Is it better to dual wield daggers Skyrim?

No. dagger in left hand & sword in right is the most beneficial combo for dual wielding. It benefits the most from the dual perks. Speed is determined by the weapon in your left hand, although I hear dual daggers don't benefit from the speed bonus when using power attack.
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Is there any benefit to dual wielding in Skyrim?

Dual wielding weapons

All four attack types are affected by the Dual Flurry perk. Attacking with both weapons simultaneously does not consume stamina and as such is an easy and effective way of increasing the damage output.
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What is the best weapon type to dual wield in Skyrim?

In terms of speed-to-damage ratio, hatchets are objectively the best weapon to use while dual-wielding without the aid of spells or Dragon Shouts. Additionally, given the weapon's popularity among Skyrim's Forsworn enemies, players can use two hatchets to help roleplay a Dragonborn looking to rebel against the Reach.
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Are daggers useful in Skyrim?

I play an assassin and I was able to kill a dragon in one hit by getting a sneak attack on it. Daggers are GREAT for quick, silent kills. Backstabs, they aren't meant for direct conflict which is why it's best to dual wield a sword and a dagger.
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Is it better to dual wield or use a shield Skyrim?

Dual wielding: Deals most damage, but can't block. I die very quickly using this. Shield: Greater survivability, but awfully slow damage. I've tried block+bash+strike, but it takes ages, and also works horrible in battles with more than one monster.
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Is dual wielding daggers good?

I think dual wielding gives like a 10% attack speed bonus, and having access to the different attacks from your off hand weapon is nice sometimes too. It does make you walk slower though. Just get Stiletto dagger and use the other one for extra damage stats.
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What race is best for dual wield Skyrim?

Orc and Redguard are the best for dual wielding. Orc daily is OP when you enchant two axes with double elemental damage. Redguard is also nice with the stamina boost.
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What is the 1 hit dagger in Skyrim?

The weapon called Mehrunes' Razor is a special weapon. Hits have a small chance to instantly kill. The weapon is Ebony and can be upgraded with Ebony Ingots. In order to obtain this weapon, you must visit the town of Dawnstar and enter the Mythic Dawn museum to activate a quest from the owner of the museum.
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Are daggers or swords better in Skyrim?

Swords do the highest base DPS of all the hand weapons. Daggers pretty much Only work well for Assassin's Blade, and speeding up dual attacks. Also, the offhand is slightly slower than the right with a comparable weapon, so a Sword/Dagger combo will have the same speed in the appropriate hands.
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Are daggers better for sneaking in Skyrim?

However, the absolute only benefit of using daggers is the higher sneak damage multiplier with the Assassin's Blade perk and the fact their attack is considered "silent." If you aren't sneaking, they are the weakest weapons in the game.
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What is the most op weapon in Skyrim?

Skyrim: Most Powerful Weapons, Ranked
  1. 1 Miraak's Sword. The Best One-Handed Sword In The Game.
  2. 2 Auriel's Bow. Drops Undead With Ease. ...
  3. 3 Nightingale Bow. Adds Ice Damage To Arrows. ...
  4. 4 Dwarven Black Bow Of Fate. ...
  5. 5 Zephyr. ...
  6. 6 Bloodscythe & Soulrender. ...
  7. 7 Drainblood Battleaxe. ...
  8. 8 Harkon's Sword. ...
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Is dual wielding better than two handing Skyrim?

You can't block if you dual-wield, since the block button instead controls your other weapon. Two-handed weapons deal much more damage per strike and can be used to block, but they are much slower. Neither is really ““better,” it just depends on your plays style.
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What weapon in Skyrim does the most damage?

So, only Daedric has the highest amount. Sadly, even that's incredibly low so axes, apart for the look, don't really measure up either way in vanilla. So in short, Daedric weapons deal the most damage and among them, a warhammer has the highest damage and a sword has the highest dps.
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Does dual wielding count as single handed Skyrim?

The single hand style specifically applies when : you are wielding one melee weapon in one hand, and nothing in the other. So no - it does not apply when you are dual wielding. This is a useful trick early in the game to get a bit more damage out, but isnt valuable in the long run - unless you are a monk.
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How much stronger is dual casting Skyrim?

Actually, with the dual casting perk, you do an extra 10% damage beyond that you'd get from two single castings (or perkless dual casting). The flipside of that is that dual casting costs 40% more Magicka than two single castings.
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Is heavy armor or light armor better in Skyrim?

Answers. By the end game there is only one real perk to light armor over heavy armor (sort of). If you look at all the perks, all the downsides to heavy armor are nullified and are then equal to light armor, and with the higher armor levels heavy armor is definitely more well sought after.
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What is the most powerful dagger in Skyrim?

Since Mehrunes' Razor has a powerful effect and deals 11 base damage, it's the best dagger and one of the strongest one-handed weapons in Skyrim.
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What daggers do the most damage in Skyrim?

Dragonbone Daggers are the strongest daggers in the game dealing base damage of 12, same as the Blade of Woe. However, the Dragonbone Daggers weigh half a pointless and can be enchanted as the players will whereas the Blade of Woe has a set enchantment.
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Why are daggers better than swords?

A dagger is better than a sword for close range work. A dagger is an effective parrying weapon. A dagger is easier to conceal than a sword. A dagger is quicker on the draw than a sword.
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Do daggers do more sneak damage Skyrim?

Dagger is a light, One-Handed weapon with a short blade and hilt in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Although they have the lowest damage and shortest reach of any other weapon in their respective weapon sets, they swing the fastest, consume the least amount of stamina, and have the highest sneak attack multiplier.
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Do daggers count as swords in Skyrim?

Accepted Answer. They aren't counted as swords, so do not benefit from the sword specific perk Bladesman. They do benefit from the other non-weapon specific perks though.
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Can you find a Daedric dagger in Skyrim?

Unenchanted Daedric Daggers will begin to appear throughout Skyrim at level 46 and enchanted daggers can be found at level 47, albeit very rarely. These locations include: Blacksmiths and general goods merchants. Found as random loot in chests.
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What is the best character to start with in Skyrim?

The Khajiit and Wood Elf are excellent options, while the Dark Elf is a fine choice if you'd also like to dabble in Magic. Play as a mage. There are several different types of magic, but you don't need to pick just one.
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Which Skyrim race is strongest?

Skyrim High Elf - 1

Unquestionably, the best possible race in Skyrim unless the player plans on using absolutely zero magic.
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What is the best class for dual wielding?

If your goal for your character build involves specializing in dual wielding, you can certainly do so. Generally, classes emphasizing melee combat with physical weapons (not spells) tend to work best with two-weapon fighting—fighters, rogues, rangers, paladins, and barbarians.
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