Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak - Dual Blades Are Now Insanely Powerful!

[@johncordero1248]

Honestly, as a DB main, I feel so awesome using them in Sunbreak. If you're able to put Evade Extender on your build, you move like lightning in demon/archdemon mode.

[@kingsleyking8287]

May I ask what’s the average u can do with dual blade ? Trying to make a build and see if am doing right so far I deal around 61-121

[@jaredaadland9692]

I want to try out the dual blades, I'm just not sure where to start with them

[@mhveteranex4303]

What does evade extender by duel blades only the dash is increased or what?

[@miguelcabreracastro6968]

Mmmm thx for that info... damn i have to upgrade so many weapons now

[@AaaaNinja]

@@jaredaadland9692 There's a dude who makes 5-minute tutorials so I started with that and fought real monsters until I mastered the basic x, a, x+y and was getting bored. Then I watched a longer tutorial and learned a counter and a better switch skill and that wat enough, I never watched the rest of the tutorial lol. Nobody is capable of absorbing all the info in a tutorial so I just go back whenever I want to add ONE MORE new move if I get bored or stuck.

[@LiggyMustard]

DB MAINS rise up!!

[@romanfuchs1932]

Hi

[@laxelford3533]

Damn

[@thewolfpack9174]

Yo yo

[@docmercy3660]

There are dozens of us!

[@thewolfpack9174]

I like to make builds

[@Tentaphox]

Going through the MonsterDex to find the target's elemental weakness and snag out the matching elemental set to take advantage of it feels really good to me, honestly! I really love that part of Dual Blades, and I'm so glad I landed on them as my main really early on! Astalos in particular is so fun as DB because he's moving at 20kMPH and I'm moving at 30kMPH and Running In The 90s is playing in my head because if I stop I get flattened. Its a pristine experience.

[@adhdzero8583]

lthats the first time I've seen someone call the hunters notes the fucking "monsterdex" lmao

[@TommyHardy5497]

Swear I'm constantly in my head just singing "Gotta go Fast" "meep meep brrrrrrrrr" 😆

[@gaminghazard8057]

The fact that you can switch from a ground playstyle to the arial playstyle mid-combat has pretty much made db my favorite weapon in sunbreak.

[@draco4826]

Honestly being a dual blade main has never felt so good! One of my favorite parts is building a different elemental set for each element , and while in rise it wasn't the best, it's amazing in sunbreak! And the new silkbinds are amazing as well

[@xBluegamerx]

Something you didn't mention is demon mode got a big buff, it now boosts elemental scaling (i think it's 30% or something like that) so for element builds you want to use demon mode, only use feral demon mode for raw builds/status.

[@MightyRathalos90]

well he mentioned archdemon mode at least 1:42 and from my testing it seems that they buffed feral demon dance from 10% raw to 15% and demon mode now has a 20% status/elemental multiplier

[@thundersin1]

I 100% did not notice this. Thanks so much for mentioning it!

[@Vexal50]

not surprised Demon mode wasn't mentioned specifically, as it wasn't in the patch notes (similar to how Pierce 1 and Pierce 2 got minor MV buffs but were completely omitted from the patch notes) Also, the Demon/Archdemon passive boost *also effects status*, so ideally you want to use it with status weapons too rather than with Feral

[@xBluegamerx]

@@Vexal50 oh awesome, i didn't know it effected status too, i just saw the element boost, ty!

[@kyreestandifer522]

@@MightyRathalos90 Its 30~35% for Demon Mode and about 20% for FDM

[@songoku6067]

I seen alot of players rocking DBs and tearing monsters apart this weapon got perfected

[@gojigiante]

The elemental boost for Dual Blades, makes them so damn OP. Constantly doing 100 damage with a single strike. Dual Blade main for life!

[@HenshinFanatic]

Also insane for status, the Jelly tree is top tier for para DB.

[@zensawa271]

damn, before in rise only peircing bind gives out 3 digit damages now a normal jumping attack has 3 digits and double proc of damage

[@savionmcqueen8944]

@@zensawa271 lol true I felt so weak restarting in low rank for ps5 but the monsters still die in under 5 minutes

[@devoool]

Spiral slash is so good IF ONLY would consistently drill on a body part instead of passing through... >.>

[@zexxal__5257]

its gotta be on a weakspot od the monster to drill

[@greatjaggi4309]

Just get better.

