Daggers

General


The Dagger is a melee weapon for the Assassin profession.

Daggers always come in pairs. You cannot 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, hammer or a Staff).

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.

The Dagger throwing skills in the Deadly Arts attribute do not require Daggers to be equipped.

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
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Core

 * Peppermint Daggers
 * Wintergreen Daggers
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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 (uses Dirks skin)
 * 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
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Guild Wars Nightfall

 * Piercing damage:
 * Ancient Daggers
 * Bronze Daggers
 * Jeweled Daggers
 * Ruby Daggers
 * Steel Daggers
 * Slashing damage:
 * Elonian Daggers
 * Talon Daggers
 * Tormented Daggers
 * Unique Daggers:
 * Achor's Daggers
 * Ardeh's Daggers
 * Chimor's Daggers
 * Hanchor's Daggers
 * Jarimiya's Daggers
 * Jeahr's Daggers
 * Kaya's Daggers
 * Lunto's Pincers
 * Mallyx's Zeal
 * Ravaging Daggers
 * Split Chakrams of the Forgotten
 * Stygian Daggers
 * Talons of the Forgotten
 * Ungues of the Forgotten
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