Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-77.165.130.249-20130105134838/@comment-3057194-20140607161431

Take a weapon you're good with, make sure you have the skills* to make it even more effective. Be careful with your elemental weaknesses, if necessary, you can eat food to negate one. Maybe watch some videos on youtube to find openings for you to attack, especially if they use the same weapon as you.

Guarding skills for Lance/Gunlance Critical Draw for Great Sword Focus for Longsword, Hammer, Great Sword etc.
 * Examples: