MHW Iceborne Best Sword and Shield Builds [Top 7]

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23 Aug 2020

MHW Iceborne Best Sword and Shield Builds [Top 7]

The Sword and Shield offers some of the best mobility and attack speed (second to Dual Blades) of all the weapons in Monster Hunter World. The shield gives decent blocking ability while also available for skull bashing and you can use items and the slinger with it drawn. Using rapid successive attacks is a good source to bank your strategy on when hunting your target. Whelp no more friendly and engaging banter, let's get to the builds.

7. Banbaro Elementless Beginner SnS Build

1st Build

What’s Awesome About Banbaro Elementless Beginner SnS Build:

Great Set When Starting Iceborne
Trumps Highest Pre-Iceborne Sets
Easy Materials to Gather
Non-Elemental Boost Skill
Good DPS Potential
Offensive Guard, Protective Polish, Handicraft Skills Health Boost Attack Boost and Guard Skills

Build Details:

Chrome Knight Sword III
Non-Elemental Raises Base Attack for Non-Elemental weapons
Offensive Guard Temporarily Increases Attack Power After Successful Guard
Protective Polish Preserves Sharpness After Sharpening
Guard Reduces Knockbacks and Stamina Depletion when Guarding
Health Boost Maxes HP

Armor Set:

Banbaro Helm beta
Banbaro Mail alpha
Kaiser Vambraces alpha
Banbaro Coil beta
Banbaro Greaves beta
Handicraft Charm III

6. The Comfy Guiding Land Build

3rd Build

What's Awesome About the Comfy Guiding Land Build:

Safi’s Drakfang
Gold Rathian Essence and Teostra Technique
Divine Blessing Secret
Wonderful Survivability and Comfort
2 Armor Set Bonuses
Great for Guiding Land Tempered or T3 Investigation Monsters
Fortify Skill

Build Details:

Gold Rathian Essence Unlocks Divine Blessing Secret (Maxes Divine Blessing Lvl)
Divine Blessing Gives a Chance of Reducing the Dmg You Take
Teostra Technique and Attack Awakened Abilities
Attack and Health Regen Weapon Augments
Fortify Increases Attack and Defense After Carting

Armor Set:

Kaiser Crown beta
Golden Lunemail beta
Kaiser Vambraces beta
Golden Lunecoil beta
Garuga Greaves beta
Attack Charm V

5. The Healer Build

4th Build

What’s Awesome About the Healer Build:

Full Support Build
Teammates Will Adore You
4 Pc Kulve Taroth Armor Set Bonus
Kulve Taroth Essence and Free Meal Secret
Wide Range, Free Meal, Quick Sheath, Mushroomancer and Flinch Free Skills are Great for Support
Even Heal Teammates Poison and Elemental Blights

Build Details:

Kulve Tarroth Essence Unlock Guts
Guts Keeps You Alive From Attacks that Would Normally Kill You
Free Meal Secret Maxes the Free Meal Lv
Free Meal Skill Gives a Chance of Using an Item for Free
Ancient Divinity and Attack Weapon Awakened Abilities
Affinity and Attack Increase and Health Regen Weapon Augmentations
Mushroomancer Lets You Eat Usually Inedible Mushrooms and Gain Certain Effects
Wide Range Allows the Effects of Items to Also Affect Nearby Allies

Armor Set:

Kulve Taroth’s Fury beta
Kulve Taroth’s Ire beta
Kulve Taroth’s Rage beta
Artian Coil beta
Kulve Taroth’s Wrath alpha
Friendship Charm

4. Amazing Kjarr Sword and Shield Elemental Meta Build(s)

1st Build

What’s Amazing About Kjarr Sword and Shield Elemental Meta Build(s)

Can Use for All Elemental Kjarr Weapons
Velkhana Divinity Armor Set Bonus
Frostcraft
Water Attack, Critical Eye and Critical Boost Skills
Quick Sheathe Skill

Build Details:

Kjar Slicer Water (Can Use Any Elemental Weapon)
Affinity, Defense, and Element Up Weapon Augmentation
Velkhana Divinity unlocks Critical Element (Boosts Elemental Crit Dmg) and Frostcraft
Frostcraft Builds Attack When Weapon is Sheathed
Frostcraft Considerably Raises Element Dmg

Armor Set:

Rimeguard Helm beta
Rimeguard Mail beta
Rimeguard Vambraces beta
Rimeguard Coil beta
Brachydium Greaves beta
Flood Charm

3. Best Status, DPS and Utility Builds Sword and Shield Set(s)

1st Build

What’s Awesome about the Best Status, DPS and Utility Builds Sword and Shield Set(s):

Several Builds for Each Status
Paralysis
Teostra’s Technique Armor Set Bonus
Health Regen and Peak Performance Skill
Critical Eye, Attack Boost, Handicraft, Agitator, Free Element, Critical Boost, Latent Power and Weakness Exploit for DPS
Good Purple Sharpness
Garuga Greaves

Build Details:

Radobaan Os III
When Monster is Paralyzed it Can’t Move and is More Vulnerable to Attack
Peak Performance Boosts Attack When Health is Full
Affinity. Health Increase and Status Up Weapon Augmentation
Latent Power Boosts Affinity and Reduces Stamina Depletion After Taking Dmg
Garuga Greaves has Built-In Critical Eye and Great Gem Slots

Armor Set:

Kaiser Crown beta
Rex Roar Mail beta
Kaiser Vambraces beta
Kaiser Coil beta
Garuga Greaves beta
Awakening Charm III

2. My Raging Brachydios SnS Build Lightbreak Sword

What’s Awesome About My Raging Brachydios SnS Build:

Lightbreak Sword
Raw Damage Righteous Dumb DPS
Good Purple Sharpness Longevity
Really Good Gem Slots
Comfy Set
Agitator Secret and Teostra Technique Armor Set Bonus
Attack Boost+ Critical Eye+ Agitator+ Master’s Touch+Critical Boost+ Weakness Exploit+ Blast Attack= RDDPS
Airborne Skill

Build Details:

Agitator Secret Maxes Agitator Level
Agitator Skill Boosts Dmg when Monster is Enraged
Airborne is Great for Mounting and SnS Helmbreaker Move
Weakness Exploit Skill lBoosts Affinity of Weak Spot Hits
Can Swap out Affinity/Comfort Skills for Health Boost/Blast Attack etc...

Armor Set:

Kaiser Crown beta
Brachydios Mail beta
Kaiser Vambraces beta
Kaiser Coil beta
Brachydium Greaves beta
Attack Charm V

1. The Infinite Sharpness Build SnS Build Safi’s Shatterfang

Safi Shatterfang
Teostra Technique Awakening
Rajang Will and Teostra Technique Armor Set Bonus
Infinite Sharpness w/out Softening Monster Parts
100% Affinity
Righteous and Dumb DPS
Master’s Touch+ Critical Eye+ Attack Boost+ Maximum Might+ Critical Boost+ Peak Performance= RDDPS
Handicraft and Stamina Surge Skills

Build Details: