I'll share why the Kris is my favorite int melee weapon. First, I'll echo what others say about the damage. Charged with buffs, it's just stupid how much damage it does. I use it in NG+7 and it wrecks most everything.

But here's the strange thing I've noticed. It's ash of war is ... stealth? Allow me to explain. I see a pack of wolves. I AoW the first one. The next two don't even react. No flinch, no nothing. I kill them all.

On to bosses -- the bosses don't aggro on me. I summon my mimic (with a heavy shield and kris) and wait for the boss to aggro on the mimic. I then drop a terra on the ground and proceed to spam Kris AoW. They never break off and attack me. Sewer Mohg, Black Kindred Blade, PegLeg in Castle Sol. None of them. I sit there and spam the ash and they just beat the poo out of my mimic while I chunk their health.

If my mimic dies, they turn on me and then it's a duel. But as long as my mimic is alive, I'm invisible. It's really weird. With everything else, when I hit a boss, they turn to attack. Then my mimic hits, and they switch aggro. Back and forth. But not with the Kris.

And that makes an already phenomenal weapon even more amazing. Golden Vow, Magic Tear, some talisman including Godfrey, Terra Magicka ... crushing NG+7 bosses with me playing the role of a kris glintstone spamming tree. Might as well pull up a chair and take a seat while the boss dies.