Best backstab/riposte weapon?

[FullROMSimon]

Something light. My build is 40/40 STR/DEX. Currently using Mytha's Bent Nail +5, and it feels like there are better stabby knives out there.

[Sunshine]

my next char is going to attempt ripostes with a Grand Lance. supposedly it has high crit damages although i generally dislike lance pvp cuz theyre horrid

[FullROMSimon]

Every heavy/big weapon has huge riposte damage. I often riposte after parry with my Curved Dragon Greatsword, because it deals more damage to heavy armored players. Lances have the highest counter damage, which is when you attack an opponent, when he's attacking.

[Echo]

The dagger you get 1 min into the tutorial is the highest damaging backstab weapon in the game. Pretty sure it's best as a straight +10 dagger but Raw would probably be even higher for backstab you'd just be sacrificing a large chunk of it's regular damage.

Personally, I'm just carrying a parry dagger to use for backstabs.. and i'm hitting for about 1.1k backstabs... straight dagger shoutl be up to 1.5k.

[Igneous]

parrying is more intense :p, god i love that sound

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[bluetooth brexit bandit]

Dark Souls 1 gave rapiers a unique property that defied stats and granted a huge boost to riposte damage. Dealt some of the highest damage in the game. I don't know at all if Dark Souls 2 retents this, but give it a try.

[Echo]

rapiers can ripose with R2 in mainhand now.. daggers apply their backstab damage 2x in DS II.. don't think there are any other properties for rapiers but worth checking.

[Prince-Nyan]

Ursprungligen skrivet av SRRT Thaddius:

my next char is going to attempt ripostes with a Grand Lance. supposedly it has high crit damages although i generally dislike lance pvp cuz theyre horrid

Only when you attack them while they are vulerable (while they roll/attack)
Backstab has a normal multiplier or "lower" compaired to other weapons for lances, about the same as other polearms.
Also lance pvp is amazing, but if your one of those lock on kids then stay away from thrust weapons.

[Napkin, The Seedcatcher]

Shadow dagger, made the test for me on my 40/40 quality in nearly one shots everyone the normal dagger is the second best does only like 40-50 less damage

[bluetooth brexit bandit]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Walkabout:

don't think there are any other properties for rapiers but worth checking.

It wasn't rapiers in general, it was the Rapier weapon itself. Ricard's rapier didn't have the property, as an example.

[Alluboy]

Don't know what dagger (probably just a regular one with regular upgrade or mundane) the person was using, but I got invaded in the Crypt when I was going to kill Velstadt after burning one ascetic. He invaded in that large hall, just before the fog gate.

I had two phantoms with me, and the invader managed to riposte me, I thought I was gonna die, but luckily managed to survive the riposte. My max health was about 1900 - 2000 at the time. I was left with pretty small amount of health, a few hundred maybe. So he probably did like, I dunno, 1400-1700 damage with it?

I can't remember that did have full health at the time, or did I already lose a bit before the riposte. But he definitely hit HARD!

[bluetooth brexit bandit]

did you survive the confrontation and whoop his bum

[FullROMSimon]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Titan³:

Shadow dagger, made the test for me on my 40/40 quality in nearly one shots everyone the normal dagger is the second best does only like 40-50 less damage

Hmm, I think that the Manikin Knife is better than Shadow Dagger. Tried it, and it does about 2k damage with 40/40 str/dex

Dagger can riposte for over 2500 when buff

Buffs are for casuls.

[Funpire]

Dagger and Manikin knife have the highest backstab potential with dagger edging out as better. I always keep a dagger on hand with my sorc.

[aamakuruu]

all daggers have the same crit damage

cmiiw

[Prince-Nyan]

DAGGER!!

Ursprungligen skrivet av Scottcok:

all daggers have the same crit damage

cmiiw

No they dont, that number on the stat screen is "crit multiplier" not riptose/backstab

As i can hit 1300 with my dagger (70dmg)
Where my rapier with the same "crit multiplier" hit's 900-1000 (220 dmg)