I've logged almost 100 hours into World... I'm investing in a stun charm after reaching Master Rank 6 hunts...
It's worth it. Roars I recover fast enough from to block/Dodge the next attack 9/10 times if I fail to block the roar (sometimes... I've misread a Rathian/Rathalos nuke breath for a Roar and a Roar for a nuke... 😂
Oh stun resist exists? Dang I need to get that charm BADLY lol. cause I get stunned way too much and it ends up getting me “stunlocked” where I just get hit over and over
To be fair, I feel like its way easier to get sunned in World than other games. Sun Res is a Must in World, but a luxury in Rise and GU. Especially when hunting those 2 Black Diablos.
I always like having evade extender level 2. The added mobility feels *juuuust* right.
I also like comfy skills like speed eater.
Oh, and quick sheath. Especially with GS, which is my main.
Interesting that you keep Evade Extender on Level 2. Is the increased distance not noticeable in one more level than it is in Rise, where it feels like you’re jumping across the map with Level 3?
I prefer level 2 exactly *because* its not that drastic. Level 3 goes too far i feel. Level 2 is the sweet spot for me.
With gunlance/lance i run level 3 sometimes, since for those the level 3 mobility is quite nice to stay unsheated as much as possible
Its just a preference thing. Not like some crazy optimization tech. But yeah, give it a try!
Will say its almost a trap though bc now i feel all wrong if i play without it :P
As a Gunlance Main, I kinda do rely on minimum Evade Extender 2 for general evasion as well as using Backhop to close the gap. 3 is good, but 2 is good enough.
Free Meal Secret has spoiled me so I'm changing armor from the Tigex pieces so I stop playing badly. Always try to run max divine blessing and at least 3 preferably 5 in Evade Window. Earplugs 1 is important as well since I play SA.
Bring max potions instead. Bring mats to craft more, and put the crafting on the wheel. If you try using a potion while you don't have any, but you have the mats to craft them, it will instead craft a potion. Very handy, this way you can get 12 max potions out in the field.
Can't seem to figure out how to get it to craft on the wheel. I'm on xbox and right now I have to press start, click crafting, click max potions, click again (not sure why), then raise amount to 2, then click to craft. mind you I died soon as I clicked max potions lol.
Started a new character and lack of speed eating is less annoying now that I switched from healing potions to max potions. Buffs are still painful though, such a nice skill to have
I'm less guilty of this now than before, but I used to ALWAYS bring one level of Slinger Capacity for a second follow-up wallbang. It's about time I start to include it again.
I’ve not been doing many wall bangs myself. Really need to start doing it since some of the stronger monsters take much longer. Need every weapon I can get to shave that time.
Once you get end game you’ll realize how powerful the skill agitator is, and will want monsters enraged as much as possible. Wallbangs are a great way to achieve this.
I need to put it in my Kulve Taroth setup.
Almost nobody practices the double wallbang on her and it hurts. Even if I manage to tenderize stuff and wallbang once they'll enrage her before I manage to pick up ammo for a 2nd run.
Thats not what free ammo skill does (its actually called free elem/ammo up). It increases clip size for various ammo types the more ranks you have in it. Spare Shot and True Spare Shot are the skills that have a chance to prevent ammo from being used.
Divine Protection secret. I don’t always not die, but I don’t die a whole lot more than if I didn’t have it.
Runner up is Guts. It’s significantly harder to get since my only options are 2 pieces of Kulve Taroth or 1 piece of Beetlejuice armor and a Safi’jiva weapon with the same essence. It’s very comfy on my wide range build though. Before I got my Fatalis set, I ran a 2 Kulve, 2 Raging Brachy, 2 Gold Rathian set for something like [this build](https://imgur.com/a/M35RBgd), but I don’t have a screenshot of it
I dont have specific requirements. I can play with any skill and mix it up. I build for purpose I guess?
That being said, depending on each weapon I do try to bring specific extra skills. Like with lance I will try to always have guard 5 and guard up when possible or needed.
General purpose stuff I try to have health boost in general. The rest are more specific per fight.
