Uchigatana build advice please

[Alxndr]

I want to play a uchigatana build but I'm unsure what attribute points are important. So the weapon itself scales from str and dex but since I started as a samuri with more points in dex, I guess I'll pump up my dex and leave str on default 12 points.

Then the weapon has a bleed passive effect on it but I don't know what this scales off.

Lastly I want to use bloodflame because I heard it stacks well with weapons that already have bleed on them.

So my question is, what attributes do I level up to make the most of this combo? dex and faith? dex and arcane? dex, faith and arcane?

I don't want to spread my points too thin though, please advise me. Thanks.

[DarkFenix]

If you're going for bleed and bloodflame, you're going to need faith and arcane regardless.

But depending on what infusion you use on your weapon, you could go for more or less anything else. You could heavy infuse for strength, keen for dex, occult for more arcane emphasis...

[Born To Noot]

It has better scaling on dex than strength, so put points on dex. However, at one point you will get diminishing returns by putting more and more points on dex.

Anything that inflicts bleed scales of arcane. It doesn't do more damage but the build up is faster.
Putting the bleed infusion and some points in arcane can get you a pretty high build up.

I would suggest to put the minimum in strength and faith to use the uchi and the bloodflame incantation, then more points on dex for raw damage and arcane for bleed build up.

You can still respec if you mess up.
And your build will be tanked by anything that is immune to bleed

[Heater]

If you're gonna use bloodflame then level faith just enough and then push dex to softcaps and make ugi keen. Although first I'd focus on vigor and to a lesser extent endurance. Also consider dual-weilding katanas.

[Angel]

full dex build minimum stats to use bloodflame or any other spells you want

[BenzoSt]

Apply Keen infusion to Uchigatana with whetstone blade
Vigor: +++ as high as 40
Faith: 12 and Arcane: 10 - to cast Bloodflame Blade once you find it
Vigor: 40!!!!!
Dex: +++++ to a maximum of 80 to capitalize on Keen infusion
Aside from that, boost Endurance if you want heavier armor and get your Vigor to between 52-60 eventually.
If Bloodflame Blade-enhanced melee with a side of Longbow is fun, this plan will work pretty well.