Evade/Parry weapons

[Quasimofo]

What weapons focus heavily on being able to pop a lure and be capable of taking no damage or very tiny chip damage? From my understanding daggers, greatsword, lance and gunlance have this functionality. I know long sword can do an offset strike, but it doesn't seem like a bread and butter so much as it does a situational use.

Is there anything I'm missing? Any particular weapons you like and click with you more than the rest of them?

[Herr Morlock]

If you squish around with sword & shield, on the ground, you are pretty hard to hit, until you are starting to encounter high rank monsters, which have moves/attacks to counter that.

[Scipo0419]

Guard: Lance, Gunlance, SnS, Charge Blade, HBG, Greatsword
Evade: everything, but technically only DB and Bow gain direct benefits from Perfect Evades.
Counters: Longsword, Lance, Switch Axe (I think that's it?)
There's also offset attacks: HH, Hammer, Greatsword, Switch Axe, Light Bowgun, Heavy Bowgun, Insect Glaive (am I missing any?)

[Mrrshan68]

Im pretty sure standard lance is where you want to be to just stand there and counter everything.
They can just mash attack then animation cancel directly into a guard, which can then transition directly into a counter thrust.