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.
See Loadouts for information on configuring a complete and efficient Hunter arsenal.
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) |
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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| Zenith's Wyvernsnipe Heavy Bowgun Build High Rank High damage Prototype |
Heavy Bowgun Damage HR50+ |
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5x 1x 1x 1x Argumentation: Attack Bowgun Mods: Any |
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(5/7) Critical Eye (4/5) Heroics (3/3) Peak Performance (2/7) Attack Boost (2/2) Special Ammo Boost (2/5) Wide Range (2/3) Maximum Might (1/1) Non-Elemental Boost (1/1) Fortify |
The build was made to deal as much damage as possible with Wyvernsnipe. You can switch the jewels to how you prefer. Use traps to ensure you get a good shot. Specialized Tools: |
Anonymous25 Jun 2020 03:17
I just used full Nergi armor and a defender V hammer along with some decors and jewels and I'm set. Some of these builds are just useless and kinda disappointing for some of them...
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11 May 2020 19:56
A good build is the paralysis build for console ps4 it consists of Head: Rath helm alpha Body: diablos mail alpha Gloves: bone gloves alpha Coil: nergigante coil alpha Legs: girros boots alpha Weapon: dark ripper3 Or dark scimitar 3 Charm: immobilize charm 1 or 2 Decoration: are attack decorations only
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09 Jan 2020 14:27
has anybody tried a crit build with tempered teostra armor w/ the kulve chest and dragonking eyepatch (xeno ls), you can get above 1.1k damage
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09 Jan 2019 14:38
You’d think a build called “Dragon Slayer” would be a pure-DPS build that is Val Hazzak or Deviljho centric with an emphasis on actually improving dragon element and damage. It’s especially scary that neither of the tank builds tell you to use Uragaan armor, which has a set bonus that screams “I’M THE TANK ARMOR!” The one “tank” build is clearly more focused on solo-survivability than actual tanking, and the other is a DPS build that’s improperly labeled. Hell, why would THAT HIGH of Earplug tank ever be necessary for a tank?? The only monster that it’s sensible against is Lunastra because it’s the only monster that is an actual threat while you’re roar-staggered, and that’s only after it uses it’s AoE Elderdragon Ability.
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03 Jan 2019 19:09
Yeah I'm inclined to agree these aren't early game builds and should be removed. Also all of the tank builds are worthless compared to mine keep ur 1k defense wont save you from heavy impacts or one shots. My build can fully block behemoth and it only uses 450 defense.
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06 Nov 2018 21:43
Added my 3 main builds. Insect Glaive, Charge Blade and Long Sword. Give me your feedback if you think you can help me to improve it ! They're not "Meta" builds but after multiple tests, they are definitely viable. :D
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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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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...
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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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25 Jun 2020 03:24
The support healer tank is useless and broken. Xeno set isn't meant for tanking and there are no tank skills whatsoever. And horn maestro is a useless skill if it was meant for GS users and really it's just Xeno armor that was made to heal others which there are better builds for
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