Mhw blast attack reddit Nullberries work too If you're going to do this, try to slot coalescence for the attack boost. Reply reply You can have a Wyrmstake Blast attached to a monster, and trigger normal wyrmstake in follow up attacks. I would assume blast follows a similar restriction with a small advantage: Monsters will not die halfway through a blast proc like they can with poison. The crit made me jump from about 6 blast procs to 8 in the time my mantle was on. I'm thinking you're either talking about the supernova or the blast cloud. The Blast will remain attached. Yes, HBG clutch claw attack can crit. Wyrmstake Blast appears to be on a timer of some sort. Blast is a status. Not sure how to test at the moment, but it seems to be about 5 minutes. Blast Attack is increased in level based on the amount of Equipment with this skill the hunter is using. A fair amount of poison and blast weapons are good, however that usually isn't due to their status, but thanks to their raw attack, sharpness, affinity and slots. Elemental is dead. Zorah high end armor to get blast 3. I'm not sure what use it has in the grand scheme of things compared to the rest of the kit. you can see in your status under your attack power, if it works or not. Plus it has a little bit of purple Note: The rampage skill used needs to be pulled from the base tree before upgrading to the Diablos branch. I have all the variations on this switch axe set saved and im trying to put together all the recommendations and compare them to see what is most efficient. Fire Emblem is a fantasy tactical role-playing video game franchise developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo. lets estimate that zorah gs deals 40 dmg less per TGS than wyvern Run the HR50 Event quests that are specifically for decoration farming. Highly effective with a good team. Even if it does, it’ll be very minor. The difference in true raw between Kjarr Blast and Lightbreak is also very small, Kjarr Blast has 305 true raw (unless my math is wrong) vs Lightbreak's 300 which is not big enough to even come close to offsetting the sharpness difference. Thank you! You get Guard +3 and Guard Up. ) Most weapons however won't run blast because of element or weapon unique mechanics. This combination has 1% more raw than the full attack one but only has 10 units of purple. Each monster has its own initial tolerance, tolerance increase, max tolerance, recovery speed and effect for each status. Faster weapons you'd want to match elements to weaknesses because they scale better but I wouldn't even focus on that until late game Depends if you want elemental or raw damage and how you awaken it. personally i have 1 of each element & a raw one for both blunt & sever, but that comes down to preference. Of course the blast resistance charm is called "Blast", while the blast attack charm is called "demolition". Affinity III is very close in DPS but Attack II still wins. People say is trash and it is, but is fun somehow. Otherwise, elementless or elemental builds usually outdps blast. Edit: also the "boost" just boosts the frequency that it procs. The amount of Blast damage you deal is 1/10 of what is actual Then comes blast, which doesn't do anything except for extra damage. youtube. Solemn Build. after that the resistance has to be overcome again. Yes and no. Use the lightbreak until you can finally take on fatalis The fatalis demolisher is your end goal Posted by u/Mr_J03y - 1,882 votes and 120 comments Depends on the weapon and the monster. You will also constantly be weakening parts, which really helps out your team. Reply reply amorvox A lot of Blast weapon have great Raw and Sharpness even without the Blast. But like everything only you can determine if it fits your playstyle For my current build I have 6 crit eye, 4 attack boost, 3 weakness exploit, 2 critical boost, 1 latent power and 2 blast attack, this is for the Dios Smasher II (0% base affinity). Blast Attack Effect. No other skills benefit them. Warped feystones have highest chance for rarity 7 decorations. Build in progress With the Zorah weapons being Blast, and Zorah armor having both Blast and Bombardier skills, it seems like they SHOULD interact, but maybe not? Locked post. Teostra blessing acts like Blast Attack, adding to the status quantity. no problem! there’s a blast attack up skill now, so you can still get your big bada booms, just can’t stack ‘em with bombardier. If status attack is doubled, you only need 10 hits. Blast proc damage can not be raised, you can only speed up how fast you get them through blast skill, the critical status skill, the feline specialist foodie skill, the apothecary mantle, and the blast coating for bow (if it's already a blast bow at base). The rest is up to you. Attack 1 Handicraft 1 Zorah Magdaros Mastery 3 Anjanath Will 2 Free elem ammo up (throwaway) Fire Resistance 