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Best MHW Iceborne Dual Blades. TL;DR Version – All Safi’jiiva Dual Blades with Elemental Up (VI+V+V+V+V)

Anja Twinrippers II – Fire
Jyura Keenblades II Water
Kadachi Greathawk II -Thunder
Death Row – Dragon/ Comfy build
Safi Shatter Claw – Blast Comfy Build

MHW Dual Blades Meta Builds [Pre & Post Fatalis DB Builds]

MHW Dual Blades Build is always all about elemental since it’s release. Alatreon’s fight confirmed…

Let’s take a minute to forget this design was approved to appear in Monster Hunter World Iceborne…

This is Brachydios Dual Blades – Yes, it is

The Dual Blades were famous for it’s abilities to deliver speedy combat and flashy maneuver. I published a Dual Blades Guide and Builds way back in Monster Hunter World vanilla.

MHW Dual Blades Guide

With the elemental meta focus of Iceborne expansion. The Dual Blades can now enjoy the most powerful meta for Elemental since the release. For Dual Blades hunter, your main job is mostly to collect all the Elemental Dual Blades, just for the different sparks every time we face a new monster.

I just published another detailed guide on Iceborne Dual Blades builds here. You can still look at the current meta here, but if you need more info, check out the below guide.

Best Elemental Dual Blades

Monsters you needed to hunt: Anjanath, Jyuratyudos, Kadachi, Beotodus

Fire – Anja Twinrippers II

This classic Fire Dual Blades start off with 360 Fire Damage and 378 Raw Damage. All compensated by the -20% Affinity

Pretty easy to make and can be your pal through the journey on Hoarfrost Reach.

Anja Twinrippers II Materials

Azure Rathalos Cortex x2
Anjanath Fur x3
Heavy Anjanath Nosebone x2
Anjanath Lash x1

PROS	CONS
– Easy to get – Best for early MR	– Minus Affinity – No Jewel Slot

Ice – Beo Hatchets II

Another starter Dual Blades for Ice element. Beotudus will also provide some hands-on experience with the new ice map. This can be your main weapon to face the like of Brachydios and Lunastra or Teostra later on.

You can swap out this with Velkhana Dual Blades (Icefeather) but it is weaker when it comes to Ice element (210 on Ice feather)

Beo Hatchets II’s material

Rimed Hide x2
Beotodus Grandfin x2
Cryo Sac x2
Large Wyvern Gem x1

PROS	CONS
– Easy to Craft – High Ice Elemental – Level 1 & 2 Jewel Slot	– Situational

Water – Jyura Keenblades II

Next off is the Jyura Blades. This comes with 300 Water Damage and 364 Base Damage. The base weapon is slightly better than the Anja Dual Blades thanks to level 2 jewel slot and one level 1 slot.

Jyura Keenblades II’s materials

Monster Slogbone x2
Jyuratodus Grandfin x2
Flood Sac x2
Steel Gajau Whisker x1

PROS	CONS
– Easy to craft – Level 3 & 1 Jewel slot	– Situational – Not many monsters that are weak to Water – Generic Design

Thunder – Kadachi Greathawks II

A couple of run with the Lighting Kadachi will be enough for this dual blade. Bearing 330 Lighting Damage and 322 Base Damage. This is pretty decent for a starter Lighting Dual Blade

The downside of this is that not many monsters are weak to Lighting

Kadachi Greathawks II’s material

Hard Odogaron Sinew x2
Tobi-Kadachi Cathode x2
Tobi-Kadachi Hardclaw x2
Tobi-Kadachi Membrane x2

End game alternatives: Rajang’s Dual Blade, Zinogre’s Dual Blades

PROS	CONS
– Easy to craft	– Not many monsters are weak to Lighting

Dragon – Enduring Surrender

The upgraded version of Dragon Bone Weapon Tree. The Enduring Surrender earns the top position for Dragon element with 510 Dragon and 336 Base Damage.

Enduring Surrender’s material

Large Elder Dragon Bone x6
Monster Solidbone x4
Lavasioth Grandfin x2
Large Wyvern Gem x1

PROS	CONS
– 510 Dragon	– Moderate Damage

Dragon – Death Row

Love the sickle as a Dual Blade? You got it here. The Death Row is made from the new Odogaron Subpieces and the Elder Dragon Namielle.

This comes with 300 Dragon, 336 Base Damage and High Elder Seal.

