User blog comment:EmperorArietem/Duelling/@comment-5264386-20140321210110

For duelling in Dark Souls I, the Red Soapstone is arguably better, since barely anyone responds to Dragon Eyes; however, be warned that if you're summoned to a random player's world, you're likely to be spawn-killed. Also, Pyromancies are probably the better option for optimising a build (unless your build is a spellsword, mage, etc.), since they don't require any stats at all, except for Attunement.