Why daggers are the coolest weapon type in AO:

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Too common

Now that is definitely a chad opinion

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Until they get buffed AOE moves on daggers are not really viable as the horrendous size mult makes them outclassed.

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10/10 post stood up and applauded

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Katanas are only goated because they let you speedrun siren coves if you know where the weakpoint is

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can’t forget shields

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True dat

Shield bash is a really good grab

Shield throw kind of gimmicky but I like how the rebound can damage people

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The visuals on shield bash when imbued are insane

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Good luck recovering the dagger when you throw it

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Simply become magnetic ez

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Have you tried moving the pointy end directly towards the enemy instead of just in their general direction?

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As much as I love daggers and dagger throw…
I wouldn’t even dare to place it above A or B tier… Let alone S Tier…

The projectile is smaller than a spear throw and has no explosion radius…

But from testing, WHY DOES SHIELD, SPEAR AND AXE THROW HAVE AN EXPLOSION RADIUS???

Yes it’s fast, but the clashrate is absolutely horrendous. Worse than even the most outclashed attack possible… Which is pulsar…

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Ur not meant to be using it like a ground punisher it’s for aerial snipes

Also the fact it’s small makes it harder to see for the enemy so that’s more of a bonus

Spear throw is pretty alr too ig

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I’m actually suffering from the clashrate of it.

Coz if I try to snipe someone mid-air, it just disappears coz it was outclashed horribly.

And I am already suffering from not being able to win clashes most of the time due to being a savant main.

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You gotta endlag punish with it

I can’t think of any really good examples but imagine like someone trying to land a piercing shot on you

You’d try to spiraling fury out of their sight and then snipe them from behind with the dagger throw, and since it has barely any endlag, you can start cycling attack against them for big damage

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I know you have to endlag punish with it.

But it’s extremely difficult against people using high attack speed, so I have to compensate it with using my FS which is not even half the size of a mage’s blast with 0 size.

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Simply get good ez :smiling_face_with_sunglasses:

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I got good which is the problem.

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Get better yep.

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One thing I will admit tho

Claws might beat daggers in terms of viability

And if rapier gets a projectile of some kind, it’s joever.

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I’m gonna wait till arcanium weapons are a thing… Then hopefully I can compensate more with it…