Looking to do a dex-faith hybrid build

[soy boy]

I have about 60 hours in this game on a STR build, but that's the only build I have experience in.
Is dex-faith a viable build? any early game tips? starting class? how should i distribute my leveling up (focus more on dex and endurance or faith?)
It's for PVE. I just wanna play through the game without having more trouble than necessary

[sgider]

I would recommend starting as either a cleric or a thief. Put some points in dexterity to use a weapon you like, but besides that you should level faith, endurance and vitality most of the time.
Also, pick a weapon that does not have very good scalings (like the washing pole, it has C in dexterity) and make it divine +10 or occult +5, then have another weapon with good dexterity scaling, put it to +15 and use Sunlight Blade on it. As a thief, at the beginning try to level your faith to 25, then join the sunlight convenant and you will get lightning spear. If you kill the male undead merchant, he drops the uchigatana, which can be a good weapon for your build.

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Its definitely viable, I'm doing one now. Start as a cleric, that way you get the canvas talisman early on. Aim for around 30 faith, that way you can use miracles like sunlight blade and great lightning spear. In terms of weapons there are some that scale with dex and faith, like the crescent axe and Astora's straight sword, but you can use pretty much whatever you like and just buff with sunlight blade or darkmoon blade, I'm not sure how far you plan on levelling but you should be able to get 40 dex. Put the rest of your points into End, Vit and Att however you like. I'm having a lot of fun with this build.

[Zer0cool]

Falchion is pretty standard and can do insane dps when buffed with Sunlight Blade as a Dex/Faith. You can get it early going to Catacombs and killing a handful of skeletons once you get to Firelink. When I play Dex/Faith one of my personal favorite weapons is the Occult Dark Sword, it has a pretty neat0 moveset and has an A scaling in Faith. I advise just getting the minimum requirement for whatever weapon(s) you decide to use, then buff your Faith a bit. 30 Faith is pretty much the softcap, so feel free to put some points in Endurance and Vitality. Painted Guardian Sword is pretty cool too, has a crazy r2 combo but takes time to get used to.
The Darkmoon Bow is impractical but pretty cool, and also an option.

I've found the pyro to be a way better start than any other. Pyro with the Master Key, rush to Blighttown and farm the fat guys for an early Giant Club (don't worry about 1h'ing it, get the 16 or 18 str you need to 2h it). If you push farther in and grab Power Within early, and gnab the Red Tearstone Ring on the way back - you will be very set early on.

I would say get atleast 46 poise so you can trade hits well, especially if you're going to be up close and potentially taking a hit or two. There's many different combinations of gear/miracles you can use as Dex/Faith, you just gotta find your own favorites as you level. GLHF!