Is leveling attack even worth it?

[Jakdhunter]

I am playing my first run of the game, and in most souls game I like putting as much points into atk as possible. I have found to get around 40 levels into atk and it feels as my points mean nothing. Is this just cope or is atk just not worth power leveling in this game. Want to know before I use a shark egg.

[denisbonde5]

atk goes up by about 5% per level.
ultimately decide for youreself, i personaly maxed out atk and felt it made combat go by alot faster wich can also be bad because of how umami gain works.

(small spoiler) if you know about upgrading the fork, that seems to increase atk by 5 on its own.

[Ocelfa]

I put 10 in health and 40 into atk my first playthruoug. It was easy. I am playing thu for the second time and MSG build is much more fun.

[Graf Vigah]

yeah i have atm 55 and feel like nothing changes and enemys still need a lot of hits

[Dura]

Absolutely, in my case. Went all in glass cannon. ATK with the best sharktooth and lugnut I could find. Heavy attacks one shot just about anything that ins't a boss, and bosses went down fast (provided I avoided getting touched)

Levels seem to be linear so early points are always going to be relatively more significant but you can eventually hit like a truck if you build for it. Especially if you're playing around parries and taking advantage of extra damage after blocking.

[Lexomatico]

not that there are any other choices, you either go full attack or msg depending on what you like. the other 2 stats are utterly useless. i put 10 points in res at one point to equip the +10atk stow but at the end it didn't matter. never even considered leveling vit since the game was so easy kek

[Ginrikuzuma]

Originally posted by Lexomatico:

not that there are any other choices, you either go full attack or msg depending on what you like. the other 2 stats are utterly useless. i put 10 points in res at one point to equip the +10atk stow but at the end it didn't matter. never even considered leveling vit since the game was so easy kek

res makes your hammer more durable

i have 15 res (could have done with just 10 i think) and the dark souls helmet as a hammer simply never breaks lol

I had about 10 on vit so i could equip the light fish in the abyss since i didn't want to keep spamming the lightbulb ability down there though I now wish I could refund those points as its only for one section.

the rest was in atk.

[PersonalC0ffee]

I have literally only been leveling RES, ATK, and VIT.

[Lexomatico]

Originally posted by Ginrikuzuma:

Originally posted by Lexomatico:

not that there are any other choices, you either go full attack or msg depending on what you like. the other 2 stats are utterly useless. i put 10 points in res at one point to equip the +10atk stow but at the end it didn't matter. never even considered leveling vit since the game was so easy kek

res makes your hammer more durable

i have 15 res (could have done with just 10 i think) and the dark souls helmet as a hammer simply never breaks lol

I had about 10 on vit so i could equip the light fish in the abyss since i didn't want to keep spamming the lightbulb ability down there though I now wish I could refund those points as its only for one section.

the rest was in atk.

Oh that's some good points, i somehow didn't think shell health from res would make hammer more durable so i just put it in msg for no reason. Btw you can refund the points for a shark egg in the levelupscreen. It's the little recycling symbol.

[Korintheblack]

I had 15 in all stats and was just absolutely wrecking bosses with the bobbit worm and hook lunge abilities at endgame.

[Star Rain]

Im playing NO SKILLZ TREES because i hate putting points into the wrong stat.

[PersonalC0ffee]

Originally posted by Korintheblack:

I had 15 in all stats and was just absolutely wrecking bosses with the bobbit worm and hook lunge abilities at endgame.

Is the bobbit worm, really that good?

[Korintheblack]

Originally posted by PersonalC0ffee:

Originally posted by Korintheblack:

I had 15 in all stats and was just absolutely wrecking bosses with the bobbit worm and hook lunge abilities at endgame.

Is the bobbit worm, really that good?

At level 3 it stuns for a good 3 seconds, does respectable damage even with low MSG, and increases damage from all sources including itself.

It's ridiculously good.