MHW: Iceborne Full Progressional Set Guide 2024 [NO FATALIS/SAFI/KULVE/ALATREON NEEDED]

[@LordViettner]

Be sure to like this comment if you want a video covering the best skills for each weapon :D Also thank you all so much for 13k subs! Much love

[@DREADxMAW]

I'm a GS main but am looking to try out the gunlance

[@JahovasFitness]

Pretty solid suggestions overall. Here's some other things that should be noted. 1) If you're playing when a festival is active, do try and get some of the armor that the event tickets allow you to make. The Oolong set is fantastic early on due to the headpiece and guaranteed Expert+ jewel you'll get as you can achieve 25% affinity on one piece of gear early on, and the pants are nice for Health Boost 2 and the slots. The Astral chest/gloves/pants setup gives you WEX/Crit Boost/Divine Blessing lvl 2 which is great for bargain builds if you don't have the decorations for the skills early on and it'll be a great boost to your damage and survivability. The Demonlord belt is a nice piece later on since it gives maxed out Free Elem/Ammo Up on a single piece which is great since that's a rare skill to get decos for. 2) The event quest "Flora Frostbite" is a great way to farm up on decos since the mission only takes a couple minutes at most if you have the camps available and it gives out about 2-4 decos on average, plus its great for farming research points and it can speed up your harvest box supplies. 3) If you're wanting to use elemental damage, check out the USJ event quests, as the materials from those give you access to an armor set that offers True Critical Element. These quests are available ar MR18ish whereas you normally have to fight Silver Rathalos at MR70+ for the set bonus so its incredibly potent as a bargain set till then (plus you can mix and match those pieces with Silver Los later and still get the bonus). 4) After beating Iceborne's final story boss and unlocking the Guiding Lands, check out the event quest "The Last White Night" as the gear from this quest is great for monsters like Rajang and Raging Brachydios as well as Alatreon if you can't get ez access to Kulve/Safi weapons. Plus, there's quite a few good armor pieces. 5) Rajang's quest unlocks the Volcanic region so lvl 4 isn't needed to start that questline. 6) Artillery secret isn't really the highest priority for Impact phial Charge Blades but its nice if you can squeeze it in. That said, rather than 2 pieces of Raging Brachy + 3 pieces of Zorah Magdaros armor, just go for 4 pieces of Raging Brachy instead. You still get Artillery secret, there's better armor + slot synergy, and you get one extra piece of armor to run something else instead (5 pieces of Raging Brachy is valid too tho since all the armor skills can help Charge Blade). 7) After getting to the guiding lands you should be able to make new decos at the melder soon after returning. Valuable decos like Guard Up, Protective Polish, Mighty Bow, and esp. Clutch Claw Boost can be crafted at the melder if you have plenty of spare decos. You can also set the Steamworks to x10 output so if you have lots of fuel (easy to get lots of fuel from the event quest "Farewell to Zinogre") you can go for x10 overdrive bonuses and get lots of Steel Melding Tickets to fill your deco library + fuel for crafting new decos. You can also use the abundant Steam tickets from x10 overdrive to craft tons of useful items like Dash Juice, Mega Demon/Armordrugs, traps, etc. It's a lot of extra info but these are all really things to know and take advantage of as I've helped many others be better prepared for later game content with these tips.

[@HeartOfGon]

You can CRAFT a mighty bow deco now??? I stopped playing right when I got to the guiding lands cuz I still didn’t have one but now I’m loading back up 😂

[@Quinzmo]

You are so hot for this

[@shoobzy3431]

The flora frostbite quest sucks for decos. I'm still early in iceborne but I've probably spent about an hour doing that quest and literally all it gives are the ancient fey stones which seem to be the worst it just has mainly junk lvl 4 and 1 jewels

[@giodeluxe303]

Much appreciated man, tyy

[@Aretepolitic]

You don’t have to leave to your guiding lands to get to raging bracy. You can go directly to the quest line after unlocking the guiding lands.

[@LordViettner]

good to know!

[@NuggetWrestler]

Great comment

[@rivalry5023]

which quest line? the purple mark on seliana?

[@Aretepolitic]

@@rivalry5023 yes. Just follow those, they should have to hunt a Kirin

[@rivalry5023]

@@Aretepolitic i just finished iceborn story and had no idea what to do with guiding lands. do i need to explore it manually?

[@steele5371]

As a new player (started a month ish ago) I’m glad I didn’t you the defender armor. Saw the stats where way higher than anything you can get normally. Id recommend new player also ignore the defender gear as I did as I fear it would make the game too easy. Plus farming gear and creating builds is a huge gun part of the game which the defender gear ruins early on. I hate this “rush to endgame” culture gamers have. If your new play the base game at your own pace, you don’t need easy mode.

