MH4U: My Top 5 Non-Relic Dual Blades!

1. Twinbane Twilight

On my top spot lies one of my favorite DB! This dragon/blast DB will make short work of monsters weak to dragon. High elemental damage along with its excellent raw makes this a formidable foe to everything that would stand in its way. You can craft this one using Fatalis and Crimson Fatalis materials.

• Attack - 420
• True Attack - 300
• Element - 310 Blast / 370 Dragon
• Affinity - 0%
• Sharpness - 60 hits with white or 90 hits with purple with Sharpness +1
• Defense - +0
• Slots - Three Slots
• Rarity - 10

2. Chameleos Blades

DB are very good when applying status damage because of how ridiculously fast the swings are. The Chameleos Blades has got to be the best non-relic poison DB that MH4U has, it has a staggering 420 poison value, and a nice amount of raw as well. You can start making this from the Dual Battleaxe and upgrade it to the max using Chameleos, Iodrome, Nerscylla and Gypceros materials.

• Attack - 392
• True Attack - 280
• Element - 420 Poison
• Affinity - 0%
• Sharpness - 120 hits with white or 90 hits with purple with Sharpness +1
• Defense - +0
• Slots - No Slots
• Rarity - 10

3. Doomfang Envoys

How savage are these DB? As savage as the the Devil Jho! It's got the earth shaking raw power of the Devil Jho and the lust for battle like the Savage Jho. Insane attack damage along with an innate 10% affinity is just too good to pass up. Though it needs awaken to unlock the dragon element it has, it's nothing but a small price to pay for a more beneficiary cause. This is the final form of the Wrath and Rancor DB.

• Attack - 434
• True Attack - 310
• Element - 280 Dragon (Needs Awaken)
• Affinity - 10%
• Sharpness - 30 hits with white or 30 hits with purple with Sharpness +1
• Defense - +0
• Slots - No Slots
• Rarity - 10

4. Ultimus Apocalypse

I know some hunters don't like the dual element DB, but for me, the Ultimus Apocalypse is a nice well rounded weapon that inflicts insane amounts of damage because of it's high raw and elemental values. Also notice its sharpness when you give it the Sharpness +1 skill, that's a lot of purple hits. Fatalis and White Fatalis parts are needed along with an Elder Dragon Gem to make this DB.

• Attack - 406
• True Attack - 290
• Element - 360 Thunder / 410 Dragon
• Affinity - 0%
• Sharpness - 30 hits with white or 120 hits with purple with Sharpness +1
• Defense - +0
• Slots - No Slots
• Rarity - 10

5. Lightbreak Twins

You can never go wrong with a good blast DB. It makes so much explosion damage in such a short time. The Lightbreak Twins which is the Brachydios DB, is a good all purpose DB that you can bring to almost any hunt. The stats are well balanced and it'll serve you very well. It's so easy to break parts and make monsters flinch more with blast weapons especially DB.

• Attack - 378
• True Attack - 270
• Element - 300 Blast
• Affinity - 0%
• Sharpness - 120 hits with white or 60 hits with purple with Sharpness +1
• Defense - +0
• Slots - Two Slots
• Rarity - 10

*Do note that the attack values here are the original values they started off with, they aren't honed with attack.

There you have my top 5 non-relic DB! Some of you may agree on them and some may disagree, that's okay because that's normal. We all have our own preferences, what I hope to achieve with this list is to help you guys make a decision when crafting DB, may this list serve as a stat baseline for you guys to compare other DB with. Hunt, craft and enjoy!

Happy hunting!

MH4U! My Mixed Armor Sets! Set #6! Divine Guidance!

When I was checking out my inventory I saw a Prayer +4, Gloves Off +7 OO talisman and I thought to myself "hey, I've never tried mixing this yet." and so I looked at some armor pieces that had some points in prayer and then poof! My Divine Guidance set was made!

Why was it named that way? Because this armor set revolves around the skill Benediction which is a new and cool compound armor skill that was just introduced in MH4U.

What I mostly do when I mix sets is that I tend to to focus more on offensive skills and I forget to get some defensive skills for those unwanted situations that commonly happen during hunts. I'm very pleased with this set, because I managed to achieve well rounded skills both offensively and defensively.


The armor pieces and talisman are:

Arc Helm X - O
Arc Mail X - OO
Braces of Rage - ---
Esurient Faulds Z - ---
Grand Yamato Gusoku - ---
Miracle Charm - Prayer +4, Gloves Off +7 OO

Since it's made out of rarity 10 armor pieces, it's got top tier defense ratings.
Maxed out Defense = 753 (No armor talon/charm)

Elemental Resistance:

Fire -3
Water +10
Thunder -1
Ice +3
Dragon -22

That -22 dragon resistance is a real eye sore but everything else is fine by me. If I do accidentally bring this armor set to dragon type monsters, I'll be thrice as cautious as normal because a good Stygian Zinogre body slam or a Devil Jho Dragon breath would pretty much kill me instantaneously.

Decorations needed:

Tenderizer +1 Jewel x3
Expert +3 Jewel x1

Skills activated:

Latent Power +2 (15)
Sharpness +1 (11)
Benediction (11)
Weakness Exploit (10)
Critical Eye +1 (10)

I like to use this set when I solo or when I grind for Caravan points via expedition. This set can do damage just fine and can also take some hefty hits which makes it a bit of a DPS tank or somewhere down that line.

I had a lot of curiosity with the Benediction skill and much to my luck I have a bunch of Prayer charms that were just lying inside my storage. It's a pretty nice skill to have and it sometimes even saves me from fatal blows because of its Divine Protection and Recovery Up.

I'll try to make more sets with the new skills that MH4U has, like a Shield Bearer GL, Lance and CB build. There's still a bunch more skills out there that I would love to experiment and mix them with different types of skills.

There's more to hunting than just sticking to offensive skills. Sure there are skills that are only good for certain situations, but if you do use them correctly, the hunt will be so much easier. It takes time to make armor sets that are good for specific monsters but it's all worth it. For example, a Gravios hunt would be a lot less tedious and frustrating if you were Lancing him with the Guard Up skill.

Those small little things truly add up to make a bigger and better outcome.

Thank you for checking out my mix sets and have fun doing yours. Happy hunting!