Best Warrior build for STR-END-VIT?

[Black_Lotus]

Can you please give me a detailed guide on which stat to focus on first at and when to switch focus at different levels?

[Black_Lotus]

this for PVE-Only btw

[Luxrath]

I cant give you a guide on what to level first but if you have a weapon you want to use enough strength to wield that is needed and then focusing on defensive stats like END and VIT and VGR is usually helpful. For endgame STR soft caps at 40 and hard caps at 50. 40 is your best bet if you want to keep points put in it lower but some of the crazy weapons require 50 to one hand and it DOES give more damage if not a significant amount, so thats your choice. Endurance soft caps at 20 but still gives a point per level of stamina so can be useful to continue levelling past that. Vitality soft caps at 29, which is alot, epecially with equip load rings, levelling it past that is for people who like the extremely heavy armor, weapons and shields. IDK if you know this but if ure mainly using dodging as your defense getting your agility to at least 100 through adaptability is crucial to make your dodge i-frames more effective. Hope this helped bro.

[PixelsPending]

i made a pvp knight build which went from knight armor-> elite knight armor -> Faraam -> Drakeblood -> loyce armor
U can also go with alonne sets, heide knights set or Footsoldier set C:

For stats i tryd out a tank build, which was quiet awesome. if u want to wield like EVERY Melee Weapon in the game go with 65 str 45 dex, 10 vit, vigor, end, 30 int 30 faith.
Ifu wanna go a "normal" warrior build go with 50 str, 45 dex, 40 vigor, around 15 vit, 25 adaptability, 20 int 20 faith for buffs.

You can mix and try out different builds c: focus onstr and dex first to get them to like 20 then go for vigor vitality and end to get them to liek 10~15 after that get str and dex to 30 and then higher. Have fun c: The Rings u should get r Ring of blades, clutch ring (champions covenant? then get it to rank 3 for the fist ring !) ring of life +2/3 , if u have elemental weapons, get the clutch ring in the dlc's in late game. Or if u want to go tank try to get some resistances and defencesive scaling rings C:

This is my current knight build: (tank!) http://puu.sh/jA9ij/53188b8d65.jpg
If u have like an hour to spare, add me and i can give u alot suggestions on how to lvl up, how to play, where to get things, what u really should aim for and what to think about / learn before going for the playthrough c:

[Black_Lotus]

Thanks for the replies! Which stats should I focus more on early game?

[Luxrath]

Originally posted by Xcyper33:

Thanks for the replies! Which stats should I focus more on early game?

Enough str to use whatever weapon you plan on using. And then vit/end/vgr/adapt. end and vit help offense and defense while VGR and Adapt help defense ALOT. Pick and choose, if ure in pve it doesnt really matter too much.

[Panic Fire]

Originally posted by Luxrath:

I cant give you a guide on what to level first but if you have a weapon you want to use enough strength to wield that is needed and then focusing on defensive stats like END and VIT and VGR is usually helpful. For endgame STR soft caps at 40 and hard caps at 50. 40 is your best bet if you want to keep points put in it lower but some of the crazy weapons require 50 to one hand and it DOES give more damage if not a significant amount, so thats your choice. Endurance soft caps at 20 but still gives a point per level of stamina so can be useful to continue levelling past that. Vitality soft caps at 29, which is alot, epecially with equip load rings, levelling it past that is for people who like the extremely heavy armor, weapons and shields. IDK if you know this but if ure mainly using dodging as your defense getting your agility to at least 100 through adaptability is crucial to make your dodge i-frames more effective. Hope this helped bro.

Unless you want the additional Iframe for backstepping there is no reasong to go for 100 agility. 92 agility is extremely good for most builds and 96 is about the most you will need.

For a standard str build you should focus on getting your adaptability to where you want it to hit a break point. Then level str and endurance up together. Once you 20 endurance focus primarly in str till you hit about 30 or 40. Dump the rest of your points into Vigor and Vitality.

As always for a str build only level dex up to what you need, either enough to wield the chosen weapons or 1.5 for powerstancing.


With a warrior build you can hit end game around level 90's. With 20 vigor, endurance, vitality, and adaptability and 40 str. You can adjust vitality to suit your equipload needs so that can be higher or lower and adaptability can raised or lowered depending on what agility break point you want to go for.

