Daggers

General


The Dagger is a melee weapon for the Assassin profession.

Daggers always come in pairs. You can not wield a dagger in one hand while holding a shield or focus in the other hand. The Guild Wars game mechanics treat a pair of daggers like a single two-handed weapon (similar to a bow or a hammer).

The Assassin's Dagger Mastery attribute improves damage dealt by daggers and linked skills, and is often a requirement for this weapon type. Equipping a pair of daggers is required to perform dagger attack skills.

Dagger attack skills must be performed in a certain order: typically, Lead Attack &rarr; Off-Hand Attack &rarr; Dual Attack. However, there are some exceptions. See Assassin and Assassin attack chain quick reference for details.

Damage Stats

 * The maximum damage range for daggers is 7-17. The minimum damage range is 1-3.
 * There are piercing and slashing daggers available.
 * All Daggers have an inherent 2% chance to double strike. This chance stacks with Dagger Mastery.
 * Daggers hit in combat every 1.33 seconds. Dagger Mastery of 16 increases the "average attack speed" to 0.99 seconds due to the double strikes that trigger at higher probablity.
 * Daggers with maximum damage have been observed with attribute requirements as low as 8. Daggers with attribute requirements of 0 have been observed with damage ranges as high as 3-7.

Dagger Types
The following dagger types can be found in Guild Wars Factions:


 * Daggers that cause piercing damage:
 * Aureate Daggers
 * Celestial Daggers
 * Ceremonial Daggers
 * Chromium Shards
 * Dirks
 * Dragon Fangs (Preorder item)
 * Gilded Daggers
 * Golden Talons
 * Jade Daggers
 * Kris Daggers
 * Oni Daggers
 * Plagueborn Daggers
 * PvP Daggers
 * Sai
 * Salient Daggers
 * Starter Daggers
 * Stilletos
 * Zodiac Daggers
 * Daggers that cause slashing damage:
 * Butterfly Knives
 * Dragon Scythes
 * Hooked Daggers
 * Kamas
 * Korambits
 * Kukris
 * Platinum Sickles
 * Split Chakrams
 * Unique daggers:
 * Arius' Sai
 * Ceremonial Daggers
 * Chkkr's Pincers
 * Daggers of Xuekao
 * Darkroot's Daggers
 * Everthorn's Chakrams
 * Falaharn's Split Chakrams
 * Kaolin Daggers
 * Kenshi's Butterfly Daggers
 * Lou's Karambits
 * Onata's Shards
 * Pei's Blades
 * Razorfang's Claws
 * Shiro's Blades
 * Shreader's Talons
 * Shrouded Oni Daggers
 * Ssaresh's Kris Daggers
 * Tahkayun's Pincers
 * Ungues of the Oni
 * Urkal's Kamas