I think I need to rethink my dmg rotations, even pre-buffs i'm not seeing near the number I see streamers pull off.
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Monster Hunter World: Iceborne |OT| Looking for love in Alatreon places
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I'm definitely on camp "take it slow". I've done all the optionals that have the bubble with the three dots that indicate special rewards on first time completion like box or mantle upgrades as soon as they appear.
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If anyone is curious, this is the endgame bow set I've settled on until I can get that True Critical Element Silver Rathalos armor:
Velkhana Helm B (slotted for Normal Shots and Constitution)
Velkhana Chest B (slotted for Bow Charge Plus and Critical Eye)
Teostra Arms B (slotted for Weakness Exploit x2)
Namielle Waist B (slotted for Spread Shots and Critical Eye x2)
Namielle Legs B (slotted for Normal Shots and Constitution)
Level 3 charm for each element
This gives Normal Shots 2, Spread Shots 1, Constitution 3, Stamina Surge 3, Weakness Exploit 3, Bow Charge Plus, Critical Eye 3, level 3 of the respective elemental attack, and Quick Sheath 2 and Divine Blessing 2 as free QoL skills, along with Critical Element and Element Acceleration set bonuses. The elemental attack charms can be upgraded a further two levels once I get the materials, and most of the bows can slot in another point of elemental attack or Critical Eye depending on the setup. The water bow slots in a Free Element jewel and the Namielle bonus activates the other two points of the skill, in theory anyway.
Velkhana Helm B (slotted for Normal Shots and Constitution)
Velkhana Chest B (slotted for Bow Charge Plus and Critical Eye)
Teostra Arms B (slotted for Weakness Exploit x2)
Namielle Waist B (slotted for Spread Shots and Critical Eye x2)
Namielle Legs B (slotted for Normal Shots and Constitution)
Level 3 charm for each element
This gives Normal Shots 2, Spread Shots 1, Constitution 3, Stamina Surge 3, Weakness Exploit 3, Bow Charge Plus, Critical Eye 3, level 3 of the respective elemental attack, and Quick Sheath 2 and Divine Blessing 2 as free QoL skills, along with Critical Element and Element Acceleration set bonuses. The elemental attack charms can be upgraded a further two levels once I get the materials, and most of the bows can slot in another point of elemental attack or Critical Eye depending on the setup. The water bow slots in a Free Element jewel and the Namielle bonus activates the other two points of the skill, in theory anyway.
Yeah its good especially since monsters take absolutely forever to enrage now. I can get 2 KOs with hammer with a pure damage build on some of them before they even think about enraging. More specifically, the small claw hits before smashing them into the wall causes the enrage btw. 3 circle attack hits on the head will trigger enrage no matter what, even if they are exhausted.
Unless you really want one of her weapons just skip her. You don't need to fight her to get to master rank.
Fire proof mantle and health Booster
Stay on her flank and go to town with a good ice weapon
Fire res helps a lot.
It says that they have special rewards on first completion for each of their descriptions. XD
If you start a new game why do you get access to the guardian alpha plus armour set from the beginning?
It's meant as a way to fast track new players through the first two ranks as catch up olive branch for Iceborne
To help you get through the original World content faster.
I didn't know it was the claw!! Thank you for that haha. Feel like I usually have to reposition them anyway or just claw them when I have a light weapon but that's good to know
I know, but I wanted to tackle all the old content I missed before diving into Iceborne.
Besides, it wouldn't feel right to skip her just because she kicked my ass once.
What would be better, the regular Kulve Taroth R8 Ice hammer or a medium/high Elderseal weapon like either the Nerg or VH hammers?
I went in blind and the supernovas were the main reason I failed the assignment. Made me cart twice; the first time it took me by surprise and the second time I misjudged the distance of the hurtbox. From what I understand I should superman dive the first blast and stay on the ground to tank through the second, right?
The 15 minute timer isn't helping here, but hopefully my next attempt will go better.
Try something like this, I think you should have access to all these parts except maybe the augments and decos. Also not shown is the Critical Element 2 piece set bonus for Rathalos armor.
I just eat the damage. With enough fire rest/mantle or health booster the normal Lunastra shouldnt be able to cart you even with a full nova
Youll want to have upgraded armor that puts you over 400 defense though. If you need extra then eat for high defense or elemental res with a voucher
Also consider running health boost or divine blessing.
Stay aggressive and avoid that tail and you should be fine
While I appreciate the gesture doesn't that take away having to try and earn armour sets in the base game since they're now superfluous?
A good tip too is having flash pods and when she is all fired up get away and blind her, it'll trigger her supernova almost always.
The armor isnt broken. Youll have to upgrade it in high rank and it doesnt have many slots so you may replace it before then
Its training wheels armor but you could opt to not use it
Nice, lots of great help!
There's another thing, I want to use water ammo but I see a red X on the icon. Is this because my weapon is the lightning Blitz and that I need to have a LBG from the water tree?
Yeah each gun has certain ammo types it can load and some it cant. So have fun making a bunch of different guns and makes load outs/builds to give you the edge!
My advice, start Iceborne, get Beotodus or more desirable Banbaro's outfit, fight Lunastra and Teostra and whatever you need to fight in HR.
