Choosing which stats to level-up in is one of the few things harder than fighting the game's bosses. Players have myriad options when specing their Tarnished's stats; whether they want to play as a Dexterity-focused samurai or an Intelligence-specialized wizard, they can do so and be successful in the Lands Between. What makes choosing a character build even harder is that it’s wise to stick to one throughout a playthrough, as an stat respec becomes more difficult and costly as the game progresses. However, has reached a state where it's the perfect time to consider other character builds.
’s meta finds itself in stagnancy. Ever since the 1.04 and 1.07 updates buffed the Arcane stat, «Rivers of Blood» builds have become dominant in both PvE and PvP play. It’s only fair players have gravitated toward this Dexterity-Arcane build as they have. FromSoftware made at least eight major patches to in 2022, each time tweaking the game's meta. Players have reasonably responded by taking advantage of whichever builds are the most clearly benefited by all these changes — namely Bleed and Mage builds. Now, it's the perfect time to reset stats thanks to the Colosseum update.
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But now that ’s meta likely won’t be changing anytime soon, it's the perfect time for players to respec their stats and experiment with other character builds. The future of DLCs following the Colosseum update remains unclear except that Director Hidetaka Miyazaka shared at TGA 2022 that he and FromSoftware "" (qtd. in ). Until these future plans are realized, players have a stronger PvP system and more stable meta than ever before, making it a great time to reset stats and weapon choices to see
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