Spellsword: Socery VS Faith?

[jumbo shrimp]

I've leveled up two characters to roughly the same point. One Cleric/Pyro (Just got lightning spear) and a Socery/Pyro. I've hit a point in the game where things seem to be getting noticably tougher.
I am trying to find the most survivable "Spellsword" type class for PVE and friendly Co-Op for the rest of my game.


I tried Dark with my Sorcery and didn't like it very much due to the soul consumtion and spreading out of stats. Is Sorcery worth it if not invested into Dark? Sorcery seems to have quite a few hoops to jump through to get the best items (moonsword for example)

On the other hand, Faith spells seem so scarce...

[illu]

Int is kind of bad outside of pvp and early/mid game ng pve

Faith might seem like a bad decision at first but will make a melee character THE best for survivability.

On my faith melee build I use wrath of the gods, sacred oath, sunlight blade, great lightning spear (multiple copies for a lot of casts) great heal, and blinding bolt. This is for pve and pvp. You could also put great magic barrier and emit force in there for some different spells and maybe a heal over time like resplendence

[jumbo shrimp]

That's a bummer about INT. So is the Moonlight Greatsword not a game-changer for sorcerer builds?

I'm near Dear Freja with both builds, so I am wondering if I should go through the whole process of burning a ascetic to get it as a sorcerer.

My cleric has done well surviving throughout most of the game. I'm just bummed at only having 3 lightning spear uses. Which seem surprisingly weak, damage wise.