Dual Blade Builds and Best Armor | Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak

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This is a guide to the best builds and equipment for Dual Blades in Monster Hunter Rise (MH Rise): Sunbreak. Learn about the best Dual Blades for Sunbreak and the best builds and Armor pieces to use with the Dual Blade for Low, High, and Master Rank.

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TU4 Furious Rimeguard Dragon Conversion Build

Weapon Augments
Armor Slots Skills
Valstrax Helm - EpochValstrax Helm - Epoch ④②ー
Valstrax Mail - EpochValstrax Mail - Epoch ④④ー
Divine Ire KoteDivine Ire Kote ④ーー
Critical Eye Lv. 2
Furious Lv. 1
Valstrax Coil - Epoch Valstrax Coil - Epoch ④①①
Rimeguard GreavesRimeguard Greaves ④①ー
Talisman Critical Eye 3 with a ②① slot or better.
Rampage Decoration
Decorations
Skills
Rampage Skill Kushala Daora Soul for increased affinity
or
Elembane for increased elemental attack.
Element Attack Lv. 5 | Critical Eye Lv. 5
Ice Attack Lv. 5 | Attack Boost Lv. 4
Weakness Exploit Lv. 3 | Critical Element Lv. 3
Stamina Surge Lv. 3 | Dragon Resistance Lv. 3
Speed Sharpening Lv. 3 | Element Exploit Lv. 3
Dragon Conversion Lv 3 | Latent Power Lv. 2
Evade Extender Lv. 2 | Critical Boost Lv. 1
Burst Lv. 1
Build Merits Title Update 4's new Dragon Conversion skill finds its potential in fast-striking weapons that can dish out tons of elemental damage. This build encourages an offensive playstyle with viable defensive options. No qurious armor crafting is required but can be added at your discretion.
Any high-damage elemental weapon with at least an affinity of 0% is fit for this build provided it has at least a ② slot and a ③ rampage slot (if it is only a ② rampage slot, augmenting it with a Rampage Slot Upgrade is recommended.) If you take an Ice weapon, Rimeguard Greaves provides Ice Attack Lv. 5 as a bonus.
Raising your elemental attack through Dragon Conversion is this build's main feature. With Furious, +5 resistance to all elements is added when using the red swap scroll. More elemental attack can be gained out of this setup through jewels for Element Attack Lv. 5, giving a 20% and +4 increase to elemental attack. Defense Boost Lvl. 5 or Elemental Resistance Lv. 3 can be used instead if you are using an Ice weapon since Ice Attack already exists. Adjust per monster weakness accordingly!
For utility, Stamina Surge takes care of stamina management while Evade Extender has been added for better movement options. This makes dashes more fluid, which helps greatly in evading large AoE attacks by monsters such as Risen Teosta and chasing with attacks for Dragon Conversion against fast moving foes like Furious Rajang. This works well with the Slide Slash Combo switch skill. For added counter options, Demon Flight and Shrouded Vault switch skills are recommended.
Eat elemental resistance dangos for more elemental attack conversion (as they each give +10 resistance without a Hopping Skewer). Mind the resistance cap when you do so!
With 25% affinity from Critical Eye, 50% from Weakness Exploit, 5% from Affinity Boost augment, and the initial 15% from Daora Soul, you should have at least 95% affinity on weak spots (80% if you have Elembane instead.) With Latent Power's 20% affinity active, affinity goes over 100%.
This build assumes no armor augments. Feel free to adjust your build as needed! You can experiment on this build with Silver Solbraces and Holy Ire Hakama, which provide similar results with differences in skills, slots, resistances. If qurious armor crafting is to be desired, aim for positive resistance and extra ① slots for more utility skills.

Below are the recommended dual blades to pair with this Dragon Conversion build as of TU 4!

Recommended Dragon Conversion Build
Elemental Dual Blades
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Fire Elemental Dual Blades

Weapon ATK DEF Affinity
Flaming Wyvern LoversFlaming Wyvern Lovers
Flaming Wyvern Lovers Dual Blades Sharpness
310 0 0%
Element
/ Status
Slots Rampage Slots
Fire Image 51
②ーー

Generally a good pair of blades with enough slots for this build. This can be switched with Wyvern Strife if you want 57 element at the expense of only white sharpness, or Kaktus Ehrgeiz for more slots and 15% affinity but with only 41 element.

