Titan Oly strategy against daggers

[Fish_Hunter]

What's your strategy? I cannot find an effective one.
(How to defend/attack against shadow step, hide, lethal backstab, etc.).

[Smittie]

Just orc smash.

Oh, dont just stand there and swing a 2h sword, they will evade you, use a blunt and try skills or something.

[TheThingIs]

Just orc smash.

Pretty much.

ProTip: Blunt attacks > Ultimate Evasion/WindRiding/ExcitingAdventure/Ghostwalking.

[H4T3MONG3R]

What's your strategy? I cannot find an effective one.
(How to defend/attack against shadow step, hide, lethal backstab, etc.).

against shadow step and hide i suggest moving.... dont stand still and wait to be attacked, when a dagger goes into hide move around in random directions then try to get your back into a corner. if your are close enough to the wall alot of times they end up not being able to shadow step behind you and if they do sometimes they get stuck on the wall. backstab also can be made harder by moving a bit so that your back doesnt stay in 1 spot and never run away and expose your back...
getting hit by a lethal really isnt somthing you can keep from happening though.

[Orfano]

Use the AoE pole skills during running around from the daggers in hide.

[Kanaeda]

best trick for getting dagger out of hide is to be running up on them before the match starts, have your pole on, be as close to them as possible when match starts if not in their face, when they hide do aoe attack to pull them out of hide immediately. any damage they receive removes hide, your aoe is no-target required damage. if they hide before match try to aoe as close to where they were as possible. be prepared to turn around they may have run behind you while hidden. then use blunt and spam skills, especially stun. speed is of the essence here so be ready to run out of the box at -10 seconds, you have to up on them within aoe range when they hide for this to work. chance of pulling them out of hide when they've already moved out of range is unlikely.

[phoenixdown]

Pretty much.

ProTip: Blunt attacks > Ultimate Evasion/WindRiding/ExcitingAdventure/Ghostwalking.

This... 300 Vesper Blunt hurts daggers.. especially since they'll be in Maj to avoid the stun. This strategy also works well for glads.

[Fish_Hunter]

maybe a stupid comment, if such please ignore, does earth defense (through attribute stones on armor) might increase resistance to critical attacks or dagger skills in general.

[TheThingIs]

maybe a stupid comment, if such please ignore, does earth defense (through attribute stones on armor) might increase resistance to critical attacks or dagger skills in general.

No. It'll only help reduce the damage if your opponent has an earth elemented weapon.

[DeathWind]

as soon as the dagger goes invisible I start clicking in front of me then behind me - making my toon run forward, then turn and run back. Usually only one or two steps then turn. I figure with ingame lag and the dagger not really being able to see which way you're facing it will cause someone to backstab your face lol

it seems to work

[Bryanfury]

next target is your best friend.... along with earthquake and whirlwind while running in circles

[i fight nerdz]

you should also be pre zealot/guts for pdef and accuracy.