3 And for anyone looking into this build, keep in mind that the blast attack doesn't affect your shelling, it only increases your chances of dishing out a lot of blastblight with your regular attacks. It does less damage than thunder bow but blast status tick every 1-2 powershot. I forget the set but the one with focus I use to get focus 3 which speeds up charge time. I have used blast bow against kushala daora and it works almost the same as thunder bow. MHW is such a rich experience compared to MHR r/MonsterHunterWorld • Almost defeated a pink rathian solo, and then 2 players joined at the same time and purposefully died. It doesn't feel weak at all. This still applies to blast coating on a blast bow. In general, especially once you get to Iceborne, raw is king for most weapons. Especially if you havent the lunastra skill roll on your weapon, you need a 3rd armor piece from luna Reply reply I made sure I had some slinger ammo as well as my weapon out. For the mod slots, you choose 4 Close Range Up mods. Based on this comment. Also, the supposed element GS and blast GS would have the same Safi upgrades (attack, sharpness, VELK Div. there’s also a slower blunt blast one with really high attack that works really good with spirit/strength glaives or speed boost ones (to make up for Posted by u/Clouds2589 - 1 vote and 7 comments I just crafted his R10 Hammer and it's been great so far. You build it up and when you reach the monster's threshold it deals a big blast of damage and then becomes more resistant to blast. MR 100 fight weapons are the best raw and by extension best blast weapons. Top attack skill in my eyes. The combo that I saw was (attack -> l2 + circle) which I think maps to (attack -> aim slinger + special attack). In the video discussing gold Rathian weapons, Jinjinx and Tuna mention that poison pulls ahead of minor elemental damage after 2-3 applications of poison depending on the monster's resistances. there are some other variables to consider like negative affinity, critical boost, and critical elements/status but for most weapons this should work. Empress "Styx" - hands down the best blast IG in game atm especially when paired with blast attack level 3 and 4/5 Drachen armour. They drop explosive mucus. "The Greatest Jagras" and "The Name's Lavasioth!" The Deco flow chart is good for the majority of cases, but if you are looking for extremely low level decos, Steel meld Blast attack 4 only increases the blast build up you are doing. Teostra head, hands, and waist will give you the 3pc. Besides the reasons the guys here already explained, there's another reason why Blast/raw LS is favoured over elemental: how often you can Helmbreaker. 3 pc teo and 2 pc raging brachy. With combination decos, you can get level2/level1, level2/level2, level3/level1, etc. I'm sure the dps math comes out to be similar (I'd still be unsurprised if bombardier wasn't overall higher) but it definitely was a big factor in the blast meta I agree with blast resistance but i dont with the last area. I mean there's a difference insofar as the blast attack skill increases the amount of blast status applied, whereas the bombardier skill directly increased the damage of blast explosions. This means that as long as you can proc blast slightly more than poison on 2-star or twice as much on 3-star blast will be ahead of poison. This move is rarely useful generally. Blast has been buffed in Iceborne, get about 20+ procs per monster, each proc hitting for 300 dmg. With Wyrmstake Blast - 408 Damage. The kinsect with a blast status just creates little orange clouds that explode when you hit them, so there's no build up as far as I can tell meaning the skill shouldn't work. Once you reached the limit, it will Blast is a status ailment, so there is a limit on how often it procs in a fight. You really dont need any handicraft with that set and the Razor Sharp skill on the IG itself you wont be running out of white sharpness that quickly. Blast cloud: he releases a bunch of glowing orange motes which float in the air for a bit before exploding. I'm consider swapping a crit boost gem which provides 5% crit for the last 2 levels of blast attack (20% more blast buildup). Just use a fireproof mantle and fire res decos. Alternatively if you want the comfort of Fatalis, swap the rathian essence on the Safi glaive for crit status, and use Fatalis for head/chest/arms/waist and artian legs. Right now, my set includes Teostra's Orphee (390 blast damage plus a song that boosts status effects) and maxed out blast damage. Imagine if you needed all five elements for this fight and had to farcaster for every elemental switch. Factoring in the blast damage that procs it will do more damage even if you take the time to meticulously grind for all the attack up upgrades on Safi shattercrusher Seriously though, the safi hammer is a waste of time. Specific to endgame Greatswords, I lucked out on my first Raging Brachydios kill and got two Immortal Reactors. I think the skill is actually called blast attack. 