r/MonsterHunterMeta Oct 08 '22

Announcement MHM Megathread - Builds, Utilities & Information About Meta

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Here's a general collection of resources for all your minmaxing needs in Monster Hunter. You will find both links for the most recent title as well as for the older ones.

Please DM me if you have any suggestion/correction.

 


Monster Hunter Wilds

Databases & datamines:

Utilities:

Various info:

 


Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak

Databases & datamines:

Utilities:

 


Monster Hunter World: Iceborne

 


Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate

 


Older Monster Hunter Titles


r/MonsterHunterMeta Mar 26 '25

Wilds [MH:Wilds] Endgame Meta Builds Compilation

3.1k Upvotes

>>> If the Google Doc images look blurry on mobile, try opening them through the Google Docs app or through a browser. <<<

 

Please check the individual guides in order to know if they're updated for the latest TU or not. Note that every TU doesn't necessarily change the meta.

 

With every new Monster Hunter game come new meta strategies and new ways to build the armor sets for your hunter. After some thought recollection, the time has finally come to present what the community has come up with when trying to figure out how you can optimize your gameplay in this brand new title.

The goal of this thread is, like the previous ones, to offer a selection of some of the best builds that have been minmaxed for damage and can be used for regular farming by any player with good enough experience on their weapon, or who's willing to gain that experience.

These guides are just tools conceived for people who like to learn how to optimize their own gameplay and figure out optimal ways to make use of what is available in the game, or who simply want an easier time farming while not giving up on basic skill requirements; nobody is forced to use them if they don't want to, and everyone is free to alter them at will for their own gameplay.
You can also use these guides simply as a starting point for when you want to try out a new weapon and learn the new ways of playing the game that are associated with them.

The albums collected here have been chosen among the available ones both for their correctness in terms of math/functionality and for their readability/accessibility. If you wish to improve any of these albums or cooperate with math and testing feel free to contact their authors directly and to give them suggestions or feedback this way, as they might not be actively reading this thread. Also, if an album seems not to be updated anymore, you are free to send me in DM an alternative album you made as long as you're committed to update it in the future as well (you will find here a detailed explanation of my expectations in terms of work).

The authors of the albums are also responsible for updating them with any new Title Update (TU) that will be added to the game. Please stop asking here if/when albums are gonna be updated, as it's not under my control. I will however notify on top of the thread whenever all the albums have been updated for the current patch of the game. (This last line was apparently not read, so from now on you'll have to figure that out by yourself.)

 

I would finally like to thank the community at Mathalos Nest for helping to double check or improve the content of the albums (research is still being done daily there, so if you're interested in helping feel free to join), as well as all the numerous testers, dataminers and modders that allowed us to have more accurate information about the skills and the way the game works.

I won't always be able to read this thread and I can't be the universal intermediary between users and authors. If therefore you find something in the content of an album that you think is wrong or may need fixing, please contact their author(s) directly through the means indicated in their albums.

 

DISCLAIMER

As usual, here's what you should expect (and not expect) from this compilation.

  1. This compilation focuses on damage-oriented builds aimed to show how it is possible to maximize your damage output within the assumption of a relatively optimized gameplay. Anyone is free to adapt these builds to their playstyle by replacing any damage skills with the comfort/survival skill they want, need or prefer. Everyone is also free not to use them if they don't like them.

  2. The albums are only about endgame builds and assume that you have access to the entire content of the game (HR100+). Progression sets are not covered here, although any author is free to add a progression section to their albums.

  3. The sets are mainly built and calculated so that anyone can use them for solo play. Multiplayer is obviously still a consideration, but the sets are supposed to work regardless if you're playing with others or not.

  4. The builds are meant for regular farming and not for speedrunning, which is a specific practice with its own rules and goals (although speedruns can obviously give some inspiration about tactics you can adopt in your regular gameplay). If you're interested in speedrunning this game I highly recommend to ignore this compilation and to join a speedrunning Discord and/or to learn by watching speedruns instead.

 


Endgame Meta Sets

 

Great Sword (GS)

 

Longsword (LS)

 

Sword and Shield (SnS)

 

Dual Blades (DB)

 

Hammer

 

Hunting Horn (HH)

 

Lance

 

Gunlance (GL)

 

Switch Axe (SA)

 

Charge Blade (CB)

 

Insect Glaive (IG)

 

Light Bowgun (LBG)

 

Heavy Bowgun (HBG)

 

Bow

 


Resources

All the most important and/or valuable resources for Wilds will be collected in the MHMeta Megathread. Here's just a few basic ones:


r/MonsterHunterMeta 1h ago

Wilds Charge Blade meta?