[@DapimpBDSD]

Yeah, it's been inconsistent, I'll literally target the same spot but sometimes it passes thru other times it doesn't

[@zackmhuntr25]

Well it has to have some limitations. It also encourages you to not spam it every so often and always aim for the weakspot.

[@DapimpBDSD]

@@zackmhuntr25 I mean, it already makes you commit to being stationary for 3-4 secs if the "drill" effect occurs, Idk what other limitations it needs. It does feel like they purposely make it miss when the monster isn't staggered.

[@k1ngst4rk54]

I was main LS in base Rise, after Sunbreak release I’m tried DB and love it. Fast attack, stylish silkbind dodge, drill dps, and aerial style like Levi. Definitely super fun to play it.

[@shioya7570]

Picked these bad boys up in base Rise. Started feeling extremely powerful pretty much the moment I got access to Chain Crit, feels like that skill was just made for Dual Blades. I've tried going back to other weapons I've played in previous games but I just can't stay away from Dual Blades this time around

[@terps710]

Dude chain crit is fucking nasty. I run it on my db and sns set up. It was made for db especially even sns it procs quick

[@cookiedaze3169]

Personally I call DB a "perfect weapon". It is swift, low time to recover from moves (comparing to GS, LS), fun (comparing to LBG), and high DMG. Back in MHWIB, I used DB to help me through first encounter monsters. Now it helped me again. I 3 carted MR100 quest 3 times with LS, then I switched to DB and one shot it. THANK YOU DB!!!

[@Ashtarte3D]

I was a diehard DB main in World so come Rise I decided to swap weapons to Hunting Horn to support my friends. Horn has been an absolute blast to play. I finally started to make an ele DB set recently after passing MR70 and holy hell they are strong again. With a proper set of blades, decos and a GG trinket your damage output is just criminal.

[@CDB2]

I have been maining Dual Blades since base World, and in Sunbreak they are just outright fantastic!! Still in MR 3, but the ability to switch from grounded to aerial on the fly already puts Sunbreak DBs above all other iterations!

[@Mstrskeletor89]

Have you played any 9other monhun besides these 2? Just curious

[@LtSMASH324]

too bad you don't get the other switch skills until MR4 :( Sunbreak's pacing was so bad I had to quit Hammer because I was getting bored with it.

[@kaz7886]

@@LtSMASH324 Huh? Pacing? It's so quick to get through what do you mean?

[@fullmetal_3961]

@@LtSMASH324 It literally doesn't take long to get to MR 4, what do you mean? I was there first night, within a few hours.

[@thew1ngman]

@@fullmetal_3961 thats a long time to be playing a new expansion and barely playing any new content.

[@DemonicCaretaker]

The Dual Blades are very cool weapons but for the longest time through sunbreak I've find myself using Sword & Shield. Just the sheer versatility of the weapon that is equal in both offensive and defensive options it just feels like the "swiss knife" of weapons.

[@terps710]

Sns is just amazing is sunbreak. I was a db main then tried sns at the end of base rise and fell in love. Shit is nutty now in sunbreak

[@jesselawrance7952]

DB main since world with a little bow now & again i just love the fast pace of DBs it keeps me coming back even when trying out other weapon types 😁

[@del5206]

Anyone wanting to know what the best dual blades are, I would say to go for whatever has the highest in each element (With some exceptions). Fire: Magma Almadron- Has the highest fire by far, decent sharpness, and good raw Water: Almadron- Same as the Magma kind, but water Thunder: Although Narwa has the highest Thunder element, I recommend Khezu due to it only having about 10 less lightning, but it makes up for it with it's really high paralysis, and having better and more decoration slots Ice: The best Ice damage is Aurora Somnacanth, but I would also recommend considering the Teostra dual blades, as they have about 10 less Ice, but high blast; making the really solid dual blades for monsters weak to ice Dragon: Shargaru Magalla- I don't believe any other dragon dual blades really compare to the Sharagu Magalla blades. They are just really good.

