Monster Hunter Freedom Unite - Melee Damage Guide

Melee Damage Formula FAQ:
gamefaqs.gamespot.com/psp/943...
Bow Damage:
gamefaqs.gamespot.com/psp/943...
Bowgun Damage:
gamefaqs.gamespot.com/psp/943...
My Spreadsheet:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Hunsterverse Monster Weakness Charts:
hunstermonter.net/hvweak.php
Hunsterverse Damage Calculator:
hunstermonter.net/damagecalc.php
I'll often say "Raw" when I probably mean "True Raw", since raw damage is non elemental/status, sorry about that, I dunno why, it's just a habit, I guess I think of it as the raw damage and the bloated values as... well, bloated values.
A note about the Defense Modifier, the lady in the gathering hall actually explains what quests are what difficulty:
Quests are divided by difficulty into 4 grades:
Level 1 and 2 are easy
Level 3 through 5 are normal
Level 6 through 8 are hard
Level G through G3 are G rank
I assume that's what the guide was referring to? It's still somewhat unclear to me.
This took me a while to make, hopefully that means it's better because of, not in spite of that.
The full formula isn't very practical or useful for most players, I think, but I think most of the information in this video is definitely very important to know about sooner or later.
This is the first time I've done a video like this, I feel like I've learned a lot, but I know there's plenty of mistakes here and there, some I could've maybe fixed, others that maybe I couldn't have, given what I'm working with.
Thanks for watching, I hope you have a good day :)
If you're able to, emulation is a great way to play, I highly recommend you use PPSSPP: www.ppsspp.org/
And if you want to play multiplayer, go to Hunsterverse! hunstermonter.net/hunstervers...
0:00 Introduction
0:22 Stat Bloating
4:35 Sharpness
7:13 Affinity
9:05 Elemental Damage
10:28 Status
12:18 Buffs
14:48 Motion Values
16:38 Hitzones
19:02 The Raw Melee Formula
21:51 The Elemental Melee Formula
22:56 Examples of this formula in action
25:07 Next example, same fight
26:46 Ending thoughts
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[@pavro_w0t719]

After +12 years of playing MH... now I get to know the damage formula. I'm not a pleb anymore

[@HeadHunter455]

😄😄 It's a lot to take in, but there are some important takeaways from the full formula, hopefully I put most of the important bits in the first half of the video lol

[@shizutanako5553]

15:49 props to this guy beating fatalis with a bone kris 😂😂

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

Its the Final Round and its injured.

[@shizutanako5553]

@@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx r/whoosh

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

@@shizutanako5553 Oh no! My waistcoat is ruined.

[@HeadHunter455]

😎😎😎 Like they say, MH is all about the skillz 😄😄 lmao

[@kreik9067]

I'm still not fluent in english so having subtitles helps me a lot to understand the video, thanks

[@HeadHunter455]

I'm really glad to hear that! lol I hope the auto translation isn't too terrible 🙂 Thanks for watching, have a great day!

[@wahyumuhammadkadafi5528]

Same for me... :)

[@dogevoadoriii]

Are you fluent in English now?

[@3daystrial]

Oh my god. Thank you for this. It's easier to understand. I normally decide my weapon base on its element. This video helps me how to decide which weapons to use. I started playing this again cause it's one of the games I never finish when I was still young.

[@HeadHunter455]

Haha, no problem! I had a feeling some people like videos instead of reading a lot of information, sometimes I'm the same tbh, glad to hear it! :) I hope you have fun playing through the game! 😄

[@Moshca]

The maths of the unga bunga 10/10 vid ngl, monke certified approval

[@HeadHunter455]

😄😄 Thanks!!

[@CamperN00b47]

Amazing guide, awesome presentation and with good humor like rest of your vids; it's really a miracle you don't have much more subs. Kudos to you man.

[@HeadHunter455]

Thanks! 😄 I'm glad you think so! Thanks for watching 🙂

[@HeadHunter455]

Something worth noting that I completely missed up until today (5/7/2022) is that Dual Blades specifically deal 70% elemental damage. It's easy to miss in the sheet unless you're a DB main. Thanks to Xenix in the discord for bringing that to my attention. (5/30/2022) For ~ 20:11 The guild lady tells us this about quest difficulty in the gathering hall: "Quests are divided by difficulty into 4 grades: Level 1 and 2 are easy Level 3 through 5 are normal Level 6 through 8 are hard Level G through G3 are G rank" I may update this comment with more addendums as they come up, feel free to reply with anything you think I've missed, just in case >.

