Monster Hunter Now - Basic guide on Heavy Bowgun

[@shawnzyplays]

Hey guys I made 2 booboos in this video. 1. Recoil/reload table. 2nd row should be orange-yellow-yellow. This means reload 3 and recoil 3 is unnecessary for (base)slow reload and (base)high recoil. 2. I said guarding always gives you chip dmg. Actually no. You can perfect guard and get 0 dmg but that means you need to "start" guarding right when the monster is about to hit you. This means you will need to finish an action before that. For example, fire off 1 round in the right time, stop and autoguard right when the monster hits you. It is a little next level so I would suggest you to play it safe instead and roll/guard normally!

[@Saint0Salsa-mhn]

Love the guide! I’ve been having a blast with the hbg so far

[@Zantek-MHNow]

Very very good video! Information, humor, good editing. Always on top!!

[@shawnzyplays]

Always great to get such feedback!

[@username_earth]

The opening punch line almost make himself laugh. 😂 That got me too 😂

[@shawnzyplays]

yeah i actually script my lines but recording that line made me cringe irl lol

[@Sharkz_Nemesis]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@shawnzyplays The name Sharkz, but you can call me “anytime”. 😂. Still cringe to this day..

[@you9838]

Entertaining, funny and very informative.

[@tdemileto]

What a fun video. I've enjoyed my time. Thanks

[@creativeshields77]

Awesome helpful video! Thanks for this! And your videos are always funny!

[@shawnzyplays]

Glad you think so!

[@israelh2713]

Love your content . Great as always thank you for the guides

[@shawnzyplays]

Thanks man!

[@bernard3448]

Nice video matw. Love your sense of humour and edit. Keep it up!

[@shawnzyplays]

Thank you!!!

[@TheRiz1205]

I'm a HBG vet since 2005, but I still watch the video because I love your content.

[@shawnzyplays]

@TheRiz1205 ayyy that's sick bro thanks!!

[@ezey989]

one ba-boom explosion got me 🤣

[@AndeeChung]

very informative, very funny, very good

[@numbersoul]

Thanks for the video! I feel like it's not worth guarding against attacks other than roars but it's taking time to adapt to the slow roll and reload after playing LBG so long

[@shawnzyplays]

yeah the chip dmg really hurts after a few hunts. idk man maybe it could work well with zinogre hbg with like 3 levels of guard?

[@chartabona]

It's possible to perfectly time a block to reduce damage, but heavier hitting attacks may also require 1-3 pts in Guard to take 0 damage while perfect blocking. Supposedly, HBG has the same base Guard level as Charge Blade w/o Red shield, which is worse than (Gun)Lance but better than SnS.

[@quyphuongtay]

I use Basarios HBG which Wywerm Fire Attack as a first ammo at begin, another after is Sleep and Poison, I use my build as 5 Fire Attack - 5 Guard - 3 Artillery - 2 Defensive Loading, I plan to shot only Wywerm Fire Attack, it's really a mini Gunlance special skill, does incredible damage, I love it , and tanking monster hits to reload 1 hit/2 ammo, I'm not going tanking all monster hits, dodge some hit deal massive damage too

[@MonsterHunterReese333]

Thanks so much Shawnzy!

[@Twibiskit]

Nice video as always! still the best MHN youtuber 😅

[@shawnzyplays]

:O best???

[@Twibiskit]

@@shawnzyplays well yeah! the lizard one is a toxic lil brat 😅

[@KuyangJ3h]

very useful video. thanks

[@纪文龙-i7q]

Hbg with spread ammo are insanely good for my opinion if we pair it with defensive loading, the only downside of defensive loading for me is we really need the guard skill to fully utilize the DL and shielding mechanic

[@shawnzyplays]

i totally agree! i dont quite like wyvern ammo tho.

[@JanusHoW]

I decided to try the BBlos HBG. It seems fun and worth making. The fact that it only needs Recoil Down 1 makes building for it easier. The other one that I like - at least in concept - is Rajang's. Its -30% affinity is meaningless since Sticky and Cluster can't crit, and you can potentially make its damage crazy good if you can Driftsmelt Thunder Attack onto every Recoil, Reload, and Artillery piece.

