What's the absolute maximum damage potential with a melee weapon in dark souls 2? [closed]

So apparently weapons can do bonus damage according to your stats. The S scaling does the most damage, and then A next, B, C, D, E. That means if you have 99 strength, an S scaling in strength would maximize your damage. IS there a sword that scales off all the most possible stats? or at least the greatest sum of stats so that their combined damage was the most damage you could get if you were going for a completionist build.

Solution 1:

There is no weapon that has an S scaling in strength without being upgraded first, The selection you have to choose from are:

• Red Rust Sword: Upgrades with Twinkling Titanite. At +5 it gains an S scaling in STR.
• King's Ultra Great Sword: Upgrades with Petrified Dragon bone. At +5 it gains an S scaling in STR
• Club: Upgrades with Titanite shard, Large Titanite shards, Chunks and a Slab. At +10 it gets an S Scaling in STR
• Large Club: Upgrades with Titanite shard, Large Titanite shards, Chunks and a Slab. At +10 it gets an S Scaling in STR

EDIT: As of 1.08

• Drakekeeper's Ultra Greatsword: Upgrades with Titanite shard, Large Titanite shards, Chunks and a Slab. At +10 it gets an S Scaling in STR
• Greatsword: Upgrades with Titanite shard, Large Titanite shards, Chunks and a Slab. At +10 it gets an S Scaling in STR

The next highest is the Sun Sword which has an A scaling in STR and DEX at +10, followed by the Caestus with an A/B scaling in STR/DEX. The next best is possibly the Curved Dragon Great Sword, which has a B/S scaling in STR/DEX.

As for "Scaling off the most possible stats", the scaling works off your stats, no matter how high they get.

That being said, there are what people call "Soft Levels" in your stats, that are determined by the max amount of levelling a stat gives per level.

For example:

• ~2.3 ATK per level until 30 STR
• 3.8 ATK per level until 40 STR
• 1.5 ATK per level until 50 STR
• ~0.8 DMG per level over 50 STR

So the "Soft Level" for Strength would be level 40, being the maximum return per level up.