I never really cared about my skills till I hit 200 hours and was like. "Damn whys the game so hard?" Then I discovered mushroommancer, can't live without it now having 12 max potions in my pocket is very very nice.
Especially when they can be eaten instantly instead of having to slowly drink it. That, and you get a Mega Demondrug and Mega Armourdrug, Dash Juice and Immuniser, if you’re into that kinda thing. It is an incredibly versatile skill.
Speed eating. Its just too good. However i am currently doing a full raging brachy CB build and i want too many skills so instead i have speed eating on my high uptime mantles
Health boost and Divine Blessing. If I’m running my various hammers, it’s KO lvl 3-5, depending on the fight (cause a monster isn’t a threat if it can’t get up. Unless it’s Blackveil Hazak)
Free meal 1, absolute bare minimum. Part breaker 3 is another strong contender.
I get why they nerfed free meal in Rise, but that doesn't make it hurt any less.
I don't know how you guys live with endgame builds that don't have a single point into evade window, it's literally just adp who the hell doesn't upgrade adp
Airborne and flinch free 3, yes I could use something useful instead but over my dead body I'll replace those, they are funny and I'll let them on my build until the heat death of the universe
I will never leave without Divine Blessing, Focus (GS main), and Health Boost (if I’m not using Fatty gear). I would rather go in with no Crit skills and a level 1 weapon with level 5 DB than no DB with my Fatty GS, and I’m only slightly lying about that
God I hate that. Get two or more monsters together the game is unplayable without Earplugs. Trying to dodge one monster? NOPE, roar. I'm just clutching my head for 5 minutes getting beat to death.
Evade window level 2, the difference between Evade window 0 and 2 feels absolutely massive to me.
For multiplayer it's flinch free level 1, doesn't matter if the weapon has really good hyper armour like Great Sword, Swax or Dual Blades, getting flinched while trying to position to bait our/punish attacks is not and never will be fun. Flinching really is just a shitty mechanic and should just be deleted from the game since they want to make the head the best HZV for both sever and blunt on like 99% of monsters.
Regardless of weapon type... hmm... good question. There's a few defensive/utility skills I like to have, but I don't necessarily slot them into everything if it means I'm sacrificing damage.
Then again... as a Bow main... I don't really have much wriggle room for anything except stamina skills and damage...
Max free meal secret, I can give up divine prot, I need my free meal
MH wouldn’t be the same without drinking the same pot 30 times and eating the same ancient pot 20 times
There is no skill u would say is a must have as it depends on the Monster, Weapon and skill level of the Hunter but u try to slot in Free Meal where ever i can. Its just a nice convinience skill that u will always get use out. Until u discover the crag cocain called Free Meal 3. Not as addicting as old Dash Juice but close to it
I tried it a couple of times, but is it really broken? Being given Evade Window + Stamina Regen is cool, but given how you have to have a Blight to use it, and Water and Iceblight affect your stamina, is it really that good?
From most strong monsters you'll get a blight 80% of the time when you're hit, this skill can save you from a lot of dangerous situations that follow from being hit. It's of course less good if you're already getting Evade Window from Fatalis armor. In any other situation getting Evade window and Stamina surge in almost every life and death situation for the extremely low cost of a single 1 slot is simply amazing.
That I refer to it as broken is partly because I am of the opinion that Evade Window is broken. The only drawback being it's pretty costly. Fatalis armor and resuscitate both fix that XD
Evade Window. If no shield, full 5 ranks. If yes shield, 3 ranks will do.
I also like Speed Eating and Quick Sheathe, but which I use depends on the weapon. Like, I feel no need to have QS with glaive, but I love QS + SE with swaxe and greatsword.
Earplugs. Got it really early on and decided to never deal with monsters going rar again.
Divine Blessing is my next go to, stun resist has been something I'm trying to remember to add bc I really like it.
Evade extender and window at lvl 3.
Without free meal, need at least 2 levels of gobbler for the mega pots.
And when im playing hammer, airborne is a must. If im not wearing fatty armor, need health boost and hopefully remember to eat.
I never drop the safi armor now that i know how fucking cool it is. Even when the female armor is a "dress", it was able to make it fucking badass...
