Lbg sticky build mhw iceborne reddit Also do not ignore status ammo! It is a strength of the lbg to have poison, sleep or paralysis ammo included in Recently got into MH:W Iceborne and want to farm Safi for progression. Lbg sticky build . IMO sticky is the only real way to build support LBG because sticky is technically a status ammo type (which is the entire reason to choose LBG over SnS for support) and because it doesn't really require much to get it going meaning you lose less damage overall compared to So I got Iceborne last month after an almost 2 year break from MHW, stopped playing around the time Deviljho got introduced for PC. BUT with the sticky cap the FURIOUS rajang HBG does about the same damage only the recoil and reload I’ve been checking out the Iceborne meta builds for LBG and HBG to get a feel of elemental’s place in this new expansion. No idea about HBG though. For HBG, the Antique Machina is a great option as it can shoot sticky and level cluster i. Building for slugger is super easy. I wouldn't call LBG hard, it has some technical skill and requires better aiming since you'll be moving around more. Controversial. With recoil and reload decos you can walk around while spamming and reload. Shoot his head. Reply reply More replies More replies. In short, go for it! Sticky damage nerfs (an uncharged Normal 3, considered worse than other ammo types when specializing L/HBG builds, do equal to more damage on weak spots than a charged Sticky 3). It will do about 148-151 damage per shot against agitated enemies. It works great to bring down monsters consistently, but I noticed that in the few hunts I did that other hunters were acting weird. For LBGs, I recommend using the Pierce build (Garuga LBG) or Sticky build (Rajang LBG). Slicing damage is fully sever, except for the initial stick. EDIT: With no festivals on right now, you may not be able to get the festival-only pieces like Astral and Oolong, you can switch them out for something else for the time being, like Hornetaur, Bone, Kulu or other pieces. Of the two, I prefer the play style of LBG, especially the use of Wyvernblast, but LBGs cannot match the damage output of HBGs. In regards to Spread, Frostfang is better, even with Evading Reload customizations. AT FIRST I thought the new bracky HBG was better for sticky 3 due to the lightbring higher damage numbers, slots, and elementless. The Beotodus LBG is pretty decent for Spread 2 and available right after the first fight. Or check it out in the app stores Build: Rapid Fire Sticky LBG Iceborne Share Sort by: Best. Excellent choice if you just bought the expansion and didn't get a rare kt weapon. Need some help here,thanks in advance! Sticky spam, so Garuga or Rajang Bowgun. Azure Soulscorcher is a very good option at OP's level, and it's easy to put together a build that will be more than decent again Velkhana. Thought plss LBG users, for Safi Aquashot Sticky builds do I use Awaken Nargacuga Essence or Razor Sharp Charm? Iceborne I'm trying to make a build for breaking Safi back and wings, I've seen people go with all ATK Awakening and use the Razor Sharp Charm with Zorah Set Bonus or Nargacuga Essence + 5x ATK with Zorah set bonus for True Spare Shot. For HBG or LBG, Sticky is your way. Iceborne Middle Phase (MR~70) Recommended Build Sticky Ammo Rapid Fire Build Get the Reddit app Scan this QR code to download the app now. I also have a few endgame elemental builds for specific monsters. Q&A. Allows you to take all offensive skills at max levels with 95-100% affinity on tenderised parts. 548K subscribers in the MonsterHunterWorld community. Home for the Monster Hunter: World Reddit community and resource hub Try sticking close at all times, especially if you were hit, he has a tendency to follow up hits with his cone breath to catch you in case you are panicking and running away, dodging 45° off to the closest side where the breath is coming from is the shortest way to safety, this also applies to the third phase finishers, though in that case it Since you don't build for Crit Element, Crits don't matter as much. With my LBG I drop wyvern mines to capitalize on KOs, but being able to drop a few cluster bombs would be insane. This also means comfort and possible damage loss. [MHW] Sticky LBG or Sticky The meta in MHW is, for several reasons, a damage-oriented meta. MHR Magnamolo Lbg Vaik Helm S Rhenoplos Mail S Anjananth Vambraces S The thing is, Magna LGB does many things well, not _only_ sticky build. Most LBG early builds just use nargy sets for spare shot and evade reload. Get a Safi aquashot and use one of the awakens for the narga set bonus, and you can have both TSS and artillery secret. Loving the game, been playing solo non-stop, tried going up against Alatreon with a spread HBG and got 7 shades of shit kicked out of me. Quick Sheath can help, but even at level 3, it is slower than LBG. As for post story, Loyal thunder is just completely bonkers and even with the defensive build (3 shield mods, guard 5, guard up) it absolutely shreds monsters despite me not having any augments for it. Before getting this armor I would regularly get 3 knock outs with just 3 slugger. Trying to put two bad eggs in the same basket likely won't result in anything good. I'm a big fan of LBG at Iceborne endgame, but without KT guns it's just "okay" through HR, and the selection of LBGs through Iceborne story is a bit sad. Sticky lbg isn’t really viable in vanilla world though. RF Sticky 2 has always been bad. Tigrex howl, brachy, easiest spread and sticky to access. Then I need to manual reload this 2 ammo > running out of ammo > Alatreon and fatalis are iceborne monsters, if you do, then I suggest you to get the defender bowgun and start iceborne you can update the karma even more if you want but you should aim for the nargacuga and then the yian garuga, those are good options. Wondering whether end up reload and crafting all d time. e WEXless vs Rise Spiders). Armor-wise, you can go for three Naruga pieces, especially for pierce builds. Or check it out in the app stores   Rajang LBG lv3 Sticky Attack power in the status screen + Agi5 when active This means you can drop Agi and PP entirely basically if you're making a sticky build. You do need release/ammo up skill. There are some pretty fucked up HBG tank builds that utilize shield, guard, guard up and usual damage deco. I dont like sticky so I prefer just to go with pierce or spread etc. My aquashot sticky build isn't even optimized and I average 7-8 kos a hunt in 4 man's. Never unplayable, but if your target is buttkicking damage AND you take KT off the table you're left with a big pile of mediocre guns that take a bunch of materials to upgrade and aren't going Guys After going thru few posts it seems safi aquashot lbg s is the one folks use d most. most quests will give you all the non elemental ammos at level 1, and the bread and butters level 2 as well. Artillery Secret used to be favoured but a cap was discovered on Sticky Damage so builds are quite different now. Sticky would probably be the best bet but just so you can use it to Back when I was playing World, I'd just use Spread (wasn't a fan of sticky gameplay), If you're still going through Iceborne for the first time, Jurya's LBG is nice. Sticky build - ammo up, artillery 5, slugger 1 at least, the rest are any attack skills available to u, atk boost/agitator/peak p. I just found out sticky builds with the Fatalis armor are stupid but anyway, I was testing whether to run slugger secret or partbreaker? The meta sticky build is in both the HBG and LBG albums. Edit: note that Heavy Artillery and Bombardier (the armor skill) don't have any MHW Iceborne HBG Thread Informative Sticky- there's a few all close to each other, but quickest good one to get to is the final boss's (no name to avoid spoilers) but really in a month the light Bowgun Safi aqua is by far the best sticky spam in game. So is lbg or sticky easy mode? There's also these progression builds from the MHW discord, for Spread and for Pierce. It runs slugger 1 with no partbreaker. Check the meta builds on this reddit. Best. HBG is flat out overpowered in MHW and Iceborne made it stronger. It's good enough The best Sticky build is going to be full fatalis gear with Safi Aqua shot the skills depend on what monster you fight and how comfortable you are against them. A competitive, lane-based card game This results in sticky LBG builds having a ton of extra space for extra defensive/support skills while still bringing "max deeps" for their build type. I tried a similar build with LBG which could ko the Monster many times in rise, unfortunately in sunbreak I saw just a pair of ko on a pukei pukei. Can rapid fire sticky 2 but only loads 2 rounds of sticky 2 and sticky 3 with max ammo up. Use sticky 3. (LBG mods are 3 recoil suppressors and 1 power barrel) I'd imagine they did this because Light Bowguns can use status ammo, including Sleep Ammo, having the capability to negate the enemy's rage and all, but status ammo still does fuckall to the generic enemy in Iceborne compared to Sticky Ammo which simply ignored wounding entirely and got the boon of inflicting stun and damage at the same time I've been playing sticky LBG since the nerf to slicing nerf. Extra ammo also helps. Found out that sticky LBG is one of the best way to do it, so I built it and answered