[@shawnzyplays]

I have rajang hbg and whatever you have said was what I had in mind too!

[@ProfessorRugops]

I also went with the Black Diablos Heavy Bowgun cause I hate dealing with Cluster ammo and the continuous Pierce ammo is easy to build with without requiring any investment into element (since my SnS collection already covers those so that just means overlapping parts.), as of now the build is just the Magnamalo chest and Coral Pukei-Pukei waist but I’ll see what other armor pieces I’ll want to add, maybe Aknosom and some Critical eye/Weakness exploit pieces?

[@JanusHoW]

@@ProfessorRugops BBlos HBG, being a pure raw weapon that hits a lot of times, gets way more use out of Burst than it does out of Critical Eye or Weakness Exploit. Use the above build, then try to Driftsmelt in one more rank of Burst to max it out. If you have the patience, you can then smelt on one rank of Weakness Exploit and three Critical Eye.

[@ProfessorRugops]

@@JanusHoW Guess we are doing Zinogre now, although I don’t see anything with better skills for the arms so Kulu it is I guess?

[@ProfessorRugops]

@@JanusHoW Nervermind I forgot about Rathian, lol.

[@captainjimo]

TLRD The reload / recoil graph seems wrong High recoil can NOT be made to Low recoil. (Slicing Ammo seems to be exception. Goes from High -> Low recoild with recoil 3 skill) Slow reload can NOT be made to Fast reload. (Poison seem to be exception. Goes from Slow -> Fast with reload 3 skill) Only a few ammo types can be moved 2 steps down in recoil / reload. Most can NOT Long Explanation I checked in-game. The Bone HBG (Heavy Shooter) has these base stats: Pierce (6 ammo) - average recoil / slow reload Cluster (2 ammo) - high recoil / slow reload the graph says with recoil 3 / reload 3 i should have low recoil and fast reload on everything but i actually get: Pierce - low recoil / normal reload Cluster - average recoil / normal reload so one tier higher than expected on everything except the Pierce recoil Bone HBG, but with 2/2 recoil reload (same as 3/3 recoil reload) Pierce - low recoil / normal reload Cluster - average recoil / normal reload Sinister Voley base stats: Spread (7 ammo) - average recoil / slow reload Slicing (4 ammo) - high recoil / slow reload Cluster (3 ammo) - high recoil / very slow reload IMPORTANT - Bone HBG Cluster has 2 ammo and SLOW reload, while Sinister HBG Cluster has 3 ammo and VERY SLOW reload Sinisrter Voley with 3/3 reload recoil Spread (7 ammo) - low recoil / normal reload Slicing (4 ammo) - low recoil / normal reload Cluster (3 ammo) - average recoil / slow reload now with 2/2 reload recoil Spread (7 ammo) - low recoil / normal reload Slicing (4 ammo) - average recoil / normal reload (Here recoil change to Average with recoil 2 skill) Cluster (3 ammo) - average recoil / very slow reload (Here reload doesnt change with only 2 reload skill) Finally Rathian HBG base stats: Poison (5 ammo) - avegare recoil / slow reload Spread (7 ammo) - average recoil / very slow reload Cluster (2 ammo) - high recoil / very slow reload Another IMPORTANT - Here Cluster has only 2 ammo, but has the VERY SLOW reload with 3/3 recoil reload (everything goes 1 step down, except poison reload - it goes 2 down) Poison (5 ammo) - low recoil / fast reload Spread (7 ammo) - low recoil / slow reload Cluster (2 ammo) - average recoil / slow reload with 2/2 recoil reload Poison (5 ammo) - low recoil / normal reload Spread (7 ammo) - low recoil / very slow reload Cluster (2 ammo) - average recoil / very slow reload

[@shawnzyplays]

I just checked. You're right. Thanks for catching the mistake. Can I confirm again that the only mistake in the table is that.. 1. Slow reload + reload speed 3 = normal 2. High recoil + recoil down 3 = average. Everything else is ok?

