Dark Souls leveling

[RazeG3SG1]

I just bought Dark Souls and I'm a warrior class, which stats should I add? Is there a ratio for warrior that I must know?

[ItsNeebs]

Read up on the stats and look for what you think suits your playstyle. There is no be all end all, although it is recommended to get your ADP to a level where your agility is 90 or higher, also raising dexterity and strength to 20. Beyond that, all i can say is you do you booboo.

[CyanideInsanity]

I haven't look deep into scaling, but I'm fairly sure your class has no effect on stats other than starting you off with some points in the stats that would be most suitable. What you need to increase is based on your playstyle and the specific equipment you are using. So if you're using a weapon that scales better off of dexterity, raise that instead of strength.

[Verne]

Your class doesn't really matter since you can build your character to be whatever you want. If you are planning to go pure melee build, then you'll probably want to choose Strength or Dexterity as your main damage stat, depending which weapon(s) you want to use. For some builds you might want both stats. You'll also want Endurance to pump up your Stamina and to be able to use heavier weapons and armors. Finally, Vitality for some HP is always great.

 

There are soft caps to take into account. Soft caps are points where any more points into that stat give very little return and you should focus on other stats.

 

Vitality: 30 & 50

Endurance: 40

Strength: 40 & 50

Dexterity: 40 & 50

 

For more in-depth information about stats, check out a wiki: http://darksouls.wikidot.com/stats

[Remilia]

What stats you should upgrade depends on what you want to do.

Weapons have a base damage and a scale rating(E-S). The scale rating decides how much damage you'll get from the relevant stats. Weapons with very high base damage usually have poor scaling, and vice versa. What kind of weapons scales with what is pretty logical, katanas and bows scales with dexterity, hammers and big weapons scales with strength.

 

In your first playthrough it's okay to just balance it, level up strength and dextery depending on the weapons you like, then some in the vitality(HP) and endurance(stamina). Be wary of soft caps though, after about 40 points most stats doesn't give as much as they used to, resulting in inefficient points. You'll have to check a wiki to know what stats has which cap.

Use your imagination and try things out, there's no definitive items or builds, pretty much everything works as long as it's upgraded.

 

I highly recommend using http://darksouls.wikidot.com/, the game is really vague and it really sucks at giving you information, which is it's only major flaw.