Talk:Stats (Dark Souls II)/@comment-68.39.210.49-20140305185211/@comment-101.176.84.252-20140307001307

It's hard to say ecause the game hasn't been released yet, so nobody really knows. For a new player, high hp, heavy armor, and hard hitting weapons (ie: strength build) are useful. I think that your attribute focus that you mentioned should be pretty good for someone who is new. A lighter more agile build is more tailored towards experienced players like myself because it takes a lot of practise to properly expoit invincibility frames during dodge-rolls.

Also, bear in mind that equip load affects your movespeed and dodging capability, at least in Dark Souls 1, anyway. If you don't really care much for rolling around everywhere, then stick with the heavy build. Your character finds it hard to jump around in heavy armor.