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Guess how many bosses I took down with this move

Sorry if this is a strange question but I was just wondering because I just got Carian Piercer, and combined with Carian Slicer and Carian Greatsword and Hammer of Haima it feels like I have a ton of melee options without a weapon that tend to do more damage than the weapon I am using (I am using Rogiers Rapier at +8 rn) so is it even worth using Melee weapons?

A few days ago I made a post asking for help on my strength build. I’ve made some decent progress and wanted to make a 2nd post to see how much it’s improved. Currently fighting the Beast Clergyman/Maliketh.
For context this is a Strength+Vigor+Endurance build, two handing weapons.

Character Status:

Rune Level: 109
Vigor: 41
Mind: 10
Endurance: 42
Strength: 55
Dexterity: 15
Intelligence: 9
Faith: 9
Arcane: 7

Weapons:

Heavy Nightrider Glaive +25 (Braggart’s Roar)
Heavy Giant Crusher +24 (Braggart’s Roar)
Banished Knight’s Fire Great-sword +24 (Flaming Strike)
Dragon Halberd +9
I two hand all my weapons. I have this little assortment depending on the damage resistances a boss might have. (Slash, pierce, strike, fire)

Armor:

Banished Knight Helm
Hoslow’s Armor
Banished Knight Gauntlets
Banished Knight Greaves
I usually run the full Banished Knight set, but since the Giant Crusher is so heavy, I switched the armor piece to a secondary option that is still pretty good

Talisman Set Up:

Axe Talisman
Starscourge Heirloom (+5 strength so i have 60)
Green Turtle Talisman
Dragoncrest Shield Talisman +2
I switched the second two out from the Viridian Amber Medallion and the Curved Sword Talisman. A lot of critique was lobbied at my talismans.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/10j-JrtCUBYqVZa3aGoM9UgVOO0DBPcUBM7VC2jq9Cfc/edit?usp=sharing

The doc above me contains a small passion project I've been doing, just randomly making builds that might be viable. I just wanted to post it here so I could get general feedback and improve my later builds. Everybody has commentator access, so you can put whatever you want in there and I can take a look at it. Maybe give some of them a ranking idrk.

So, I wanna do a monk style build that starts off with fist/claw weapons then eventually martial art wep once I get to the dlc + utility, buffs, heal faith incantations; but no offensive spells + bows for long range support. Max level 120-150 range. What would be the easiest way to go about stats? pure faith, faith/dex hybrid, pure dex with faith reqs for buffs? I can't decide.

Looking for a good poison build with poison moth flight. What affinity/stats should I go with?

Looking at either coil shield or poison perfume bottle for poison buildup then hitting with poison moth flight.

What would be a good weapon for the ash on? Using the serpent god's curved sword + coil shield sounds fun thematically, or should I find a weapon with good reach?

It’s a real deadly build in PvP and PvE as long as u roll good, anything bout this build that can be better?

Hey everyone, new player here. I hit a wall with my spellblade build, Sir Pothead. I can’t get past Maliketh (or the draconic knight) and I know I’m probably doing something wrong with my stats. Right now just going back and killing all the dragons I can find. I wanted to get vigor and int up to 70 before spreading to other areas. I know I need to get endurance up.

Using moonveil and carian regal scepter.

I’ve never played a fromsoft game before so this is the furthest I’ve ever gone. I know int is easy mode but again this is my first run and I just wanted to experience the game first before going back and making another build.

Edit - Thank you so much for the feedback! This was super helpful and will help Sir Pothead become an elden lord and avenge all those poor, cracked warrior jars.