Need advice for re-play

Hey, i played through the game with DLCs (only once, no ng+ and stuff). It was fun and I left it alone for two years now. In the meantime i played Elden Ring, but in both games I was with mage, so little close combat, because I'm very bad at parrying. Now I want to re-play the game with some other type of character but not mage and I need advice what would be also fun and no need for extensive parrying? I'm think in a high dex + bleed with katana? Or something with high strength? Any advice?