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Builds
Dragon eye patch
For an affinity crit build with minimal weakness.
Equipments:
- Odogaron waist and legs
- Xeno’jiiva arms
- Dober chest
- Xeno’Jiiva great sword or Odo dual blades
Notes:
- Decorations are Expert Tenderizer and challenger and mighty jewels.
- Charm can be Attack, crit eye, crit boost, or maximum might.
- Use the combination to fit your playstyle while maximizing what skills you can without waste.
Poison Build
High Poison dmg but lack of raw dmg.
Equipments:
- Datura Blaze III
- Venom Charm III
- 3 pieces of pink rathian heart armor (to unlock poison duration UP)
- Tool specialist (to spam Apothecary Mantle that enhances status buildup)
Notes:
- For poison lovers/kushala haters
CB Build
High Poison dmg but lack of raw dmg.
Equipments:
- Diablos Tyrannis II - Augmented for Attack and an extra slot for an Attack gem
- Dragonking Eyepatch w/ Tenderizer Jewel(Weakness Exploit)
- Dober Mail Beta w/ Capacity Boost Deco
- Nergigante Vambraces Alpha
- Nergigante Coil Beta w/ Attack Jewel
- Nergigante Greaves Beta w/ Elementless Jewel
- Artillery Charm III
Notes:
- 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. If you don't care about the set bonus you can substitute the legs out but there isn't a ton of great options with level 2 gem slots.
Strong hammer attacks and critical hits Build
The appearance is not the beautiful, but the hammer build crushes every Monster.
Equipments:
- Diablos Shatterer II
Augmentations: Attack increase and Affinity increase.
Decorations: Elementless Jewel 2 - Head: Dragonking Eyepatch (α)
Chest: Black Diablos Nero Mail (β)
Arms: Black Diablos Nero Braces (β)
Waist: Odogaron Coil (β)
Legs: Nergigante Greaves (α)
Charms: Attack Charm III - Decorations:
2x Attack jewel 1
2x Destroyer Jewel 1
2x Protection Jewel 2
1x Handicraft Jewel 3 - Other equipments: Affinity Booster and Rocksteady Mantle.
Notes:
- Palico equipments
Weapon: Felyne Bazel Mace (α)
Armour: Felyne Xeno Veil (α) and Felyne Xeno Dress (α)
Gadgets: Coral Orchestra or Plunderblade
BLAST CHARGE BLADE Build
This build is focused on enhancing damage from the charge blade move Element Discharge, as well as Blast damage, and Phial Damage while targeting Monster parts.
Equipments:
- WEAPON-Gama Silt II (2 Slots)
- HELM- Bazel Helm Alpha (1 Slot)
- CHEST- Dodogama Mail Alpha (0 Slots)
- BRACES- Dodogama Vambracers Alpha (0 Slots)
- WAIST- Bazel Coil Beta (1 Slot)
- LEGS- Bazel Greaves Alpha (1 Slot)
- CHARM- Artillery Charm III
- MANTLE- Apothecary Mantle or Impact Mantle
- PALICO GEAR- Coral Orchestra
Notes:
- GEMS RECOMMENDED-
~Destroyer Jewel (Partbreaker)X3
~Tenderizer Jewel (Weakness Expliot)X2 - FULL SUMMARY
Earplugs 3/5
Blast Attack 3/3
Bombardier 3/3
Artillery 3/3
Critical Draw 1/3
Partbreaker 3/3
Weakness Expliot 2/3
Non-elemental damage boost 1/1
Bazel Set Bonus- Guts
GOD MODE SUPPORT
Your friends will be coming out of the wood work to play with you. Using a combo of the horn, the skill WIDE-RANGE and the skill MUSHMANCER you have no excuse to ever let a team member die again. you will be applying healing through mush and potions, and buffing attack, defense, wind pressure and stam usage reduction, also the buff you use on yourself using mushrooms will be applied to the team.
