Notes from author
This build is based around two things:
1. The Notched Whip
2. Red Tearstone Ring
The goal for this build, other than being something fun to mess around with, is to be high risk high reward with ridiculous damage. Sure, you can substitute the Notched Whip for any number of other dex items, but I just love the way it looks so, for me that's what makes the build worth playing.
With a shield that only takes 90% physical, you're constantly losing life if you get hit, but you're also poking at them with a quick bash to try and force a bleed +the bleed from the whip itself. The longer the battle goes on, or the lower you get, the more crazy it gets. If you activate power within and just go insane with it, you'll be tearing people apart in no time...and as soon as you hit below 20%? Nukes that bosses and players alike just will not expect. Even if you have to pop an Estus with the drain from PW and the lack of 100% physical damage reflection on the shield, you'll be back down there in no time - dying is a good thing with this build.
But, if you don't feel like using the spiked shield to poke, you can swap it out for any crescent shield and still remain light enough to fast roll. Just as well, with the armor set up like it is, you'll have pretty damn good defense to back up your hits. As well, since vitality is the tertiary stat, you could lower that and increase strength to switch the whip out for an Uchi. Or even the Red Tearstone out for DWGR, this build has a lot of flexibility and is made for insane damage output.
This is my first build, thanks for taking a look.
