Few weapons in the Monster Hunter Wilds arsenal have as much speed and ferocity as the Dual Blades, which are an unrelenting DPS menace in the right hands.
The Dual Blades are also one of the best weapons for beginners in Monster Hunter because they’re quick and relatively forgiving. You’re less limited with movement speed with the Dual Blades, meaning you can reposition yourself away from harm more easily if you find yourself in a tricky spot. Plus you can stow them more quickly to use items and drink potions.
However, the Dual Blades are a lot more than an early game crutch. With access to a host of handy elements and ailments, the rapid strikes of the Dual Blades also make them a natural fit for applying statuses, which makes them not just useful in a solo, casual setting, but a big benefit to a multiplayer party as well.
So you can learn a bit more about unlocking the power of the Dual Blades, we’ll go through some of the best combos you’ll need to get comfortable with, as well as some main story builds which will start to get you thinking about the Skills which work best for your playstyle. As a meta emerges for the post-game grind, we’ll add more High Rank builds too.
Monster Hunter Wilds Dual Blades Guide
Dual Blades Combos
Using the Dual Blades is relatively simple in Monster Hunter Wilds, the only two things you need to remember are to keep Demon Mode active and your weapon sharp. The Dual Blades’ main weakness is how quickly it loses sharpness, but it makes up for this with a ferocious output.
As for basic moves, your Triangle attacks are usually best for standing in place, while your Circle attacks are better for closing distance.
The flow of combat goes as follows:
- Start Demon Mode by pressing R2
- Build up the sword meter in the top left-hand corner of your screen with repeated Triangle and Circle attacks
- When the meter is full, perform a Blade Dance (Triangle + Circle at the same time)
- Combo this with follow-up Demon Flurry (R2) and Blade Dance (Triangle + Circle) until the meter runs out
- Restart Demon Mode and repeat
- Keep an eye on your weapon sharpness and retreat to use a whetstone when your weapon becomes less effective
Monster Hunter Wilds Dual Blades Builds
While you can get away with paying more attention to fashion than functionality while playing Monster Hunter Wilds’ main story, it never hurts to prepare yourself and think about how tuning your build can take your weapon to a whole new level.
Early Game
In the early game, you need to focus on getting a useful elemental weapon as quickly as possible, which is likely either the fiery Quematrice Blades or the paralyzing Lala Barina pair. The latter of these will get you started with statuses early, which is what you want out of using the Dual Blades.
As for armour, most other weapons want to mainline Quick Sheathe right away, but the Dual Blades already stow quickly enough. Therefore you probably want to grab the Evade Extender parts of the Balahara set, which buff the dodge roll you’ll be using often, as soon as you can.
- Weapon: Quematrice/Lala Barina
- Helm: Quematrice
- Cuirass: Quematrice
- Gauntlets: Balahara
- Waist: Balahara
- Greaves: Balahara
- Talisman: Defence Talisman
Mid-game
As you get further into your Monster Hunter Wilds adventure, you can take your Dual Blades build in a couple of different directions. The first one focuses on the Burst Skill from the Ebony Odogaron set, which gives you stat boosts after landing successive hits (playing right into the strengths of the Dual Blades).
Alternatively, you can farm some Rey Dau parts to craft 4 pieces of that armour set which makes use of the Latent Power Skill to boost your Affinity (critical damage) after you take damage, which is a bit of an inevitability when you’re up-close-and-personal with the Dual Blades.
As for a weapon, I like the Ajarakan Twin Edges which apply the Blast element that deals extra explosive damage. If you’re playing the fast and furious Dual Blades, then you obviously want to watch the world burn, and what better way to achieve that than with exploding swords?
Mid-game Burst Build
- Weapon: Ajarakan Twin Edges
- Helm: Ebony Odogaron
- Cuirass: Rey Dau
- Gauntlets: Ebony Odogaron
- Waist: Ebony Odogaron
- Greaves: Ebony Odogaron
- Talisman: Element of monster being hunted
Mid-game Latent Power Build
- Weapon: Ajarakan Twin Edges
- Helm: Rey Dau
- Cuirass: Rey Dau
- Gauntlets: Rey Dau
- Waist: Hirabami
- Greaves: Rey Dau
- Talisman: Defence/element of monster being hunted