[@flotto7045]

Keep in mind that if DBs have two elements (eg thunder/para) each element is only applied to one of the blades. So khezu might look like it has only 10 less thunder but it actually has 10 less - then half of that. Same with teostra DBs, that's not how they work. The best ice DBs are Kushala, the best Dragons are valstrax.

[@ArborusVitae]

Kushala and Valstrax DBs win out for those elements due to sharpness/slots/rampage deco reasons.

[@psychrisz]

I'm so loving the dual blades in Sunbreak! The elemental damage is soooo satisfying. It feels sooo good to drill monsters with the spiral slash. Level 3 evade extender on demon mode is soooo freaking fast, almost looks like I'm teleporting like Malzeno. Hahaha.

[@UziGameGP]

Wait till you get Fury Rajang armor, ultimate DB massacre

[@TrazynTheKleptomanichad]

why is it the 3rd or 4th time that I see a comment like this? do you guys not play berserk+strife???

[@MunnyBonez]

So we ain't gonna talk about furious rajang armor that gives you infinite stamina for DB? Because it's nutty

[@TrazynTheKleptomanichad]

Berserk already is on the same set as Strife. no need for furious you already have infinite stamina

[@theshinwhisperer8279]

In the part about sharpness I'm surprised you didn't go over Master's Touch and the rampage decoration for Hellion Mode now being available to a bunch of different dual blades. Running those plus keeping the ironshine going has kept me pretty high on sharpness without ever really needing to sharpen.

[@louisb0808]

YEESSS. DB MAINS!!! OUR TIME TO SHINE HAS COME!!!!!

[@125rman]

For sunbreak I mainly swapped between chargeblade, gunlance, and light bowgun, but now that I finished the story I'm using the longsword.

[@trashking751]

Ever since I started playing monster hunter, the DB is my main AND I LOVE IT

[@magicfreak5009]

Glad to see some love to DB. I played DB in base Rise and have the majority of Sunbreak with a few here and there hammer hunts.

[@OddBallofCheese]

Mix it with the furious rajang set. And you got infinite demon mode

[@TrazynTheKleptomanichad]

Berserk comes on the same set as strife. no need for furious you already have infinite stamina

[@mohdsarul1530]

I as a main Hunting Horn is never been happier that it give support as well dps at the same time.

[@fallewater8815]

do u have a video about the skill changes (buffs and nerfs)? and what skills are now more important for DB?

[@Luka-dl1ic]

IG is actually crazy diving wyvern is so fun and does like 1000+ damage on the final bosses head it’s insane, just glad to have the shagaru weapons back tbh and gores too for the design but shagaru for the win 😂👌

[@Liquidmetal702]

Dual blades made me love MH…everyone talked Greatsword and it is “great” but i prefer speed and aerial…makes me feel like an anime god

[@howdoyouevenknow6526]

How do you get spiral slash

[@alessandrodellanno948]

Will there be a video on your build with each element(weapon+armor)?

[@babayaga4320]

My main has been Gun Lance, And wow, it's been a steep learning curve for me, after only using faster weapons like the Glaive and Duel Blades in World. It's been a lot of fun learning it, but even very far into the game, I don't feel like I'm anywhere close to mastering it.

[@astralguardian5930]

Fellow "Gunlance" I guess for me I haven't tried other weapons but honestly with Rise being my first mainline MH game I had the hard knock of learning controls and learning the weapon. But I think the most satisfying part was seeing/thinking about just how far I got from where I started. I remember when I started I didn't even know how to reload the damn thing but now I am Full Burst Blast Dashing and Switch Evading in and out of the battlefield dealing barrages of explosions, always waiting to get those insane Bullet Barrages in.

[@babayaga4320]

@@astralguardian5930 True, getting better and better is satisfying. When I first started it was comically bad, I can at least be competent at times now. I still spend time in practice mode that helps me alot with muscle memory.

[@Neroivno]

Well, I thought I would switch to the switch axe for sunbreak, but I haven't been able to step out of the gunlance, bullet barrage is so good

[@atlasgaming7358]

I need to get Sunbeeak soon. I only have the base game so..

[@TheMadDoctor-ku6yu]

Insect glaive main is here and the sky's are free to share, come join us my dual blade Brothers and sisters. We can laugh at those stuck on the ground together

[@serpentsaurus7969]

I mained Dual Blades in MH3 and haven't really played them since, but they seem crazy in Rise! I'm getting into it late but I'm having a blast~

[@Smuckbuck1]

I think I have a grasp on Ele builds. Was curious about how I could weave in Status like blast into some builds. Any ideas on weapon choices/armor

[@astralguardian5930]

I am a Gunlance main, did it ever since I started Rise as my first mainline game. It was rough at first but I had fun with it even through Rise. But Sunbreak is where the power really came, Switch Swapping and Bullet Barrage make GL not just a "you play it because you like it" GL can actually do some solid damage now and it's just satisfying.

[@StormboyG]

When do you get the new Silkbind skills? Just finished Garangolm and still not seeing them.

[@VulpineDemon]

I'm a strictly ground DB user with evade extender 3 for zippy repositioning and literally chasing down monsters when they run away (or racing them which is fun, too). Base Rise felt lackluster for me because I never liked the Piercing Bind and (noobish of me) didn't realize the glide was a counter. I thought it was just a boring reposition. Now with the spinning silkbind and ironsilk, made me love DB again. And this video looks really fun with all the aerial attacks. I might try out the aerial attack style again.

[@Roze_aye]

Dual blade mains: Wow, the elemental damage and new skills that compliment that and sharpness management are an amazing addition for dual blades! me, who picked them up in sunbreak because of slide slash combo, and has evade ext. 3: HA HA, FERAL DEMOM DODGE GO WEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@lidla2008]

Feral Demon Mode. Demon Flight. Kitty Claws with the Hellion Rampage Skill. Attack +7, Crit Boost, and a handicraft gem to get them to white sharpness. Throw on Protective Polish and Speed Sharpen, and you've got a monster endgame high rank set. I'm about to jump into Sunbreak content, which makes me a little sad that it's apparently not the meta anymore. It was so fun to melt stuff with that set.

[@dante36807]

I was mainly an insect glaive main in world but when I got the Ariel combo for dual blades I’ve maimed them since

[@xenghuong]

What??? That sharpness buff is cool! I'm definitely trying it out once I reach end game

[@kensonplays]

I love DB in Rise, but in World I played GS.

[@BlackBeltGamers88]

Been playing Exclusively Lance for all the first clears of a quest. Dabbled in a lot of other weapons but Lance is still my Primary. However, as a huge fan of status weapons, those new Ancient Blades are awesome. Threw together a coalescence foray taostra blessing build which overall gives me about 35-45% buildup across the board for both poison and blast. It feels so good to play and there's so much passive damage building up too.

[@nickadra.acactus1907]

What do you think about the hellion cat paws

[@BrewingAle16]

I can't understand for the life of me how this is not the norm for every weapon. Why in a game where every monster has a particular weakness and you can build many weapons for each element, there are a lot of weapons where is just better to go for a non-elemental build and be done with it. To me there should at least a 15-20% difference in damage between a raw build and a elemental build used against the correct monster's weakness, that would mean you would add a lot more longevity to the game as you seek out more builds instead of having just one that's good for all and be done with it. That's why I love DBs, as you do like 50% of your damage as element and having to choose the perfect set for a monster is the most fun

[@navi8801]

I think it would end up causing more player frustration than it would end up fixing unfortunately, as elemental/status damage is more-or-less based on per-hit and not how high you hit. People like to follow the path of least resistance, and getting one solid set against all monsters outweigh the benefits of getting one good set for one monster (at least at the beginning of the game). Honestly, i think blight-beetles should be applied to elemental weapons as well. It would give elemental weapons more of a reason to be used, or at least more viable. For example, giving thunder weapons access to KO is a powerful option

[@mizuxtsune]

Hell yeah a Dual Blade video! The new DBs are absolutely insane and playing them makes you feel amazing. I think all the moves we got (especially Ironshine Silk) synergize really well in the whole kit and this is for sure a Peak DB moveset that we got here in Sunbreak!

