Board Thread:Dark Souls/@comment-10209824-20130530155250/@comment-4511886-20150906074512

My new favorite has got to be the Greataxe. It's simple, strong and completely merciless.

Smashing opponents into the ground and watching high damage numbers is never quite as satisfying as it is if you do it with a Greataxe. While perhaps not the strongest, the normal one still looks a million times better than that hairy shoulderblade the Taurus Demons use. What's the point of decimating your opponents, if you can't do it in style?

Thought I'd also throw in my two cents on the "Mail Breaker good/bad" topic.

I used the Mail Breaker on one run, just for fun, and it's actually quite a lot better than people make it out to be. It is by no means an unviable weapon by itself, especially once you start upgrading it.

The issue is that while the Mail Breaker can be considered "viable" or "decent" the Rapier and Estoc are more along the lines of "amazing" or "awesome". It's simply outshined by being placed in a weapon class where all of its qualities will be outperformed by atleast one other weapon in the same category.

So pretty much; you should use the Rapier, Estoc or any other Thrusting Sword, really, unless you specifically want to use the Mail Breaker for its appearance or added challenge.