Monster Hunter World: Dual Blades Guide
The Dual Blades are designed to hit hard, hit fast and hit precisely with its rapid combos that can rend and tear through any monster that is unfortunate enough to be the objective of your hunt.
Fast movement and rapid attacks that slashes at monsters can be further increased with the Dual Blades Demon Mode which constantly drains stamina to allow the wielder to attack even faster and access new moves and attacks.
Even Though the Dual Blades have multiple strikes, the combos are easily performed and this guide will show those moves and what they do along with all of the strongest craftable Dual Blades along with some insight on the weapon.
Dual Blades Trees
Defender
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Defender Chainsaws V | 308 | Immortal Dragon Scale x1 | 0% | Blast | 240 | 0 |
Ore
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Matched Slicers III | 140 | Earth Crystal x2, Machalite Ore x2, Iron Ore x 5 | 0% | None | 0 | 0 |
Dual Slicers III | 196 | Carbalite Ore x8, Dragonite Ore x5, Dragonvein Crystal x2 | 0% | Poison | 70 | 1 |
Chrome Slicers II | 252 | Elder Dragon Blood x2, Fucium Ore x13, Carbalite Ore x20, Firecell Stone x1 | 0% | Poison | 90 | 2 |
Nergigante
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Decimation Claws | 294 | Xeno’jiiva Horn x2, Nergigante Horn+ x5, Nergigante Talon x5, Nergigante Gem x1 | 0% | Dragon | 120 | 1 |
Tzitzi-Ya-Ku
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Luminous Daggers II | 195 | Legiana Tail Webbing x2, Tzitzi-Ya-Ku Claw x3, Tzitzi-Ya-Ku Photosphore x2, Tzitzi-Ya-Ku Claw x3, Sharp Claw x3, | 0% | None | 0 | 0 |
Dual Destroyers III | 252 | Daora Webbing x2, Tzitzi-Ya-Ku Claw+ x5, Bird Wyvern Gem x1, Tzitzi-Ya-Ku Photosphore+ x3 | 0% | Thunder | 70 | 1 |
Bazelgeuse
Bazelhawk Rookslayer | 280 | Xeno’Jiiva Wing x3, Bazelgeuse Wing x4, Bazel Geuse Talon x4, Bazelgeuse Gem 1x | -10% | Blast | 150 | 1 |
Ice Element
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Freeze Daggers II | 210 | Carbalite Ore x5, Legiana Tail Webbing x2, Legiana Webbing x3, Shamos Scale+ x5 | 0% | Ice | 90 | 1 |
Freeze Chain II | 252 | Elder Dragon Blood x3, Legiana Claw+ x5, Legiana Hide+ x3, Wyvern Gem x1 | 0% | Ice | 150 | 1 |
Kulu-Ya-Ku
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Rending Beaks III | 182 | Odogaron Claw x2, Kulu-Ya-Ku Beak x2, Kulu-Ya-Ku Plume x4, Warped Bone x3 | 15% | None | 0 | 0 |
Arcanaria III | 238 | Nergigante Talon x2 Kulu-Ya-Ku Plume+ x4, Kulu-Ya-Ku Beak+ x5, Bird Wyvern Gem x1 | 20% | Sleep | 40 | 0 |
Workshop Weapon
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Holy Sabers | 252 | High Commendation x3, Dragonvein Crystal x6, Wyvern Gem x2, Novacrystal x2 | 0% | Water | 120 | 1 |
Bone
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Bone Hatchets III | 168 | Monster Bone M x2, Ancient Bone x1 | 0% | None | 0 | 0 |
Wild Hatchets III | 224 | Monster Keenbone x2, Monster Bone+ x2, Quality Bone x2 | 0% | Blast | 40 | 1 |
Strong Hatchets II | 266 | Elder Dragon Bone x4, Monster Hardbone x6, Quality Bone x20, Dragonbone Relic x1 | 0% | Blast | 60 | 1 |
Anjanath
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Blazing Hatchets II | 210 | Rathalos Marrow x1, Anjanath Fang x4, Anjanath Nose Bone x1, Anjanath Tail x1 | -20% | Fire | 120 | 0 |
Anja Cyclone III | 294 | Teostra Mane x2, Anjanath Fang+ x6, Anjanath Nosebone+ x2, Anjanath Gem x1 | -20% | Fire | 210 | 0 |
Diablos
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Diablos Hatchet II | 266 | Monster Keenbone x4, Diablos Ridge x4, Diablos Tailcase x2, Diablos Marrow x1 | -10% | Ice | 30 | 0 |
Diablos Clubs II | 322 | Nergigante Horn+ x2, Black Spiral Horn+ x3, Black Diablos Carapace x4, Wyvern Gem x1 | -10% | Ice | 30 | 1 |
Jyuratodus
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Madness Pangasl III | 210 | Monster Bone+ x2, Jyuratodus Fang x4, Jyuratodus Shell x3, Gaju Whisker x3 | 0% | Water | 120 | 0 |
Jyura Hatchets III | 266 | Elder Dragon Blood x3, Jyuratodus Fin+ x6, Jyuratodus Fang+ x5 Wyvern Gem x1 | 0% | Water | 210 | 1 |
Lavasioth
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Lava Cyclone II | 252 | Teostra Mane x2, Lavasioth Fin+ x3, Lavasioth Fang+ x3, Wyvern Gem x1 | 0% | Fire | 150 | 2 |
Hornetaur
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Taurus Pangas II | 182 | Odogaron Fang x2, Hornetaur Shell x5, Hornetaur Wing x4, Hornetaur Head x2 | 0% | None | 0 | 0 |
