None of the hotel media centers have headphones jacks . <| sep |> So the only reason a strength build would not suit you is if you rely heavily on parriesviscerals . You can mitigate this slightly but running a 5025 strskl at BL 100120 depending on vit . Otherwise strength doesn ' t really have a downside and the back stab damage can be ridiculous . In saying this if you stick with the faster strangth weapons you will not have as much fun with this build as you could . If you are looking at this I highly recommend starting Cruel Fate and getting Arcane to 15 to get use of minimum hunter tools ie Empty Phantasm Shell so you can have constant buffs . As far as weapons are concerned for Strength in my opinion . Top TierWhirligig Saw Is brokenly good , wouldn ' t recommend for first strength run through because it breaks the game and makes everything far too easy . Kirk Hammer My pick for a first strength run through , can be picked up early and does what you ' d expect a strength build to do . Will make you switch up your play style which will give you a better understanding of enemiesbosses move sets how to exploit them . Hits like an absolute truck with blunt gems needs a backup weapon if you run blunt gems however as will make sword uselessMiddle TierBeast Claws Okay , so I love these weapons BUT , they are wasted not useless until you ' ve beaten Laurence , which if you want to do a run through of the game with them in ng , doing a Laurence run at low BL and a 6 weapon sucks . Awfully . Would not recommend . Amygdala Arm Haven ' t used this that much . Have enjoyed what I have but not enough use to really comment properly on it . Bottom TierHunter Axe So originally when I picked the game up I rated this weapon , and for a first time player it is probably the easiest weapon for the first part of the game . Now however I find it too slow for the damage and I ' m not a fan of the spin to win . I will say however that the tricked L 2 sweep is godly for crowd control . Logarius ' Wheel Yeah so . Most of the Bloodborne community will disagree with me on this one but I just flat out do not enjoy the move set on this weapon . You can get it pretty early if you rush Martyr Logarius , I just couldn ' t bring myself to enjoy this however so will restrict further comment . Hopefully this helps . You can use any of these weapons or combination of them as well as strskl weapons like saw cleaverspear to mix things up . I do highly recommend running a strength build just for the game play change up . Hopefully this helped a little . Good luck with the run . EDIT Oh right , to stay topical I like Rakuyo Skill build , because viscerals .