Well porcupine is best overall damage type vs all ( blunt+pierce, o nly abomination resist both but the rest of mobs just 1 or no one )
And sword basic af ? For you dude , because special attack is best backstab attack than knife ( jump sometimes fails because buggy hitboxes ) , specially if its a Blackmetal
And you can parry a stared fuling with polearm sorry dude