Elden Ring: Best Daggers
When it comes to weapon variety, Elden Ring stands tall. It has more weapon types than most games have weapons. Clubs the size of houses, swords made from pure light, and curved swords that can drain the lifeforce of your enemies. There really is something for everyone.
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Unfortunately, with all of these “larger than life” weapons, the humble Dagger can get overlooked. This would be a mistake, however, as the Daggers in Elden Ring can be brutally efficient sporting fast attack speeds, great damage, and brilliant Weapon Arts. Here are the best Daggers in the game, and where to find them.
A common misconception is that Daggers are the domain of the sneak-thief - the agile Dexterity user. The Bloodstained Dagger stands tall as a Strength Scaling weapon, and it rocks. They are especially effective when dual-wielded.
Despite its strength scaling, the Bloodstained Dagger is just as fast as other Daggers, comes with some decent Bleed scaling, and can be customized to your heart's content. As standard, it comes with the very useful Quick-Step, but Blood Blade, Bloodhounds Step, or any number of Weapon Arts can be swapped onto it.
It may be basic in appearance, but there is a lot to this shiv, and it can do work. The Bloodstained Dagger is a rare drop from Demi-Human Chieftains.
The Great Knife is one of the best starting weapons in the entire game and is very difficult to find in the wild. To get it, you will need to either start as a Thief or kill Gostoc after you’ve killed Godrick The Grafted.
Despite its small size, this dagger deals respectable damage, can be customized, levels up with standard Smithing Stones, and even builds Bleed. Because of that last part, the Great Knife
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