[@captainjimo]

@@shawnzyplaysNo. it's more complicated Mostly it's slow reload + reload 2 (TWO) = normal ( reload 3 has no additional effect) Same for recoil High + recoil 2 = average (recoil 3 has no additional effect ) But there are a few that work differently Poison and sleep ammo work like in the table (high +3 = low and slow +3 = fast) Slice is like the table for recoil, but not reload (high +3 = low but slow +2 = normal with +3 has no extra reload speed) And the radobaan hbg, it has wyvern with only one bullet. That goes slow reload + reload 3 = fast I think the recoil and reload are affected by how many bullets there are Example - black diablos Pierce with 4 bullets = slow reload Pierce with 6 bullets = very slow reload And by the type Normal/status Pierce / spread / slice Cluster / wyvern

[@Zindrazi]

Real quick, does focus help with wyvern ammo?

[@shawnzyplays]

real quick, no.

[@monkeybrains]

Let's go boiiiiiis

[@MrPaulz92]

The jibaboom caught me off guard😂

[@andrewharry6967]

when WW3 focus on hunting large mons.. thats what i like about HBG dispite the mobility is the drawbacks..

[@ricordandoilpassato1677]

Cluster doesn't go below average so you don't alwasy need recoil 3.

[@biskwitkentang7778]

Wait we can also do Perfect Guard, attacking-second before the attack and those tiny gap of idle moment but Yeap, it's risky enough, best to either guard-reload or just rolling out the way...

[@shawnzyplays]

Yeah but that's risky as hell

[@aldenteo55]

ah yes. I love giving the monsters vietnam flashbacks with cluster bombs and wyvernheart ammo 😂

[@shawnzyplays]

War flashbacks intensifies

[@woman-at-arms]

How do you guard without a shield? Hold action for Heavy Bowgun is just autofire.

[@shawnzyplays]

Hey there, allow me to bring you to 02:44 . As long as you do nothing, you are automatically in the guarding stance.

[@woman-at-arms]

@@shawnzyplays gotcha thanks

[@BigPapaSmurf85]

"Not you" Awww man...

[@shawnzyplays]

LOL I meannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

[@therustydm5310]

Gunners, assemble!

[@Hachigo_Yahiro]

Yes chief!

[@qwp1026]

JIBABOOM

[@joelmunoz5549]

It's an excellent video and very instructive I love that crossbow and used the light one since I started playing. Now I have a problem with the last update because after I download it the aim does not work the sight stays fixed and does not move and the gyroscope of the phone is fine, I have already tried it in other games. As a measure I uninstalled the game and reinstalled it and the problem persists do anyone know how I could fix it or have the same problem

[@shawnzyplays]

@@joelmunoz5549 in a hunt, look at the top right corner. Does it say "semi"? If so, tap at it so that it toggles to full gyro

[@joelmunoz5549]

@@shawnzyplays I've already played that since the game came out and when I say that it doesn't work it's that it's always fixed, the sights are fixed, this one in full or semi doesn't move with crossbows or bows or melee weapons, everything else works except that.

[@eeto_plays]

[@kenweiwei431]

Power. Start of video already slap KoC about critical distance 👍

[@shawnzyplays]

i didnt watch his vid.. what did he say?

[@shawnzyplays]

ok nvm i saw it.....

[@thirox3910]

the hbg in mhn has infinity crit range or not ? cuz i stant 10000m away and still in range

[@shawnzyplays]

Depends on the ammo. There's critical distance, there's not being in critical distance, and there's totally out of range. You can easily go out of range if your ammo's range is low(like spread)

[@apokope666]

Tzuyu

[@shawnzyplays]

[@capibaramalo7235]

Ah yes, just what monster hunter now was missing, ✨ War Crimes✨!! Its cluster bomber time🎉

[@shawnzyplays]

all you need is a friend who's willing to play with a para weapon and 2 others with cluster ammo. That'll be sickkkkkkkkkk

[@DoubleMcspicyy]

Will you be doing heavy bowgun builds?😢

[@shawnzyplays]

No I don't think so.. I think it's better to get the principles right and get ppl to do up their own build since everyone's driftsmelting luck is different.

[@JanusHoW]

​@@shawnzyplays You can do builds _without_ Driftsmelting. For example, the best BBlos HBG build without smelting is Zinogre/Magnamalo/Rathian/Coral Pukei/Zinogre, which is Burst 4, Reload Speed 3, and Recoil Down 1, plus other skills that don't matter much. For everything else though, it's pretty much the same as for LBG.