Buildsor Character Builds inDark Souls IIare very specific recommendations of how to buildyour character, from the creation of your character, the skills points spent throughout the game and the specific Magic & Equipment the player should obtain, all that works best to reach a certain goal. Users are able to share their suggested builds, share their chosen stats and equipment for optimized play. Players have created these builds, so their viability to different scenarios will vary. If you are interested on sharing a new build, you are more than welcome to add it to our wiki.
- Feel free to use ourDark Souls 2 Builds Calculatorto check or shuffle some numbers that may help you creating your own Build.
PvE Builds for Dark Souls 2
PvE or "Player Vs Environment" Builds features those builds that are focused on the main story of the game, the single player experience. These builds can be focused on several purposes such as farming xp, speedruns, achievement hunt, full completion of the game, etc. Builds are made by contemplating the game from beginning to end, including the gathering of items throughout the run to reach the build's peak.
Please visit our Dark Souls 2 PvE Builds Wiki for builds information shared by our community.
PvP Builds for Dark Souls 2
PvP or "Player Vs Player" Builds focus on the online multiplayer experience, where the optimization of the character skills, magic and equipment, focuses mainly on winning a battle against another player, or multiple players.
Please visit our Dark Souls 2 PvP Builds Wiki for specific information shared by our community.
Create your Build in Dark Souls 2
Character Building is about coordinating yourstats,equipmentandmagicwith your play-style. It is recommended to decide on a few factors before thinking of a build:
- What is this character for? PvE? PvP? Will it co-op?
- What kind of role will this character play? Offensive? Defensive? Balanced?
- WhatSoul Memorywill this character play at? Is the gear you want available in NG orNG+?
- Is this build for beginners, intermediate or advanced players?
Once you have this general idea, you can think about the equipment you want to provide for your character in detail. You should considerstamina,poiseand other mechanics outlaid in theCombatpage before deciding.
Dark Souls 2: Share your Build
You can share your Build to the community by adding it on this wiki as follows:
- Make sure you areLogged inthis Wiki.
- Create a Wiki Pagewith your build name. To create a page click "New Page +" located at the bottomleft of the site, next to "Chat", "Recent Changes" then "New Page +".
- Enter the PvP Builds or PvE Builds wiki corresponding to the build you are about to add. Edit that pageto add your Build, and the corresponding information.
Dark Souls 2 BuildTips
You can use this chart to understand better where you start from at the creation of your character and some tips about some stats work.
| Class | Soul Level | Vigor | Endurance | Vitality | Adaptability | Strength | Dexterity | Intelligence | Faith | Attunement | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Warrior | 12 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 65 |
Knight | 13 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 66 |
Swordsman | 12 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 65 |
Bandit | 11 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 64 |
Cleric | 14 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 67 |
Sorcerer | 11 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 64 |
Explorer | 10 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 63 |
Deprived | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 54 |
Dark Souls 2: Level Up Tips
Here are some short tips abouthow each stat affects your build when leveling up:
- Vigor: Raises HP and petrify resistance. (Vigor increases more HP than any other stat)
- Endurance: Raises HP, stamina, physical defense and poise.
- Vitality: Raises HP, equipment load, physical defense and petrify resistance.
- Adaptability: Raises all resistances, agility, poise and poison bonus damage.
- Strength: Raises HP, attack damage and guard.
- Dexterity: Raises HP, attack damage, poison/bleed bonus and phyiscal defense.
- Intelligence: Raises HP, magic/fire/dark bonus damage and increases casting sgeed. Raises magic/fire/dark defense.
- Faith:Raises HP, magic/fire/dark bonus damage and increases casting sgeed. Raises magic/fire/dark defense.
- Attunement: Increases attunement slots, Raises HP, casting speed and agility.
Color References
Consider the color codes a reference starting point for building a character:
- Red: Aim for these stats if you are looking for a Tanky build, heavy blows, melee attacks and strength.
- Green: Focus on these stats for Dodging skills, ranged or quick melee attacks.
- Blue: Increases magical and elemental stats for Caster builds.
You may click on any character name or stat to find detailed information about it. Also click here for additional information about Starting Classes.
