Talk:Weapons (Dark Souls II)/@comment-107.0.148.102-20170530134012/@comment-4511886-20170530142948

The Black Knight Greatsword is actually quite potent in Dark Souls II. It has a more versatile moveset and fire damage, and since fire damage scales with faith (and intelligence), it fits quite nicely with a faith build that has the stats for it.

Other weapons to look out for include the Dragonslayer's Crescent Axe, which is a weighty but effective strength/faith weapon, the Heide Knight weapons (straight sword, spear and two lances), which are all potent lightning weapons, the Chaos Rapier, which is essentially a fire rapier with high dexterity and fire scaling, the Defender Greatsword which is just a plain lightning greatsword with the ability to buff itself and the Thorned Greatsword, which is an outright good lightning greatsword which also has the ability to fire a fairly strong lighting spear-like projectile with its heavy attacks, which is perfect for punishing healing in PvP. The Disc Chime is also worth mentioning, as it has three applications. Firstly, it's a fairly effective shield. Second, it's a pretty decent casting tool for miracles (although it's fairly weak with hexes) and lastly, it's a very potent weapon when two-handed.

As for a bow, I suspect you're looking at the Dragonrider Bow or Composite Bow. For only two more dexterity, you can use the Bow of Want which is an extremely potent lightning bow which, when infused and loaded with Lightning Arrows, can hit extremely hard. However, it should be noted that you can only get the Bow of Want by defeating the final boss, and trading their soul for the weapon, but it's still worth considering should you want a bow in NG+ or lategame PvP.