Raw or Dark Dagger?

[Sic]

I'm doing a build with 11 str and 10 dex and i need a crit weapon (i have dark long sword), its better a raw dagger or a dark dagger?

[Rotten]

if you have points in int and faith then dark is best by a long shot.

[Sic]

Originally posted by Rotten:

if you have points in int and faith then dark is best by a long shot.

No points. So i have to do raw long sword for more dmg or its better dark?
EDIT: Its abyss long sword

[cridus]

If you're at low levels, fire or deep dagger is best. Not chaos or dark.

[Sic]

Originally posted by tizius:

If you're at low levels, fire or deep dagger is best. Not chaos or dark.

I'm sl 70

[cridus]

What are your stats?

[Sic]

all points in health and stamina

[[LZ]Icy]

Thief dagger infused with poison (Itll show u all their Guts :D)

https://youtu.be/zQTFblgp-UM like that

[Pickles]

Raw, it's what you use if you have low stats. You'll get much higher damage with it since you don't have stats to scale with dark.

You can also buff it with things like resin.

[cridus]

no, if you didn't up at all strength, dex, faith and intelligence, make it either fire or deep. it will deal more damage. you can test it if you want, anyway. a dagger costs like 300 souls and you should have plenty of raw and fire/deep gems.

p.s. but yeah, maybe if you plan to buff it then you should probably make it raw. just, test it.

[Ziop]

without scaling raw will be the best (but fire stager some enemys keept that in mind)
because it just goes through physical armor (dmg gets reduced x1)
fire, lightning, dark etc. weapons will go through 2 defense types (dmg gets reduced x2)

when you want elemental extra dmg go for weapons buffs (magic weapon, fire weapon etc. or resins)

haven´t played in a while but there is the one greatsword (i think drakesomethingsomething) which has physical, magic and lightningdmg which means the dmg goes through 3 !!! defences stats from your enemy
i still know that i tested it myself (don´t remember my stats)
raw claymore +9 vs the drake....sword +9
even with some magic and faith (magic and lightningdmg scaling) it dealt about 100 dmg less to the hollows around firelink
keep in mind that the AR is displayed against an enemy with 0 defenses and will never display the true dmg output which will be diffrent from enemy to enemy

[cridus]

Originally posted by Ziop:

without scaling raw will be the best (but fire stager some enemys keept that in mind)

he said he will use this dagger for backstabs and ripostes (crits), so unless he's gonna buff a raw dagger, with his stats fire or deep is better.