Sword and Shield Armor Sets
The short reach of the sword and shield requires you to engage monsters at close range. While quite risky, the ability to guard against incoming attacks with the shield adds a bit of survivability to battles.
Since guarding depletes your weapon’s sharpness, skills like handicraft and speed sharpening will be very useful early on. As you progress further, you will be less reliant on guarding. This allows you to focus on offensive skills like weakness exploit, attack boost, and maximum might for taking on tougher monsters.
Recommended Skills
| Skill | Effect |
|---|---|
| Airborne | Increases the attack power of jumping attacks, including falling bash. |
| Weakness Exploit | Increases affinity when attacking monster weak points. |
| Maximum Might | Increases affinity when attacking at full stamina. |
| Agitator | Increases affinity when monster is enraged. Allows you to deal more damage when monster is angered. |
| Handicraft | Increases the sharpness of your weapon for more damage. |
| Critical Boost | Increases critical hit damage. Synergizes well with weakness, exploit, maximum might, and critical eye skills. |
| Various Elemental Attack Boosting Skills (optional) | Increases damage of elemental and status-inflicting attacks. |
Rarity 3
| Equipment | Skill | Decorations | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head | Bone Helm | Health Boost (Level 1) | – |
| Chest | Bone Mail | Attack Boost (Level 1) | – |
| Arms | Kadachi Vambraces | Evade Extender (Level 1) | – |
| Waist | Jagras Coil | Fortify (Level 1) | – |
| Legs | Alloy Greaves | Speed Sharpening (Level 1) | – |
Activated Skills
| Skills | ||
|---|---|---|
| Attack Boost (Level 1) | Health Boost (Level 1) | Fortify (Level 1) |
| Evade Extender (Level 1) | Speed Sharpening (Level 1) | |
Basic equipment set that offers good survivability for the early game. Fortify is a good skill to have as it increases attack power and defense each time you faint.
Rarity 5
| Equipment | Skill | Decorations | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head | Rathian Helm | Health Boost (Level 1) | – |
| Chest | Rathalos Mail | Weakness Exploit (Level 1) | – |
| Arms | Legiana Vambraces | Airborne | – |
| Waist | Odogaron Coil | Critical Eye (Level 1) | – |
| Legs | Rathian Greaves | Recovery Up (Level 1) | – |
Activated Skills
| Skills | ||
|---|---|---|
| Health Boost (Level 1) | Weakness Exploit (Level 1) | Critical Eye (Level 1) |
| Recovery Up (Level 1) | Airborne | |
Armor set progression with further focus on survivability using health boost and recovery up. Also gives decent enhancements to offense with weakness exploit and critical eye. Fall bash damage is increased with airborne.
Rarity 7
| Equipment | Skill | Decorations | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head | Rathalos Helm β | Attack Boost (Level 2) | Health Jewel (1) |
| Chest | Rathalos Mail β | Weakness Exploit (Level 2) | Health Jewel (1) |
| Arms | Legiana Vambraces α | Airborne, Evade Window (Level 1) | – |
| Waist | Odogaron Coil β | Critical Eye (Level 2) | Health Jewel (1) |
| Legs | Rathalos Greaves α | Jump Master, Weakness Exploit (Level 1) | – |
| Charm | Attack Charm II | Attack Boost (Level 2) | – |
Activated Skills
| Skills | ||
|---|---|---|
| Attack Boost (Level 4) | Weakness Exploit (Level 3) | Health Boost (Level 3) |
| Critical Eye (Level 2) | Evade Window (Level 1) | Jump Master |
| Airborne | ||
A well-balanced set that can be used to clear the main story. Boasts good offensive skills for dishing out large amounts of damage, especially on monster weak points.
Rarity 8
| Equipment | Skill | Decorations | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head | Nergigante Helm α | Maximum Might (Level 2), Attack Boost (Level 1) | Attack Jewel (1) |
| Chest | Kushala Cista β | Handicraft (Level 2) | Health Jewel (1) |
| Arms | Kaiser Vambraces α | Weakness Exploit (Level 2) | Health Jewel (1) |
| Waist | Nergigante Coil β | Attack Boost (Level 2) | Health Jewel (1) |
| Legs | Nergigante Greaves α | Maximum Might (Level 1) | Exploiter Jewel (2) |
| Charm | Attack Charm III | Attack Boost (Level 3) | – |
Activated Skills
| Skills | ||
|---|---|---|
| Attack Boost (Level 7) | Weakness Exploit (Level 3) | Maximum Might (Level 3) |
| Health Boost (Level 3) | Handicraft (Level 2) | Nergigante Hunter (Set Bonus) |
Armor set consisting of pieces made from materials from three different elder dragons. This is an offense-focused set that allows you to stack as much damage as possible when hitting weak points at full stamina. The Nergigante set bonus allows you to absorb health when landing attacks, adding a bit of survivability as well.
End Game
| Equipment | Skill | Decorations | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weapon | Fatal Bite | – | |
| Head | Drachen Armet α | Critical Boost (Level 1), Airborne | Exploiter Jewel Jewel (2), Attack Jewel (1) |
| Chest | Drachen Mail α | Critical Eye (Level 2), Critical Boost (Level 1) | Agitator Jewel (2) |
| Arms | Drachen Vambraces α | Critical Eye (Level 2), Attack Boost (Level 2) | Exploiter Jewel (2), Exploiter Jewel (2) |
| Waist | Nergigante Coil γ | Maximum Might (Level 1), Agitator (Level 1) | Maximum Might Jewel (2), Critical Eye Jewel (1) |
| Legs | Drachen Greaves α | Attack Boost (Level 2), Critical Boost (Level 1) | Maximum Might Jewel (2) |
| Charm | Handicraft Charm III | Handicraft (Level 3) | – |
Activated Skills
| Skills | ||
|---|---|---|
| Critical Eye (Level 5) | Attack Boost (Level 4) | Critical Boost (Level 3) |
| Weakness Exploit (Level 3) | Handicraft (Level 3) | Maximum Might (Level 3) |
| Agitator (Level 2) | Airborne | Soul of the Dragoon (Set Bonus) |
Most of the pieces are crafted from Behemoth materials, which may require a good amount of farming. This is an end game set optimized for dealing maximum damage. The handicraft charm allows you to push weapon sharpness to white. The Drachen armor set bonus, meanwhile, helps reduce the loss of sharpness when four pieces are equipped.
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