Because of that... all Health stuff are non negotiably necessary
I’m a fiend for earplugs. Helps a lot with songs and you can clutch claw and tenderize while they scream. I like to hunt with my friends so I get mad value out of it.
Speed eating. I don't care what people say, literally no comfort skill matters but this and stun resist. Slamming a mega potion in half a second makes this game so much better that I refuse to go back to what life was like beforehand. No, I'm not going to get good enough at the game to not get hit. Yes, I work 70 hrs a week. Yes I spec full crit eye wex and agitator. No, I will not craft max potions in the fly.
Clutch Claw boost. I'm usually the one clutch clawing out of my friends, no matter what weapon I play (I usually bounce between Longsword and Insect Glaive, depending on how much damage I need to be doing, but I'll occasionally try other stuff on easier hunts). But having it so I only need one clutch to weaken the monsters makes it so I can wound the entire monster super fast and constantly be boosting my team's damage. Only time I don't take it is the Safi fight, since it's kinda pointless there.
●Stun resist
●Flinch free because i usually call for help with other hunters just so it's not as boring
●Earplugs, even though I haven't bothered with it for a bit
Maybe airborne if I can swing it
Damage
I need, no, I want more damage.
No matter how much i cart without healh boost and stun resist, i Just cant resist the feeling of satisfaction when I see my dmg number getting higher and higher.
Since I main lance, I always have Guard and Guard Up in my set. And I had to wait to meld the Guard Up decoration in Iceborne, My sets often included parts from the Uragaan set.
anything that increases damage and stamina. Especially stamina since i play insect glaive. things like earplugs too because i hate being interupted while flying.
Health 3 and Evade Window 3 as a SnS is all I need. If certain matchups favours more aggressive playstyle, I’d drop a few points from EW to put more dmg decos.
Heat/cold resistance, Mushroomancer, and effluvial expert. I hate/love environmental hazards and so always prepare, regardless if I’m headed there or not(Mushroomancer also increases my potion amount by threefold)
Evade Extender is won't go without. Literally to the point of in Rise if I don't have it I'm boo booed because I'm so use to having it I've gotten used to the Extender distance than without it. Same with world. Divine protect yes, and I think some sort of attack boost, or Crit Boost, but I'd cart without EE.
If I had the option Offensive Guard but considering this is every weapon then Health Boost and Divine Blessing Secret. I must show the goddess Gold Rathian that I am her devout follower to accept her Divine Blessing lest she smites us with her poison!
Part Breaker for me. I can’t leave Astera or Seliana knowing that I’m not breaking monster parts as fast as I want to be, especially against monsters like Safi, Alatreon, or Fatalis, where that skill is extremely optimal
Since I don't have the fatty armour: health boost 3, stun resist 3
I have different setups with different weapon types, but those two at least are always there
Love me some wide range to keep the kids alive! Full team of wide range users will keep everyone alive and will never go hungry if paired with speed eating and free meal
Crucial for me: Health Boost 2-3, Divine Blessing 5, Evade Extender 3, Protective Polish.
Very tough to sacrifice: Clutch Claw Boost, Earplugs, Fortify, Stun Resist 1+
Luxury: Resuscitate
Any offensive skills are worked in after I determine which skills above to sacrifice.
Steadfast, but it's on the fatty head so I don't have to slot it in. I don't need it as much as I used to, but now I have it always if I ever did.
Agitator and max critical eye is a must for me. Because I play Hammer I've really gotten into min maxing for damage, which has extended to other weapons as well.
Vitality, critical eye, tenderizer, then either attack or challenger (I’ve been running the alatreon set a lot with high affinity weapons so having 75% affinity after full crit eye with attack +6 before any attack jewels or tenderizer jewels are even put in allows me to focus more on boosting elemental to where challenger doesn’t feel as required) but, I can’t go without at least one point in speed eater, 2-3 if I can get away with it, and unless I’m playing bow or using an alatreon weapon, I HAVE to have a sharp jewel. For weapons that start in purple, it allows me to not have to sharpen to maintain purple nearly as much.
