Builds, or Mixed Sets, are player-created combinations of equipment for Monster Hunter World. Hunters can change builds by crafting Weapons and Armor, obtaining Charms and Decorations, and then equipping them via their Item Box "Change Equipment" menu.
Players often create different builds for different purposes, accounting for the strengths and weaknesses of their target monster, quest or their favored weapon. Below is a list of player-submitted builds. You can add your own by adding a row to the table. Some users have also submitted builds to the Fextralife Blog here.
Builds, Mixed Sets for MHW
| Build Name | Build Type | Equipment | Augmentations / Decorations | Damage | Resistances | Skills | Notes |
| High Dmg/ Sharpness Longsword |
Longsword, Damage, Dragon, HR 16+ |
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Nergigante Hunger(bns) Handicraft (5/5)Attack Boost (6/7)Maximum Might (3/3)Weakness Exploit(3/3)Critical Boost (2/3)Agitator (1/5) | R4wStyl3 Damage focused build, the Nergigante Hunger helps keeping you alive, Handicraft makes sure you don't have to sharpen your weapon as much and the other skills maximize your damage output as good as possible. In case you don't feel the need for 5/5 Handicraft, you can also take a Attack Charm III instead, but remember to change 2 of the Attack Jewels in that case. Since this build has negative thunder and dragon resistance, some enemies are a bit harder to fight, just keep that in mind. |
| Infinite Explosions | Dual Blades, Damage, Blast, HR 16+ |
 Magda Ungulae II Dragonking Eyepatch Alpha (α) Zorah Hide Beta (β) Zorah Claws Beta (β) Odogaron Coil Beta (β) Zorah Spurs Beta (β) Master's Charm III |
1x Blast Jewel 14x  Physique Jewel 21x  Tenderizer Jewel 2 |
 308 Green 0% Blast 270 None |
 100 276 14 -7 -5 -9 -9 |
Critical Status (bns) Critical Eye (5/7) Constitution (4/5) Blast Attack (3/3) Weakness Exploit (3/3) Bombardier (2/3) Free Elem/Ammo Up (1/3) |
Build credit: Team Darkside |
| Break Down Hammer | Hammer, Support, Crowd Control, HR 14+ |
Malady's Fist III Dragonking Eyepatch Alpha (α) Diablos Mail Beta (β) Death Stench Grip Beta (β) Bazel Coil Beta (β) Diablos Greaves Alpha (α) |
2x Drain Jewel 1 1x Drain Jewel 11x 1x |
832 Blue 20% Paralysis 390 None |
100 298 12 -1 -6 -5 -2 |
Tremor Resistance (2/3) Slugger (3/3) Weakness Exploit (2/3) Earplugs (2/5) Focus (2/3) Stamina Thief (3/3) |
The idea is that you're trying to boost chances of exhausting, paralyzing, and stunning the monster all in one go. In the build, there will also be focus to charge your hammer faster, earplugs to get free hits in, and I personally added tremor or wind resistance to get in tight. This build has not been fully tested, changes are appropriate. |
| Dragon Slayer | Great Sword, Tank, Life Steal, HR 16+ |
Purgation's Atrocity Bazel Helm Beta (β) Nergigante Mail Beta (β) Nergigante Vambraces Beta (β) Nergigante Greaves Alpha (α) Bazel Coil Beta (β) Glutton’s Charm III |
3x Steadfast Jewel 1 1x 1x Vitality Jewel 11x Vitality Jewel 11x Earplug Jewel 31x |
1022 Blue 0% Dragon 150 High |
130 308 9 5 -17 -1 -13 |
Hasten Recovery (bns) Ear Plugs (5/5) Agitator (4/5) Maximum Might (1/3) Attack Boost (1/7) Stamina Surge (2/3) Stun Resistance (3/3) Health Boost (2/3) Speed Eating (3/3) |
Earplugs to keep roars from interrupting attacks and speed eating to keep you alive. |
| HP Regen | Any Weapon, Tank, Regen, HR 14+ |
Any Weapon Bazel Helm Beta (β) Vaal Hazak Mail Alpha (α) Vaal Hazak Braces Beta (β) Vaal Hazak Greaves Beta (β) Bazel Coil Beta (β) Glutton's Charm III |
3x Vitality Jewel 1 3x Steadfast Jewel 11x Medicine Jewel 11x Earplug Jewel 31x |
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150 308 -6 14 -5 -7 -16 |