[@mushroom7135]

Dude you just taught me more math than my math teacher

[@TheMaerx]

I was already familiar with this info but you presented it in such an entertaining way. Great editing!

[@HeadHunter455]

Thanks!! 😄😄

[@trashdood7773]

Thanks for making this video dude. It's great to see some coverage for MHFU, especially such an in-depth guide. It's great for me, because I played Freedom Unite after doing the more recent generations. Keep up the great work.

[@HeadHunter455]

I appreciate the kind words 😊😊😊 I've been wanting to cover this stuff for a while haha, I like going in depth when I can, but I'm always afraid I may miss some things here or there >.< I think it's cool that different people started with different games in the series, and having interest/nostalgia for the older ones :D, I started with MHFU a while ago, though not when it came out. Got 4u and Gen eventually and the rest is history :P Thanks for watching!! 😄

[@collinrxl9149]

Very useful guide, I knew a lot of this information but it's nice to have it all spelled out and actually walk though it all together

[@HeadHunter455]

Yep! It confused me a bit when I read about it before, and I feel like some people don't know some of the more important takeaways from this stuff, hopefully I put the important stuff up front in the video 😅😅

[@ktldon]

Woaaa glad to see someone still make an explanation for mhfu

[@HeadHunter455]

😄

[@lancemagbanua5712]

That's why I don't give too much of a damn about the damage calculations. As long as I know what damage I could do (approximately) and if I know the monster weak spot I'd go ham on it. It's really interesting to know this much stuff included in the game. Thanks for doing this video to help those that are curious about it Heddy.

[@HeadHunter455]

Yep! I like knowing the full formula, but I included some simpler ones to just get an idea as to what's going on 😄 No problem! I'm glad y'all like it! 😊😊

[@cyan5752]

This is really informative while fun to watch, well done HeadHunter!

[@HeadHunter455]

Thanks!! 😄😄 I try to strive for that balance of not boringly explainy but also not disruptively memey :P Thanks for watching 😊😊😊

[@ArxxWyvnClaw]

We really needed this

[@remon1632]

Hey arxx

[@HeadHunter455]

😅😅 Glad to hear it!! 😊😊

[@ArxxWyvnClaw]

@@remon1632 hey remon :))

[@therealshubaapostle8920]

Pr0

[@tangerine3559]

your channel is amazing, i didn't even know of the sharpness importance beyond it makes you hit smoothier

[@HeadHunter455]

Daw shucks 😄😄 I'm glad you like it and it was helpful!! 😊😊😊

[@kontrol42]

I’m so glad I’ve found your channel, I just picked up the game and your vids help me out a lot.. though now I find myself struggling at 4* quests much more

[@HeadHunter455]

I'm glad you found me too! 😄😄 And that my videos help out a little :) I hope you can get past the 4* quests! You'll get better as you keep trying, most likely wont happen overnight, and this game can be pretty rough, so try and be patient with yourself :)

[@profanity3733]

Very informative video. Putting subtitles was a good idea! Subscribed cause of this

[@HeadHunter455]

Thanks! Haha, yeah, I started out doing subtitles manually in the video, but there was so much going on and I realized that you could translate the youtube subtitles but not the ones I put in the video, so I went with that instead :) I wanted to keep doing subtitles for various reasons, I'll probably keep doing it :D Thanks for subscribing! I appreciate it :)

[@Jackbayoelord]

Thanks for the video heddy and happy 420 to all you hunters out there .

[@HeadHunter455]

No problem! lmao you too 😎😎😎 Thanks for watching :)

[@kaisersj3225]

Amazing breakdown, thanks! Love this game, nice to know the multitude of factors affecting damage dealt.

[@HeadHunter455]

Hey, glad that you liked it! 😄 I hope it helps you enjoy the game more 🙂 Thanks for watching!

[@klodpraisor]

Therapist: Rajang Kong does not exist, he cann- Rajang Kong: *roar* Therapist: felyne pick me up I’m scared

[@HeadHunter455]

🤣🤣🤣 Hope you have (felyne) insurance for that therapy! :P

[@klodpraisor]

@@HeadHunter455 mr rajang meet mr weapon!

[@kenshovenir5097]

The what!?

