PvP Builds that have been created by Dark Souls 3 players, designed for Player vs. Player combat. Feel free to share and add yours to help other people, or to simply show off your awesome creativity! You can add your build to the table below as well as make your own Wiki page for it. There is a seperate page for PvE builds.
The current soul level meta for PvP is up for debate, but popular opinion and aggregate data () show that the majority of players generally accept a meta that begins at soul level 120 and ends around soul level 150, though tournaments and organized events may have their own more concrete limits. Optimal PvP matchmaking therefore would be anywhere between soul levels 120 through 150, with soul levels 130 through 140 being the most optimal.
Currently, the most popular location for "Fight Clubs" is in Anor Londo; on the balcony directly after the Pontiff Sulyvahn bossfight. There are a few other community-favourite areas for fight clubs as well, one of which being the first High Wall of Lothic bonfire (although this area is mostly for players either in or ready for NG+), and another being the Kiln of the First Flame bonfire. These areas are at risk for containing "gank squads" though (groups of players waiting to kill would-be PvPers), so the Hollow Arena is a safer choice if you wish to avoid them.
Disclaimer: Builds listed here aren't necessarily well-made nor always created by their claimants. Anyone can post builds of varying effectiveness fitting various playstyles. Use your brain when browsing and don't expect these builds to be min-maxed or optimized, for general usage or your own playstyle. Also please note, the current meta and location for fightclubs are subject to change with the dynamic of the community.
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PvP Builds
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| Build Name | Soul Level | Starting Class | Burial Gift | Preferred Primary and Secondary Weapons | Brief Description | |
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| 120 | Knight | Any | Refined Exile's Greatsword +10 | Heavy STR Build. Will be way better when Poise is turned on... If Poise gets turned on. | ||
| Mad King | 21 | Deprived | None | Low Level Invation Build |
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| Vessel of Blackflame | 1 2 5 | Deprived | None | & |
Solomon Pendragon Strength | Dexterity | Intelligence | Faith |
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| Katana Man HUAAA | 120 | Mercenary | None | Frayed blade & Washing pole |
The manliest katana user in all da land. Everytime you say his name you must follow it with a HUAAAA |
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| 30 |
Thief |
Life Ring |
Rotten Ghru Curved Sword/Warden Twinblades | Dex/Luck Build that still works after patch |
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| 120 |
Warrior |
N/A |
FUGS+5/Caestus | Agressive/High Damage/Easy for Beginners |
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| 120 |
Pyromancer |
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Lucerne / Whip / Pyromancy Flame | Fast / Safe / Aggressive / Range and Melee. |
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| 54 |
Deprived |
Young White Branch |
Greatsword & Black Iron Greatshield |
This build is for those who wish to remember the good ol' days of Dark Souls one, where poise actually existed. Show those Casuals how to Git Gud. |
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| 55 |
Not important |
Dragonslayer's Axe only |
A very strong build for low-level invasions. I added some tips for lower and higher SL builds with this same weapon, it's in the description of the page. |
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| 120+ |
Irrelevant |
Right Hand: Hollow Onikiri and Ubadichi Left Hand: Old Wolf Curved Sword |
This build focuses on the attack buff received from consecutive hits (OWCS and Pontiff's Right Eye stack), and this is most efficient with a quick-hitting Hollow Onikiri and Ubadichi. |
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| 20 |
Doesn't matter |
Dark Hand is very strong on low level builds, but what is when you boost this with the Blindfold Mask and Dark Clutch Ring? |
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| Blackflame Forlorn |
110 110 110 110 110 |
None |
Black Blade & Dragonrider Bow Onikiri-Ubadachi & Falcon Shield Moonlight Sword & Caestus |
Alexander - Strength & Dexterity Azrael - Dexterity & Intelligence Alastor - Intelligence & Faith |
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| 40 |
Knight, pyromancer |
fire gem |
VARYING |
Lvl 40 pvp analysis |
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| Last Dragonslayer |
100 and higher | Deprived | Doesn't matter (Prefer "Black Firebomb" for the first Boss) |
Dragonslayer Helm |
Close combat is the key use the weapon art from dragonslayer spear |
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| 120 | Pyromancer | Doesn't matter |
Pure edge. | |||
| 120 | Pyromancer | Does not matter |
offhand Greatsword and Demon's Fist |
A strength and intelligence build with an odd weapon combination. Catches players off guard with a surprisingly high damaging fist weapon. Decently versatile. Not a build for someone who wants to win at everything, it's just for fun. | ||
| Strength build (3 Hit Ko) |
115+ | Knight | Life Ring |
Demon's Greataxe +5 |
I haven't mentioned a few things on the build - I highly suggest using fully upg Brigand axe and use lighter gear or add a bit of weight ratio in order to fit it all. Pm me for any questions or ideas :) |
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| 107 | Knight | Life Ring |
Great Machete |
Wandering knight with unusual weapon of choice - Great Machete, he/she uses to stun enemies, thus defining peculiar combat style. However, along with unusual Great Machete, knight is also capable of using more traditional secondray weapons: Rapier's or Mail Breakers | ||
| 120 | Assassin (but any) | Life Ring | The Underdog (WIN 1 V 4's) IN DEPTH GUIDE | |||
| 120 | Knight | Any | Refined Exile's Greatsword +10 |
Strength/Dexterity build focused on striking down opponents with elegant strokes. Optimised for PvE and High Volume PvP. Channel Your Inner Underdog... |
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135 | Knight | Any | RH +10 Greatsword LH +10 Blessed Caestus |
Build . Not the best AR. The levels added really only exist to get to use Bountiful Sunlight. It helps you play a little more reckless as and Ultra Greatsword user. |
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| Mage moonlight pvp | 120 | Sorc | any works | Moonlight sword Cresentmoon sword and court or crystal staff |
20+ vigor, 20 end, and 50 + int and stats required for moonlight rest of stats u can play around will if u want max dmg build i suggest going int/str dedicated but i have survivbility over that | |
| 120 | Knight | Any Works | List Coming Son |
As of Now its 37 Vigor, 40 End, 20 Vit, 24 Str, 40 Dex, 18 Faith. This build will focus around Tears of denial for our Buff and Fast attacks More Info Coming Over the next few weeks. | ||
| Versatile Duelist (Strength) | 92 | Warrior | Any | & |
A Strength build built around the power of the Dark Sword while still being able to easly deal with parry builds. | |
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80-120 | Knight | Any | Immolation Tinder + [Simple] Shotel |
This build is purely PvP and very situational otherwise. INT/DEX/STR You don't need to resort to OP, waiting-to-be-nerfed, weapons to be victorious. Just be creative and have fun! () |
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125 | Knight | Any | (Optional) LH2: Pyromancy Flame |
Build Stats | |
| LOW LVL PVP | 9 | Mercenary | Fire Gem | very good build for low lvl invasions | ||
| Fume Ultra Greatsword Overload | 90 | Warrior | Any | Fume Ultra Greatsword +5 | Pace control and stamina superiority | |
| *CLICK HERE FOR WINS* | 100 | Warrior | Any | Fume Ultra Greatsword +5 | This build focuses on good pokes, big combos, and efficient use of rings. Morne's is a badass set of armor with great stats. | |
| Dex-Faith build | 100 | Knight | Any | Carthus Curved Sword +10 is nice but any like dex weapon could fit | Dex build for miracle buffs. Can make some serious damage, back from DS1. | |
| Farron Hunter | 100 | Mercenary | Any | Farron Greatsword +5 | High damege output. High mobility plus the ability to parry. | |
| Dragonslayer Axe | 125 | Deprived | Any | Dragonslayer Greataxe +5 | Insane single hit damage. Quickly KO baited opponents w/ a massive AOE attack. | |
