Believe it or not this thing is pretty good for parrying, it may feel slow but when you use it in tandem with weapons like LHB and be aggressive you can nuke enemies like Gehrman. The windup takes a second but with the right timing you can become a god of parrying with this thing.

Ah. I see you're a man of culture as well.

men have holes too, *****

And men

Male too but only from behind

You call him Kos? I always said Kosm.

Ah Kos, or some say Kosm…..

1/3 or pistols range. At best.