Should I focus more on my health or strength
#Stats
kind ruin
echo bone
Should I focus more on my health or strength
vigor
26+ for pve, maybe 39-49 by the end of the game especially if you're going into ng+
brave estuary
Honestly
Your stats don’t really matter half the time
As long as you’re good at rolling against bosses you’re fine
But assuming you’re more of an average player
And not a try hard
Your vigor is doing fine as of now
Get more in dex and strength
Not having enough in dex might bite you in the ass later
But then again you can respec do
kind ruin
how do you respec
brave estuary
Get a pale tongue, they drop from dark wraiths and have some guaranteed locations
You give the pale tongue to rosaria
Who is located in cathedral of the deep
pearl kindle
You don't give her the tongue. Else you'll only be able to respec 5 times per character
Quit the game after respecing but before exiting the rosaria menu. This nets you infinite, free respecs
empty patrol
26+ for pve, maybe 39-49 by the end of the game especially if you're going into ...
I play with 27 vigor
echo bone
okay
ivory bridge
I like 27 as the first hard point for health (a solid, exact 1000HP) and later go up to 39 (exactly 1200HP) - both values unembered and without Ring of Favor. After 39, I don't see any point in investing further into Vigor, the returns are just too bad.
Strength depends on your weapon. If you want, you can look up its scaling, and set your strength to a value that equals that when two-handing. Example: Your weapons scaling caps at 60, so you set strength to 40. The 1.5 multiplier from two-handing will put you exactly at 60 then, making the most of that particular weapon. Some weapons, despite being strength-focused, might need you to invest into Dexterity to meet their requirements.
If Vigor and Strength are sufficient, I suggest getting some more Vitality (15-ish). Strength weapons are often a little heavier, and together with appropriate armor you might get past the 70% roll threshold rather quickly. Make sure to involve Ring of Favor and/or Havel's Ring into those calculations. You want to sit as close to 70% as you can, while wearing all the stuff you need.
And finally, Endurance. It's never a bad investment for a melee character to put a point into Endurance, as it's your resource for preventing and dealing damage at the same time. Stamina gains cap at 40 Endurance (160 Stamina without Ring of Favor), so there's no reason to go beyond that, but up until then it's always a point well spent.