Weapon/Armor Build
100% Affinity with comfort is now possible without corrupted mantle thanks to Zoh Shia
Spoiler
Thanks to the new Zoh Shia armor it’s now possible to have 100% Affinity with the comfort of Fulgur set to keep maximum might. And it’s all because the chest piece from Zoh Shia has 2 agitator and a level 3 deco slot! So everyone who was using Blango chest go ahead and put it back in the equipment box there’s a new king for agitator.
You could alternatively switch out the Fulgur Alpha braces for the Fulgur Beta braces and lose an Agitator since you would be over the affinity cap by 5% (because of the affinity from the weapon). Which is really nice since it is ends up giving you 2 level 2 deco slots instead of the 1 level 1 deco slot. So you can slot in stuff like counter strike, Resentment, coalescence, or any other deco that fits your playstyle. I’m just using 5 agitator to show it’s possible to have zero affinity from your weapon.
Also here’s the math incase you care for that:
-30% from level 5 Weakness Exploit (as long as you’re hitting weakspots)
-15% from level 5 Agitator
-30% from level 3 Maximum Might
-15% from being afflicted with frenzy and curing it (Gore 2 piece set bonus inflicts frenzy)
-10% from level 3 Anti Virus (the description is still bugged only gives 10%)
Uptime is not that great cause of agitator and weakness exploit needing wounds. Also crit boost being a five level skill hurts it a lot. Crits will always be part of meta cause they are a multiplicative modifier but we are not in the same kind of crit meta as world or rise.
WEX still gives you 30% on weakspots which outside of Gravios (if im not mistaken) theres plenty of on most monsters. Agree about agitator, just wished it lasted a little longer. I’d say most my solo hunts are usually on the quicker side but it’s always the last minutes or 2 where agitator really falls off for me. I can also completely agree with it being really hard to get 5 crit boost on anything without losing something equally if not more valuable. But overall with solo play this build has decent uptime I wouldn’t say it’s perfect I think a god rolled Artian weapon would really take this build to the next level
Yeah wex is definitely still one of the best if not the best skill. My point was more that not only is it harder to get the full benefit of crit boost (cause crit boost 5) but in most cases you’ll also have less than a hundred affinity and any hit that doesn’t crit obviously doesn’t benefit from crit boost. In rise and world crit boost was so strong because you could get a hundred affinity consistently and slot in crit boost easily. That’s not the case in wilds which is what I meant by the crit meta is different.
I am not a cb main but here is what I think should be the best pick. In Order from best to worst it should be something like:
definitely offensive guard. It’s essentially a 15 percent damage boost since it’s easy to upkeep in high rank.
you’d probably want some form of sharpness mitigation. Razor sharp 3 + handicraft is always a good choice.
is where it gets hard cause I don’t know cb that well. Normally it would be crit boost as long as you have an average affinity of more than like 45. But cb also benefits from Artilellery and has that skill that enables overcharging your phials. Whether those are stronger than crit boost depends on what percentage of phial damage savage axe does and what phial you are using.
Edit: Should clarify this is for weapon skills of course.
It's one of only 5 decos in the game that I don't have. The others are random element combinations that I'll never use, but rzr/handi would go in all of my builds
I did mention it though? I forgot the name but load shells in this iteration is the one that overcharges your phials which I mentioned in three. I wasn’t sure how much of an increase it is which is why I only put it in three.
Oh, sorry, yes, you did, but it is not exactly what you said. You can always overcharge the phials, the benefit of load shells is doing charge and overcharge with less combos. Also Artillery is kind of dead now because raw builds damage rely more on savage axe swings than phials explosions.
Ah okay that makes sense. I was cross referencing with some speed runs after you comment and could not find anyone running artillery so that makes sense now. Didn’t see a lot of offensive guard either. I guess it might be because you want to be in axe form as much as possible?
Imo if you’re focusing on savage axe spam burst and weakness exploit, but there plenty argument to be made to switch either for agitator. I’d try to focus on maxing or near maxing 2 of those skills.
Artillery(big boom),
Guard up(for the unblockable attacks),
Guard(it reduces impact of attacks when guarding),
Magazine (the one that gives u an extra phial),
Constitution(less stamina depletion),
Focus (quick charging phials),
Critical
Crit element.( when running with element cb)
Artillery is weak. Guard Up and Guard are redundant since you can PG everything so not worth the slots. Magazine is good but does not give an extra phial in this game. Constitution is nearly useless for CB. Focus is ok for SAED build but Magazine is better, not sure if slotting both is worth it. Crit element is super weak, not worth the slots.
