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The Light Bowgun is one of the ranged weapons inMonster Hunter Wildsand is one of the strongest for fast clear times. It’s also easy to use and can be picked up by new players as well, thereby offering a lot of accessibility.
Additionally, you have a fairly long range to play from, making sure that you don’t have to worry too much about dodging hits and you can instead simply focus on firing away at the monster. If you’re looking to pick up the Light Bowgun, here’s a detailed guide that will help you get a build set up quickly.
Light Bowgun Build Overview
Light Bowgun is all aboutammo management, and you need to pick up the correct ammunition for the monster. WhilePierce is a general-purpose buildyou can go with, Light Bowguns havebrilliant elemental setups, and it’s worth getting one for each element.
Additionally, since the range of the weapon is very forgiving, you don’t have to worry much about dodging, though occasionally, when monsters jump onto you, you have to roll around a bit.
One key point to note about Light Bowguns is thatyou have to craft certain ammo, so collecting all the necessary materials is important. WhileNormal and Pierce ammo is infinitein number,elemental ammo is limited, and you should make sure you have enough in stock before jumping into a fight.
Finally,the Light Bowgun hasvery different Decoration requirementsfrom those ofyour standard melee weapons. As such, you will have to spend a while farming, especially because this game has restrictions on armor and weapon Decorations. As such, getting hold of the right equipment can take some time since you will have to rely on monsters spawning with the correct Decorations.
Ideally, any Tier 3 monster will reward the best Decorations, which include all the Tempered Apex monsters such as Nu Udra, Uth Duna, and Rey Dau. Tempered Arkveld and Gore Magala are also some of the best sources for Decorations.
Light Bowgun Build Guide
Here’s a rundown of what your Light Bowgun build should look like:
Physique Jewel (1) x3
Charm
Challenger Charm 2
In theweapon slot,Szelatya Clairgun is your best choicesince apart from the Level Three, Level Two, and Level One Jewel slots, you alsoget Level Two Opening Shotwith it.
Opening Shotis very important as itincreases reload speed and ammo damagefor Bowguns. Additionally, you need to slot in Bandolier/Precise Jewel Level Three forTetrad Shot and Ballistics. You also need Precise Jewel Level Two to increase the level of Ballistics and, finally, Opener Jewel Level One to takeOpening Shot to maximum.
In the Customize Bowgun section, make sure youselect Pierce Ammo Magazine as part of the Equipped Mods. If you’re going for anelemental Light Bowgun, make sure to go with an Artian weapon and useElemental Ammo Powder. For an elemental setup, you will needone Level Three Jewel for the element, Critical Element, and Opening Shot.
In thehead slot, go withGore Helm Beta, which comes with a Level Three and a Level One Jewel slot. In the Level Three slot, go with Chain Jewel Level One forBurst Level One,and in the Level One slot, go with Physique Jewel Level One forConstitution Level One.
Burst gives an attack and elemental boost upon landing consecutive attacks, and Constitution reduces stamina depletion.
In thechest slot, go withArkvulcan Mail Beta, which is the Arkveld armor piece, and it comes with a Level Three and a Level Two Jewel slot. Here, you need to slot in a Challenger Jewel Level Three forAgitatorand a Might Jewel Level Two forMaximum Might.
Agitator increases attack and affinity when monsters is enraged, while Maximum Might gives affinity when the stamina bar is full.
In thearms slot, go withG.Arkveld Vambracers Beta, which is the Guardian Arkveld gear, and it has three Level One Jewel slots. You will need to slot in three Physique Jewel Level One here toincrease the level of the Constitution buff. You also get Weakness Exploit Level Two from this armor piece.
In thewaist slot, go withArkvulcan Coil Beta, which is also part of the Arkveld gear set. Here, you need to slot in a Sane Jewel Level One and a Physique Jewel Level One. Sane Jewel gives youAntivirus, while the Physique Jewel will take Constitution to maximum.
Finally, in thelegs slot,go withGore Greaves Beta, which is the Gore Magala gear and it has a Level Three and two Level One Jewel slots. Here you will need a Challenger Jewel Level Three and two Sane Jewels Level One.
The two-piece Gore Magala gear gives you the Gore Magala’s Tyranny buff, which inflicts you with Frenzy. Being aggressive on the monster cures the Frenzy debuff and gives affinity boost. This also triggers the Antivirus buff, which gives an even greater affinity boost.
In theCharm slot, go withChallenger Charm Two,as it providesAgitator Level Two,which further increases the level of the skill.
Skill Overview of Light Bowgun Build
Here’s how your skills will look like once the build is ready:
You can drop the Chain Jewel Level Three and replace it with Challenger Jewel Level Three for maximum Agitator Level. Burst is a good skill, but if you don’t want it, that’s fine. You can also replace all the Challenger Jewels with Mighty Jewel Level Two for Maximum Might with increased affinity when stamina is full. However, Agitator gives more damage.
Tips To Play Light Bowgun Build
Playing the Light Bowgun build is very simple, as all you do isstand at a distance and shoot at the monster.However, you need to ensure that thecorrect ammo is selected.For instance, in this build, you need to make sure that you’reusing the Pierce ammo,as that is how the build has been set up.
If you’re playing anelemental setup, you’ll have to make sure tocollect the correct elemental ammo from your tentbefore jumping into a fight. If you don’t collect the elemental ammo, you won’t have it in your weapon, and you will waste a lot of time going back to the tent.
Finally, Light Bowgun has something calledRapid Fire Mode, which is denoted by ayellow bar below your ammoon the screen. You want tobe in this mode as much as possible, but it isn’t infinite, and once the bar is drained out, you will have to stay in normal mode for a while before the bar is full again for Rapid Fire Mode to be active.
