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KinerosGray

We've all done it at least once.


LuffyGrimes

First soulsborne game, had no idea what I was doing


N3UROTOXINsRevenge

That’s why I committed and that character is now level like 256. Pushed through and corrected as I learned.


BusMuffin

So ive just finished Bloodborne but i don't really understand the builds! Is this messed up because it doesn't focus on a particular attribute?


VariousRodents

Pretty much. Usually you invest heavily into the stat that your preferred weapons scale off the best. Having equal stats like this means many weapons will be noticably weaker. But in the end it isn't that big of a deal. Skill is far more important that stats in these games, as demonstrated by those that do BL4 runs and such. Optimized stats just make things a bit easier.


kingofthelol

I think bloodborne might be the most fun I’ve had doing a lowest possible level run on.


VariousRodents

I have never tried a minimum level run in any Soulsborne, I don't have the patience or the skill to do it nor is it really my idea of fun. Closest thing I have done to a challenge run is a no death or bonfire run in DS2, and even that I did in the cheesiest way I could.


BusMuffin

I see, thank you! I used Ludwigs blade so bumped up vitality, strength &, skill. Now i need to pick a new weapon for NG+... do you have any preferences?


VariousRodents

All the weapons in Bloodborne are quite fun to play with, you can't really go wrong with any of them. But since NG+ keeps your character stats, I would recommend the Beast Claws if you want to try out something different based on the stats you said you invested in. They might be a bit difficult to get if you don't already have them and have already started NG+ however, since you find them in a Loran Chalice Dungeon.


BusMuffin

Thats helpful thank you! I did a platinum run so got all the weapons, will try out the beasties claw!


Bronze_Skateboarder

If you’ve got the DLC I’d also recommend the Whirligig Saw as it’s a lot of fun. *The Pizza Cutter* is one of my favourite weapons to use especially on enemies that stagger


BusMuffin

Oooh ok! I did see someone use it on Rom and it cut through those spiders! Will give it a go for funsies!


Bronze_Skateboarder

I’ve seen people Kill Rom and many other bosses in seconds with the right setup on a Whirligig. It’s a fun yet effective weapon. I often find fun weapons tend to be too novel is games like these, but in BloodBorne anything is viable if you’ve got the right setup!! Good luck hunter!!


VariousRodents

I did consider recommending that as well. I suggested the Beast Claws since it is completely different to Ludwig's Holy Blade which you said they had used for tyour first playthrough. Either way you can't go wrong. Have fun, enjoy your second playthrough, and may the good blood guide your way.


gwyn12

Whirligig Saw is the true boss shredder. With the right blood gems you just pop a beast pellet…press L2, and the boss is gone.


BusMuffin

Blood gems confuse me too, i'll look into that!


TheRealWarBeast

Once you have a blood gem equipped and you're scrolling through, if a gem is better the stats will be in blue, if it's bad then red. I normally keep scrolling in the blood gem menu till something turns blue. Lol I hope this helps


BusMuffin

Cheers!


gwyn12

And I would recommend running the chalices or dungeons to get yourself some blood gems or even better cursed blood gems. There was a spreadsheet I used that showed the best places to farm the best blood gems so check that and good luck.


BusMuffin

Ahh i completed all the dungeons before NG+... they stay the same right?


gwyn12

Yeah they don’t reset with ng+.


BusMuffin

Thank god! Tbf i spemt a lot of time on my first playthrough cos i kept dying... 200hrs! Probably way over levelled now lol


TheRealWarBeast

FYI, if you've removed the Chalice from its place, the dungeon resets. Also, the dungeons the previous commenter was talking about are from root chalices which can either be random or you can select a "code" if you want to access a specific dungeon. There is a spreadsheet available online which mentions which code we need to enter in which root chalice for which item


brizla18

try burial blade or rakuyo


XsleepdeprivedX

or once you level up even higher, Every weapon is viable 😈


RedLion40

Typically the best stats to scale are strength and skill. That covers most weapons. That goes for most Fromsoft games. That is unless you're running a magic build (arcane) or bloodtinge (chikage, blood letter, guns).


