New Rise Best Dual Blades Builds! New Update 3.0 Sets - RAW & DRAGON - Monster Hunter Rise!

[@ParadiseCentral]

Do you have any cool builds to share? 🙌 If you're looking for people to hunt with, chat for just make friends you're welcome in our discord!! - discord.gg/M7SsDMVMhv

[@paytonbyrd3714]

Howdie doodie paradise! Love the video I had an idea and I really agree with your point about the apex monsters not having enough reason for you to hunt them more than once you guys should make a video on a way they could incorporate upgrades for existing gear by using apex pieces

[@paytonbyrd3714]

Like the zinogre ls has aquatic boost for example right what if there was a way you could add on or maybe even change some of those things with the apex monsters I think that could be really cool 😎

[@_wolf_7592]

Great Build... Raging Claws (Hellion mode for 100% crit) and protective polish. A single point of handicraft gets you to white

[@hqizyyy]

Raging Claws are usually my go to, but the Val set looks super interesting!

[@ohexenwahno5652]

I made a variant on your first build, replacing 3 levels of attack boost with marathon runner to keep feral demon mode uptime.

[@itsturniptime3699]

Important note, the Aelucanth Thorax S is called the Rhopessa Thorax S for female hunters. It’s the one with the butterfly wings.

[@phantom1044]

I brought your comment from 99 to 100 8 months later

[@thegidzor8612]

You don't really need Flinch Free for Dual Blades, if you are in Demon Mode (or Feral Demon Mode) you gain a level in Flinch Free, giving you an open slot for something else!

[@braldoca]

he explains why he needs it later in the video

[@iantanchingco2362]

Glad to see refia get a shout out here. Her guides are Basically the only db guides you'll ever need

[@arachbae4777]

Who?

[@mhk6943]

Tigrex Dual Blades tend to outdamage Narga for Raw in all cases but you need a good enough charm to build proper, Chameleos DB looks like they're the best raw now and they're a bit comfy too. Elemental is still the way to go for most monsters in the game since 2.0. However, 3.0 Rampage Dual blades upgrade, Valstrax and Mizu upgrade are helping that with Water and Dragon options. This is for damage focus of course and not comfort There is a meta compliation 3.0 in reddit for general damage focused builds. Dual Blades 3.0 builds are compiled there if DPS is your focus

[@MH-dv5kc]

Uh the valstrax DB and hands down the best dragon DB

[@mhk6943]

@@MH-dv5kc Yeah which is why I said Dragon options Edit: My bad I didn't mention the actual Valstrax Dual Blades in the original comment

[@rfmnt]

Hey Paradise, Refia here! I'm flattered that you featured a set in my album. Many thanks for getting it out there too.

[@ParadiseCentral]

Really love your work and sets!

[@EldritchBoi]

if Dalamadur come back i feel like a lot of peoples will play aerial DB

[@awtz27gamer44]

If your going for elemental build using valstrax, their elemental cap is 42 either use dragon attack lvl4 or valstrax soul rampage skill. FYI

[@Magzev]

Bro, could you please explain us the elemental cap formula? I need to know if Im hitting that cap with other elements too! Thanks in advance

[@lokyanvanadis9951]

Mine are at 46 on screen rn so level 5 works

[@christopherparks6487]

@@lokyanvanadis9951 believe what he is saying is that ur actual damage doesn't go up past that, even if ur sheet says otherwise. Monster hunter has been notorious with the invisible soft caps on elemental damage.

[@Julian-rt9qs]

@@christopherparks6487 wait, so even if my "Status" menu reads (for example) 75 Fire damage for my weapon....you're saying that there's a soft/invisible cap lower than the 75?

[@Nerthiril]

Doesn’t the number turn orange if it is above the cap? I have mine at 56 (when dragon blight is active due to valstrax soul and dragon attack 5) should probably try to decrease my elm and change valstrax soul to wyvern exploit or attack up.