[@VTRcomics]

Starting with Freedom Unite and then going into Rise before eventually making meta-ish sets in Sunbreak, it is shocking to see how so much is practically the same in old world. I mainly wanted to watch this for gathering the true raw and because I've gone on a nostalgic trip back to MHFU and introducing it to a friend, so of course I'd return to the channel that gave me such great basic weapon guides so many years ago and yet here you are still covering the game and giving the community peak content with efficient and explanations and fun examples. Your impact on the community is understated, it's awesome how newcomer-friendly you are, especially since I'm a couple years late to seeing these too!

[@HeadHunter455]

Haha I really appreciate that! 😊😊 And it is pretty cool how the formula stays more or less the same, I guess if it ain't broke don't fix it 😉

[@ruulrskybound6713]

This is very well made. GJ.

[@HeadHunter455]

Thank you! 😊 Thanks for watching 🙂

[@Eu-lo1qp]

This video is extremely useful, thanks for doing it! + 1 sub

[@HeadHunter455]

Thank you! I'm glad to hear it 😄😄

[@oluappaulo01]

You're a god! thx for the spreadsheet!

[@HeadHunter455]

Haha, no problem, I hope it's helpful and easy enough to read. Some things are still a work in progress or things that I haven't found info on yet but it's somewhat complete, I think 😅

[@juanarboleda95]

very well explained, and nice vid man.

[@HeadHunter455]

😄 Glad you liked it, thanks for watching!

[@svenplayz1649]

Wow this is actually amazing heddy. Like.... I never knew that there was this many factors and calculations happening every time I swing my big sharp metal stick onto monsters to damage them. Yea I aways thought that the bloated numbers in the weapon dmg was accurate. So I always wondered why is killing monsters taking so long. With all the sharpness stuff, I actually had the right mindset, but wrong idea. I always thought that the reason why its best to keep your weapons sharp is because it makes your weapon cut through monsters more and deal more damage. But yea there is a little bit more to it than just that. And the way you explained, organized and edited the video is just great. I assume that the editing alone, even just at that quaity, took you a decent chunk of time to edit. Like... this is srsly why I subscribed to this man... And also, yea its almost June so Im very excited to start grinding my mhfu acc back up and hopefully... get to play w you haha.

[@HeadHunter455]

Haha, thanks! Yeah, this one took me a while to make, partially because I haven't done something quite like this before. I'm glad you can tell that the editing took a while lol, there was a lot to it, reminded me of my old editing style where I'd see how long it would take, and part of me was like "I don't really want to do this, it's so much work..." But some other part of me was like "Just do it, you'll like the finished product more" 😅😅 Thanks for watching! 😊

[@svenplayz1649]

@@HeadHunter455 Yea honestly, if you genuinely enjoy doing it then do it dud. Its really nc. Btw yea I was able to tell cuz back then you just record the bits and what not and just slap some text in it xD

[@jellyso8622]

incredible dude thanks

[@HeadHunter455]

No problem! 😄 Thanks for watching 🙂

[@gbxcl]

Great help. Thanks 👍

[@HeadHunter455]

Glad it helped! Thanks for watching 🙂

[@rjqabayata703]

Thank you so much for the information.

[@HeadHunter455]

No problem! 😄 Thank you so much for watching 😊😊

[@jimdandy3141]

I love the voice over daddy, plz more

[@numbersoul]

Glad to see you narrating more videos. I hope you're getting more comfortable with speaking after doing all the Rise streams

[@HeadHunter455]

Thanks! 😄😄 lol yeah, the main problem is just my living situations and conditions. I can't record with my fan on, but it's usually pretty hot in my room, and I can't be too loud or the people around me will get upset >.< Hopefully in time I can do these more often and better! 🙂

[@huubla]

You just made me watching boring video I thought I wouldn't watch. That is how good your editing, thanks a lot

[@HeadHunter455]

haha well I'm glad to hear it 😄😄 I have a lot of fun when I can put silly things over a voice over, I feel like I have more control over the jokes. Thanks for watching! 🙂

[@KaladinStormborn]

Nice Video, good job💯👌🏽

[@HeadHunter455]

Thanks! 😃

[@gnouckillian]

Im on my way to try all older mh games. Your video its just a life saver ❤

[@HeadHunter455]

Hey! Haha, that's great to hear. It's my hope that my videos will help many people who decide to do the same thing! 🙂 I think all of the MH games, in one way or another, hold up pretty well on their own. I'm glad you like my video, thanks for watching! 😁

[@hornien4054]

Thanks a lot for the english subtitles. :)

[@HeadHunter455]

No problem, glad you appreciate them 😄 Thanks for watching!

