SL125 High Damage & Hp Cleric Knight

http://www.mugenmonkey.com/darksouls/?c=343710521
A build focused on dealing high damage while maintaining good defense. Alternatively Sanctus can be switched out with the Grass Crest Shield to account for the health drain from Power Within; which may not be needed considering the 35% hp increase.
I'm also pretty satisfied with the cosmetic look of this build from the Mask of the Mother and Knight Armor and the whole armor set brings you to the poise breakpoint of 53 (2h r1 greatsword atks *1 hit* except Marakumo). The red tearstone ring acts as backup due to the underwhelming AR from the BSS (unbuffed) and is easier to activate due to the large hp.

Lower it to SL 120 and switch the mask for a good looking helm and then I'll not consider it cheap. Cmon you know that mask looks awful.

WyrmHero wrote:Lower it to SL 120 and switch the mask for a good looking helm and then I'll not consider it cheap. Cmon you know that mask looks awful.

All of my PvP char's have been SL 125 and I haven't noticed much of a difference from SL 120. The MotM actually looks pretty cool, at least to me, the other masks look pretty hideous though.

Great, so I'm not the only one thinks Mask of the Mother looks fine (I agree the other a terrible)

I like the look of the MoM. The MoF is hideous, IMO. Jes - that End is scary low, that's my only concern. Otherwise, it looks great.

reim0027 wrote:I like the look of the MoM. The MoF is hideous, IMO. Jes - that End is scary low, that's my only concern. Otherwise, it looks great.

I was hoping the stamina regen. of Power Within would account for that.

Good luck with that then. I can't PvP with an endurance of 20. Too low for me. I don't like to go below 30.

Reim you can't do it because of DS standards, you win easily with dex weapons... I say give it a try. My build is 23 endurance only.

do you much pvp action at 125? i know most people stop at 120 or go for the 225

^125 gets the same action as 120. It's just for the principle, I find it a bit peeving that some people felt the need to give themselves an extra 5 points. It's not many, but it can make a large difference with buffing builds.

As for the build: generally, I would say Darkmoon Blade + Power Within (with max stat scaling, no less) = definitely cheap. Especially since you're almost a tank of top of it, with 353 defense (sans humanity), 53 poise, and 1965 Vit. But... at least you're medium weight.

So: keep it medium weight, and it's not cheap. Slap on the DWGR? Yes, absolutely it's cheap.