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But, Chish:

1) Pyrrha's spear is also a sword, so if it couldn't slash in that form it would've been weird.

2) A Rapier, of the kind Weiss wields, is, quite obviously, still designed for Thrust much more than for Slashes.

It's like cutting and slashing people with a needle. Sure, you can. But it's miles worse in effectiveness than a proper cutting weapon, and it will do much better stabbing than slashing.