This Yakuza setup turns dagger gameplay into a nonstop pressure engine. It is built around extreme crit control, auto-tracking projectiles, permanent summon pressure, and combo loops that delete posture bars before opponents can recover. The core of the build abuses Undead Sickles, Snake Devil synergy, and Ghost + Mantis summon layering to control both 1v1 and group PvP.
Recommended Stat Distribution
Strength – 50
Health – 60
Speed – 30
Sanity – 15
This stat layout maximizes M1 damage, survivability, and devil ability uptime while keeping enough speed to maintain spacing and chase windows.
Weapon Core – Undead Sickles
Undead Sickles are the most oppressive dagger in Devil Hunter. Their crit fires a two-stage auto-tracking projectile with extreme range, heavy posture damage, and reliable hit confirmation. This single crit controls space, forces blocks, and sets up guaranteed combo windows.
Contract Debuff Rolls
Health Blindness
Health Blindness
Sacrifice Left Eye
These rolls are considered god-tier because party play removes Health Blindness penalties, letting you retain massive damage without meaningful drawbacks.
Skill Tree Setup
Viper Stash – Burst movement and positioning reset
Fang Rondo – Combo extender and pressure loop
Viper Fury – Core extender that keeps targets locked
Eviscerate – Primary combo starter and finisher
Kickshot – Forces blocks, then punishes block recovery windows
Assassin’s Step can be used, but it requires precise timing and should never be thrown out randomly.
Contract Loadout – Core Synergy
Ghost Devil
Your summon pressure engine. Ghost spawns add automatic slam pressure, force enemy repositioning, and apply consistent background damage.
Snake Devil
Primary damage contract. Bite, uppercut, and tail whip drain health bars rapidly. Snake also allows devour-style summon layering.
Mantis Devil
Mandatory combo extender. Mantis grab guarantees full combo chains and multiplies pressure when layered with Ghost and Snake summons.
This trio creates overlapping pressure zones where enemies are hit by your dagger chains, snake burst, and ghost slams simultaneously.
Combat Flow
Open with Sickles crit to force posture damage and block reactions.
Use Kickshot or Eviscerate to open combo chains.
Layer Fang Rondo and Viper Fury to keep enemies locked.
Spawn Ghost Devil to apply background slam pressure.
Follow with Snake Devil burst to shred remaining health bars.
Use Mantis grab to guarantee full combo resets.
Why This Build Wins Fights
Auto-tracking crits control distance and posture.
Permanent summon pressure denies safe recovery windows.
Combo extenders allow infinite pressure loops.
High Strength and HP create both damage dominance and survivability.
Party synergy nullifies Health Blindness penalties, making this build even stronger in squads.
This Yakuza dagger setup is built to overwhelm opponents before they can stabilize, making it one of the most oppressive PvP builds in Devil Hunter right now.