by Reaperfan Mon Jun 11, 2012 5:46 am
We've had one patch since release, patch 1.05. You can find the changes it brought to the game here, just scroll down a bit to 1.05 and hit "show notes." The most significant changes though involve merchants selling more items, enemies dropping more souls, pyro getting slightly nerfed so that it's not quite as broken, and Tranquil Walk of Peace, the Ring of Fog, and the Crystal Ring Shield getting nerfed into near unusability.
As to builds that are being used right now, dexterity builds are very popular. With lag still being such a big influence on PvP, having fast weapons to hit your opponents through lag before they dodge and not leaving yourself open to lag-induced-backstabs is very important. Faith builds are also very popular, mostly because Wrath of the Gods is such a powerful and useful spell, while also combining very well with the aforementioned Dexterity builds to use the weapon-buffing miracles on the relatively weak Dexterity weapons. Most builds are still powerful and viable though, and you can do just about anything effectively. There's very few builds I would call underpowered right now (though a few are overused IMHO
).