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Best dagger for Gaius

Hi! After waiting for months without even pulling one, I got a +atk -hp Gaius today, but I don't even know which dagger I should give him. Right now the only available daggers I can use for fodder are Jakob/Felicia and Kagero.

My initial thoughts were giving him Poison Dagger and using him as my anti-dragons and anti-mages unit for my dagger team. However, this makes him kind of useless when it comes to facing other units, especially armored ones. In order to fix this, I was thinking I could give him Poison Strike and Savage Blow and give him utility as a chip damage dealer to help his teammates against those teams. This way, he could oneround infantry units while also being useful against other teams. His build would be Fury/Poison Strike/Double Savage Blow in this case.

Should I give him a Silver Dagger instead so he can be more of a generalist damage dealer, or maybe even wait for a Saizo so he can use Smoke Dagger? I think my Jakob already does a pretty good job with an anti-melee Close Counter build, and I also have an anti-mage NY Takumi. I'm trying to get Jaffar tomorrow as well, so I can have at least one chip damage dealer, or in case I don't get him I'm also looking for Sothe.

Thanks in advance!

Asked by Zascatilto10 months ago

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Honestly, they're very similar. Jaffar is slightly tankier, with higher HP and defensive stats, but Gaius has 3 more points of spd and 2 more dmg.
If you're just trying for chip damage, Jaffar takes it though; with his dagger + poison strike + double savage blow, he can put 20 extra damage on his target and 24 on anyone else within 2 spaces, effectively neutering any team grouped together. Also, Deathly Dagger does more damage, and with its effect refinement, he can tear up magic users (or just target them to debuff/damage their team) without fear of reprisal.
For buffing/debuffing, Gaius is better with his Rogue Dagger; the debuff is 1/1 weaker than Deathly Dagger, but he can potentially buff everyone around him as well.
Between the two, I very much prefer Jaffar. His built-in LnD 3 makes him faster/stronger than Gaius even before factoring in his weapon anyway.
Either way, your call.

Yeah, I agree Jaffar is much better when it comes to chip damage, my build was just a possibility in case I was facing too many armor teams and I needed chip damage without losing the anti-infantry dagger. I also forgot about the AOE buff from Rogue Dagger. It seems very powerful as a support dagger to help my Jakob tank even better. Guess I'll go with Rogue Dagger, in that case.

I also prefer Jaffar, but this is just some theorycrafting in case I don't get him or in case I want to use them both.

Thank you very much for your answer!

Idk what tier you are in arena, but where I am almost everyone has distant counter, so there wouldn't be a chance to chip really. I use Faye for the job in arena assault, but almost never use jaffar, since mine doesn't have any sort of sweep (yet).

Yeah, I though about that and I also face a lot of Distant Counter units, so in case I wanted chip damage, I would need Windsweep(or Watersweep against dragons). In case I used Watersweep, I would probably use Poison Dagger to check mages.

Thanks a lot for your answer!