Board Thread:Dark Souls/@comment-174.100.38.46-20140321004309/@comment-24543527-20140321021412

You can make it anything you want really, especially if you don't care about level capping for PvP. Since the Cleric class starts with more Faith than any other starting class though, I'd suggest specializing in Faith and raising it to 30 with the Canvas Talisman equipped. The Cleric also starts off with a fair bit of Strength as well, so it might be more efficient to specialize in heavy, strength-scaling weapons such as hammers, axes, and ultra greatswords. As for shields, Sanctus is a medium shield that is particularly well suited for Faith builds and has a small regeneration bonus as well, although you may prefer Greatshields if you want more protection and don't care for parrying. The Dragonslayer Spear is a unique weapon in that it is the only weapon who's Lightning attack scales with the Faith stat, so that may be an interesting choice.

I feel that Paladins are more in character with Faith in miracles, so I personally wouldn't raise intelligence at all. As with any other class, don't touch the Resistance stat, Humanity supersedes it. The rest of your stat investment should go into Vitality and Endurance, but note that Vitality has a soft cap at 50 and raising Endurance above 40 does not grant you more Stamina, only equip load capacity.