Best Monster Hunter Rise weapons

Dual Blades wins 71% of its duels and tops the Monster Hunter Rise weapon ranking ahead of Long Sword.

The 80 ELO points separating Dual Blades from Long Sword at ranks 1 and 2 mark the sharpest divide in the entire ranking. Despite landing in second place, Long Sword posts a 49% win rate, making it the only weapon in the top 5 to lose more duels than it wins. Charge Blade sits 5 points behind at rank 3 with 1241 ELO, followed closely by Hammer at 1238 and Insect Glaive at 1227. The top 5 weapons cluster within 99 ELO points, suggesting competitive preferences among players. The bottom tells a harsher story: Lance languishes at rank 14 with 1043 ELO and a 23% win rate across 39 duels, suggesting the community finds little appeal in its defensive playstyle. Switch Axe fares only slightly better at rank 13 with 1142 ELO, while Hunting Horn occupies rank 12 despite maintaining a respectable 55% win rate over 31 duels.

This ranking draws from 1334 duels submitted by 37 players, comparing all 14 weapon types available in Monster Hunter Rise. The results were last compiled on 12 October 2026. Head to the Monster Hunter Rise TopList to cast your own votes and shift the standings.

Updated on October 12, 2026

How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.

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