Dancing Dagger

Throw a dagger that cripples nearby foes and returns to you. — In-game description

Dancing Dagger

Profession

Thief (skill list)

Weapon

Off hand dagger

Game link

API

13019

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0.25¼  3  

Dancing Dagger

Throw a dagger that cripples nearby foes and returns to you.

 Damage: 330 (0.9)^?

 Damage: 165 (0.45)^?

 Cripple (3s): -50% Movement Speed

 Torment (6s): 132 Damage, 191 Damage if Foe Is Stationary

 Number of Bounces: 3

 Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile

 Range: 900

— In-game description

Related traits

Deadly Arts

• Dagger Training — Gain bonus power, which is increased when wielding a dagger.
• Exposed Weakness — Deal increased strike damage to your target for each unique condition on them.

Acrobatics

• Assassin's Reward — Heal yourself whenever you use a skill that uses initiative. Heal yourself for each point of initiative spent.

Trickery

• Lead Attacks — Increases all damage dealt per initiative spent. Steal gains reduced recharge time.

Specter

• Larcenous Torment — Steal health and gain shadow force when you torment a foe. Does not grant shadow force while in shroud.
• Strength of Shadows — Gain expertise based on a percentage of your vitality. Torment you inflict deals increased damage.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
August 23, 2022	(PvE only) Damage multiplier increased from 0.6 to 0.9.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient from 0.6 to 0.45.
August 08, 2017	Path of Fire pre-patch: Now applies 1 stack of torment for 6 seconds, in addition to its previous effects.
October 18, 2016	Increased damage by 20%.
January 27, 2015	The projectile speed of this skill has been increased by 33%.
July 01, 2014	Updated the skill facts to use number of bounces (3) instead of maximum targets.
December 10, 2013	Updated the cripple skill fact to display the proper duration.
June 25, 2013	Reduced the initiative cost to 3.
November 15, 2012	This skill's damage has been reduced by 50%.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Dancing Dagger has been added to the game.

Trivia

• A Guild Wars skill bears the same name as this skill.