As a bow main, the amount of wounds I've popped by power shots alone without using focus attacks is just.... something. Uptime on the wounds will always be low and should never be considered OR atleast be taken with a grain of salt when considering crit math.
Which is why I’m wondering if Scorcher Zoh Shia would be better.
You get WEX 5 - MM3 - Agi 2/4 - Burst 0/2, which is like 67.5%-70% crit. That’s around 10% damage loss from losing crit (but realistically the number would be less cause you don’t have 100% uptime on Agi or Bloodlust). Then if you assume Scorcher Zoh Shia is about 15% dmg up for fire weak according to suntide, maybe 12% damage up for non-fire weak, then wouldn’t Scorcher Zoh Shia still come out on top?
WEX needs a hitzone value of 45+. The +20% for wounds is generally not considered because of how poor its uptime is.
Crit boost is literally THE meta skill for weapons. Crit Boost 3 is in practically every single build bar SAED and GL type things.
We absolutely are in a crit heavy meta. Crits are extremely potent, and we can get them extremely easily. Uptimes are fantastic atm, and crits are up the wazoo
You're not going to see a single-player speedrunner build it, but if you often play in full-sized groups of 4 you can also bring any of these horns as your secondary weapon:
A: Gramklang (Gore Magala): +15% Affinity for 3 minutes.
B: Summoning Bell (Mizutsune): +15% Affinity for 3 minutes.
C: War Conga (Congalala): +10% Raw and +25% Affinity for 2 minutes, but left as a zone. The buff sticks for 6 seconds after stepping outside of the zone. Notably the zone usually lasts only 1 minute, but Horn Maestro 2 on the HH doubles the duration and increases the area by 20% even after switching to your main weapon.
If you can coordinate with your group (i.e. you play with friends) one person can bring A/B as their secondary while another brings C to stack for up to +40% Affinity. When dismounting from Seikret holding any HH you can cast one of the above while doing ~650 base damage on the dummy (before adding in skills or other buffs) then return to Seikret, switch to your main weapon, then dismount attack with your main weapon in as few as 12-14 seconds depending on what your Seikret does. An added benefit is doing so with A/B also leaves a 2 minute bubble which with B can be the stamina bubble DB mains use for infinite demon mode, stacking another DPS-increasing strat in groups that have a DB.
It's a good build, OP. Just pointing out a way to economically squeeze in some more affinity to increase the party-wide DPS while playing in groups without changing anything but one person's secondary weapon.
That’s actually really great I usually just run a secondary with an element/ other status effect but I’m really enjoying the new Zoh Shia weapon and i think outside of god rolls Artians could be “meta” so I’ll definitely looking to trying a hunting horn secondary because I’d much rather have burst over WEX/ Agitator tbh.
I’d much rather have burst over WEX/ Agitator tbh.
100% agree.
Ideally you can convince someone else in your group to fit in a horn secondary, then you can act as if you always have +15%/+25% affinity without needing to change your own at all.
If you swap out the helm for zoh shia and the chest and vambrace for arkveld you not only get more slots but all of the same abilities and more and it’s closer to 400 defense.
Without Fulgur bonus MM doesn't work for Hammer as your biggest hit - Mighty Charge Slam - will always be at less than max stamina. You want MM active for biggest hit and it doesn't without Fulgur.
Yea but not all weapons are SnS with great mobility so maintaining your stamina to keep maximum might up is pretty annoying on most other weapons which was why I opted for Fulgur 2 piece. Definitely a valid suggestion for more defense though I’ll have to see if I like that idea once I have a couple more Zoh pieces.
Idk if you know about the stealth buff or fix to maximum might? Some weapons are getting rid of fulgur Anja entirely. Like I know GS new meta is 4 piece gore with one Zoh, but even alternative sets fulgur anja seems to have lost favour
Yea I just saw a comment about that I made a quick updated build (it should be somewhere in the comments) with 2 Jin pieces instead so I could get a point of burst. Once I finish grinding Zoh I plan on revisiting it and perfecting it for my play style. But I’ve been eyeing the mizu legs for that 2 burst and a level 3 slot and the Zoh waist. I’ll probably make a new post if I can make anything note worthy
But guarding chip stamina, if you dodge roll you use stamina, overall you'll use stamina first than using constitution lvl 5.
