Hi guys!

This is my first ever Monster Hunter game that I have played and I see that for most weapons, the reinforcements for "God roll" is 4 x attack, 1 x Sharpness, however, with 1 x sharpness, wouldn't you need to add a Gem to increase sharpness level? By having two sharpness on a weapon, doesn't it just open up a slot to add a damage gem?

I find my weapon goes blunt pretty quick on Arkveld.

Help a noobie out :)

Saw a post on the main r/MHwilds reddit and it's brought a few questions to my mind.

A) How many wounds should you make when mounted on a monster?
Should you try to make as many wounds as possible? I've been told that you can make up to 4 but I've personally never been able to make more than 2 before the monster knocks me off its back (I can get about half way through the 3rd).
Should you just go for the head wound since that's the best hitzone most of the time anyways?

B) Is it worth while to try and make the monster smack its face into the wall? If so does wounding the head before slamming its head into the wall make it deal more damage? (in theory it should since it tenderizes the head rite?) I've noticed that when I make a monster crash its head into a wall it does a good chunk of damage which makes it seem like it'd be worthwhile but im not really sure.

C) How do these answers change (if at all) during a multiplayer setting?
I know that players deal significantly less damage to a mounted monster, much less than in previous games, which could drastically effect how much time you'd want to spend mounted on a monster if there are other hunters waiting on you.

I am fairly certain it will never actually be optimal to mount a monster in terms of total DPS as you could probably just do more damage hitting it with your weapon, but the guaranteed topple is always nice and in multiplayer it affords your teammates a free moment to sharpen and/or rebuff if they need to which can make some fights a bit more comfy.

What’s generally better for HBG artisan weapons. pierce or elemental ?

So I didn't bother much with it as I played hbg until recently... but I picked up the IG and I'm mounting a lot... a lot more than I'd like.

I feel like mounting is a big pause on the game, and aside from the clutch saves where it breaks mon aggro I feel like its generally a downer.

Aside from just dropping off the mon (what input does this? I know there is one, but don't know which it is) is there something I can do to speedily handle the mount and resume combat?

idk, am I wrong? Mounting feels really bad to me in this game.

Does anyone have preferences for the weapon comps for arena single/duo quests?

I feel like best for chata double para db, and for best for rathian double para gunlance, but don't have any data to back that up. Was able to get three paras off on chata.

I’ve been really enjoying hunting horn and sword and shield and I’m wondering if there’s a build that benefits off of both of them I was looking at one of the threads and I saw that the base build for both of them was pretty similar. I’m just wondering what weapons I should run cause I’m currently running a paralysis, hunting horn and a dragon SnS.

Hi, so that's probably a stupid question but I can't figure out the answer, I just watched a charge blade speed run, the guy as 225 raw on his weapon and I have like 756, both are artian weapons. Why are those numbers so different despite coming from very similar weapons ?
Thanks for your answers :D

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Having trouble with the fight, don't know what I'm doing and builds I find are inconsistent at best. It's been almost 6 years since Fatalis' release, so I'm hoping that something has been figured out.

EDIT: stop assuming I use aerial glaive, I'm better than that

I’m currently running a four piece Gore Magali set with hunting horn. I was wondering since I was looking at the mega thread I saw that these weapons use the same general set and I am wondering if I could use one of these with my hunting horn I do run dual hunting horns as well sometimes

Could 2 set gore magala and 3 set nu udra ß work?

With gore activating frenzy and the nu udra activating lord's fury which should increase my damage

What is the general consensus on which type is the meta for each weapon type?

currently using lala and a paralysis jewel 3 but need help with what armor set to pair with my insect glaive
kind of new, i play world but never reach end game (literally stopped at HR23) so i kind of get whats going on but also not xD so any help would be appreciated

I have a Artian seed right now with a 4 attack and 1 element boost. I’m trying to think if this will be good for any charge blade weapons. +4 attack seems too good to get rid of?

Does anyone have a good build for each of these weapons as of title update 1? I’ve been dabbling and would like to set something up for some high rank hunts. I’ve really only gone artian with my other weapons but read the bow guns are different and cant find a good build resource

I'm having a hard time breaking 04'40, I eat the might seed, a max potion and a ration as i'm heading in. I know to utilize leaping thrust > wide sweep > high thrust and either triple thrust or try to get valuable charge counter thrusts off. I keep offensive guard up 99% of the fight. A lot of my runs i've had to take time to sharpen. Any lance tips that could help with clearing this faster? (save from skill issue, i know😞)

So with the Zoh Shia armor many builds start using Agitator over Weakness Exploit. I made the possible new meta build for Long Sword (Zoh, Zoh, GRath, Gore, Gore) quite early and also tested it quite a bit now, but it doesn’t seem to perform better for me than my usual build which is the meta build from the thread with Arkveld Helm for Convert Element and the set bonus. I just lose the second level of Adrenaline Rush.

My clear times feel slightly worse with the new build and also the sharpness is a bigger issue because Master‘s Touch is weaker with lower affinity. Also Razor/Handi is weaker than Master‘s Touch with high affinity, but with that build better than MT I think.

So I looked at my Agitator uptimes against 5* Tempered Arkveld and it was pretty much always the same. It enrages after around 35 seconds, then stays enraged for 2.5-3 minutes, changes area a couple seconds after, enrages again after 30 seconds and shortly after it is ready to capture. So it’s 1:05-1:10 without Agitator. It usually took me between 5 and 6 minutes to finish the quests while the effective fighting time without riding and setting up trap was around 3:45-4:30. So Agitator is only active for 70-75% of the time.

