Unless you need something to block lightning or magic.
Anyway, I feel like a badass right now. I killed Ornstein and Smough, with my fists. At level 34, with no chest or head armor. God damn, challenge play is fun.
I think I can say now I've mastered PVE. PVP is another story entirely...
Wow, I don't think I could ever do that.
But I've found the Dark Hand is actually rather effective at blocking magic, haven't tried blocking dark magic with it yet, but compared to losing almost half of my health bar blocking with my usual shield (+10 grass crest) I only lose an eighth or less.
I'm going to try it's Hoomanity stealing thing next time I PVP.
But on a different note: I was originally going pure dex build, and have roughly 30 points in dex and endurance originally, but I ended up wanting to do a faith build. But my problem lies in holy weapons.
I want to get a holy weapon for 2 reasons, I heard that with a decent amount of faith, you can do quite a bit of damage with it, and to use in catacombs, as I haven't gone down there yet.
At what level faith does a +5 Estoc or Balder Side Sword (Which are two of my main weapons,) surpass their +5 or +10 normal equivalent?