[@artOVtrolling]

this can be done with a Wex2/ 2-0-0 talisman if Valstrax Braces are switched out with Rathalos.

[@Tenoreh]

I'd suggest sacrificing a bit of your attack boost for evade extender if you're running feral demon mode. This is personal preference obviously but it basically maximizes uptime and negates the speed loss from feral demon mode cause you can just dash back into the monster. Additionally it makes the dual blades feel very safe as you not only can evade really far but are also only one wire bug away from a really forgiving counter

[@solomon9655]

Agreed. It’s kind of the difference between having fun and NOT having fun, especially for Apexes.

[@Tenoreh]

@@solomon9655 agreed, I have a few builds without evade extender like my hellion build but I definitely enjoy my build with evade extender and almost always get better times as I am able to just stay glued to the monster and get in and out of danger at will. It's one of those things where sure in the training room it has slightly less damage but in a real hunt it's better to have more options to maximize uptime.

[@powerhipster]

This. Dual blades strengths are its mobility and constant attacks. Idk why everyone on youtube goes for just pure numbers on this weapon.

[@Ryodraco]

Good to hear this, since I've yet to get an Attack Boost 3 talisman anyway.

[@cameronsmith1229]

You can make a stormsoul set with rampage db that feels like you're playing the game in easy mode. Your dps is lower but the extreme mobility and nearly infinite demon mode means you can just never stop pumping out respectable damage numbers.

[@h2amster328]

a build where ur stamina cries

[@shadowthethird3]

This was so epic? Thank you! :3

[@itachi8044]

While in feral demon mode you gain flinch free while using it

[@FBvampire]

love the Mountain Dew green armor, very gamer of you! lol

[@hqizyyy]

Been waiting for this since Valstrax, I love DB so much 👏🏻 been my main weapon since 3U!

[@roman260590]

Narga Set here is on fireee!🔥🔥🔥

[@artOVtrolling]

AB3 is basically a God talisman. I don't think it's by any means something the majority of people have come across. I've never even managed to find an AB1. I've rolled Wex2, CE2, QS3 and CE2 but never AB.

[@idlehour]

Thanks bud. I subscribed. Much respect and apperication for taking time to do these videos. I know its harder than it looks to maintain great content.

[@joeyshine80]

Thanks to real life, I am slowly working on a DB Chameleos poison build. With 55+ second poison duration with blessing, I am hoping that it translates to 100% poison up time with the poison buff. 🙏

[@CheckeredFedora]

Sounds great! Could you post what armor pieces and decorations you're using and working on getting? I'm hoping to do a poison build as well.

[@Cre4tivEdits]

Dual blades are much more fun with non meta damage builds, if you mix and match narwa and ibushi new armors you get constitution , Stam surge, evade window and extender, marathon and many more all maxed out , you feel anime never losing stamina

[@christopherparks6487]

I was looking into this since I already made a cb/gl comfy build with some pieces, was thinking dB or ig might have some fun with it too

[@Cre4tivEdits]

@@christopherparks6487 yes and than add the valstrax dual blades for all white sharpness

[@TheVoyagers.]

That anjanath piece you have how did you get the lvl 1 masters touch? For me there’s only lvl 2

[@Tyler.Burleson]

I wish you would have shown the test of the first build as well and not just the discord build. What is the comparison in damage from the full combo?

[@maximilianjolliet2330]

Would you mind doing a comparison between the Rampage Db's and a generic Elemental Db? I'm currently using the rampage Db's with Explosion plus element, and they just seem to top every other pair in any aspect. I may be wrong but i'd love to see some testing

[@muze2379]

poison is better than blast in this game

[@UzielUzumaki]

I love dual Blades so much and I almost finish this build, looks pretty neat. could u also tell me what colors u use for ur layered valstrax? Looks so good

[@Night237]

Can someone make an elemental vs raw video. I just want to know the highest DPS without having to crunch numbers for everything. There is no clear answer on YT

[@Night237]

And what noise were you guys referring too

[@devonkong]

The strongest howdy doodie yet

[@kuyagab4444]

I have a talisman with lv2 WEx and a lv 1 slot. I can use the Rathalos gloves for that easy lv2 Atk Boost plus that one lv2 slot.

[@Maxi-Nya]

The dragonblight from dragonheart ( Valstrax Braces) removes your own elemental damage?

[@flipside9608]

It removes element besides dragon. But he's using it for a raw build so doesn't matter

[@SaintAdjacent]

Dragonheart specifies that it will increase your Dragon damage despite the blight normally removing it.

[@anthonyprice5708]

Dragonheart doesn't amplify dragon damage, but the Valstrax Soul ramp-up does as long as you have dragonblight.

[@SaintAdjacent]

@@anthonyprice5708 my mistake it was the Soul not the "blessing" Dragonheart just boosts the raw by 10% and your resistances

[@OniXY666]

Now Im wondering if Helion mode & masters touch will balance eachother out?? 👀

[@benbeentjes7088]

I know the Narga weapons are like staple, but man it's getting pretty old now. I for one use the Chameleos DB with 1 handicraft, 6 AB, 6 Crit eye, 3 wex, 2 crit boost, 1 prot polish, 3 speed sharp, 3 poison, 1 flinch free, 1 stun res. Not the most optimal but I still like it

[@silverdragon_goldenraichu_1227]

Guys i'm using the same exact armor build for nargacuga but for some reason with the same build i get more damage from the valstrax dual blades instead of the narga ones, even if they have more attack and same sharpness....any ideas?

[@justinortiz8428]

Any reason why you don’t use power prolonger in any of your duel blades build ? Because I use lvl 3 power prolonger and lvl 3 razor sharp and it helps out a lot

[@peaceka]

is there no need for stamina management skills for db now?

[@Xcodex94]

Do you think Agitator and Heroic we give out crazy damage with Valstrax armor effect plus adding Resentment and Resuscitate?

[@horneytoaster4773]

Dropping a comment cuz I’m curious too, how crazy a build like that can get. Hellfire, bubbly dance, dragon blight. I want all the debuffs lol

[@Xcodex94]

@@horneytoaster4773 🤔 Hellfire with Trax armor would be wild🤯

[@jie386]

Going to ask a very nooby question here. In the training room it looks like he entered feral demon mode without unsheathing. Is that a thing?? If so how do I do this??

[@itachi8044]

And I'm running Val armor but made it crit based but doing more damage then if I put in atk boost lvl7 at 80 percent and only 3 off at the start of the hunt so lose 3 but gain more when I take a hit

[@xfadehd7509]

What layered armour is that

[@noname69187]

Thanks vor the build

[@horneytoaster4773]

Question. Everything I’ve seen puts ele dual blades higher than raw for every monster except a handful. Can we get 3.0 ele dual blades?

[@zankaster3935]

I was wondering what Frankie Muniz was up to these days

[@joeytravis1953]

Are the elemental daul blades viable like they were in world

[@RyliversBuddie]

I so close had the same talisman except mine had 2 attack boost same slots, still works though just 1 less attack

[@Yugiohblast]

Doesnt the valstrax armours skill dragonheart inflict you with dragonblight? Meaning you dont deal elemental dmg. Meaning any elemental weapon cant use valstrax armour including the valstrax dualblades?

[@ClosedBook88]

You need to have Valstrax Soul on the DB and you’ll be fine.

