After some experimenting with a pure dex build and some other builds, I have a quick bit of information that was not really clear to me on the last guide. This post is really about how scaling functions within the game and how it works with your build.
Scaling is how much your stats add damage to your weapon. They are indicated by a letter underneath the requirement stats of your weapon on your weapon information screen. The letters are from E-S. S is the best, meaning that it will add points for every level you have in that particular stat. E means you might accidentally get some damage with every 10 levels. Those two stats are the easy ones. The others get weird.
With your build, you want to shoot for C-S letter scaling. Many weapons will only become B, A, or S with an infusion. C will do pretty good damage with a particular stat, therefore B should be better...and it is, but sometimes only slightly. For example, at 45 dex (I believe that's what I had) I was doing 370 Attack Rating with the lothric knight sword, which is pretty good damage. I infused it with the sharp gem giving it B scaling and it went all the way up to...374 AR. Nearly useless. It's just not really a good use of a gem.
The point I am trying to state is that the letters barely mean anything. The letters just indicate which stat is going to be better if you want to use that weapon. My lothric knight sword might scale slightly better if I go 60 dex than it would have otherwise (I haven't, I usually only go 100 with my builds) but I haven't gone all the way up that high.
However, 370-374 is totally respectable damage. Trust me, I've killed a lot of people with that build...like 100+ invasions dominated. So if you have a weapon you want to use, and you have the stats to use it, go for it. Depending on your build, it might be fantastic or trash no matter what the letters say. Optimization is great for damage, but it's not the MOST important thing in the world if you can use the weapon to its full potential.
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