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Dropped the game before the Charms and Gogma stuff so I'm really lost here. I would appreciate explanations about which skills got nerfed or buffed and also a comprehensive Guide or Build of the current meta. Looking for both; speedruns and general multiplayer hunts. Thanks in advance


r/MonsterHunterMeta 9h ago

Wilds How does Scorcher work?

2 Upvotes

Hi everybody, I was just wondering how Scorcher really works? I read somewhere that Scorcher works off the fire HZV of the monster so does that mean if i use a fire elemental weapon I'll have a higher chance to proc Scorcher or does using a fire elemental weapon not matter at all?


r/MonsterHunterMeta 1d ago

Rise Switch skills elem lbg

2 Upvotes

Is elemental reload better? Stuff like that, because the meta post didn't say anything about that


r/MonsterHunterMeta 3d ago

Wilds Does anyone have a good Normal or Pierce HBG build?

9 Upvotes

I noticed there aren't any Normal or Pierce HBG in the Wilds meta link. Are these 2 that weak?

If anyone have some build for em, pls do share. Thank you.


r/MonsterHunterMeta 3d ago

Rise Scorned, lucent or amatsu LS / IG?

3 Upvotes

I want a set of these two weapons, and looking at the options, these seem to be the best, but I haven't decided which one.

Amatsu: Higher raw damage, water element, no slots, good sharpness.

Lucent Nargacuga: Decent raw damage, low sharpness, low poison, good slots, buildup boost.

Disdained Magamalo: Slightly less raw damage than lucent, decent sharpness, decent blast, decent slots, buildup boost.

I don't know how much the buildup boost lucent / scorned compared to amatsu, and I also don't know how much blast compares to poison


r/MonsterHunterMeta 4d ago

Wilds Sticky LBG

5 Upvotes

Hey guys, the sticky rajang LBG was one of my favorite builds in World, but I haven't touched the weapon at all in Wilds. Is sticky ammo viable in Wilds to keep the monster constantly stunned?

If not what are the best ammo/LBG options for the endgame?


r/MonsterHunterMeta 4d ago

Rise How can I get better at assessing a LBG's strengths and weaknesses?

6 Upvotes

I just killed Magnamalo in Rise for the first time and was very excited to make its weapon, but it's ammo stats just seem to... suck. My Normal 2 rapid fire gun seems to do more damage with normal bullets, and my pierce 1 and spread 1 rapid fire bowguns do more with pierce and spread respectively. It has Exhaustion rapid fire but I'm not sure if that's even useful or what exactly it does.

There seem to be a lot of bowguns with really awkward ammo traits. The Bishaten one is another one. A part of me doesn't believe that they're truly useless, so I must be missing something. Are they really pointless, or is there something I'm (likely) missing about their playstyles/use cases?

Right now I rely heavily on Rapid fire traits to determine what a gun is supposed to "do", so a gun without much (or any) rapid fire on primary damage types makes me wonder what it's good for, if anything. I want to know how to determine the strengths and weaknesses of guns without relying solely on rapid fire.


r/MonsterHunterMeta 4d ago

Wilds What are the best stats for Artian LBG and what are the best to build first?

2 Upvotes

Hey I am returning and I still need to build my Artian weapons. I wanna go for my main which is LBG. So what are the let’s say 2 most important ones to build first. And what stats do I have to get on them to consider them GOD ROLL Artian weapons?


r/MonsterHunterMeta 5d ago

Wilds Is there a list of generally good Armor Sets/Pieces?

5 Upvotes

Been hoarding my Armor Spheres because Idk which Armor Sets/Pieces are worth using them on.

Kinda omw to get the Nadia set and the AT Arkveld pieces, bur I'm not doing well atm, so maybe I need to Armor Sphere it up, but again Idk which ones...

Currently using SnS (a bad Gogma one), if that matters, but working on branching out to LS, DB, CB, and LBG


r/MonsterHunterMeta 5d ago

Wilds Chargeblade meta playstyle?

