Talk:Stats (Dark Souls II)/@comment-68.39.210.49-20140305185211/@comment-24249492-20140326125924

The best thing about the Dark Souls franchise is that there are so many different ways to play the game. If you're trying to go for a heavy build, with a heavy weapon and a heavy shield, you can level up strength for overall damage, or vitality for overall armor load.

It's also very possible to go for an extremely light build, with a quick weapon and/or a light shield. A light build requires almost no vitality, and works with endurance and dexterity.

Even though there are lots of stats that help certain builds, keep in almost all the stats are helpful somewhere. Vigor can help a sorcerer if he/she gets hit and needs that bit extra health to escape.

Right now, I'm focusing on many different stats without ever overpowering one build. I actually feel I'm doing pretty well, even though I have 36 strength while using five different spells.