Does Dual Wield drain HP?


When Kirito fights The Gleam Eyes this is the first time he uses his Dual
Wield ability which was the reason why he had a second sword commissioned by
Liz, after he killed the boss his HP was quite low.

Before he uses it he's hesitant in using it, was this because Dual Wielding
drains HP when active or was his hesitation more to do with the ability
becoming more widely known?




It was clear that Kirito was keeping his dual-wield ability a complete secret.
Nobody knew about it - not even Asuna. This was evidenced by the fact that
Asuna questioned Kirito about why he isn't using Liz's sword and suggested
that he was "hiding something" from her.

So Kirito hesitated because be knew that using his dual wield in front of
everyone would blow that secret wide open. But he had no choice. It was do or
die.

* * *

Getting back to the question, there is no evidence in the anime to suggest
that dual wielding drains HP. But you could infer other drawbacks such as
tying up both hands thus preventing the use of a shield.




It was clear that Kirito was keeping his dual-wield ability a complete secret.
Nobody knew about it - not even Asuna. This was evidenced by the fact that
Asuna questioned Kirito about why he isn't using Liz's sword and suggested
that he was "hiding something" from her.

So Kirito hesitated because be knew that using his dual wield in front of
everyone would blow that secret wide open. But he had no choice. It was do or
die.

* * *

Getting back to the question, there is no evidence in the anime to suggest
that dual wielding drains HP. But you could infer other drawbacks such as
tying up both hands thus preventing the use of a shield.

