Best Build and Armor for Heavy Bowgun in Monster Hunter Wilds (MH Wilds). Guide includes best weapon, equipment, skill, early game, and high rank sets, and recommended armor.
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Heavy Bowgun - Early Game Best Equipment
For Weapon, use Upgraded Chatacabra Weapons
| Weapon Name | Strenghtening Parts | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Chata Sheller Ⅰ | Normal Ammo Enhanced Gunpowder Enhancement Parts - Standard Mode | ||||
| Attack | Critical | Defense | |||
| 165 | 0% | 15 | |||
| Weapon Skill | |||||
| Special Ammo | Wyvernheart Ignition Wyverncounter Ignition | ||||
| Ignition/Type | Ignition Gauge Recover Efficeincy Lv1 Standard Mode Specialized Type Ⅱ | ||||
The recommended early game weapon for Heavy Bowgun is the "Chatacabra Buster", which can be made from Chapter 1. Chata Sheller I has the advantage of being able to make the parts specialized for Normal Ammo allowing you to greatly increase your fire power. Also, since it can be upgraded in the middle of Chapter 2, you should encounter no problem using this weapon only up to the early phases of High Rank.
Armor can be made from Odogaron Equipment in Chapter 3
| Name | Skills | |
|---|---|---|
| Head | G. Ebony Helm | |
| Torso | Ajarakan Mail | |
| Arm | G. Ebony Braces | |
| Waist | G. Ebony Coil | |
| Legs | Balahara Greaves | |
| Talisman | Hope Charm |
| Active Skills | |
|---|---|
The recommended equipment for the early stages of Heavy Bowgun is equipment based on the Guardian Dragon Odoragon Equipment that can be made in Chapter 3. In addition to Burst which increases the fire power, Partbreaker increases Wound damage and Evade Extender makes it easier to fight around.
Heavy Bowgun - High Rank Best Equipment
| ▼ High Rank Beginning | ▼ Up to HR40 |
Recommended Top-level Equipment for Heavy Bowgun
Chata Sheller Ⅲ is recommended as a weapon
| Weapon Name | Strenghtening Parts | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chata Sheller Ⅲ | Normal Ammo Enhanced Gunpowder Ehancement Parts - Standard Mode | ||||
| Attack | Critical | Defense | |||
| 270 | 0% | 15 | |||
| Weapon Skill | |||||
| Special Ammo | Wyvernheart Ignition Wyverncounter Ignition | ||||
| Ignition/Type | Ignition Gauge Recover Efficeincy Lv1 Standard Mode Specialized Type Ⅱ | ||||
Heavy Bowgun's top recommended early waepon is Chata Sheller II. In Chapter 4, you will be able to upgrade this weapon further boosting your attack. Weapon skill Opening Shot increase to level 2.
Doshaguma Alpha Equipment is Recommended for Armor
| Name | Skill | |
|---|---|---|
| Head | Quematrice Helm Alpha | |
| Torso | Doshaguma Mail Alpha | |
| Arms | Doshaguma Braces Alpha | |
| Waist | Doshaguma Coil Alpha | |
| Legs | Doshaguma Greaves Alpha | |
| Talisman | Hope Charm |
| Active Skills | |
|---|---|
For the early High Rank, Heavy Bowgun's recommended equipment is Doshaguma Alpha Equipment. The damage taken will be higher from Higher Ranks, so it is recommended to upgrade armor quickly. If you activate Doshaguma's Might to increase the fire power, and also activate Latent Power Lv4, you can get 40% Affinity.
Heavy Bowgun Recommended Strongest Equipment up to HR40
Odogaron Alpha Equipment is Recommended for Armor
| Name | Skills | |
|---|---|---|
| Head | G. Ebony Helm Alpha | |
| Torso | G. Ebnoy Mail Beta | |
| Arms | G. Ebony Braces Alpha | |
| Waist | G. Ebony Coil Beta | |
| Legs | Ajarakan Greaves Beta | |
| Talisman | Hope Charm |
| Active Skills | |
|---|---|
From HR20, you can fight High Rank's Guardian Dragon Odogaron Subspecies in the Ruins of Wysteria, so it is recommended to update your armor equipment based on Odogaron Alpha Equipment. If you use Attack without interruption, you can activate Burst allowing you to have a stable increase in firepower.
Heavy Bowgun - Recommended Skills
Recommended Skills for Completing the Story
| Skill Name | Effect |
|---|---|
| Rating：★★★ Increases the bowgun's reload speed and increases the power of bullets when fully loaded. | |
| Rating：★★★ Increases affinity of bowgun ammo/ coatings from the fourth shot and attack of the fourth and sixth shots. | |
| Rating：★★★ Continuously landing hits gradually increases attack and elemental attack. (Amount increased depends on weapon). | |
(Guardian Ebony Odogaron Set) | Rating：★★★ Extends the duration of the Burst skill and grants attack while Burst is active. |
(Doshaguma Set) | Rating：★★・ Temporarily grants attack after a successful Power Clash or Offset attack. |
| Rating：★★・ Makes it easier to break large monster parts, and increases damage dealt when destroying a wound with a Focus Strike. | |
| Rating：★★・ Extends the range in which ammo and arrows have maximum power. | |
| Rating：★★・ Reduces knockbacks and stamina depletion when guarding. | |
| Rating：★・・ Allows you to guard against ordinarily unblockable attacks. | |
| Rating：★・・ Increases the power of the bowgun's special ammo, and the bow's Dragon Piercer, Thousand Dragons, and Tracer. | |
| Rating：★・・ Makes it easier to inflict wounds. Upon inflicting enough damage, also deals additional non-elemental damage. | |
| Rating：★・・ Increases attack power. | |
| Rating：★・・ Increases the affinity of attacks that exploit a monster's weak points and wounds |
The recommended skills for Heavy Bowgun in Monster Hunter Wilds includes "Opening Shot", "Tetrad Shot", "Burst", "Ebony Odoragon's Power", "Guard", and "Guard Up". You can fight more safely by activating not only Fire skills but also skills that increase Guard abilities.
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