Dual Blades in Where Winds Meet.
Role: Assassin
Short‑range burst weapon that lives in your opponent’s face.
Difficulty: Advanced · Recommended for: Players who enjoy high‑risk melee, practicing cancels and timing windows, and deleting targets in a single opening.
Dual Blades turn you into a darting close-range menace. Their reach is short, but the animation speed and cancel windows let you slip in, lock enemies down, and delete lone targets before they can respond. In Where Winds Meet they are ideal for players who enjoy aggressive duels, risky dash-ins, and playing the executioner whenever a boss is staggered.
Treat this page as a practical companion to the Where Winds Meet tier list and recommended builds. When patch notes shift numbers, the core fantasy and feel of Dual Blades usually stay the same, so you can focus on whether the weapon's rhythm matches how you like to play.
Notes: This page is based on official showcases and general action RPG experience. It is meant to describe weapon feel and typical roles rather than exact numbers. Treat it as a starting viewpoint, and always trust in-game experience and patch notes first.
Artwork and motion are based on official Where Winds Meet weapon showcases. Exact visuals may evolve over time with new patches or cosmetics.
How Dual Blades tends to play.
Dual Blades behaves more like an execution tool than a relaxed farming weapon. The range is short, but start‑up and recovery are quick and there are plenty of cancel and movement windows. If you can read openings, you can compress a surprising amount of damage into very short moments.
In PVE it suits players who study enemy patterns and like circling bosses for flanks. You rarely plant yourself on the very front line; instead you wait for a tank or co‑op partner to stabilize aggro, then slip in from the side or back, force stagger or breaks, and get out before big swings land.
In PVP or small‑scale duels it naturally leans into an assassin role. You use movement and harassment to burn your opponent’s defensive tools, then commit fully when they misstep. This playstyle amplifies both your strengths and mistakes, so it is best for players who enjoy pushing execution limits rather than playing safe.
Strengths and upsides.
- Very fast combo rhythm, allowing high burst during small openings.
- Good mobility; dash and cancel options make it easy to dip in and out of danger.
- Excellent at punishing mistakes once you understand boss patterns or opponent habits.
- Impact and visuals feel rewarding, often producing satisfying “highlight” moments.
Tradeoffs and things to watch.
- Short range means positional mistakes are punished quickly by area attacks.
- Relatively high demand on rhythm and cancel timing; greedy strings are often punished.
- Takes practice to perform consistently across different bosses, so it is not ideal for laid‑back sessions.
- More sensitive to latency and frame drops than slower, longer‑range weapons.
Gentle practice goals for Dual Blades.
These are not mandatory combos, just small exercises that help you understand how Dual Blades wants to move and trade blows. Use them in low-pressure content first, then slowly bring them into more serious runs.
- In a training area or low‑pressure content, practice a fixed pattern: dash in → perform one short combo → immediately reposition out. Do not go for a second combo; the goal is to build “one pass, then leave” muscle memory.
- Pick a few bosses with exaggerated, clearly telegraphed moves and only focus on punishing those. Whenever you see the tell, get in for one clean string and then retreat. Over time your brain will map “this animation = free opening.”
- Try to create a comfortable “minimal button” combo using just a couple of core attacks plus one movement tool. Once that feels natural, slowly add more skills instead of chasing a perfect, complicated rotation on day one.
- If you enjoy the hyper‑mobile “hunter” style that Traditional Chinese guides pair with Rope Dart, practice simple handoffs: use a pull or gap closer to drag an enemy into a predictable spot, then swap to Dual Blades for one clean combo before disengaging.
Watching Dual Blades in motion.
Before committing to a full respec or fresh character, it helps to see how a weapon looks and sounds during real combat. The official showcase clip below offers a quick preview so you can decide whether Dual Blades matches your taste.
When you watch the clip, you might focus on details like timing, distance, and how openings are created rather than only the visual effects:
- Watch how far the player stands when they commit: Dual Blades is at its best when it dips in briefly and then leaves, not when it hugs the boss forever.
- Notice which moves are used to start engagements—straight dashes, side steps into back attacks, or something else. Those patterns can inspire your own openers.
- Pay attention to how the player reacts to big boss area attacks: do they step out, roll through, or reset entirely? These choices define whether Dual Blades feels stylish and practical or just stylish.
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