Life hunting with the Lifehunt!

[Zephyr]

Hey everyone I had a few questions. I'm looking to use Lifehunt Scythe (because i love the way it looks and its moveset) as my main weapon and i'm not sure what kind of build I wanna use. I was thinking Dex/Str but I wasn't sure if maybe Dex/Faith would be better.

Essentially i'm looking for a build that can do decent in PvP but mainly PvE while using the Lifehunt Scythe but I also wanna be able to use a variety of weapons. Also how is pyromancy in terms of damage compared to sorcery?

Thanks guys

[Shifty Mario]

If you want to use a very wide variety of weapons, go quality build. 28/40 should allow you to use most weapons and nearly all weapon types effectively. At 16/40, preferred stats for lifehunt, you should be able to use a decent variety since it's DEX weapons of 6 weight or lower.

Pyromancy will always do less than sorcery, but it's better in PVP due to the variety of pyromancies. Fireballs for leading opponent, fire surge for chipping, fire storms for massive when opponent's down, and combustions because of its speed and power.

[San Saulma]

I did something similar to this and i went dex faith route. I tend to forget about or not use any spells I have outside of great magic barrier, but it worked good for me got around 45 dex and 40 faith I think. Highly suggest that you use the bloodshield which you can get from the painted world or the bloodbite ring and for bosses like the four kings you should definately have a different weapon as you will just end up bleeding yourself out repeatedly. I used the furysword but i imagine there are alot of other weapons that would work fine for that.

[Zephyr]

Awesome thanks a lot for the help guys and I was also wondering which of those builds dex/faith or quality build dex/str would yield higher damage?

[Gea Force]

Lifehunt increase your bloodloss gauge the same time as the enemy. I'd recomend you to level up your endurance since it will also increase your bloodloss resistance
Bloodloss weapons are not very popular on pvp since almost everybody already knows how to dodge it. If you want some dex weapon similar to that, try a katana a curved greatsword or a halberd..
I don't like pyros pretty much, it is true that they have some interesting spells like "flash sweat" or" power within" (which by the way, do not scale with the flame) but most of them have negative side effects, About the fireballs, they are puwerful, indeed, but their reach is not as good as sorceries (even though they take as much time to charge), and they have quite fewer uses,

[San Saulma]

If you intend to use the lifehunt sycthe primarily and dont forget to use your abilities I would guess faith/dex as the scythe barely scales at all with strength and if your looking for higher dmg you could make the scythe in sens into the lifehunt and 15+ the greatscythe and use sunlight blade or darkmoon blade on it

[Zephyr]

Hey guys how do you think 35/16/40/28/40/*/*/30 would be?

[Shifty Mario]

引用自 Skrumpfella：

Awesome thanks a lot for the help guys and I was also wondering which of those builds dex/faith or quality build dex/str would yield higher damage?

Current meta for PVP is dex/fth due to fth buffs, light dex weapons, and insane scaling for said weapons. An example is the infamous buffed falchion. Around 400 physical with minimum 300 added magic or lightning damage. Can kill most in 4-5 hits.

Quality builds are mainly for versatility. They can use most weapons effectively so they can adapt to most situations.