[@ItsAnuTGamer]

This needs alot of views or heddy will AAAA soon.

[@HeadHunter455]

lmao sometime i really do just be "AAAAAAAA" tho

[@KnixxGaming1478]

Pretty uncomfortable seeing an experienced hunter (heddy) with the first armor in the game

[@thehero7551]

I feel like I recognize you from a different channel somewhere.... nah must be coincidence. :)

[@KnixxGaming1478]

@@thehero7551 hmmmmmm

[@sirragno1923]

@@KnixxGaming1478 RageGaming?

[@HeadHunter455]

Haha, it just looks cool! 😄😄 I'm cosplaying 😳😳😳

[@GhipZ997]

this video is amazing i finally understand how the damage values work in this game also it was really funny in some parts

[@HeadHunter455]

That's great to hear! 🙂 I'm glad it was entertaining, I had fun and was laughing as I made it, so I felt like that's a good sign haha Thanks for watching! 😊

[@arielvillanueva1127]

I Just Picked up MHFU on my old psp and here you are, like a god sent, enlightening this pleb xd

[@HeadHunter455]

😄😄 Well I'm glad you found me! 🙂 I hope my videos can help you enjoy the game more, and that you have a great time with it. Thanks for watching 😄

[@wolfordleboss6140]

Thanks so much good help

[@HeadHunter455]

No problem, glad it helped! Thanks for watching 😊

[@mastergame1311]

Such a great and informative video.

[@HeadHunter455]

Thanks! I'm glad you liked it, thanks for watching 😄

[@deaj8450]

So Shepard's excel spreadsheets finally leaked... I really hope someone gets this reference. I 'knew' some of this already, but you made it easier to actually make sense of how it really applies.

[@HeadHunter455]

😄😄 I watched a damage calculation video on Warframe the other day, it helped me understand a few things but oh boy MHFU's calculation is really nice by comparison haha. Thanks for watching! 😊

[@snanta]

amazing video

[@HeadHunter455]

Thank you! 😄

[@You-uj7sc]

This video is perfect!

[@HeadHunter455]

Thank you! 😊😊

[@PEKNAMBU]

Thanks for this

[@HeadHunter455]

No problem! 🙂 Thanks for watching 😄

[@dw3llz165]

Hey dude just wanna remind you were very close to 5k subs 🥳🎉 edited because of a mispelled word

[@HeadHunter455]

🎉🎉🎉

[@R6-kc4jx]

Very nice :3

[@HeadHunter455]

Thanks 😁

[@shaunsena1568]

Bro you calculate your damage input on monster by knowing how it works, While i only use weapon on my interest and how sharpness it gets🤣 You are genius bro, more like a professional level at its finest! Ive watched your videos every single one of them. And everyday is a learning process! Thank you bro i appreciate everything you just did to help us fellow hunters to our advantage.❤

[@HeadHunter455]

Haha, thanks, I appreciate it! 😄 At the very least I hope it's interesting 😉 Thanks for watching! 😊

[@HexGarry]

I'm a big fan of Funky Jang. He's the coolest member of the DK Crew.

[@HeadHunter455]

😉😉 😎😎😎

[@dadargulung3151]

It's good to hear your voice man

[@HeadHunter455]

😅😅😅 😳😳😳

[@Iemonzinger]

Please keep making videos on this game!

[@HeadHunter455]

😄 I'll do my best, thanks for watching! 🙂

[@Mightyscandare]

Wait that really just changed all my vision on damage. Also the math behind it is interesting but not simple. Why did i just learn about it.... i needed this info long ago xD Thx bro

[@HeadHunter455]

😄 no problem! I hope it's useful to you 🙂

[@Mightyscandare]

@@HeadHunter455 its not useful. Its gamechanging :') I own you more than a word of appreciation. I love you

[@hellkisser]

Glad , this channel exist, if not I will using cheat like the good ol days

[@HeadHunter455]

lol, well, I'm glad you found me! I hope you like my videos, thanks for watching 🙂

[@krystianpawlak2203]

Love that my first monster hunter game is still relevant ❤️

[@HeadHunter455]

😄

[@Rick-el3ox]

Very good video. I finally understand how this works, after all these years 🤣

[@HeadHunter455]

Hey thanks! 🙂 It confused me for a bit, so I'm glad to hear this cleared some things up for people 😄

[@rpgnerd7610]

The editting on this video gave me a chuckle lmao

[@HeadHunter455]

Thanks 😀

[@machoke333]

This... was pretty neat

[@HeadHunter455]

😅😅 Thanks! 🙂

[@Ziel..]

