Talk:Iaito/@comment-88.112.234.208-20150107134135/@comment-4511886-20150107152009

Generally speaking, defense won't reduce damage enough for you to need another weapon just for the sake of killing something. Possibly skeletons in the early game, but not much else.

This weapon in particular is one of those that deal so much damage that damage type really doesn't matter anyway.

It also has bleed. Heavily armored enemies, although more resistant to bleed, are easier to combo as they will often attempt to trade hits, and are less mobile than lighter foes. This, along with the fact that bleed ignores defense, makes the weapon extremly useful against most foes.