Best Dual Blades build?

[TankinatorXD]

1. I play mainly Great Sword but Long Sword and Charge Blade too
2. Is it fun to play Dual Blades?
3. If yes, which build is the best?

[Suzaku]

Dual blades are fun. Fast strikes and good mobility, you'll be moving around a lot more than your other weapons. Its Y+B attack is great for punishing tripped/trapped targets.

I'm not the best at crafting builds, but I know that Constitution can be very useful to reduce stamina consumption (you'll be using stamina a lot now), as well as Critical Element set bonus from the Rathalos armor sets. I hear Dash Juice is well liked as well, or having your palico bring his coral orchestra to reduce stamina consumption.

Due to crit element and the fast attack speed, your weapon choice matters much more now. You don't have 1 or 2 to choose from; you'll want the best weapon from every element.

[NikemanBOOM]

Fire and Ice is always nice.

[Stationary Traveller]

https://imgur.com/a/NJaJJ7P
tl;dr you need one for each element and it's always gonna be 3p Teo gamma+2p Rath.

[Slime]

I enjoy the kadachi claws. Since dual blades are fast hitting weapons, the thunder version of the weapon seemed to fit the role perfectly.

[♋Phenex]

Originally posted by Moonmadness:

https://imgur.com/a/NJaJJ7P
tl;dr you need one for each element and it's always gonna be 3p Teo gamma+2p Rath.

Unless using Empress DBs in which case 4 piece drachen and empress chest b probably or some other build with basically all the general offensive skills to get most attack and 100% affinity.

[Diabolica]

Consider getting 'Marathon Runner' for getting the best out of demon mode as it doubles your time on it to 60 seconds on full stamina.

[Nisshoku]

I recently found out how fun it is to build status sets. Now I can down Kushala (probably the worst monster to hunt with DB) comfortably in 8~ minutes using Blast or Poison sets, which is a great improvement over the 30~ minutes it would take before with elemental DB, and constantly getting buffetted by its wind aura.

[Xilo The Odd]

Originally posted by Nikeman (Happy New Year :3):

Fire and Ice is always nice.

easily my favorite DB to use. on console i had a semi decent set with crit element and crit status, made up for the massive missing affinity with crit booster, and wore apothecary mantle. exploding icicles!

[iseduced]

If you plan on using Dash Juice and getting the canteen food buff "Felyne Black Belt, then you need constitution lvl1 and marathon runner lvl2 to reach caps on both.

Add in Stamina Cap up set bonus and suddenly demon mode will be a lot more fun, dodging wont use up a lot of stamina and the bar will deplete very slowly.

Edit: example of a fun DB build that uses both stamina cap up & masters touch (try it out with Dash Juice & Felyne Black Belt!) same build also applicable for styx.

https://honeyhunterworld.com/mhwb/?647,119,103,79,101,108,58,health,0,0,90,30,0,16,16,0,30,5,5,5,0,0,16,32,0,64,5,0,2