Hunting Horn Build 3.0 Guide for Monster Hunter Rise (Switch). Includes high rank, low rank, & endgame builds, rampage, support build, healing build, armors & weapons for MH Rise!
Table of Contents
Hunting Horn Related Articles | ||
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Sunbreak | Best Build | Early Game Build |
Rise | High Rank Build | Best Hunting Horn |
Hunting Horn Endgame Builds 3.0 Update
Build / Weapon | Recommendation |
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▼Dragonheart Rampage Hunting Horn Build | ★★★★ |
▼All-Rounder Bazelgeuse Hunting Horn Build | ★★★★ |
▼Master's Touch Rampage Hunting Horn Build | ★★★・ |
▼Health Recovery Rampage Hunting Horn Build | ★★★・ |
Dragonheart Rampage Hunting Horn Build
Recommended Weapon
Weapon Name | Sharpness | |||
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Rampage Agitato S | ||||
Attack | Element | Affinity | Defense | |
220 | None | 0% | - | |
Decoration | - | |||
Melodies | Attack and Affinity Up, Tremors Negated, Sonic Wave | |||
Rampage Skills | Sharpness Type I, Non-Elemental Boost, Attack Melody II |
Recommended Armor
Equipment | Decoration | ||||||||||
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Head | Valstrax Helm | Attack Jewel 2 Grinder Jewel 1 | |||||||||
Chest | Valstrax Mail | Handicraft Jewel 3 Grinder Jewel 1 | |||||||||
Arms | Valstrax Braces | Attack Jewel 2 | |||||||||
Waist | Valstrax Coil | Attack Jewel 2 | |||||||||
Legs | Valstrax Greaves | Handicraft Jewel 3 Sonorous Jewel 1 | |||||||||
Talisman | Attack Boost Lv. 2 | Attack Jewel 2 | |||||||||
Skills | |||||||||||
Attack Boost Lv. 6, Dragonheart Lv. 5, Weakness Exploit Lv. 3, Resuscitate Lv. 3, Resentment Lv. 3, Speed Sharpening Lv. 2, Handicraft Lv. 2, Horn Maestro Lv. 1 | |||||||||||
Defense | |||||||||||
400 | -7 | -7 | -7 | -7 | 18 |
Armor | Material |
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Valstrax Helm | Gleaming Shell x5 Crimson Liquid x2 Valstrax Claw+ x2 Rakna-Kadaki Glowgut x2 |
Valstrax Mail | Valstrax Spineshell x2 Shimmering Scale x6 Rouge Spikewing x2 Magna Soulprism x2 |
Valstrax Braces | Shimmering Scale x6 Valstrax Claw+ x2 Valstrax Spineshell x2 Teostra Powder x2 |
Valstrax Coil | Gleaming Shell x6 Crimson Liquid x2 Rouge Spikewing x2 Bazelgeuse Fuse x2 |
Valstrax Greaves | Gleaming Shell x5 Valstrax Claw+ x2 Valstrax Tail x2 Red Serpent Orb x1 |
Key Points About This Build | |
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・Fight while keeping your HP below 80% ・Intended for short-term use and for pros ・Make sure you watch your sharpness levels ・Good for both solo & multiplayer play | |
All-Rounder Bazelgeuse Hunting Horn Build
Recommended Weapon
Weapon Name | Sharpness | |||
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Bazelreid Rookslayer | ||||
Attack | Element | Affinity | Defense | |
220 | Blast 26 | -10% | - | |
Decoration | ||||
Melodies | Earplugs (S), Attack Up, Health Recovery (L) | |||
Rampage Skills | Blast Boost III |
Recommended Armor
Build Materials ListKey Points About This Build | |
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・Has both Health Recovery (L) and Attack Up ・More than sufficient overall DPS ・Increased survivability thanks to Evade Extender and Wirebug Whisperer | |
Master's Touch Rampage Hunting Horn Build
Recommended Weapon
Weapon Name | Sharpness | |||
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Rampage Agitato S | ||||
Attack | Element | Affinity | Defense | |
200 | None | 0% | - | |
Decoration | - | |||
Melodies | Earplugs (S), Health Recovery (S), Sonic Wave | |||
Rampage Skills | Sharpness Type III, Non-Elemental Boost, Attack Melody II |
Recommended Armor
Build Materials ListKey Points About This Build | |
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・A Master's Touch build that maxes up to 100% affinity ・Easy to work & delivers powerful attacks | |
Health Recovery Rampage Hunting Horn Build
Recommended Weapon
Weapon Name | Sharpness | |||
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Rampage Agitato S | ||||
Attack | Element | Affinity | Defense | |
210 | None | 0% | - | |
Decoration | - | |||
