Without the soul caliber i would say the next best option is the c6h crossbow It has lower spread then other weapons ( you can hit 3-5 projectiles long range without lock on ), crit stats and 1 pierce by default
Brother, don't you suffer with bosses like Medusa or the Varkolyn? Shitty jellyfish literally healed me and lowered me further with her electric balls and killed me, I'm already equal to her build and with good regeneration of life, but seriously I have to recover feathers because of the damn jellyfish or other bosses
I don't get too close to the enemies and a bastion With a full resolve doubles its defense and pair with abit of life regen from gears i can take a few hits just fine.