some SOS to test it out. Something like sticky or pierce would be ideal cause spread scares me. I am playing on PS4 Once I shot all 9 ammo, I can only made 2 of sticky ammo 3 from radial menu. Fulgur Anjanath LBG do good at Pierce2 rapid. Can someone post some of the best element lbg builds I run the safi sticky build wana mess around with ele tho A properly awakened Aquashot is the best Sticky LBG in Iceborne. I can see this style build with evade reload being nasty. Iceborne Starter Build Recommended Iceborne Starting Builds. I am around the same MR, and I recently put together an HBG (furious rajang) and There is no LBG equivalent to Furious Rajang HBG for Normal 3 or Sticky 3. And that's just a broad overview, Bowgun builds and choices can get very complex so what I said may all be outdated. I can post decos tonight after work. Or add extend poison armor set to go with sticky build. Or check it out in the app stores   specifically spread HBG and sticky LBG/HBG. For non-element builds, Fatalis is the best, so you may want to work at getting the armor. Good bowguns depend on what shot type you want to focus on, like Frostfang LBG and Zinogre HBG are nice for Spread for example. Update 2: Added alternative consideration with Izuchi LBGs for pierce progression. Running peak performance and razorsharp charm. Has access to spread ammo for when monster is down. Rajang, however, doesn't need Ammo Up, because you can only fit 2 evade reloads, so Man, if you are going for a wide range build, use a sticky light bowgun. Idk anything about pierce lbg, or spread tbh. See the best Iceborne Light Bowgun builds of 2024, starter builds to help you progress through the Iceborne expansion, and the best Light Bowguns and skills of Iceborne's endgame meta. I am considering crafting 2 of this weapon so I can have a sticky build with attack up and health regeneration augment, then a separate pierce build with affinity up. IF you can't manage 3 levels of release, drop it altogether as it gives only 1 ammo per clip. Think atk boost, peak performance, or agitator. I am moving to a "basic builds" compilation which will be These are the best endgame builds for Light Bowguns in Monster Hunter World: Iceborne (MHW:I). There is a food skill called Felyne Bombardier that gives an extra +10%. Not sure haven’t played much LBG in Iceborne. Just want to run a support CC type build. If you do not have access to fatalis yet then four piece raging brachy will do just fine U need two different builds for water ammo or sticky 3, you cannot use and be efficient on both. Share Sort by: Best. Shara: For auto reload sticky2 and evade reload sticky3. Luckily for LBG, the Discord compiled a nice list for some good ones: The Blackwing Bowgun II is still a contender, has less damage and less skills to work with since it needs Free Elem/Ammo Up and has worse slots, but sticky 3s on Normal recoil instead of High increases your mobility by an absurd degree, and it can use Poison Ammo (paired with poison dur up set bonus it can make back the damage compared to rajang lbg quite quickly on monsters LBG it depends, low ammo count go for Narga build (Normal 2/Pierce/Sticky). Can't carry that many Sticky ammo. Fatalis is impossible with a LBG sticky build. The meta LBG for base World is the Defender LBG with its Rapid Fire Normal 2. Garuga: if you want to also use rapid pierce2 in the same or different saved loadout. There is no need to craft new gear for Iceborne if your build is solid. It has a base 6 motion value per slice and has 5 slices, for a total of 30 motion value. Ihateallkhezu • Do you have Iceborne? Iceborne has another option in terms of Bowgun customization, Wyvernblast MK2. Get the Reddit app Scan this QR code to download the app now. What is the optimal gun to dish out para/sleep/KO/poison and also do moderate damage on it's own Yes, it depends on weapon and skill levels. A slugger 5 build can easily get 5-6 I favour slugger over artillery on my build with the Diablos set. I imagine HBG would be great! Sticky x cluster sounds like a match made in heaven tbh. Open comment sort options I just crafted the Savage Devil Jho LBG last RF Sticky 2 is worse than Sticky 3 and RF Pierce 2 just isn't good in general, leave alone when you can't mod for it. I am starting to use Garuga LBG with 2 recoil and 2 evade reload. As such, the builds listed here will show the highest damage options available for every weapon type. With the right awakening I should be able to get a recoil suppressor awakening to make it even more comfortable. Builds are very very diverse in iceborne so I'll let that be open in discussion in the A "meta" build means a build that is