MHW: Iceborne | Build A Better Hunter: Light Bowgun

[@AngBata11]

As always. Incredible edits and smooth af!

[@tford4471]

I like your videos to

[@puppydrift5664]

Criminally underrated channel, keep it up

[@Matadurr]

The heavy bowgun video will come out a lot faster, for sure. There’s less builds to worry about since Fatalis’ HBG is so broken for normal/pierce/spread.

[@puppydrift5664]

@@Matadurr can’t wait to see it, might just make me wanna pick up a bowgun for once!

[@Matadurr]

@@puppydrift5664 HBG is awesome in the damage output department but evading and movement is really weird compared to LBG. If coming from melee I definitely recommend LBG first to understand ammo management and critical distance for ammos. Then, when you want to become a fire hose of destruction that hardly moves, HBG is your answer. :)

[@puppydrift5664]

@@Matadurr I’ll probably start with the LBG for starters, coming for weapons like the Long Sword and Insect Glaive feel like immediately getting slowed to a crawl would do me more harm than good

[@Matadurr]

@@puppydrift5664 exactly. The simplest yet most flexible LBG you can start with is the Taroth blitz support, and if you don’t have it from Kulve, a close second is the Royal surefire shot.

[@plaguedoc1926]

This was genuinely one of the best how to light bow gun I've seen, I have a better idea on how to make my build now

[@Matadurr]

Thanks! I’m glad it helped.

[@StormDrex75]

How does this channel not have more subscribers? I love your work!!

[@Matadurr]

I get that question a lot...thank you!

[@caramel2933]

Best LBG video for sure! Great work! Just one small point of misinformation, Apothecary Mantle doesn't affect status gain on bow or bowgun ammo.

[@Matadurr]

Oh wow I’m surprised you’re the first person to bring this up. Does the game not mention this? If not that’s unfortunate that I’ve had that info in the vid for this long. :-/

[@caramel2933]

@@MatadurrI’ve done a ton of research and digging on how status works, and unfortunately there’s still a lot of ambiguity surrounding it.. but at the very least, the wiki says that status gain for melee weapons and blast bows have a 1/3rd status buildup chance. The apothecary boosts this to 100%, but status ammos/coatings already have 100% buildup chance, which renders apothecary useless for them

[@Matadurr]

@@caramel2933 good find!

[@KingMasteron1]

These videos are great and have been highly informative for even someone like me who is in middling HR rank. I was never sure if you absolutely needed rapid fire for bowguns, if all the ammo types were viable at various levels (such as rapid fire 2s are visble to single shot 3s)

[@Drunk1196]

really thanks, i use long sword charge blade and gs, i was checking some guides but no one makes the video short and says what you need quickly, great guide, thanks it still works now on 2024

[@Matadurr]

Great to hear, appreciate it!

[@KingMasteron1]

I hope we get to see more of these videos in the future when Monster Hunter Wilds releases!

[@arandomwiggler8926]

Darn I forgot to turn on the bell, I didn't know this came out. Awesome vid keep up the good work!!

[@Matadurr]

Thanks! Should be able to get the HBG video out within the next couple weeks before I take a break for Christmas/New Years.

[@twitsik8966]

Nice... looking forward to the next one

[@Matadurr]

The good news is kind of video takes about 25% of the effort a Crap Guide does to make, so they'll be coming out more frequently.

[@PoisonJarl71501]

Incredible. Wish I had half those decos. Rng is unkind at 300 hrs

[@Matadurr]

I’m about 1400 hours in, and I still get new decorations from time to time. The drop rate for rarity 12’s is just insulting. It’s mitigated somewhat by the three tempered elder dragon event quests as well as the buff in sealed feystone drop rates for investigations. From MR100-300 I think all I did was investigations. A fun process gradually getting stronger, for sure, but long!

[@PoisonJarl71501]

@@Matadurr I dunno if I can last that long. Losing my sanity slowly with 90% of “evades” and “dodges” failing and getting hit by invisible body parts is slowly taking its toll. The game is honestly losing its appeal for me. I don’t want to fight a monster so much just to learn movement patterns. Fun to help low level layers tho haha

[@Matadurr]

@@PoisonJarl71501 I totally understand. I was the same way early on until I looked a little more in-depth to the evade mechanics. Unlike something like Dark Souls, you’re only invincible for something like the first 25ish frames of an evade without any evade window skill points. Timing really is critical, but you can extend that frame count with evade window skill considerably. Also, when dodging, try to dodge “into” most attacks, instead of away from. By going in the opposite direction of a movement’s hitbox, you have a greater chance of not being in contact with it when your invincible frames expire. As for the patterns, that’s definitely a big part of the game! But, it can definitely be fun to sit back and help some low rank guys with walls like Anjanath and Pink Rathian. Either way, hope you can find something to latch onto with the game!

