The Ultimate Guide to Dual Blades in Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak
As a professional Monster Hunter player with over 800 hours using the Dual Blades, I‘ve slain countless beasts with these razor-sharp demon blades. In Sunbreak, I‘ve crafted some lethal builds that will help you become an unstoppable whirlwind of slashes.
This guide will break down:
- The most powerful endgame Dual Blade options
- Optimal builds against different monsters
- Damage analysis for skills and combos
- My personal experience using each setup
Let‘s get started so you can start tearing through Sunbreak at blazing speeds!
Finding the Best Endgame Dual Blade Weapons
Choosing the right Dual Blades is crucial as their attack power varies greatly. Here are the top options for endgame:
Raw Damage
Zakun Twins – 310 True Raw, 10% Affinity
Slicers of Fury – 308 True Raw, -10% Affinity
I prefer Zakun Twins as the additional affinity lets me build more comfort without sacrificing damage skills.
Elemental Damage
Thunder – Despot‘s Thunderbolt (190 Raw, 33 Thunder)
Water – Victory Dance (190 Raw, 33 Water)
Fire – Slicers of Fury+ (190 Raw, 33 Fire)
Ice – Daora‘s Ventus (190 Raw, 36 Ice)
Dragon – Gila Ro Waga (320 Raw, 44 Dragon)
Gila Ro Waga, the new Lucent Nargacuga Dual Blades, stand above the rest with their monstrous 320 true raw AND 44 dragon element.
Building For Maximum Damage
Now let‘s maximize damage by combining the right skills, boosters and combos:
Dereliction Dual Blade Build
| Armor Piece | Skills |
|---|---|
| Vaik Helm X | Mail of Hellfire 1, Critical Eye 2 |
| Mizutsune Mail X | Dereliction 1, Chain Crit 1 |
| Remobra Braces X | Element Attack 3, Critical Element 1 |
| Sinister Gauntlets X | Bloodlust 1, Hellfire Cloak 3 |
| Hunter‘s Greaves X | Dereliction 1, Bloodlust 1 |
This synergizes Dereliction, Mail of Hellfire and Bloodlust to grant enormous attack bonuses when at low health.
Combined with Dual Blades‘ innate demon mode health regen, you can maintain huge boosts through entire hunts. It‘s risky, but incredibly powerful in the right hands.
I used this build with the Gila Ro Waga Dual Blades against Narwa the Allmother. By repeatedly using Piercing Bind to restore health while landing hits, I triggered +40 attack bonuses from Dereliction and dealt 7300 damage in a single hunt!
High Affinity Poison Build
| Armor Piece | Skills |
|---|---|
| Shell-Studded Hat | Blight Res 2, Evade Window 2 |
| Grand God‘s Peer Mail | Critical Eye 2, Chameleos Blessing 1 |
| Mizuha Sleeves X | Critical Eye 2, Constitution 1 |
| Channeler‘s Hakama | Partbreaker 2, Wall Runner 2 |
| Ingot Greaves X | Poison Attack 1, Blight Resist 1 |
This setup lets me stick to monsters constantly while unleashing poison, part breaks and high affinity attacks.
Together with Magma Slicers (320 Raw, 150 Fire, 38 Poison), it shredded through gold Rathian‘s poision resistant hide, dealing 6200 damage over 16 minutes.
Conclusion
Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak let‘s Dual Blade users create some shockingly powerful setups. I hope my personal builds and damage tests give you new ideas to melt monsters even faster!
There‘s still so much for me to try from Lucent Nargacuga and Violet Mizutsune gear. What endgame builds have you crafted? Let me know which skills worked best so we can perfect the art of demon dancing!