Death Row’s material

Namielle Hardclaw x2
Ebony Odogaron Hardclaw x4
Ebony Odogaron Lash x2
Ebony Odogaron Mantle x1

PROS	CONS
– Nice Design – Powerful – 20% Affinity	– No Jewel Slot – Situational

Raw Damage Dual Blades

Bazel Bombers

If you want a blast dual blade before Safi’jiiva, pick this, don’t ever think about that Brachydios Dual Blades!

Bazel Bombers come with 240 Blast & 364 Base Damage, making it very easy to pick up and wreak havoc. However, you will need to face the new type of Bazelgeuse – which can perform a 360-Sticky-Grenade-Diving-Blast

Bazel Bombers’s material

Shara Ishvalda Petalstone x2
Scorching Silverwing x4
Bazelgeuse Hardclaw x4
Bazelgeuse Mantle x1

PROS	CONS
– OK Design (Still the same axe) – High Base Damage – Pretty Comfy	– -10% Affinity – Only 1 Level 1 Jewel slot

What about Poison/Paralysis/Sleep?

You can, of course, utilize the same approach for Poison/ Sleep and Paralysis Dual Blades. However, these types of Dual Blades are more suitable for utility, with the exception of Poison Dual Blades, which can be powerful allies for the fight against the Red Dragon.

But as Poison Bomb is cheap and easy to craft, using a Poison Dual Blades may negate some of your offensive, instead, using a Blast Dual Blade against Safi’jiiva with the help of Poison Bombs is confirmed to be the best of both worlds.

The Safi’jiiva Dual Blades

It’s almost an instinct now to add in this section, especially for Iceborne Dual Blades Builds. Safi’jiiva Siege – similar to the Kulve Taroth Siege, will provide you with several different weapons as a reward for completion

For the full guide and how to awake the weapons, check out below guides

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For Dual Blades, you have nine different variations. Yes, there are no raw Safi Dual Blades.

Safi Dual Blades Variant	Element
Safi’s Hellclaws	Fire
Safi’s Aquaclaws	Ice
Safi’s Frostclaws	Water
Safi’s Boltclaws	Lighting
Safi’s Drakclaws	Dragon
Safi’s Venomclaws	Poison
Safi’s Bindclaws	Blast
Safi’s Dreamclaws	Paralysis
Safi’s Shatterclaws	Sleep

Image is taken from **HoneyHunter MHW Iceborne Builder**

For your collection, you can just pick almost any of these Dual Blades and swap in for your current Dual Blades build.

The only thing to note is that the best awaken abilities on these Dual Blades are Elemental Up, which means you can never go wrong with all five Elemental Up abilities

Elemental Up Level VI + V + V + V + V + V

How long does it take for all those awaken abilities? It depends, really.

This guide is a collection of online insight from Reddit Community, users and some of my testings during play.

MHW Iceborne Dual Blades Meta Builds

Normally, you would think that Rathalos set is used again in Master Rank for Element Focus build, but a new subspecies of Rathalos has taken care of that.

Your meta set in End Game Master Rank is Silver Rathalos Armor set (Silver Sol Set)

Builder Link

Four pieces of Silver Sol Beta will give you True Critical Element – the upgrade version of Critical Element (High-Rank Rathalos set’s bonus)

This is your main armor skill for Elemental Dual Blades build. With that out of the way, Yian Garuga Beta Leg is used just for a quick boost to Critical Eyes

The Silver Sol set also gives you three points in Critical Boosts. The Remaining job is just slot in for your prefer Elemental Build.

Builder Link

As a quick Refresher, the Item Prolonger is used to maximize the Protective Polish buff (Your weapons do not decrease sharpness after sharpening)

Safi’jiiva Dual Blade Build

With the addition of Safi’jiiva, you can swap out the Dual Blades with the new Safi “Claw” with focus on Awaken Skill that can give you the best Elemental Output.

MHW Iceborne Dual Blade Meta Builds (Safi Meta)

A shout out to the awesome community at mhwmeta

You can check out the new Monster Hunter World Iceborne Builder at this link

Conclusion

Did you make a decision after reading through the Best Iceborne Dual Blades? I recommend just sticking with whatever you are comfortable with, whether it is because of the look or the stat. The list above is just a compilation so you can have a better look at the current meta.

Not a Dual Blades hunter? Check out other best MHW Iceborne Weapons list below!