The Biggest Tips After 200 Hours in Monster Hunter Stories 2

Collection of Tips I gathered during my 200+ hours in Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin.
00:00 - Intro
00:33 - Avoid Waking Monsters
01:34 - Don't Spam
01:44 - Auto Mount
02:02 - Expedition Parties
02:19 - Nutrients
02:39 - DON'T Autocraft/sell
04:06 - Talismans
05:16 - Instant Level 30
05:59 - CoOp/Farming
09:19 - Combat Tips
12:24 - Outro
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[@Xenoswarm]

[UPDATE!] Talisman Vendor CAN be save scummed. Simply reload save, change areas, return to hub and save, the Talisman rotation will have changed! Discord: discord.gg/GS7C27G

[@dudesayshi2191]

Do you know where to find high rank apthanoth

[@fgtjfbffhfbfhf8312]

4:23 actually the mystery talismans can be save scummed. You just have to reload the area or load into a different one. Though don't forget to save again after reloading the area.

[@Asriel_Cypher]

This is true. Have been tested. As well as someone made a video. So yes. This is true. I was about to comment this. We'll learn and share.

[@TheMrrccava]

That was an INCREDIBLY great tip video for after story and general tips! I've know a good chunk since I've been chipping away at end game for a bit, but still man kudos for a helpful vid!

[@GiblixStudio]

another tip. when riding.... you can't lose hearts. you'll just get knocked off your monstie. you might lose a bit of health. and your monstie stays at 1hp.

[@jamieburn4577]

another tip would be to stock up on kelbi horns to make ancient potions to recover said hearts easily during hard fights. think there's only 4 spawns for kelbi though? and theyre all mahana island. could be wrong though.

[@useroffline5612]

Also Head to head won't kill you but left you 1 health instead. I found this when facing gammoth my rider won't dead even i keep head to head at 1 health. No need healing.

[@irondisciple2984]

@@useroffline5612 really? That can save me a turn of doing damage instead of healing to defeat the monster.

[@useroffline5612]

@@irondisciple2984 Yees Really Useful Mechanic , as long as you can perform double attack or head to head no need healing. But , some monster will attack twice when it's anger , the trick is by perform skill which do not perform double attack like multi target or skill from weapon, then choose the right attack type againts monster it will perform head to head twice. (IF the monster target different target at the second attack)

[@johnsantos530]

Tip, dont sleep on bleed. It is what makes god tier levels of damage possible. Thousand blades is easily one of the best skills in the game able to deal heavy non elemental damage on its own while having the added benefit of applying bleed which will make the next damage the affected monster takes significantly higher. Only a few monsters are immune to bleed and Combine that with buffs to you and your monstie and debuffs like all elem def. Down to enemies + the salt in wound gene = que "Now that's a lot of damage." Meme

[@mcscorn]

Watch the last video uploaded lol :p

[@LokheeNyx]

This was such a great video, thanks for the tips! Especially the 'running around the back technique' haha

[@dan7656]

If you open the menu the monster can’t attack you after it wakes up. Then when you see the red dot on the map away from you you run. Rinse and repeat if you have to until you make it out with the egg.

[@AquaShibby3000]

You can use the sticker menu too, easier to watch the monster.

[@annaluizaferrugini7200]

Great video! I use N and R solo expeditions to farm SR, so I put up a gathering charm. Once I got 2 SR from a N ticket. For SR I put up the finding charm.

[@EeveeSoulSilver]

That was a lot of really good tips! Some of those I was already aware of but there were some strategies I never even thought of!

[@MrBroomX]

Dude, awesome video!!!!~ You just got a new sub and a recommendation to my friends

[@fernandosimon5621]

Great video! Something I wanna add. If you want good genes, Bottlecaps and Elder dragon genes the R Volcanic dens are your best bet. I'm getting 1 or 2 Nergis per run. Of course I get unlucky sometimes but it's a great way to do a "all in one" farming.

[@ZaneTheDragonMaster]

Finally a really good video with tips that most wouldn't know from just playing! Thanks! ❤️

[@johncgi]

Really nice video, good job

[@Itsjumbomuffin]

Wow at 12:35 when you say „please give a thumbs up“ the thumbs up button literally was glowing up. Never knew that’s a thing D:

[@taurelith4867]

in my experience when going in with randoms ive almost always encountered people with a nargacuga or a roar monstie. it's definitely not the most efficient way to farm, but if you are still starting out and dont have a lot of caps for SR tickets, playing with randos is very rarely as bad as worst case scenario

[@SpectreLAMP14]

W content bro, I think I’ve already said this but ima say it again, underrated channel

[@playamusa]

You can do coop with an NPC by going to Local rather than Online on a Switch. I think it's slightly different on PC.

