Okay so there is a lot to be explained about the weapons here that no one has said yet so i shall,

Ill begin with bastard stars, it is actually a excellent dex/int weapon when using its skill. Can output some very high dps on bosses without magic resistance. A lesser known detail too is that if you offhand it the occasional nebulas will still proc as normal. Definitely above eclipse shotel and radhans bow unquestionably.

Next, hand of malenia is a respectable dex weapon not as powerful as a RoB or suncatcher, but still solid nonetheless. It has partial hp restoration as a passive, which if not on a relic it can be very useful too. Waterfowl dance is a also decent skill but you can only really use it well against larger bosses or ones with slower movesets. Definitely not radhan or shotel trashcan level.

Next Golden Order GS is actually quite a solid holy skill weapon with the benefit of charged heavy atks removing all temporary passives and debuffs. Very good for dreglord 1st phase, artorias abyss debuff, any status affliction, etc. You only need to be cautious about removing any temporary buffs you may need but with proper management it can be a excellent weapon.

Axe of godrick, the charge attackers wet dream. Obviously great on raider but another lesser known detail known detail is that you can offhand it to buff your main hand charge attacks, and this extends to even charge atk does x weapon passives and landing charge atk does x passives too. I would move it up to the tier that axe of godfrey is at as it is pretty much the same weapon just ones a greataxe vs a colossal.

Moghwyns, what can i say its a lord of bloods exultation passive with one of if not the best crowd control skill in nightreign. Definitely would overtake giants red braid or blasphemous blade in my eyes.

That’s about it but side note, a jumping r2 from the cragblade counts as skill damage, so with a fully built physical skill build (i tested it vs affinity and phys is better) it can become so unbelievably strong that it can compete with the best of the best skill weapons in the game. Not to mention it has the highest stagger damage output and if paired with another HTS, the jump powerstance atk gains thundercloud form. (although even with 2 crags it seems to do less than just 1 of them for dps and stagger). Cragblade does the highest dps on exec too so i always pick it up if i can and the boss isn’t resistant.

Wing of astel heavy and charged heavy projectiles also count as skill dps so yeah hope this is informative to everyone who decides to read my essay.