i'm not too worried about pve, thankful for the info on poison buildup

about the amount of damage dealt, i think that running poison as supplementary to physical is the way to go. right now my poison caestus are +4 while my physical are +7. once someone afflicted with poison, the damage stacks up like a bitch
it's also really useful against estus chugging havelbros

right now my str/dex is like 40/31 or something, once i get dex to 40 i'll up my end to maybe 25, then focus on vigor or adp
also, i forgot to mention i'm using ring of blades (+1 currently) which really really really really really is important for caestus builds