[@vincenthartzell5391]

Man you actually have an attack boost talisman... lucky. My best talisman is... maybe the evade extender 2 drg atk 1 with 2 lv1slots, or maybe my poison atk 3 evade extender 1 (even though I hardly use poison) with 1 lv3 slot and 2lv 1 slots I can't tell if these are all that great though. Btw thanks for the kimahri layered armor build imma bit of a FF and zelda nut so that was awesome

[@mathieu499]

hello guys, discovering your channel, i'd like to say it's really cool that you are going for this format of 2 people actually discussing the build. I'm not a dual blade player, i might have used it on worldborne a few time, but i recently heard that while on demon mode you were granted 100% affinity , is that true ? if so, why not giving up WEX and slot in samourai to get it's random chance of not consuming sharpness ? combined with master touch this would probably be a real good choice isnt it ? i dont have the courage at this point to test it myself cuz i will probably not even notice the difference as i dont usually play the weapon :s

[@ParadiseCentral]

Hey, I'm super glad you enjoy the videos and the discussion style we do :) for your question you do not have 100% affinity in demon mode, you only get this with the "hellion" ramp up skill that is on 1 set of dual blades (raging claws). Its a super fun build to make and use, but with the newest updates some of the other dual blades might be a better option to make builds with such as the ones in this video. Hope that helps!

[@mathieu499]

@@ParadiseCentral Ho Allright! Well, I don't have this tasty attack boost 3 charms so I'll probably try my idea with a narga DB and slot in razor sharp somewhere to see how it actually perform with master touch 🤔😎

[@mathieu499]

@@ParadiseCentral just test narga DB, only change is my charm à razor-sharp slot 3,instead of ab 3 you can go for 250hit of white sharpness on the TrainING room while hitting only the metal part of the turtle, this is a lot :0 without samurai it's around 170ish hits only

[@ParadiseCentral]

@@mathieu499 that's awesome!

[@vildrox019]

Hey, kind of a newbie here. I'm at the point where I'm fighting Allmother(haven't beat her yet.) How do I unlock the tier 7 weapons for say chameleos or teostra? Is that after beating allmother? I play HH, but I'm looking at dual blades and longsword to experiment with as well.

[@desync920]

For the upgrade to the elder weapons, you need some Valstrax materials, which’ll be available to you after Allmother and once you reach HR 100

[@vildrox019]

@@desync920 Thank you. Literally couldn't find any info on how to actually unlock them. I'm well on my way, since I need Kushala Daoras gem, so I've been grinding it for a little while. I'm at about HR 80, so I'm still a little ways off. I finally beat Allmother yesterday after a few more tries. Been soloing since my hunting partner was busy.

[@braldoca]

honestly, the valstrax armor is the best option for a dragon elemental build

[@christopherparks6487]

On that final build, wish there was a way to fit like 2 agitator in to reach that 100% lol

[@iantanchingco2362]

Chameleos do out damage nargacuga with the uptime of poison on DB. Narga isnt really that fantastic for DBs. Every elemental Db out damages it and Chameleos does the job better when elemental isn't too viable

[@horneytoaster4773]

This is what I thought. Though I was crazy lol.

[@muze2379]

narga dual blades are the best if u want a nice comfort weapon tho

[@iantanchingco2362]

@@muze2379 how do u define comfort? There's no reason to use narga over chameleos if chameleos straight out, out damages narga and you'll ever only wanna bring a non-elemental db on magnamalo, narwa and kush since their elemental weakzones aren't that good. Apart from those 3. Elemental DBs are the best dps choice no matter what. Isnt bringing the best weapon in a fight comfort and everything below the best is an inconvenience hence not comfort?

[@wowdragonsoul8712]

@@muze2379 Even then if you want a comfort weapon you just use the Valstrax dual blades with full valstrax armor.

[@muze2379]

@@wowdragonsoul8712 true

[@D4rkn355Inf3rno]

Funny enough, other than not benefiting from wyvern exploit against Valstrax - he also has a 0 on all his hit zones against dragon so you're wasting your time using dragon against him regardless. Also funny enough, literally any and every other element is equally effective against him.

[@professorlapis8305]

So pretty much the raw db would have to be used against him?

[@darkside4762]

@@professorlapis8305 I think what the OP meant is Valstrax is immune to his own element, but is weak to all other elements by an equal amount.

[@NiazDokrat]

Finally a build where I have the exact talisman lol 😆

[@Sekiria23]

Totally off-topic, but I'm sure I'm not the only one that thinks this armor setup looks a little bit inspired by Kamen Rider Zero-One lol

[@LuisFelipe-pq9lr]

I only play solo is flinch free good for me? I use the Dragon Flight too

[@horneytoaster4773]

I’d use free meal or something instead. Free meal=less grindy mats which I’m all for lol

[@legendredux1291]

I could almost do the narga build but I swapped to evade extender and evade window charms cause I dont have atk boost 3 lol

[@YeahFooRambo]

I'm most unlucky i only have 2 good charm I use in most of my sets a quick sheath lv2 with a 3 slot and a 2 slot then a partbreaker lv2 and rapid morph lv2 with a 2slot and 2 1slots

[@SuperLuigi1025]

I have an attack boost level 2 talisman with 2 level 1 slots.

[@joeytravis1953]

Are elemental dual blades viable or is raw the way to go

[@Dak-xs1go]

What about hellion mode? Would you consider the nargacuga blades are better? Because with hellion mode I have room for skills like marathon runner and I still have 6 attack boost and the paralysis is pretty good as well

[@iantanchingco2362]

Helion Dbs are mostly for fun if we're talking about maxing out damage. You're losing a ton of damage in arch demon mode which is also importanf

[@awtz27gamer44]

How are you losing dmg using Hellion mode? It just double your sharpness degration which can be negated by protective polish. Arch demon mode buff wasnt negated by it aswell

[@iantanchingco2362]

@@awtz27gamer44 helion mode doesnt work on arch demon mode. So ur down to 0 affinity in arch demon mode. If u build it the way it should be built.

[@awtz27gamer44]

By using raging claws you don’t need to be in Arch demon mode and forever stay in Feral demon mode since you got 100% affinity already, you can use the extra slots for stamina maanagement marathon runner, constitution etc. So overall performance it outclassed narga dbs. Both have 190 base dmg raging claw only need 1 hadicraft for white sharpness aswell.

[@awtz27gamer44]

@@iantanchingco2362 so why bother stay in Arch Demon mode🤣

[@ozzygenma]

Lol is it just me, or does 2 6 looks jelly of Paradise Talisman? 😆

[@jamesc7894]

Wait, Paradise has a talisman with 3 attack and no resistance? That's a hacked account.

[@MrBuurt]

Aren't the elemental DB builds and sets from the meta reddit still the highest dps DB by far ?

[@yeldarbchurch]

I wish I had a level 3 attack boost taliaman

[@xPerseverant]

Hey Paradise, do you or TwoSix ever live stream on twitch?

[@ParadiseCentral]

Hey! We haven't the last couple weeks, but we will be coming back really soon!!

[@xPerseverant]

@@ParadiseCentral awesome!

[@urfaceistoofunny]

Pretty sure I played with that naruto guy two days ago.

[@multimate7760]

i prefer for rampage weapons sharpness type 1, you gain 20 raw for only 2 or 3 points of Handicraft,and I think sharpness 4 doesnt make up for it

[@Trlll]

No stamina management?

[@iantanchingco2362]

U dont need it actually, u only need stamina management on bow since ur attack is tied to your stamina.

[@shy_guy_sean9437]

Chug a dash pot

[@walterclark9835]

What's that armor

[@neku2741]

Finally a dual blades video

[@houssemmezzine6286]

with the dragon build, as soon as you drop to 50% hp once, you will contract dragonblight which will negate your elemental dmg. never use vasltrax armor with elemental/status weapons.

[@ジャタリピノ]

Unless youre using dragon

[@houssemmezzine6286]

@@ジャタリピノ perhaps, i need to double check it

[@SomberSF]

Attack boost 3 IS rare, just a lot of people hack.