A good tip for Luna is to use the heat guard charm and cool drinks. They dramatically reduce damage from the blue-fire pools.
Also, keep a farcaster on quick-dial. You can usually survive the initial nova blast (with a dive or tanking it if your fire resistance is good enough) but get killed by the DOT in the aftershock/firestorm (the dive won't keep you down for long enough). You can usually get a farcaster launched before you die.
Cheesing it with temporal/fire mantle and tool specialist was possible (just don't fight unless one of those is active), but temporal mantle has been nerfed so I expect you can't do that any more.
These are my stats with meal + fully buffed:
Problem with the Nova was that I could survive the first blast, only to get stunlocked by something (wind? the heat patches? I'm not sure honestly) and get killed by the DoT + second blast. The layout of the arena really isn't helpful since the ring isn't wide enough to outrun the blasts even when you're both on opposite sides of the ring.
Hadn't even thought of the farcaster. That might be a good idea actually!
I already took the cool drinks, but I hadn't thought of the heat charm yet either. Do they stack, though?
So HR content with MR gear? I dunno, kind of feels like cheesing it that way. :p
These are my stats with meal + fully buffed:
Problem with the Nova was that I could survive the first blast, only to get stunlocked by something (wind? the heat patches? I'm not sure honestly) and get killed by the DoT + second blast. The layout of the arena really isn't helpful since the ring isn't wide enough to outrun the blasts even when you're both on opposite sides of the ring.
Hadn't even thought of the farcaster. That might be a good idea actually!
I already took the cool drinks, but I hadn't thought of the heat charm yet either. Do they stack, though?
So HR content with MR gear? I dunno, kind of feels like cheesing it that way. :p
Heat guard is super useful and Im surprised she is tagging you with gear that good
Heat guard might be the missing link there. I remember that I also ran a health augment on my weapon so i was usually at full health and only took single hits of the Nova
These are my stats with meal + fully buffed:
Problem with the Nova was that I could survive the first blast, only to get stunlocked by something (wind? the heat patches? I'm not sure honestly) and get killed by the DoT + second blast. The layout of the arena really isn't helpful since the ring isn't wide enough to outrun the blasts even when you're both on opposite sides of the ring.
Hadn't even thought of the farcaster. That might be a good idea actually!
I already took the cool drinks, but I hadn't thought of the heat charm yet either. Do they stack, though?
So HR content with MR gear? I dunno, kind of feels like cheesing it that way. :p
Lol, it is, right? I beat them (Lunastra and Teostra) with Azure Rathalos outfit but with great pain. I couldn't beat Behemoth tho and I'm gonna use the best MR set I can find to do so lol.
Tip for the nova windpress is instead of diving the initial blast, power charge your hammer and hold the charge for a bit. Hammer gets some super armor while charging in power charge (other weapons have other options for this as well) After the flames come out, roll to cancel the charge, sheathe and spam dive away from her. You have full immunity from the ticking fire damage while you are in the diving animation. This will reduce the damage you take significantly.These are my stats with meal + fully buffed:
Problem with the Nova was that I could survive the first blast, only to get stunlocked by something (wind? the heat patches? I'm not sure honestly) and get killed by the DoT + second blast. The layout of the arena really isn't helpful since the ring isn't wide enough to outrun the blasts even when you're both on opposite sides of the ring.
Hadn't even thought of the farcaster. That might be a good idea actually!
I already took the cool drinks, but I hadn't thought of the heat charm yet either. Do they stack, though?
So HR content with MR gear? I dunno, kind of feels like cheesing it that way. :p
the new mr bone tree hammer is a replacement for diablos without neg affinity. you need to gather some of the bone piles for special dragon artifact loot tho. think u need 1 or 2 only.
Booyah!
in 7.5 hours we will have some Rajang and maybe some news?
so how does deco on mantle work?
you have to use it in quest to activate the deco or its like any other armor pcs?
you have to use it in quest to activate the deco or its like any other armor pcs?
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I would not expect an announcement of any further DLC until after Rajang is released.
My expectations are in check
But they did say they have a LOT of DLC on the way. A tease isn't unreasonable :p
Otherwise Im expecting them to focus on Rajang and maybe the next month of event quests. Maybe they will show off the weapon design winners again? Its been awhile
Probably see the next collab stuffs?
Got one completely randomly from joining someone in a MR hunt...?
Okay, I've fought Barioth, Narga, and Tigrex now.
And honestly? Barioth is still the hardest of the three. It might be because of my prior experience with Tigrex in the older games and his relatively unchanged moveset, but he wasn't that bad at all. Nowhere near as hard as Barioth.
And honestly? Barioth is still the hardest of the three. It might be because of my prior experience with Tigrex in the older games and his relatively unchanged moveset, but he wasn't that bad at all. Nowhere near as hard as Barioth.
I'm jealous. All of you are playing Iceborne whilst I sit at HR5 trying to get past each monster I go at solo most of the time, unless some kind soul in here helps me. Just got through the Zorah Magdaaros in the ravine sequence. I hate to rush through the base game and miss out on some good side quests though. Any recommendations for can't-miss sidequests?
I could see an announcement of a collaboration event quest with another Capcom series. I know they dropped the ball on that in the base game, but we still got DMC and Mega Man in there and it's odd that we haven't heard about anything new.