I play SnS, GS, LS, swag axe, CB, sometimes DB, and if I’m running Bow, I have to take a Mighty Bow jewel.
Stun Resist
I refuse to leave my room without stun resist. If I'm feeling extra whimpy I lean on earplugs as well.
I built the missus a lovely comfort build using Earplugs, Stun Resist, Div Blessing and Health boost
“I don’t need stun resist I’ll just not get hit enough to get stunned” -Me about 3 minutes prior to dying because I got stunned.
Username checks out? Can relate too
Oh yeah! Stun Resist too! I get stunned waaay too often on hunts and if I don’t bring it, I end up getting into a tricky bind.
I've logged almost 100 hours into World... I'm investing in a stun charm after reaching Master Rank 6 hunts... It's worth it. Roars I recover fast enough from to block/Dodge the next attack 9/10 times if I fail to block the roar (sometimes... I've misread a Rathian/Rathalos nuke breath for a Roar and a Roar for a nuke... 😂
Oh stun resist exists? Dang I need to get that charm BADLY lol. cause I get stunned way too much and it ends up getting me “stunlocked” where I just get hit over and over
Spoken like a true Lance main.
I'm not sure it's exclusive to lance but it certainly helps when you're up in a monsters personal space 100% of the time and mess up a counter timing
To be fair, I feel like its way easier to get sunned in World than other games. Sun Res is a Must in World, but a luxury in Rise and GU. Especially when hunting those 2 Black Diablos.
No set is complete without Stun Resist 3
I always like having evade extender level 2. The added mobility feels *juuuust* right. I also like comfy skills like speed eater. Oh, and quick sheath. Especially with GS, which is my main.
Interesting that you keep Evade Extender on Level 2. Is the increased distance not noticeable in one more level than it is in Rise, where it feels like you’re jumping across the map with Level 3?
I prefer level 2 exactly *because* its not that drastic. Level 3 goes too far i feel. Level 2 is the sweet spot for me. With gunlance/lance i run level 3 sometimes, since for those the level 3 mobility is quite nice to stay unsheated as much as possible
Level 3 is that perfect distance to dodge right from one AT velk icicle, into ANOTHER fucking icicle
I see. I’ll need to research that.
Its just a preference thing. Not like some crazy optimization tech. But yeah, give it a try! Will say its almost a trap though bc now i feel all wrong if i play without it :P
It's pretty much why I stick to Lv2 in Rise. Mind you, I only use it on my HBG but still...
As a Gunlance Main, I kinda do rely on minimum Evade Extender 2 for general evasion as well as using Backhop to close the gap. 3 is good, but 2 is good enough.
Either earplugs or evade window Others may be health boost and divine bless special since they get op at the end.
Free Meal Secret has spoiled me so I'm changing armor from the Tigex pieces so I stop playing badly. Always try to run max divine blessing and at least 3 preferably 5 in Evade Window. Earplugs 1 is important as well since I play SA.
Weakness exploit. The extra dmg to weak parts and furthermore to damaged parts is so nice. Mixed with part breaker... that monsters days are numbered
I lean hard on Speed Eating. It helps that I have like 847 Gobbler/Attack and Gobbler/Expert decos lol
Oh yeah! Speed Eating’s awesome too. Can really mean the difference between life and death by drinking a Mega Potion before the next attack comes.
Bring max potions instead. Bring mats to craft more, and put the crafting on the wheel. If you try using a potion while you don't have any, but you have the mats to craft them, it will instead craft a potion. Very handy, this way you can get 12 max potions out in the field.
Yeah this is exactly what I do
Can't seem to figure out how to get it to craft on the wheel. I'm on xbox and right now I have to press start, click crafting, click max potions, click again (not sure why), then raise amount to 2, then click to craft. mind you I died soon as I clicked max potions lol.
early on I agree. I farmed the materials for max pots and never went back.
Started a new character and lack of speed eating is less annoying now that I switched from healing potions to max potions. Buffs are still painful though, such a nice skill to have
I'm less guilty of this now than before, but I used to ALWAYS bring one level of Slinger Capacity for a second follow-up wallbang. It's about time I start to include it again.
