Extremely high endurance , and up close fighting with an axe. Moderate weight. Dexterity is 18. Ironically, my strength stat is barely above 20 for a breh that uses an axe. I tend to make up for strenghth by using endurance to get many hits out at once. Though as i write this i suddenly realize that this could be an issue if you get a boss that only lets you get a few hits
I do occasionally use a dagger for more speed. I like that it can stun smaller foes and cause bleeding. The only magic i use is the healing and fireballs. But my focus mainly goes toward magic healing in fights.
I think i may be suffering from a lack of long range techniques. I have a bow, but its pretty much useless on anything bigger than the generic gaurds. i know bigger bows gotta exist somewhere in the game, but i have no luck in finding them yet. When the co-op team was summoned to fight godrick i was amazed at how they had these huge displays of magic blasts , both fire based and energy based, that could hit big dudes from afar.