Best enchantment to infuse for pure strength builds?

[max]

Including crossbows. Also are str/faith builds still viable after the nerf or should i just go with a pure str build

[Tequila Sunset]

With my strenght build on the ps3 I just went raw or lightning. Raw=raw power

[Drake Ravenwolf]

Fire infused crossbow = exploding barrels with any ammo :)

[Jimbos]

STR/FTH is plenty viable. You just can't rely on offensive miracles that much. STR/FTH build rely on various buffs that revolve around survivability, like heal over times, and status removal/resist. Most people just put on sacred oath, great heal, and 2 attunes of sunlight blade in end game for most FTH builds. Some people if they have the room throw on WotG or Force, since they are very useful in a variety of situations, and WotG still seems to be VERY powerful.

Best infuse for pure STR is no infuse. The only reason you'd infuse raw is if you just barely met the stat reqs to hold the weapon, or the weapon has poor scaling, such as a great axe, or bandit great axe. Once your STR hits 40, as long as your weapon has good STR scaling, infusing it will only harm it, generally speaking. Boss weapons can be an exception in alot of cases.

Raw is good for a crossbow infuse, as it just adds more physical damage. If you plan on using alot of elemental bolts though, you might look towards infusing it with the proper elemental type. Such as a lightning crossbow, with lightning bolts for max lightning damage.

[CuNaMo]

I run Dex/Fth, which is probably more challenging than Str/Fth in many ways (I can't use a lot of the more powerful weapons).

I don't even meet the requirement for Blinding Bolt (I used the Skeptic's Spice) and it does an easy 400-700 damage per hit. Anytime an opponent tries to put some distance between us, I use it.
WotG is an excellent bait/trap miracle. After a backstab/riposte/guard break, hit the WotG right as they stand up, and they rarely dodge it. It rarely does less than 900 damage!
Sunlight Spear can be used in much the same way. I also used Sunlight Spear to punish magic users, since very few are buffed against lightning, it usually does 700 - 1000 damage. Perfect for Dark Fog and Scraps of Life: as soon as they cast, just fire away.
Force is actually extremely useful. Hitting an unguarded opponent with force guarantees two hits. Smart shield users that roll away from guard breaks can still be broken with Force spam. And of course, it is one of the best defenses against no damage/infinite health hackers (Force them off a ledge).
Finally, Great Magic Barrier, Great Heal, and Sunlight Blade are always a must!

I roll with six attunement slots, two of which come from the Soouthern Band.

I do really well in PVP, and I would definitely not consider myself an elite competitor. I usually only lose to laggers, over-leveled players, and the truly elite. ;D

[CloudSeeker]

For Pure STR you don't infuse, and DON'T infuse Raw because that will ruin the scaling. If you got a STR/FTH build its best to infuse with lightning as it scales with FTH as well.

[Tequila Sunset]

Originally posted by CloudSeeker:

For Pure STR you don't infuse, and DON'T infuse Raw because that will ruin the scaling. If you got a STR/FTH build its best to infuse with lightning as it scales with FTH as well.

Yee what he said. I'm not as smart as most when it comes to knowledge about weapon damage and scaling so listen to them.

[TrueArchery]

Originally posted by Jolly:

Originally posted by CloudSeeker:

For Pure STR you don't infuse, and DON'T infuse Raw because that will ruin the scaling. If you got a STR/FTH build its best to infuse with lightning as it scales with FTH as well.

Yee what he said. I'm not as smart as most when it comes to knowledge about weapon damage and scaling so listen to them.

The scaling isn't even the important thing about fth/str. pump your str until you're able to onehand your favourite weapon. infuse it with lighning and cast sunlightblade on it. see the lighning damage exploding and enjoy. fth only for spells and max spell durations.