Dragon SnS vs Paralyse

[Kasa]

Hunting R8 because I have nothing better to do atm.

Would Paralyse SnS be better overall vs Dragon?

My experience says Paralyse all the way but it might be fun to have a Dragon set for the rare occasion.

[ህዐጎጋ]

Dmg dragon gives is dismal. Blast is better than dragon atm.

[Kasa]

Thought I read a lot of posts saying blast was still worse then Paralyse?

[ህዐጎጋ]

Originally posted by Kasa:

Thought I read a lot of posts saying blast was still worse then Paralyse?

true but as OP stated Paralyse is goated and my comparison is between blast and dragon

[Kasa]

Originally posted by Boba Fitt:

Originally posted by Kasa:

Thought I read a lot of posts saying blast was still worse then Paralyse?

true but as OP stated Paralyse is goated and my comparison is between blast and dragon

1: I am OP
2: The post topic was Dragon vs Paralyse.

[ህዐጎጋ]

Originally posted by Kasa:

Originally posted by Boba Fitt:

true but as OP stated Paralyse is goated and my comparison is between blast and dragon

1: I am OP
2: The post topic was Dragon vs Paralyse.

lol my bad
Yeah, Paralyse is better.

[tag545]

paralysis is better for most hunts.

you only switch to ele for weak monsters where the para isnt needed or possibly zo shia.

dragon is unique due to the ele convert skill that not only boosts your dragon damage but also adds extra bursts of bonus damage for hundreds per pop depending on level.

[Knavenformed]

Abnormal all the way, aside from elemental gimmics like Alatreon the elemental minmaxing isn't worth the squeeze in normal play and the hunt times are already ridiculously low in Wilds.

Maybe if and when more Elder Dragons get added and maybe a more worthy Elderseal functionality then Dragon would be more enticing.

[prpl_mage]

I'd say that for multiplayer paralysis is always better.
For single player you have to weigh the options more. Give it a go and see if you have any clear benefit of using the dragon weapon against the monster.

Consider things like:
-Are you usually attacking the parts that have the highest weakness?
-Do you use a few strong attacks or prefer to do many weaker attacks?
-Do you have other attacks that will cause stun, knockdown etc?
-How do you take advantage of the monster being paralyzed?

[Gooubliette]

exhaust is better imo. Lasts longer than para.

[Despell]

Currently raw damage seems to be the most important thing for hunting the strongest monsters and they are all weak to dragon or have no resistance to it, so it's nice additional damage

but there are people who swear on poison or para and in the end its personal preference.

I like the Zoh Shia weapons because the skill is quite nice and gives fast but rather weak weapons like SnS a good boost the longer the fight goes on

[Louis Cypher]

SnS and DB are good for elemnetal damage if you can constantly exploit the elemental hitzones.

Against Arkveld for exmaplke Paralyze is better tha Dragon since it was terrible elemental hitzones.

Zoa Shia however is hard to paralyze but easy to exploit with elementals

[😎Astran😾]

A lot of hunters run with paralyze weapons so yours will be semi-useless in co-op (the effect is shared). Blast is the way

[PurpuluDragon]

Status are better than element for SnS imo.
I even use it sometimes (if i end up without element advantage cause i chain hunts) with my CB (although CB definitively better with elemental, due to the discharge).

[xTobu]

Heavily depends on your skills, in this game elemental HZv got buffed by a lot.
Every elemental sns wins on para sns on right matchup.
If you can deal consistent damage then elemental sns with 4p gore is the absolute best rn.
3 raw/2 sharpness augument.
Arkvled you play para sns cause his chains have 0 HZv on non charged state. So overall you are losing dmg with dragon sns.

[Scipo0419]

Originally posted by xTobu:

Heavily depends on your skills, in this game elemental HZv got buffed by a lot.
Every elemental sns wins on para sns on right matchup.
If you can deal consistent damage then elemental sns with 4p gore is the absolute best rn.
3 raw/2 sharpness augument.
Arkvled you play para sns cause his chains have 0 HZv on non charged state. So overall you are losing dmg with dragon sns.

But you're forgetting one key thing: people are ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ lazy. Who wants to spend 10s going to their tent and swapping from their Fire_SnS to their Thunder_SnS loadout when they can just "Ubga Bunga" rawdog the monster for less damage overall!

I literally have Blast, Fire, Water, Thunder, Ice, and Dragon sets for each weapon I use (Each set using a Para version of that weapon in the 2nd slot), because it's actually better DPS than Raw with very little time investment. But you'll always have people spouting "it's not worth the min-max to make it better!" because they can't be bothered to take the 10s to swap loadouts