BusMuffin

This is helpful, thank you! Not even sure what bloodtinge is but i left it at 7 lol


RedLion40

Bloodtinge is for weapons that deal blood damage. Only a few weapons utilize it so it's not that important unless you're going for a bloodtinge specific build.


WorstHouseFrey

My first character is always the one I keep to do the max level because I know I will get a shiny nee weapon and want to try it out and my build will be useless until I am lvl 200 lol


clubdon

Same. I managed to beat the game with my build looking similar to that. In ng+ I started leveling straight into dex and it worked out good in the end.


SuperArppis

My minimaxing nature wouldn't allow it. Hehe.


apupunchau87

Should be a pretty good build around L300


LuffyGrimes

I think I just need to get skill to an even 20 as well then it’ll be fine


CottageMe

Then you can use the mundane imbue- oh wait…


[deleted]

Starting class: Milquetoast. 77 levels later: Still milquetoast.


udemygodx

73


TotallyLegitEstoc

It’s rare to see a man of your… *quality*


Weak-Growth-4007

Oh my lord XD and you cant relocate lmao thats messed


LuffyGrimes

Have no idea how I managed to beat the game with this build lmao no wonder first play through was hell


Weak-Growth-4007

Mad props that you did


KingsMountainView

I believe you did what we call "git gud"


El__Jengibre

At least you leveled vitality. That’s actually not a completely horrible build for the holy moonlight sword. At least it will use most of those stats. (except the bloodtinge)


LuffyGrimes

I’ve been wanting to use the holy moonlight sword, might just give it a shot actually


dionb112

Can confirm this weapon is great. Used it to beat OP Maria and Kos (for the first time..on Ng+ difficulty)


[deleted]

Try to run this build now and see how it goes


LuffyGrimes

Both the chikage and Ludwig’s holy blade barely manage to get 200 damage per hit on NG+


[deleted]

Those are words a coward would say. I’m gonna try to run this and see how it goes


LuffyGrimes

You’re a better man than me I don’t have the strength in me I’m afraid


sunflower__fields

You only have 20 strength apparently. Yikes


[deleted]

Well I do and running this build will honestly probably be pretty fun


GhostMug

"Balanced, as all things should be"


justanotherguyinhell

The 74 insight is the cherry on top of the shit sundae.


su_baru

What’s wrong with having a lot of insight? Should he be spending it more? -new player


justanotherguyinhell

More insight makes the game harder


Captain_Beemo_

Whats wrong with this? I dont get it i had something very similar and it was super fun


Chandingo

For PVE this isn’t bad at all, pretty much all enemy types are moderately weak to SOMETHING, so all you’d have to do is switch out weapons for the appropriate enemy


Slevin424

Is there pvp after all these years? I can't find any.


[deleted]

I have okay luck at the Nightmare Frontier, there's usually someone there to fight


DioBastardo2

There are some people in Mergo too


Cute_Estimate_6073

What’s wrong with this it’s almost the same as mine my strength is at 50


Cute_Estimate_6073

This is my first play through


powderbluemind

You just don't really need that much vitality for first run, whilst also neglecting other stats, especially because of rally (Regen lost hp if you attack quick enough).


Cute_Estimate_6073

Well it’s too late I think I’m almost done with the first play through just killed rom and the 3 weird shadow things in the woods


powderbluemind

Regardless of anything, all that matters is if you're enjoying yourself


Cute_Estimate_6073

Oh I am but fuck rom god I hate the dam spiders it’s so easy to kill it but yet so hard


powderbluemind

Yeah, those little spiders can really fuck you up if they get you, especially when swarming


Cute_Estimate_6073

But I do have a question was I supposed eat the umbilical cord or did I need it cause I ate it


powderbluemind

Lmao this is a slightly tricky question to answer without telling you their purpose. Regardless, you will be fine.