Equipments:
- WEAPON-(HH) Xeno Manasheena 2x3 (2 SLOT)
- HELM- MOSSWINE MASK ALPHA- 2 MUSHMANCER (0 SLOT)
- CHEST- VAAL HAZAK MAIL BETA 2x recovery speed 2x1 SLOT (2 SLOT)
- BRACES- Tzitzi Vambraces Alpha- 1x wide range 2x stun resist (0 SLOT)
- WAIST-Tzitzi Coil Alpha- 2x wide range 1x water attack (0 SLOT) <--------LOOK INTO CHANGE
- LEGS- Death Stench Heel Beta 2x handicraft 2x1 (2 SLOT)
- CHARM- HEALTH BOOST 3
Notes:
- 6 gem SLOT TOTAL **NEEDS** - (1 SONOROUS)(2 FRIENDSHIP)(1 Satiated)(2 GOBBLER)
- FULL SUMMARY
5/5 WIDE RANGE-
2/3 STUN RESIST-
3/3 HEALTH BOOST-
1/1 HORN MAESTRO-
2/3 RECOVERY SPEED-
1/3 WATER ATTACK-
1/1 FREE MEAL-
2/3 SPEED EATING-
2/3 MUSHMANCER-
2/3 HANDICRAFT-
HP REGEN BUILD
Fast HP regen.
Equipments:
- Vaal Hazak Mail Alpha (Body)
- Vaal Hazak Braces Beta (Hands)
- Vaal Hazak Greaves Beta (Feet)
- Bazel Helm Beta (Head)
- Bazel Coil Beta (waist)
- Glutton’s Charm III
- Decorations:
1x Earplug Jewel
2x Vitality Jewel
3x Steadfast Jewel
3x Medical Jewel
Notes:
- Earplugs lvl 5, Speed eating lvl 3, Stun Resistance lvl 3, Vitality lvl 2 (+30 HP), Recovery Speed x2, Super Recovery (Regen), Heals 30%, Effluvia Resistance lvl 2, Peak Performance lvl 1, Dragon Attack lvl 1 (+30)
- If you wanted 3x vitality equip Vaal Hazak Mail Beta for 1 extra gem slot (Vit lvl 3 +50hp) just a different look
HUNTING HORN Build
Description
Equipments:
- WEAPON- FORTISSIMO II 2x1- (2 SLOT)
HELM- Damascus helm beta- 2x defense boost 1x3 SLOT (1 SLOT)
CHEST- VAAL HAZAK MAIL BETA 2xrecovery speed 2x1 SLOT (2 SLOT)
BRACES- Tzitzi Vambraces Alpha- 1x wide range 2x stun resist (0 SLOT)
WAIST- ***Tzitzi Coil Alpha- 2x wide range 1x water attack (0 SLOT)***
LEGS- demascus greaves alpha 2xdefense boost 1xiron skin 1x1 SLOT** (1 SLOT)
CHARM- HEALT BOOST 3
Notes:
- 6 gem SLOT TOTAL **NEEDS** - (1 SONOROUS)(2 FRIENDSHIP)(2 DEFENSE)(1 STEADFAST)
- FULL SUMMARY
5/5 WIDE RANGE-
3/3 STUN RESIST-
3/3 HEALTH BOOST-
1/1 HORN MAESTRO-
6/7 DEFENSE BOOST-
2/3 RECOVERY SPEED-
3/3 HEALTH BOOST-
1/3 WATER ATTACK-
1/3 IRON SKIN-
Player Build
Description
Equipments:
- Nergigante Mail beta, (Body) Purgation’s Atrocity
- Nergigante Vambracers beta (Hands)
- Nergigante Greaves alpha (Feet)
- Bazel Helm beta (Head)
- Bazel Coil beta (waist)
- Glutton’s Charm III
- Decorations:
2x Vitality Jewel
3x Steadfast Jewel
Notes:
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Makes for a very nice build no screams to interrupt your attacks and no stun is sooooooo nice lol
Plus speed eating to keep you alive.
Dragoon build
Description
Equipments:
- Xeno'jiiva armor
- Xeno'jiiva Beta Head and Waist.
- Xeno'jiiv Alpha Chest, arms, and legs.