Melodies | Health Recovery (L), Health Regeneration, Earplugs (L) | |||
Rampage Skills | Sharpness Type I, Non-Elemental Boost, Attack Melody II |
Recommended Armor
Build Materials ListKey Points About This Build | |
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· The benefits of the Kushala Blessing is that your Health automatically recovers fast ・ The Melodies "Health Recovery (L)" & "Health Regeneration" also help with overall regeneration ・However, this equipment is not more suitable for solo High Rank than the above equipment | |
Older Endgame Builds
View Older (Pre 3.0) Endgame Builds HereBazelgeuse Versatile Horn Build
Recommended Weapon
Weapon Name | Sharpness | |||
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Bazelreid Rookslayer | ||||
Attack | Element | Affinity | Defense | |
220 | Blast 26 | -10% | - | |
Decoration | ||||
Melodies | Earplugs (S), Attack Up, Health Recovery (L) | |||
Rampage Skills | Blast Boost III |
Recommended Armor
Build Materials ListKey Points About This Build | |
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・Has both Health Recovery (L) and Attack Up ・More than sufficient overall DPS ・Increased survivability thanks to Evade Extender and Wirebug Whisperer | |
DPS Focused Rampage Horn Build
Recommended Weapon
Weapon Name | Sharpness | |||
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Rampage Agitato V | ||||
Attack | Element | Affinity | Defense | |
210 | 0% | - | ||
Decoration | ||||
Melodies | Attack and Affinity Up, Tremors Negated, Sonic Wave | |||
Rampage Skills | Sharpness Type I, Non-Elemental Boost, Attack Melody II |
Recommended Armor
Build Materials ListKey Points About This Build | |
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・Incredible DPS for a Hunting Horn ・Requires a bit of experience to use (particularly watching your sharpness), not for beginners ・Mainly intended as a solo build, but is useful in multiplayer as well due to its 20% crit buff | |
Health Recovery Rampage Horn Build
Recommended Weapon
Weapon Name | Sharpness | |||
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Rampage Agitato S | ||||
Attack | Element | Affinity | Defense | |
210 | 0% | - | ||
Decoration | ||||
Melodies | Health Recovery (L), Health Regeneration, Earplugs (L) | |||
Rampage Skills | Sharpness Type I, Non-Elemental Boost, Attack Melody II |
Recommended Armor
Build Materials ListKey Points About This Build | |
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· The benefits of the Kushala Blessing Lv 3 is that your Health automatically recovers fast ・ The Melody "Health Recovery (L) & Health Regeneration" also helps with the Regeneration ・However, this equipment is not more suitable for solo High Rank than the above equipment | |
Tigrex Horn Build
Recommended Weapon
Weapon Name | Sharpness | |||
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Tigrex Horn | ||||
Attack | Element | Affinity | Defense | |
218 | -20% | - | ||
Decoration | ||||
Melodies | Earplugs (S), Attack Up, Sonic Wave(L) | |||
Rampage Skills | Attack Boost II |
Recommended Armor
Build Materials ListKey Points About This Build | |
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・Its Attack exceeds the Rampage Agitato V, yet it has a low Affinity Rate ・ You don’t need to include Critical Jewel 2 if there's no slot in Weakness Exploit Talisman. | |
Nargacuga Horn Build
Recommended Weapon
Weapon Name | Sharpness | |||
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Cry In the Night | ||||
Attack | Element | Affinity | Defense | |
178 | 40% | - | ||
Decoration | Tenderizer Jewel 2 | |||
Melodies | Stamina Recovery Up, Attack Up, Affinity Up | |||
Rampage Skills | Attack Boost III |
Recommended Armor
Build Materials ListKey Points About This Build | |
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・ Although it's attack is lower than Rampage Agitato V and Tigrex Horn, Its Affinity Rate is higer than the 2 Weapons. | |
Wirebug Whisperer Build
Recommended Weapon
Weapon Name | Sharpness | |||
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Rampage Agitato IV | ||||
Attack | Element | Affinity | Defense | |
200 | - | 0% | ||
Decoration | ||||
