User blog comment:Inspector Lestrade/So I need a hand here/@comment-75.102.129.132-20140208072401

I'm new to Dark Souls too and I can tell you that if you don't learn how NPC combat and boss combat works then you won't have fun being any character. I would learn parrying and backstabbing and get those down. Then branch to magic and pyromancy if you so wish or move to a high damage high health like the knight. There is a really good video on youtube about backstabbing and the longsword or balder side sword would be great weapons to start out with es[ecially for a dexterity character who uses parrying and backstabs (preferably the balder side sword but it's a rare drop). you should learn about weapon scaling and the different types of weapon attacks and different pros and cons of each class of weapon. Then you can build your Dark Souls experience from that.