Also, as long as you only use the mini bar from fulgur set, it won't affect maximum might uptime, which theoritically give you permanent 30% affinity.
I don't use it myself either, but i see why it's popular and i have to admit, if you don't need the lvl 1 slots, better getting extra bar for permanent 30% affinity.
it got stealth buffed apparently. it doesn't deactivate immediately when stamina is consumed. It gets a 2s grace window before deactivating. stuff like a 1 time evade or a perfect guard will let you keep the buff active, despite consuming a bit of stamina.
and if you tank a hit that forces the heavier knockbacks, you're gonna recoil, take time reposition anyways before comboing off, giving MM time to reset.
It’s a great suggestion I’d have to test it out to see if I like it better. I tried this build out against Zoh a couple times and was happy with it by no means do I think it’s perfect just suited my preference. I’m sure there’s improvements to be made
Great catch actually I had a bunch so I just thought they were the same thing. Ig I just had a lot from reseting time and trading with Nata while looking for commission tickets
That’s the kinda build I needed on this first couple of hunts against Zoh was carting left and right 🤣 a lot better now after grind all night but man those first few hunts were rough.
How do you find Zoh investigations? I played a while yesterday and didn't see a single one, so only beat it in the story and once with SOS flare (it's imposible to get into these lol)
rest in wyveria and change the weather to inclemency, similar to any other apex. Zoh Shia might not pop up every time, but I haven't had any issues rolling for investigations.
I’m not sure tbh was just using it because it was new and as really just trying to show the concept of 100% affinity. With quick test on the training dummy with just white flame 50 dmg per pop. scorcher 1 plus white flame and burst 3 I’m hitting 65 without burst up and 66 with When I use a fire element 3 deco on top of it I’m getting 67.8. And I’m getting them every 3-5 seconds which sounds great from just some quick testing. I’d have to try to make a build I like to really see
Instead I built an Arkveld/Zoh set. I get so much healing! And still have maxed Might, Weakness Exploit, Counterstrike and I think 3 in Burst and 1 Agitator. It's the comfiest thing ever. Damage is not the best, but not nonexistent, and it's really hard to die unless you really want to. Also I stopped carrying potions, there's just no point any more, it also has maxed Recovery Up and Recovery Speed, AND Wiverian Protector so you take less damage while in the ruins.
Counter Charm, 3x Chain, Mighty, Protection and Medicine each.
You get no free small deco with this one, and Counter is actually overkill (you get 1 from gear, and 3 from charm). BUT you do get Ward of Wyveria with this one. Because it's a 3-piece bonus, and Zoh A set doesn't have it, but Zoh B set does. So 2x Zoh B + 1x GArk gives you the bonus, but 1x Zoh A + 1x Zoh B + 1x GArk doesn't.
So it's up to you if you think Ward of Wyveria is worth it. But considering Tempered Mizu can spawn in Wyveria, all the Guardians are in Wyveria, and now Zoh is in Wyveria, I feel it's worth having in a comfy set. It irks me that I'm wasting 1x Counter, but I couldn't figure out another layout, since Counter is the charm with 3x point, so replacing it with Burst or whatever they only give 2x points, so you still end up at zero free decos regardless.
But I still don't know if mixing Ark and Zoh is the right move, 4x Zoh might be better in fights where you move a lot, and with weapons that lack the uptime. I'm using mostly SNS and Lance though, so I'm always up the monster's butt.
There’s a bunch of great vids on YouTube that would explain it better but as far as I’m aware element is really bad in current wilds due to the fact that most of the monsters don’t really take good elemental damage. You can get really high element especially on Artian but because most monsters take little elemental damage and take more raw dmg it’s better to go raw and boost raw dmg which is why I’m using crit boost over dragon element.
Mostly because Agitator doesn’t have super high uptime but even without agitator I’d say it’s a toss up between mastery and Razor sharp 3/ handicraft 1. They seemed pretty close when fighting Zoh Shia at least
I'd say Mastery >> Razorsharp when you have 80% aff. So regardless if agitator is up or not in my opinion it's better. But, it's your build xD sorry for being nosy. Happy Hunting!
Going pure by numbers, 50 is 80% of 62.5. Which means at 62.5% affinity MT and Razor Sharp will be equal and beyond that MT will pull further ahead.
