Powerstanced rapiers are generally good for high DPS & status procing (antspurs) but I have found them lacking against halberds & certain colossal builds. This is typically due to their ability to out trade poise damage, thus interrupting or stopping your attacks altogether. Still besides that they are among the best weapons in the game.

A rapier irl is closer to what an HTS is in this game, esp in moveset considering their think RR2 lol. As other ppl mentioned here, this is a "small sword;" rapiers aren't nimble and light but long and deliberate.

This is not a rapier, it's a small sword. The small sword was quite frankly a small sword that did not have an edge and was used solely for personal defense, it appeared in the 18th century I think. The rapier on the other hand was a late medieval/renaissance weapon that weighted as much as an arming sword (basic ***** 1h medieval sword [which on average weighted about a kilo]) and was relatively much better for thrusting than other swords (note how I'm not using the term "specialised for thrusting" since there are swords [like the estoc or foil] that cannot cut and are literally specialised for thrusting while the rapier can indeed cut so it would be better if we classified it as an arming sword with a very slim blade). It was also (ON AVERAGE!) as long as a longsword or even longer. So as the description states, this weapons does not have a cutting edge and it is small. So there it is ladies and gentlemen this sword is a FRAUD a FALSE IDOL a MERE PRETENDER of the rapier!

Sure, the crit may not be as high as the Misericorde, but it’s still the second highest in the game along with having shield poke, more reach, & is only .5 heavier. Plus Elden Bling!

was my main weapon on DS3, now I just own it for the nostalgia

I Am Inigo Montoya, You Killed My Father, Prepare To Die.

It's such a shame that you can literally only get one per game, the single rapier sold in the roundtable hold. I love dual-wielding thrusting swords, but I also love symmetry. "Being able to get two of them" is another W for the estoc, I guess. Three if you start as a Prisoner.

It pokes. Pokes real good.

use 2 with sepuku it will be amasing

Griffith my beloved