| Wolf Knight | 85 | Knight | Any | Farron Greatsword +5 | 30 vig, 10 att, 30 end, 22 vit, 22 str (27 w. ring), 35 dex (40 w. ring), 9 int & fai, 7 lck. Use Knight's Ring, Hunter's Ring, Ring of Favor and Hornet Ring. Shield and Rapier in left had for close range. Switch between them to mix it up. | |
| Shining Warrior | 100-110 | Cleric | Fire Gem | Zweihander+10 Others reccomended in the build. |
Faith + Strength build | |
| Gunhavel Bass Cannon | 90 | Warrior | Any | Deep Zweihander+10, Pyromancy Flame+10, Grass Crest Shield+5 |
meme build, do not take seriously but works well in pvp and pve alike | |
| Smough, the Destroyer | 120-140 | Knight | Any | Simplistic STR melee build, as the god himself. Hammer in two hands, Shield on your back. A build for anyone on the all-offensive who wants to destroy literally anything in the game. | ||
| Tap The Bumpers To Win | 100 | Pyromancer | Any | Pyromancy Flame +10 and a Chaos Thrall Axe +10 | A pure pyromancy build to mess around in PvP with | |
| Black Knight Greataxe Hybrid | 120 | Knight | Any | Black Knight Greataxe+5, Refined Drakeblood Greatsword+10 plus a Caestus for Parrying | STR/DEX Hybrid Build netting 695 AR for the BKGA | |
| Wolf Knight Artorias | 90+ | Knight | Firegem | Cosplay build, focused around Artorias the Abysswalker. Good in PvE and PvP. | ||
| Thunderstruck | 113+ | Knight | Any | Refined Lothric Knight Greatsword +10 | Lothric Knight Greatsword + Lightning Blade + Sacred Oath Balanced 40/40 Str/Dex + 30 Faith |
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| Dark Blood Knight | 120 | Mercenary | Firegem | Dark Onikiri and Ubadachi +10, Caitha's Chime +5 | Tanky build focused on Dark, bleed, and trickery | |
| Bleed Spamming | 120 | Mercenary | Any | Hollowed Warden Twinblades +10 | Spamming fast attacks to apply bleed. Simple | |
| Paladin | 110 | Knight | Any | Mace +10, Gotthard Twinswords +10, Dragonslayer Swordspear +5 | "Put your Faith in the Quality". A versatile PvP build with buffs. |
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| Cathedral Knight | 120 | Knight | Any | Heavy Cathedral Knight Greatsword +10 | Heavy STR Build. Will be way better when Poise is turned on... If Poise gets turned on. | |
| Amored Hunter | 120+ | Knight | Life Ring | HollowSlayer Greatsword +5
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High STR+DEX build focused on greatswords and invasions. | |
| 120 | Knight | Any | Hollow Washing Pole +10 Darkdrift +5 |
We heard you liked making people bleed, so we put bleed on your bleed so things will bleed while they bleed. Made WP Hollow so it'd scale with luck, which in turn raises bleed rate as well. Carthus Rouge and Kukri make this much easier. Darkdrift is for turtles. I also bring Sacred Flame and PF +10, but that's just for parry humiliation finishes. | ||
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100 | Warrior | Any | Refined Gotthard Twinswords +10 Grass Crest Shield |
High damage Quality build and awesome pvp weapon, use 2h, shield just to boost stam regen | |
| 120 | Pyromancer | Any | Immolation Tinder Sacred Bloom Shield |
Pyro PvP/PvE build. | ||
| 125 | Knight/Warrior | Any | Lothric Knight Long Spear Profaned Greatsword |
Quality build with fun, easy to use PvP set-up Can easily be adjusted for use at SL 100 |
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| 120 | Deprived | Any | Yhorms Great Machete +5 Sunlight Straight Sword |
Heavy STR build focused on maximizing AR Effective for both PvE and PvP |
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| Reinhardt (OVERWATCH) |
201 | Knight | Any | Greatshield of Glory Gargoyle's Flame Hammer |
Build based off Reinhardt, a character of Overwatch |
| The True PvP Build | Sir McFiggles | 131 | Deprived | Any | DEX/FAITH build revolving around baiting opponents and punishing them with absurd damage. Amazing in PvP but also very effective in PvE as well | |
| Mirrah Weapon Master | Skripach | 120+ | Any | Any | Refined Gotthard Twinswords +10 and more |
Fashion souls Quality + Faith build (buffs included) |
| Yuria of Londor Build | Cosmos | 89+ | Deprived |
Sovereignless Soul or any | Darkdrift +5 |
DEX Cosplay/fast-offensive build good for PvP and PvE |
| High DPS Onikiri and Ubadachi Claw | Anarkroi | 137 | Knight |