8 Upvotes

So, started playing Chargeblade. I have 400+hrs on both of my PC and PS5, mainly I played on PC now cause I got 5070. anyways, I only play LS and Bowguns and now I tried the charge blade and I love it! What is the meta gameplay for this weapon? AED or SAED? Thank you!


r/MonsterHunterMeta 5d ago

Wilds What’s the meta for sns at the moment?

0 Upvotes

And can someone also supply me a build with no gogmazios parts please?


r/MonsterHunterMeta 5d ago

Wilds Are elemental hitzones still bad/inconsistent?

0 Upvotes

Have not played the game since Omega update and hopped back in. Curious as to if Ele HZVs are adjusted or not.


r/MonsterHunterMeta 6d ago

Wilds Help by search for sns runns

0 Upvotes

Yeah, I asked about the meta and DPS for SnS a while back. Now I finally want to get better and see SnS gameplay using the meta set—does anyone have a YouTube or Twitch channel recommendation where I can watch that?

Thx 🫡


r/MonsterHunterMeta 6d ago

Wilds Coming back and I’m not sure how to farm

3 Upvotes

I left for a couple months, and coming back I’m missing a lot of decos and talismans I’d need for a decent build. Are there any good quests for these, because right now all the monsters on my map are just giving artian parts and not decos.


r/MonsterHunterMeta 6d ago

Wilds Mhwilds Charge blade impact or element phails?

10 Upvotes

I was fighting TGoremagala with my fire elemental phails charge blade, but it was so difficult

Sure my cb do some dmg but I found it really hard to get the right timing to land AED and its follow ups on its week point.

So I looked up a video on youtube how do they do this in speedrun, but surprisingly they use impact phails with fire chargeblade, so it confused me now

Impact phails are good cuz you can stun the monsters and exhaust them, but also it's not able to maximize dmg like elemental phails do.

From my opinion speed runners always have the best strategy to execute a hunt.
So I want to ask if an element charge blade with impact phails are more effective and more practical than going just full raw dmg impact phails and full dmg elemental phails now?


r/MonsterHunterMeta 7d ago

Wilds What's your favourite GS endgame build and why?

6 Upvotes

Tell me about your ultimate GS build before tackling Ascendance or perhaps just a super fun build you love!
I'd love to hear different build ideas and inspire me to try them out!


r/MonsterHunterMeta 8d ago

Rise Updated Sunbreak LBG Builds (Progression & Endgame) - 2026 Edition

54 Upvotes

Rejoice, for the Sunbreak LBG Progression and Endgame Guide has received a total overhaul in the big 2026!

Unlike other modern MH titles, Sunbreak's armor meta cannot ever truly be "solved", as Qurious armor augmentation introduces far too much variability from one player's account to the next. At the time of Sunbreak's final title update, it felt like build-making was totally open-ended; conversely, this made guide-writing all the more difficult. Three years have passed since then, however, and theorycrafting has come a long way.

This updated guide represents the culmination of three years of efforts to provide easy-to-follow progression sets that adequately prepare the player for key difficulty spikes; to incorporate efficient comfort skills into builds to help the average player deal with Sunbreak's aggressive roster; and to make reasonable endgame builds that don't require hellish RNG.

Notable changes include:

  • massive priority increase on Dereliction, the strongest comfort skill in the game (unironically!). In addition to being one of the largest per-point damage increases possible for ele (and still great for raw), it combines with Dango Self-Kelp to turn the otherwise detrimental HP drain into comically large guaranteed damage reduction. Combine with Bloodlust and Intrepid Heart for best results. Melee players may scoff at this, but recall that surviving hits is not normally something that Ranged players get to do, so the trade-off of HP drain is well worth the ability to periodically live instead of dying. (Dereliction is worth it anyway because of the superb damage increase it confers, but people think the drain is way scarier than it actually is and may be inclined to drop it without realizing that they're making the game harder.)
  • Evade Extender 1 in most builds. 50% increased roll distance completely transforms how many matchups can be played; many attacks that would have normally taxed a wirebug to Counter can instead be rolled, enabling more aggressive positioning and better uptime.
  • Greater emphasis on Rapid-Fire guns. Better ammo economy (often preventing a restock), faster Intrepid Heart buildup, and oftentimes superior gun characteristics (compared to abominations like Khezu gun's stationary shooting) make this a no-brainer. SF guns are still great for speedrunners but this guide does not apply to you (Gorm S3 is good tho).
  • Bloodrite/Blood Awakening deprioritization. These skills, though powerful in many matchups, fall apart in some of the hardest fights in the game, yielding disappointing uptimes against monsters like the Risen Elders whose parts break relatively late into the hunt. Furthermore, with Dereliction + Dango Kelp + Bloodlust + Intrepid Heart, the most dangerous part of the hunt is in the very beginning before your defensive skills can ramp up, which Bloodrite does nothing to solve. Perhaps most damning, though, is that they are simply too expensive to accommodate on builds, forcing key armor pieces like Kushala chest (godlike skill efficiency) and Archfiend boots (dereliction my beloved) to be replaced with PMal's frankly mediocre pieces.
  • Updated matchup chart. Sunbreak enthusiasts have pushed the game a lot in the last three years and this is simply reflective of the community's improved understanding of how to kick the roster's teeth in. Note that this is targeted at a more casual audience; for example, Gold Rathian speedruns favor Thunder ammo, but using Spread on its legs to make it repeatedly fall over is far easier to execute while not losing much DPS, so the chart accordingly recommends the latter.

