Thanks for the responses. I knew I was being overkill too but I just wanted to hear what other people had to say.
I only recently got into using potions so now I'm just using them since I have the supplies. I rarely use health tho. Only when I got swarmed by plains goblins, got hit by mosquito while distracted, and another time when tar monsters and mosquito were barraging me. Stamina potion is great for general use extra stamina, swarmed fights, run away, and when I heard my tames getting attacked by drake so it gave me that extra speed. But I wouldn't say it's necessary just convenient.

I also wanted to see which weapon would be recommended to drop.
Polearm and bow are the ones I use the most. Polearm has my favorite alternate move since it gets a wide group. Sword is my usual weapon and has a nice swing arc. But the mace seems to have the same range and speed as sword, but higher knockback.
The hardest single enemies I faced are Stone Golem, Abomination. And even then I can reliably take them down by countering first hit, and the next combo tends to kill them. Swords for Abomination and Mace for Stone Golem. All other enemies I can finish quickly with bow or polearm. Swords if they're lesser mobs even in numbers. But mostly I use Polearm.

So if I had to keep one melee weapon, it'd likely be the polearm. More comfortable reach. I'd even free up a slot I have for shield since I'd only use 2h, bow and staff. That'd free up 3 slots. Sword, Mace, Shield. Then the potions i'd leave behind unless I'm going out exploring to certain areas or just expeditions to map out.