1 Shells - 26 Damage. I always thought getting only 2 levels of Attack Boost for the rarest(?) deco was kind of crappy. You get 5 1-slot decorations you can mix and match to your hearts content here, a 2-slot and a 3-slot. better for the build rather than y because of the free ele and blast attack up. Now, what Blast Attack and True Status Crit do are increase the amount of build up you apply. As for kinsects, the best ones (i cant remember the name) are the 20 speed blast ones. EDIT: Further testing based on bonus observations. Posted by u/Phxrebirth - 2 votes and 3 comments You just gotta understand how the drop rates work. From the 3 options, Magnamalo would benefit the most from a Blast build. I was wondering, blast being an… Even with a "pure elemental attack" as we imagine it (i. Great thing about this class is that you don’t need to build for affinity or attack so you end up with a ton of room for utility or defensive skills. By endgame, I used xxx/attack decos to get Attack Boost level-4 to get the 5% Affinity. Primary and Secondary attack together will do a Wide Sweep attack. So if you had 4 people in a hunt, one using sleep, one using paralysis, one using blast and one using poison, they would all trigger their respective status at the same rate as if they were the only ones attacking. Supernova: he roars, flies up in the air and glows for a couple seconds before exploding. Not sure how the Artillery skill affects Wyrmstake Blast at the moment. So the general consensus at mhw meta is blast safi or light break as wep. I know Bazel and a think Lunastra armor has those as armor skills but I have yet to see any gems for the skill. This happens rather easily because blast can be built continuously throughout the hunt, while poison can't be built while poison damage is already ticking on the monster. :( Mainly because perfect rush is the go to for damage but you roll cancel the final hit. Bombardier is 'supposed' to affect how much damage explosions do, but it has been proved that bombardier does not help a blast set. Don't ask me why these numbers change like this, but when the blast effect happens it seems to always do 120 on all HR monsters. 25*Affinity) = Effective Power True Attack is attack of your weapon divided by the multiplier that represents the speed of the weapon's attacks. Honestly, i never use this and forgot it existed. On that note: why is general wisdom that blast weapons are so amazing before World? In general, most things seem to remain consistent between entries in the series, but there was a lot of noise about how Blast "used to be good" in reference to games before MHW. it has no effect when your weapon has elemental/status on it. Sticky is affected by the Artillery skill but cluster is not. Removing the mucose makes his attacks less effective, but do not start a careless big bang attack or you will explode. The meta bow sets use the charm slot for the element attack up for the specific element, in this case you'd want more blast procs so use the Demolition Charm to get Blast Attack up. Fought him enough yesterday to know. Wiki is barebones, Does blast att decoration give a flat +10 bonus for all 3 levels? OR. Closing: If you're just looking for wyrmstake explosion damage then you can use any shell type as long as it has high shelling level. Load your Wyvern Canon. There are not many monsters which are very weak to blast, and of all of these monsters are very weak to another element as well. Since 100% crit and lvl3 crit boost was so easy to get in base world most people were grinding/optimizing for the highest possible attack. I’ll post it when I get home tonight, but the gist of it is, I’ve got Kulve arms for Free Element to actually get the Blast, three pieces of Zorah for Crit Status and maxed out Blast Attack, and Weakness Exploit as the core skills. You can however increase the damage of blast via the Critical Status set bonus from Artian armor, as well as increase build up rate by slotting in the Blast Decorations. those attacks hit numerous times. More blast weapons just mean you increase the needed value for another blast proc making blast less effective than it ordinarily is. If you have a bow with Blast Boost that's another 1. Thats right, but you even get blast attack skills. I use kestodon guards for sliding affinity +30. I have been having tons of funs with blast elements using the magnamalo long sword I want to make use of the blast as much as i can, does bombardier increase damage from blast ? Here’s the set i am using this Barroth Helm s Barioth Mail and vembrace s Spio Elytra s Golden Amala And a talisman with att 2 and earplugs 2 (no slots) I’d like making a dual blades set based on