[@wchigo]

I only get AB1 with a slot, or AB2 with no slots... so I think I’m even less lucky than you are, Sir Paradise... ;-;

[@shadowridin913]

I think that the last ibushi dual blades do this better...

[@mittyclark]

You say your unlucky, I've played since day 1 and haven't had a single talisman with att boost on it. Can even send you screen shots if ya don't believe me

[@VLikaru]

people abusing the talisman reset exploit nowadays

[@robertgray3710]

Infinite demon mode still exists: Me: MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA

[@MarcusBonusPlayroom]

200h and no actual good talismans yet. Don’t think you’re the less lucky here x) Love you though

[@Corey91666]

Tbh as Long as you get at least 3 better 4 lvl2 skills/slots you need for a build you are good to go. Be it razor sharp, PP, attack boost, crit eye But also stuff like silk Bug or artillery... Many lvl 2 skills out of wex and crit boost can be great. I just good 3 lvl bubbly dance + lvl 2 slot. Great with valstrax armor. Rescutiate stacks per Status.

[@Cthulhusdreams]

I have one good talisman after hundreds and it's a slugger 2 with 3-2-1 and I think a point in dragon attack. I play sns so the slugger is nice. I also have a bludgeoner one that's the same but it's 2-2-1

[@Corey91666]

​@@Cthulhusdreams yeah these seem pretty usuable :) got a rarity 5 one with 2 bludgeoner + 2 evade extender + 1-1 slots (i play sa, gl and db right now)

[@Cthulhusdreams]

@@Corey91666 oh nice I had a low level one with extender 3 and window 2 no slots I used on my DB and ig sets and I never got hit it was pretty silly

[@ironmaiden4212]

Same here and I've done the rajang farm method to speed things up and I still get garbage. I think the best Talismans I've rolled, is razor 2 with 3 1 slots and a attack 2 with a few 1 slots :/

[@TheDizzyDungeoneer]

Do you guys know who Howdy Doodie is?

[@b.b6656]

So sad that all those weapons are just "viable" and not something you clearly want to use for certain monsters.

[@Dzumeister]

Everything’s viable 🤷‍♂️

[@Sinononon]

@@Dzumeister what this guy said

[@jimmytheswede2063]

been watching Naruto for 16 years, i love that Naruto transmog !!!

[@harumaknae1228]

13:00

[@Plainejan]

please make a video how to hunt all mother people online are dying...... thanks

[@austincod21]

Rathian SnS is king now!!!

[@bearic_o]

You guys should create a more concise video especially for builds like this. Your videos are too good but my 15 minute break isn't enough to finish one. 🥺 And that's not counting the minutes where I walk from my desk to the pantry.

[@endyMilkTea]

I can't play DB w/o evade extender lvl 3 XD

[@Pixelite_]

I always get as much evade window as possible but on my full Valstrax set I have max evade window and extender!

[@atlas4789]

I kick anyone in high rank who has anything under rarity 6 armor in certain high rank quests cuz they always die an use all 3 lives😞

[@HenshinFanatic]

Master's Touch 3 + Razor Sharp 3 = roughly 95% chance to just not use sharpness.

[@ShimonYaqulu]

Juul Blaze

[@robingrob9717]

I doubt that raw duals will ever beat element tbh. Especially with the ramp weapons getting an upgrade

[@Brawl64masta]

Why?

[@iantanchingco2362]

@@Brawl64masta DBs have always been elemental weapons, elemental bonus = free damage

[@robingrob9717]

@@Brawl64masta because element is so strong on duals because of the amout of hits you do and with the ramp duals you get 30 element, pretty good raw and white sharpness. With a set you get alot of crit quite easily too with crit boost. So basically its just atk 7 vs like 40 elemt 8f you have a good set and element wins as ling as the monster is weak to it

[@Brawl64masta]

@@robingrob9717 thank you!