[@Xenoswarm]

Yeah that was pretty much the point I was making by "solo"! Most cases I rather an NPC because they are invisible with you when you stealth and don't aggro monsters :)

[@celene9393]

I think when a monstie uses a skill on its own, it dosent cost any kinship skill But if you make them do so it will

[@alihamadqabazard2857]

1:39 sadly enough it happened to me when I got an amazing smelly Boltweaver Astalos egg and accidental clicked the A button and to get a Lagiacrious egg and not going to lie I laughed a little, but the same time I just screwed my self out of a solid monster. Don’t click and spam kids.

[@KnightEnjoyer69]

Last tip was great, i mounted only for healing/delaying big attack's. Gonna manage my kinship better now :3

[@victorsouzacostasilva2761]

Another thing, if u win a head to head, even with 1 hp, you or your monster dont die and dont lose any hearts

[@immaterialsoph]

saw your insta story and came here just to like and comment

[@mechahitoshi1317]

1:36 Yeah, learned that the hard way -_-'

[@fallb0rn]

I like your voice, its relaxing 😂

[@Chorus_Dawn]

Great video! I would love to see a do’s and dont’s of monstie building. I’m just now building my post-Special Elder’s Lair team, and I’ve been second guessing what genes are best for PvE, is it important to have a power, speed, and tech attack on every monstie, stuff like that. Thoughts?

[@rudygarcia8479]

I always do

[@mr.monkey1914]

You can avoid being found when the monster spawns in the den by opening the menu when it starts charging at you, and it will hit the wall. It only really works with monsters the quickly rush you.

[@Rudraken]

Autofill for crafting is perfectly fine, you end up with the same amount of points of manual with no point waste. Rarest materials are better used first, common ones are useful as filling points (with no waste)

[@kingfenrir227]

I was just about to say this. For those who don't know, Stories works differently compared to other monster hunter games in that the material costs are not specific. Each material has a type (usually the monster you got it from) and a point value ( 1, 3, and 10 for most.) A rare 10 point material is only worth 10 of the 1 point materials. So use the auto fill, it makes life easier.

[@Koeras16]

He argues the fact that you might need the rarer one for something else. Guess check first that...

[@Rudraken]

@@Koeras16 There is nothing requiring specifically rarer materials.

[@Koeras16]

@@Rudraken Then you are right

[@upd0g1]

@@Rudraken this is incorrect. End stage weapon upgrades sometimes require the rare mats only.

[@Fikso1]

My tip for farming would be to make a KO monster, white monobolis has skill that one shots, it works on all monsters except deviants and elders, so you can one hit boss monster or if you accidentaly bump into something, and i use it for leveling in S. lair 9

[@13jsisco]

Alright alright!!

[@irondisciple2984]

I have a question. Do you recommend changing a monsters basic attacks for a different monsters attacks but being the same element.

[@inglorioustool9890]

I have a tip for when getting eggs and a monster shows up to attack, if you go to your map OR just the menu and wait like 4-5 seconds 9 times out of 10 you'll just be out of range to be in battle then just follow behind them like in the video and you can escape without battling

[@Neonant-]

Supposingly the menu gives u I frames when a monster runs at you so you can use that to avoid getting caught after taking an egg

[@useroffline5612]

Here a tips , skill with low accuracy (heavy spear , etc) is unique when perform Head-to-head , your monstie won't taken any damage when it MISS , BUT! your kinship gauge will refill as usual. I found it useful for early games , specially to gives your main monstie variety of attack type to win head-to-head without changing to related type of monstie againts foe. Also low accuracy skill will 100% hits when you perform double attack with sides effect , for example Heavy spear won't gives you critical but the damages calculated.

[@JunohNebula]

From my experience doing Co-OP with friends, chest loot isn't predetermined. I was curious about it and asked my friend what they got from an earlier chest, I got an Expedition Ticket and they got a Nutriment.

[@stephenstonge7968]

That was so many things that l should have known. Ironically the kinship didn't surprise me, though it feels like theres a timer on riding so using it as a counter past lvl 3 doesn't work, but i never even tried to boost my character's stats. I've just been hoarding nutrients. 😂

[@ProtekWoW]

When picking eggs and triggering a monster or waking one up just run to the exit. Open the menu when the monster is about to run into you. It will pass right through you without tirggering combat.

[@richardhut1742]

How do i find high rank monsters like seltas

[@svenvleminckx5590]

If you do the tickets with randoms. Get one shot genes from white monoblos and the shrouded nerscylla. Even if your random encounters everything it should be a walk in the park.

