Can effectively use these weapon setups without any need for ring or equipment swapping:
Chaos Blade / Claymore + numerous shields
Estoc + Back Knight Shield
Murakumo (only 2 handed)
And obviously other suitable dex weapons.
37 poise allows you take 1h greatsword r1s, commonly used to deadangle turtle's. Using wolf ring pushes it to 77 poise, so almost nothing will stagger you.