raw (2 sharpness and 3 attack upgrades) instead of element with the usual offensive skills (WE,Crit eye, crit boost) and maybe add some blast attack. Oddly enough, regular zorah gear is. DBs are a mix of 1x and 0. Neither ammo is affected by affinity. You will never get blastblight in his last area. Also the charm that adds to dmg from air attacks. Blast attack will do nothing for Wyvernsnipe since it's counted as explosive damage not blast. The main difference is that with a blast coating you will apply blast status on every hit instead of 25% of your hits. And using it against Nergigante I counted 8-9 Blast proc and against Kushala I counted 10-11 Blast proc. I was wondering, does the blast attack skill do anything for a weapon without blast element, such as the charge blade? Yea, you put the monster to sleep then blow it up. However, I am thinking of leaning more toward Blast Dual Blades and already have a build ready. So it's basicly like this: You always do your raw Damage. It doesn't mean you don't have to. Posted by u/That-One-Doofus - 1 vote and no comments Zora magdaros mastery - crit status Para attack - 3 Slugger - 3 Earplugs - 5 Blast attack -3 Bombardier - 3 Free element - 1 If I can sneak in some stamina thief in there too (if I ever get the gems) I will. Here is the strategy: Use high elemental damage weapons, 500-1000 would be good. Like monster X has poor resistance to sleep status. Blast is a great ailment (best IMO) and all the raging brach weapons are top tier. The blast damage is fixed. A blast proc deals 300 damage. The best choice for this is Ice Element, since he always starts in Fire Active in the Special Assignment, and the Fire Active is the best phase for shutting down element. Reply reply More replies More replies hito-on-redit A subreddit to discuss the Fire Emblem series of games, and associated media. Both the meta Safi lance and the Raging Brachydios lance have blast, so you'll be using it for a lot of the end game farm anyway. 3 elemental motion value. Apr 9, 2021 · Blast Attack is a Skill in Monster Hunter World (MHW). Blast is slightly better because blast can still build up right after the initial blast hit but poison can't build while a monster is poisoned, and with a lot of blast builds people do the masters touch set affect which just gives a free +2 blast attack in which case it beats out poison entirely despite having identical attack stats. When attacking with a status weapon you have a chance per hit (I believe 33%) to proc a status build up lets say your weapon builds 25 per proc so you need to build 100 status to be able to proc blast which will do X amount of damage (depending on if LR/HR or MR monsters but always the Guard + Primary attack whilst stationary will do a small poke. The higher the element #, the more damage it does (I think) but there is still a limit on procs. In the last ares where he goes boomboom on the floor he looses all his blast potential. Sleep works well in solo but is difficult in group play. skills. So, of course, I crafted up a Lightbreak Blade right away. Skills: Attack Boost 7 Critical Eye 7 Weakness Exploit 3 Speed Sharpening 3 Critical Boost 2 Long: Charged shelling is the most powerful attack, especially when you mix it with the Wyvern stake blast. 45% Affinity (75% hitting weak spots 95% hitting wounded parts) 318 attack 520 Blast (w/ 2 elemental augments) or " Don't worry your catchall blast weapon that you bring to every hunt will work perfectly on this Black Dragon. I was a little confused I wasn’t sure if using blast attack decorations or charms while not using a blast using a blast weapon would work. The only skills that benefit Cluster are direct attack bonuses like Peak Performance and Agitator. One thing I'm still uncertain about is where exactly my sticky ammo should go. Yes, raw attack increases like Attack Boost and Peak Performance do benefit both sticky and cluster. What ends up happening is you end up proc'ing the status effect faster and more frequently. Blast attack affects blast buildup. Generally in High Rank, Attack Boost is/was quite good, but it gets/got a bit worse in Master Rank due to the higher innate attack values of Master Rank equipment. Hey y'all I'm new to MHW world and loving it, I recently got the Zorah Magdaros alpha set. This sounds like a solid set. -35 fire res at low rank doesn't warrant 50% health with 700 armour. Because you choose a HBG with Wyvernsnipe, your clutch attack will only do a single blast instead of a few machine gun shots with Wyvernheart. So, for a full attack Lance, you will be running MT set. Safi Hammer with either, 2 Attack V, 1 attack VI, 2 Sharpness V, or 1 Sharpness VI, 4 Attack V, or 4 Attack V, 1 Attack VI is very good, and will outperform Brachy by a negligible amount unless you're a speedrunner. Blast is an ailment that you need to build up, just like