Any | Hollowed onikiri and ubadachi +10 Avelyn Hollowed Claw +10 |
High dps bleed build |
| The Classic Brawler | Toasty V | 120 | Any |
Any | Bare hands Smough's Great Hammer+5 |
Baiting people into a fist fight, work on parries and when you think they're low enough, whip out your weapon and finish them off with a final reposte. |
| Quality Build (Claymore Anime Cosplay) | Buildmaker | 120 | Knight |
Any | Refined Lothric Knight Greatsword +10 Pyromancy Flame +10 |
High AR ultra-greatsword. Use superior damage and hyper-armor to easily defeat opponents |
| Paledrake Sorcerer | Buildmaker | 120 | Sorcerer |
Life Ring | Moonlight Greatsword +5 Court Sorcerer's Staff +10 |
Basic sorcery build. High damage greatsword and ranged offensive spells. Good for both PvP and PvE |
| Lucky Ember Horder | Mad | 120 | mercenary |
Life Ring | Anri's Straight Sword +5 Grass Crest Shield +5 |
Luck build good for PvE and PvP, focus on stamina and flury attacks |
| Havel The Invincible | Orandula | 140 | Knight |
Any | Heavy Giant Shield +10 |
Aggressive build that attacks and defends simultaneously, near unstoppable in PvP |
| Jack of All Trades mage lean |
ARTEMIS_FOWL14s | 156+ |
pyromancer/sorcerer or any class |
Farron Ring, Corrvetius serpent ring, ring of favor, chloranthy ring |
any shield, lothric holy sword, or any one handed sword or two handed sword along with a simple gem,crystal gem for magic damage and FP regerneration shield with a blessed gem for health regeneration |
Dont use this build unless you are good with high dextirity. A jack of all trades build is a special build that leans mostly to vigor and dexterity and Intelligence and almost then leans towards the weapons and stats you want or need however almost every stat must be evened out. Also used as a hiders build in pvp Is also best for soul farming WARNING Do not use this build unless you absoulutly want it or need it! |
| MOONLIGHT WARRIOR |
ARTEMIS_FOWL14s | 100-135 | Sorcerer/pyromancer |
ring of favor, |
MoonLight Greatsword
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Must be in the moonlight warriors covanent to have this build if you wish to join you must be playing on PS4 consol and must join at starting level or level 25 any higher of a level you cannot join. |
| Meese_Commander | 140-160 | Cleric |
Dark Clutch, Fire Clutch, Lightning Clutch, Dragonscale |
Crystal Great Scythe +2, light crossbow +1 |
Just level up strength and faith and you win |
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| HihgLordWolnir | 140 (Maximum meta range) | Knight | Chloranthy Ring+3, Flame Stoneplate Ring+2, Obscuring Ring, Ring of Steel Protection+3. |
Dragonslayer's Axe, Dagger and Dragon Crest Shield. | Level up Vigor/Endurance/Vitality to 40, Strength to 60 and Dexterity to 14. |
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HihgLordWolnir | 140(Maximum meta range) | Knight | Chloranthy Ring+3, Havel's Ring+3, Ring of Favor+3, Ring of Steel Protection+3 |
Greatsword and Caestus | A cosplay of the Dark Souls 2 Giant Lord. |
| Caestus Godmod |
Any between 40 and 100 | Mercenary | Life Ring | https://darksouls3.wiki.fextralife.com/Caestus+godmode |
Caestus and Sorcerer's staff | A godmode Caestus build that melts everything |
| 120 | Knight | N/A | Sharp Crow Quills +10 Silver Knight Sheild |
This Collum isnt even supposed to exist | This is a high Dex/Quality build. Not a hard hitter, but a fast one. |
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| 120 | Pyromancer | Rusted Golden Coin | RH1: BASS CANNON RH2: Demon Scar LH1: Pyromancy Flame LH2: Caestus |
I agree with the guy above me, what the hell happened? | Chaos Zweihander, OP pyromancies, great Fashion Souls, we got it all! |
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- Anonymous
17 May 2018 21:42
this is my personal set up, and I think it is very good, especially with a quality/dex/str build. It comprends: silver knight helm and armor, exile gauntlets and leggins, black knight sword and shield. I tried to post it calling it "wandering gwyn knight", but for device problems I failed. If this english looks weird to you american and english it is because I'm italian, but ANYWAY I use mainly these rings: havel's ring, estus ring, blue tearstone ring, chartus milk ring.
