Parrying Dagger | Dark Souls 2 Wiki

Parrying Dagger+10 Stats
					80 (*56)										120
					0 (*56)										10
					0(*56)										15
					0(*56)										60
					0(*56)										0.5
Requirements & Bonus
4 E				9 A (*B)				–				–
*B				*B				*B				*B
Weapon Type								Dagger
Attack Type								Slash / Thrust
Enchantable								Yes
Special								No

*When infused: 56 physical dmg/56 elemental dmg and B scaling with chosen element. Dex scaling changes to B.

Parrying Dagger is a weapon in Dark Souls 2. The Parrying Dagger, with a primary focus on Dexterity scaling, is crafted for swift slash and thrust attacks. Its standout feature lies in its parrying capabilities. Additionally, it operates similarly to rapiers, but with a quicker visual animation at the start. Mastering the weapon allows for a unique guard break critical after a successful parry, inflicting even more damage.

Unlike standard weapons, this dagger is intended for parrying.

Accomplishments are forever out of  reach to those who constantly fear failure. A true warrior hones his body and mind, and peers far beyond immediate hardship.

How to get Parrying Dagger in Dark Souls 2

• From Servants' Quarters bonfire: Turn right after the wooden bridge then instead of the wooden ladder, go left and fall off the roof. Various dogs and Royal Soldiers will be guarding a chest room contaning this weapon.
• From Exile Holding cells (Requires Antiquated Key): Head left from the bonfire and go down the ladder or jump off, there will be a boarded up wall at the bottom. Break the boards, head through and open the locked door.  There is a passage way that leads to this weapon, along with the Bone Staff and Twinblade.
• Semi-rare drop from the spiders in lower Brightstone Cove Tseldora.

DS2 Parrying Dagger Hints and Tips

• Upgraded with regular Titanite to +10.
• Works similar to Rapiers, however the animation visually begins quicker with this weapon.
• Very effective if you can master it; after a successful parry, if you hit RB/R1 before the enemy falls to the ground you will execute the guard break critical instead of the riposte critical, inflicting even more damage.
• This can be done in PvP although it is rather difficult to pull off, so practice is encouraged.
• Though this weapon can perform a slash when doing a sprinting attack, it is primarily a thrusting weapon.
• Lightest weapon of the dagger category.
• See our Parry page for more details.
• Can perform a slash after light attack from this weapons in opposit hand: Parrying Dagger, Bandit's knife, Dagger, Broken sword, Mail Breaker.
• While being the best off-hand to parry with (can parry multiple enemies / quick hits in conjunction if skillful), it is the quickest, and therefore the hardest to use. Easiest off-hand to parry with is the Buckler.

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Required in Build:
Rotten PVP
 

DS2 Parrying Dagger Upgrade Table

	Attack ValuesBonus						Parameter Bonus						Auxiliary Effects		Damage Reduction (%)
Name
Regular	40	-	-	-	-	120 10	E	A	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	20
Regular +5	60	-	-	-	-	^	E	A	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	20
Regular +10	80	-	-	-	-	^	E	A	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	20
Magic	28	28	-	-	-	^	E	C	C	-	-	-	-	-	42.9	26.6	27.9	27.9	17.9
Magic +5	42	42	-	-	-	^	E	B	B	-	-	-	-	-	42.9	26.6	27.9	27.9	17.9
Magic +9	53	53	-	-	-	^	E	B	B	-	-	-	-	-	42.9	26.6	27.9	27.9	17.9
Magic +10	56	56	-	-	-	^	E	B	B	-	-	-	-	-	42.9	26.6	27.9	27.9	17.9
Fire	28	-	28	-	-	^	E	C	-	C	-	-	-	-	42.9	7.9	46.6	27.9	17.9
Fire +10	56	-	56	-	-	^	E	B	-	B	-	-	-	-	42.9	7.9	46.6	27.9	17.9
Lightning	28	-	-	28	-	^	E	C	-	-	C	-	-	-	42.9	7.9	27.9	46.6	17.9
Lightning +10	56	-	-	56	-	^	E	B	-	-	B	-	-	-	42.9	7.9	27.9	46.6	17.9
Dark	28	-	-	-	28	^	E	C	-	-	-	C	-	-	42.9	7.9	27.9	27.9	36.6
Dark +10	56	-	-	-	56	^	E	B	-	-	-	B	-	-	42.9	7.9	27.9	27.9	36.6
Poison	28	-	-	-	-	^	E	C	-	-		-	112	-	42.9	7.9	27.9	27.9	17.9
Poison +10	56	-	-	-	-	^	E	B	-	-		-	140	-	42.9	7.9	27.9	27.9	17.9
Bleed	28	-	-	-	-	^	E	C	-	-	-	-	-	112	42.9	7.9	27.9	27.9	17.9
Bleed +10	56	-	-	-	-	^	E	B	-	-	-	-	-	140	42.9	7.9	27.9	27.9	17.9
Raw	46	-	-	-	-	^	E	E	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	20	20
Raw +10	92	-	-	-	-	^	E	E	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	20	20
Enchanted	40	-	-	-	-	^	E	D	D	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	20
Enchanted +10	80	-	-	-	-	^	E	D	C	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	20
Mundane	20	-	-	-	-	^	E	D	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	20
Mundane + 10	40	-	-	-	-	^	E	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	20

DS2 Parrying Dagger Table Key

Please see the Upgrades page for details on Upgrade paths, ore and blacksmiths. You can see the Stats page for detailed explanations on what they do.

 

Requirements/ Parameter Bonus	Attack Values	Damage Reduction (%) Reducing the elemental damage taken in %	Auxiliary Effects	Others
Strength	Physical	Physical	Bleeding	Durability
Dexterity	Magic	Magic	Poison	Weight
Intelligence	Fire	Fire	Petrify
Faith	Lightning	Lightning	Curse
Magic Bonus	Counter Strength	Stability
Fire Bonus	Poise Damage
Lighting Bonus	Cast Speed
Dark Bonus	Range

 

Parameter Bonus: Strength, Dexterity,Magic, Fire, Lightning and Dark bonuses - The scaling multiplier applied to the [Attack: stat]. Scaling quality is from highest to lowest as follows: S/A/B/C/D/E.
The higher the player's [Str, Dex, Mag, Fire, Light] stat, the higher the [Attack Bonus: Stat] is (found on the player status screen). The higher the scaling letter, the higher the percent multiplier applied to the [Attack: Stat].
This resulting bonus damage is added to the base physical damage of the weapon and is shown in the equipment screen in blue numbers as a "+ X".
Durability: The weapon's HP, when the durability hits 0, the effectiveness of its attacks become weakened to the point of almost uselessness. When an items durability is low, a message will come up saying "Weapon At Risk!" at this point the weapon does not perform at it's best.
Weight: How much the item weights when equipped.
Stability: How well the player keeps stance after being hit
Attack Type: Defines what kind of swing set the weapon has.
Regular(R), Thrust(T), Slash(Sl), Strike(St)