- Rider's charm
- Catastrophe's light
Notes:
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Made to fight dragons (including Elder Dragons)
Break Down Build(Hammer)
Description: Not an offense build, but a useful build to wear down the monster for your allies.
Equipment:
- Dragon King Eyepatch
- Diablos Beta chestpiece
- Death Stench Grip Beta
- Bazel Coil Beta
- Diablos leggings Alpha
Notes- Use one of the two paralyze hammers. The armor gives you a 30% to stun the monster. The weakness exploit furthers this as you should always strike the head.
Exhaust Decorations should also be added, 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.
Lucky Meal Horn
(Description: A good Support for any Horn, Let the horn be up to your groups needs not the build itself, that's why this build was created )
Equipment :
- Guild Cross Beta (Head)
Commission Beta (Chest)
Tzitzi Vambraces Alpha (Arms)
Kirin Hoop Beta (Waist)
Vangises Greaves B (Legs)
KO Charm III- Needed Decoration 1 Satiated,1 Gobbler, 1 Steadfast, 2 Friendship, 2 Resistor, 1 Blessing, 1 Sonorous
Notes : After That you will have Wide-range 5, Speed Eating 3, Stun Resistance 3, Blight Resistance 3, Divine Blessing 3, Slugger 3,Free Meal, & Horn Maestro.
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Anonymous01 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.
- Anonymous
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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10 Mar 2018 07:50
I run a critical set with rath soul helm B, Oda Mail B, Xeno claws A, Dober coil A, and a critical 3 charm. Set hits hard with any weapon with about 10% affinity
- Anonymous
10 Mar 2018 07:00
I run the anti monster bulls*** set. Xeno B legs coil and gauntlets. Bazel B helm Damascus B Chest Earplugs III Charm. You have 12 jewel slot to play with depending on your weapon but the most important jewels are 1 resistor 1 flinch free and 3 steadfast. I then tailor the other slots to what I need for whatever weapon I may be using or monster I may be fighting.
- Anonymous
09 Mar 2018 00:08
personally I use the Guild Cross Alpha set with a different elemental res decoration in each of the slots on the armor, a defense 3 charm with a defense decoration in my Extermination's Edge longsword and carrying a both armor charm and talon and the power charm and talon which results in around 408 defense and 23 of each elemental resistance
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04 Mar 2018 22:19
Dragon eye patch,
Odo waist and Odo legs, Xeno’jiiva arms, Dober chest while wielding Xeno’Jivva great sword or Odo dual blades for an affinity crit build with minimal weakness. Well my version of such lol
Decorations are Expert Tenderizer and challenger and mighty jewels. Charm can be Attack, crit eye, crit boost, or maximum might. Use the combination to fit your style while maximizing what you can without waist
- Anonymous
03 Mar 2018 13:00
Hello! im too lazy to type 2 much but the poison build i use (ye i know raw dmg is best, this just sort of happened) consists of Datura Blaze III, Venom Charm III, 3 pieces of pink rathian heart armor (to unlock poison duration UP)and tool specialist (to spam Apothecary Mantle that enhances status buildup). hope the poison lovers/kushala haters out there will like this base.
- Anonymous
02 Mar 2018 04:37
I just wanted a tank build for anything. Using the Baal helm B, uragaan mail A, uragaan vambraces A, xeno spine B, uragaan greaves B, iron side charm lvl 3, and the glutton gunlance 3. With the right gems gives you max earplugs so you can spam gunlances looping combo, max guard cuz you can block unblockables including the grab moves, max blight resistance, max part breaker, protective polish, and will have 3 lvl gem slots for extra health or a max stun, sleep, or whatever you want depending in the hunt. Obviously you won't be a dmg dealer but you'll never die or have to back away from the monster so just spam the looping combo for a constant flow of dmg.
26 Feb 2018 12:03
First and foremost, I build this around the idea of my love of glaive, before it was Number 1 weapon in the game (I partially blame how badass I am as to it's current number 1 status hurr hurr). The Glaive is interchangeable, so I'm just going to list armor, pick the glaive you have best suited for the zone or the specific monster you're hunting, and melt them like butter.