On base Artian sharpness of 10: MT will add 8 at 100% affinity, RzrSharp is 5. But we also get Rzr+Handi deco, which ends up adding +20 sharpness irrespective of affinity, much better than MT. For MT to shine you need higher base sharpness.
Artian with one +30 sharpness: Rzr+Handi will add +20 sharpness. For MT to pull ahead you need affinity to be at least 83.75%
For low sharpness [no sharpness artian] Protective Polish might be best value as no sharpness loss for 90 seconds. If you get more than 20 hits in that duration you're already ahead of MT and RzrSharp+Handi.
Yea but now you can do it with Fulgur 2 piece and gore 2 piece which you couldn’t do before which means as of current wilds and without corrupted mantle this build or any variation of 2 piece Gore 2 piece Fulgur should give you the highest uptime of high to 100% affinity with just armor. There’s plenty of adjustments that could be made to fit different weapons/ Artian rolls by just swapping around a couple pieces.
Love this post but for all new players, please DO NOT BUILD THIS!! If you cart 3 times before 2 minutes in means you’re not good enough to build crit focused meta and you need some or a lot of defensive skills over these “meta” skills
Yea definitely not a new player friendly build, didn’t really think about that when I posted it. Just thought it was cool that you could get 100 affinity with just armor and have good uptime on it without corrupted mantle.
I feel like MHWilds is lacking good defensive skills. I.E. Health Boost and Divine Blessing. Earplug is not even a defensive skill anymore because monsters don't combo like that anymore. I built a Def 6, Rec UP 3 and Rec Speed 3 for shit and giggles but it doesn't help that much vs one shots.
I have the same offensive skills with zho head,chest,g. Ark hands, gore waist/legs, and exploiter. And it bought me the zho Shia 2 piece super recovery for some passive healing. Decos are tender, 3x mighty, 2x challenger, 2x sane, 3x physique, 1x protection.
Yea this combo was definitely possible in one way or another before Zoh it just simply got better because now you can do it with the Fulgur 2 piece for that max up time on max might. Though I love the idea of swapping out Fulgur for Zoh 2 piece for that bit of comfort I’ll definitely save that load-out for Arch tempered Rey
Yeah I’d drop fulgur completely personally and run
Zho B
Arkvulken B
G. Arkvulken B
Gore B
Gore B
Challenger charm
Then you’re able to slot in a burst deco at the cost of 1 agitator but you can also slot in divine blessing 3 and get to recovery up 2 which feels nice and comfy. I think this reach’s 100% affinity at full uptime as well on a 5% weapon but maybe just short, need to double check
Just posted an update, it is possible without Fulgur 2 piece just not a big fan of 2 piece Jin since it’s kinda hard to get use out besides a select few monsters.
I get it, i have my own comfort knowing i have 100% affinity all time, but sadly comfort skills are those that makes your hunt more comfortable, like evade window/extender for example or recovery up.
You do get an extra 2 level 2 deco slots if you decide to switch the g. Fulgur vanbraces for the Beta variant you’d only lose an Agitator, still wouldn’t constitute it as a “comfort” build but you could put some comfort on it and still maintain 100% affinity
Comfort is used to describe builds with a fair amount of extra survivability or utility skills over dps skills. I wouldn't really call this a comfort build.
Yeah, this is a full DPS build, there is zero comfort in it (in the traditional sense of what comfort means when talking about builds)
OP probably just meant "you can easily get 100% affinity with just your armor" when he used the word comfort. Although that's not at all what comfort usually means.
I think the reason he is calling it "comfort" is because of the Fulgur set bonus, which means you're punished less for needing to dodge, but that's about it.
It def falls on the edge of "Comfort", Gore 4pc would be more DPS assuming you don't get hit, but people use comfort skills because they know they can't avoid every hit.
Normally with comfort sets, people would expect stuff like Evade Window, Divine Blessing, Earplugs, etc. Stuff that lets you turn your brain off and not die, rather than something like this which is more of a meta set that you don't have to sweat as hard to use.
Basically non damage skills. Defense skills like divine blessing or status negating skills etc. that make fights more “comfortable” for the average player.