optimized, i. Knock monsters out easily with this endgame LBG sticky build LBG has a fast sheath time while HBG is the slowest in the game. Locked post. I’m assuming Narga or Zorah will probably be a component of any build I One of the safi guns probably has rapid fire pierce. So, I recently put together the aquashot build for sticky 3, and jumped into Safi with amazing results, KOed Safi immediately after he got up, got a paralyze and 90 for Sticky 2 without Artillery Secret is about what you'd expect. I figured with the emphasis (buff?) of elemental this expansion, that I would see more elemental builds. SNS main here. You can also do Sticky 3 ammo with it (2 recoil mods and 2 evade reload mods), and have a pretty chill time if you can get used to the ammo crafting on the fly. LBG Sticky allows for more player movement control to compensate for lack of proper defensive skills BUT I always slot in Health Boost 3. I build this way all the time with HBG. Sticky 3 KOs like crazy. Welcome to Monster Hunter Meta! This is a place to discuss in-depth You can make adjustments in the jewels, just make sure that you have as high affinity as possible. 508K subscribers in the MonsterHunterWorld community. Item buffs: Bombardier Atk L, Normal drug and Might seed. Rajang for pure raw damage. 115K subscribers in the MonsterHunterMeta community. Join us for game discussions, tips and tricks, and all things OSRS! OSRS is the official legacy version of RuneScape, the largest free-to-play MMORPG. Fatalis' LBG has some niche usage for supporting the status effect infliction of others by means of firing its very small magazines of Sleep and Para through Wyvernblasts as wasteaway ammo, but it is not really strong enough to be a full blown status bowgun due to its high rarity and its very poor reload See if you can lower the recoil/reload and get them to decent levels, usually high hitting LBG go for lowest recoil and at least +3 reload, if you have spare slots after choosing these you usually fill up with close range mods for normal, spread and pierce, if using the later power barrel is a priority, sticky doesn't really benefit from either 45 votes, 21 comments. These 2 LBGs can give you hdps and are able hold their own with some of the top weapons in the game. Before I begin, I want to make it clear that I have never, until this point, ever used light bowgun, or any of the ranged weapons in mhw, or any monster Hunter game. Some of this content has now been moved to the old content document. Franz glacial looks pretty hot for a cheap pierce HBG. I've tried ghost and it was fairly underwhelming, and the nergi LBG's are only marginally better. I would simply recommend to go for a True Spare Shot + Poison Duration Up combo and build around Sticky 3. Reload sucks and small mag, but if you use slide reload most of the time, you can use sticky (slow reload) as well as the pierce, and be highly mobile while doing it I remember that one of the best options for endgame lbg is sticky ammo with the evade reload and the safi aquashot. It's recommended to eat for it on dedicated sticky builds if you can spare the voucher/max potion. SNS can heal without sheathing, and it saves my teammates that are 1 hit away from Don't bring Spread against Safi, it's worthless. Fatalis LBG is meh, so if you do work at farming Fatalis, As your sticky will be your secondary damage. The one in the post is the slider build, which focuses on rapid fire, through reloading while sliding. Spread LBG is also an option but that is just too risky for me and I'd rather use the Zinogre HBG instead. Another tip I would recommend is making a sticky item loadout you can restock quickly. However I've been reading around about people complaining how range is overpowered. Been using it to farm silver/gold raths lol Im an Elemental LBG user which ive heard that its weak in early progression which is fine, ill go with Raw builds. Sticky lbg you will be restocking 1-3 times depending on the monster, if you are playing multiplayer and the quick restock is a great time saver. He hasn't even made a video about pierce 3 only rf pierce 2. For the starting phase of Iceborne, your fully skill-optimized loadout will be easier & more effective to use. Open comment sort options. He is saying that frostfang barioth LBG is good for spread ammo, not that it is an ice lbg. unfortunately sticky was nerfed to the oblivion. ) Get the Slugger skills (diablos armor helps) for KOs, partbreaker, and artillery. For sticky ammo, I like three pieces Zorah Magdaros and two pieces Vaal Hazak, with that skill that gives attack at full health (don't know how it's called), but you also have four piece Raging Brachydios. Old. I'm