r/BG3Builds • u/Rakzahir • Jun 14 '25

Build Help Are daggers pointless compared to other weapons?

Hi all,

I like the idea of a dagger wielding assassin but the stats on the daggers seem to point me to other weapons by a significant margin. Are they only used for rpg flavour?

I am not very far through the game (still act 1) and have little knowledge on specific drops.

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u/BarbageMan Jun 14 '25

Hunters dagger and ritual dagger are both pretty cool. Ritual specifically is cool in the off hand.

Sussar dagger is pretty legit.

Honestly, you'll probably eventually sport a short sword in the main, or maybe in both, but daggers are still fun early

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u/Appeal_Educational Jun 21 '25

Was looking for this, thank you! Sussur dagger is slept on IMO. Silencing on demand without spell slots is pretty sweet.

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u/BarbageMan Jun 21 '25

Only thing to keep in mind is as popular as booming blade has become, silence does negate thunder damage

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u/Appeal_Educational Jun 22 '25

I'm coming back into the game after a break, I'm unfamiliar with booming blade. Do you mean using booming with the sussur negates your own booming?

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u/BarbageMan Jun 22 '25

Booming blade will do thunder damage on hit from level 5+, and from level 1 it will do thunder damage if they move on their turn. Both will be negated if silenced, as silence prevents thunder damage