I’ve noticed that the poise damage on certain weapons, especially all greataxes apart from spalled axe, is not what they should be.
For starters greataxes and straight swords share the same 20 poise damage in the menu screens. But also that with greataxes it’s quite hard to interrupt enemies, especially so when considering how slow they are compared to straight swords.
Spalled axe is the only exception I’ve come which actually feels impactful and useful when it comes to stopping enemies.
Also, from what I’ve noticed one-handed axes are usually quite bad because of slower attack speed than any great weapon. Hunters axe is a big offender of this.