Board Thread:Dark Souls/@comment-83.255.97.73-20160305032310

Heya, I'm relatively new to the game (I'm at the entrance of Sen's fortress) and have a few questions about what gear to use with my build, and how high to raise my stats.

The character I am playing has the following stats:

VIT: 13

ATT: 14

END: 23

STR: 16

DEX:20

INT: 12

FAITH: 12

The build I was thinking about going with is a pyromancer DEX build as that seems to be a fun way of playing and there's also some magic involved.

I have managed to get a +5 Fire Great Scythe, +5 Balder side sword, +5 Rapier, +11 Pyromancer flame, and a +10 Uchigatana, I have also gotten lucky with getting a Balder shield to drop as well as a Black Knight Halberd.

What would be the best weapon I can use at this time? (Both with what I have and what I can relatively easily get)

The strength investement needed for the BKH seems like a lot, is it worth it?

And so for the armor, the complete sets I have gotten hold of is:

The pyromancer, Crimson, Gold-Hemmed, Eastern, Balder, Stone, Warrior, Elite Knight, Knight, Black Leather, Chain, and the Leather set.

The shields:

Grass Crest, Dragon Crest, Knight, Buckler, Target Shield, Wooden, Large leather, +5 Heater Shield, Tower kite shield, and as mentioned, the Balder shield.

And the rings:

Havel's, Ring of favor and protection, Darkmoon seance, Wolf ring, Dusk Crown, Cat Covenant ring.

So what is the best combo of gear I can use?

Oh, and I also have around 50k souls to invest in stats at the moment, should I invest in more endurance or vitality or is that good where it is?

I'm sorry for the wall of text, but as I said I'm quite new to this game and I didn't want to leave anything out. 