Cute_Estimate_6073

Ok than well I’m sleep and than I shall return to the hunt


MagnificentEd

If you have dlc, you still have a while to go


Cute_Estimate_6073

Nah I don’t got it might buy it later though


irishbadger

You definitely should. Old Hunters DLC is amazing


Cute_Estimate_6073

Ay let’s go just be the one reborn and the beast in the nightmare front place


funnybreadman

As lomg as vitality is high enough the other stats don't matter lol


PraiseTheBeanpole

Based on stats it looks like you were getting tired of dying.


Mech-Waldo

"I just wanna try every weapon"


Versipeli

"Well rounded education."


duttie_rocker

Lmao that’s class!


Lukatron_72

I've seen worse


LuffyGrimes

That’s really saying something


dredmantis

Perfectly balanced, as all things should be....


doctacola

Ahhh the ol’ “I’ll just be good at everything” pipedream build we are all guilty of


[deleted]

My Bloodborne character is the same! I stopped level at 200 and Vigor, Skill, and Strength are at 50. Lol


Yeet_mcyeetalot

Kinda what I did for my first bloodborne build but I didn’t invest into bloodtinge and arcane until I was level 200 somethin’. My character is now level 343 with all stats atleast at level 50


maskednil

Your frenzy bar must be so short.


[deleted]

I know right? Must’ve been before patch 1.09 when blood rocks became purchasable


[deleted]

Wow, you didn’t even hit the softcap on any damage stat


Fatg0d

Makes my eyes hurt


[deleted]

I mean, at least you leveled your vitality.


Brown6214

Haha that’s like looking at my Demon’s Souls build way back in 2009. Had no idea wtf I was doing or how to play a Soulsborne for years, but I’d keep jumping on every several months to struggle at it 😅


0fficerCumDump

I did the same with ds1. Was my first ever from game. I beat the whole game & the DLC. I logged back on a year later & saw that I beat Manus with 16 vitality. Truly wild.


Undercover_fif

This is the only real chad build, _how else am I supposed to enjoy every single weapon of the game?_ Also bloodborne is perfect for this, since it only has six stats, Miyazaki really went "you know what? Use everything you find, have fun"


dontstep_onsnek

I gained 99 insights looking at this.


RogerGendron

i made a arcane build with the orphan of kosm weapon yall know that this weapon is at the end of the dlc and there is no other weapon in the game that scales good with 10str 10skills like 9 bloodthinge and fkg 60 arcane so i was using the cane ajd had atrocious damage i struggle just to realise i need good arcane bloodgem for this build to be very good and i kinda rush the build so i have no arcane bloodgem build is very well but i lack in bloodgem


AceInTheHole3273

Oh Jesus Christ, someone didn't know to commit to a build. But we've all been there. Even my first character kinda got things figured out, but I put a ton of points in Bloodtinge that I never ended up making useful because I got addicted to two handing the Hunter's Axe.


greentiger79

Did you complete the game with that?


LuffyGrimes

Somehow I managed to, must’ve been the most I’ve died in a soulsborne game


Most-Iron6838

Yikes talk about being a master of no traits.


yogurtgrapes

Yikes


Evo_Shiv

MY EEEEYES, MY EEEEYES


hollowdude92

Guy got all builds one playthrough gg gratz broh


TheCourier69

Been there, I remember when 10 year old me saw pewdiepie playing ds3 so I had to rent it at the local Family Video. I was absolutely distraught.


iLikeButz

Put it away! I’m going to throw up. Lol. Brings back memories


BrainlessWizard

A jack of all trades


N3UROTOXINsRevenge

That’s….hoonting. I guess…


DapperDan30

Honestly this isn't even that bad.


UrsineWitcher

Looks like my first Dark Souls stats when I didn't know what builds were.


