Has anyone else been noticing the occasional dropped input when using items, especially elixirs? I thought either it was simply not registering, or maybe the "use" animation wasn't finishing before the next attack would hit me, but it seems like this is actually a common problem.
On another note, I think a stamina gouging Odachi/Axe build is probably one of the easiest in the game. Not only do you get to wear heavy armor and keep a B agility, you get the second most life out of the stat next to constitution and both of the weapons have moderate to good damage scaling with it too.
The Odachi is a pretty versatile weapon that's pretty good at most things, with a great moveset, and the axe is more situational, but when it shines, it's absurdly strong. The axe demolishes most non boss Yokai without them even getting a single attack off (snake women are the exception, and the Odachi eats them), and against human boss duels, you can chain interrupt many of their attacks with the axe and also do crazy amounts of ki damage.