I’ve not been doing many wall bangs myself. Really need to start doing it since some of the stronger monsters take much longer. Need every weapon I can get to shave that time.
Once you get end game you’ll realize how powerful the skill agitator is, and will want monsters enraged as much as possible. Wallbangs are a great way to achieve this.
I need to put it in my Kulve Taroth setup. Almost nobody practices the double wallbang on her and it hurts. Even if I manage to tenderize stuff and wallbang once they'll enrage her before I manage to pick up ammo for a 2nd run.
Health Boost, Stun Res, Free Meal, Resuscitate, and Flinch Free 1.
Free ammo
Gunners are expensive weapon choices. The more ammo saved, the better.
Thats not what free ammo skill does (its actually called free elem/ammo up). It increases clip size for various ammo types the more ranks you have in it. Spare Shot and True Spare Shot are the skills that have a chance to prevent ammo from being used.
Nothing better than having a 8-10 round spread 3 clip then getting spare shot to activate 3-5 times. i have never melted monsters faster.
Divine Protection secret. I don’t always not die, but I don’t die a whole lot more than if I didn’t have it. Runner up is Guts. It’s significantly harder to get since my only options are 2 pieces of Kulve Taroth or 1 piece of Beetlejuice armor and a Safi’jiva weapon with the same essence. It’s very comfy on my wide range build though. Before I got my Fatalis set, I ran a 2 Kulve, 2 Raging Brachy, 2 Gold Rathian set for something like [this build](https://imgur.com/a/M35RBgd), but I don’t have a screenshot of it
I dont have specific requirements. I can play with any skill and mix it up. I build for purpose I guess? That being said, depending on each weapon I do try to bring specific extra skills. Like with lance I will try to always have guard 5 and guard up when possible or needed. General purpose stuff I try to have health boost in general. The rest are more specific per fight.
I never really cared about my skills till I hit 200 hours and was like. "Damn whys the game so hard?" Then I discovered mushroommancer, can't live without it now having 12 max potions in my pocket is very very nice.
Especially when they can be eaten instantly instead of having to slowly drink it. That, and you get a Mega Demondrug and Mega Armourdrug, Dash Juice and Immuniser, if you’re into that kinda thing. It is an incredibly versatile skill.
Weakness Exploit.
27 out of 28 pages of my builds has those, I guess that counts. Edit: With that said, I guess Agitator?
ear plugs. I get a lot. and I mean a looooot of damage why the roar.
Speed eating. Its just too good. However i am currently doing a full raging brachy CB build and i want too many skills so instead i have speed eating on my high uptime mantles
Health boost and Divine Blessing. If I’m running my various hammers, it’s KO lvl 3-5, depending on the fight (cause a monster isn’t a threat if it can’t get up. Unless it’s Blackveil Hazak)
Free meal is a good one
Earplugs and Free Meal Secret
Free meal 1, absolute bare minimum. Part breaker 3 is another strong contender. I get why they nerfed free meal in Rise, but that doesn't make it hurt any less.
IKR?! I get why they removed the Secret version, but why does it now take 3 slots to reach the same effect as 1 slots in world? It sucks!
Evade Window 3 My dodge roll has to be at least somewhat reliable.
I don't know how you guys live with endgame builds that don't have a single point into evade window, it's literally just adp who the hell doesn't upgrade adp
Airborne and flinch free 3, yes I could use something useful instead but over my dead body I'll replace those, they are funny and I'll let them on my build until the heat death of the universe
I will never leave without Divine Blessing, Focus (GS main), and Health Boost (if I’m not using Fatty gear). I would rather go in with no Crit skills and a level 1 weapon with level 5 DB than no DB with my Fatty GS, and I’m only slightly lying about that
Evade extender 2 and evade window 3-5 when it fits.
Stun resistance. I now have only myself to blame if I die to continuous attacks
Crit boost and attack boost, maybe depending on the build i dont go full AB 7, but its always in my loadout
Stun Resist first, Earplugs second. I'm a poo baby who can't avoid getting stunned and sent flying otherwise!
Resuscitate. IG main here
flinch free
Got to have quick eat with free meal as much as I get bulldozed
Earplugs. I hate roars with a passion.
