Guild Wars 2

I run a condition build and had been using short bow/axe + torch, but it seems that they nerfed bonfire radius to the point where its useless so I’m looking to try another offhand. I see alot of people talking about warhorn being a great offhand, but was just curious if anyone has any thoughts on OH dagger.

It’s kind of lacklustre. The poison ability has a built-in dodge which is handy, and the animation is pretty slick, but the throw is kind of weak. Having another ranged ability take up a slot on a dagger is kind of a waste, to me anyways.

The throw is great for making sure something won’t get away from you.

I find the dagger more than suitable for most situations. With a sword in particular you get access to almost 3 full seconds of attack evasion if you follow Serpent’s Strike with Stalker’s Strike or vice versa, allowing you to save your energy for actual dodges. The snare doesn’t home in like MH Axe’s Winter’s Bite, which makes it weak for long range snaring, but if you use it on a nearby person it does a decent amount of damage with the snare and bleed to make it worthwhile. I think the non-condition damage could be buffed a little bit and the movement range on Stalker’s Strike could be increased slightly, but it’s actually become one of my favorite offhands recently. I usually open with axe/horn and switch to sword/dagger when I can’t safely kite anymore.