Discussion: your top 5 weapons and why (base game only)

I know this has been posted a million times before, but I'd like to hear some new takes! For me:

1. Nagakiba - because it has a fast attack speed, decent damage, and really long range. But most of all, you can put your own ash of war on it. It's my swiss army knife weapon - it can do just about everything.

2. Blasphemous blade - its standard attack is mid (due to being so slow), but the skill spec is insane. It deals high damage to all enemies in a 50x5ft straight line ahead of you, and heals like 30% of your health bar on a hit. It heals you on kills as well. Along with the Taker's Cameo talisman, you'll always be at full hp with this weapon.

3. Bolt of Gransax - just in case you want to KO an enemy from like 200 ft away

4. Sword of Night and Flame - fast attack speed and okay damage, but the fact that it has two good skills is great. One for knocking a single enemy down and dealing high damage, and another for dealing high damage to a swarm of foes right in front of you.

5. Dragonscale Blade - in addition to high base damage and attack speed, the skill deals very high damage and it adds lightning damage to the blade for like 60 seconds after doing the skill, increasing the base damage substantially. The downside is that you have to be within 2-3ft of the enemy for the spec to hit, and it doesn't generally stun enemies with high poise.

Runner-ups:

Uchigatana, Hand of Malenia, Godskin Stitcher, Moonveil, Serpent-Hunter, Ordovis' Greatsword

What are yours and why?