Melodies | Health Recovery (L), Health Regeneration, Earplugs (L) | |||
Rampage Skills | Sharpness Type I, Non-Elemental Boost, Healing Melody II |
Recommended Armor
Equipment | Decoration | ||||||||||
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Head | Utsushi Mask (H) S | Sonorous Jewel 1 | |||||||||
Chest | Vaik Mail S | Attack Jewel 2 Attack Jewel 2 Drain Jewel 1 | |||||||||
Arms | Sinister Gauntlets S | Attack Jewel 2 | |||||||||
Waist | Anjanath Coil S | Attack Jewel 2 Drain Jewel 1 Drain Jewel 1 | |||||||||
Legs | Almudron Greaves S | Attack Jewel 2 Brace Jewel 1 | |||||||||
Talisman | Any with 2 level 2 slots | Wirebug Jewel Wirebug Jewel 2 | |||||||||
Skills | |||||||||||
Attack Boost Lv. 7, Razor Sharp Lv. 3, Wirebug Whisperer Lv. 3, Stamina Thief Lv. 3, Spare Shot Lv. 2, Handicraft Lv. 2, Hellfire Cloak Lv. 1, Horn Maestro Lv. 1, Flinch Free Lv. 1 | |||||||||||
Defense | |||||||||||
292 | 5 | 0 | -2 | -3 | -1 |
Key Points About This Build | |
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With level 3 Wirebug Whisperer you can greatly increase the amount of times you can use the move Earthshaker. This build will let you dodge incoming damage more smoothly and is in general quite easy to use. It's also possible to swap out the Healing Melody for Attack instead, if you should so choose. | |
HP Recovery Build
Recommended Weapon
Weapon Name | Sharpness | |||
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Rampage Agitato IV | ||||
Attack | Element | Affinity | Defense | |
200 | - | 0% | ||
Decoration | ||||
Melodies | Health Recovery (L), Health Regeneration, Earplugs (L) | |||
Rampage Skills | Sharpness Type I, Non-Elemental Boost, Healing Melody II |
Recommended Armor
Build Materials ListKey Points About This Build | |
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This build brings the Recovery Up skill, which further increases your healing capabilities. Note that the Recovery Up skill's effect actually doesn't apply to allies - but don't worry, this build is still excellent in multiplayer settings. | |
DPS Focused Build
Recommended Weapon
Weapon Name | Sharpness | |||
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Rampage Agitato IV | ||||
Attack | Element | Affinity | Defense | |
200 | - | 0% | ||
Decoration | ||||
Melodies | Attack Up & Affinity Up, Tremors Negated, Sonic Wave | |||
Rampage Skills | Sharpness Type I, Non-Elemental Boost, Attack Melody II |
Recommended Armor
Build Materials ListKey Points About This Build | |
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Since sound-based attacks aren't affected by affinity, this build pumps everything into Attack. It's also possible to swap out Attack Melody II for a Healing melody instead. | |
White Gauge Rampage Gear (No Talisman)
Recommended Weapon
Weapon Name | Sharpness | |||
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Rampage Agitato IV | ||||
Attack | Element | Affinity | Defense | |
200 | None | 0% | - | |
Decoration | - | |||
Melodies | Health Recovery (L), Health Regeneration, Earplugs (L) | |||
Rampage Skills | Sharpness Type I / Non-Elemental Boost / Healing Melody II |
Recommended Armor
Build Materials ListKey Points About This Build | |
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By using Sharpness Type I for your rampage skill, you'll get Handicraft, giving you access to a white sharpness gauge. If you couple this with Razor Sharp lvl 3, you'll have an incredibly long lasting weapon. You can adjust the melodies used here to your liking. |
Best Hunting Horn Builds For High Ranks
Best Build For After Clearing Narwa
Recommended Weapon
Weapon Name | Sharpness | |||
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Rampage Agitato IV | ||||
Attack | Element | Affinity | Defense | |
200 | 0% | - | ||
Decoration | ||||
Melodies | Health Recovery (L), Health Regeneration, Earplugs (L) | |||
Rampage Skills | Sharpness Type I, Non-elemental Boost, Healing Melody II |
Recommended Armor
Build Materials ListKey Points About This Build | |
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・Can get up to a white sharpness gauge ・Good overall Healing Melodies | |
★7 Build
Recommended Weapon