Dark Ripper III | 224 | Vaal Hazak Fang+ x3, Hornetaur Carapace x8, Hornetaur Innerwing x6, Wyvern Gem x1 | 0% | Paralysis | 30 | 1 |
Tobi-Kadachi
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Pulsar Hatchets II | 196 | Monster Bone+ x2, Tobi-Kadachi Electrode x2, Tobi-Kadachi Membrane x2, Warped Bone x2 | 10% | Thunder | 60 | 0 |
Kadachi Claws III | 252 | Elder Dragon x3, Tobi-Kadachi Electrode+ x4 Tobi-Kadachi Claw+ x6, Wyvern Gem x1 | 10% | Thunder | 150 | 1 |
Odogaron
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Garon Hatchets II | 196 | Quality Bone x5, Odogaron Claw x2, Odogaron Tail x2, Odogaron Plate x1 | 20% | Fire | 60 | 0 |
Sin | 224 | Teostra Claw+ x2, Odogaron Claw+ x6, Odogaron Fang+ x5, Odogaron Gem x1 | 20% | Fire | 60 | 0 |
Dragonbone
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Enduring Schism III | 196 | Elder Dragon Bone x10, Brutal Bone x4, Dragonbone Relic x2, Wyvern Gem x1 | 0% | Dragon | 270 | 2 |
Kirin
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Kirin Bolts+ | 224 | Xeno’Jiiva Shell x4, Kirin Azure Horn x6, Kirin Thundertail x3, Novacrystal x2 | 0% | Thunder | 270 | 0 |
Zorah Magdaros
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Magda Unguale II | 308 | Xeno’Jiiva Shell x4, Zorah Magdaros Ridge x2, Zorah Magdaros Pleura x2, Firecell Stone x3 | -20% | Blast | 210 | 1 |
Black Steel
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Blacksteel Twins II | 154 | Firecell Stone x1, Fucium Ore x5, Carbalite Ore x10, Wyvern Gem x1 | 0% | Dragon | 120 | 0 |
Fire and Ice | 252 | Xeno’Jiiva Wing x2, Daora Horn+ x5, Teostra Horn+ x3, Novacrystal | 10% | Ice/Blast | 240/240 | 1 |
Xeno’Jiiva
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Xeno Raqs | 238 | Xeno’jiiva Claw x4, Xeno’jiiva Shell x6, Xeno’jiiva Tail x2, Xeno’jiiva Gem x1 | 15% | Dragon | 150 | 2 |
Deviljho
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Wrathful Predation | 308 | Elder Dragon Blood x5, Deviljho Scalp x2, Deviljho Tallfang x5, Deviljho Gem x1 | -20% | Dragon | 180 | 0 |
Lunastra
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Empress Daggers “Blaze” | 252 | Research Commission Ticket x1, Lunastra Horn x2, Teostra Horn+ x3, Bazelgeuse Gem x1 | 20% | Blast | 90 | 2 |
Lunastra/Nergigante
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Empress Daggers “Ruin” | 266 | Research Commission Ticket x1, Lunastra Wing x3, Nergigante Horn+ x3 Nergigante Gem x1 | 0% | Blast | 60 | 2 |
Lunastra/Xeno’Jiiva
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Empress Daggers “Styx” | 252 | Research Commission Ticket x1, Lunastra Tail x2, Xeno’jiiva Horn x3, Xeno’jiiva Gem x1 | 10% | Blast | 120 | 2 |
The Witcher
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Zireael | 294 | Ancient Leshen Skull x1, Ancient Leshen Claw x8, Ancient Leshen Antlers x 3, Novacrystal x 2 | 0% | Dragon | 80 | 1 |
Attacks
Normal Stance
This is your Normal Stance where you can attack with your blades without any increase in speed.
Demon Mode
This is a toggled ability that allows the user to enter Demon Mode which causes your attacks to do multiple strikes and have increased speed.
Demon Stance
While in Demon Mode, you will be holding your Dual Blades in a reverse grip while in this stance your stamina is constantly being depleted while your normal strikes become multi attacks.
Dash
While also in the Demon Stance your evade rolls become a Dash that helps you quickly reposition without being slowed down unlike rolling.
Arch-Demon Mode
From Demon Mode when your Demon meter is up and you return to your normal stance, you will instead be in Arch-Demon Mode.
This where your standard attacks are basic combos of the Demon stance but no longer require your stamina as it draws from your Demon meter every time you strike.
Pros and Cons
Pros
- Fast attacks
- Procs status quickly
- Chain Combo Attacks
Cons
- Short Range
- High Stamina Use
Overview 
The Dual Blades are high speed weapons able to strike multiple times in a blink of an eye, that rip monsters apart even before they can even react.
Quick slashes and multiple combos in a single command is what the dual blades excels in, injecting multiple instances of status ailments rendering monsters helpless in the onslaught.
Overall, the Dual Blades are fun weapons to use and devastating against monsters when mastered, bobbing and weaving as you unleash your strikes at your prey.