Uhhhh....Aeneas is your best bet if you aren't building a Twash or Mpu. Aeneas/TP Bonus is extremely good dmg on DNC with proper climactic usage. Aminon viable and all.
really? i have one and never use it, and was told i couldn't come dnc for aminon unless i have stg3 prime :(
i guess i'd rather make an aeneas than a twashtar but i still don't think it's something i'd focus on personally but i guess it depends what your goals are.
Stage 3 + prime definitely helps no doubt about it. You need to be careful/use a sub optimal WS on A/E and potentially D/H depending on the element due to not having access to Ruthless Stroke.
That being said it is still do-able. Positron posted a 9 boss no prime dagger video a while back.
If you are serious about DNC, especially if you are bringing it up to bring to sortie, I'd recommend investing at least the 1mil into stage 3 but Aeneas is still a really good dagger.
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