Super Recovery (bns) Earplugs (5/5) Speed Eating (3/3) Stun Resistance (3/3) Vitality (3/3) Recovery Speed (3/3) Effluvia Resistance (2/3) Peak Performance (1/3) Dragon Attack (1/5) |
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| Blast Charge Blade | Charge Blade, Damage, Blast, HR 14+ |
Gama Silt II Bazel Helm Alpha (α) Dodogama Mail Alpha (α) Dodogama Vambraces Alpha (α) Bazel Coil Beta (β) Bazel Greaves Alpha (α) Artillery Charm III |
1x 3x Tenderizer Jewel 21x Earplug Jewel 3 |
612 Blue 0% Blast 226 None |
100 270 13 3 -18 -2 -6 |
Guts (bns) Earplugs (5/5) Blast Attack (3/3) Bombardier (3/3) Critical Draw (1/3) Weakness Exploit (3/3) Artillery (3/3) |
This build is focused on enhancing damage from the charge blade move Element Discharge, as well as Blast damage, and Phial Damage. |
| Attack + Crit Hammer | Hammer, Damage, Non-Elemental, HR 50+ |
Diablos Shatterer II Dragonking Eyepatch Alpha (α) Diablos Nero Mail Beta (β) Diablos Nero Vambraces Beta (β) Odogaron Coil Beta (β) Nergigante Greaves Alpha (α) Attack Charm III |
Aug 1: Attack Increase Aug 2: Affinity Increase 2x Attack Jewel 11x Protection Jewel 11x Protection Jewel 12x Destroyer Jewel 21x Elementless Jewel 21x Handicraft Jewel 3 |
1290 Blue -9% None None |
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Attack Boost (5/7) Weakness Exploit (2/3) Resentment (1/5) Focus (1/3) Critical Eye (2/7) Maximum Might (1/3) Agitator (1/5) Non-Elemental Boost (1/1) Handicraft (1/5) Partbreaker (2/3) Divine Blessing (2/3) |
Other Equipment: Affinity Booster and Rocksteady Mantle Palico Equipment: Weapon: Felyne Bazel Mace (α) Armour: Felyne Xeno Veil (α) and Felyne Xeno Dress (α) Gadgets: Coral Orchestra or Plunderblade |
| High Damage Charge Blade | Charge Blade, Damage, Non-Elemental, HR 50+ |
Diablos Tyrannis II Dragonking Eyepatch Alpha (α) Dober Mail Beta (β) Nergigante Vambraces Alpha (α) Nergigante Coil Beta (β) Nergigante Greaves Beta (β) Artillery Charm III |
Aug 1: Attack Increase Aug 1: Attack Increase 1x Attack Jewel 11x Tenderizer Jewel 21x Elementless Jewel 21x Magazine Jewel 2 |
1000 Blue -30% None None |
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Hasten Recovery (bns) Weakness Exploit (3/3) Attack Boost (6/7) Non-Elemental Boost (1/1) Capacity Boost (1/1) Agitator (3/5) Maximum Might (1/3) Artillery (3/3) |
You get all the staples of a CB build plus Agitator +2 , Maximum Might, and Hasten Recovery. Maximum Might is not that great for this build but the set bonus helps. The Nergigante Greaves also have a level 2 gem slot for the elementless gem which is needed. |
| Early High Rank Support | Any Weapon, Support, Healing, Beginner, HR 11+ |
Any Weapon Jagras Helm Alpha (α) King Beetle Thorax Beta (β) Tzitzi Vambraces Alpha (α) Tzitzi Coil Beta (β) Jagras Greaves Alpha (α) Friendship Charm II |
1x Gobbler Jewel 1 1x Sheath Jewel 1 |
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Wide-Range (5/5) Stun Resistance (2/3) Free Meal (1/1) Speed Eating (3/3) Speed Crawler (1/1) Quick Sheath (3/3) Water Attack (1/5) |
A simple support build that can be crafted right after entering High Rank. The use of Quick Sheath allows for any weapon to be utilized. Jewels are not necessary, but they help. Hunting Horn is not advised, as it does not go well with a wide range support build. |
| Support/Healer/Tank | Horn, Support, Healing, HR 14+ |
Xeno Masasheena Xeno'jiiva Headgear Beta (β) Xeno'jiiva Hide Alpha (α) Xeno'jiiva Claws Beta (β) Xeno'jiiva Spine Beta (β) Xeno'jiiva Spurs Beta (β) Friendship Charm III |
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Xeno'jiiva Divinity Flinch Free (3/3) Wide-Range (5/5) Earplugs (3/5) Recovery Up (3/3) Blight Resistance (3/3) Power Prolonger (2/3) Horn Maestro (1/1) |
