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In the video, the speaker delves into the detailed evaluation of various daggers and thrusting swords in a game, following the latest patch 1.10. They highlight the increased popularity of these weapons due to buffs in critical damage and reduced recovery time. The discussion critiques several weapons like the Hakizashi, Ivory Sickle, Glenstone Miner's Knife, Celebrant Sickle, Blade of Calling, and Scorpion Stinger for their impracticality and lackluster performance, characterized by poor damage output, impractical mechanics, and awkward design choices.
The video also examines the Crystal Knife, standard dagger, Wakazashi, and Black Knife, noting their mixed effectiveness based on damage potential, usability in different scenarios, and specific attributes such as high critical hit modifiers and specialized attack ratings. Unique features and drawbacks of daggers like the Missouri Chord, Edge Steel Dagger, Parrying Dagger, Blood-Stained Dagger, Great Knife, and CinqueDEA are discussed, emphasizing traits like high base damage, bleed build-up, versatility, and strategic uses in both PvE and PvP situations.
Daggers like those with the Quick Step skill, Glint Stone Chris, and reduvia receive praise for their flexibility, high physical damage, and effectiveness in applying status effects like bleed. The video also provides strategic tips, including using specific characters as decoys to obtain powerful skills. Overall, the speaker offers a comprehensive assessment, balancing humor with critical insights into each weapon's performance within the game's current meta.
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In this segment, the speaker discusses the impact of the latest patch (1.10) on weapon usage, specifically highlighting the increased popularity of daggers and thrusting swords due to buffs in critical damage and reduced recovery time. They humorously critique several weapons, including the Hakizashi and the Ivory Sickle, noting their limitations and lackluster performance. The speaker also integrates a NordVPN promotion, emphasizing its security benefits against potential threats. The segment culminates with the evaluation of the Crystal Knife, acknowledging its modest improvements and concluding with a tentative “B” rating for the weapon.
00:03:00
In this segment of the video, the speaker discusses various weapons, focusing on their effectiveness and scaling issues. They critique certain daggers for their poor damage output and impracticality despite their scaling with strength, such as the Glenstone miner’s knife, which they find impractical for use in the game. They also scrutinize the celebrant sickle for its lack of power and impractical rune gain mechanic, arguing it feels more like a prank due to its ineffectiveness in combat.
The speaker then moves on to the Blade of Calling, expressing their disappointment in its performance compared to other weapons like the Black Knife, noting its split Holy damage and limited range. Despite trying to find redeeming qualities, they conclude it falls short in most scenarios.
Next, they examine the Scorpion Stinger, questioning design choices such as the wolf on the pommel and criticizing its default skill for being redundant given the dagger’s quick move set. They’re frustrated that this rot-aligned weapon cannot be infused to improve its effectiveness, given its already low rot buildup and subpar attack rating.
00:06:00
In this part of the video, the speaker discusses various daggers in a game, highlighting their characteristics, pros, and cons. They start by questioning the design choices of a specific unique dagger with the best scaling but puzzling features, like a wolf on the pommel and an unchangeable default skill. Moving to the standard dagger, they note its high damage output and critical hit modifier but criticize its short reach and average performance.
Next, they analyze the Wakazashi, emphasizing its effectiveness as an offhand weapon and its high damage potential when not dual-wielding. However, they point out its awkwardness due to length issues when paired with katanas. Finally, they review the Black Knife, praising its ability to handle large health bars and its balanced damage split but criticizing its telegraphed skill in PVP and the specificity required to exploit it effectively.
00:09:00
In this part of the video, the speaker discusses the performance and characteristics of various daggers in a game. They compare the Black Knife and Blade of Calling, noting that the Black Knife generally has better raw attack rating (AR), except when leveling strength. The Missouri Chord, another dagger, is described as having many drawbacks that balance its high critical modifier, making it only useful in specific playstyles. The Edge Steel Dagger, initially seen as weak, becomes powerful when given the Flame Art Affinity, vastly increasing its AR. Lastly, the Parrying Dagger, though it has high dex scaling, suffers from low base damage, but its parrying ability is praised.
00:12:00
In this segment of the video, the speaker discusses various daggers in a game, highlighting their strengths, weaknesses, and unique features. They start by talking about a specific dagger with nine active frames, making it versatile for power stancing with other weapons such as daggers, rapiers, or even unconventional items like a hair dryer for added style. The dagger also offers good visual appeal and can surprise opponents in PvP scenarios. However, it lacks compatibility with certain parry ashes and is not the most efficient choice.
The speaker then moves on to the Blood-Stained Dagger, a rare drop from Demi Human Chiefs, which is valuable due to its status build-up and compatibility with fire ashes like Flaming Strike. This makes it an underrated yet powerful non-unique weapon.
Next, the Great Knife is examined for its innate bleed, good base damage, and flexibility. It’s noted for its availability from the start of the game, allowing players to plan and gain considerable runes early on. While its reach is limited, it can comfortably be dual-wielded with Raduvia.
Lastly, the CinqueDEA is mentioned for strength builds, having the highest physical damage and being the second longest dagger in the game.
00:15:00
In this segment, the speaker discusses the value and capabilities of various daggers in a game. They praise the dagger with Quick Step for its enhanced flexibility and ability to power up Bastille incantations, making it useful for backstabbing and critical hits. The Cinque days dagger is highlighted for its high physical AR and effective use with bestial sling to flinch small enemies and stack with the claw Mark seal. The Glint Stone Chris dagger is admired for its high base damage, impressive weapon skill, and efficiency in both PvP and PvE scenarios. Lastly, the reduvia dagger is deemed the best due to its high physical damage, effective bleed build-up, and superior performance across various builds, especially when focusing on Arcane.
00:18:00
In this part of the video, the speaker discusses the use of a weapon skill that involves a dagger swipe, which is an effective attack that induces a bleed effect. This effect can potentially be triggered in a single hit if the opponent stays close. The speaker also mentions a strategy for obtaining this skill by using Yura as a decoy when encountering Neri Use. Additionally, it is clarified that the name Neri Use is of Lithuanian origin and translates to “without swallowing” in English.