Bloodborne First Playthrough

Do a full and complete bloodtinge build your second run on a full new game. It’s by far the most fun to play but requires skill and knowledge of the game since the first part will be insanely more difficult due to tinge not amounting to much until late. If you’re strength arcane won’t do much but low level hunter tools. I’ll link below an extremely in depth guide on how to be a vile blood utilizing the Evelyn and Chicage both blood pistols and katanas found at Cainhurst it’ll help a lot.

vileblood first time hunters guide

It’s extremely in depth and covers anything anyone will ever need. If you don’t prefer the chicake the Simons blood from the dlc is a bloodtinge weapon giving you a scimitar in one form and bow in the other

My Evelyn near max cranks 2000-2200 damage a show and pop an item boosting blood bullet damage 5k+

Btw just constructive criticism you have FAR too much stamina for your low blood level. You don’t need much and I’d not ever put another point in it forcing you to become more comfortable with low stamina. The two builds offered in that guide at BL 120 recommended only 25 2 above your current

I know you’re all hate downvoting but all of this is grade A advice. How about a bet prove me wrong about one thing said about perhaps those two weapons being top in main game/dlc for basic runs I’ll not post for 3 months. No one does I get to pick one person to not same time limit. Cowards?

As I thought a punch of pussies. Clear who you should head advice from Op

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Clear who you should head advice from Op

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You actually are kind of wrong about some of it, but its a game build and therefore subjective, so its not that big of a deal

OP, your stamina is fine. You don't have to min/max everything on your first character. Learn how souls games work..... get used to the weird timing on swings that enemies have. You're going to get hit, the extra stamina that might let you survive something that would otherwise kill you is fine. Sprinkle it in while you work on other stats until you hit 35-40 late game.

Some weapons just gel better with certain players than others. Find something you like, and look up a specific build for that weapon. Try different ones. Just keep in mind that a certain weapon might feel worse than it is damage wise because you aren't specced out for it. You want to be looking at how much you like the moveset more than anything. Once you decide, then stat out based on the weapon. During future playthroughs you can really try to get everything just so in terms of build, but don't worry about it right now.

Whenever you get Gasciogne's set I'd use that for a while. Its nice not having to be quite as concerned with poison as a newer player.

Source: My first Souls-like was BB and I've since 100% completed pretty much all of the From software games and other similar titles.

ETA: Also, don't put too much more in endurance.

Just get Ludwigs Greatsword and level up strength

Thanks guys. I’m using Ludwig’s Holy Blade at +6, just for reference. My question was more towards, is it worth pumping up any of the other stats along the way, or just keep going with pure strength. Didn’t know if there were any advantages to it later in the game. Just clapped Darkbeast Paarl’s cheeks and heading into the woods.

I’m going to have to read up on the dungeons. I thought it was best to stay away until late game or NG+?

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I’m going to have to read up on the dungeons.

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Here's a Reddit page with some really good FAQs about dungeons: Reddit. The only spoilers there are that the post tells you which bosses in the main game drop certain chalices needed for dungeons. So you may want to avoid it if you're concerned with seeing boss names.

Here's a dungeon flowchart that's really helpful in understanding how the different types of dungeons and depths work (but it contains spoilers about bosses you may find in certain dungeons): Flow Chart. This flow chart will help if you're trying to 100% the game.

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I thought it was best to stay away until late game or NG+?

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I would not wait that long otherwise you're going to be significantly overpowered for the early dungeons.

It’s my 2nd favorite from soft game. Right behind elden ring and pretty close. Bloodborne is just dark and honestly pretty creepy if your playing and drinking a bit lol..

So you're supposed to be super knowledgeable about this, call other people out daring them to call you wrong, and then come to find out your 'knowledge' is just copy from a reddit post?