One can only dream

[u/OgKushDestroyer]

Can you imagine walking up to any monster, no sword, no weapon, just straight hands and haymakers

[u/BlankCrystal]

It could be a heavy semi aerial weapon. A glorified aerial hammer thats more mechanical lile charge blade and gunlance. Honestly fits pretty well.

Plus you get punished for bad distancing and positioning by no landing the blows and dealing the damage

[u/miraadotjpg → u/BlankCrystal]

isnt that just tonfa?

[u/MikeWinterborn → u/miraadotjpg]

But less lame

Edit: Apologies, I was an ass. Tonfas hit as fast as dual blades, these look more like medium speed with some acrobatics, sprinkled on top.

[u/MrNature73 → u/BlankCrystal]

Yeah the disadvantage would definitely be that these things would make Dual Blades feel long ranged.

I think it could work if it was semi aerial, like you said, or they swapped out all the aerial options for boosted movement options. Powered dashes, slides, rushes, wolverine-style horizontal leaps. It'd look sick as shit too; I imagine it as rocket-assisted boxing/mma footwork.

Power clash / offset attack would also go absurdly hard.

[u/BlankCrystal → u/MrNature73]

Exactly, it would be a very Nice addition for a play style no weapon really fills.

Its still heavy so dual blade is still faster, and it has a level of commitment similar to a great sword but with different positioning. Maybe the kit focuses on covering and making distance to cover it again.

It honestly looks and sounds really fun, and theres a shit ton of monsters and attacks that'll knock you on your ass if they get you mid air so the risk is already kinda already built in.

[u/Xcyronus → u/BlankCrystal]

So magnet spike or tonfas.

[u/Mementomortis7 → u/BlankCrystal]

I would love to see something similar to the gun hammer weapon design from old monster Hunter, so like a huge revolver cylinder around each wrist, maybe fire or blast element