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The Bow is one of the ranged weapons inMonster Hunter Wildsand is one of the strongest weapons in the game. It can deal consistent damage, making hunts extremely quick while also allowing you to dodge monster hits perfectly. It takes some practice to get right, but is capable of some fantastically smooth hunts.
However, Bow is an advanced weapon, and getting a build ready and playing it optimally can be difficult for someone with no experience. If you like the Bow and want to use it as your main hunting weapon, here’s a detailed build guide that will get you ready for the endgame.
Bow Build Overview
Bow is all about stamina managementin this game, where you may dash around and charge up the weapon and deal devastating damage to the enemies. While perfect dodging can recover stamina, you won’t always get the option to do that. As such,attaching proper Decorations is importantso that your stamina can recover quickly for you to perform your combos.
Apart from stamina management, Bow relies on properpositioning, perfect dodges, and understanding monster patterns. You need to know when to charge your Dragon Piercer so that you don’t get interrupted mid-attack.
That said, you must also remember thatDecorations in this game are restrictive, which means you can’t slot them wherever you feel like. Weapons and armor Decorations are separate, and you must keep farming the endgame Tempered monsters until you collect everything necessary to get your Bow build ready.
The focus of this Bow build will beDragon Piercer, as it is currently the easiest and best way to deal with monsters. However, if you find the playstyle boring, simply replace the Pierce Shot on your Bow with a Spread Shot, and you are good to go.
Bow Build Guide
Here’s a rundown of theendgame Bow Buildthat you should be using:
Physique Jewel (1) x3
Exploiter Charm 2
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Theweaponof choice here is theGuardian Doshaguma Bow,Griefbringer Urstox. Even though this weapon has negative Affinity, itsbase damage is extremely high, and it’s perfect for Dragon Piercer builds. You will also need Pierce Jewel Three for thePiercing Shots buff, Critical Jewel Three forCritical boost, and Trueshot Jewel One forSpecial Ammo boost. If you don’t want to use it, Artian Bows are also good, but the Guardian Doshaguma Bow base damage is way too good to replace.
In thehead slot, you need to go for the Guardian Fulgur Helm Beta, which comes with aLevel Two Jewel slot. You need to go for the Counter Jewel Level Two here for theCounterstrike buff, which increases your attack when you get hit by a monster. However, if you want,you can replace it with Destroyer Jewel Level 2as well to break monster parts easily.
If you don’t want too much Agitator, you can drop the Challenger Jewel Level Three for the chest slot andreplace it with Counterattack Jewel Level Three. This gives you theAdrenaline Rush buff,which increases attack upon performing a perfect dodge. Since you will be perfect dodging monster attacks with the bow, triggering the Adrenaline Rush buff will be extremely easy.
In thechest slot, go for Arkvulcan Mail Beta, which also comes with aLevel Three Jewel Slot and a Level Two Jewel slot. Here, you will go for a Challenger Jewel Level Three for theAgitator buffand another Counter Jewel Two for theCounterstrike buff. Agitator increases Attack and Affinity when monsters are enraged, which is good for increasing your overall damage.
In thehand slot, go for Guardian Arkveld Vambracers Beta, and it comes withthree Level One Jewel Slots. While it providesWeakness Exploit Level Two, you can either go with Physique Jewel or Brace Jewel in the Jewel slots. Physique Jewel will helpincrease the Constitution Level, which buffs up your stamina recovery. Brace Jewel gives youFlinch Free, which in turn prevents you from getting interrupted.
Both Constitution and Flinch Free have their own advantages in this build.Constitution ensures you never run out of stamina, which helps to perform your Charged Sidesteps more frequently. However,Flinch Free ensures that you don’t get interrupted by basic monster attackswhen charging the Dragon Piercer.
In thewaist slot,go for Gore Coil Beta, and you will need to attach Challenger Jewel Three and a Counter Jewel Level Two to it. This performs exactly similar to the chest slot, where you receive theAgitator and Counterstrike buffs. Once again, you can replace Counterstrike with Destroyer Jewel Level 2 for Partbreaker.
Finally, in thelegs slot, go for Gore Greaves Beta where you need to attach a Challenger Jewel Level Three alongside two Level One Sane Jewels. The Sane Jewels provide theAntivirus buff,which gives you Affinity for curing Frenzy. The Frenzy debuff is applied by the two-piece Gore Magala gear for the waist and leg slots.
In theCharm slot, go for Exploiter Charm Level 2, as itgives you Weakness Exploit Level Twoand thereby helps you max out the stat.
Skills Overview
Here’s how the skills should show up once the build is completed:
Tips To Play This Bow Build
Playing the Bow Build will be hard for a new player, asyou will have to use perfect dodges quite frequently. Monsters like Arkveld and Gore Magala are extremely aggressive, and you will have toperform multiple perfect dodgesin a row to ensure you don’t get carted.
You should also remember that Bows and any other ranged weapon users in Monster Hunter take more damage from bosses when compared to melee weapons. This means performing perfect dodges is an absolute necessity, as otherwise you will end up failing your quests quite frequently.
Once you learn the monster patterns, your task is very simple, asyou will create an opening and start spamming the Dragon Piercermove onto the monster. Do it a few times, and soon wounds will appear on the monster, which you can break for more Dragon Piercer shots.
Eventually, the monster will topple, and that will create a clear opening for you to spam Dragon Piercer until the monster wakes up again, and you have to perform a couple of perfect dodges. Do it enough times, and the monster should die very quickly, provided you do not spend a lot of time running around and healing.
