Dex/Thrust Weapon - PvE

[stan.klingenbart]

Hi,

as i want to start on a dex build with minimal INT investment for Frozen and GM Weapon i'm quite unsure which weapon to use for PvE. in my 2 earlier playthroughs i always had a weapon with "normal" attack type, so they didn't lack against anything particularly.

With the Dex Weapons i'm looking for they're mostly thrust or slash, so i guess there will be situations where they will struggle more than a normal weapon would?

So i'm in between Rapier, Estoc or a uchigatana. Rapier has a cool backstab modifier, katanas do add bleed and estoc seems to be poular overall. So which would be the most useful for PvE concerning the afforementioned aspects and scaling without going high on STR orLuck/Faith?

[Artek [General]]

Estoc is one of the best rapiers in the game if not THE best. It deals generally more damage than any other rapier, has increased reach and has slash-damage R2 attaks which helps to hope with enemies who are resistant to thrust (primarily skeletons of all kinds).

Uchigatana is just a generic normal katana. Nothing too special about it. Its just... Fine.

Thrust damage struggles against skeletons - that i know for sure. Thrust damage has a unique mechanic that when opponents take any action (particularly mid-swing of attacks) they take -30% defense panalty to thrust damage, so thrust-damage based weapons are extremely good for punishing enemies.

Slash damage is kinda the worst damage type in the game. Its bad against plate-armored oponents and scales, which is majority of enemies in this game.
The enemies with open flashy hide though... Like hollow zombies and other unarmored poor bastards - they take ALL the bonus damage in the world.