Quelaag's furysword really good for dex builds?

[andrewb]

So I am on my first playthrough right now, I'm around level 45 or so, putting basically all my points to dexterity which is probably not the best idea for the first time player but hey...I couldn't have known that x). I read that the furysword is like the best dex weapon in the game so I made it but it's doing less damage than my +10 balder side sword -.- Is it gonna get alot better when I upgrade it to +5 or something? Because right now I really can't see a reason to use it.
I guess this is due to it doing mostly fire damage which is not affected by dexterity? But how is it supposed to be a good dex weapon when it's not affected by it that much o.O I'm confused.

[Ki11s0n3]

I'm not sure, I am going for a Dex build as and people keep telling me to just go with a +15 Uchigatana or the Scythe.

Also I have been putting most of my points in Dex as well but also splitting of into points in Vitality and Edurance and Strength but most in Vitality than the other 3

[kenkuros]

Chaos blade scales with dex.Fury sword with humanity

[chipconstant]

best when upgraded and you are carrying 10 humanity

[fistor]

furysword scales with both dex AND humanity, also really high range, low weight, awesome moveset, can parry in left hand, block 2handed and the R2 is really fast.

[Alias]

here the stats

http://darksouls.wikidot.com/quelaag-s-furysword

http://darksouls.wikidot.com/balder-side-sword

[andrewb]

Thanks for answers, I will just stick with balder side sword for now. Will also try upgrading ricard's rapier to +10 and see if I liked that. Also I just found silver knight's spear which is also supposed to be a very good dex weapon but right now it does like half a damage of the balder sword so I guess I will have to upgrade it to be viable...Oh well, time to farm some leeches I guess.

[Alias]

While browsing weapons in a wiki I found this calculator, it shows the damage of all weapons depending on your stats:
http://mugenmonkey.com/darksouls/weapons

what are your Dext and Strg right now?
With 20 Strg and 34 Dext Quelaag's Furysword is way ahead of Balder Side Sword and Ricards Rapier.

[Kalkara]

Dont focus on damage. Sks is extremely long. Thats its power. Furysword has alot of perks, bss is a solid all rounder.

[I Will Frag You]

A lot of the best weapons seem poor when you're a lower level, since they tend to have lower base stats, but higher scaling.

[andrewb]

Actually, the silver knight spear turned out really good when upgraded to +5. I can kill the giant oysters near the scaleless dragon dude on 4 hits when holding it with both hands and the range is sick! Btw I read that for dex builds it's optimal to go 40-45 dex and put the rest in endurance and vitality. Is the scaling not worth it after 45 dex or is it just that it's necessary to have more defenses and stamina? Right now I'm maybe at level 55 and have 51 dexterity I think. I die real quick to pretty much anything but the damage seems nice to me.

[Maechen]

Lots of bosses are weak to fire also, Sif, o and S etc. Furysword is great for those, especially with 10 humanity.

[SPG]

I have a +4 fury sword and loving it. Demon titanite is a little hard to get though.

[fistor]

getting it to +4 is extremely easy, tho. if u want +5, all u have to do is go to sen´s fortress and trade one dung pie with snuggly, don´t even have to go to izalith ;)

[Alias]

regarding skilling dex: you shouldn't level it over 50 because it does not gove you much damage after that, look here:
http://darksouls.wikidot.com/stats

[bozohontas]

40 DEX for PVP/PVE melee DEX builds
45 DEX for a PVP melee/pyro build to have faster casting, no need for that in PVE imho
anything above 45 DEX is a waste of stat points, i know wiki says 50 but I would never do it...
good DEX weapons @ 16 or lower STR: silver knight spear/sword, great scythe, uchi, iato, chaos blade + queelags (both with 10 humanity!), balder side sword, falchion, painted guardian sword, gold tracer,...