I have no clue how to make a good build

I’ll try to point out some of the things you’re doing wrong:

  1. You have a lot of attunement but it seems like your build is purely melee. There’s no need to level attunement unless it’s a magic build, weapon arts aren’t that important in PvE.

  2. Deep infusions, along with Raw, Fire and some others, aren’t viable mid-late game with most builds, as they add raw damage but remove stat scaling, which is where real damage comes from on complete builds. You should use a scaling infusion like Sharp, Heavy, Refined, even something like Dark if you level stats that scale with it.

  3. Vigor is the most important stat early game, when you respec (which I think you should) take some of those attunement points and put them into vigor, and also focus on an offensive stat.

Sounds like you like the axe/shield playstyle. Most axes are good for strength, each weapon has letter grades in its stats showing how well it scales. I recommend finding something like a brigand axe or battle axe and infuse it with a heavy gem. Then respec into mainly vigor and strength until 40 and 60 respectively, with reasonable investment into endurance and vitality.

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