-you can get most of this set easily early on in high rank, I found it easy at least, then again, I had just hit high rank and was slaying bazelgeze with ease in low rank rathalos armor lol)
-Rathalos Helm beta
-Ratholos Mail beta
-Rathalos Vambraces beta
-insert whatever coil you'd like here (I'm currently Using Odogaron Coil Beta, gave a thought to palomu but meh)
-Rathalos Graves Alpha
-Breaker Charm (Used the Attack Charm until I got this)
It slams hard, severs tails with EASE and breaks everything else. Damage is heavy, right from go. Just learn to dodge, and use the air properly and you'll even be taking down nergigante in ~10 minutes. For Kushala Daora, bring flash pods and GG
- Anonymous
25 Feb 2018 23:53
I can't justify using earplugs in this game. Its actually easy to roll a roar this time around, and I don't feel it saves enough time to be worth that many points.
23 Feb 2018 07:10
CB Build
Diablos Tyrannis II - Augmented for Attack and an extra slot for an Attack gem
Dragonking Eyepatch w/ Tenderizer Jewel(Weakness Exploit)
Dober Mail Beta w/ Capacity Boost Deco
Nergigante Vambraces Alpha
Nergigante Coil Beta w/ Attack Jewel
Nergigante Greaves Beta w/ Elementless Jewel
Artillery Charm III
Attack +7
Artillery +3
Weakness Exploit +3
Agitator +2
Capacity Boost +1
Non-elemental Boost +1
Maximum Might +1
Plus the Nergigante set bonus of Hasten Recovery
This is my ideal Diablos CB build. 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. If you don't care about the set bonus you can substitute the legs out but there isn't a ton of great options with level 2 gem slots. A lot of these build have your character looking like a damn fool but this one looks better than most.
- Anonymous
22 Feb 2018 12:46
a very elementary way to play this type of game would be to just stack damage. it is clear the developers did not make a "best" way to kill a monster. honestly the best advice is to understand what each skill does and how each weapon works, and which skills it would benefit from. there will be many clear choices depending on your role. from there you choose your playstyle.
21 Feb 2018 17:19
Its almost common knowledge that raw damge builds are the best so I would just try to stick to those at this point.
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17 Feb 2018 06:40
Strong hammer attacks and critical hits.
Weapon:
Diablos Shatterer II
Augmentations: Attack increase and Affinity increase.
Decorations: Elementless Jewel 2
Armour
Head: Dragonking Eyepatch (α)
Chest: Black Diablos Nero Mail (β)
Arms: Black Diablos Nero Braces (β)
Waist: Odogaron Coil (β)
Legs: Nergigante Greaves (α)
Charms: Attack Charm III
Decorations:
2x Attack jewel 1
2x Destroyer Jewel 1
2x Protection Jewel 2
1x Handicraft Jewel 3
Other equipments: Affinity Booster and Rocksteady Mantle.
Palico equipments
Weapon: Felyne Bazel Mace (α)
Armour: Felyne Xeno Veil (α) and Felyne Xeno Dress (α)
Gadgets: Coral Orchestra or Plunderblade
The appearance is not the beautiful, but the hammer build crushes every Monster.
- Anonymous
16 Feb 2018 21:49
How to build things in game? I have played while. about 5 hours and can not build. Help please.
- Anonymous
14 Feb 2018 23:15
BLAST CHARGE BLADE
WEAPON-Gama Silt II (2 Slots)
HELM- Bazel Helm Alpha (1 Slot)
CHEST- Dodogama Mail Alpha (0 Slots)
BRACES- Dodogama Vambracers Alpha (0 Slots)
WAIST- Bazel Coil Beta (1 Slot)
LEGS- Bazel Greaves Alpha (1 Slot)
CHARM- Artillery Charm III
MANTLE- Apothecary Mantle or Impact Mantle
PALICO GEAR- Coral Orchestra
GEMS RECOMMENDED-
~Destroyer Jewel (Partbreaker)X3
~Tenderizer Jewel (Weakness Expliot)X2
FULL SUMMARY
Earplugs 3/5
Blast Attack 3/3
Bombardier 3/3
Artillery 3/3
Critical Draw 1/3
Partbreaker 3/3
Weakness Expliot 2/3
Non-elemental damage boost 1/1
Bazel Set Bonus- Guts
This build is focused on enhancing damage from the charge blade move Element Discharge, as well as Blast damage, and Phial Damage while targeting Monster parts.