Sleep, Paralysis, Poison, Exhaust and Stun. Which can allow bows to do RIDICULOUS amounts of blast damage in a short amount of time. If you want poison attack up, swap the head for the alpha version, it's more efficient. Reply reply True Attack*(1+ 0. I noticed that under the Blast Attack ability, it says that elemental buildup has a maximum limit. Needs a bit of Handicraft + Protective Polish to get and maintain white sharpness. Blast have a lower proc threshold than say Paralysis, Sleep and Poison so using Blast Attack up might actually increase the proc count during a hunt. elementless is meta but with a good blast set you can deal barely equal damage. (This is just an example not actual in game calculations/numbers) So if you hit something and it normally crits to do 75 damage you're actually doing like 50 non-elemental and 25 elemental. With Wyrmstake Blast - 232 Damage. So you can get around 1400 damage in one go plus, if you do good placement so the attack hits the monster first then the bombs, the first attack does double damage on a sleeping monster. The only thing you can negate is blastblight which explodes after some time or if you get hit again when afflicted by it, getting hit while afflicted with blastblight does both the damage of the actual attack and the blight explosion. So when a weapon hit have a tiny explosion effect, it means this hit dealt Blast damage (only about 1/3 of your attacks deal ailment damage). Posted by u/auke135 - 4 votes and 3 comments If you have the space and have maxed out affinity and attack boost 4 (or don’t have the single decos for it) then it’s good but I wouldn’t chase it. with Status attacks each have their own invisible "bar" you have to fill to trigger it. With max Blast Attack it procs about 5-6 times per hunt. Reply reply Rigshaw. It does not affect blast damage (that's Blast Attack's thing), and it doesn't appear to affect anything other than bombs. } It's also indirectly helpful for farming, because breaking parts gets you extra rewards. Beware of hitting his hands when red. Other sources to increase blast: +20% (~11 blast ele) from lvl 3 Blast skill via talisman and deco slots, +10% (~+3)from 2 pcs of teostra for its blessing +5 from magna GL ramp-up skill, and +3 from Dango specialist. ), so their stats would be completely identical except for the status/element category. Feb 13, 2020 · Both work, the best LS on consoles is safi's Shatterblast Long sword which we'll get next month but attack is also useful on long sword, go with attack for now. I doubt it will even result in an extra blast proc through a fight. Monsters take additional damage while enraged, agitator adds flat damage, and Crit while monsters are enraged. Currently running: Orangaten bow, golden rath helm, Risen T chest, Risen C gloves, Golden rath belt, Risen C boots 3 attack, 1 expert, 2 slot talisman Skills offhand: Max crit eye Max crit boost Max wex Lightbreak Timbre is pretty underrated, imo. . Teostra has multiple attacks that fit that description. Status effects on a hammer isnt the worst thing, especially if you utilize sliding, or wall running attacks. Helmbreaker is the highest damage hit in MHW LS moveset, which is why you want to take as many opportunities. hold r2/rt while running towards a wall or slope to get the right attack animation, you'll be able to tell when you did it right, cause your character will still being holding the hammer in charging position. The threshold number is 100. Those 120 damage will be one or maybe two hits with a great or longsword in late game. So "+12 attack" will look like an increase of 57-58 attack on the listed attack value of Greatsword, 27-28 for Gunlance, 39-40 for Longsword, etc. Makes so much more sense than calling it "blast atk" and "blast res" charms. Raging Brachy hammer is the easiest to use, since it's not reliant on Dracolite farming. Since only the first attack receives the damage bonus it isn't as useful as paralysis which benefits everyone or blast where you damage instantly from the constant explosions. Maybe I'm just unlucky. In my case, that'd be (left click -> mousebutton 4 + right click). You have to keep hitting an enemy to fill up an invisible gauge to burst damage a monster and compared to element-heavy weapons like dual swords and bows, it's far better using other elemental attacks as it does more overall damage. Especially unlikely if playing multiplayer with other people also doing blast damage. Using the blast boost bow, you can hit the 1200 extra damage on Deviljo in ~18 shots, meaning you can miss with up to 2 shots (10 total arrows if using spread) and still get 4 blasts off. New comments cannot be posted. com/watch?v=OfHs-8BHbSg Blast is really good if you are running a status build, especially if you are running 4 piece gold Rathian which increases status build up and power on critical hits. Pukei