The LEE is the best 1h sword currently. It's not head and shoulders over every other sword, as ought to be the case, but it's easily the most powerful if you have the money and know how to use it. With high powerstrike or careful maneuvering the stab always hits. With the exceptional length it can score well-aimed headshots and easily dismount or kill charging cavalry. The low swing damage is its only real underwhelming feature, at face value, but in practice this is almost irrelevant. On left-right swings the sword easily scores clean headshots - effectively increasing its average slash damage way above the given stat.
I'd use it, except that:
- it's expensive
- it's not very pretty compared to other swords
- it's a little boring to use
- folks know how dangerous you are and run away