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04 Aug 2017 08:01
Maiden in Black - SL 120 - Sorcerer - Starting item doesn't matter; Vig 26 - Att 35 - End 30 - Vit 7 - Str 12 - Dex 16 - Int 60 - Fai 11 - Luck 12. Weapon of choice; Friede's Great Scythe+5. Offhand; Court Sorcerer's Staff+10 and Grass Crest Shield+5 for utility. Rings; Bellowing Dragoncrest - Sage - Slumbering Dragoncrest - Wolf(allows casting when hit by anything that isn't an ultra/great/scythe). Spells; Great Farron Dart(for poking; it's not necessary) - Crystal Soul Spear - White Dragon Breath - Homing Crystal Soulmass - Snap Freeze(for utility). Armor; Crown of Dusk with the Firekeeper set. This build is for those who have skill at rolling and casting without lock on. Keep moving, whittle down your opponent and then finish off with weapon art. This build is primarily for invading but works for Blue Sentinel/Darkmoon cov as well.
- Anonymous
10 Jul 2017 20:53
These builds are all pointless. you invade someone, and then you just place yourself among some enemies. boom done. almost no one has a seed of a giant tree. Why use "builds" if you can just troll? This is btw what I experienced all day as a blue phantom. gj pvp community. real skill
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- Anonymous
18 May 2017 14:31
After being ages lurking in the darkness of this forums, i decided to bring my own mage builds for sl100 and sl160, so you can see them soom
- Anonymous
15 May 2017 17:45
a good build i call oni slayer pve/pvp build lvl 120 here stats you need deprived 39 health 40 dex 40 stam 11 strength 10 vit 10 int 10 fth 10 luck. You need a brass armor set and you need stamina ring. life ring, steel ring and ring of favor and main weapon onikiri+10 sharp gem i got to gold rande pvp with this build.
- Anonymous
27 Apr 2017 01:21
YOU WANT BLOODBORNE IN DS3? TRY THIS *****ERS
https://mugenmonkey.com/darksouls3/184191
- Anonymous
27 Apr 2017 01:19
For those who want to try Bloodborne in DS3, I bring to you - THE DARK ONIKIRI+UBADACHI BUILD (SL 100)
Starting class: any, but I like Deprived best...
VGR: 15 STR: 13
ATT: 14 DEX: 40
END: 15 INT: 35
VIT: 12 FTH: 35
Weapon: DARK ONIKIRI + UBADACHI, with scaling + HUNTER'S RING + DARK CLUTCH RING, gives about 560 AR - highest AR I can make with any katana, unless someone can prove me wrong(?)
Use CAITHA'S CHIME for dark miracles like DEEP PROTECTION and DORHY'S GNAWING
and of course, for extra end recovery, use CHLORANTHY RING and maybe GRASS CREST SHIELD
This build is awesome for both PVE and PVP - since not many people have good dark defense, I like to invade lots and win to get Pale Tongues or whatever have you. Basic idea is just like bloodborne - roll lots, swing fast (don't be afraid to r1 spam like a casul), and look kinda cool depending on your armour. Personally, I like using the BRASS SET minus the chest, substituted for the FIREKEEPER ROBE.