SnS for example is a great progression weapon, Rathian is also decent. Blast puts out slightly more damage per hunt than poison on average, but you aren't really building for those statuses. I don't think wide has a level 4 gunlance so Long (magda) and normal (Rathian) would probably be better. But if the elemental is in grey font (because its not active), it will work. You need to be doing elemental damage. With Wyrmstake Blast - 278 Damage. The hits before the final are only . for example if your gs procs 5 x blast thats 600 damage. If you have a fire bow and apply a sleep coating then your bow will do 0 fire damage and apply sleep on every arrow. I had a blast attack 3 and focus 2 build for my sa but i felt like the damage couldve been optimized more. Attack vs affinity depends on the weapon but the calculation is pretty simple usually: if affinity * 1. I KO and paralyze monsters 3-4 times a fight each. So if I’m not using a weapon with blast ailment you’re saying don’t worry about the blast attack perk? Short answer: element sucks. Certain meta builds have blast attack points due to the Teostra arms, but they aren't really something people want. Not the damage. 5x Fixed Damage multiplier, we have opted to bake the damage difference into each shelling attack, as compensation. the blast attack skill just affects build up, like for a weapon's blast. Basically the amount of blast applied to a monster when it procs. Thanks. He also has an attack where he charges into you twice and then, in the third charge, fakes it and moves laterally. There technically isn't a best because since they pretty much come with the same stats but what people did when safi first came out was either get the shatter blade and awaken it with all attack awaken or 4 atk awakens and teostra touch My current priorities are attack boost, artillery, slugger, and bombadier. Ok. Elemental is completely match up dependent and hit zone dependent. Blast is the better of the two in World adding a decent chunk of damage. Teostra Emblem for example (my fav SnS) have 190 True Raw and can get White Sharpness with Handicraft. Each hit you do has a 1/3 chance of applying status (shown by the splash effect), when this happens you apply 10% of your displayed status. Blast sns is fantastic but remember when hunting in groups the more players who are using blast weapons the less valuable they become. It has to, given MHW's really weird idea of naming charms very unintuitively. Hello, MHW Reddit! I've recently picked up the light bowgun and have been having a blast with it. Not two days later I started participating in the Safi'jiiva raid and managed to max out my Blast GS (Attack VI, Sharpness V, 3x Attack V) in seven or eight runs. You can find those values here True attack is what the Attack up skill boosts, and why same levels of attack up can have very different numbers for different weapons. With Wyrmstake Blast - 16 Damage. The Blast dust seems to do roughly 18-30 blast build-up to monsters (I was testing Blast Up and Bombardier due to another user's claims and found this out in the process); I can't say whether or not Status Up skills affect the kinsect dust. source: u/neutralwanderer found this video that shows the difference - https://www. Extra 92 Damages for every Full burst connected, IF YOU: Get a Slinger. Also element is flat damage so every hit deals the same damage and that’s the problem while the GS does alot of damage in one swing it will do less elemental damage because it hits slow. Affinity is set Has 100% on weak spots and 70 everywhere else. So crit element allows the elemental part of your attack to crit with the non-elemental part of your attack. Magda gunlance + focus + artillery and attack or blast attack would be a good shelling focus build. That'll give you true crit status and poison duration up, with built in divine blessing 5. Blast is a status just like paralysis, poison, and the like. Do I have to aim it primarily at the head to get proper stun buildup (like with the hammer, my main weapon) or can I literally spray it all over the monster? Thanks in I figured blast build up, status trigger, and a blast bow would suit but I’m unsure of what to focus. Decoration slots - Kjarr Blast has zero slots, Lightbreak has a 4* slot and a 3* slot. I suggest using the mantle that makes every attack proc status. If you aren't trying to max out your damage it's a pretty nice support horn, especially with pugs. Wyrmstake Blast has been removed due to various problems with the implementation and the mostly negative impacts it had on Gunlance gameplay. (No kamura weapons do not beat it, the damage difference is so small that you barely need any blast procs to beat it. I built a taroth Blast bow set that I’ve found very functional. With a blast hammer live the defender VI or the magdaros hammer. Only other jewel that looks as