[@hellspawn22001]

Small caveat: use the defender armor if you get stuck on a monster, then go back and learn it with standard gear. That way you don’t get frustrated but know the monsters when you get to master rank.

[@EACru2002]

Yup, I’m seeing a ton of posts on Reddit now with the surge of new players commenting how Iceborne feels impossible and how they can’t defeat any monsters anymore. While Iceborne is naturally difficult, I would bet a lot of those people probably used Defender gear. Using Defender gear in base World allows you to beat the game while retaining all your bad habits. Then once the monsters start punishing you hard for bad habits, they hit a huge wall because they’ve been playing the same way for 40+ hours.

[@Vael221]

@@EACru2002Yeah, its basically just kicking the can down the road of "you have to start learning the game properly to progress" and makes the wall that much higher once you do hit it.

[@LordViettner]

just like I said at 2:03 huh?

[@steele5371]

@@LordViettner Yeah and I decided to reiterate and give a little more detail as to why I feel defender gear is bad.

[@briantedja1228]

Nice video lord, however if the purpose is to reach fatalis ASAP, there is no much need for Guiding Lands unless health augment and ele augment (for ele weapon). My tip is to go straight to Raging Brachy for raw weapon players (GS, LS, SnS Perfect Rush, H, HH niche, Lance, GL for wide players, SwAxe, CB for impact phial players, IG), and for alatreon u can use frostfang barioth weapon as that is already a very good ice weapon (comparable to some META choice) without much grinding or alternatively max out velkhana. Alatreon first fight always start on Fire Mode (weakest to Ice) and break that horn when alatreon goes to dragon mode so he doesnt swap to Ice mode after Nova (where he is immune to ice) The raging weapons (or safi blast if u want to grind safi) is a good pre Fatalis weapon as most pre Fatalis patched player use that armor to fight him pre unlocking. Armor for post final boss u can directly go farm Raging Brachy and Teostra for MAster Touch and Agitator Blesssing (meta raw build pre safi) Armor Build Kaiser ß Brachydium ß Kaiser ß Kaiser ß Brachydium ß Agitator V Charm For farming raging brachy u can also use frostfang weapon as rsging is also weak to ice

[@mog8641]

The Problem i encounter on this road ATM is that agitator charm rank 3 is already locked behind tempered Black diablos so u need wildspire Region lvl 7 and i dont know what even Comes after that... brachy armor feels so useless without agitator charm

[@Ecliptor.]

Idk about 0 focus set for GS tho, and the deco is a 0.2% chance.

[@MortimersCookies]

the important skills guide for each weapon type would be very useful! i was about to suggest it.

[@juanparrales7311]

​@@SubiKinubi Yeah but that's kinda a shitty guide tbh

[@juanparrales7311]

@@SubiKinubi I suppose your refering to the one with the most views from a channel with the comments disable, those are extremely shitty guides, if you are refering to another different guide then that's quite pointless too, since probably everyone is just gonna watch the shitty ones since those are the ones with most views.

[@juanparrales7311]

@@SubiKinubi Why you are so salty that I call shitty a shitty channel ? Is this your second account or you're just his bitch ?

[@nicolacosentino5042]

Nah why you think are shit?​@@juanparrales7311

[@nicolacosentino5042]

​@@juanparrales7311I mean I watched those video for HR progression and he actually helped me a lot

[@Kaiserin669]

As soon as you hunt Barioth you will reach MR7 and you can farm the event quest 50 Shades of White (I think it's called) is a quest where you fight a Barioth in the arena and unlock the best weapons to continue the story and start the end game ( you can upgrade this weapons after defeating Namielle). I highly recommend these weapons except if you are playing blowguns

[@LordViettner]

Guild Palace weapons have pretty good stats and very very good looking weapons

[@Ecliptor.]

Greatsword as well tbh. Pukei GS is just as good if not better. Lots of poison, a lot more white sharpness (even gets purple with 1 handicraft). But guild palace is indeed very good looking with pretty much the same performance, though you will have to sharpen a lot.

[@riklaunim]

For newcomers like me I would say rushing to Iceborne is not recommended as the difficulty spikes up so it's better to stay a while in base game and get your skill and experience up. Also to craft Iceborn weapons you need previous tier of it, like Karma for LBG (and a bit of previous tier mats for armors).

[@spacenai4461]

​@Urusovite Barioth is a wall for most newcomers, it is the first real threat in IB.

[@generalvodka5233]

@Urusovite what weapon do you use and what monster have you defeated so far?

[@wallabror]

I rushed to iceborne got into it easily just beotodus armor and weapon then go on

[@generalvodka5233]

@@wallabror what's the last mosnter you fought?

