Question about dagger mastery, critical strikes and scythes

candyman_sb

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2007

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Please answer the folowing questions.

1. Do any of the dagger mastery's efects(critical chance double strike chance) apply to other weapons.

2. Does the aditional critical chance from critical strikes apply to other weapons like scythes.

3. Can I use lead, offhand, dual attacks with scythes?

4. Are there any green scythes?

5. Is a A/D viable? And will it be able to spike like a pure assassin or at least close?

dargon

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: May 2005

The Seraphim Knights [TSK]

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1. no
2. yes
3. no
4. yes
5. there are a few builds, recent changes to a few assassin enchantments however make the builds slightly less viable.

Toutatis

Toutatis

Walking Wiki

Join Date: Nov 2006

Isle of Medication

Visitors from Aranna [VFA]

Me/E

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1. Do any of the dagger mastery's efects(critical chance double strike chance) apply to other weapons.
Doublestriking only applies to daggers.

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2. Does the aditional critical chance from critical strikes apply to other weapons like scythes.
Yes. Critical Strikes increases your chance to land a critical hit with any weapon (including spellcasting weapons).

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3. Can I use lead, offhand, dual attacks with scythes?
No. Lead, offhand and dual attacks are all dagger attacks and may only be used while equipped with daggers.

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4. Are there any green scythes?
Yes, there are green scythes. Google up the GW Wiki and hunt for green scythes on there - it will tell you what stats each green scythe has and which bosses they drop from.

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5. Is a A/D viable? And will it be able to spike like a pure assassin or at least close?
Yes, an A/D is viable (any combination is viable with a little work). Although to really keep the spiking aspect, it would probably be better to stick with daggers as the weapon choice for the attack chains. Personally, if I was running an A/D I would go for Critical Strikes, Dagger Mastery and Earth Prayers (I speak from a PvE point of view here)

Sofonisba

Sofonisba

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2005

Tucson, AZ

The Black Hand Gang [BHG] and The Black Helm Gang [BHeG]

If the skill is "blacked out" on your bar while wielding a scythe, then it's a dagger attack, can only be used while wielding daggers.

Something like Palm Strike "counts as" an off-hand attack but you can use it with any weapon. (It's also attributed to critical strikes, however.)

candyman_sb

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2007

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thanks for the help