Dagger

This article is about the class of weapon. For the specific weapon sold by NPC weaponsmiths, see Dagger (weapon).

The dagger is a one-handed weapon that may also be wielded in the main hand and off hand. Attacks with dagger skills are usually fast, but cleave fewer foes in melee (with the exception of elementalist skills). Additionally, daggers typically have some skills that aid in self-preservation, the method of which varies greatly by profession.

Crafted by: Weaponsmith

Overview

Usable by

Weapon slot	Guardian	Revenant	Warrior	Engineer	Ranger	Thief	Elementalist	Mesmer	Necromancer
Main hand	0	0		0		1	1	0	1
Off-hand	0	0		0	1	1	1	0	1

Weapon strength

The weapon strength of a level 80 dagger is listed below.

Rarity	Weapon Strength
	Min	Max	Midpoint
BBasic	563	698	580.5
CFine	704	748	726
DMasterwork	761	808	784.5
ERare	819	869	844
FExotic	924	981	952.5
GAscended HLegendary	970	1030	1000
PvP			922.5

Skills by profession

	Skill	Type			Description
Spellbreaker
	Breaching Strike	Burst	0.75¾	8	Burst. Strike your target and remove boons.
1	Precise Cut		0.25¼		Strike your foe. This attack deals increased critical damage.
1	Precise Cut, Focused Slash, Keen Strike chain  Focused Slash		0.25¼		Strike your foe. This attack has increased critical-hit damage.
1	Precise Cut, Focused Slash, Keen Strike chain  Keen Strike		0.25¼		Strike your foe and gain might. Gain additional might on critical hit.
2	Aura Slicer		0.75¾	6	Leap and strike your foe, inflicting slow.
3	Disrupting Stab			12	Inflicts Daze on your target. If your target is using a skill, this attack stuns and deals increased damage.
4	Wastrel's Ruin		0.5½	12	Strike your target. Deals more damage to foes not using skills.
5	Bladestorm		10.5½	20	Unleash a flurry of attacks that damages foes and reflects projectiles coming from the front.
Soulbeast
1	Groundwork Gouge		0.25¼		Swipe past your foe's defenses, exposing their vulnerability.
1	Groundwork Gouge, Leading Swipe, Serpent Stab, Deadly Delivery chain  Leading Swipe		0.25¼		Rake your dagger across your foe, leaving them bleeding.
1	Groundwork Gouge, Leading Swipe, Serpent Stab, Deadly Delivery chain  Serpent Stab		0.25¼		Slash across your foe, poisoning them.
1	Groundwork Gouge, Leading Swipe, Serpent Stab, Deadly Delivery chain  Deadly Delivery		0.75¾		Strike deeply into your foe, inflicting multiple conditions.
2	Double Arc		0.75¾	7	Rip your blade through your foe twice, inflicting heavy bleeding. Your pet's next two strikes inflict poison.
3	Instinctive Engage		0.75¾	0.5½	Leap forward and slash at your foe. Gain quickness if you successfully strike.
Ranger
4	Stalker's Strike		0.5½	10	Stab and poison your foe while evading attacks.
5	Crippling Talon		0.5½	15	Throw a dagger to bleed and cripple your foe.
Thief
1	Double Strike				Strike your foe twice.
1	Double Strike, Wild Strike, Lotus Strike chain  Wild Strike				Strike your foe again. Gain endurance with a successful strike.
1	Double Strike, Wild Strike, Lotus Strike chain  Lotus Strike		0.25¼		Strike your foe and inflict poison.
1	Backstab	Stealth Attack	0.25¼	1	Stealth Attack. Attack your foe from the shadows, striking for double damage if you hit from behind.
2	Heartseeker		0.75¾	3	Leap and strike your foe. The less health your target has, the more damage you cause.
with no offhand
3	Twisting Fangs	Dual Wield	0.5½	4	Dual Wield. Spin in place, hitting nearby foes. Each hit causes bleeding.
with offhand Pistol
3	Shadow Shot	Dual Wield		4	Dual Wield. Fire an unblockable shot at your foe, which blinds them, and then shadowstep to them for a dagger strike.
with offhand Dagger
3	Death Blossom	Dual Wield	0.5½	4	Dual Wield. Do an evasive attack over your opponent, striking nearby enemies three times. Each hit causes bleeding.
4	Dancing Dagger		0.25¼	3	Throw a dagger that cripples nearby foes and returns to you.
5	Cloak and Dagger		0.5½	5	Stab your foe and vanish in stealth, leaving them vulnerable.
Elementalist
Fire Attunement
1	Dragon's Claw		0.5½		Fling fire in a claw-shaped spread at your foe.
2	Drake's Breath		20.25¼	5	Spray a cone of fire at foes while on the move.
3	Burning Speed		0.75¾	12	Slide forward and blast the area, leaving behind a line of fire that burns foes.
4	Ring of Fire		0.25¼	15	Damage nearby foes with a ring of fire, burning foes that pass through it.
5	Fire Grab		0.75¾	25	Damage foes in a cone in front of you. Deal more damage to burning foes.
Water Attunement
1	Vapor Blade		0.5½		Cast a vapor blade that inflicts vulnerability and returns to you.
