Salt and Sanctuary: Overpowered Strength Build in One Hour

Starting a new game as a level 3 Paladin class character, I chose to overpower it towards a Strength focused build.
The end result was obtaining an Obsidian Pillar IV, a Headtaker IV, a Shrouded Bulwark IV, a base Strength stat of 33, and a boosted Strength stat of 36, all in under an hour.
With these weapons and stat values combined with the Bloodflower Charm, I was able to reach the following Attack values on each of the aforementioned weapons:
Obsidian Pillar IV: 168.
Headtaker IV: 158.6.
Shrouded Bulwark IV: 134.3.
For updates on what I'm planning, doing, or currently working on, follow me on Twitter: / ayriak

[@mokdis00]

Thanks for posting. This was a lot of fun to follow. I'm very late getting into the S&S series but Love it 8) . I spent a good hour plus just farming my second amber idol, you got one on your first kill! Nice!

[@atlas9344]

I feel late as hell getting this game in 2020 but man it’s fun af

[@vicentegonzalez7904]

first time playin this game and i dont now where the fuck is the air dash

[@chone469]

^ same here got in the steam summer sale

[@ultimategamer2669]

Rather late than never.

[@gnice42]

Shoutout from 2018 thanks for the help!

[@devonbarron3967]

I died trying to follow this to fast paced

[@czerlak]

2019 here this game is till fun

[@0mnicide]

39:24 personal bookmark

[@Seeyan86]

nice build (also saw the dex build). question - why do you quit to main title from time to time?

[@professionalpiercer]

Why are you not wearing armor through the first half? Edit: I understand why now after 6 hours of gameplay and grinding for salt. Thanks for the video.

[@Farhaan12439]

Why?

[@professionalpiercer]

@@Farhaan12439 once you follow the guide (watch a bit ahead) and you're going for SPEED not tanky

[@fattyfatmanfatty4644]

@@professionalpiercer oh ok, thanks

[@esportsmiyagi]

What rings would you say are best for a melee build

[@yarro7428]

watching you sell the blacksmith's gloves felt off, do you know about the +3 strength?

[@hatem9432]

I’m having serious trouble trying to get those guardian ashes

[@D3m1g0d_]

can you do these folowing builds to: mage build gun build bow build

[@fernandoeee]

gun build!

[@jesuschrist8402]

Gun build is just a dex build

[@p93ahk2006]

DS3 anytime soon?

[@winschlati8033]

speedrunning or something? Dang you're quick.

[@OlegGarvius]

What creed is better for warrior, Three or Iron? Imperial Pitchfire or Imperial Shockstone?

[@4gottenShadow]

I would say creed of The Three

[@str1fe192]

Towards the end of the game order of the betrayer is the best pick, let's you pick 3 potions at the devotion one which when thrown allow to destroy any mob or boss twice as easy, destroyed the forgotten king in less than a minute with strength greathammer build. Also best light armor in the game sold by vendors, and you don't become an apostate when taking the creed so you can still use your main creed, too bad if you converted all the creeds to yours cause then you can't get bloody writ or expunged heart without loosing all your hard earned idols. Have a look

[@piggelin971]

So where do you show us the actual build? Skill tree ? Stats? Weapon? Rings? Armor? You should rename this video to Speed run

[@ericliscruz]

fuck off you noob

[@mstfa7184]

34:40

[@narutxd2227]

2024 this game is really fun

[@ericliscruz]

why that red sign on the weapon?

[@Ayriak]

That red line means a weapon needs to be two-handed to use effectively, if you were to try using a weapon one-handed when it has a red line running through it, the swings would be extremely slow and deal very little damage.

[@jacksonbaldwin7114]

I'd love to see a "overpowered early" in dark souls 3

[@tarisco614]

Jackson Baldwin Easy, Raw Astoras Straight Sword.

[@NeoDMC]

A Raw +3 will easily get you to Cathedral of the Deep. From there go through Ashes of Ariandel (don't fight anything just pick up loot) to get your Large Tittynite Shards. That will get you through the first part of the game. If you want Chunks take your +6 weapon and kill Dancer (kill the lady who gave you the banner), and run through Lotheric Castle for Chunks (again don't fight anything). This will give you a +9 Weapon before any Lords of Cinders (if you have AoA you can also get a Slab). This will make you OP for most enemies before Lotheric Castle.

[@jesuschrist8402]

Big tip to save time, just quit and reload the game to skip the ship part