Default items: Mega Potion, Antidote, MegaDemon Drug, Mega Armorskin Drug, Flash Pod, Flashbug. |
| Early High Rank Damage | Any Weapon, Damage, Beginner, HR 11+ |
Any Weapon Kulu Headpiece Alpha (α) Bone Mail Alpha (α) Bone Vambraces Alpha (α) Jagras Coil Alpha (α) Kulu Greaves Beta (β) Attack Charm II |
1x Attack Jewel 1 |
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Fire Resistance (1/3) Weakness Exploit (1/3) Attack Boost (6/7) Critical Eye (1/7) Slugger (1/3) Fortify (1/1) Speed Eating (1/3) |
A simple damage build that can be crafted right after entering High Rank. It focuses on maximizing damage skills (Attack Boost, Weakness Exploit, and Critical Eye) with early game equipment. |
| Lance Support Tank | Support, stun HR 25+ |
Baroth Stinger III Vaal Hazak Helm Beta Vaal Hazak Mail Beta Vaal Hazak Bracers Beta Kulve Taroth's Malice Beta Kulve Taroth's Wrath Beta KO Charm III |
x3 Ironwall Jewel 1 x1 Mind's Eye Jewel 1 x1 Friendship Jewel 1 x3 Defense Jewel 1 x1 Handicraft Jewel 3 x1 Elderseal Jewel 3 |
Peak Performance 3/3 Recovery Speed 2/3 Defense Boost 4/7 Guard 3/5 Wide Range 3/3 Handicraft 2/5 Free elem 1/3 Slugger 3/3 |
Good tank build for group play. Stun and knock over the monster, break horns and other parts. Swap out Elderseal gem for Handicraft if you switch to an Elderseal weapon. Good support with Wide-Range, feel free to add Speed eating once you augment the armor for more slots. Nice recovery with x3 Vaal set, good defense. Mind's eye will make sure you don't bounce off the monster | ||
| Expeditionary | Expedition/Gathering |
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Botanist (4/4) |
Build Credit: †Genesis† Note: Allows you to gather x4 times on bone piles & mining nodes instead of x3 times. Great for overall gathering, best build i could come up with from the available armors. |
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| Dragon Hit | Damage |
Catastrophe's Light Pseudocath III Dragonking Eyepatch Alpha (α) Odogaron Mail (β) Odogaron Vambraces (α) Odogaron Coil (α) Odogaron Greaves (α) |
x2 Weakness Exploit Jewel 3 |
Paired with Catastrophe's Light, which dishes out 651 base damage, you're looking at around 1171 damage when hitting monster weak points. With the additional speed and power of the Kinsect. |
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30 Aug 2018 18:00
You can tell no work/effort was put into the "Blue King" build. 5 slots basically have nothing. Somebody please delete this...
- Anonymous
27 Aug 2018 00:56
Bow Build: (any bow) Dragonking helm a flawless jewel II (x1) Nergigante mail b resistor jewel I (x1) flawless jewel II (x1) teosra bracers b flawless jewel II (x1) xeno jiva tasset a migthybow jewel II (x1) Kushala greaves b forceshot jewel III (x1) fitness charm III total skills bow charge plus (1/1) normal shots (1/1) special ammo boost (1/2) peak performance (3/3) weakness exploit (3/3) evade extender (2/3) constitution (3/5) stamina surge (2/3) blight resistance (3/3) for me personally I feel like evade extender lv 2 and the minimal stamina help is enough to keep me safe and getting constant value from peak performance however if you feel like you're taking too many hits or running out of stamina feel free to swap out your least favorite damage jewel(s) for extra evade extension or constitution. hope this helps :)
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03 Jun 2018 18:29
this kinda proves that the wiki isn't very helpful and just shows a lot of random bologna
- Anonymous
30 May 2018 22:58
OK so Im a hammer main and my main build has The Diablos Shatterer2, Diablos Mail and Vambraces beta,Nergi coil Beta, Dober Greaves Beta, and Atk charm 3. I have another build which is an Ice Gunlance build which is used to counter Teo and Diablos and such.