[@bix4334]

I've been wondering I've seen a lot of videos with the combo display on the bottom of the screen how do I get that?

[@Steveusmc1986]

throughout the years ive been mainly GS and Bow, but as im crawling through sunbreak this time around i've fallen in love with the DB's, HBG (miss you old MH4U hame's) and i might even pick up another weapon. looking forward to yalls stuff.

[@LtSMASH324]

in base Rise I was Hammer/Long Sword, but I got rather bored of them both starting Sunbreak, so I picked up the Dual Blades. one of the best decisions ever, I love them in Sunbreak so much.

[@AaaaNinja]

I mained both switch axe and longsword in Rise, and I'm doing almost exclusively dual blades in Sunbreak because I wanted to try something new and they are so much fun I haven't put them down. Also I just discovered critical element. Shrouded vault is one of my favorite moves.

[@shadowsketch926]

i'm happy for the dual blade mains out there, this looks like tons of fun!

[@SubiKinubi]

Was a LS main all through world but wanted to spice things up, picked up the DB’s thinking I wouldn’t like them much, so far MR2 now on DB alone, they just get better

[@NiceO1]

can you make a video about how to maybe not get one shot by every attack from every monster after mr 4 star rank when using a ranged weapon? especially bow is painful af since you have to use the mighty bow feather until youve defeated the endboss

[@chikientran4467]

How i can unlock the spiral slash skill?

[@ZachM-20]

I end up maining a new weapon for every monster hunter iteration (and usually switching up a bunch at endgame too). So for Sunbreak I decided to play charge blade for the first time, but I just can't get into it. The dual blades also never really appealed to me, but thinking back I had so much fun in the original MHG making a bunch of different elemental SNS sets. Think your rec is enough to get me to try DBs!

[@estebanchavez5848]

I’ve literally only ever played dual blades. Rise was my first MH game and I did not want to even bother learning more then one weapon. 200 plus hours in now.

[@blazenova8139]

as a new play who only done up to hub 3 which skills should i be look out for and to use?

[@nirushu5788]

Do you need the Sunbreak Extention pass for the buffs?

[@SpottedHares]

Personal i got more of a God of War Blades of Chaos vibe from the spiral slash, your throwing a dual wepon attack to a line and using it to pull your self in.

[@ee88rr1]

ive mained db since freedom 2 and its not often you hear db being really good🤯🤯

[@arabidllama]

Same exact story - hardly played DB before, found aerial dualblades in Rise, fell in love, have hundreds of hunts on them now. As somebody who enjoys making one or two solid mixed sets, I prefer status blades, so I was sad that Sunbreak realized how absolutely busted Hellion Mode was :< I am enjoying the endgame "Antique Machina" ones with poison/blast on them, instead, though! I really haven't incorporated Ironshine Silk into my playstyle yet! I sort of forgot about it.

[@cryionic]

Do you have a build for me with those DBs? I wanna get into them but not necessarily have to craft 5 different sets at the very beginning..

[@arabidllama]

​@@cryionic So the real trick to aerial dualblade is hiding at 1:57 - check out his stamina. You don't leave Demon Mode until you're *idle* on the ground. You can chain the aerial launch into air moves into landing attacks into air moves again. So, stamina skills are tertiary, and you depend on the i-frames in your launcher and shrouded vault (both of which turn into damage opportunities) Switch Skills are Demon Flight, Feral Demon Mode, and Shrouded Vault on your regular-combat scroll. I threw a build together that gets to 454 raw / 65% affinity on weak spots while in Demon Mode (+25 Blast and Poison!), up from 310/0% One quirk, those DBs don't benefit at all from Handicraft, their bar's already maxed out. This makes setbuilding slightly awkward. This set is far from perfect, tweaking it is my current mission :) Antique DBs /w Daora gem (+15% affinity after first hits) Archfiend head Malzeno chest Jaggi gauntlets Sailor Skirt~ Hunter's Greaves Talisman gives Partbreaker 2, 2 slots That plus decos gives me: Attack Boost 7 Weakness Exploit 3 Protective Polish 3 Stun Resist 3 Partbreaker 3 Speed Sharpening 3 (hard gem) Wirebug Whisperer 3 Blood Rite 1 (heals chip damage nicely) Plus a few spare gem slots. Eat for defense/Moxie, sharpen weapon, apply directly to the monster. That much raw plus blast plus partbreaker shreds monster parts off. Flaws: Lots of low-rarity armor, no stamina management at all (Marathon Runner / Stamina Surge are nice to haves), no crit magnification, lower damage on non-weakpoints (which you incidentally hit a lot).