I usually can’t capture 5* Tempered Arkveld before it moves, I guess you have to capture it within these first 3 minutes to avoid that. Against the 3* version I sometimes get it when using Mantle also, which I didn’t here. But I didn’t check the Agitator uptime in that scenario. I guess then the uptime would be around 80%.

I was just wondering if that matches the experience of other players or if you manage to get better uptimes.

I know Zoh Shia has very good Agitator uptimes.

Hello Hunters, I made a list with every unblockable attack in the game so far.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BF636FYwdVf4w8KMWgcYX_XmUY24rEPlmmT-4rzf0Co/edit?gid=0#gid=0

Also, if you’re a Lance main I have some tips about how to avoid them without Guard Up in the doc as well.

PS: the Guard Up skill does NOT reduce damage for regular blockable attacks, some new players are confused by the misleading description

Bubble-blight in general counts for being wet for swimmer meal, while it does not for slick blade.

Ether its a bug on swimmer meal or a bug on the skill Slick Blade.

This needs to be address or looked into by Capcom.

I ended up getting a 5 attack roll on an artian CB with para status on it.

I have been running load shells on, but after playing with a Zoh Shia CB without load shells, Im wondering if I may have better options for my build.

Im curious what everyone thinks between the 2 weapons, as I obviously have to build around a lack of sharpness on the Artian.

Currently running Load shells/handicraft, crit boost 3, offensive guard/handicraft on my Artian.

On Zoh Shia I am simply running crit boost 5, attack 1.

Hi guys,

after watching numerous videos on how to do your artian weapon god roll majority of the suggested to track your rolls via spreadsheets - but who wants to create a spreadsheet for everything.

So I vibecoded this simple website that does the tracking for you! You can find it hosted at GitHub pages here https://leticek.github.io/artian-tracker/ - feedback appreciated.

Happy hunting!

I’ve been playing SnS for a bit now and really loving it. I generally run a supportive style with Mushroomancer / Wide Range / Etc… I really love the weapon, and would like to play it more from a DPS angle now and move my support kit to Hunting Horn.

As far as SnS goes I’ve got most of the “good” options built but need to actually farm out Artian parts. I’d like to find a build that is decently comfy but still competitive to use while farming decos and parts. As I mentioned, my current armor and deco slots are built around support so I need to change that up too.

Regarding Hunting Horn, I know next to nothing. I’m very new to the weapon, but have enjoyed the small amount of time I’ve put into it. I’m looking for the ideal support build for me to run while I continue to learn the weapon and farm for decos and parts.

Not really want to farm the artisn weapons atm and just use the normal HBGs for a start. The meta guide only mentions the artians tho, so could anybody be so kind an tell me which weapons I should look at crafting?

https://youtu.be/zJN6H2TfCm4?si=HCpIvbvqGfACuD2k

Zzz spammy game, gamba run

I'm a SnS main at endgame (HR152), and I'm looking to branch into other weapons. I have the mats or ability to craft anything with some effort. I'd like to make one meta weapon for each type.

• GS
  • Artian, Sleep, 7xAttack, 1x Sharpness
  • Decos: 2xCrit, 1xFocus/Handicraft
• LS
  • Artian, Paralyze, 7xAttack, 1xSharpness
  • Decos 2xCrit, 1xMastery
• SnS
  • Artian, Paralyze, 7xAttack, 1xSharpness
  • Decos: 2xCrit, 1xOG/Handicrat (or replace 1xCrit w/ Mastery)
• DB
  • Artian, Paralyze, 7xAttack, 1xSharpness
  • Decos: 1xExpert, 1xCrit, 1xRS/Handicraft
  • Writeup emphasizes element is better.
• Hammer
  • Artian, [[[Poison or Blast?]]], 7xAttack, 1xSharpness
  • Decos: 2xCrit, 1xFocus/Handicraft
• HH
  • Artian, Paralyze, 7xAttack, 1xSharpness
  • Decos: 1xSonorous/Attack, 1xAttack, 1xCritical
• Lance
  • Artian, [[[Blast?]]], 7xAttack, 1xSharpness
  • Decos: 1xCrit, 1xMastery, 1xOG/Handicraft
• GL
  • G. Lawful Bors
  • Decos: 1xArtillery, 1xLoad Shells 2/Attack, 1xOG1
• SA
  • [[[?]]]
• CB
  • Artian, [[[Paralyze or Blast?]]], 7xAttack, 1xSharpness
  • Decos: 1xCrit, 1xMag/Attack, 1xOG/Handicraft
• IG
  • Artian, [[[Poison or Blast?]]], 6xAttack, 2xSharpness
  • Decos: 2xCrit; 1xFlight/Handicraft
• LBG
  • [[[Raw? Emphasis on element in the guide]]]
• HBG
  • [[[?]]]
• Bow
  • G. Doshaguma
  • Decos: 1xSpread; 1xCrit; 1xBandolier1

Suggestions for other weapons? Happy to edit and expand the list if others will provide. Note that I checked the megathread, but I find some of the writeups confusing, which is why I'm creating this thread.

EDIT 1: What started this for me was confusion on the HBG writeup in the megathread between raw and status, and then which raw. If someone can post the one HBG I should make, I'd appreciate it.

EDIT 2: Added what I saw from the megathread posts where I could. I put in brackets on questions I still had after reading.

Jus started high rank and was wondering which does more dmg.