Learning math for school ❌ Learning math for Monster Hunter ✅

[@HeadHunter455]

Truuue.

[@rayzuke1232]

If there is one thing I don't like about monster hunter its the sharpness mechanic where more sharpness equals better weapon. I really wish aside from low sharpness everything had a 1.0 modifier in damage. Monster hides have different levels of hardness too so sharpness could be used as a checkmark to see how well a weapon would fair against a monster. Gravios for example could demand blue to white sharpness to even be cutable.

[@Marx0w0]

Thanks for this information will help us MHFU players extremely.OwO

[@HeadHunter455]

No problem! I hope it does help 😄😄 UwU

[@yuanivokurniawan9650]

Nice info

[@HeadHunter455]

Thanks! 🙂

[@ApocolypseChild]

I love your style, my dude. Excellent vid! Nothing new I learned in there, but you managed to keep things interesting in spite of that.

[@HeadHunter455]

lol thanks

[@aiodensghost8645]

So what you're telling me is that my obsession with weapon sharpness is actually a *fantastic* thing.

[@HeadHunter455]

Yes 😄 lol Like, depending on the situation and your armor skills/weapon/weapon type/its sharpness/etc. you can chill when you drop to, like, white or blue, but in general, if you want to keep up damage, you gotta maintain the sharpness too. Some weapons have a TINY amount of purple/white/blue/whatever and at a certain point if you're sharpening constantly just to maintain it, you should consider getting armor skills, sharpening less, or even changing weapons. It all depends, at a certain point you don't NEED as much damage as possible :P

[@xavier2094]

I genuinely didn't know about all of these info. Thanks, great vid!

[@HeadHunter455]

Well I'm glad I could maybe be informative 😅 No problem! Thanks for watching 🙂

[@paolovale6724]

Sheeeeeeshh im still playing this

[@HeadHunter455]

Haha, it's a good game!

[@iyerikhonlauron5618]

What does Adenosine Triphosphate have to do with Monster Hunter? Jk love your vids, keep it up if you can

[@HeadHunter455]

😄😄 I'm definitely planning on finishing up the MHFU series when I can, thanks for watching!!

[@ArclinusCastoral]

How many ways are there to say underrated? Excellent content for the slow drip of new FU players.

[@HeadHunter455]

haha thanks!! 😄

[@cyletric]

Heddy be here with the surprise uplood

[@HeadHunter455]

lmao I wanted to upload it asap for viewers and also just so I could get it uploaded and done with lmao, been working on it for so long 😩😩😩

[@abdoazwawi1588]

DANM!!!!!

[@HeadHunter455]

😄

[@xernoshd4505]

picked up my psp and MHFU again, seeing this video makes me happy. ppl still care about this gem of a game.

[@HeadHunter455]

😅😅 It's a great game! :) I'm glad I could maybe inspire you to try it again haha, or at least bring you back and feel some good nostalgia :)

[@ThePaulodash]

At 8:29 by ATP you mean after the weapon modifier calculation? and the hidden weapons are better to run RA+3 or AuL? since it can reach 80% affinity

[@HeadHunter455]

Yes, ATP there is after removing the bloating, so you can use it for all of the weapon types. The Hidden Saber has 190 raw damage, since that's under 270, AuL will increase your damage more. Base damage is about ~277 (including the 50% affinity, with a 1.3x sharpness multipllier) With AuL it's ~307 (including 50% affinity, 1.3x sharpness) With RA+3 it's ~296 (with 80% affinity, 1.3x sharpness) But more importantly, with Sharpness +1 you get ~320, which is more than both of those. (With 50% affinity and a 1.5x sharpness multiplier)

[@anonimo117yop]

Wish we had a damage display mod or something that would make easier to understand everything 😅

[@HeadHunter455]

Yeah! We have an HP display, but I wish we had more of an understanding of the deeper workings. Some of the documentation in the GameFAQs is likely not 100% correct unfortunately, though I suppose it doesn't completely need to be, just accurate enough to be practical.