not good at MH and it took me 10 potions, 10 herbs, 3 First Aid Meds, and 8 Mega Potions, but I finally slew Lagiacrus and I feel like I conquered a demon from a NOTE: i am in no way a LBG pro, but this is what i've picked up from using the weapon. The meta in MHW is, for several reasons, a damage-oriented meta. Any good "mid game" LBG in Iceborne that I'm missing? (kinda spoiler-ish) 2 rapid with normal deviation. If you're talking about the spare shot skill, the Empress 'Styx' LBG has it inbuilt in the weapon itself. You can run two evade reload, two recoil, and 3 free element/ammo up to have a lbg that can shoot sticky 3 at recoil+2 (which means you can move while shooting), or go with the same set up as the Savage Jho lbg and use sticky 2 rapid fire, fully agumented and customized, the two weapons should hit the the same number. I am assuming you are going after tenderplates. Demon lord (sticky 3 HBG) or aqua shot (sticky 3 LBG) for stickies, burstcannon (spread 3 HBG) or Fatalis (RF spread 2LBG) for spread. I then add artillery 3 for damage and up the raw as much as I can. so im gonna be coming back to MHW:I soon and id like to get back into my old hunting style of blowing the ever loving bejeezus out of everything that can be hurt by blast. Basarios LBG is the best all-rounder. New comments cannot be posted. I haven't done much bowgunning apart from trying out fatalis and using elemental ammo so I'm probably a bit off on what meta lbg sets are. Note that you should notify your teammates if you are using support build, as other players depend on Resentment (which relies on recoverable health) and Heroics Build (which relies on being on low health), and using support skills might negate their builds. I’ve thought about making a pure sticky build, but I’m concerned that the small ammo capacity (even with The meta in MHW is, for several reasons, a damage-oriented meta. If LBG has higher damage output AND higher survivability, with more comfort, more damage uptime, and more mobility, then there is no "meta" HBG sticky build because if you want to play sticky, you should just play LBG instead. It's in rarer cases you see a 30 or a 35 (though I don't think Rise has any /notable/ monsters with ele zones that high), and in specific conditions you'll see a 40 (Kushala in GU for example only takes this when the wind barrier is up) Really want to clear out the iceborne story with the lbg,but idk how to build a set around it, especially in the early game. You could also run the same build but with reload mods, if you don't like the constant sliding play style, as well as constant stamina usage (which can leave Posted by u/polysciguy1123 - 1 vote and no comments If you want to go this route I highly recommend abusing the alatreon special assignment right before fatalis (less health and guranteed gem reward) to get the alatreon lbg as it absolutely shreds kulve with rapid fire thunder and ice ammo. I didn't hear Angbata mention it in his videos. That and Sticky 3 deals the same KO, RF Sticky only shoots twice compared to other RF ammos, and the main kicker is the really bad recoil that you cannot lower. Home for the Monster Hunter: World Reddit community and resource hub 20 is still pretty solid for an elemental hitzone, hell the most you can typically ask for is 25, that's still pretty good. 38 votes, 27 comments. You can use whatever weapon you want to fight Safi. The issue is all of my endgame builds use at least a few rare decorations or armor pieces. Sticky is a bit more fussy though, since you don't get to carry a lot of it you need True Spare Shot, but getting TSS into a Sticky build without a Safi weapon with a Nargacuga awakening or Fatalis gear is really difficult and makes you about as squishy as a fly against Tempered Elders. Build Help increasing your true raw also increases sticky damage. If you don't own iceborne then I'm not very sure about late game base weapons I have a LBG that almost exclusively uses sticky 3. I used jyura bullet for spread 2 through all of MHW, obiously doesn't have the punch of HBG especially glutton but it's good enough, I think the vaal one can also be used. Either zorah set with artillery 5 and spare shot or nargacuga set with artillery 3 and trie spare shot should do decent damage. Offensive skills like Peak Performance and Agitator are good but the first skills to go in the set are usually Artillery 5 , Free Elem/Ammo Up since you can reach the sticky damage cap easier. It feels great and gets respectable kill times. Reply reply The community for Old School RuneScape discussion on Reddit. I think they both have rapid fire sticky. Hopefully, you’ll only need 2 reload assist