[@generalvodka5233]

@Urusovite lol, you're not even at the hardest bosses and you think game doesn't have a spike. also using long sword lawl, one of the eziest weapons

[@icemythic6076]

After beating the story of Iceborne I think that getting the Frostfang Barioth set is a high priority if not the highest priority. The armor is very strong for most builds with powerful skills like Critical Eye, Attack Boost, Slugger Secret, and Punishing Draw. Also the weapons have purple sharpness, solid raw and a ton of ice. The ice is especially good against the endgame monsters like Rajang, Raging Brachydios, Furious Rajang and Alatreon. As a bonus it is one of the coolest looking sets in the whole game 💙

[@icemythic6076]

The event quest to get the tickets for gear is called Last White Knight unlocked at MR24

[@gaby232323]

As someone who played since beta.. 1) if you are new please do not rush defender gear because most monsters are also in MR if you learn in LR and HR you will have easier time to learn move set so what you carted a few times at a monster consider learning its moveset so that you can either dodge or counter 2) Also dont be afraid to try a different weapon maybe you like that weapon more and can or do better. 3) learning to use any of the ranged weapons LBG HBG BOW Since gunners mostly need like elemental damage or raw damage building them is easy bow is the most stamina hungry weapon in the game you need constitution and stamina surge a wiggly litchi from the ground can help with stamina its like a dash juice item 4) Who likes to support there are skills like wide range look for that on the set and free meal which has a % chance to not consume item so you can heal your party as well as speed eating if you max these all you need is consumable items which you get from the farm botanical research please upgrade the facilities like canteen and botanical as well as getting all mantles early on. A good tip is to reach iceborne create a weapon and a set you are comfortable with and go back in LR AND HR to finish the rest of the quests. 5) I recommend looking up guides for the items and slingers and mounting as well as stealth mechanics which can be abused heavily using spore puffs / smoke bombs you can make the monster confused which give you plenty of time to wall bang. After hundreds of hours i found smoke bombs to be so OP also can help in heal or sharpen your weapon. 6) Dont treat Lance as a tank class its more of a boxing class the more you poke counter and dodge the better the lance of course you get guard up skill and 5 levels of guard and with val hazak set to auto regenrate you become immortal all you do is guard there were tactics like that to the behemoth 6) HBG can also shield by just aiming and shield up and guard up do work 7) Get the talons and charms in inventory and always have them 8) For people that have zenny problems early on get the bandit mantle equip it and attack each dropped yellow shiny grab it also equip the plunderblade for the palico which also gives yellow shinies grab all and go to provisions and click sell and select to sell all trade in items and there you go easy 20-50k remember to do that i have so many trade in items that i forgot to sell i get almost 2kk zenny if i do it .. In base world there was an event quest were you fight a pukei pukei and a kulu yaku and gave gourmet vouchers and HR ranks as well as zenny on the special arena you do that and use the bandit mantle there for a lot of zenny and tickets 2 minutes to complete.. Also dont forget to add bounties that give armor spheres keep them for later do not waste armor spheres on HR LR gear! The people that dont own iceborne the best set in the game is the Drachen armor from behemoth he was considered end game. Maxed out gave around 94 defense on each piece with max attack skill crit and wex as for difference the mr armor the first one already has around 110 defense per piece so i recommend just hang on and dont upgrade until MR . 8) MR24 do safi jiiva dont listen to this guide its not impossible to do and the set and weapons are very worth it until you reach MR100 find groups and session with the filter for safi jiiva and hop in use uragaan or radoban that gives part breaker tenderize and just hit legs or make the support build after so many hours i rarely see support players lmao 😂 1 support helps even the veterans dont think you are useless lol try and learn the mechanics and how to upgrade the weapons. 9) The sieges KT and Safi are on 2 weeks rotations i think safi has like 8 days remaining as of todays post KT weapons are the best elemental damage weapons in the game kjarr DB / charge blades with the savage axe playstyle / bows / insect glaives / Elemental phial switch axes / SnS Meanwhile in safi the most meta weapons are Safi burstcannon HBG for pierce or spread 3 builds these are the best of the best in the entire game Safi Aquashot LBG for rapid fire any element And Gunlance Long shelling the Safi dream..gunlance puts monsters to sleep and has the best Long shells in the game you just charge shot with the GL. 10) Top Raw weapons for LS GS Hammer HH Insect raw are the fatalis and raging brachydios if you have raging brachidyos raw weapon you are set until fatalis Also if you capture every monster you fight it in the arena as optional quest do all HR and LR optional quests make them all red complete and you will unlock a special pigment called rainbow 🌈 which changes the color of your armor periodically. I have 3 characters a male and female since the sets look different based on gender. And third which i made kt stuck in HR to test some things.

[@gaby232323]

@Urusovite what about mr now without decos and stuff its kinda hard it makes things easier if you do a little slower unless you already playyed monster hunter before..

