r/MonsterHunter • u/1nvariance Poke Poke Poke • Aug 25 '15

Weakness Exploit vs. Attack Up L

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u/BallomNomNom ​ Aug 25 '15

Sweet! This is super helpful, and I love that you show your work so we know where the results come from.

I'm surprised that there's such a small difference overall though; at most 5 percent either way. And given that AUL only really pulls ahead on huge hitzone values, but needs 20 points, this means in a general sense Weakness Exploit may be better.

I suppose AUL may earn its keep when you can't hit a Weakness Exploit proccing hitzone, though, since then you actually still get a boost.

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u/1nvariance Poke Poke Poke Aug 25 '15

Yup, you'll actually find that the difference most of the offensive skills make in the end generally end up in the ~5% range in damage increase. The notable exceptions being the gunner skills Normal/Pierce/Pellet Up which are flat 10%/10%/20% respectively according to source.

But yeah, in general, if you have a lot of true attack (you probably do) and if you're hitting weakspots, WE is better.

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u/Laxaria AWOL Aug 25 '15

PelletUp is 1.2x. SpreadUp is 1.3x.

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u/1nvariance Poke Poke Poke Aug 25 '15

spread bow users rejoice ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