Fleshripper

Fleshripper is an elite fanged knife that focuses on physical damage and crowd control through open wounds and crushing blow. While offering solid melee stats, this dagger competes poorly against runewords and other elite uniques for endgame weapon slots.

Physical Damage Focus

The dagger delivers +200-300% Enhanced Damage, 33% Deadly Strike, and 25% Chance of Crushing Blow for respectable physical output. 50% Chance of Open Wounds prevents monster healing and adds damage-over-time. The -50% Target Defense and Prevent Monster Heal properties ensure hits connect and enemies stay down. Slows Target by 20% provides minor crowd control.

Outclassed Options

Available at level 51, Fleshripper arrives when characters typically have access to superior weapons like Grief runeword or other class-specific uniques. Daggers inherently lack the base damage and range needed for effective melee combat compared to swords, axes, or polearms. While the stat package looks solid on paper, Fleshripper ends up as a curiosity rather than a competitive choice for serious builds.