[@juanparrales7311]

GOD DAMN my man is yapping a ton, sadly almost everything is nonesense, the game is not that hard tbh compare to really hard games, no issues rushing the MH story

[@gaby232323]

@@juanparrales7311 i agree but there are people out there that just want the shortcut. Otherwise why you would be here lol

[@juanparrales7311]

@@gaby232323 What you wrote it's not a shortcut, that's a thesis essay it cost me like 3 finger scrolls to pass all your comment, that's why I felt the necesity to say "Holy shit, this guy got excited with his text" lol

[@ethanvietti]

This vid is gas! Just got the game for my PC and will 100% be using this and your other vids as I play through

[@LordViettner]

legend

[@Boostars]

i just started a new char after a 2 years break because MH Wilds hyped my up. Videos like thease are a blessing because all the build videos are like 3+years old and finding set that matches my progression is hard. This video helped allot even thou there are just a handfull of sets shown here.

[@InnocentiusLacrimosa]

Excellent content. Thanks a lot for this. I just entered Icebourne and need to start figuring out on how to gear up there. Just got some basic rank 9 gear for starting, but still have the old Defender weapons and those are starting to get pretty weak at this point also. I can still do most missions on first try, but they take quite a bit of time.

[@InnocentiusLacrimosa]

Alright, finished Icebourne story. To guiding lands it seems. Just used regular Ore and Bone tree longswords. Now switching to HBGs/Gunlances perhaps.

[@Pjin2D]

As a player who is not skilled who enough to optimise teostra set, I opted for 3pc naga with ful anja helm and odo coil for a more comfy build while still having crit eye, wex, crit boost and easier time maintaining sharpness.

[@LordViettner]

true razor sharp is great! only 30% chance to use sharpness, I loved narga armor in my first playthrough!

[@UncleReamus]

Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for after the last video. Appreciate it.

[@TheGhutsyFc]

Thank you so much for this guide. I picked this game up during the recent Winter Steam sale and recently finished just about every optional/event quest in the base game before I buy the Iceborne DLC! *Also, while I agree veteran hunters should use defender set to speed up the lower ranked missions, I’m glad I didn’t. Made the game more challenging and encouraged learning monster move sets rather than just hack n slashing.

[@nubisapira]

I was searching for a video about the best skills for each weapon 2 days ago and could not really find one video that covers them all so it would be much appreciated :D

[@jougamer5110]

Great video man, a skill guide would be great and adding a segment for armor set bonuses plus really good off pieces would be great I think. Overall I’m happy I found your channel keep it up

[@Solidsnek2024]

Pro tip ofcourse don't farm too much for low and high rank but don't forget to farm Decos Decos are a must Most New players I met that sped run the game , they lack decos by the time they're fighting raging brachy and alatreon

[@LordViettner]

for sure! decos drop like candy in Master Rank, lots of great ways to farm!

[@Solidsnek2024]

@@LordViettner Yooo i got noticed!!!! actually you are right, I forgot about those quests Ahahaha

[@woestho]

Bro yess! I started mhw all over again but my save data was old and not updated so I’m starting fresh since I got my new ps5. This is EXACTLY the video I needed, btw mind giving me any and if all settings for mhw that you use. Thanks 🙏

[@HeartOfGon]

As someone who is starting a new game with my roommate (his first playthrough) and feeling like I had to relearn the game completely. This is right up my alley. Thanks for the amazing content. 🙏🏽

[@LordViettner]

Glad to hear it! hope your roommate enjoys!

[@HeartOfGon]

We’re at MR 5 now and he’s hooked. 💪🏽

[@HeartOfGon]

MR 19 now 💪🏽

[@logos_42]

The best video I've seen on the topic by far. Thanks for the great work.

[@LordViettner]

thanks! glad to help :D

[@edgarallansucgang9714]

Nice! Thank you for this guide.

[@suslord3589]

You can hunt both the metal raths in the volcano area level 6-7, or by doing the event quests that you unlock after getting to MR70

[@Skoll-Hati]

Amazing guide thank you

[@lokicatcoffee416]

Hr Dualblade Defender > Mr jagras SA (exhaust sleepbombwallbang build) > Frostfang SnS (support heal build to farm raging brachy and alatreon--abused SOS this one less stress)🎉 > Lightbreak SA (headbreak, plunderblade fatalis) > Demonlord HBG to MR 100(bully everything fata armor set). Thats my progression route in this return to world new savefile, super cheesy all😅 got me to fata set in 2 weeks+ or so of playing. Currently working to MR 100 now to get em cosplays

[@Da5kone001]

They changed the way you unlock brachy and rajang you just unlock guiding lands and your good to go

[@LordViettner]

oh nice, thanks for that!

[@daikilvirtav8469]

About the defender gear. Lots of opinions here but in the end it comes down to you. Do you want to rush to the endgame? If not you will get more enjoyment out of lowrank/highrank by not using defender stuff. The difficulty spike in master rank is fine for a first time player if you are stubborn or experienced with similar difficult games. The only reason I personally would use defender gear is if I'm rushing to endgame to play with friends. Otherwise low/high rank is just as good content as master rank.

