Best Daggers / Weapon for my build

[Garzec]

Hi I am new to DS3 and I want to play an Assassin.

And before wasting my materials I have some questions.

1. Is bleeding useful?

2. Is poison useful?

3. Which weapon to take for bleeding?

4. Which weapon to take for poison?

5. which Armor should I take? Are there any armor pieces for assassin players?

6. I go for Dex on 30, Strength on 30 and then Points on Luck?

Thanks!

[EvilPie]

Mmmm, the only (advanced) armor that comes to mind is the shadow set (makes you look like a ninja) you can find it in the corrupted king garden.

[PaulieZero]

Bandit Knife can be purchased from Greirat and comes with bleed, and can be infused with poison for both. This weapon strikes very quickly and has increased backstab/riposte damage.

For pure bleed you can go Katana, Carthus Curved.

[Garzec]

So all in all, I should go for Bandit Knife?

I just found the Brigand Daggers. Are twin blades not that good?

[Flekk]

1 Bleeding is usefull, but not to all enemies.
2 Poison is crap.
3 Start with thief class for a dager and a bow as starter kit. (the thief dagger has bleed)
4 Poison is crap.
5 Armor depends on your playstyle, but agile and fast assasin needs no shield either. That means you should keep the total wheight of your armor less than 30% (gives you fast and long roll).
6 That means you have a "quality" build, but you should try and get 40 dex and 40 str. You need to upgrade your weapon with a refined gem when yor level is getting high.

If you invest in luck you should go down the hollowed path, but its kind of tricky though. (I recommend skipping the luck and favor the health and stamina).

[Velkhana's Summer]

Guru rot dagger for poison. Carthus curved sword for bleed (bandit knife until you can find it). Lvl up luck for better scaling. Infuse non status effect weapons with Hollow. 18 Str will get you enough aim for 30 dex and 30 luck. But remember vigor and endurance are always the first two you should upgrade on any class unless you're trying to reach weapon requirements. Enjoy being hollow my friend, make sure you talk to yoal and lvl up from him 5 times.

Poison is situational. great for pvp. great for some bosses. good on most pve enemies unless you are in the hellish area or swamp area where they live and breathe poison.

Bleed is situational. decent for pvp. great for some bosses. amazing on some pve enemies.

Just use common sense when it comes to the statuses. If it looks heavily armored or tough scales try poison first. If it looks soft and fleshy, gut it like a pig and bleeeeed. Eventually find a frost weapon and you can freeze them first before applying others to make them attack/dodge less.

[PaulieZero]

Poison may not be crap. I have seen some no-hit players kill bosses with it, and I have had quite a lot of success with it in PVP. You'd be surprised how desperate some people get with that timer making them nervous. But its not a ton of damage on its own, sure.

[psheue]

1. Bleed is awesome for PvE and good enough for PvP.
2. Poison is underwhelming.
3. There are several weapons with innate bleed that are really good when infused. You should try them and choose the one you prefer. You can get the Bandit Knife quite early from Greirat. The Warden Twinblades are also popular for bleed. Personally, I love the Carthus Curved Greatsword.
4. There are not as many weapons for poison. I really like the Rotten Ghru Dagger. Also, you can infuse it with bleed to inflict both effects at the same time (it's surprisingly good).
5. Armor doesn't matter that much, choose what you like.
6. If you want to focus only on bleed/poison, go for 40 LCK (50 tops) and the minimun requirements for the weapons you want to use (don't forget to infuse them!).

I have a DEX/LCK character and it's a blast.

[Garzec]

So I just found the poison gem. Should I go for Bandit's knife with bleed and poison now =?

[PaulieZero]

give it a whirl. if you decide its better without it, you can infuse shriving stone to remove it

[Velkhana's Summer]

Originally posted by Garzec:

So I just found the poison gem. Should I go for Bandit's knife with bleed and poison now =?

Never split infuse. Only stack infuse, blood gem for bandit knife.

Put poison gem when you can into the Guru rot dagger

[TrueArchery]

Poison is meh. I'd suggest you to use some spells. The mist pyromancies, snap freeze and a bleed infused bandits knife or one of the carthus weapons. Go for a full luck build. Against targets resistant to bleed grab anris sword. Its awesome and deals pure physical damage that scales with luck.
Theres a staff which has a poison mist as a weaponart which is really effective. Considering that you d need a bit of Int for the spells anyway, go for it.