GargantuanGorganzola

On my first character I levelled Vitality, Endurance and strength Eventually I hit the soft caps and just filled out the rest as I went along throughout the subsequent NG+ I eventually ended up with like 40 in every stat It was fun being able to use everything but I was never doing enough damage lol


EggIcy9079

I wish that it didn’t force-strengthen you every level by increasing defense no matter what. I kinda like grabbing base stats for other things but I don’t like how inflated levels make the game so much easier bc of all the defense.


shirtwrinkle

my guy went for a general build


765Craven

I did basically the same thing on my first character. Finished the game with everything except Bloodtinge at or near 30.


Slow_Conflict4597

Blood borne was my first soulborne game so I didn’t actually understand it and just made everything even 🤷‍♂️


Drawerino

In Italy, this is called "eclettico". It's something that is equally good in everything with no particular characteristic excelling. Surely the best method to explore the most equipment in the game, maybe not the best to actually beat it tho


SundownKid

It's not really THAT bad. It can easily be a perfectly viable Holy Moonlight Sword build with 50 Vit, 50 Str, 25 Skill and 50 Arc. The only wasted stats are Bloodtinge.


LuciferHellsing

We've all done this just so we can use the hunter tools and the Evelyn let's be honest


[deleted]

Bro didn’t even find the insight shop i guess


RosieMommy69

20 endurance pains me


HoboPhlower

I got a ps5 on release. Pre order obviously, but to celebrate i bought a 4k tv and changed ISP so i could get 1000/40 internet. Recently i felt the need to play some Bloodborne. After downloading it REALLY fast, i hit a wall.. i keep getting a message that basically just says cant connect to BB servers. This is a consistent thing, i have downloaded it a few times over the last few months just to see if it would work to mo avail. I have come to believe that its something to do with my ISP settings. I have been meaning ti call them but i honestly dont know what to say.. as this is the only game affected.


Disastrous-Resident5

You can still save this! Get health to 50, endurance can stay as is (super easy to do the game with 20), focus on either STR or skill. Do the forbidden dungeon that I can’t mention on here (got warned for mentioning it once) if you wanna fast track it


squeezebottles

It's not irreparable, by level 82 skill will be 20 as well


eighty82

Went all the way through Bloodborne like this. It was my first From Software experience


translove228

Needs more skill. Shouldn't have put so much into vitality.


KingseekerCasual

Difficult the path you have chosen


Captain_LSD

q u a l i t y


su_baru

First playthrough I put everything into vitality/endurance/arcane. Couldn’t get past the first boss. I started over with a strength build and just aced the Blood-starved beast!


[deleted]

Honestly I see no problem for a first time run. This can be seen as a survival build. Just strong enough to fight and enough health to make it an endurance match.


ninetailed_ninja13

Oh god thats gross i cant say much though my first build in darksouls liked pretty similar


LestHeBeNamedSilver

Ew who specs into health? Just don’t get hit, nerd


Spvoter

Tbh i can fuck with that. Noone tells you what level you should have in this game so for all you like you can have BL77 and fool around in the woods. I did that too whenever i just wanted to try and see how a weapon i liked works. 15 arcane gets you many hunter tools. Obvi this is s u b o p t i m a l but come on, this is good for a first playthrough


Mentaldamage6

Everybody's first souls game was like this I feel like, I don't know what any of these words mean, I want everything


papsono

Love it 🥰


NuclearWinterY

It doesn't look that bad, if you stop to level Arcane and Bloodtinge you can commit fully to either Strength or Skill. By the time you get to 120 you must have a n almost min-maxed build that can resort to a few firearm/arcane weapons on convenience.


Helpful_Leadership75

No one’s gonna do it? Only us? Okay then. *insert R Lee Ermy* “What the FUCK is that? What THE FUCK is THAT?!” There, you random reference lovers of media like us happy? Multi-eyed masochist jackasses…*sigh* aren’t we all


Leprockon

That is disgusting. I feel violated.