I initially went with a strength + faith hammer because that was the best weapon I found at the start.
Speinding points on strength + faith essentially meant I’ve been stuck on that route for the rest of the game. Which is fine, my character can be a paladin or something.
The problem is that I have not found a single upgrade for it, except the blueprint for a strength + faith sword (requiring 2 boar tusks which haven’t dropped yet) after upgrading the smith 3 times.
Yet there is all this stuff which looks like it could be strength + faith, and instead it’s strength + dex or strength + int. Like two handed hammers, or two handed swords. If they’re not pure strength (which is reasonable) then they’re anything except strength + faith.
Meanwhile, int and dex have their own exclusive weapon types (dual daggers and staves).