Parrying Dagger | Dark Souls 3 Wiki

This should've been a L1attack L2parry
Or even better, L1 parry L2 quickstep

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The only utility this sorry thing can hope to claim is being a one-item parry and riposte tool, though it is only decent at both roles. It doesn't take much practice to softswap parry / softswap to a proper Dagger to riposte, a little more practice to hardswap, and it is rare for Parrying Dagger to do more damage on riposte than basically any weapon.

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parrying dagger my beloved

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''We are all pawns controlled by something greater.''
''Religion is a joke.''
''Memes. The DNA of the soul.''

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That thing is complitly garbarge the oarry time is to long and with the abyyswatcher greatsword's parry dagger is much better so dount waste your souls on the **** from patches

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I've been engaging in a Rapier and Parrying Dagger souls series playthrough and learning that this dagger can't slash in your offhand has cemented Dark Souls 3 as the worst installment of the franchise. I'm being hyperbolic, It's still the phenomenal game I remember, but how did they mess this up when it was working perfectly in past titles? There are daggers in the game that attack when equipped in the offhand, so this dagger just ends up being the worst shield in the game. I hope a mod exists that fixes this glaring oversight.

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Is there any reason whatsoever to use this over a parrying shield

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I blessed this thing stuck it on the dagger crit dex monkey I'm building

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I think instead of a slash attack in the off-hand, this should have had a dual function, to allow a parry with an L1, and a weapon art with an L2.
This would have made it an excellent and adaptable tool for a lot of fighting styles compared to the other parrying tools, or off-hand parrying weapons, at a cost of extra attack options.

Perhaps, if someone did one-hand this in their right hand, then making it function like a mail-breaker/rapier in moveset would have been beneficial, and only parrying when used with a weapon-art shield.

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stop!! me uses off hand pkcs while pkcs on main hand too!! It parries and pkcs's, goodbye

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I don't know how or why, but this is legit the only thing I can actually get parries with

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To this day i'm absolutely baffled why they made it block when left-handed. That is the most retarded thing in this game, hands down.. A buckler has better defensive properties than this thing. So why?! Rapiers can stab. Curved swords can slash. This thing should too. But no, it blocks. Jesus Christ.

That being said, it makes for an interesting weapon to use with WA-allowing shields.

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Starting a Daggers only run, and that unfortunately means I'm gonna have to get used to this thing's strange parry style. Wish me luck; I'll need all the help I can get.

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Coming back from demons souls godlike parrying dagger to this is a real bummer. That one has literally instant parries and this one not so much, but it I’ll still use it for fashion sake.

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I saw the annoying crystal lady using this and got demolished. So I decided i'm gonna use it. Then I stop myself and EVERYBODY says it's garbage.





b r u h

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I am absolutely offended by how horribly crappy the Parry Dagger is in DS3. I can't even completely comprehend how much it sucks. This thing's just sheer garbage.

Allow me to explain: the start up frames are really delayed. It's impossible to parry any quick, fast attack unless you have premonition. As a result, the extended parry frames literally can't be more useless. On top of that, the parry dagger blocks with L1 - see, this wouldn't be an issue if it didn't have 15-18 stability and a maximum of 30/20/15/15/20 damage absorption. Attempting to block anything more than throwing daggers is just cause for being instantly guardbroken.

To reiterate, the parry dagger is absolute ****. Better off with barehands, caestus, or shield.

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Only dumb fat Casuls would use such a trash weapon!
PKCS is so much better!
Real Pros and skilled players only ever use PKCS, the best weapon gaming history!

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Delayed startup frames and block instead of attacks, makes it not as good as it was in previous games.

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Unfortunately they completely ****ed the parrying dagger by having its second action be a BLOCK and not an off-hand attack. Seriously, you could both parry AND attack with this dagger in the offhand, why not in this game?

Sure, lemme just block with my 30 physical absorption and 20 stability - literally they removed the DAGGER option out of this parry tool. A shame.

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I think it could be interesting if the parrying dagger was specifically the sword breaker variety of parrying dagger, and able to temporarily disarm the opponent or something along those lines. Sword breakers don't literally break swords, but if they were willing to suspend disbelief with the weapon it could also reduce the attacking weapon's durability by a huge amount and actually make weapon durability a mechanic that makes sense.

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a lot of people seem to not realize that there are different weapons to suit different playstyles and different tastes

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This is the first page I edited :D
I put in the parry frames; hope it's helpful

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It was great in previous games. Delayed frames ruined this dagger for me.

