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 used in the 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. Daggers can be crafted by a weaponsmith. The maximum damage range is 970 - 1,030.

Skills by profession

	Skill	Type			Description
Spellbreaker
	Breaching Strike	Burst	0.75¾	8	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	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	Spin in place, hitting nearby foes. Each hit causes bleeding.
with offhand Pistol
3	Shadow Shot	Dual Wield		4	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	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	Lightning Touch		0.75¾	10	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		0.75¾	6	Bleed foes with a ring of rocky spikes.
3	Magnetic Grasp		0.5½	12	Immobilize your foe, making them vulnerable to a Magnetic Leap attack.
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	Slide to an area, blasting foes with steam while healing nearby allies.
Fire + Air
3	Plasma Burst	Dual Attack	0.75¾	15	Burn your foes within a plasma blast.
Fire + Earth
3	Ashen Blast	Dual Attack	0.5½	12	Blind your foes with burning ashes.
Water + Air
3	Katabatic Wind	Dual Attack	0.25¼	18	Release a frigid wind that damages foes.
Water + Earth
3	Mud Slide	Dual Attack	1	20	Trip your foes with mud as you slide past them.
Air + Earth
3	Grinding Stones	Dual Attack	0.5½	18	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 — Dagger attacks have increased damage and a chance to inflict poison on enemies.
•  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