Best Dual Blades In Monster Hunter Wilds

Summary

• Dual Blades in Monster Hunter Wilds offer versatility and combat efficiency for players.
• Players can choose from a variety of Dual Blade options based on status effects and elemental damage.
• Progressing through the game unlocks stronger Dual Blades, each specializing in different elements for hunts.

Capcom’s latest monster-slaying game, Monster Hunter Wilds, seems to be building on the popularity of Worlds, and attracting many new players to the Monster Hunter universe. With the increased focus on creating seamless, living ecosystems for players to hunt in, it’s easy to see why. Yet, Monster Hunter Wilds still retains much of the complexity of previous games when it comes to hunting.

With weapon crafting, skills, decorations, armor, and item loadouts to think about, there’s a lot for a new player to learn. Before any of that, though, players will have to decide on a main weapon. All weapons in Wilds are viable, so players should make that choice based on gameplay preference. For those who like fast attacks and dodge-focused gameplay, Dual Blades are a great option.

Players might be wondering what their best options are with so many crafting choices. There’s a progression to the weapons a player can craft in Monster Hunter Wilds, so this topic will cover the best Dual Blade options for low rank and progression as well as high rank. With that in mind, these are the best Dual Blades in Monster Hunter Wilds.

10

Bone Hatchets II

Early Game Upgrade

• Rarity: 2
• Damage: 182
• Status/Element: Raw
• Skills: Focus lv.1, attack boost lv.1

In the earliest part of the Monster Hunter Wilds campaign, the Bone Hatchets II are a simple upgrade that can help players get through their first major hunts. The focus and attack boost are helpful, but players can pair this with armor skills like evade extender and marathon runner to increase their mobility.

This is a good way to start playing to the strengths of the dual blades, focusing on dodging and mobility, as well as building and maintaining the Demon Gauge.

9

Ajara Twin Edges

Early Blast Status Builder

• Rarity: 3
• Damage: 182
• Status/Element: 90 Blast
• Skills: Power prolonger lv.2

The Ajara Twin Edges are a good weapon to progress to after players get to around hunter rank 4, as their blast status buildup will get players used to another advantage of Dual Blades.

Since Dual Blades attack quickly, they’re generally pretty good at building up and triggering status effects. In this case, that means players can trigger the blast effect for extra damage, but this can also be used later on with other more powerful effects like paralysis.

8

Quematrice Silexes III

Mid-Game Fire Damage

• Rarity: 5
• Damage: 238
• Status/Element: 110 Fire
• Skills: Focus lv.2

As players progress to the end of the Monster Hunter Wilds campaign and start taking on high-rank hunts, taking advantage of more focused builds becomes more relevant. Dual Blade users often choose to focus on element damage, as Dual Blades have a lot of synergy with elemental damage application.

The Quematrice Silexes III will help out players getting to hunter rank 9 and beyond with their fire elemental damage. However, players who are starting to focus on element damage and element crit should be aware that they’ll need to be able to switch elements for certain hunts to remain effective.

7

Blango Sai I

Mid-Game Ice Damage

• Rarity: 6
• Damage: 280
• Status/Element: 110 (Ice)
• Skills: Power prolonger lv.3

Once players get to hunter rank 20, having a rarity 6 weapon should be a priority. The Blango Sai are a good option for Ice elemental damage. At this point, having different element types to target different monsters becomes essential, so players will likely want a variety of rarity 6 options.

The drawback of the Balngo Sai is that the innate skill power prolonger doesn’t really help with Demon Gauge sustain, since most of its consumption is driven by active moves.

6

Cthonian Kusarigamas II

Dragon Damage

• Rarity: 6
• Damage: 238
• Status/Element: 170 Dragon
• Skills: Power prolonger lv.3

Dragon elemental damage is highly effective at this stage in the game, the lower end of high rank, as fewer monsters in general are resistant to this damage type. That makes the second upgrade level of the Cthonian Kusarigamas a potent rarity 6 weapon.

However, at this level, players should also be able to access the first rank of Artian weapons, which can be customized to any element and infused with element attack, so they should consider these as alternatives.

5

Esperanza Daggers

Raw Base Damage

• Rarity: 8
• Damage: 294
• Status/Element: Raw
• Skills: Critical eye lv.2, speed sharpening lv.2

The Esperanza Daggers are the final upgrade in the Dual Blades Expedition tree, and have high raw damage output. Most Dual Blades builds at this late stage of the game will focus on status buildup or element damage/crit, so many players will skip over the Esperanza Daggers, but for base physical damage, they’re one of the best Dual Blade options.

4

Hungerklauen

Critical End Game Element Damage

• Rarity: 8
• Damage: 280
• Status/Element: 150 Dragon
• Skills: Critical element lv.3

With high affinity, high dragon element damage, high white sharpness, and an innate critical element skill, the Hungerklauen is one of the best non-Artian endgame Dual Blade options.

The Hungerklauen is the final upgrade of the Flederklauen, which branches from the Yian Kut-Ku crafting tree. For players who are fully focused on element damage and crit, the Hungerklauen are the best Dragon element Dual Blades.

3

Wyvern Lovers

End Game Level Fire Damage

• Rarity: 8
• Damage: 280
• Status/Element: 200 Fire
• Skills: Critical boost lv.3

Another great endgame option for element-focused Dual Blades players are the Wyvern Lovers. These daggers are the final fire-based upgrade form of the Twin Flames, which branch from the Yian Kut-Ku crafting tree.

Another good option for fire damage is the Wyvern Sentinels, which come from the Twin Albirath crafting tree. These have slightly higher base damage with lower element damage, though, so players who are wholly speccing into elements should go with the Wyvern Lovers.

2

Lala Harpactirs

Permanent Paralysis

• Rarity: 8
• Damage: 280
• Status/Element: 150 Paralysis
• Skills: Critical draw, critical status

Players who are focused on status buildup can make easy work of hunts with the paralysis status, and that’s especially true for Dual Blades users. Using the Lala Harpactirs, the final upgrade of the Lala Barina crafting tree, and stacking this with just one paralysis attack boost from gear or decorations can allow Dual Blades users to trigger paralysis on a monster multiple times in a hunt. Then gameplay just comes down to managing stamina and the Demon Gauge like any other Dual Blades build.

1

TiltKriese

Top-Tier Artian Dual Blades

• Rarity: 8
• Damage: 266
• Status/Element: 250 Any element
• Skills: N/A

Artian weapons tend to be a strong choice for any weapon category, but with a lot of late-game Dual Blades builds focusing on element damage/element crit, the flexibility and elemental damage output makes them a definitively superior choice. Tiltkreise is the final tier of Artian weapon for the Dual Blades.

Like other Artian weapons, Tiltkreise has no skills but three decoration slots, so it can be customized as players want, with element attack jewels and critical element jewels being good choices. Players should also prioritize element and affinity infusions to get the most out of the weapon.