Dark Souls 3 SL 40-50 Invasions Part 2: Weapons

These are the most effective/fun weapons I've found success with at SL 40-50. I'm not saying they are the most effective and my build is not optimized by any means. These are just weapons that I've found a strategy for and have had really solid success with (at least above 60% win rate, I'd estimate.)

Lothric knight greatsword:

This weapon is a beast. It can be buffed, so combined with a lightning bundle it has over 450 AR at +4. That is HUGE and can 3 shot a lot of phantoms. My build van only 2 hand it, but that is just fine because it adds a little damage and has the unparryable sweep attack that can decimate group health bars. Combined with the Leo Ring, the charged two handed R2 can do something like 700 damage on a counter hit, I believe. This was the first weapon I tried on this build and I've used ultra greatswords a lot, so I moved on to new things fairly quickly.

Gargoyle Flame Spear:
People say this is the best spear in the game and I believe it. It does really high damage, has great reach, can hit multiple enemies, and people don't use spears much so most people don't seem to know the Parry timing. It can't be buffed so what you see is what you get and that is A-OK. This can wear a group of gankers out of their estus pretty quickly. Another fun thing to do is bottleneck the gankers, and play a game of siege where you just try to get pokes in while they try to get past your crazy reach.

Dragonslayer Axe:
This is not the dragonslayer greataxe boss weapon, this is the one you get from killing Creighton the wanderer in Central Irithyl after you help Sirris. Infusing this weapon with raw gave it the best damage for me, but this probably depends on your build. It does a massive amount of damage and can be buffed. The lightning bundle will do 500+ damage if you can get both hits of a two hit combo. The only downside is that Katanas seem to be a terrible match-up for it. I'm pretty sure it just gets outspaced and will just straight beat it if you both swing at the same time. No trades, just interrupts. If you run into a solo Katana user switch to a straight sword, a longer weapon, a weapon with hyper armor, or out-space and punish to win.