[Luxrath]

Originally posted by Panic Fire:

Originally posted by Luxrath:

I cant give you a guide on what to level first but if you have a weapon you want to use enough strength to wield that is needed and then focusing on defensive stats like END and VIT and VGR is usually helpful. For endgame STR soft caps at 40 and hard caps at 50. 40 is your best bet if you want to keep points put in it lower but some of the crazy weapons require 50 to one hand and it DOES give more damage if not a significant amount, so thats your choice. Endurance soft caps at 20 but still gives a point per level of stamina so can be useful to continue levelling past that. Vitality soft caps at 29, which is alot, epecially with equip load rings, levelling it past that is for people who like the extremely heavy armor, weapons and shields. IDK if you know this but if ure mainly using dodging as your defense getting your agility to at least 100 through adaptability is crucial to make your dodge i-frames more effective. Hope this helped bro.

Unless you want the additional Iframe for backstepping there is no reasong to go for 100 agility. 92 agility is extremely good for most builds and 96 is about the most you will need.

For a standard str build you should focus on getting your adaptability to where you want it to hit a break point. Then level str and endurance up together. Once you 20 endurance focus primarly in str till you hit about 30 or 40. Dump the rest of your points into Vigor and Vitality.

As always for a str build only level dex up to what you need, either enough to wield the chosen weapons or 1.5 for powerstancing.


With a warrior build you can hit end game around level 90's. With 20 vigor, endurance, vitality, and adaptability and 40 str. You can adjust vitality to suit your equipload needs so that can be higher or lower and adaptability can raised or lowered depending on what agility break point you want to go for.

If hes asking, hes not going for anything advanced. 100 makes it the easiest to dodge any boss attack. Im also assuming hes not a souls vet whos friggin min maxing for pve >.>

[Panic Fire]

Originally posted by Luxrath:

Originally posted by Panic Fire:

Unless you want the additional Iframe for backstepping there is no reasong to go for 100 agility. 92 agility is extremely good for most builds and 96 is about the most you will need.

For a standard str build you should focus on getting your adaptability to where you want it to hit a break point. Then level str and endurance up together. Once you 20 endurance focus primarly in str till you hit about 30 or 40. Dump the rest of your points into Vigor and Vitality.

As always for a str build only level dex up to what you need, either enough to wield the chosen weapons or 1.5 for powerstancing.


With a warrior build you can hit end game around level 90's. With 20 vigor, endurance, vitality, and adaptability and 40 str. You can adjust vitality to suit your equipload needs so that can be higher or lower and adaptability can raised or lowered depending on what agility break point you want to go for.

If hes asking, hes not going for anything advanced. 100 makes it the easiest to dodge any boss attack. Im also assuming hes not a souls vet whos friggin min maxing for pve >.>

Theres no differnce from dodging a boss at 100 and dodging a boss at 99 agility. Unless you are backstepping. Considering most players don't dodge via backstep in pve it makes since not to waste the points into adapatbility to get it to 100 instead of 99. and 96 is only 1 iframe lower than 99, which makes its a much cheaper alteranative to your 100 agility. IE 4 levels for one more Iframe, and 5 levels for one iframe and one additional backstep iframe is much better spent else where.

[Luxrath]

Originally posted by Panic Fire:

Originally posted by Luxrath:

If hes asking, hes not going for anything advanced. 100 makes it the easiest to dodge any boss attack. Im also assuming hes not a souls vet whos friggin min maxing for pve >.>

Theres no differnce from dodging a boss at 100 and dodging a boss at 99 agility. Unless you are backstepping.

Yeah you didnt say anything about 99. To be honest if he got used to the timing 92 could work, i forgot it jumps so much in i-frames from base. 99 is the point where it last affects normal dodge before 105 yeah but 1 point for those extra backstep i-frames is worth. Unless he isnt going to backstep at all.

[Luxrath]

oh and i believe it affects item usage time, getting it to 100.

[Panic Fire]

Originally posted by Luxrath:

oh and i believe it affects item usage time, getting it to 100.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njpxb2YZjxE&feature=iv&src_vid=DZ4nqXTH9Zk&annotation_id=annotation_1789687283
You can decide if that seems worth it.

[Luxrath]

Originally posted by Panic Fire:

Originally posted by Luxrath:

oh and i believe it affects item usage time, getting it to 100.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njpxb2YZjxE&feature=iv&src_vid=DZ4nqXTH9Zk&annotation_id=annotation_1789687283
You can decide if that seems worth it.

This is dark souls. A half second is a friggin half second. Anything that gives an advantage should be taken advantage of no matter how small. That bieng said, no i dont believe that would help a beginner much. And as i said before, if he doesnt use backstepping you are probably correct on the 99 or even the 92.

[Thoughtzilla]

Unless you're going to be playing at SM 2 million plus, just get enough stats to swing your weapon properly and dump the rest into END and VIG.