bright orange is the Bomber Jewel 1 that shows up more often as a rare 6. I'd definitely put in the one attack jewel to get +4 to attack and a Tenderizer. So in every circumstance where blast would be suitable, an elemental weapon would still probably do as much damage. Does blast att 3 give up to +30 bonus? When I trigger the blast dust left behind by a blast kinsect, I suppose it's only doing normal damage, while building up the blast gauge in the monster till a threshold is reached, then it does an explosion on a monster that damage every parts? Or each of the blast dust explosion will damage the part (s) of the monster affected? If they didn't have this multiplier a new player might see a SnS with 100 Attack and a GS with 100 Attack and think "Wow GS has the same attack as the other weapons but hits way slower so the damage output must be super low. Waist: Teostra/Kaiser Beta [Blast Attack Level 2] (Level 2 Slot - Weakness Exploit) Legs: Dober Beta [Attack Boost Level 2] (Level 1 slot - Stamina Thief) Skills: Earplugs Level 3 Attack Boost Level 4 Critical Boost Level 1 Weakness Exploit Level 3 Blast Attack Level 3 Stamina Thief Level 2 Xeno-Horn Build. Now the flip hammer attack is the best one to get it to go as it does multiple hits which builds the blast status. I have an awakened Dragon Sword and Shield I've been using but I wanted the community's recommendation on keeping with Dragon damage or switching up to Blast. Since Gunlance received Wyrmstake Blast instead of Master Rank's 1. Then if the attack is "flagged" as elemental wour corresponding resistance will be used to give you a bonus damage reduction. While it is known that blast is preferable to element on GS, would the Crit-element set bonus change that? Blast vs poison is a minimal difference for weapons primarily using raw damage. Everyone is different but I like to use different elements depending the monsters The Bombadier skill is for items like barrel bombs, while Blast Attack is what boosts your weapons that have a blast status/element component. Bow and dual blades in particular make good use of element, but charge blade is also quite good for it. " Instead, I see a lot complaining about hunters not having ONE elemental weapon. Find a big opening Yup Blast Jewel 1 is exactly what it's called, and it's neon bright orange. Every video/guide I've seen assumes I play with a controller which I don't and I just can't figure this out. 7x status & elemental modifiers. And affinity would only affect the initial piercing shot not the explosions since they can't crit. Out of all combination of the awakened abilities, full attack outperforms every other combination EXCEPT for a single Sharpness VI + 2 Handicraft. Now in iceborne attack is less important due to buffs to elemental and the poor scaling of many attack skills (peak performance, attack boost, etc) and crit skills being nerfed. Long answer: Even though alatreon has good hitzones, a blast meta build always outdamages it. That said, run some blast-orientated gems and it usually is a good contender, proccing 7-8 times per fight, more with apothecary mantle. Blast attack only increases application of the status effect. You don't need blast res decos. With GS you actually want to focus on raw attack and avoid elemental because there's a skill called elementless that gives an extra 10% attack. In GL instead of switching my build for each Monsters elemental weakness I've been running blast bow. Only the word "status" or "blast" buildup improves it. Personally I’d add some comfort skills like grinder, speed eat, or steadfast as these can make or break a hunt and keep your dps up better than a blast jewel I play blast on ps4 but we got zorah gamma and luna weapons. Blast resistance does not decrease the damage you take from attacks. for range weapon if your weapon can shoot element ammo, it has no effect too. This makes blast pretty strong in early game but it becomes "worse" the further you progress. Alatreon's signature gimmick in World is that you need to use elements to shut down his big attack at the end of his Dragon Phase. E : a fireball) the way it works is that any attack will be reduced by your defenses first and foremost. but tbh even the zorah GS is good and can kill stuff in less than two minutes. 25 * attack > attack + bonus attack go for affinity, other wise go for attack. Sep 22, 2018 · Blast weapons are good for blast builds. Sticky is affected by Artillery as well. I think there's viability for DBs to use poison even with element being better in 2. Teostra Soul increases blast damage and is a rampage skill, that could be the one skill that amps the damage of blast explosions globally, but it shouldn't affect the powder explosion itself. Wide sweep. Absolutely go for artillery secret to get level 5 artillery. Dodge into him. The extra points into agitator will almost certainly be the better option. You can just roll, or use the status cleanser/immunity mantle if you really need a second helping. 