Dagger Damage...??

[Darknoble]

Can some one explain to me How dagger damage scales? I get soo many 0 damage im not sure if its even worth training...Some please expalin....Thanks

[feliscon]

Daggers are best used with the critical strike skill and aimed attacks. For most attacks, a critical will bypass armour completely.

[Darknoble]

Thanks

[Vince]

Daggers are a very capable weapon class but you can't use them the same way you use swords and hammers. Use Aimed Attacks and Special attacks, develop Critical Strike and Dodge.

Damage doesn't scale. Each armor has damage resistance (DR). If you deal 5 points of damage to a guy wearing armor with 8 DR, the armor will absorb the damage completely.

[Morgian]

Daggers are good with special attacks as said above and when poisoned. You also should have a solid critical strike skill.
Being short, daggers can also attack only into 4 of the adjacent squares. I have often cursed the necessity to move before striking, especially if the enemies wielded spears and 2H weapons.

They are viable weapons, though. I killed the Guardian with a dagger, the thief group in the slums and the arena fighters.

[TCPippin]

Also, daggers are the only melee weapon small enough to fit into a belt slot.

[Elhoim]

Originally posted by Eel:

Also, daggers are the only melee weapon small enough to fit into a belt slot.

4 AP weapons fit as well (gladius, khopesh, marculus, etc).

[Rupan]

Against armored foes, just aim for the jugular.

[commandokline]

what is the point of keeping a dagger in your belt slot? Why not just keep it in your hand? Can you dual wield daggers?

[Losmada]

Originally posted by commandokline:

what is the point of keeping a dagger in your belt slot? Why not just keep it in your hand? Can you dual wield daggers?

You cannot dual wield weapons. You can have one a weapon in each slot but the character will swap to that weapon when you select it rather than dual wield them.

Note that the different dagger variations have different bonuses. Some have better crit rating and some are faster and more accurate. You can freely switch between them depending on your enemy.

Most of the items you can have on your belt are support stuff like alchemy and nets or smaller, lighter weapons like gladius and the light mallet. Daggers fit in with light weapons so you can keep them in your belt but there is no specific reason I can think of to keep them there if your hands are free.

[GenSec39]

Played with all melee weapons (except axes) and daggers proved to be the best choice. You can totally ignore strength in your character build and invest more points in agility and perception instead. Yes, they deal not much damage, but that is not why they are so good.

They cause deadly damage from bleeding. And bleeding damage can be stacked. Combine it with poison and your enemies will get like 3-4 times more damage from DoTs than from standard attacks. And always try to do arterial strikes and invest more points in critical hits than in daggers themselves.

When I played as assassin I never even had to max my combat skills and had like 9 in crits and 7 in daggers.

[[MVS] 50Blessings]

I kept three daggers on me in my most recent dagger run, just cause I also went into crafting. One was my light THC based dagger, then in my hand my heavy THC dagger, and a third Passive Effect and Critical based dagger. So I could choose between them depending on the enemy.

[GunofBrixton]

I feel like you guys would have loved early access Dagger Dodge Counter attack builds lol. They're very tuned down from the insanity they used to be. But at least now shields are viable!

[Jrdotan]

Originally posted by Losmada:

Originally posted by commandokline:

what is the point of keeping a dagger in your belt slot? Why not just keep it in your hand? Can you dual wield daggers?

You cannot dual wield weapons. You can have one a weapon in each slot but the character will swap to that weapon when you select it rather than dual wield them.

Note that the different dagger variations have different bonuses. Some have better crit rating and some are faster and more accurate. You can freely switch between them depending on your enemy.

Most of the items you can have on your belt are support stuff like alchemy and nets or smaller, lighter weapons like gladius and the light mallet. Daggers fit in with light weapons so you can keep them in your belt but there is no specific reason I can think of to keep them there if your hands are free.

They can be used to pass active checks regarding critical strikes in a character that has no dagger proficiency.