Safi set terrible on dual blades or am I doing it wrong?

[StefanFr]

I'm running a 3 piece safi armor set for dual blades, thinking the rapid attacks would net a bunch of healing after a friend of mine told me how good it was.
Problem is that I now realize demon mode attacks are flurries, attacking lots of times with few button presses and about half of the hits end up missing unless you're basically inside the monster - which is not ideal if you're aiming for breaking parts specifically.
The abundance of attack miss at close range, cutting your health by a large chunk, the monster is typically lining up a counterattack at this point and WILL put you in the single-digit percentage of your health because - surprise surprise, you just cut your own health in half.

Am I missing something or is this set bonus just awful for DB?

[Raven]

Originally posted by Mandalorian Deathknight:

Originally posted by Ajukreyzi:

20 to be exact ;)

i knew it was a high number but could not remember it ty

Note that all weapons take the same amount of damage before the effect procs, provided you don't miss. DBs take 2 damage per swing, so they need 20 hits. GS takes 8 damage per swing, so they need only 5 hits. And the counter is reset if you sheathe your weapon.

[MƏĐJƏĐ]

If you're running elemental db its recommended to run silverlos. Only time I run safi on db is when I am using blast as a way to counter a monster with bad elemental hit zones. Or I just use it to meme since I aptly named my safi db set "suicide db"

[Crusader]

They are terrible compared to silver rathalos. Dual blades has the highest true crit element multiplier in the game and it far out damages safi. The only time I’ve found safi armor useful is lbg.

[Raven]

Originally posted by Araki The Iraqi:

They are terrible compared to silver rathalos. Dual blades has the highest true crit element multiplier in the game and it far out damages safi. The only time I’ve found safi armor useful is lbg.

Safi+Velkhana mix (Velkhana chest and skirt, rest Safi) slightly outdamages Silverlos by default, and gets some extra oomph with Coalescence that comes from the set. Too bad I lack the lv4 Furor decos for that...

[Otaconnor]

Originally posted by Araki The Iraqi:

They are terrible compared to silver rathalos. Dual blades has the highest true crit element multiplier in the game and it far out damages safi. The only time I’ve found safi armor useful is lbg.

If my sources are correct, dual blades actually have the second lowest TCE modifier in the game, at 150%:
https://www.reddit.com/r/MonsterHunterMeta/comments/ecdkwn/dragonvein_awakening_critical_element_vs_true/

Also this video (@2:36):
https://youtu.be/lkHsfCqP0Yg

THAT BEING SAID safi armor is only technically optimal on elemental LBG and elemental CB (not sure if savage axe or SAED style)

Silver Rath does more damage but personally I don't use it because safi is more comfy to build for yet more risky to play. It's super fun imo. But that's just my opinion.

Edit: I also love the synergy with latent power

[Aunel]

For anybody not aware, resentment has 100% uptime on 3 part safi except when the healing is triggered. You get red health when you swing, then healed when you hit. the resentment window is up when you deal the damage.