2	Cone of Cold		20.25¼	10	Spray an icy blast in a cone that damages foes and heals allies.
3	Frozen Burst		0.25¼	12	Detonate a burst of ice that chills nearby foes.
4	Frost Aura			30	Protect yourself with frost armor that reduces incoming damage by 10%. While active, it chills foes that hit you. Each attacker can only be affected by this once per second.
4	Frost Aura, Transmute Frost chain  Transmute Frost		0.5½	10	Cause your frost aura to violently explode, healing allies and damaging foes.
5	Cleansing Wave		0.75¾	30	Heal yourself and nearby allies, curing a condition.
Air Attunement
1	Lightning Whip		0.75¾		Lash your foe with lightning.
2	Convergence		0.5½	8	Shock a foe and inflict weakness. Gain fury for each foe hit.
3	Shocking Aura			25	Envelop yourself with electrical energy that stuns nearby foes if they attack you. Each attacker can be affected by this only once every 2 seconds.
3	Shocking Aura, Transmute Lightning chain  Transmute Lightning		0.5½	10	Cause your shocking aura to violently explode, stunning enemies who are struck by it.
4	Ride the Lightning			30	Ride the lightning to your foe, then strike all nearby foes with an electrical burst. If a foe is hit by the burst, the skill's recharge is halved.
5	Updraft			40	Gain swiftness from a gust of wind that launches nearby foes.
Earth Attunement
1	Impale		0.75¾		Spear your foes on a giant stone spike.
2	Ring of Earth		1	6	Use the earth to launch yourself into the air and strike foes in a small radius. Deliver a larger ring of earthen spikes upon impact.
3	Earthen Rush		0.5½	18	Quickly dash along the ground, summoning spikes along the way and then delivering an area strike.
4	Earthquake		0.75¾	30	Trigger a quake at your location, knocking down foes and dealing massive damage.
5	Churning Earth		2	30	Make the earth churn, crippling nearby foes before unleashing a seismic wave that damages and bleeds them.
Weaver
Fire + Water
3	Steam Surge	Dual Attack	0.75¾	18	Dual Attack. Slide to an area, blasting foes with steam while healing nearby allies.
Fire + Air
3	Plasma Burst	Dual Attack	0.75¾	15	Dual Attack. Burn your foes within a plasma blast.
Fire + Earth
3	Ashen Blast	Dual Attack	0.5½	12	Dual Attack. Blind your foes with burning ashes.
Water + Air
3	Katabatic Wind	Dual Attack	0.25¼	18	Dual Attack. Release a frigid wind that damages foes.
Water + Earth
3	Mud Slide	Dual Attack	1	20	Dual Attack. Trip your foes with mud as you slide past them.
Air + Earth
3	Grinding Stones	Dual Attack	0.5½	18	Dual Attack. Shred foes with a storm of stones. Take reduced damage while the storm is active.
Necromancer
1	Necrotic Slash				Slash your foe twice.
1	Necrotic Slash, Necrotic Stab, Necrotic Bite chain  Necrotic Stab				Strike your foe again.
1	Necrotic Slash, Necrotic Stab, Necrotic Bite chain  Necrotic Bite		0.25¼		Strike your foe and gain life force.
2	Life Siphon		10.75¾	10	Siphon health from your foe. Healing effectiveness increases if you are bleeding. Damage increases if your foe is bleeding.
3	Dark Pact		1	15	Immobilize your foe. Bleed yourself.
4	Deathly Swarm		0.5½	18	Unleash an insect swarm, blinding multiple foes. Transfer three conditions to your target on a successful attack.
5	Enfeebling Blood		0.75¾	25	Inflict weakness and bleeding on foes in the target area.

Related traits

Proficiencies

•  Dagger Proficiency — You can wield daggers in both hands.
•  Dagger Proficiency — You can wield a dagger in your main hand.

Enhancements

•  Dual Wielding — Attack speed is increased when wielding a main-hand weapon in your off hand.
•  Sun and Moon Style — Gain bonuses for each dagger you equip: Main hand—Interrupts grant quickness. (Only occurs once per interval.) Off Hand—Heal for a percent of your outgoing critical damage.
•  Ambidexterity — Gain condition damage. Gain additional condition damage while wielding a torch or dagger. Torch and Dagger skills recharge faster.
•  Dagger Training — Gain bonus power, which is increased when wielding a dagger.
•  Quickening Thirst — Increases movement speed while above the health threshold. Dagger skills recharge faster if activated while above the health threshold.

See also

• Gallery of daggers
• Daggers purchasable by karma

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Weapons

One-handed

Axe • Dagger • Mace • Pistol • Sword

Main-hand only

Scepter

Off-hand only

Focus • Shield • Torch • Warhorn

Two-handed

Greatsword • Hammer • Longbow • Rifle • Short bow • Staff

Aquatic

Harpoon gun • Spear • Trident

Other

Bundles