[@PoisonJarl71501]

@@Matadurr very helpful and positive reply. Thanks!

[@albertobernal2537]

Brother, you are a pro uploader. Heck, you even have Bata's blessing. Gotta check out you library, it MUST be good. *Oh, and I insta-subbed, welteverstaan en natuurlijk!

[@Matadurr]

Glad you enjoyed! I’m really looking forward to getting build guides out again after all the crazy title updates to Rise are complete.

[@baeraufhelium2765]

great video bro

[@Mic131EtBosseur13]

Can't wait the next video because i want to RATATATATATATATA... with a new build

[@Matadurr]

Of course! A good start is with the Albadash running the usual peak performance/agitator build. In the clip at the end of the video, I was running a *crazy* fortify/heroics build. That script to get those kind of damage numbers took four tries to execute properly. Turns out Stygian Zinogre is a pretty tough puppy even when not tempered.

[@conormartin3757]

Thanks for the info really helped.

[@Enkeh]

Sorry if this is visible in the diagram, but what monster mod custom upgrades did you use for the Taroth Blitz Support? I'm guessing you went all in for raw damage? Edit: Figured out how to tell on Honey Hunters, thanks for being so organized!

[@Matadurr]

Glad to help! As I mentioned on another comment, HoneyHunter’s tools are great, but their UI when exporting builds isn’t quite user-friendly unless you already know the ins and outs of all the customization options. For future commenters, yes all damage all day on that one. :)

[@tenacioustwins9659]

I love these

[@dmlx4209]

thanks bb ❤️

[@dingus1dangus]

i love the tf2 lines

[@srperfecto4]

Can make a charge blade build?

[@piratecowboy7189]

Piratecowboy was here

[@bizzothagreat]

As of today are these builds still good to use I've been away for like 2 years and I'm restarting from scratch...

[@Matadurr]

That’s awesome to hear, glad they still hold up!

[@shockmoa]

This made me re-consider light bowgun.

[@Matadurr]

One of us...one of us...

[@SeeBarjon]

Oh hey, 1000th sub

[@Matadurr]

You were close! On my end of the analytics, that honor goes to Matthew Souchet-peoples. However, it’s great to have you, welcome aboard!

[@SeeBarjon]

@@Matadurr ah, well congrats on 1k!

[@ChunniTensei]

@@Matadurr You can tell who's subscribed or not. Dang ill be right back. Hehe

[@AzureRath97]

Bowgunning looks like fun but the level of micromanagement required doesn't. Ok so you chose your gun, now choose the right ammo only this gun can use, and guess what there's three variations of [insert ammo type]. What's that? You ran out of [insert ammo type] level three? Well you'd be dumb not to have the items to craft on the go. Oh how could you jump into the quest without adding the right attachments! Meanwhile blademaster is: Wow this is a nice stick, I will bonk the monsters with this stick.

[@Matadurr]

I completely agree with you regarding the complexity vs. melee weapons. To be fair, World’s organization tools mitigate the issue considerably through not only armor/weapon loadouts (which also saves the weapon’s attachments), but item loadouts too. With item loadouts, you can tie one to a particular bowgun, and even edit its in-quest radial menu for fast ammo crafting. It takes only a minute or so to set each item loadout for a bowgun you want to use, so if the micromanagement is what’s really got you turned off from bowguns, I hope this helps.

[@AzureRath97]

@@Matadurr cheers. Btw your editing is great and you deserve more subs ^_^

[@MurielissonPepe]

Are elemental rapid fire builds really worth using in MHW?

[@Matadurr]

They are! The Alatreon dominator really is that good. Technically the Kjarr LBGs are very slightly better with single-shot elemental ammo, but the difference is a couple percentages. Getting Kjarr weapons for elemental use is also a pain...because you can only really use each one against certain monsters.

[@MurielissonPepe]

@@Matadurr Got it! Thank you for taking the time to respond

[@tommo9176]

why do you have critical eye on all the N3 builds so low at level 3? Don't you need it capped for affinity?

[@Matadurr]

Good question. On Rajang’s LBG, affinity does reach 100% with agitator/WEX+. On the Royal Surefire Shot, it’s a similar story but affinity actually overcaps with agitator/WEX+. For the Lightbreak Gun’s build, you reach only 90% affinity with agitator/WEX+, and I chose this because I always run with the coral orchestra palico. If you want to get 100% affinity on that build, simply sub out the attack+ deco with an expert+ deco and you’ll have 100% affinity with agitator/WEX+ without needing the coral orchestra boost. Your overall EFR may be lower though. Hope that helps!

