Has anyone else realized you can backstep while blocking? Not only is there iframes in backstepping, but you can also block while backstepping for almost 100% defense. I don't use a shield that often, but it seems WAAAAAAY more viable in DS2 than it was in DS1, PvP or otherwise.
I've also found some really interesting combos with a lot of different weapons and spells. There's so much variety in this game, jesus fucking christ!
this games not friendly to dex builds.
What do you mean? I have 2 Dex builds and they both do very well in PvP and PvE. Claymore, Halberds, Shotel, Katanas, and many other weapons are fucking ridic. I haven't even made a Str build yet because there seems to be a lot more and better options for Dex.
I've been spreading my stats out throughout all fields going for well rounded as opposed to being a specialist in any particular area and that seems to be working really well for me. I haven't run into many hard troubles this way.
I also find helping out other people via summons has leveled me up much, much faster too. The fact that it allows you to acquire a lot of souls and if you die, you don't lose them while being in another person's world and you get to help people, plus it sometimes restores your humanity if you succeed so you save human effigies is a win all around.
The problem with evenly distributing stats is if you're going for the PvP cap, 150, your character won't be optimized. If you're not level capping, than stat splurging should be okay. Side note, if you are evenly distributing ALL stats, try out the mundane upgrade. It scales with your lowest stat, so if you're not level capping AND evenly and equally distributing stats, you're gonna have a beast of a weapon scaling.
Also, keep in mind, that if you help a lot of people with bosses at a certain level, eventually your soul memory will be too high, and you'll hardly get summoned anymore for that boss. I'd advise that once the summoning slows down, to go level up and move on to a new boss.
