Knight build

[Drew]

I know in DS 1 if u fudge up your build you are screwed. Is it right to just dump souls into edurance, strength and vitality? Also with gear which stat is good to keep in mind?

[Groen90]

VIT & END are always good, STR too if you plan on using strength weapons.

[TrueArchery]

isn't a "knight" more a straight sword (maybe greatsword) guy with a shield?

I'd make a quality build and use the Longsword or Sunlight Straight Sword. For the shield I'd go with anything with 100% phys block and realistic look. Maybe the Tower Kite Shield. Or Crest Shield. Or Dragoncrest Shield. Up to you.

[Bones]

If you're worried about being optimal in your leveling warrior or bandit is better than knight for strength or quality based characters.

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For the first couple play throughs, dumping into vit end and str and using the BKS and the Grass Crest Shield is pretty effective.

[TrueArchery]

Originally posted by guitarryan95:

For the first couple play throughs, dumping into vit end and str and using the BKS and the Grass Crest Shield is pretty effective.

BKS = Black Knight Sword @ OP
Using abbreviations isn't that helpful for a new player ^^

Any Black Knight weapon is good tho. The Sword. The Halberd. The Greatsword.
They're STR weapons, but require having 18 DEX for using them properly.

[Fashionbeast]

The term "build" really is more important for PvP.
(But dead points in stats can be annoying.)

If you don't understand how the Stats work (and you don't want to check a wiki):

It is maybe useful to think what you want to focus on

Vitality: Hitpoints --> much health, much good, disminishing returns at 30, 40 softcap 50
Endurance: Stamina, Equip load, Bleed reistannce ---> Most important stat in the game, softcaps at 40
Those both are no-brainers.

Then you pick one of those damage stats you want to focus on: STR, DEX, FTH, INT

You can raise a seondary stats.

Typical examples are the 40STR/40DEX or 40DEX/40INT builds. Or you can dip into stats for goodies and equip requirements. A example would be 16STR for DEx chars to grab some better shield and bigger weapons(which still scale with dexterity)