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24 May 2018 19:14
If you guys have any idea of how I can also improve that build feel free to comment your ideas. All help is welcome
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24 May 2018 19:12
My build consists of the Anja Striker 3,Nergi coil and Nergi chest alpha,Dragonking eyepatch, Rathalos vambraces and Rathalos greaves alpha I still need to augment so this build isnt complee yet but it will be soon. I dont know what to calll this build but Im thinking of calling it the Hell Fires Wrath
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14 May 2018 23:19
Catastrophe’s light build Nergigante chest arms and legs alpha coil is beta with attack charm 3 jewels are attack jewel tenderizer jewel flight jewel rest with whatever you want. I use fortitude and vitality OR whatever resistances I need
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10 May 2018 11:59
Here's a build, I call it the Anti-BullSh!t Build, Bazel helm B, Kirin chest B, X'eno grasps and boots B, X'eno coil A and Earplugs charm Lv 3, any weapon of your choice, (Me personally as a great sword main I use the Wyvern Ignition for the two Lv 1 jewel slots and the natural white sharpness), Jewels required include 1 resistance jewel for Lv 3 blight resistance, 1 Brace jewel for Lv 3 Flinch free and then the rest of the slots are free for if you want to put in some elemental resistant jewels or different utility jewels like an elementaless jewel or a couple of attack and vitality jewels if you have them.
- Anonymous
09 May 2018 17:49
Hey guys, I would like someone to make a Diablos Tyrannis II build with 4 Attack Boost, Capacity Boost, Maximum Might 3, Weakness Exploit 3, Elementless, and Artillery. Also, no focus, I'll be fine without it.
02 May 2018 01:22
I added Hunter Ranks (HR) to each build to help players determine if it fits their rank. I'll try to add a few more lower HR builds for people. I don't intend to add any Low Rank builds, unless there is a demand.
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01 May 2018 01:11
I updated the builds page to have a table showing all the build components and updated the build list. Please provide any feedback so I can make improvements. I'll try to incorporate some of the builds from the comments as well.
- Anonymous
20 Apr 2018 02:25
You should make builds for specific HRs. Because I just got into Monster Hunter (MHW realed me in) and I'm only HR4, trying to take down that stupid Anjanath.
-P.S. use the bow, the anjanth can't TOUCH you. The only reason I haven't killed it is because I can't find the time to play...
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01 Apr 2018 10:00
Does anyone know what kind of good build I can make with an HR 7 character? I have almost all my armor sets up to the blue flash bulb chicken (seriously listen to the sounds it makes when you hit it) and Staypuff bat thing as I call them. Haven't gone down into the Rotten Vale yet.
26 Mar 2018 09:09
Full Crit/Pierce Bow Build Dragon Piercer Crit Build Equipment: Dragonking Eyepatch a (Pierce Jewel 3) Kaiser Mail b (Trueshot Jewel 1 x2) Bazel Vambraces b (Critical Jewel 2) Vaal Hazak Coil b (Attack Jewel 1 x2) Bazel Greaves a (Attack Jewel 1) Unscathed Charm 2 Villainous Brace (Augment with Health Regen x2 for survivability) Notes: This build relies on draw attack to have full crit after you draw your bow, so its gimmicky but this relies on using Dragon Piercer sheathing and drawing.
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20 Mar 2018 17:53
Idk what to call my build because you can use any weapon with it, just change a few gem slots. Shadow shades, vaal mail B, vaal braces B, xeno spin B, vaal greaves B, health charm 3. Gives 11 lvl 1 gems slots, and 1 lvl 2. I'm running with max poison resis, max para resis, max stun resis, max blight resis, max effuvia resis, lvl 2 recovery, lvl 1 widrang to save my buds, protective polish, Gaurd up, and non elemental. Thats for if your using a shield, other wise use dragon king I patch and swap out Gaurd up for weakness exploit. With 3 pieces from vaal your health will anyways regen augment health so every hit gives health back and boom no more death. Obviously you don't have to run the gems I'm using I just join rand missions and dont like switching my stuff around every time so I'm ready for everything. My weapon gives me a lvl 3 gem slot and a lvl 2 be for someone says I have more perks then my armor can give.
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06 Oct 2018 13:05
Someone delete this entire section. It's a waste of time and energy. It's unrealistic to think that anyone would be able to forge any of these builds at even close to the listed ranks considering quite a few of those gems are farmed from T2 tempered quests. You should change this entire list to about HR 20+ minimum. In fact, just delete it. Some of these builds are complete wastes. Then again, what to expect from a copy paste job eh?
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