Invasions in Dark Souls 3: Weapons

This post is just for weapons that I personally have had success in invasions with and weapons that I have seen a lot of success with. You can really use whatever weapon you want but some are just better saved for duels. If you have fun with a certain weapon over others, try it out though. The game is still young and things are still being discovered. I think I will split this one into multiple parts also.

HYPER ARMOR:
First and foremost, weapons with hyper armor and are cannot be parried are going to be the easiest. Invading gankers is never easy, but these weapons will give you the best shot. Hyper armor, if you are not aware, is a property in dark souls 3, bloodborne, and many fighting games. The idea is that during your attack animation, you can take damage for a hit or two but your animation will continue allowing you to do damage back. It still requires some calculation but ideally you would do more damage to your opponent than they will do to you. This is most effective versus small, low damage weapons as opposed to high damage weapons that also have hyper armor. As a rule of thumb, the hyper armor starts as soon as the weapon has forward momentum. On some weapons it seems even earlier. I don't know the data on this honestly. Most huge weapons will have hyper armor. Anything that counts as an ultra greatsword, great axe, curved great swords, and great hammers. These specific weapons all have unparriable 2 handed R1 and R2 attacks (I believe curved great swords are just the 2 hand R2) which is another huge benefit. The other two weapons that I know have hyper armor are the regular greatswords when 2 handed and halberds. These two weapon classes are ALWAYS parriable though.

HORNET RING:
The second piece of equipment is the hornet ring. This does more damage when you get a riposte. The percentage is weird since a patch, but it's still fantastic. In my opinion, this is almost necessary in higher level invasions. You can't rely completely on Parry fishing, but if you get one you need to make it count if it's 1 versus 3-4. This ring has been nerfed but it can still one shot most phantoms since they have a 30% health deficit compared to the host. If you suck a parries, Parry fish for like 20-50 invasions and learn the timing or get a friend to swing at you for a while. It's essential when invading if you want to have a solid success rate.