Board Thread:Dark Souls/@comment-76.178.153.32-20140401212652/@comment-24543527-20140401221708

Keep in mind that in Dark Souls there is no "best weapon." There are some weapons that are obviously not good but in the end it all comes down to how well a weapon scales when fully upgraded, and which stats you plan to raise most. For example: I have a character with 40 Dex, 16 Str, and 30 Faith. Since this character reaches the soft cap for sclaing damage in dexterity, I wield the Great Scythe +15 and maybe an Uchigatana +15 because they scale well with that stat. This build also allows me to apply buffs on my weapons with a Canvas Talisman.

Armor is really subjective since you can either be a slow poise tank, or a highly mobile, but easily stunned character. Some people simply keep their Humanity at 99 and go around naked.