[@Brawl64masta]

@@robingrob9717 so in other words, narga is obsolete compared to elementals?

[@lokyanvanadis9951]

Don't use Dragon weapons on Valstrax he is litteraly immune to it so the attack ramp up on his DBs is not really worth it unless you intend to farm elders like Ibushi/Narwa/Cham/Kush but even then I think a Valstrax full set with dragonheart combined with Valstrax soul might have better potential for those elders, if you want to farm anything else than elders with those just pick wyvern exploit without a second thought though.

[@kazemegaman]

I must have the worst RNG, only good talismans I’ve gotten is Rapid morph 3 and then a part breaker 2 and slugger 1

[@MrJontheStallion]

why is the other guy in this video? all he does is sit there lol

[@2ndai385]

I’m back gang rise up

[@seanpolis96]

Twosixnine is either ADHD or just cringe, the intros bro... the intros, looks like a great guy though

[@lorebabbo98]

Audi dudi

[@MH-dv5kc]

Why would you fight valstrax with a dragon weapon when it’s weak to every element except dragon? You said your using attack boost ramp up on it with valstrax? You guys are casuals 😂 Also I don’t know why you keep showing these RAW sets like narga, in almost every situation with 1 or 2 exceptions elemental DB are the way to go. You should be showing best build for each element.

[@ParadiseCentral]

Maybe because the monster just came out and we want to try the new stuff even if it adds a bit of time onto the hunt? 😭 did you know they have sound effects on hit

[@MH-dv5kc]

@@ParadiseCentral fair enough but if you are going title your video best dual blades builds you should show the best builds.

[@timpike8559]

DB is trash anyway so like I’m good lol

[@mhk6943]

Doing better than most melee weapons in speedruns though

[@plus-delta4477]

@@mhk6943 That actually isn't true in Rise. In Iceborne it was the 2nd strongest melee weapon after great sword. But now it actually has one of the slowest average kill times of all weapons. Only above lance, gunlance and hammer. The moveset is better, but they gutted the damage the dual blades do. Even sword and shield kills things faster than it.

[@mhk6943]

@@plus-delta4477 That was before 2.0. After 2.0 the build flexbility helped the weapon immensely making it faster than Charge Blade and most other Melee weapons. Fox Invictus is a Switch Axe speedrunner who recently did a video on the speedrun tier list. He talks about Dual Blades position and improvements in the video from 1.0. Long story short it now kills faster than most Melee weapons.

[@plus-delta4477]

@@mhk6943 Is it because of a specific new build or did the weapon actually get buffed? Because for me, they felt exactly the same as in 1.0.

[@mhk6943]

@@plus-delta4477 Dual Blades is a Skill hungry weapon. To compensate for the low motion values any additional damage skill has an exponential damage increase to the actual hits. In 1.0 there was so little flexibility with dps skills that when Wex and Crit decos showed up in 2.0, all of a sudden we could make way better Dual Blade builds that contributed immensely to the weapons improvements in speedruns. There is also the fact that sharpness is a big issue for DB and 1.0 didn't provide much room for a lot of damage skills (except Narga) let alone Sharpness skills like Protective Polish. So when Polish came as a deco that too helped with the weapon A LOT. One thing to note is that the Narga Dual Blades that people had to use in 1.0 was Raw - does not complement well with Dual Blades who heavily rely on element since it is a low damage per hit/very fast attacking weapon. The reason why people used Narga DB in 1.0 was because there was so little skill flexibility that you just couldn't fit in much in a build for DB which made Narga's good sharpness and 40% Affinity appealing. This issue has immensely improved in 2.0 with the decorations that gave us more room in builds. In the beginning of World it was also doing bad like in Rise because of the same issues I mentioned before. However, over the course of World there were better build flexibility provided by updates and better weapon options such as Safi and Kjar weapons that brought it up.