not, so all my builds have 20 points in health
1. STR/PLI build/Jaw axe 20HEA/15 PLI/STR all other points
- my first build, I was using boulder set for 25%dmg negation, but I didnt find it necessary after I learned movesets, so Im going to swith it. Here are options that I consider.
Reef bloom set - this looks like the best armor set in the game for parry play style and I allready use it on DEX/PLI and PLI builds. Good set bonus and no wasted stats
Lahavist Nomad Set - bigger window to parry does not seem neccesary and armor has wasted stat points in DEX or STR depending on build. It seems to be outclassed by the set above. The saving grace could be taking the trait that reduces parry window and adds dmg, but I havent tested it.
Pitcher guard set - seems like interesting option, again it has wasted points in DEX and seem like its more suited for quality build.
Any other armor sets to consider?
Overall this build seems inferior to DEX/PLI build and Im saying this as a primary Unga bunga player from all Soulsgames. CONs - charging time on all str weapon special is much longer then on DEX weapons and there is no ranged weapon that scales with STR, so you dont have a strong backup weapon like on dex builds.
2. PLI build/Barbed sword, Reef bloom set 20HEA/15 DIV/PLI all other points - very strong overal, but weapon has a bad special and weapon dmg output is low and you will feel it on bosses which dont give you too many parry oportunities. It seems worse then my number 3. build. Im considering removing my point from DIV and putting them all to PLI, bcs weapon dmg is low anyway. Lahavist armor could also be interesting, for the same reasons stated above.
3. DEX/PLI build/Knife hand / Reef bloom set. 20HEA/15 PLI/DEX all other points. This seems to be best overall, so far - fast charging special, strong parry, good dmg output, good DEX scaling ranged options for backup.
4. Combustion build/ Bladeroot great sword/ Penpiercer set- 20HEA/10 PLI/all other points to STR or DEX which ever gives more dmg. Suprisingly strong after getting the armor set. Problem is that combustion stacks decay is too fast and Im not able to apply it on certain bosses. Now its inferior to builds 2. and 3. and the decay should be slower to compete with those.
Whats the strongest build you found so far?