[@Atlasadvent]

Yesss, I mained Hellidon mode late game, had a horrifying build for it, just amazing. Haven't had a chance to try sunbreak yet but I'm sure dual blades will be just as fun

[@Tea-Spin]

But they still can’t stop mashing button when monster is going to sleep

[@mmead7904]

I started playing duel blades at the end of base rise and have blade them through out sunbreak and I love them so much

[@ohitsyang]

Dual Blades are amazing but as a SnS main for Rise/Sunbreak, all I gotta say is, “In Arrekz, We Trust.”

[@ThidtheSloth]

Going to have to do another play through of mhrs with dual blades now

[@geoslim2168]

I've been switching mains at different stages of the game. In LR I mained LS, mained SA in HR, and am using SnS in MR. I plan to switch to my favorite weapon from the demo, the HH for end game. I feel that switching weapons, and thus play style, throughout the stages is a great way to add difficulty and keep from getting bored. Hell I'm even thinking of trying bow for the first time since 4U if I want to try fighting from a distance for once.

[@KeyGameUniverse]

I am making a build for every weapon because i like every weapon lol. It's just so much fun when every weapon feels fun

[@MilanOodiah]

The voice volume in this one of so low compared to other videos on the channel :(

[@RathVantas]

Used Great Sword to blast through Gathering Hub content and up until MR4 but found the playstyle to be a bit frustrating and was struggling a lot versus certain monsters. Now I'm trying the hammer, which is quite enjoyable honestly, with Slugger/Stamina thief/Wirebug 3 in addition to the usual damage skills it's a beast at CC. Planning try dual blades after beating the story since the different build for each element was off-putting

[@farisaddaukas3281]

How to combine ironsilk with shrouded vault??

[@johnnyjay6959]

U gonna do a weapon showcase with wirebug skills again. I loved this guides. I was never one to use duel blades but in Sunbreak I been loving it. I been using a lot of weapons I normally wouldn’t use just to keep shit fresh

[@anime_kingdom1300]

My team just see me spinning in the air all the time, because I stopped attacking normally and just stayed using the new spin attack especially since it comes back quickly lol.

[@Artemis1430]

Long sword is just the best for me but DB will always have a special place in my heart

[@hemogoblin6789]

Are you going to do weapon workshops for the rest of the weapons in Rise? I've been hoping for switchaxe and dual blades.

[@RoseWovenScythe]

Weapon workshops are no longer a thing since they were too much work and really burnt out everyone since they had to make them alongside all their other videos.

[@hemogoblin6789]

@@RoseWovenScythe No disrespect intended, but are you affiliated with Arrekz somehow?

[@RoseWovenScythe]

@@hemogoblin6789 No? It'd be cool if I was though. Arekkz explained all of this stuff in a video they put out in January or something. Just trying to spread the info, sorry if I was rude or something

[@hemogoblin6789]

@@RoseWovenScythe you weren‘t rude at all, don’t worry. I just wanted to verify the info, thanks for elaborating

[@zackmhuntr25]

The madlads actually brought back absolute readiness solely for Dual blades

[@Terreos]

Did anyone have trouble using spiral slash? It seemed 90% of the time I’d just zip right by the monster and hit once maybe twice? Unless they addressed that in an update I stayed clear of it.

[@phantom_ph0enixxlr5]

What's the name of the chest piece he's wearing? The one with the white coat over his shoulder

[@Youtiao86]

Woohoo finally onto the dual blades

[@manudosde]

Quick question: a friend of mine hasn't been able to unlock shrouded vault even after beating Narwa. He's crafted/upgraded like 15 dbs and done the Dissecting the dual blades quest. Any tips?

