Dark souls 3 Invasions: Weapons Part 2

This is the second part of weapons I've had solid success with in invasions.

Straight swords:
Straight swords, in my opinion, are the best weapons in the game right now. They swing just slightly slower than the rapier and the small curved swords but have a much better hit box because of the horizontal swing. It's still not good to spam R1 but the weapon can't really be spot parried so R1 is definitely going to be your bread and butter. Just don't mash on it unless you are 100% sure the enemy doesn't know what the Parry button is. The best thing to do is One hanged R1, R1, R2 on straight swords where the R2 is the stab attack. I think this excludes the dark sword but Fuck the dark sword forever. This combination will catch most people who roll away with the stab attack because it takes almost the exact time of the roll to come out and the hotbox extends a good deal longer than the model. The lothric knight sword and anri's straight sword are my two favorites. I think the lothric knight sword has legitimately the best moveset, because of the 2 handed R2 thrust attack, but use whichever one you like or your build is specced out for. The other reason the straight swords are amazing is the weapon art: the shield splitter. L2+ R1 will pop open 90% of shields and leave the opponent open for a riposte. This is so useful when you have 3 gankers turtling behind shields. Combined with the hornet ring, this can make short work of the shield happy gank squad.

Sellsword Twinblades:
This is probably the best dex weapon for invasions and it's simply because it does a lot of damage very quickly. Both 2 handed R1, L2, R2 and L1, L2, R2 combo. The second one does more damage I believe but 2 handed L1 is easier to Parry. This weapon has been nerfed 3 times and it still does just an immense amount of damage. The popular way to use this weapon, thanks to oroboro, is to run it with the darkmoon blade buff. Crystal magic weapon or lightning will also actually do fine because it just adds damage. The buff and the damage from the combo just generally delete phantoms with one touch. You can also run the weapon without the buff on a quality or dex build but you are going to have to hit everyone twice, usually. If you can get the opponent healing, the combo will out damage the estus. It might take a few hits, but you should be able to finish them off with ease.