[@LordViettner]

exactly, all personal preference!

[@grimreefer213]

For longsword the best weapon for progressing through the story is almost definitively the viper tobi kadachi longsword. It has everything and pretty much no other weapon comes close. It has 15% affinity, 1-2 slots, good sharpness, decent raw and paralysis. I recently played through the story again and I was really trying to find something better but couldn’t do it. Every other weapon has something wrong with it, either bad sharpness, bad raw etc. Also i’d recommend crafting the USJ event quest longsword as that is really good as well early on in master rank.

[@allenbroussard1451]

Ehh......Velkana longsword is pretty decent overall. Also, if your maining LS you want a fire and ice LS for certain enemies anyway.

[@grimreefer213]

@@allenbroussard1451 Any weapon that needs handicraft just to be usable loses value because handicraft is an expensive skill (it only has like 20 hits of white sharpness), and by the time you can fight Velkhana you can craft the Azure Dragon Dance+ which is just better. Two 4 slots, 30% affinity, more raw, innate purple and massive white sharpness is tremendously better than a small amount of ice damage. Element is not that important in my opinion at that stage of the game and the only weapons that have a lot of element have terrible stats everywhere else. Even if you don’t craft that, a small amount of ice damage and needing to sharpen more often is not better than getting 2-3 paralyses per hunt which gives massive free damage openings with the Kadachi Viperfang that you also have to sharpen less often

[@jimmatthews3295]

Great video. I am trying to follow why the Yian legs are a mainstay - is resentment that strong? Or am I missing something for a melee build

[@LordViettner]

garuga b legs have crit eye 2 and 4-2-2 slots. Incredibly good

[@jimmatthews3295]

@@LordViettner Ahhhh, I see. I was looking at waist not legs. Thank you!

[@sdboka3360]

Would be very interested in a weapon specific guide!

[@samj4264]

Just a heads up that Guild Palace weapons are easily obtainable at MR3* during the story, now that all events are active. This would be a better option during Iceborne story I think…and they look great

[@DazaTheKing]

A video on Skill priority for each build or weapon would be really great l. Im newer to MH I started with world and stopped playing before iceborn so I didn’t get to explore the different builds to much, now im back playing I’m a little overwhelmed with the different selections.

[@LordViettner]

got one up on the channel! check it out here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqCvpp6an9urb7s

[@DazaTheKing]

@@LordViettner My god. You are a legend! SUB gained ❤️

[@anthonyroberts7486]

None of the guiding lands stuff needed to do anything except the Raths. Also I would recommend that new players not touch the guardian armor or defender weapons because they don't allow you to learn. For low and high rank i just recommend making whatever you can without farming that increases your defense or health, example bone helm then upgrade to rathian helm etc, also i recommend capturing every monster to maximize material you would get.

[@PeterAlexanderRheaumeGarcia]

The shatter horn kirin special assignment is supposed to be done first to unlock the volcanic region in the guiding lands, you say it the other way around in your video.

[@svencer8597]

Do you have a Great Sword progression build would appreciate it

[@nightmaregaming7082]

For cb, heard that the 3pc zora wasn’t worth bc it doesn’t scale that well and only applies to phials, you spend more time charging the phials than using them anyways and only affect SAED and not SAXE builds and is only worth if >50% of attacks are phial burns but not really easy to do

[@nightmaregaming7082]

3+feylene bomb has almost identical as 5+fb, and 5+fb has no increase from just 5 artillery

[@LordViettner]

don't use 3 piece zorah, use 4 piece brachy. artillery 5 is worth it in the endgame bc you can get it for free basically in any set, maybe not worth it for the story of iceborne but after that, it's definitely a must have for impact CB (saed style)

[@Dresden0478]

Actually what I found would be a good video series is one that covers gear progression and deco builds for the groups of MR assigned quests. Most of them are in groups of 2 missions. So a video to prep for each 2 monsters I know would be super helpful. Like for example the quest group for Tigrex and Brachydios made me bash my head against the wall. Viper Kadachi and Barioth also did that to me. So progression of armors and weapons based on campaign checkpoints would be super useful for the new gen of MHW player which I include myself in cause I started a month ago.

[@rappy7541]

great video for newbies like me

[@Hunter-bi7qe]

would love a more weapon type progression guide someone did that a while back but updates might have made them kind of outdated

[@unixtreme]

I just realized I skipped way too many steps and went straight to raging brachy and alatreon 😂

[@LordViettner]

nothing wrong with that! since I played the game as it was released I didn't have a choice but to progress like this, now that Raging Brachy and Alatreon are accessible before the endgame guiding lands monsters, that's pretty standard for most playthroughs!