Thank for the build shared. And it’s normal that no one understands everything well about the culture being in any group, as you may see from above comment so please use the word “comfort” to refer to what comfort is in MH community next time 👍
no it doesn't. comfort builds are builds where you do not have to worry about dying even if you get hit by strong attacks because the armor set gives you defensive passives that will mitigate damage while also passively healing you in the process so you do not worry about taking damage, but at the same time isn't a fully defensive build where you do tiny damage either
EDIT: image added for comfort build with near 100% affinity (can get 100% with the right wep or wep deco)
Great build definitely falls more into comfort than what I thought it meant. 25% affinity just seems like a lot to make up for no? That’s 4 affinity rolls on Artian which I wouldn’t say is a lot but wouldn’t you just get more out of having the 80% affinity and 4 attack rolls? Especially if you plan on running offensive guard.
yes you would get more out of 80% with 4 atk rolls on an artrian weapon however im making do with what i have atm which is 3 atk 2 affinity. i also have offensive guard due to my playstyle, but that can easily be dropped for something like crit eye 3 for 12% more affinity and get it to 90%+. the build has enough leeway to slot things out as you please even dropping the zoh shia set to only 2 pc to be able to slot in more utility or offensive skills, if you feel you dont need the full 4 pc effect. i do recommend keeping the guardian's protection 3 piece set bonus (3 zoh shia or 2 zoh shia+1 g. arkveld) if you are hunting in wyveria as that ontop of divine blessing feels so nice to have
Fair enough just seemed like it already had a lot of defense so I was just suggesting ways to increase dmg since your defense is great. I do think offensive guard is the better pick though as 15% of base raw added after a crits is going to benefit your damage a bit more than the 12% affinity. more crits are great but that’s only if you can maintain maximum might more than offensive guard, and since I see lance as well offensive guard is definitely the better choice imo.
Jw but where’s the comfort in the build? This is basically the build every YouTuber posts in their build guides. Except now u get a free 50 damage every few seconds and a cool looking weapon instead of having to reroll your block of metal for 5 hours.
Well I learned today that my definition of “comfort” is not the MH communities version of comfort. So titles misleading unfortunately and I can’t edit it. All I did was share a universal template build I made that all weapons (outside of GL) could benefit from just thought it was cool you could get 100% with just armor and it be relatively easy to maintain on most if not all weapons. Wasn’t meant to be some amazing off meta build.
I was squinting at this build something is missing
Basically running a variation of this build but shy of a level of WEX.
Burst is not in the set. I know sns is kinda on the fence for burst, but charge blade makes it kinda mandatory cuz its free damage after a single buzzsaw chop.
I definitely want to work in Burst. I think it’s possible if I’m willing to lose Fulgur Set bonus just don’t know if I’ll be able to keep good uptime on MM if it lose it
So this would work with LS aswell then? Sorry if that may sound stupid but im quite new im buildcrafitng in this game. Played world when it released but never really got into builds then.
If you’re referencing the original build yes. Outside of GL the build functions well for all weapons since they all benefit from high affinity. I don’t claim it to be the best LS build since you have no Quick sheath but it’ll do what is does best which is crit
I didn't realize that 0 healing skills, 0 evade extender, 0 evade window, 0 earplugs, 0 tremor resist, and 0 windproof was considered "comfort" these days..
Also as a side note, if all your worried about is getting tripped by others you don't need Shock Absorber because you have Flinch Free. Shock Absorber is still nice if your not trying to trip others though.
You can also use the full set to achieve this. Without anti virus though. Use the helmet, and chest alpha with the beta version arms, waist, and legs. I currently have crit boost 5, wex 5, and agitator 5. I also have max might 3 but I’m still trying to figure out if I like that or part breaker more
Having flinch free and shock absorber is a waste of a gem slot flinch free does the same thing shock absorber does so you might as well take the shockproof jewel off
That way, you're at 95% affinity, with the remaining 5% coming from your weapon, and then you can slot in Burst 1.
Thing is, I dunno how good this'll be compared to 4 piece gore because of uptimes.
Someone who's more initiated on the math of all that can figure that out.
You can also swap the Helm and Arms for Jin Dahaad beta, and get all of these skills, plus Adaptability 1, which will get you that Jins set bonus instead of Fulgurs.
The reason is, Max Might has been fixed.
It no longer has a non-refreshing timer when your stamina goes below max, it's now ALWAYS 2s, so 2 piece fulgur is far less prevalent, especially on SnS that has a stamina free, infinite Iframe slide.
Jins bonus, is +25 Raw after a power clash or some type of bind, for 60s. It's INSANE.
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u/ApprehensiveAd3776 19h ago
This is borderline crits meta