Basically, without really knowing at the time what exactly it entailed, I somewhat committed to a strength/arcane build (mostlly due to choosing the violent past origin while still wanting to do a strength build, I suppose) and I want to know if I can salvage this character, along with if I should switch from the LHB to maybe the Logarius' Wheel?
Posted May 21, 2015, 9:00 PM UTC
Assuming you are going with Strength you are completely fine. The Arcane is nice for using Hunters Tools, even if it doesn't do anything for your actual weapon damage.
You're fine. Just bump up SKL to the same level as STR and forget ARC and you're good to stick to your LHB. Throw the rest into VIT up to 50 max. Maybe a couple of extra points into END too if you feel like you need it.
You can use the Wheel too but don't feel like you have to. You haven't messed up much, especially if this is only for PVE. For PVP it just depends on what level you want to stop at.
So what I'll be looking at is:
VIT: 50 END: 25 STR: 32 SKL: 32 BT: 6 ARC: 16
or something like that? I am trying to do at least a little PvP with this character. I'm only a few bosses away from the end of the main game right now, so I'm not concerned really with my viability in the main game.
Should I be concerned with my viability in the chalice dungeons? if that's the case, I may just forget about PvP for this guy.
Those stats look fine but you might end up too high a level for PVP. You can still try to find some action in areas like in the PVP dungeon but it might not be as active at that range.
Eh, it's not too bad, but your points in arcane are completely useless by the looks of it as Ludwig's doesn't actually scale with arcane unless you make it arcane using gems, and so do all but 3 weapons. Unless you're using the arcane items of course.
That's still easily enough to beat the game with, by a long shot. The vitality and endurance alone should be able to carry you through the latter parts of the game and the strength will give you a bit of scaling. As for your weapon, the weapon that's best for you is almost allways the one you're more comfortable with. You can try out logarius' wheel and see if you enjoy it more, but the Holy Blade is easily a top-tier weapon. You also seem to be using the cannon which can basically destroy anything in the game with Bone Marrow Ash if you ever get truly stuck.
If you're just looking to beat the game, those stats are completely fine. If you want to go in deep into chalice dungeons or PVP, it's not amazing.
Thanks, yeah I'm pretty far into the game rn. Only 4 bosses left, I think. So I should be worried about depths 4-5 chalice dungeons with this build? That's a shame.
I'm not tooooooo much of a noob but I have BL160 character and think the depth 5 stuff is crazy
lol....you still got a long way to meet to the pvp meta...
I say you are fine as far as being able to use base hunter tools goes. If you are going strength the push that to 50. Definitely 50 for a strength build
On my main i ended up with 23 Endurance and was happy at that. I would also push Vitality to 50.
Also what weapon are you using? Stat for your weapon i say and if its the wheel or ludwigs then you should be ok.
The only thing that i would think that is kinda messed up is the points into skill.
But honestly......learn from this build and then perfect another build in a new char!
May the good blood guide your way!
Yeah, I'm using the Ludwigs right now. I'm pretty comfortable with it. I realize that I asked this before I truly messed up, which is why I asked.
Are there any true alternatives besides going full strength that would make this character more viable in PvP? I don't plan on replaying the main game until the expansion comes out, which is why I'm asking.
At your point, not really. Going full strength and soft capping skill is the way to go, don't forget to hit 50 in vitality.
Any questions, just feel free to ask.
cool, thanks for the help. I'll be doing this then.
Yep, if you manage to hit level 84, I'll be glad to help you out in any bosses\chalice