What are the worst stats in Dark Souls?

Dark Souls: Every Stat From Least To Most Useful, Ranked
  • 8 Resistance. The worst stat that one can choose to increase in Dark Souls is the Resistance stat. ...
  • 7 Attunement. ...
  • 6 Faith. ...
  • 5 Intelligence. ...
  • 4 Endurance. ...
  • 3 Strength. ...
  • 2 Dexterity. ...
  • 1 Vitality.
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What is the lowest point in Dark Souls 1?

The lowest point might be the central root/bridge in the Bed of Chaos fight, for the player must descend to the lower Undead Burg, downward through the Depths, through Blighttown, deeper yet through Demon Ruins and Lost Izalith, where the player finally ascends a set of stairs, only to slide back down to the boss room.
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What is the most important stat in Dark Souls?

1 Vitality

Vitality is broadly considered the most important stat in Dark Souls. It serves a single purpose in the game and that's to increase your max Hit Points.
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Why is resistance a bad stat?

1) It's the only stat that increases your poison resistance.

This is the lesser used reason and it's a horrible reason. Shadow armor provides over 100 poison resist and the only time you'll get poisoned is in blight town (where, surprise, you find the Shadow Set.
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Do stats matter in Dark Souls?

Stats are a gameplay mechanic in Dark Souls. They affect a multitude of things, from damage dealt and incurred, to health and stamina.
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What should I put my stats into Dark Souls?

Melee - If you are a melee character, you will want to focus on Vitality, Endurance and then either Strength or Dexterity. Vitality affects your health, Endurance increases your Stamina and how much armor you can wear while Strength and Dexterity effect what weapons you can use and how much damage they use.
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Which stats should I level in Dark Souls?

Dark Souls: Every Stat From Least To Most Useful, Ranked
  • 7 Attunement. If a player is pursuing a Sorcery build in Dark Souls, then increasing Attunement is critical. ...
  • 6 Faith. Faith and Intelligence are pretty much two sides of the same coin. ...
  • 5 Intelligence. ...
  • 4 Endurance. ...
  • 3 Strength. ...
  • 2 Dexterity. ...
  • 1 Vitality.
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Is resistance a useless stat DS1?

It's probably the most useless stat in any soul game (at least luck increase one pretty decent weapon's damage in demon souls). Endurance is OP in DS1 though. Level every other stat to 99 first, then put points into resistance.
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Is resistance worth leveling in DS1?

It comes in handy in Blighttown with the poison being everywhere. Being able to take two blow-gun darts without going Toxic is a great help. Higher resistance is in a sense equivalent to higher HP. But as you raise your resistance, you'll find that all attacks in general do less damage to you.
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What happens if resistance is too high?

Resistance measurements are normally taken to indicate the condition of a component or a circuit. The higher the resistance, the lower the current flow. If abnormally high, one possible cause (among many) could be damaged conductors due to burning or corrosion.
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What should you level up in Dark Souls 1?

Best is to either go strength or Dex, even for a first playthrough. The game has more than enough replay value to do a run with either. If you go with a dex build, leveling up strength to 14 or 16 will allow you to use most dex weapons. The uchigatana can be gotten very early in the game and is a great weapon to use.
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What is the best soul level in Dark Souls?

Your soul level is important for PvP as it determines how you can connect with other players. Too high or too low, and you might not get as much PvP. The soul level meta for PvP is level 120-125, so be sure to plan your build in advance. Your character stats should always be optimized before you PvP.
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What is the best character in Dark Souls 1?

  • 8 Knight. ...
  • 7 Hunter. ...
  • 6 Sorcerer. ...
  • 5 Wanderer. ...
  • 4 Bandit. ...
  • 3 Cleric. ...
  • 2 Warrior. Warrior is, hands down, one of the best classes in the game. ...
  • 1 Pyromancer. There shouldn't be any doubt that Pyromancer is the best class to start with.
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What level should I stop at ds1?

Stat scaling stops after 40, and you won't get any more stamina if you level up endurance past 40. So, 40 everything and only go past that on strength to one hand the heavy stuff? Yes. And if you want 1500 hp, that's at 50 vitality.
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What level should I stop at in Dark Souls?

You can stop levelling up whenever you want you want, however the general level for PvPing is 120 so if you plan to build a character to play against other people then stop around that level.
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Is the first Dark Souls easy?

Back in the days where most games are hard/easy, Dark Souls got praised to be one of the hardest (other ones are still harder back in days on hardest difficulty) but since Dark Souls don't have the difficult setting it got praised by it's difficult.
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Should I level strength or Dex Dark Souls?

Both are viable. The only difference is the kind of play style you want. Strength builds are designed to make short work of bosses, tank anything thrown their way, and survive for longer. Someone wanting to plough through the game might choose this option because it's a simple enough style to learn.
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Can you max out all stats in Dark Souls?

Yes all classes can get 99 in all stats, but why would you want to? I thought only the classes which could reach higher levels than others could do it. There is no max level, it's just that some classes require fewer levels than others to get to. IIRC, Sorcerer requires the most level ups, at 712.
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Is resistance or vitality better ds1?

You will want to put your points in to vitality. Resistance is largely considered the useless stat in this game for almost every build unless you are doing a gimmicky pure tank build or something strange like that. Originally posted by Tharamesh: You will want to put your points in to vitality.
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Is Dexterity important in Dark Souls 1?

There are many ways players can tackle the many challenges in Dark Souls, and it's important to settle upon a good build early. Dexterity is a great stat to invest in if players want to focus on weapons that hit fast and allow for the highest DPS possible.
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Is poise important in ds1?

You don't really need poise, but you don't want to end up getting mobbed by burg/duke's undead and stunned to death, so enough poise that you can withstand a single hit should do, or wolf's alternatively.
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What happens when durability reaches 0 ds1?

If durability reaches 0, it becomes "broken", where it does only 35% its damage. After getting the repairbox, you need to go to a bonefire and select the new "Repair Equipment" option. You can then repair any damaged equipment in exchange for souls.
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Should I level up intelligence Dark Souls?

A high intelligence can quickly take out tough demons in Dark Souls. If you are going to take this route then I suggest starting off with the Pyromancer at the beginning. There are a few different routes you can take when focusing on magic.
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What is the best class in Dark Souls?

With all of these factors combined, the Pyromancer is the best starting class in Dark Souls for most players that don't care about min-maxing their stats for PvP.
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Can you respec Dark Souls?

You can only redistribute points you've invested since character creation; you can't reinvest points tied to your starting class. You can only respec your character five times per NG cycle.
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