[@4robinsona]

Shrouded Vault is the default switch skill. It doesn't need to be unlocked.

[@calemsmith3508]

May I know how do you play MHR in the NSW in 4k?

[@badwolfbam4735]

I play on xbox so i dont have the cool silkbind attacks or the awesome reworks😭

[@ArianrhodTalon]

DB Main since World. The aerial style has really bridged the gap of its short reach and it's now so satisfying to be to slicing the monster's face. The beyblade move however, feels underwhelming now. Primarily use it to reposition myself out of harm's way when airborne, and on longer monsters with weak points along the back and tail.

[@kaizer3000jp]

Please make a video on your best armor sets and decorations! Thanks

[@josezeroninja]

I’m still a palico main… oh wait…. Wrong game.

[@notimeleft1]

i’m a long sword main and have been for base rise since iceborne. i feel more control with the long sword than other weapons but in sunbreak compared base rose and world/iceborne i’ve invested more time and love with the long sword that i feel out of place when trying different tools of the trade.

[@evamotto9276]

I played through base rise as DB main (I choose a new weapon every game) but I was bored stiff of them by the end. Once you have evade window and evade + stamina skills, you're unstoppable. Feels great until you realise the gameplay loop is just spam attack, dodge out the way, dodge back in, spam attack, repeat

[@evamotto9276]

I'm looking forward to returning to them after completing Sunbreak with Lance (huge recommend on Lance, if you are bored with DB! It's such a different playstyle)

[@ArborusVitae]

I'mma be real, I've been a DB main since base world and have never used any of those skills, they feel completely unnecessary and eat up damage slots. Especially with aerial in rise, you never really need to dodge since you have tons of i-frames tied to attacks already.

[@evamotto9276]

@@ArborusVitae I probably needed to get deeper into i-frames and such to appreciate it then. Shame good guides are pretty sporadic these days

[@rexleflext1ao753]

Started master rank with LS but switched to Lance. It's really fun for me

[@paulslann5771]

I was maining the longsword in base rise wishing that lance felt better to play and had better damage output, oh boy did sunbreak change that! I was so chuffed that the anchor rage got a time buff, lance base damage got buffed and finally got a move that felt like it did real beefy damage with skyward thurst! safe to say I am now chad lance main

[@rothenstien3060]

Did they fix elemental crit though

[@Firegodot]

Can someone tell me what's the point of archdemon mode? I mean it takes filling up and using the main mechanic of the weapon (demon gauge) so i would expect it to be the stronger form but i find demon and feral demon mode do way more damage, is there any point in willingly staying on archdemon mode? All ive found is that blade dance does slightly more damage in arch demon but that is not true for any other attack

[@TrazynTheKleptomanichad]

there is no reasonable point. you want to stay in demon mode as much as possible. archdemon is a downgrade. the only reason you resort to archdemon is when you don't have stamina to stay in demon mode

[@MegazockerxD]

The best thing about the changes is, that i don't have to waste my precious slots on sharpeness and quick sharpening jewels.

[@korokseed1619]

I see Spiral Slash as more of a Gurren Lagann move than an AoT move

[@devxved]

I was a hunting horn main for monster hunter 3u, then a dual blade user for low rank world, then a hammer main, then left everything but hunting horn for lance. And played lance for most of if not all of world/iceborne. Went back to mhgu and only played lance and greatsword. Then back to rise to be a lance and hunting horn main again. Sunbreaks the same. Just something about those 2 least used weapons amiright. Don't get why people don't like them

[@AQuestCalledMusic]

I've been a healer support HH main for 69 years.

[@yawarakai3003]

I’ve been using too much sns and ls so now I’m learning lance, db and gl

[@jandixon1867]

People are doing dual blades content yessssssssss!!!!!!!

[@darkjackl999]

I don't really have any interest in Rise due to my current massive gaming backlog including ff14 a giant time sink but it is nice to hear my preferred DB style of play is good