Just started iceborne, question on weapon

[Joey]

Should I keep using my fire elemental dual blades or focus on crafting the new weapon which has a sizeable damage upgrade but no element attached?

[Popcorn]

DBs always focuses on elemental, so make each element

[Maffeketel]

If youre using the DB,s then you should always focus on the elemental weapons. That's where the weapon truly shines.

Ideally you want to create a build for each element which can take some time but that's the ideal scenario. While youre progressing through the story this isn't important though so just pick an element that is strong against a lot of different monsters. Thunder is a great choice as a lot of monsters in Iceborne resist ice damage and fire has never been broadly useful.

I hope that this answers your question!

[Emerald Lance]

Fire in particular is useful in Iceborne. If you have a path towards a better fire DB then feel free to go for that, but don't waste your time on a raw DB.

[Joey]

Thanks for the tips! I wasn't sure cause the discrepency was like 50 or so dmg.

[Artorias]

Dual blades are a slow grind. Remember to try and get all the elemental ones from Kulve Tarroth much later into iceborne. They have innate elemental crit built into them.

Try to aim for MR Anjanath and Glavenous first if you want fire. I believe I still had Odogo's chainblades coming from HR.

[Veritas]

Originally posted by Big Big Boss:

Thanks for the tips! I wasn't sure cause the discrepency was like 50 or so dmg.

The listed raw damage of Dual Blades is bloated by 1.4x and all element damage is bloated by 10x. So the difference is not that large. Regardless because of the way elemental damage is applied and how monster resistances work, and the attack speed of dual blades, you still want to use the element matching the monster's weakness.

[Mr_Zayder]

Originally posted by Big Big Boss:

Should I keep using my fire elemental dual blades or focus on crafting the new weapon which has a sizeable damage upgrade but no element attached?

Majority of mobs in Iceborn are 3* weak to fire or ice, and the rest dragon. The others (water/electricity) are useless :D