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Evem though it isn't the best left hand partying tool, I still prefer it over things like the buckler because of how much easier it is to tell when the frames are active.

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Due to its delayed parry frames it is a good parry tool for movement prediction.

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I will never understand why the l1 is a block and not an attack. If I wanted a parrying tool that could block, I'd just pick a shield.

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Great item to infuse. As it weights only 1, and there is only a single caestus (0.5) in the game, as a Sorcerer (no faith leveling), infuse it with Blessed Gem and take it out only when you need to heal up a bit. Sometimes you have only a little heath lost so you don't want to use the Estus, and this item will be exactly what you need. Especially if you wear Lloyd's Sword Ring.

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The delay on this thing really breaks it. Caestus, Katanas, and small to medium shields are easy mode compared to this. FROM logic...

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Guys I think you are missing a thing. Why do you want to take this thing as a left hand weapon? Because it parries? But you have Shields with a better parry or off-hand weapons that can also parry but alos poke such as caestus, rapier. The parrying dagger has one specifity : this is the only tool with the farron sword able to parry while in the right hand! Go for that, it will surprise your opponent, notably if you have a weapon skill shield.

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What bothers me the most about this weapon is not the delayed parry frames, but like in the other dark souls games, the r1 in the left hand is a block. who the hell would block with this? why not give it an attack in the left hand? you're already choosing to forgo a shield by using this... am I the only one that thinks this?

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i might one day make a chaos parrying dagger only build. i tried it once, on sl 802 it can do up to 2000 dmg on a critical against the rapier guy in archddragon peak

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Goes well with my snobby renaissance noble build, paired with an estoc and 50 cc's of concentrated arrogence.

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i can parry almost anything with this inclouding the fume ultra great sword (lol my spelling)

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This looks great alongside the Lothric Knight Sword.

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I much prefer the target shield over this. It looks better, and has earlier parry frames.

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Many people seem to think all but one parrying item is useless, but everyone has one they can parry with without much practice. This dagger has extended parry frames like the shields, but the timing is very different. If the shields seem off in their frames to you, this dagger may be a better choice.

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Can I use it as parry tool, if I don't meet stat requirements?

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This weapon can become the lowest damaging malee weapon in the game at +0, while broken, unusable, and refined. Thought I'd throw this out here. 1 DAMAGE PER HIT META

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I miss parrying with barehands

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Are the extended parry frames the same even if I don't meet stat requirements?

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Only really useful in the right-handed slot, otherwise the frames are too*****.

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Is this a good choice for left hand when using farron UG

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I parry better with this than I do with a small shield.

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To clear up some of the confusion about the parrying dagger, here is a spreadsheet of parry frame for each item.
As you can see, the parrying dagger is best used when parrying attack early.
http://i.imgur.com/42TLqRi.png

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This needs a faster startup. It always had, and now it starts at the same time as *****ing medium shields?
This thing, now, is so bad...

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Use the shield Stone Parma which has Weapon Art (WA) is Weapon Skill. Equip the shield to your left hand and the Parrying Dagger to your right hand. At the result, when you perfrom WA, it will be a Parry.
If you forgot to use WA for the incoming attack, you might be safe because it blocks 100% damage. Hornet Ring is effective.
This style i recommend for players who are learning how to parry and players who want to fool other players.

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How come i cant make it hollow? I have the hollow gem for it

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Buff the FUGS

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Both have the same number of parry frames but the dagger's frames are early while the shield is late. It means you can wait until the last second with the dagger. A shield is better for scrubs like me that keep parrying too early.

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there doesnt happen to be someone who'd be willing to part with a parrying dagger? i *****ed up patches questline twice in a row now... if so my psn is Le666vii'll be sure to recompensate you

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But longer windup so better with prediction parry.

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Crit boost is 120 as of 1.09

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Up top it says: "however this weapons sacrifices defense for more frames."Does that mean that it has more parry frames than the Buckler, Target Shield, and Small Leather Shield?

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Be sure to buy this before Greirat dies, because even with his ashes, this dagger doesn't show up in the shop.

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i dont get why you think so i miss parries often with shields and i dont use shields to block cause i prefer to roll but with this i hit the parry almost every single time unless its something that cant be parried such as the two handed yhorms but i forget about that sometimes lol

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Is the parrying widow on this similar to the 2h version of the farron greatsword? I started a new character and I got so used to parrying with that weapon that now i can't use anything else, closest thing I've found so far is the caestus.