Weapon Name | Sharpness | |||
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Sinister Shadestrum | ||||
Attack | Element | Affinity | Defense | |
180 | Blast 23 | 0% | ||
Decoration | Sonorous Jewel 1 | |||
Melodies | Sonic Barrier, Attack Up & Defense Up, Health Regeneration |
Recommended Armor
Equipment | Decoration | ||||||||||
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Head | Utsushi Mask (H) S | ||||||||||
Chest | Utsushi Chest (H) S | ||||||||||
Arms | Rathalos Braces S | ||||||||||
Waist | Anjanath Coil S | ||||||||||
Legs | Ingot Greaves S | ||||||||||
Skills | |||||||||||
Attack Boost Lv. 6, Razor Sharp Lv. 3, Spare Shot Lv. 3, Critical Eye Lv. 2, Wirebug Whisperer Lv. 1, Evade Window Lv. 1, Agitator Lv. 1, Horn Maestro Lv. 1 | |||||||||||
Defense | |||||||||||
266 | 11 | -3 | -2 | 0 | -3 |
Key Points About This Build | |
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If you've gotten to the 7 star stage of the game, you should be able to craft the Sinister Shadestrum - this is a great bridge weapon until you can get the Rampage Agitato IV. Razor Sharp Lv 3 also keeps your sharpness levels up quite high, which is excellent. | |
★5 Build
Recommended Weapon
Weapon Name | Sharpness | |||
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Fortissimo | ||||
Attack | Element | Affinity | Defense | |
180 | None | 0% | 15 | |
Decoration | ||||
Melodies | Sonic Wave, Stamina Recovery Up, Attack Up |
Recommended Armor
Equipment | Decoration | ||||||||||
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Head | Barroth Helm S | ||||||||||
Chest | Kulu-Ya-Ku Mail S | ||||||||||
Arms | Barroth Vambraces S | ||||||||||
Waist | Dober Coil | ||||||||||
Legs | Ingot Greaves S | ||||||||||
Skills | |||||||||||
Attack Boost Lv. 7, Slugger Lv. 2, Critical Eye Lv. 2, Defense Boost Lv. 1, Offensive Guard Lv. 1, Horn Maestro Lv. 1, Affinity Sliding Lv. 1, Dragon Attack Lv. 1 | |||||||||||
Defense | |||||||||||
230 | -9 | -6 | 7 | -1 | 4 |
Key Points About This Build | |
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This build focuses primarily on boosting your attack power, while sacrificing some affinity (which you don't need that much of anyway). This lets you get Attack Boost to lvl 7 even at this stage of the game! | |
Best Build For ★4 Content
Recommended Weapon
Weapon Name | Sharpness | |||
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Frog Flute II | ||||
Attack | Element | Affinity | Defense | |
160 | Water 16 | 0% | +10 | |
Decoration | - | |||
Melodies | Health Recovery (S) / Attack Up / Tremors Negated |
Recommended Armor
Equipment | Decoration | ||||||||||
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Head | Izuchi Helm S | - | |||||||||
Chest | Kulu-Ya-Ku Mail S | - | |||||||||
Arms | Kulu-Ya-Ku Braces S | - | |||||||||
Waist | Baggi Coil S | - | |||||||||
Legs | Baggi Greaves S | - | |||||||||
Skills | |||||||||||
Critical Eye Lv 1, Slugger Lv 3, Horn Maestro Lv 1, Stamina Thief Lv 2, Attack Boost Lv 3, Sleep Resistance Lv 1 | |||||||||||
Defense | |||||||||||
185 | -6 | -9 | -4 | 6 | 2 |
Slot | Materials |
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Head | Great Izuchi Pelt+ x4 Great Izuchi Hide+ x1 Izuchi Pelt+ x2 |
Chest | Kulu-Ya-Ku Scale+ x4 Kulu-Ya-Ku Beak+ x1 Kulu-Ya-Ku Plume+ x1 Dragonite Ore x2 |
Arms | Kulu-Ya-Ku Hide+ x3 Kulu-Ya-Ku Beak+ x2 Monster Bone+ x2 Bird Wyvern Gem x1 |
Waist | Great Baggi Hide+ x2 Great Baggi Claw+ x2 Acute Fang x2 Monster Bone+ x1 |
Legs | Great Baggi Claw+ x3 Coma Sac x2 Remobra Hide+ x2 Gracium x1 |
Key Points About This Build | |
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This set grants you Slugger Lvl 3, Stamina Thief, and Horn Maestro Skills, which all works perfectly with the Hunting Horn. Try to make this set as soon as you start doing High Rank quests. | |
Best Hunting Horn Builds For Low Ranks
Best Build For ★2 Quests
Recommended Weapon
Weapon Name | Sharpness | |||
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Kamura Chorus II | ||||
Attack | Element | Affinity | Defense | |
60 | None | 0% | - | |
Decoration | - | |||
Melodies | Defense Up / Attack Up / Health Recovery (S) |
