Best builds for a average player.

So I've completed the game once back when the game originally came out, through a mixture of the exploit of farming runes and get coop help I managed to complete the game while missing out on the side quests like Melania etc. I've just started a new game plus and have a make shift bleed build which is doing ok at the moment but I'm looking for OP builds that I could use to make the game 'easier' in a sense for a not very good player like me. Im going to go for Melania etc this time so know I will need all the advantage I can get. Preferably not a shooty mage class as I played that my first time. I googled builds online but doesn't seem like there's an agreement on what's the strongest.

I would also like to play the DLC after but it strikes the fear of god into me free everything I've heard.