[@AkA_J3FF3]

skills guide for each weapon type would be awesome thanks

[@LordViettner]

just came out on the channel 4 hours ago! go check it out :D

[@Jugement]

While i agree Guardian Armor is good enough to warrant skipping material grind with most weapons up to MR, those that heavily rely on skills synergy for damage and/or to enable their optimal gameplay loop like CB, LS, GL, Bow/Gun etc really get mileage out of grabbing a proper set in HR. LR is definitely skippable aside for maybe a piece or two tho i agree

[@LordViettner]

just depends on the person and what they want from the full experience!

[@glardian966]

6:45 you do NOT need to level up your guiding lands volcano to lvl 4. In fact you don't even get the volcano section until you do the Rajang quest

[@LordViettner]

correct, i had that wrong, it's been a couple years since I unlocked Rajang xD

[@sloesty]

For mr: Astral set and oolong headpiece set me on my path early. As did bone armor. Minor farming. My defender weapon carried me all the way to the event lvl 3 barioth quest where i farmed it for the royal weapon. The leon and claire outfits are also rlt good.

[@j.jbinks9669]

I just finished the Iceborne story and unlocked the Grinding Lands and I'm abit...stuck for lack of a better word. Every time I Google sets or prog guides it's all either outdated or multiple patches ahead of where I am. I just want to experience the O.G progression how it was released so if anyone here could reply to this message telling me the endgame prog order (do I level GL, do I do the Special Assignments, do I grind gear first???) I'd very much appreciate it :)

[@nerdklips86]

Skills for Switch Axe please

[@kevo300]

Solod every monster except safi and it still makes me sad to this day.

[@LordViettner]

safi has solo HP scaling now, i've done it a couple times on stream with aquashot lbg

[@iGoatonPS]

Will you do a video on meta end game builds next?

[@LordViettner]

i already have a bunch on my channel, if you just check my iceborne playlist they should all be in there. but yeah, eventually I'll add more that I didn't cover back then

[@Raumplestomp]

As a brand new player, I would really appreciate knowing the best skills for each weapon.

[@LordViettner]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqCvpp6an9urb7s

[@Jgetreched346]

Man can't believe im almost done with this game

[@tonygiao4145]

I started a new run again, with HH i necer uswd before so if you make a guide for it will be awesome, to check which weapon are the best or the songs

[@LordViettner]

hunting horn is a ton of fun!

[@acelolee_]

so before guiding lands, you should go for hbg not other weapons? I really overwhelmed by the bosses after the velkhana.

[@LordViettner]

you can go for any weapon, the narga/acid glav/shara weapons are solid for raw melee prior to the guiding lands, just like I mentioned in the video at 2:53 and 4:03

[@titonazz]

can you do a weapon progress for bow?

[@andreacalcagno1991]

what would you say a good gs set for fatalis is ? Me and a friend got the game during the holiday season and we sped run through it, me because I already had it done up to alatreon on ps4, him because he was playing with me, and now I managed to brute force the fatalis hunt with shit gear and fortify, while he is having a little bit more trouble and I don't really have the damage to carry a duo hunt. So, alatreon GS or brachy with alatreon armor or is it something a bit more complex ?

[@LordViettner]

any GS you like with the armor set shown at 7:32, just be sure to put in fortify and focus as skills

[@andreacalcagno1991]

@@LordViettner ty for the quick answer, will let you know how it has gone !

[@andreacalcagno1991]

I'm full fata and my friend has gotten his black fatalis blade and some pieces, in the end we used parts of the set with other stuff just because we were too poor, but now we are going to terrorize guiding lands monster until we hit Mr 100 XD

[@konepol]

i wish this video come before i beat fatalis or even before start mhw

[@Veggie6Nubz]

Why 3 piece Zora with 2 raging vs 4 raging and 1 free slot? you get artillery secret from 4 piece Raging with much better slot economy.

[@LordViettner]

yeah that was a bad oversight on my part, i was remembering how the progression went if you played through it all in order as it released, not how it is now with everything out! You are right, 4 piece raging is better for artillery secret

[@ARTHR1T1CUS]

This is late af. But im replaying world while i wait for wilds. Im using insect glaive, idk if i should be focusing on raw or element. In rise better with element. An in world ik u can do element with IG. But idk if its the better route? Or if raw is

[@LordViettner]

raw is better in most cases in World, but element isn't far off

[@zacagewea268]

Greatsword Progression guide!!!!

[@Xylaax]

most guides suck cause they are like "use this" but don't really explain how to get to that point, like im currently on iceborne and I still have only like 3 palico gadgets and 3 mantles and 2 sprays or w/e they are called, healing and cleansing one

[@samie5602]

A lot of those are unlocked in LR/HR and doing the optional quests then from what I've noticed the iceborne optionals upgrade a lot of those og items. Your best bet is to go ans complete as many of those as you can and you'll level your palico at the same time

[@Xylaax]

yea im currently going back through the old missions I haven't done yet as I did skip alot of optionals and gathering quest, like im still not done researching a large number of the vanilla monsters, haven't got the boxes fully upgraded etc

[@abexuro]

Next time I would suggest not using one of the last monster fights in the game as background footage on a video about early game content/progression. It feels like an unnecessary spoiler for those who are looking for sets to get through Iceborne. Nice sets though, much appreciated!

