Talk:Weapons (Dark Souls)/@comment-107.0.148.102-20170322190600/@comment-4511886-20170322221629

The strongest weapon in terms of pure damage is the Demon's Greataxe. However, damage is not all, as movesets, weight and range can all make weapons perform very differently between players.

Daggers are the fastest overall, although Ricard's Rapier easily provides the highest number of hits in one burst. The trade with Ricard's is that it is somewhat slow between these bursts.

As boring as it might seem, the Longsword (or Shortsword for that matter) are often overlooked, but extremely potent. The Claymore is also a popular pick, as is the Zweihander. Spears and thrusting swords are also quite potent weapons, and curved swords, as well as thrusting swords, are formidable if you use buffs. That said, there is no weapon that is completely unviable, with the exception of the Broken Straight Sword and Straight Sword Hilt, which are both designed to be unviable. That said, even they are not completely useless, although they're far behind any and all other weapons available.

Dual-wielding for any reason other than to save weight (generally only applicable if the weapon parries) or to look cool is generally a bad one.