[@davideiannicelli8296]

Amazing video! Never knew anything about these mechanics but they're so important! It's a bit bitter that under the best condition your true damage is so low but hey, i guess they needee to balance the challenge of the game for G-Rank, otherwise in late game people would just stomp monsters within seconds. I played my first MHF2 on PSP like 20 yrs ago and i never got further than low rank, BUT NOW I WANT TO KEEP UP THE GRIND TILL G RANK FATALIS 😠😠

[@HeadHunter455]

Yeaahh! Let's goo 😄😄 You can do it! 🙂 And yeah, lol our actual damage is relatively low compared to the weapon's bloated values :P G-Rank's main challenge comes from faster movesets and additional attacks as well as a blanket defense modifier that just makes them take less damage, on top of a higher health pool haha, it's a bit demanding, but if you take your time and plan ahead you can definitely do it 😄 Thanks for watching! I'm glad you liked it 😊

[@davideiannicelli8296]

@@HeadHunter455 i am now at 4 stars missions of the elder of the village, just took care of blangonga. I'm using LS with thunder element and kut ku for atk up, and health boost. I won't chamge armor till artisan/expert build but i think it'll takr a while

[@FrnzFrdnnd]

Damage calculation is funky.

[@HeadHunter455]

🎵😎🎵😎

[@VonSchmutzig]

this is a god send

[@HeadHunter455]

😄

[@jonchronister7984]

I love your videos by the way, just wanted to say. i had put 1000s of hours into MHFU when it first came out with my childhood best friend and it was an amazing time. We are replaying it now on an emulator and just being able to see what we could have done when we were younger just makes us laugh now lol. But if you ever have a chance i have an Affinity build that im working on (Currenlty Farming and Grinding for better gathering/Alchemy supplies and skills) and I found a set that you can play with 100% and I Gotta look more into it but maybe Add Jewels for extra attack boosts as well. But the Armor is the Ankantor Armor with the Hidden Breaker. im not sure if it adds it to 100% total or not or if its set as 30/70 for every hit like Mulit hit moves from Pokemon. But i thought it was an interesting set for damage espically for Affinty. When i can upgrade it, the set would be RA +3 and if im able to put it in, i would like to do Evade +1 or STellar hunter/Edge Master for the sharpness and attack up. but ill come back to edit it when i do finally get everything for my set and ill play around with jewels to see what i can do. Your vidoes have been giving me lots of love i had left behind including MHFU in my life and during the rough part of my life thats going on i always enjoy sitting down and watching your videos that helped me push to play it again and its been helping with a lot of issues so thank you for your videos and you putting them up on here!

[@HeadHunter455]

Hey thanks so much for the comment! I'm glad you like my videos, that they might encourage you and your friends to play it again, that's really awesome 🙂 Thanks for watching! And good luck with your armor set 😀

[@jamessmith-tr3em]

is there time gap between combos for you to activate affinity? say 10% affinity mean 1 out of 10 hit would activate critical dmg right? if so, would it be activated after i do a triple 3 triangle ds combo as quickly as i can with the 10th hit of the 3rd combo activating it or it doesnt count since it is still a 3 seperate combo of 3 hits?

[@HeadHunter455]

Well, 10% critical chance doesn't mean that 1 in every 10 hits will be a critical hit, unfortunately. It means that every time you attack you have a 10% to critically hit. In the first way you're guaranteed a crit once every 10 hits, but that's not how it works, there's never a guarantee unless it's 100%, 0%, or -100%. It's for every attack. If you're "lucky", then every hit can be a critical hit even with 1% affinity, and conversely, even with 99% affinity, you could go a whole hunt and never crit, that's just how RNG works, though both cases are extremely unlikely, of course. It's more practical to think of affinity as an average damage boost over time. A crit is 25% more damage, or 1.25x, and 10% of that is 1.025 (0.25 * 10 + 1), or a 2.5% damage increase. Because it's random you cannot and should not rely on it happening when you want it to, because there's always a chance that it won't. tl;dr: affinity works per hit, it doesn't take into consideration if it's a combo or not. Hopefully that makes sense 😅

[@jamessmith-tr3em]

