Notes from author
Probably the best build you can create. It can easily roll-flip punish WoG / DB users, it easily evades Pursuers, and it can set-up parry Gold Tracer / DMB Falchion / Zweihander users with ease.
Some times I switch the Grass Crest Shield +15 for my Heater Shield +15 and a Crystal Rapier +4 or +5 in case I need to one-shot gankers or no-skill builds in general.
Crystal Rapier +5, Gold Pine Resin, Power Within, Hornet Ring: You're looking at around 1,500 damage for BS and 1,900 for Ripostes.
Pros: High HP / Good Defenses / Good Poise / Reliable Damage Output / Fierce Criticals / Highly Agile / Mid Level
Cons: Requires Skill / Expensive (At least 5 Slabs)
Green Blossom: Buy from Crestfallen Merchant in Sen's Fortress.
Gold Pine Resin: Farm from Mushroom people in Darkroot Basin.
Lloyd's Talisman: Buy from Undead Merchant in the Undead Burg. ***
Humanity: Farm from Humanity Sprites in the Chasm of the Abyss
*** I'd advice you to keep the merchant alive and buy your Uchigatana from Shiva of the East after joining the Forest Guard.
