Monster Hunter World: IceboRnE (II)

[Cyn]

I haven't used spread HBG since Safi came out because.... I've been farming Safi.

[Myrrh_Quetz]

Jesus christ that Gold Rath got put the fuck down. Thats just straight up abuse.

[Corrderio]

God damn that Gold Rath went down hard.

[Krandor]

I really like that build, Peak/Nergi set bonus instead of Resentment/Safi

Same general gear but with Health Boost (could swap the Trueshot gems for Attack boost too if one wanted, though the bulk of the damage is coming from Wyvernheart)

[Myrrh_Quetz]

Anyone down for some Taroth? I wanna get the Taroth DB, even if they're not that great. My Taroth Blast Bow is like the best Blast bow I have so I'm hoping luck could be with me and give me something nice for DB

[Krandor]

Already got Raging Brachy down to a 10 minute fight 2 hours after release on PC.

Need so many goddamn Immortal Reactors tho

Also I am out of money from upgrading armor. Level 1 to 20 for Raging Brachy armor costs 540k z each, OY

[Rhyis.]

i went from 8 million to 2 million the day big brachy and angry monkey came out. ive worked my way back to 3 but its nucking futs how much shit costs lol

[Krandor]

Got 2 more reactors and now I'm out of money lol.

Gonna need to rubber band down my right trigger at the Steamworks and go do some chores to make some cash.

[Myrrh_Quetz]

Can someone smarter than me answer this. Whats better, Raw Dmg or Elemental/status damage? Priority on Bow but really just in general. I have two people busting my balls about it.

[Khajit]

Depends on the weapon. Dual Blades get a huge benefit in my experience and I doubt that changed much in this game. I would often have a pair for every element/status to swap into depending on the target monster. Seregios weapons were the only exception to that since they have the auto sharpening effect.

[Krandor]

The short answer is the faster the weapon the more you want to focus on elemental damage. So Dual Blades, SnS, Bow and Lance are historically the weapons that want to focus on elemental.

BUT, Safi and Raging Brachy 2 piece have completely broken the meta so the current answer is really just Dual Blades (still), Hunting Horn (weird but ok), and Bow (tho the difference between elemental and Lightbreak Bow raw is pretty minimal right now).

Every other weapon you can honestly just focus on raw damage with either the Safi/Raging blast weapons or the poison Safi weapon (for enemies strong against blast). The difference between elemental vs raw for most fights is a very minor difference.

[Rhyis.]

im pretty sure that raw is even the meta for dbs now. and even if its not raw is just so much more flexible, you're better off using raw for that reason alone. until master rank kjarr start poppin out, i'm just rolling with safi blast despite having every elemental safi db fully upgraded and augmented

[Krandor]

Yeah Furious Rajang is fucking awful.

Mercifully I only need one thing from him (the HBG) so hopefully I'll only need to fight him a couple of times and be done with it.

As opposed to the dozen or so more times I'm gonna need to fight Raging Brachy (5 Immortal Reactors to go)

[Myrrh_Quetz]

See, I ask because on some hunts that have XXX to Blast, I like to use my Taroth Blast Bow. It has about 260 Attack but like 360 Blast, and can use all coatings save for power. Raging Brachy Bow has 360 ATK but like 210 and can only use Blast and Power coatings.

Now, I'm not saying that I hunt 100% with Blast and thanks to you guys I've made several proper elemental sets trying to max out that elements attack, I basically have a set made for Elemental Damage for everyhing.. These two people just keep telling me i'm wrong and Raw is the only Damage you should care about. Keep in mind, I have no Safi shit.

Its why I'm confused on this.

IS blast good? Google questions hasn't been updated in like 2 years so I really can't figure it out/but I would have to say, its a great Power. And again, I've been using the Poision/Fire DBs cause they just look badass and are super fun. I'm currently working on the Ice/blast one but if I'm wrong, I'll switch to something else.

[Cantih]

Sleep and Paralysis result in windows, status resistance builds, etc.

Blast is just MOAR DAMAGE, and that's why it's a favorite.

[Myrrh_Quetz]

Sleep and Paralysis result in windows, status resistance builds, etc.

Blast is just MOAR DAMAGE, and that's why it's a favorite.

Okay. So I’m not wrong? Like. I tried to express how much I like damage and how(personally) it’s a great source of damage but they just keep telling me I’m wrong but then ironically tell me to get the Brachy Bow. Now I’m just confused.

Has any one done math on it vs other shit?

[Krandor]

A) if a bow doesn't have power coating it is worthless, period.

B) it's not that blast is good, it's just that with element-less weapons no longer having a place in the meta, it's the element/effect that has the most direct effect on shortening hunt time. The raw is really what matters at this point, whatever effect/element the weapon might have is generally kinda secondary right now.

The short version is stop using Taroth bow. It's way way behind in raw value and whatever else the weapon may he doing does not make up for the loss of raw.

Raging Brachy bow is the in choice now because of the Blast+ coating. Ignoring the coating it is slightly worse then the Safi bow, but the +coating lets you rapidly pile up damage and staggers to start a fight, then transition to Power Coating to finish things off.

That said, if you don't have any Safi gear then Raging Brachy or any other form of blast bow is hot poo. Raw/Blast bow being relevant is directly tied into the Safi set bonus.

If you really want to dig into the math on everything there isthe r/monsterhuntermeta subreddit or a discord group (It's called Mathalos nest or something).

[Myrrh_Quetz]

A) if a bow doesn't have power coating it is worthless, period.

B) it's not that blast is good, it's just that with element-less weapons no longer having a place in the meta, it's the element/effect that has the most direct effect on shortening hunt time. The raw is really what matters at this point, whatever effect/element the weapon might have is generally kinda secondary right now.

The short version is stop using Taroth bow. It's way way behind in raw value and whatever else the weapon may he doing does not make up for the loss of raw.

Raging Brachy bow is the in choice now because of the Blast+ coating. It lets you rapidly pile up damage and staggers to start a fight, then transition to Power Coating to finish things off.

That said, if you don't have any Safi gear then Raging Brachy or any other form of blast bow is hot poo. Raw/Blast bow being relevant is directly tied into the Safi set bonus

That’s awesome the way you explain it. So, how does Blast work exactly? Again. I’m being told that blast is pure garbage. period. They’d tell me that is pure crap since it only procs like 3 times in a fight and then you’re stuck in losers Attack in a fight.


Again. It is thanks to you guys that I made elemental sets with their prowler elemental charm as maxed out as possible.


I would love to google this but there is just no good information about blast or bow on google. I see a lot of “guides” from IGN and let me tell you. I’ve taken shits that has more MHW content.

[Gokulo]

That's simply not true. Yeah, the procs slow down with time, but with a proper build you will still be doing them often enough and with how much blast does in MR, it adds up to really good dmg. Blast is meta currently, someone saying it's bad seem to be rather clueless.

[Myrrh_Quetz]

That's simply not true. Yeah, the procs slow down with time, but with a proper build you will still be doing them often enough and with how much blast does in MR, it adds up to really good dmg. Blast is meta currently, someone saying it's bad seem to be rather clueless.

They kept saying it’s like Poison or sleep build it up. After a few procs. It’s basically immune. It’s why I wanted to ask you guys. You know way more about this game than anyone of them.