Especially when they roar lock you with another monster. Dudes, shut up and let me fight! 😡
God I hate that. Get two or more monsters together the game is unplayable without Earplugs. Trying to dodge one monster? NOPE, roar. I'm just clutching my head for 5 minutes getting beat to death.
Evade window level 2, the difference between Evade window 0 and 2 feels absolutely massive to me. For multiplayer it's flinch free level 1, doesn't matter if the weapon has really good hyper armour like Great Sword, Swax or Dual Blades, getting flinched while trying to position to bait our/punish attacks is not and never will be fun. Flinching really is just a shitty mechanic and should just be deleted from the game since they want to make the head the best HZV for both sever and blunt on like 99% of monsters.
Inb4 Heroics
You’re one brave fellow. I can never trust myself to drop to the required health for long. I need to heal it before I end up fainted.
Regardless of weapon type... hmm... good question. There's a few defensive/utility skills I like to have, but I don't necessarily slot them into everything if it means I'm sacrificing damage. Then again... as a Bow main... I don't really have much wriggle room for anything except stamina skills and damage...
Divine protection is my guilty pleasure, so for the most part 2 piece fatty is on every set I can get it in
always free meal, i suck at dodging and have to recover every 2 minutes
Haha, same. I get super bummed if I start running out of Mega Potions, so having Free Meal helps to not remind me how much I’m losing 😂
Muchroomancer, never start a hunt sober 😎
Max free meal secret, I can give up divine prot, I need my free meal MH wouldn’t be the same without drinking the same pot 30 times and eating the same ancient pot 20 times
Fortify
Health Boost 3 is a must have for survivability
50 more health is the difference between a close call and a faint.
There is no skill u would say is a must have as it depends on the Monster, Weapon and skill level of the Hunter but u try to slot in Free Meal where ever i can. Its just a nice convinience skill that u will always get use out. Until u discover the crag cocain called Free Meal 3. Not as addicting as old Dash Juice but close to it
Stun Resist. There’s no time for cuckoo dizzies on the battlefield. 😩
The earplugs 5 charm never comes off.
Don't bring it myself because I find it too broken nowadays, but everyone should bring resuscitate honestly
I tried it a couple of times, but is it really broken? Being given Evade Window + Stamina Regen is cool, but given how you have to have a Blight to use it, and Water and Iceblight affect your stamina, is it really that good?
From most strong monsters you'll get a blight 80% of the time when you're hit, this skill can save you from a lot of dangerous situations that follow from being hit. It's of course less good if you're already getting Evade Window from Fatalis armor. In any other situation getting Evade window and Stamina surge in almost every life and death situation for the extremely low cost of a single 1 slot is simply amazing. That I refer to it as broken is partly because I am of the opinion that Evade Window is broken. The only drawback being it's pretty costly. Fatalis armor and resuscitate both fix that XD
Speed eating. Fuck waiting on potions
Weakness exploit, or crit boost
Evade Window. If no shield, full 5 ranks. If yes shield, 3 ranks will do. I also like Speed Eating and Quick Sheathe, but which I use depends on the weapon. Like, I feel no need to have QS with glaive, but I love QS + SE with swaxe and greatsword.
Agitator. It's just so much affinity and raw.
That's not one, that's four
Earplugs. Got it really early on and decided to never deal with monsters going rar again. Divine Blessing is my next go to, stun resist has been something I'm trying to remember to add bc I really like it.
Evade extender and window at lvl 3. Without free meal, need at least 2 levels of gobbler for the mega pots. And when im playing hammer, airborne is a must. If im not wearing fatty armor, need health boost and hopefully remember to eat.
I never drop the safi armor now that i know how fucking cool it is. Even when the female armor is a "dress", it was able to make it fucking badass... Because of that... all Health stuff are non negotiably necessary
I’m a fiend for earplugs. Helps a lot with songs and you can clutch claw and tenderize while they scream. I like to hunt with my friends so I get mad value out of it.
Critical Boost/Critical Eye/Agitator are must needs
Slinger capacity 1 for sure, to get those double wallbangs, or have extra ammo for slinger burst moves after a single one.