[@Parallax2137]

around 3:00 you mentioned "advanced upgrades" What are they? how do I unlock them? I'm at Z8 of s.elder's lair and googling "advanced weapon upgrades" doesn't show anything, less so anything that implies the need for rare monster materials

[@Sillia00]

Which armor is that one?? :o

[@Catarentfunny]

I am almost done with the game’s story and I still use one times speed in battles

[@TheWhiteWolf202]

Will these guides still be viable for the PlayStation 5 version of the game that just came out. I need money and bottle caps

[@ignus7106]

You can save scum those bottle cap talismans like crazy. All you have to do is fast travel to the town and the pool will reset

[@Xenoswarm]

Yep, I included that in the pinned comment pretty soon after posting the video :)

[@ultmewtwo]

I knew about the riding thing I doing doing the story

[@NickOng78]

Talisman rotation is reset when map is reloaded

[@duongho9909]

Pool rotations change after map change. Just reload your town.

[@alexanderwilches3654]

How can i farm fatalis?

[@mikes9767]

Good video, but one of the tips is incorrect. The materials used for crafting armor are by points, rare vs common doesn't matter as long as you don't go over the required points. Its actually better to use the 10 point ones as soon as you can, because then you have the smaller ones left to get to the exact amount you need when doing all the upgrades.

[@upd0g1]

No. Some weapon upgrades require purely the rare drops. For a hypothetical example, the level 5 upgrade on the gravios horn would only accept gravios medulla and it needs 2 of them or something.

[@titanium4082]

​@@upd0g1No, they don't. A level 5 upgrade will take 20 pieces of a monster and a commendation in MHS2. This is different from the main games, which do require specific parts

[@NikolaBevanda]

So what is this Digimon meets monster hunter ?

[@r-slickers6964]

I have another tip, give your monstie a deadly horn jab gene and max it out to level 3 so you can one shot every monster (except elder dragons and deviants) it will help you a lot in den expeditions

[@tonytherock3000]

Who got the deadly horn

[@r-slickers6964]

@@tonytherock3000 White Monoblos, which you can find in Mahana island and the desert area (I forgot the name)

[@tonytherock3000]

@@r-slickers6964 thanks, I’m trying best to get good at this game

[@r-slickers6964]

@@tonytherock3000 ok, good luck man!

[@alexanderwilches3654]

But it is a lower chance as i understand, does it proc a lot?

[@DoubtlessCar0]

Open up map or stickers to avoid monsters

[@dsheep9937]

I'm play8ng this game, and i dont want to end. This game is good, but need more challenge, you can just skip some enemies, Pokemon was some trainers that you cant escape. And a sad thing, the elder dragons and best mosters you can get after the end.

[@fortex900]

i didnt even know you can auto craft gears and ive been playing for 125 hours xD

[@SugarTheRat]

Question, is it pronounced ner-JI-gante, or ner-GI-gante? Hard G or soft G? I've been saying it soft but I always hear people say it hard so please help me

[@Parallax2137]

NerGIgante

[@duongho9909]

Yup lost 9 mil zenny by selling everything. Didn’t notice til too late. It’s okay though, currently at 8 mil with no need to purchase anything, zenny isn’t important at end game

[@raskitampati3558]

Make video solo rajang please

[@upd0g1]

Rajang is very difficult to fight. My best advice: use traps as much as you can, use sleep knife, flash bombs, and surrogate gems if you have them. When Rajang is mad he will use different attack patterns but uses power when not mad. He is also the type of monster that attacks twice per turn when enraged so make sure to have armor with tenacity or some way to deal with that extra attack like evasion(XL).

[@raskitampati3558]

When rajang mad can be use trap or sleep knife ?

[@ishangirisha8525]

TSYM

[@Willowfire26]

I really appreciate this video. I know that this comment comes a year later; but I'm a rider for life!

[@fajarwahyudi6449]

Pro tips: if enemy attack with power, u can counter it with speed attack. Trust me it works. XD

[@frankallen3634]

I couldn't get through an hour of the demo, jrpg and turn based is an absolute God awful thing

[@Audieon]

Why the hell you commenting on a Turn Based JRPG video if you hate them so much? Virgin much 🤓

[@taurelith4867]

good to know dude, get back to your basement

[@Audieon]

@@taurelith4867 this ain't about you

[@taurelith4867]

@@Audieon mhhh? i was responding to the original comment, i didn't tag you.

[@Audieon]

@@taurelith4867 oh, it must have glitched for me 😅