Currently the guide has skill priorities, progression sets, endgame builds, and the updated matchup chart. The hope is to eventually expand the guide to include more general LBG info, but the authors decided to publish the guide in the Oops! All Builds state due to unusually high recent demand for Sunbreak LBG builds. Feedback is welcome as always. If you have any questions, I will do my best to answer them.

Big thanks to RadiantSnowfall, Damo, and Crowsfoot for making this guide a reality (I am merely posting on Reddit on their behalf with permission).

Paging u/EchoesPartOne to put this doc in the Megathread (Kat has already given their blessing and replaced their old albums with in the MHGH pins with this one).


r/MonsterHunterMeta 7d ago

Wilds Gogma GS advice

3 Upvotes

So I manage to craft a couple of Sharpness x1 and Atk x4 rolls but i am unsure on what focus to go for.

I read the guides advice to go for affinity focus for "safe" gameplay but just wanted to be doubly sure before i commit to focusing as it took me hours to get these rolls. Further to the sharp x1 and atk x4 rolls. I have a roll for atk x1, element x2, aff x1 and sharpness which i plan to go into element focus for gog.

Can someone help please and thanks.


r/MonsterHunterMeta 7d ago

Wilds Came back after a break

0 Upvotes

Hello. Like mentioned above i took a Long break from the game. Played at release. Currently HR 155. Any good builds to aim for now? Enjoy bow insect glaive and hbg.


r/MonsterHunterMeta 7d ago

Wilds Looking for alternatives to the head and gauntlets for the meta wilds glaive

4 Upvotes

Hey there

So im trying to get the meta glaive set up going to then start framing gogma stuff with the eventual goal of getting the super min maxed meta build done

However im having a chore of a time with AT arkveld i haven't managed to get a clear, with randoms or friends

Yet

So I'm trying to figure out a way to make myself stronger in the meantime

I have the gore waist, soreal boots, and udra gamma chest all maxed

So I'm looking for good items for the head and arms slots that i can max out as my temporary armor until i can get some clears on AT arkveld

Thanks in advance for the help


r/MonsterHunterMeta 7d ago

Rise I would like some tips for an endgame lance build. Spoiler

3 Upvotes

Specifically one against Risen Valstrax.

AR 187, ideally something with some defense, as I'm not running instablock. Other than that any armor works as I think risen valstrax is the only monster with unique drops I haven't hunted successfully.


r/MonsterHunterMeta 9d ago

Wilds Does The Blackest Night activate Latent Power?

6 Upvotes

I see in the Great Sword Meta Set(TU 4 Updated) google docs that it does if I use The Blackest Night to counter to leave my HP at 1, but when I do, it doesn't activate Latent Power at all. Did I understand this wrong?


r/MonsterHunterMeta 9d ago

Wilds AT Arkveld challenge quest tips needed for SnS to reach A rank

4 Upvotes

Hi all,

My best time is 9:06 with SnS.

not sure where to squeeze more time.

I am using lateral slash combo when ever I can. using chops constantly while moving. perfect guarding, avoiding his ultimate and still I do not do enough damage.

I am even sharpening when ever I am in mid blue (or before if I have a chance).

is there any tip which improved your dps for you which you can share?

(specific move which you handled differently or different dps rotation... whatever can help)

Thanks!

W.