Kadachi Daito II or Crimson Viperfang II? (Thunder vs. Paralysis)

[ThrekR | Scruto]

Heyo, so I'm making myself a new longsword and I wondered whether a Kadachi Daito with 759 raw and 510 thunder damage or a Crimson viperfang with 825 raw and 240 paralysis would be better.

I'm pretty new at the game, so I'd appreciate the help!

TL;DR
Thunder dmg or paralysis?

[Grottowalker]

Monsters have different weakness to elements and status.


Rule of thumb is slow weapons use raw, fast weapons use elements and status. Not limited to, but they just do it better.

Thunder would only be good monsters weak to Thunder, where as para would work on all majority of monsters, but would work way better on some then others.

Check your hunter log and see what a monster is weak to, and bring that to the fight

[mewlynx]

Generally speaking, status weapons are more for general usage whereas elemental ones are for specific match-ups. If you had to choose only one or the other I'd say the Viper Kadachi one.

[tag545]

longswords dont get much out of element, especially their hardest hitting attack the helm splitter. of the two, the viper fang would be the better option with its higher raw and para which would let you get a free helm splitter (which accounts for a good chunk of the ls dps) whenever it triggers.

your normal attacks get some damage from element so end game longswords like ruiner can stay competitive but raw is the priority for longsword with the rathian ls taking the win (not including the event weapons like safi).

[roadrunner77]

Para is more useful, same for poison and sleep. Personallyl I go for sleep, unless multi is going on. most players fail to see the 'going-to-sleep' animation and just keep smacking the monster. Paralysis simply locks the target for a few seconds.

Make good use of it or maybe prectice on some smaller monsters (Dodo, Jag, etc.) see how it works for ya.