Water Elemental Dual Blades

Weapon ATK DEF Affinity
Sacred EspadasSacred Espadas
Sacred Espadas Dual Blades Sharpness
310 0 0%
Element
/ Status
Slots Rampage Slots
Water Image 51
②ーー

If looking for water dual blades, then this is good one to go for. This can be switched with Double Droth Flood+ for a decent amount of slots and ③ rampage slot but for only 45 element and white sharpness, or Mud Shredders for 62 element, ③ rampage slot, but 10 less attack and white sharpness.

Thunder Elemental Dual Blades

Weapon ATK DEF Affinity
OppressorOppressor's Miracle
Oppressor
310 0 0%
Element
/ Status
Slots Rampage Slots
Thunder Image 54
②ーー

Zinogre's dual blades is the go-to for this build. However, you can switch this out for Double Discharge from Narwa for 69 element but 10 less attack and no slots (you would have to give up a ② slot jewel.)

Ice Elemental Dual Blades

Weapon ATK DEF Affinity
DaoraDaora's Ventus
Daora
310 0 0%
Element
/ Status
Slots Rampage Slots
Ice Image 54
②ーー

Daora's Ventus remains to be one of the best for ice elemental dual blades. An alternative is Velkhana's Untouched Hel which boasts a ④ and ① slot, and 20 more attack but only 22 element.

Dragon Elemental Dual Blades

Weapon ATK DEF Affinity
Crimson TwinwingCrimson Twinwing
Crimson Twinwing Dual Blades Sharpness
330 0 0%
Element
/ Status
Slots Rampage Slots
Dragon Image 52
②ーー

The dragon dual blades from Crimson Glow Valstrax is a good all-around for dragon elemental builds. But another good pair to look at is Gila Ro Waga, which gives 3 ② slots and a ③ rampage slot but only 44 element.

Master Rank Dual Blades Builds

High Rank Builds

High Rank Dual Blades Builds

Gathering Hub HR 4 - HR 100+

Whether you're just breaking in the High Rank at HR 4 or are just looking for some new strategies at HR 100, we've got the best High Rank Dual Blades builds to spice up your hunts.
►High Rank Dual Blades Builds

Latest Builds Rank
Raw Damage HR 100+

Low Rank Builds

Low Rank Dual Blades Builds

Village Quests - Low Rank Hub

Check out the best Dual Blades builds for Monster Hunter beginners or for speeding through Village Quests or Low Rank Gathering hub.
►Low Rank Dual Blades Builds

Latest Builds Rank
Affinity Latent Power ★4 to ★6

Best Skills for Dual Blades

Skills
Fire, Water, Thunder, Ice, Dragon Attack.
★★★
Elemental skills are vital to the DB. They can maximize the damage dealt by elemental skills so increasing the elemental damage of your weapons is a must.
Critical Element
★★★
Amplifying elemental damage is the next step to increasing your damage output as an elemental DB player. Critical Element is similar to Critical Boost for elemental attacks and having it is near critical especially for the end game if playing elemental DB
Critical Eye
★★★
More damage and Critical Element is also reliant on affinity so make sure to raise your affinity when playing DB.
Weakness Exploit
★★★
50% affinity when striking enemy weak spots at max rank is extremely valuable for a weapon that likes to deal damage.
Blast Attack
★★★
Having Blast Attack greatly amps up the damage of blast type dual blades. It's a great skill to have if you don't wish to play elemental dual blades.
Evade Window
★★★
Allows you to dodge enemy attacks more easily. At the hands of an expert, a dual blade user with Evade Window is nearly untouchable and it opens up new ways to approach enemy attacks.
Attack Boost
★★
Attack Boost is a lesser priority as most of the Dual Blade's damage comes from elemental attacks. It's a great skill but make sure to increase your affinity first and get the necessary damage skills.
Marathon Runner
★★
Longer demon mode duration is always great.
Stamina Surge
★★
Quickly replenish your stamina after using Demon Mode.
Constitution
★★
A great skill to have as it allows you to dodge even while in Demon Mode with ease.
Protective Polish
★★
A neat skill to have for Dual Blades as the Dual Blade's sharpness rapidly decreases due to its fast attacking nature.
Razor Sharp
★★
Same reason as Protective Polish but it doesn't need a whetstone to use in exchange of half effectivity.
Flinch Free
A must have skill for multiplayer. It's placed lower as a needed skill since the Dual Blades' attacks doesn't get interrupted once used.
Critical Boost
Raw damage isn't the strongest point of the Dual Blades so putting Critical boost on DB isn't as effective as the other weapons.
Evade Extender
Longer dashes means you can get out of harms way more easily or reach enemy weakspots.

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