Best upgrade path for Strength/Dex?

[beees?]

I'm using the Zweihander, and am currently putting most of my level-up's into Strength, but am also using VIT, DEX, and END for my secondary repositories for souls. I'm wondering what the community, typically the best source for this sort of information, has to say about the best upgrade path for the Zweihander.

Also, please don't say something stupid just to say something stupid. Please bring something to the table if you will say something stupid.

[SuperSam]

Kinda depends on the weapon.
Zwei has C scaling in dex.
if you have a lot of str/dex - regular upgrade path is for you.
Crystal is better in scaling, but weapon will break soon.

[swiggity]

normal +15 because no split damage
but only if you're on a quality build (around 40 dex and around 40 strength)

[beees?]

Thanks, that seems helpful. I won't waste my special coloured titanite on my Zwei, then. Maybe I'll use those on a different weapon. Maybe a great club.

[Dura]

The normal upgrade path is "the best" if you lvl up str and dex up. But if you stay under 30 str and dex you should use an elemental path.

[beees?]

I'm looking to be very high (40's - 50's) in strength when I am at soul levels 50-60, so I'm going to assume that I should stick with the normal one. Again, this was quite helpful.

[Shadowdrake]

A good build for strength (idk about dex :3) is: 30 Vit. 40 End. 50 Str. 18 Dex.
You should upgrade strength first, then endurace, and then vitality, and then dexterity.
Weapons/shields (depending on whether or not you want to roll :P):
LH1: Havel's Greatshield/Silver knight shield +5
LH2: Raw Black Bow of Pharis +5
RH1: Large Club +15/ Demon's Great Hammer +15
RH2: Black Knight Greataxe +5
I hope if you try this build you will like it :D

[76561198006416723]

https://mugenmonkey.com/darksouls/ this may come in handy, it also allows you to select the upgrade path for the weapon, so you can see how it would perform combined with your char stats, etc

[beees?]

LH1: Havel's Greatshield/Silver knight shield +5
LH2: Raw Black Bow of Pharis +5
RH1: Large Club +15/ Demon's Great Hammer +15
RH2: Black Knight Greataxe +5
I hope if you try this build you will like it :D

I beat Havel the Rock yesterday. I got his nifty ring.
I've defeated the Butterfly at Darkroot Gardens.
I was also thoroughly pissed off at those ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Basilisks. I mean, why the hell should they have such an OP attack? Curse is a ♥♥♥♥♥, and I have nothing to resist it.
That about sums up how far I've gotten in my playthrough, and I have literally none of those things except the Great Hammer, which I cannot use without a -109 damage penalty from strength. I've rung the Undead Parish bell but not the second one. Also, I'm going to fight the Grey Wolf and Mushroom People, because I feel the need to look at those nifty mushroom guys. They just look funny. I have gone off on a tangent, but the point is that I am early-game and cannot access any of that stuff.

[Kurf]

Originally posted by -tts- Cartré the Almighty:

LH1: Havel's Greatshield/Silver knight shield +5
LH2: Raw Black Bow of Pharis +5
RH1: Large Club +15/ Demon's Great Hammer +15
RH2: Black Knight Greataxe +5
I hope if you try this build you will like it :D

I was also thoroughly pissed off at those ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Basilisks. I mean, why the hell should they have such an OP attack?

I've yet to be hit by the Basilisk's attacks. I mean, your timing has to be severely off if they hit you before you hit them.

[beees?]

Originally posted by Potootok:

I've yet to be hit by the Basilisk's attacks. I mean, your timing has to be severely off if they hit you before you hit them.

Well, the thing is that I got cornered, and I have nothing that boosts my curse resist. I could've leveled up with the 2000 souls I got from just the Basilisks as well as the 6000 that I spent on the Purge Stone. It's just annoying.
Also, fun fact, if you drop a Cracked Red Eye Orb (only 1) into that bird's nest at the Undead Asylum (not the one where you "Curl up like a ball" but the one that says "Give me warm, give me soft") you can get 2 Purging Stones. It's too bad that you can only do that trade once in a playthrough. That's really saving on Purging Stones. If you were to spend 3000 souls on a Cracked Red Eye Orb, you can save 9000 souls. It's nice. I won't be cursed again, or at the very least, I won't be cursed for more than 3 minutes.

[Kurf]

Originally posted by -tts- Cartré the Almighty:

Originally posted by Potootok:

I've yet to be hit by the Basilisk's attacks. I mean, your timing has to be severely off if they hit you before you hit them.

Well, the thing is that I got cornered, and I have nothing that boosts my curse resist. I could've leveled up with the 2000 souls I got from just the Basilisks as well as the 6000 that I spent on the Purge Stone. It's just annoying.
Also, fun fact, if you drop a Cracked Red Eye Orb (only 1) into that bird's nest at the Undead Asylum (not the one where you "Curl up like a ball" but the one that says "Give me warm, give me soft") you can get 2 Purging Stones. It's too bad that you can only do that trade once in a playthrough. That's really saving on Purging Stones. If you were to spend 3000 souls on a Cracked Red Eye Orb, you can save 9000 souls. It's nice. I won't be cursed again, or at the very least, I won't be cursed for more than 3 minutes.

Or you could try this new fancy thing called rolling