- Anonymous
14 Feb 2018 20:36
GOD MODE SUPPORT
WEAPON-(HH) Xeno Manasheena 2x3 (2 SLOT)
HELM- MOSSWINE MASK ALPHA- 2 MUSHMANCER (0 SLOT)
CHEST- VAAL HAZAK MAIL BETA 2xrecovery speed 2x1 SLOT (2 SLOT)
BRACES- Tzitzi Vambraces Alpha- 1x wide range 2x stun resist (0 SLOT)
WAIST-Tzitzi Coil Alpha- 2x wide range 1x water attack (0 SLOT) <--------LOOK INTO CHANGE
LEGS- Death Stench Heel Beta 2x handicraft 2x1 (2 SLOT)
CHARM- HEALTH BOOST 3
6 gem SLOT TOTAL **NEEDS** - (1 SONOROUS)(2 FRIENDSHIP)(1 Satiated)(2 GOBBLER)
FULL SUMMARY
5/5 WIDE RANGE-
2/3 STUN RESIST-
3/3 HEALTH BOOST-
1/1 HORN MAESTRO-
2/3 RECOVERY SPEED-
1/3 WATER ATTACK-
1/1 FREE MEAL-
2/3 SPEED EATING-
2/3 MUSHMANCER-
2/3 HANDICRAFT-
Your friends will be coming out of the wood work to play with you. Using a combo of the horn, the skill WIDE-RANGE and the skill MUSHMANCER you have no excuse to ever let a team member die again. you will be applying healing through mush and potions, and buffing attack, defense, wind pressure and stam usage reduction, also the buff you use on yourself using mushrooms will be applied to the team.
- Anonymous
13 Feb 2018 16:04
HP REGEN BUILD
Armor:
Vaal Hazak Mail Alpha (Body)
Vaal Hazak Braces Beta (Hands)
Vaal Hazak Greaves Beta (Feet)
Bazel Helm Beta (Head)
Bazel Coil Beta (waist)
Glutton’s Charm III
Decorations:
1x Earplug Jewel
2x Vitality Jewel
3x Steadfast Jewel
3x Medical Jewel
Earplugs lvl 5, Speed eating lvl 3, Stun Resistance lvl 3, Vitality lvl 2 (+30 HP), Recovery Speed x2, Super Recovery (Regen), Heals 30%, Effluvia Resistance lvl 2, Peak Performance lvl 1, Dragon Attack lvl 1 (+30)
(if you wanted 3x vitality equip Vaal Hazak Mail Beta for 1 extra gem slot (Vit lvl 3 +50hp) just a different look)
- Anonymous
13 Feb 2018 16:02
HP REGEN BUILD
Armor:
Vaal Hazak Mail Alpha (Body)
Vaal Hazak Braces Beta (Hands)
Vaal Hazak Greaves Beta (Feet)
Bazel Helm Beta (Head)
Bazel Coil Beta (waist)
Glutton’s Charm III
Decorations:
1x Earplug Jewel
2x Vitality Jewel
3x Steadfast Jewel
3x Medical Jewel
Earplugs lvl 5, Speed eating lvl 3, Stun Resistance lvl 3, Vitality lvl 2 (+30 HP), Recovery Speed x2, Super Recovery (Regen), Heals 30%, Effluvia Resistance lvl 2, Peak Performance lvl 1, Dragon Attack lvl 1 (+30)
(if you wanted 3x vitality equip Vaal Hazak Mail Beta for 1 extra gem slot (Vit lvl 3 +50hp) just a different look)
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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