@@HeadHunter455so like in every 10 hits, 1 will be crit right? also when does the game recognize the amount hits you do as the "10 hits" for the crit to happen? like if my first 10 hits doesnt have it, will the the next few hits count despite not fully finishing the second next 10 hits? like if i do 13 hits, will there still potentially be a crit despte not being 10 hits? sorry im asking too much, theres little info about chances and rates for mhfu and you are, by far, the only one i can find

[@HeadHunter455]

No, it's never guaranteed, so the game doesn't keep track of how many times you've attacked, it just calculates it every time you attack and uses a pseudo random method to determine whether or not you crit. Again, it is technically possible to have positive affinity of any value under 100% and not crit a single time during a hunt, and it's also technically possible to have 1% affinity and crit with every hit. That's the nature of RNG, even if it's not "true" randomness. It's ok to ask, I'm here to help 🙂 Sorry for the late response.

[@naturanuclear]

What a surprisily video. More for me that the been playing this game now more than afther. Thanks for the video, it can helpme on my play time, and mabie for those monsters who always give me troubles. Can you make one were you explai. The bullets stats? Thanks

[@HeadHunter455]

I'm glad it was helpful! Yeah I'd like to go over bow/bowgun stuff eventually.

[@andrelouis9455]

And its 2021 and we still lovin it 😂

[@HeadHunter455]

😄😄

[@francescom2027]

thank you. I understand from this guide that, virtually, double blades could deal the same damage per hit as a greatsword. due to their much higher hitting rate, doesn't this makes the double blades much better than longswords or greatswords? does the "motion value" compensate for the difference in speed?

[@HeadHunter455]

In practice, there are many things that are not easily quantifiable when comparing the performance of different weapon classes. It would depend on many many factors.

[@kaninbaw4678]

It was super Helpful. Though I'm playing MHP3rd, it still helps a lot.

[@HeadHunter455]

Thanks! 🙂 Yeah there's some things that can apply to all games, but keep in mind there are some differences here and there, it could be different sharpness multipliers or motion values or even class modifiers. MHP3rd's damage values aren't bloated either, so that's nice :)

[@kaninbaw4678]

@@HeadHunter455 Wait a second.. I understand if it's Elemental Damage, but the ATP aren't as well??? Now I'm *More Confused.* Does that mean I don't have to ÷ the calculation to anything? Just the Weapon ATP, Sharpness, Motion Value, and Crit will Majorly affect my Damage(excluding the monster's damage deduction)? Edit: ACTUALLY! Nvm! I was wrong! Thank you for showing us how the number works behind the scenes 😊😁👍!

[@Mostbee]

That what special about Monster Hunter franchise, their games are atemporal and one doesn't exactly replace another, if you search, you'll find a (probably small, but will) community that still plays one of the game from the series.

[@HeadHunter455]

😅

[@Elit666]

Does sharpness affects aliement ? Like will I put a monster to sleep faster with white sharpness rather than green or it doesnt matter ?

[@HeadHunter455]

Yes, actually, which surprised me. Keep in mind that it uses the elemental sharpness modifiers, not physical ones, so, you may get a couple of extra points from having higher sharpness. Elemental multipliers are lower than physical ones.

[@JohnJohn-xb4my]

Thanks a lot I just pick up this game again and stuck at Yama tsukami and ash lao shang lung .When I google it keeps giving ads and irrelevant result... Any tips for these monster?

[@HeadHunter455]

Hey, if you check my channel I have videos for all monsters in the game. Yama Tsukami: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oaPFq6Bpbdp-b5I Ash Lao Shan Lung: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oouzlYR-d555jZY

[@JohnJohn-xb4my]

@@HeadHunter455 and also do you have save data for female character? I am tired grinding lao shang lung ruby as need to *wait*30 mins to just repel.... I used gamefaq and no save data for that only low rank. Sorry did not saw your ammo guide

[@klodpraisor]

Nice

[@HeadHunter455]

😄😄

[@Darknessblade4me]

I remember running an akantor ceanataur Z mix set that gave me reckless abandon 3 and sharpness 1. Good to know i actually was doing something right (because I had no idea what i was doing most of the time xD)

[@HeadHunter455]

Nice! :P

[@iam4026]

That defence multiplier for difficulty of quests may explain why I take 10000 hits to kill a 3* Congalala while I only need about 50 to kill the same for village elder quests

[@HeadHunter455]

Yeah basically lol, the increase in health AND an added defense modifier AND hitzones etc. is kind of ridiculous honestly. Hitzones are fine, increasing health OR adding a defense modifier makes enough sense, but having all of it on top of each other is a bit much IMO

[@andrese564]

Still dont know how GS did 100 damage at 16:16, 77 * 1.05 isnt 100

[@DarkOminigiri]

This is much more important than learning math in school

[@HeadHunter455]

😅😅😅

[@shizutanako5553]

12:15 New Year vibes coming back

[@HeadHunter455]

😄😄

[@korutodark7855]

And... That is why I got stuck on HR 2 Urgent Quest. Tyvm now I know I need to get more ready than ever. BTW is this also applies to mhp3rd? Just curious.

