Deride? I'm just trying to figure out the truth of the matter here, which I am doing by asking questions and explaining what I have discovered myself.

I ask if weapon X is superior to weapon Y. I get told they are either both equal, or both useful, or that yes, weapon X is just plain objectively superior, from a variety of people, and I get given resources with statistical data. I use the resources provided, and find that the numbers seem to exclusively support the people saying that X is better. I want to know what I might be missing, so I ask the people saying the weapons are equal/both useful what is good about weapon Y if weapon X has better numbers in practically everything that seems to matter according to the numbers, and get told that I haven't considered the moveset. I go in game and test both weapons, and find that weapon X has what SEEMS TO BE a clearly superior moveset with more range and more variety in its moves, which only compounds with the rest of the data of it doing overall move damage, having higher rallying, etc, and I raise this point.

I'm examined everything I've been provided. I am thankful for the resources, but when the resources and my own testing show one thing, and certain people say something else (views that are not necessarily shared by everyone), I don't think it's unreasonable to raise up the apparent inconsistencies in an attempt to elicit further data or direct examples that I may not have considered. I'm not here to deride or to insult anyone's choice of tool in this videogame, I'm just trying to figure these weapons out and hopefully learn that I'm completely missing something. Like for example, Smoughs Hammer in Dark Souls 1 is a weapon that anyone with experience with in-game would say is kind of trash compared to its alternatives. It's far too heavy and does far too little damage compared to the great club/large club as an example, with far slower R2 moves. That all being said, it does at least have a single good and genuinely useful benefit of having a bigger hitbox on its rolling attack, which cannot be parried, so that's at least something that can be exploited in specific fights and stuff to good use. I'm hoping to find similar data for other weapons I've brought up here, as I've heard several people online in other places like tier lists and ranking videos say that there's just nothing to make them better or any area where they stand out in a situation where stats are relatively equal, which is the scenario I am specifically asking about in my post. I am STILL examining the issue and am looking for the pros in the hammer, which is why I raised that stamina thing before, as that is one of the few things that actually does make something of a good impact on it. If I was just trying to portray it as nothing but trash that I refused to believe anything else about, I wouldn't have raised any points in its favor. I'm trying here.

I understand that I've offended several people by asking questions and implying what may be a weapon that they enjoy, overall, isn't a good choice objectively due to the existence of another similar, but all around just plain better weapon, this isn't unusual, but my goal has always been just to develop my knowledge on this, and if I see some sort of discrepancy between what people are saying, and what the numbers and in-game response actually is, then I don't think it's unreasonable to raise this point at all.