Goldmask set is also great for resistances to Holy and Lightning. Pretty much a mandatory pickup for fast rollers for use in the final boss fight. Rotten Duelest set is actually good for parts of the Haligtree with the fairly massive resist to Rot it has. And the asthetic is amazing, particularly on the male character models. Fashion Soulsing its my favorite with the modified Bloodlord armor a close second.
Game progress just motored for me, as I found myself sucked in again. I have been pretty thorough on hitting all the major encounters, but the Gransax Spear and Poop Man combo is just a total faceroll. The later tree worm things that spam AE fire in dungeons are pretty much the only things not dying in one or two attempts. Like Fire Giant and Godskin Duo were not even close fights. I worked up a couple weapons for situational use, like the spear you get from the Crucible Night that shoots a powerful holy blast and Guardian Swordspear with phantom slash. And now I am about halfway through Farum Azul debating on doing the Frenzy then needle manuever for the incant icon (the one supposedly made for lightning builds is kind of meh once you get past 60 Dex). I am so amped for the DLC I might do another play LOL.