Dexterity, what is the point?

[Roy]

Was it forgotten somewhere in development? I wanted to do a pure dex build but I haven't found a good dexterity weapon since Pilgrim's perch (short sword with holy damage and bleed) and that was 20h of gameplay ago.

Only found like two fist weapons and a flail and that's it (aside from starting gear which only have C- scaling at best). Everything else requires strength, radiance, inferno or a mix of all of those (and I have 12 strength from my starting class which should be more than enough for any dex focused weapon). Good high dex requirement with good dex scaling weapons don't seem to exist in this game which is sad.

Every 10m you find a giant axe, a giant sword or a giant hammer or a radiance/inferno weapon. Where is the love for the assassins/swash bucklers? 6 remembrances in and not one of them had a dex weapon to offer.

The best dexterity weapons are the thrown weapons (which are great to be fair) so far which is weird.

[Lesmir]

best weapon in the game ( the crossbow from a boss ) is dex... lots of good dex sword with bleed and poison too , 2 you can get withing less than 20 minute into the game

check the wiki cause there is seriously lots of dex weapon all around the game

[HekiReki]

Funny, I felt the exact opposite on my first playthrough (strength) found nothing but Dex. Guess we went different paths. There's a lot of good dex weapons though, you've probably missed a lot.

[Necro Grimm]

I'm running a dex build and found the same problem near the beginning of the game. My recommendation is farm the regular reapers for their short swords. They scale with dex and if you get the set, they have frostbite and wither damage on them. They carried me until I was able to get putrid childs blade and had my friend drop another for me at which I respec'd.

[Baron01]

Agility has so many great weapons, maybe less just Agility but definitely as a main scaling stat. You should check what good options there are for STR & RAD paladin that wants to play sword and board. I will save you looking for the info, 1 sub-optimal longsword. :(

[Bryan]

Originally posted by Roy:

Was it forgotten somewhere in development? I wanted to do a pure dex build but I haven't found a good dexterity weapon since Pilgrim's perch (short sword with holy damage and bleed) and that was 20h of gameplay ago.

Only found like two fist weapons and a flail and that's it (aside from starting gear which only have C- scaling at best). Everything else requires strength, radiance, inferno or a mix of all of those (and I have 12 strength from my starting class which should be more than enough for any dex focused weapon). Good high dex requirement with good dex scaling weapons don't seem to exist in this game which is sad.

Every 10m you find a giant axe, a giant sword or a giant hammer or a radiance/inferno weapon. Where is the love for the assassins/swash bucklers? 6 remembrances in and not one of them had a dex weapon to offer.

The best dexterity weapons are the thrown weapons (which are great to be fair) so far which is weird.

what is weird is that you rather post here than just going on Fextralife and seeing the countless dex weapons you missed

[KoD]

Originally posted by Bryan:

what is weird is that you rather post here than just going on Fextralife and seeing the countless dex weapons you missed

Easier to whine to strangers than to put a bit of effort. Were you expecting anything different?

[Pillagius]

Well... You can buy a nice spear for early game that is Dex-focused.
Kukajin Sword you get by destroying petrified lady in the Fen is pretty good too (especially with poison weapon buff and Bloodbane Ring).
Way later or with Radiant Purifier starting class the polearm is pretty good.
I think there was Fitsroy Greatsword that had good Dex scaling too, you find in Fitsroy Gorge.

[Roy]

Originally posted by Bryan:

Originally posted by Roy:

Was it forgotten somewhere in development? I wanted to do a pure dex build but I haven't found a good dexterity weapon since Pilgrim's perch (short sword with holy damage and bleed) and that was 20h of gameplay ago.

Only found like two fist weapons and a flail and that's it (aside from starting gear which only have C- scaling at best). Everything else requires strength, radiance, inferno or a mix of all of those (and I have 12 strength from my starting class which should be more than enough for any dex focused weapon). Good high dex requirement with good dex scaling weapons don't seem to exist in this game which is sad.

Every 10m you find a giant axe, a giant sword or a giant hammer or a radiance/inferno weapon. Where is the love for the assassins/swash bucklers? 6 remembrances in and not one of them had a dex weapon to offer.

The best dexterity weapons are the thrown weapons (which are great to be fair) so far which is weird.

what is weird is that you rather post here than just going on Fextralife and seeing the countless dex weapons you missed

Or, and hear me out that might shock you, I find the plethora of pure strength weapons discomforting compared to the relative lack of pure dex weapons and I actually enjoy playing the game myself rather than having to read a guide for every second of gameplay? "Just look the wiki" shouldn't be the defacto anwser to any game you know, that we got to that point just emphasize how souls games are completely ♥♥♥♥ at explaining their mecanics or being clear whatsoever (I've stopped caring about their stories when you need to read 5 wiki pages to make sure you don't screw any of the very obscure """""quests""""" if you want the good ending).

And I'm still talking about pure dex weapons, most of the options that were talked here I have and they require inferno, radiance or both, so nothing "pure". There are very few pure dex options while there is a massive amount of strength weapons everywhere. It doesn't prevent me from enjoying the game or progressing, it just means i'll probably be stuck with the same weapon for the rest of the game which kinda sucks unless I respec whiche again circle back to my point of the game lacking variety in pure dex weapons.

To hammer my point, I think the higher dex requirement I have on a weapon is 20 and it also requires 20 strength. While I have multiple weapons that require 30+ strength. There is just a shortage of pure dex weapons compared to anything else.

[Clientofwar]

Originally posted by Roy:

Was it forgotten somewhere in development? I wanted to do a pure dex build but I haven't found a good dexterity weapon since Pilgrim's perch (short sword with holy damage and bleed) and that was 20h of gameplay ago.

Only found like two fist weapons and a flail and that's it (aside from starting gear which only have C- scaling at best). Everything else requires strength, radiance, inferno or a mix of all of those (and I have 12 strength from my starting class which should be more than enough for any dex focused weapon). Good high dex requirement with good dex scaling weapons don't seem to exist in this game which is sad.

Every 10m you find a giant axe, a giant sword or a giant hammer or a radiance/inferno weapon. Where is the love for the assassins/swash bucklers? 6 remembrances in and not one of them had a dex weapon to offer.

The best dexterity weapons are the thrown weapons (which are great to be fair) so far which is weird.

https://thelordsofthefallen.wiki.fextralife.com/Left-hand+Bringer+of+Stillness+Sword

Here. I did 5 minutes of research for you. Grab two of these and your set for the rest of the game. Run pure Agility with points in END and VIT obviously. Scales to an A-, does Frost damage.

Your friend Google wonders why you didn't use him.

[one-room survival]

Dex has some insane build potential and I'll likely be swapping to a dex build I coined once I feel up for it. I'm currently running str/rad which says a thing or two about how good dex can be if I'm 100% swappin at some point.

[pRaX]

Same point as with STR lol
Literally no difference. Lot's of DEX weapons in the game too.

[Skenjin]

Originally posted by Lesmir:

best weapon in the game ( the crossbow from a boss ) is dex... lots of good dex sword with bleed and poison too , 2 you can get withing less than 20 minute into the game

check the wiki cause there is seriously lots of dex weapon all around the game

People keep saying thats the best crossbow, but I found against most enemies at least one shot would miss. I much prefer the one from the mines that has almost no reload animation. Allows for much more mobility and less wasted shots.