Summary
While in pastAssassin’s Creedtitles, you could obtain many weapon varieties looted off enemies and chests, from battleaxes tospears, great swords, sickles, bows, and heavy staffs, Assassin’s Creed Mirage keeps things simple and has you equip only a sword and a dagger combo.
Just as with outfits and swords, each dagger found inMirageoffers its own perks that you may need to outweigh before considering which one to equip. These may sound precisely the opposite ofthe return to traditional elementsyou were led to expect, but they’ll help out in the challenging combat and stealth missions ahead.
10Rostam Dagger
Stats: Damage 47 / Defense Damage 27
While the Rostam Outfit isone of the most amazing ones you’re able to equipin the game, the dagger… not so much. It still runs with the stealth theme, affecting the damage throwing knives can do, but it’s probably the weakest perk for combat because it essentially means you need this dagger equipped only for stealth.
Throwing knives do pretty alright as is with instant kills and can be upgraded to take down armored enemies, so a 10 percent boost and only at close range is not that big of a deal. Then you will eventually havethe skill of regaining throwing knives, so you may use multiple on one enemy anyway.
9Jinn Dagger
Stats: Damage 47 / Defense Damage 50
Like the Rostam Dagger, the Jinn Dagger doesn’t make much sense to equip as your main slot, if only for the damage alone. It comes in the same DLC pack bundled with the Jinn Outfit, which essentially does the same thing but even longer and without the need to parry.
The ability the Jinn Dagger has is prolonging an enemy’s affliction by four seconds with a successful parry. But if you were to have the Jinn Outfit on and are using poison weapons like upgraded knives or the Hidden One Dagger, you’re better off, and this becomes unnecessary to have.
8Abbasid Knight Dagger
Stats: Damage 39 / Defense Damage 50
The Abbasid Knight Dagger pertains to Basim’s health, which is also on par with the accompanying outfit perk that has you regenerate some health out of combat. This one, however, is specific to combat. Your damage resistance is increased by 30 percent when your health bar falls below the halfway mark and you enter danger territory.
If you’re forced to fight waves of enemies after your stealth approach fails, or you want to try some combat like the old-school games, this dagger can be a hail mary, especially when those elixirs are gone. However, it’s still not the most ideal compared to others if you want to see health regen.
7Demon Fang
Stats: Damage 39 / Defense Damage 39
Here is a case where the DLC weapon makes a bit more sense than the skin. The Demon Fang dagger comes with the Fire Demon Outfit pack, but it serves a better purpose in combat. While the outfit burns enemies you stealth assassinate, this dagger has parries that could set an enemy on fire.
You can make an intense combo of the Jinn Outfit that prolongs afflictions by 100 percent with the Demon Fang, so parried enemies will burn up and be near death before you can probably even get that quick-time assassination prompt in.
6Hidden One Dagger
Stats: Damage 27 / Defense Damage 47
Pick your poisons in Assassin’s Creed Mirage, and you’ll land on the Hidden One Dagger, as poison is one of the primary afflictions you can apply to enemies.Tools like throwing knives and blow darts, and even the Hidden One Sword, can unleash poison, with this dagger’s job being to aid in spreading it out by creating a cloud.
This can become a pretty overpowered option if you plan to go for this affliction, and everything else you have is upgraded to poison capabilities. Pair it with the Jinn Outfit, and your foes will be met with an almost endless cloud of green.
5Zanj Uprising Dagger
If stealth is too much to handle, and you’d rather spend most of your time in combat, the Zanj Uprising Dagger is a great option to consider. This one helps to refill your stamina by ten percent with the successful dodges of heavy red attacks hammering down on Basim. But it’s still notas fantastic as its sword counterpart, which deals 50 percent more damage after a dodge.
It’s a beneficial perk for a dagger because dodging is quite sketchy in the game, sometimes leaving you unsure when it’s coming, and you need all the stamina you can muster. It also does the same amount of damage as a Rostam Dagger, which is more than others and much more handy.
4Initiate Of Alamut Dagger
Assassin’s Creed Mirage is pretty thoughtful when it comes to your default early-game items, like the Initiate of Alamut Outfit and the Initiate of Alamut Dagger. Both offer some excellent perks that are even better than the DLC packs and the ones you need to find. This dagger can already get to pretty high stats with upgrades, and its Aggressive Defense perk additionally will 25 to defense damage for parries.
It’s a pretty sweet deal, especially for an item you receive right away in the game during your training mission at Alamut. Adding defense damage is always nice to ensure your enemies will be dealt with swiftly after a parry and not give you any more trouble.
3Dagger Of Time
Stats: Damage 43 / Defense Damage 35
The Dagger of Time is probably the weapon you’re looking for from the start. If you want enemies to slow down and freeze in time, even just for a little bit to get some extra hits in without worrying about others attacking you, this one has you covered. The perk here allows you to become the Prince of Persia and slow down the time for three seconds with a perfect parry.
The downside to it is that it only comes with the purchase of the Deluxe Edition of the game, alongside the Sand Outfit and Sand Sword, or as a separate pack from the Ubisoft store, which adds up to the total cost of the Deluxe version anyway. But a godly dagger, even if the slow-down time feels minimal.
2The Samsaama
Not a dagger you have to buy, thankfully, but still one that will take you the extra mile to acquire, The Samsaama is an Isu relic stowed away in the Secret Chamber beneath the Northern Oasis. And it requires two collectible shards to unlock.
The defense damage is the second highest of all the daggers at 47, and the Life Steal perk sees that every fifth hit you get on enemies will restore ten percent of Basim’s health. This is much better than the Abbasid Dagger because this is finally the method of letting your health regenerate during combat. You’ll just need a bunch of enemies to mow down to get good use out of it.
1Lightning Dagger
The damage stats themselves may not seem like it, but this is probably one of the most powerful daggers you can add to Basim’s arsenal. The One-man Army perk sees that both Damage and Damage Resistance get increased by 50 percent when you’re in combat with multiple enemies, which is mostly all the time.
Jump from the air with Milad’s Outfit to trigger a disorienting and staggering wave to enemies and then come at them with the Lightning Dagger, and the combat will be a breeze. The green sparks emitting off the blade even compliment the green glow of the Milad’s armor. It’s also part of the least expensive of the DLC packs, at $4.99.