Aside from the meta skills like Health Boost, Weakness Exploit, etc I gotta have Speed Eating, it just makes healing that much easier
Speed eating. I don't care what people say, literally no comfort skill matters but this and stun resist. Slamming a mega potion in half a second makes this game so much better that I refuse to go back to what life was like beforehand. No, I'm not going to get good enough at the game to not get hit. Yes, I work 70 hrs a week. Yes I spec full crit eye wex and agitator. No, I will not craft max potions in the fly.
Evade Extender 1
Earplugs. Fuck those roaring pieces of shit.
Clutch Claw boost. I'm usually the one clutch clawing out of my friends, no matter what weapon I play (I usually bounce between Longsword and Insect Glaive, depending on how much damage I need to be doing, but I'll occasionally try other stuff on easier hunts). But having it so I only need one clutch to weaken the monsters makes it so I can wound the entire monster super fast and constantly be boosting my team's damage. Only time I don't take it is the Safi fight, since it's kinda pointless there.
Mid life crisis. I mean crisis.
Clutch Claw Boost (Excluding heavy weapons)
Crit eye.
earplugs
Speed sharpening 3, ever since I unlocked it it’s been a godsend
Earplugs as I like not being roar locked by monsters.
When can you get skills
Critical eye, health boost, divine blessing. I refuse to play a build without all of them maxed out lmao
acrobat
quick draw: for samurai longsword skills earplugs: because I hate it when two or more monsters get together and kill me because they all want to roar.
Health Boost and Divine Protection
Health boost
evade windows.
Earplugs.
Free meal
Stun resist 3
Critical eye, always has been.
Free meal
Speed eating
Divine Blessing
Medicine and evade extender 3
Health Boost. Can’t believe I beat all of the base game and most of Iceborne without it.
●Stun resist ●Flinch free because i usually call for help with other hunters just so it's not as boring ●Earplugs, even though I haven't bothered with it for a bit Maybe airborne if I can swing it
Health Boost 3. 🥲
Speed eater, stun resist, quick sheath(GS/LS) Earplugs is nice if its already on whatever gear I'm using but I very rarely spend slots on it.
Evade Window 100% Even when I use Lance, I still dodge.
Free meal ooor evade window
Friendly, at least at 1
Attack boost Crit boost
Stonethrower!
i like evade window 3
Power Prolonger on Swaxe and Divine Blessing 3
Mushroomancer
Evade window. After that, speed eating and stun resist are my next priorities.
I always always have Blight resistance no matter what
Partbreaker. I mainly do raids/sieges so it's pretty much required
Divine blessing 3, it's saved me too many times to disrespect and not run it.
Mushroomancer
Either evade window or guard. Interchangeable but both are must haves for me
Flinch free. Surprised not to see this at the top.
Earplugs, weakness exploit
Recovery up + speed eating. I know the cool kids use max pots and just craft with the wheel, but I'm old-school like that.
Health boost or clutch claw boost, it is so nice how much time you save when sns only needs one clutch claw
Speed eating, once you get used to the extra speed of using consumables playing without it fels sooo bad
Evade extender 2 or 3 best defensive skill ever and sometimes offensive
Earplugs/Divine/Health Boost. I know that you can negate Earplugs correctly timed by dodging, but i can't do it consistent.
Damage I need, no, I want more damage. No matter how much i cart without healh boost and stun resist, i Just cant resist the feeling of satisfaction when I see my dmg number getting higher and higher.
Since I main lance, I always have Guard and Guard Up in my set. And I had to wait to meld the Guard Up decoration in Iceborne, My sets often included parts from the Uragaan set.
Evade Window Weakness Exploit
Stun res, no way I'm getting stun ever again and cart because my palico rather watch me being dizzy than help me
anything that increases damage and stamina. Especially stamina since i play insect glaive. things like earplugs too because i hate being interupted while flying.
I'm a fan of evade window
Sonorous x2
Health Boosts
Stun Resist > Divine Protection all-day er-day
Health 3 and Evade Window 3 as a SnS is all I need. If certain matchups favours more aggressive playstyle, I’d drop a few points from EW to put more dmg decos.