[@HeadHunter455]

Oof, I hope it helps! Yeah these calculations *in general* apply to all of the monster hunter games. Some games may have different values for sharpness and the bloating and motion values etc. but the formula is going to be very similar throughout.

[@korutodark7855]

Thanks

[@DarkOminigiri]

In mhp3rd there's no stat bloating, when i first started mhp3rd i though weapons were much weaker 🤣

[@TheOneTrueStAN]

That thumbnail is God-Tier

[@TheOneTrueStAN]

Also, your videos just keep improving and it's honestly really cool seeing you grow as a channel while your style develops. I took a fat hiatus from video making for a while but seeing shit like this really makes me wanna get back into it.

[@HeadHunter455]

Haha thanks! I appreciate the kind words, it means a lot to me that I might inspire others to create, as I find that very valuable when others do that for me :) I hope if you do get back to it that it goes well :D

[@TheOneTrueStAN]

@@HeadHunter455 i definitely been meaning to, just need to build a better PC first. This one is just too clunky and slow for editing and recording.

[@joshuaechague373]

Does anyone know if the BombStrUp skill works on cluster and/or crag ammo?

[@HeadHunter455]

As far as I can tell, no, it's just for bombs and their combine percentage. According to the melee damage FAQ, also, the BombStrUp skill doesn't work on bounce bombs, dunno why. From a quick search, the bowgun FAQ doesn't seem to mention it either.

[@joshuaechague373]

@@HeadHunter455 I also searched for it in game guides but found nothing. I was just wondering if you know. Gunnery skill tho boost crag ammo, gunlance, balista and other fort def guns. I also read some that BombStrUp boost fort def guns but not sure if its true or they might have mix Gunnery skill with BombStrUp.

[@bradbrogaming4994]

Finally some mhfu content. Thx keep up.

[@HeadHunter455]

lol thanks, this one took a long time to make, and I needed a bit of a break as well. I'll be making more when I have time.

[@J_0-y101]

I am now realizing that I was doing little to no damage to every monster I fight. I am going to lose my sanity fighting a fatalis.

[@HeadHunter455]

Haha, well, hey, all of these numbers only mean so much, you also need to be smart with how you play, but hopefully understanding the mechanics can help you feel more confident that you're doing the best you can 🙂

[@nahtesyn5293]

I read a dmg sheet a while ago Iiterally died when I saw how much sharpness does to shit

[@HeadHunter455]

lmao, yeah it's pretty nutty huh, but interesting. There's some cool stuff going on that makes things that you might think was the best in the game not *super* powerful over others, while other weapons that you might think aren't really usable, not so bad, and better than some options :)

[@nickofebrianto2624]

now the mobile "Monster Hunter : Now" ad appears

[@HeadHunter455]

😅

[@nickofebrianto2624]

@@HeadHunter455 Gameplay "Monster Hunter : Now" like Pokemon Go 🤣

[@user-tp4gi8gt3g]

You're so soft spoken that your voice sent me to meet 神 himself

[@HeadHunter455]

😩😩

[@thapeloskhosana3189]

Does this mean raw>elemental for GS and Hammer?

[@lyricaldestruction603]

yes, for slow weapons 100%, for fast weapons its the other way around if the monster is weak to the element, take dual blades for example

[@HeadHunter455]

Pretty much yeah. It just depends, elemental damage throughout the series has been sorta hit or miss in terms of being better than raw, it's hard to say since I'm not in G rank yet. 🤷‍♀️

[@alext5314]

Does this apply for every mh game?

[@HeadHunter455]

More or less, yes, the calculation is largely the same, but some things are going to be different and there may be some things added as well. For example the sharpness damage multiplier will be different from game to game, same with weapon class multipliers, etc. You can likely find info specific to your game somewhere. Maybe 😅