[@LordViettner]

the game's been out for 6 years, there's no "spoilers" anymore, the time for that is WELL past xD valid point maybe 4 years ago when Safi was added glad you enjoyed the sets! thanks for your comment :D

[@abexuro]

@@LordViettner I get that. It's just that this vid is aimed at people that are not at endgame yet, so showing an endgame fight is a bit weird. If you made this vid 4 years ago would you have put a spoiler warning at the start for the footage you used? xD Anyway, I personally haven't fought safi yet, so I scrolled down to the comments to miss as much of the gameplay as possible. It's not a big deal.

[@Dresden0478]

After watching this I'm right before guiding lands. I managed to get 3 piece Teostea set and 2 piece acidic glavenus with Narcacuga GS. Now I'm not sure what a good Deco setup would be for these. I've been mostly doing utility setups like blight and stun immunity. What setup can get you 100% affinity?

[@LordViettner]

great question! expert and tenderizer decos would be good, since the Narga GS has base 25% affinity, all you'd need is Critical Eye 5 and Weakness Exploit 3 to get 100% affinity on tenderized weak spots! Other than that, I'd look for charger decos to get focus 3 and then any other skills you just like to have :D

[@Dresden0478]

​@LordViettner thanks for the info! Is the tenderizer decos called tenderize? If so that seems to be one I haven't found yet. Do you have a GS guide on master rank monsters? I find that they jump around a lot more or always happen to turn right at the last second so you miss alot of your charge up swings. Watching combo videos in the practice area is good but it's not super practical compared to like fighting MR Teostea in 3 piece Acid Glavenus set and a mix of random stuff you made like Velkahana helm, Fulgar Anjanath Chest. With random decos. With that kind of late game IB campaign setup what do the combos of weapons look like on Elder Dragons. That would be very helpful guides. Seeing end game item builds blitz down arenas is super cool but for the new waves of players stuck in progression. I personally find it hard to get the combos every great sword build guide video says to do. Mainly only have time to either hit once or charge up once and hit the need to evade. Can then clutch claw to press Y to weaken but then have a hard time getting a combo in. So "getting gud" is what I think a lot of players need guides for.

[@Dresden0478]

​@@LordViettneralso just so my assumptions are correct. In order to Tenderize a spot require clutch claw onto the monster and doing weapon attack whic for GS would be when he sticks the sword in the body part and pushes downward? When the part is scarred does that indicate its weakened or tenderized?

[@LordViettner]

@@Dresden0478 yeah, when you press L2 and circle (assuming you're on PS, otherwise LT and B on Xbox) and grab onto the monster, then press Triangle/Y (called weapon attack in the button prompts in the top right), that is your tenderize attack. When a spot is tenderized it gets white cracks in it and when you hit it there will be 4 little arrows around the damage number. hope this helps :D

[@Dresden0478]

@@LordViettner yep this confirms exactly what I thought. Thanks!

[@whitewolf3359]

I’m stuck on the tigrex fight and I haven’t found a good armor and weapon set against him yet I’m hoping someone here will know.

[@LordViettner]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJiVpnt6eb92hM0 This should help you somewhat, since tigrex is an MR 3 monster, this is a set for at MR3. Prior to that, just look for high defense in your armor, also, divine blessing and health boost are great skills for master rank :D

[@TheDukeOfChutney]

Lance would be sweet

[@wilberivs19]

But for the challenger charm v you need to be level 100 to hunt ruiner nergigante to collect the materials right

[@LordViettner]

yes, which i did forget about prior to this video. Challenger charm 3 or 4 will typically be fine too, you'll just have to fit in more challenger decos

[@kratosgow09]

I just go naked with the starting weapon and fire up wemod and tap everything😂😂😂😂

[@SoOkwerd]

Man I feel like you skipped steps in the progression. I’m at a point where I don’t have access to Teostra gear in master rank but in the vid you said that’s what I should have but google says you don’t get that until the guiding lands. I’m confused asf lol

[@LordViettner]

it's a 5 star quest, all you have to do is encounter them at all (www.reddit.com/r/MonsterHunterWorld/comments/d3mpv2/comment/f03rxxx/?context=3) and the quest shows up. try to join a quest for one or find one in an expedition

[@seb_masou3179]

I'd like if you made a weapon progression guide; best I can suggest to not make it super long and that maybe could be just 1 video is to simply state which skills are best for each weapon and some armor pieces that have it. Maybe give an example build to give viewers an idea of how to combine the skills

[@LordViettner]

coming out tomorrow morning (Jan. 24, 9am EST)!

