Its pretty easy to lvl up to like 120 if you know what you're doing so not that hard to stat for a badass weapon. It will prove most useful to have multiple forms of attacks when you start dueling more.

cmw?

crystal magic weapon?

anor londo is giving me a tough time...could be cause im only soul lvl 47. im wielding a crystal shield, and the lightning spear...where can i find a good substitute for the crystal shield ?

not your level, i beat anor londo at SL 1 haha.
crystal shield is a nice shield, unless yours broke.
grass crest is also nice, it offers stamina regen, but only has 95% reduc, but well worth the trade off.

but really the only difference the crystal shield offers is higher natural resists, no other shield really offers that early on, not that i can remember at least.

and if you're really having trouble, you can always level up

i found it easiest to just regain ur humanity and summon 2 other people.
u blow through that place really quickly, and its alot more fun doing co-op.

anor londo gets so many invasion though haha.
so you gotta either be quick about it or decent enough at pvp or have your co-op summoned to help you before you get invaded

just summon at the bridge. i have a sl 55 toon that hangs out there and only thing i do is co-op anor londo with people. lots of pvp usually happens, its good fun.

i usually put my sign down in the bonfire before O&S, i like fighting those 2 guys now

Time for From to release the name of their next Souls game.