Is this good? I think so.
- Love, IamDavidGustav on steam
- Anonymous
26 Apr 2017 18:17
Fix phantom range promoting spacing? No, too much work.
Fix roll punish to punish mindless rolling? No, too much work.
The ***** you got paid for? Just eliminate pvp then
- Anonymous
14 Apr 2017 03:03
Can someone delete the build at the bottom?
The Moonlight Warrior one is just an Ad to get people to join their clan.
Please delete, admins.
- Anonymous
09 Apr 2017 21:27
i am noob in this game, and my Soul Level is 127 , how much i'm *****ed up for PvP ?? (
- Anonymous
27 Mar 2017 05:08
Hello Peps
I would like to know what is the current Soul Level Meta for Pvp. My main is at level 75.
Thanks in advance :)
- Anonymous
11 Mar 2017 21:59
https://fextralife.com/calculator/dks3builds.html?ErpOQy5IP.CSD3jDfd1.bSbdeoRK.JpTTXrSo.C.A.QS
dunno
11 Mar 2017 20:54
https://fextralife.com/calculator/dks3builds.html?aSAU7Ya75.BuHUvRevN.DsQTdznK.BLMIkj2.A.A.IcMS
This is the "Casual Pyro" build, even if it's not casual XD
But infuse the shield with a blessed gem for health regen, infuse the black blade with lightning and it'll do great damage and its pretty good
I recomend you to upgrade the dragonslayer armor greataxe to +5, then when you parry your oponent, if you are good enough, you can do a weapon swap for massive damage on your oponent and even hitkill him.
Bye :)
- Anonymous
06 Mar 2017 21:39
https://mugenmonkey.com/darksouls3
Welcome. The poison sage pvp build. This build is a luck style jack of all trades. Start the match with man grub staff and poison rotten spear with poison buff. This build goes to 40 luck because you get the most returns for ahri sword and the man grub spear taffeta at 45 luck. Use Claws for parry rather than fist because claws can also be used offensively with this build.when using theither spear in main hand have the grub staff if they have a big weapon and just chip them down with punish casts. If they have a fast weapon use the spear to keep them away and the claws I'm left hand to punish roles or parry. You can also punish parries by running at them with the spear while switching to 2 handed claws and use the weapon art into a small combo. The weapon art cannot be parried so they will regret trying to push Ish the spear. Go for poison early with spear and poison daggers. Play passive. Go aggressive with ahris strait sword or bleed buffed claws. The 40 dex allows you to not use sage ring. All yoy have are fast casts so the dex will cover all you need. Try it out and let me know what you things. It's a jack of all trades
- Anonymous
03 Mar 2017 05:21
PVP Meta Level 120:
No fat-roll Smough: https://fextralife.com/calculator/dks3builds.html?BEuatRDnm.B2nekC3eP.JIwGPNJ2.ONTq8TN2.A.A
Simple infusion on the Caestus.
- Anonymous
03 Mar 2017 05:10
PVP Meta Level 140:
Cathedral Knight: https://fextralife.com/calculator/dks3builds.html?LZcilCsx.B2neJqIht.JGFUIImM.DH2GPjeY.A.A.DVvp4t
Heavy infusion on the Greatsword, Simple infusion on the Caestus. Also, you can swap life Ring for Leo Ring for the extra thrust-counter Damage.
- Anonymous
02 Mar 2017 13:09
PVP Meta Level 140:
Black Knight: https://fextralife.com/calculator/dks3builds.html?BGLVNTu5M.DbHUT7sh5.FY1NaAiO.B9Wcasc4.A.A.QK
09 Jun 2018 01:39
Check out my build at: https://mugenmonkey.com/darksouls3/310762
Tell me your results with it.
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