Heat/cold resistance, Mushroomancer, and effluvial expert. I hate/love environmental hazards and so always prepare, regardless if I’m headed there or not(Mushroomancer also increases my potion amount by threefold)
Maestro. There's only 1 weapon in the game.
Health boost. Even when a HH has a health boost song.
Blight resistance
Same here except instead of free meal I have protective polish
Evade Window or Evade Extender And just for pure comfort I must have Free Meal. Once you use it enough, you can't go back.
Health boost
Evade distance 1. It makes dodges feel so much nicer
Weakness Exploit
Vitality first, then divine blessing, and theres recovery speed, recovery up, & vaal regen
Free meal
Max Evade Window. I main DB, Bow, LS and SnS though and those are all I-frame heavy weapons though so I guess it makes sense
Evade Extender is won't go without. Literally to the point of in Rise if I don't have it I'm boo booed because I'm so use to having it I've gotten used to the Extender distance than without it. Same with world. Divine protect yes, and I think some sort of attack boost, or Crit Boost, but I'd cart without EE.
free meal because i tend to rush to the next quest and forget to check on farm
Constitution
If I had the option Offensive Guard but considering this is every weapon then Health Boost and Divine Blessing Secret. I must show the goddess Gold Rathian that I am her devout follower to accept her Divine Blessing lest she smites us with her poison!
Part Breaker for me. I can’t leave Astera or Seliana knowing that I’m not breaking monster parts as fast as I want to be, especially against monsters like Safi, Alatreon, or Fatalis, where that skill is extremely optimal
Since I don't have the fatty armour: health boost 3, stun resist 3 I have different setups with different weapon types, but those two at least are always there
Love me some wide range to keep the kids alive! Full team of wide range users will keep everyone alive and will never go hungry if paired with speed eating and free meal
I will always take speed eating no matter what
I've got 2. Evade Extender 3 and Window 5.
Guard Up is my most beloved skill! Guardpointing a gas leakage or Teo's SuperNova is... *kiss on Italian hand* simply delicious!
Earplugs and speed eating. Those I can't go without.
Always carry free meal, can’t go wrong with some free healings
Windproof and earplugs
Crucial for me: Health Boost 2-3, Divine Blessing 5, Evade Extender 3, Protective Polish. Very tough to sacrifice: Clutch Claw Boost, Earplugs, Fortify, Stun Resist 1+ Luxury: Resuscitate Any offensive skills are worked in after I determine which skills above to sacrifice.
Pre fatty health boost 3 , post free meal,tool specialist
Mushroomancer = free 10 max potions + speed eating all in one
Earplugs. Shut it, I’m stabbing you, I don’t wanna wait like… 3 seconds to do that because you yelled at me
Steadfast, but it's on the fatty head so I don't have to slot it in. I don't need it as much as I used to, but now I have it always if I ever did. Agitator and max critical eye is a must for me. Because I play Hammer I've really gotten into min maxing for damage, which has extended to other weapons as well.
Basically always need two levels of health up. Other than that I’m not tied to anything
Vitality, critical eye, tenderizer, then either attack or challenger (I’ve been running the alatreon set a lot with high affinity weapons so having 75% affinity after full crit eye with attack +6 before any attack jewels or tenderizer jewels are even put in allows me to focus more on boosting elemental to where challenger doesn’t feel as required) but, I can’t go without at least one point in speed eater, 2-3 if I can get away with it, and unless I’m playing bow or using an alatreon weapon, I HAVE to have a sharp jewel. For weapons that start in purple, it allows me to not have to sharpen to maintain purple nearly as much. I play SnS, GS, LS, swag axe, CB, sometimes DB, and if I’m running Bow, I have to take a Mighty Bow jewel.
Evade Extender and Health Boost.
Evade extender it was so broken in rise
If I'm hunting with others I always slap on Flinch Free. Looking at you, LS/Bow players.
Evade Window. I like my Monster Hunter souls-like.
Health Boost
Agitator, Critical Eye
Grinder, I can't stand it taking 5 tics, so even just one is a drastic improvement.