0 and DBs using it for most matchups in the game. I like the combination decos better. For Elemental dmg i heared that each Monster (even those extremely weak to a certain element) have a resistance threshold to it, once you go over it (with your attacks which also apply element) your weapon will always deal it's raw+elemental damage for a certain amount of time. An elementaless gem would also be ideal if you have one. Full Burst 6 Shells - 168 Damage. Not the most meta setup but it looks amazing and works well enough. The only attack with boosted status is Circle Slash, which is the double vertical hit that is the third hit of the X-X-X attack in normal/archdemon mode. Each mega barrel bomb does about 180 damage base and you can place 2 each. I think blast damage does flat damage, regardless of armour, similar to bombs. Bombardier is for when my cat bud puts em to sleep for sleep bombing. If you want to test it out, instead of looking at how much damage a blast proc does, try to count how many procs you get or how many hits it takes to proc the Hello all ! So, I'm rocking the kulu bow and although damage is kinda poor, I thoroughly enjoy thé blast thingy. Basically WSB is double the dps (or close enough) for all shelling attacks. TL:DR Blast only deals OK damage, but is great for breaking parts. I just don't know if I want to spend the Drac on upgrading this just yet. Hence, blast is better. Blast is another way to stagger, and potentially KO or trip monsters, as well as damaging them at the same time. Hornking Build. You can test it easily by getting hit by a rathian's fireball at low rank and compare that damage with Brachy's blast. when it triggers you see the blast for 100 on LR monsters and 120 on HR monsters. Basically there's a threshold you need to reach for the status to actually trigger. however, in general, raw is the best. Jan 14, 2020 · Dunno about now but I remember MHW basic, Blast element is literally the worst type of element due to mechanics. Pretty much every style of gunlance uses wyrmstake blast to increase dps EXCEPT THE NICHE SLAPLANCE BUILDS, which does not rely on shelling at all. 100 worth to run 2 piece raging bracky with 3 piece Teo hit 100% Crit or as close to it as you can and you never worry about sharpness either. {EDIT: It seems blast can only damage parts, not actually break them, so after applying blast a few times you would still need to actually hit each part once. Decorations: Mighty bow, spread/powershot, forceshot, weakeness exploit, critical boost and blast build up. 5 boost. Decorations: Attack x 3, Weakness Exploit x 1, Speed Sharpening x 3, Flinch Free x 1. With a sleep attack 5 weapon it will take 20 hits to trigger the sleep status. Each level works as follows: Level 1: Blast buildup +5% Bonus: +10; Level 2: Blast buildup +10% Bonus: +10; Level 3: Blast buildup +20% Bonus: +10; The way blast works is that as you attack with your weapon you build up like a "blast meter". Are skills like Weakness Exploit or Critical Eye worth prioritizing, and do they even affect sticky damage? Blast is a status so it acts like all status imagine the monster has and invisible blast health bar of 100. Blast is like a status effect like paralyze or sleep wherein there's a gauge you build up by continously attacking, but instead of a status impairment you deal "blast damage" to the Monster when the gauge reaches max. Depending on the monster you need more blast build up. What he covers the floor with is just lava or call it melted floor if you want. I've shaved a solid 3-4 minutes off my average hunt time. " The reason this isn't true is because of motion values, which is explained in detail on the JinJinx and Tuna videos. Warped feystones are dropped most often by T2 quest. Meaning an early game blast weapon will do the same blast damage as a late game one. It is unaffected by Elemental or raw damage increases. There you go. set bonus Master's Touch, along with maxing out your blast attack to synergize with those weapons. Wyvern Fire - 246 Damage. Compared to Safi horns, it's base damage and blast attack is less than a Safi blast horn with full attack upgrades, but I feel like the song list makes up for it. Max blast I could reach was 58 using everything above. After dying to it for 16 times in a row I have finally done it. Blast attack is rarity 7. The late game one will just proc blast more often. Am I missing something? If It's ideal, I would use the Zora magdaros head piece the one with blast attack obvs, the Zora magdaros chest piece for more blast, the teostra legs for level 4 blast plus latent power, the deviljho part breaker and latent power waist and the vangis jho arm braces. islap xeotse lhv ifxlqwg ethmo qtexc sug fvogn apc fonuny