[@brotherelf]

Is there a reason we r matching 3 piece zorah with 2 brachy when 4 brachy also gives artillery secret?🤔

[@LordViettner]

nah that was a miss by me, i had some notes on old sets that were good and 3 piece zorah was textbook for artillery before raging brachy. just rock 4 piece raging xD

[@aidenstumme]

Personally I wouldnt recommend defender gear for new players, it’ll make the game too easy until Iceborn and you wont train you properly imo

[@LordViettner]

it's personal preference, some people like it, some don't, what works for you doesn't mean it's best for everyone. That's why at 2:03 I said it's up to each hunter's preference!

[@sofiendorigo8353]

Quik question how to unlock the teostra armor set for master rank?

[@LordViettner]

you just have to fight teostra once (as far as I know) and you'll unlock the optional 5 star quest that allows you to repeatedly farm him

[@nilkilnilkil]

Do the skill list vid bro yippee !!!

[@LordViettner]

coming out tomorrow morning!

[@diegomireles]

I use 3 pieces of kirin set for the great luck for farming. Im still use full set of Ishvalda for those sweet inmmunities, flich free, tremor, esrplugs, etc.

[@starlord4414]

Is that modded armor layer?

[@LordViettner]

no it's not, it's fatalis head, kulve chest/waist/legs, and i think the thermae arms

[@AxiomAxololt]

Im just tryna know what's your layered armor.

[@LordViettner]

kulve waist and legs, ebony odogaron chest, either thermae or buff arms, fatalis b head

[@AxiomAxololt]

@LordViettner tyty, I just got to acidic glave. Trying to get outfit ideas for when I get guiding lands

[@AxiomAxololt]

@@LordViettner how would I go about kulve layered?

[@LordViettner]

@@AxiomAxololt hunt MR kulve, go to the smithy, craft the layered armor

[@Purple_Monster_Hunter]

yes

[@raginggiant3698]

alatreon guide maybe

[@LordViettner]

my buddy Deva has a guide on alatreon, definitely go check it out! kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoGnfn2ae7yMabs

[@Redrum1892]

Bro wtf im mh1 how the f is this a progression when everything is mr 40+

[@LordViettner]

you just MR pretty quick in the story parts of Iceborne, i think you beat the story around MR 24

[@MrPort]

1:30 I disagree with this statement. This is bad advice for someone that is just starting out MH:W. Defender Alpha set IS good but its not meant for LR or HR players. Its scaled for MR content. While yes, it will make you invincible in LR and HR, you will end up hitting a wall in MR. Because you relied on this pay 2 win armor to play the game, it will feel incredibly tough once it starts becoming ineffective, which it will. For LR, get any set that gives you a better defense rating. In HR, aim to get Level 3 Health Boost. So that is the Health Charm for 1, then Bone if you're just starting out. In mid HR, you can go for Rathian gear and mix it in for Level 3 Health Boost. At high HR, aim for sets that feed your playstyle and as a note, upgrade your Charm(s). Look for skills like Evade Window or Evade Extender if you dodge a lot. Earplugs to not get affected by roars quite as much. If you like to Block, Guard is a good skill to look for. Also, look for skills like Agitator or Weakness Exploit to up your Affinity and do more damage to wounded parts of the body. Speed Sharpener and Fast Eater are useful utility skills that can really enhance your quality of hunts. Especially if you use a weapon that degrades sharpness quickly and/or you use a lot of items.

[@LordViettner]

that's your preference, not everyone plays the same. Like I said in the video, which you can check out in this other dope statement at 2:00

[@InnocentiusLacrimosa]

No such wall seems to exist even though people keep telling scary stories. And it is always possible to go back to lower level content also after hitting Iceborne. This game is much like Elden Ring in combat except most fights are a lot more forgiving. If one has some experience in that game genre, the hurdle to start Monster Hunter series is not that high.

[@1yu8omir]

Using defender gear in base game is ruining your experience and basically "spitting" on the game.

[@LordViettner]

so why did Capcom add it to their own game if it "ruins the experience" and "spits on the game"? any monster you can fight in low/high rank you can also hunt in Master Rank. Also, no one's forcing you to use it, but not everyone (especially new players to the series) want to spend 100-200 hours in low and high rank farming everything, just to do it ALL again in Master Rank and not ever use any of those armors or weapons from LR/HR again. If it's not the way you'd do it, that's fine, but that's YOUR opinion, and not the end all be all truth for everyone. Like I said at 2:00, if people want to spend a ton of time in LR and HR, they're more than welcome to. again you're just sharing your opinion, and just because you personally wouldn't play that way doesn't mean that your way is the only right way to go and all other ways are "ruined" or "spitting on the game".