[@tommo9176]

@@Matadurr it does thanks so much! what is the difference between 90 and 100 affinity? it just changes the chance to get a critical hit right? man in the last 3 days I've scored 5 expert+4 and 1 attack4. just need 1 more attack 4 or challenger 4 and I can finally build end game gear. ok so I should count up the affinity and see if I can avoid using an extra critical eye build and replace with an attack build. most lbg start with 0 affinity ti begin with anyway. soz long reply!!

[@Matadurr]

@@tommo9176 affinity is the chance you have of striking a critical hit. 100% affinity, whether gained by agitator, weakness exploit+, or straight-up base affinity, means that you will always crit under those applicable conditions. The choice to chase 100% affinity is often a personal one, as weapons that hit slow and hard (like GS), NEED to have at least 95% affinity for reliable crits. For something like LBG, if you’re using Pierce or spread, you don’t need as high affinity since each pellet of spread or each piercing instance of pierce have their own chance to crit. But something like normal 3, you still want to aim for really high affinity since it’s usually a single-shot ammo. Ammos like sticky ammo do not crit, and elemental ammo crits only increase the physical damage, not the elemental damage (for that you need the critical element skill). I recommend running your build through HoneyHunter, and changing around your decos a bit to see how your efR changes (effective raw, basically a snapshot of your overall damage).

[@tommo9176]

@@Matadurr you're an absolute legend. you didn't have to provide so much detail but you did. thank you. the issue with honey is I'd imagine itd be very complicated and difficult to add in affinity augments to weapons to get a proper affinity calculation l, but I guess I'll do one in my head. I always include shaver jewel in all my builds so maybe I can rely on wex more and reduce the critical eye from 7 to 5 - I'll get calculating. thank you again mate, I am genuinely very grateful

[@Matadurr]

@@tommo9176 once you select your weapon and armor, adding augments is easy on HH. You can even select from the skills what should be activated at any given time for affinity calculations, such as agitator or WEX. But you’re welcome, good luck!

[@samuro3420]

Can u do dual blade perhaps?

[@Matadurr]

The current plan I have is to continue this series in Iceborne with the 5 weapon types I use (LBG, HBG, GS, HH, Hammer). Depending on my interest in picking up new weapons, or depending on if people have footage/build ideas to send me, I may do other weapons like dual blades. A couple friends of mine main other weapons in an in-depth manner, so that's always a possibility.

[@samuro3420]

Well i do hammer too so i will be waiting lol Nice vid dude keep it up!

[@z1u512]

Need one on the bow

[@Matadurr]

That’s going to be a hard one for me if I do it. I have a total of 3 quests completed with bow, for some reason the weapon never really clicked with me in both its movement and combo execution. I do know it’s a good weapon capable of crazy damage and evasion though. It isn’t ruled out!

[@z1u512]

@@Matadurr Thanks :D

[@slYYvvon]

Du you like set secrets? @El Matadurr:YES YES YES!!!!

[@Matadurr]

Heroics secret! Artillery secret! Agitator secret! ALL THE SECRETS!!!

[@MrDarkvanity]

do you have lr rank build guild I just started playing?

[@Matadurr]

I am sorry I do not, and it's been so long since playing low rank I honestly can't remember the proper progression. I would definitely direct you over to the sub-reddit "Monster Hunter Meta", they have a pinned post that should have a progression build guide with screenshots for World/Iceborne for you. I hope that helps! I'll try to drudge up the link if you cannot find it, just let me know!

[@MrDarkvanity]

@@Matadurr I think I found it. I will read through and see what I find . I will keep you posted. Thank you again.

[@tommo9176]

3 attack +4's? what planet am I on

[@Matadurr]

As long as you can get lvl 4 attack boost for that free extra 5% affinity anything else is just a bonus. Those tempered elder dragon quests in the Seliana Cache are your best bet for getting them. Even still…it can take some time.

[@tommo9176]

I'm almost on 1600 hours. And I have 3 characters, so between them am on 3400 hours total - no joke. Have a number of Expert +4, but never ever seen an attack +4 across any of the 3 characters. But I'll keep trying......

[@Matadurr]

@@tommo9176 dude…I’m really sorry, you have simply awful luck. If it’s any consolation, I had about 1000 hours until I got my first expert+ deco (not including the one you get for free from that one quest). Capcom *kind of* fixed this in Rise with craftable decos, but each system has their own flaws.

[@tommo9176]

@@Matadurr glad they kind of fixed it. Thanks for your reply mate, very nice of ya :)

[@bumblebeeman2103]

i want the build for 9:27 THAT

[@Matadurr]

It is very similar to the heroics LBG build, but I don’t have it saved any more. Give it a shot! But good luck having agitator, coalescence, and heroics proc at the same time without dying!

[@magno172]

Wtf ive been playing lbg wrong for the past 2 months and ive played mhw for 800+ hours

[@Matadurr]

That’s what this video is for! Hope it helps. :)

[@klipk7296]

that ear rape intro...