Recommended Armor
Equipment | |||||||||||
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Head | Izuchi Helm | ||||||||||
Chest | Hunter's Mail | ||||||||||
Arm | Alloy Vambraces | ||||||||||
Waist | Alloy Coil | ||||||||||
Legs | Baggi Greaves | ||||||||||
Defense | |||||||||||
44 | -4 | -2 | -5 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Skills | |||||||||||
Attack Boost Lv 2, Critical Eye Lv 3, Water Attack Lv 1 |
Parts | Materials |
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Head | Great Izuchi Pelt x2 Monster Bone S - How To Get x1 Izuchi Pelt - How To Get x1 |
Chest | Remobra Hide x1 Iron Ore x1 |
Arms | Machalite Ore x2 Iron Ore x3 Earth Crystal x1 |
Waist | Machalite Ore x2 Earth Crystal x2 Iron Ore x1 |
Legs | Great Baggi Claw x2 Sleep Sac x1 Baggi Hide x1 |
Key Points About This Build | |
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For a weapon, we recommend Kamura Chorus II, as it can provide you with a good attack buff. At the ★2 rank level, there aren't many good skills that work well with the Hunting Horn, so in the meantime you're best off focusing entirely on increasing damage. | |
Best Equipment For ★4 Quests
Recommended Weapon
Weapon Name | Sharpness | |||
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Zurogong Primo II | ||||
Attack | Element | Affinity | Defense | |
110 | None | 0% | - | |
Decoration | - | |||
Melodies | Attack Up / Defense Up / Sonic Barrier |
Recommended Armor
Equipment | Decoration | ||||||||||
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Head | Barroth Helm | ||||||||||
Chest | Kulu-Ya-Ku Mail | ||||||||||
Arms | Kulu-Ya-Ku Braces | ||||||||||
Waist | Khezu Coil | ||||||||||
Legs | Ingot Greaves | ||||||||||
Talisman | |||||||||||
Skills | |||||||||||
Attack Boost Lv. 2, Slugger Lv. 2, Horn Maestro Lv. 1, Focus Lv. 1, Critical Eye Lv. 1 | |||||||||||
Defense | |||||||||||
84 | -8 | -7 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
Key Points About This Build | |
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Horn maestro is an absolute must here, and when combined with Slugger and Attack Boost, you should have an overall good build ready to go That being said, this build is a bit lacking on the defensive side. | |
★5 Build
Recommended Weapon
Weapon Name | Sharpness | |||
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Sinister Strum I | ||||
Attack | Element | Affinity | Defense | |
120 | Blast 13 | 0% | ||
Decoration | ||||
Melodies | Sonic Barrier, Attack Up & Defense Up, Health Regeneration |
Recommended Armor
Equipment | Decoration | ||||||||||
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Head | Rathalos Helm | ||||||||||
Chest | Kulu-Ya-Ku Mail | ||||||||||
Arms | Anja Vambraces | ||||||||||
Waist | Anja Coil | ||||||||||
Legs | Rathalos Greaves | ||||||||||
Talisman | |||||||||||
Skills | |||||||||||
Attack Boost Lv. 5, Fire Attack Lv. 2, Horn Maestro Lv. 1, Slugger Lv. 1 | |||||||||||
Defense | |||||||||||
124 | 14 | -9 | -6 | -1 | -8 |
Key Points About This Build | |
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This build activates lvl 5 Attack Boost with Horn maestro, giving you more than enough damage for most low rank enemies! The Sinister Strum I is a great horn with excellent melodies that we strongly recommend you craft. | |
Hunting Horn Recommended Skills
Skill | Effect / Reason |
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Horn Maestro (Priority: ★★★) | 【Effect】 Performance speed and shockwave damage increase 【Reason】 This is the most beneficial skill for the HH, make sure to get this! |
Attack Boost (Priority: ★★★) | 【Effect】 Increases the player's attack 【Reason】 This is a simple DPS increase. Try to get at least lvl 4 with this. |
Weakness Exploit (Priority: ☆★★) | 【Effect】 Hitting a monster's weak point is more effective. 【Reason】 This is just a pure DPS increase if you manage to successfully target a monster's weak points consistently. |
Razor Sharp (Priority: ☆★★) | 【Effect】 Reduces sharpness loss. 【Reason】 Sharpness loss means DPS loss, so you'll want to use this to prevent it. Depending on the weapon, you could run Handicraft here instead. |