I did a str + dex build at first using the bloodhound curved sword that you get from one of the gaol bosses quite early on. I wanted to try out some different weapons but none were at good for dex scaling or bloodloss. Now I'm doing a dex+arc build with the rivers of blood sword and cloud of flies to proc bloodloss. Much squishier but can do huge spikes of damage
I can't remember what the soft caps are but I think 60 is where people usually stop, maybe 80 if you're going hard on just one. Make sure your weapon scaling is a B for str, use the Ash of War to change that. Also I think Flame is str scaling too.
I finished it with a pure strength build. I pretty much only leveled strength, vit, and end. Think i stopped leveling strength at 60ish, but wore a few things to push my strength further.
Just dual wielded massive hammers and jump boop'd everything
I did a str + dex build at first using the bloodhound curved sword that you get from one of the gaol bosses quite early on. I wanted to try out some different weapons but none were at good for dex scaling or bloodloss. Now I'm doing a dex+arc build with the rivers of blood sword and cloud of flies to proc bloodloss. Much squishier but can do huge spikes of damage