to get your sticky and spread 3 down to good recoil. however your build looks nice Brachydios or Deviljho LBG. it is the best way to play a certain build. The release of Alatreon and its LBG boosted element LBG play, but my testing has kjarr HBG still edging out LBG. Sticky LBG Iceborne what’s the best sticky LBG build before fatty for mhw iceborne Locked post. Its very hard to build both sticky and spread in the same set but for hbg you'd want Rajang if youre leaning more towards sticky, tigrex if more towards spread Lbg always runs magna for spread and has sticky/slicing backup, but anja is a little better if your primary ammo is sticky Rapid P2 is basically the endgame for LBGs alongside sticky 3 and slice I used Narga's LBG for the rapid P2. Update 1: Added section on silkbind moves, meme builds, and added commentary to certain topics from feedback in comments. For normal 2, I'd only bother with Safi Drakshot tbh. Iceborne and World have different good LBGs. I find riser extremely useful when in group, say I got hit by a monster and when I'm recovering it tries to attack me once again but the food skills grants me some frames to not get hit. Reply reply The community on reddit for Plants vs Zombies: Heroes. Safi’s Aquashot remain the best Light Bowgun for Sticky Ammo Build. Update 3: Major Patch 2. You don’t need access to augments for the meta sticky builds. (Brachy gets rapid fire sticky 2. The best Sticky Heavy Bowgun available at this point in the game is the Gama Turret from Dodogama. Just checked it got only 1 ammo for sticky 2 and 3 So what s the optimum awakening and build. Sunbreak Normal 3 Bloodrite LBG Build. Like I said something comfy would be best because I don’t care much about super ultra optimal DPS and speedrunning type builds. Since you can only take 9 sticky 3 ammo with you, you will have to craft more during the hunt, which is quite easy with the radial menu. Run 4 recoil and 1 reload mod for +1 recoil and Slow reload with a clip of 2 with Ammo Up 3. Even great players can have trouble. Imo there were other fights in MHW they were much more annoying for melee, ATKD you could kind of just go balls to the wall agressive with a good DB build as soon as you saw one opening, and do a ton of damage because she didn't have much health or stun resistance. Been playing SnS for my playthrough but I really want to play LBG and break Safi's wings (besides SnS felt awful to play for Safi specifically). /coalescence. The best LBG for slicing is Frostfang LBG. Both builds are probably great but the issue is the augments on the gun really only work with one or the other of these styles. The Alpha and Beta Get the Reddit app Scan this QR code to download the app now. Looks like this. Iceborne is a bit more varied in the LBGs with the ammo you want to use. Basically this. Simply mod the LBG with x3 recoil, x1 power barrel (or you can do x1 So after playing LBG in Rise and being done with it (that will take me a while of course), I would like to return to Monster Hunter World : Iceborne and start over, but using a LBG. Only his head. Sunbreak The LBG, the Magnamalo's LBG is the option but it utilises stikcy/slicing/cluster. This means I don't have access to its drops, or Alatreon/Fatalis gear (yet). Both are pretty much equivalent in dps, but I like Jho a lot because you don't need recoil mods and can run 3 evade reload. Meanwhile, a basic elemental RF LBG with a +2 Recoil and an average reload will never stop moving, so just circling Velkhana to the left will make it miss almost all of its moves. I went full-on Safi Aquashot LBG afterwards. I watched a guide with sticky lbg - ten thousands volt (haven’t killed safi yet) - and yeah the game is way easier. Edit: The sets in the sticky post for meta builds even mentions the mix-max build for pierce 3 is inferior to min-max rf pierce 2. I'll probably need a build then too but all the guides I can find already give me some. Got Ruiner Nergigante first try and I can kill rajang who kicked my ass with LS relatively easy. Base Rise nerf sticky stun effect AND increase the recoil. Sunbreak Rapid Fire Normal 2 LBG Build. Adding slugger, on the other hand, does. Spread same build as Zinogre HBG Spread 3. What's the "meta" for sleep bombing in Iceborne? Best. If you're missing the 1 Release deco, switch the charm to Meanwhile I recently made a sticky build out of curiosity that focuses on sticky 2 ammo and that lasted much longer because of reserves from 1 and 2 and hunts lasted around In Iceborne, the Light Bowgun is now upgraded with four mods. To craft sticky Ammo 3 you need to combine Sticky Ammo 1 with Gunpowder lvl 3 (of which you can carry 80 of) and to craft 1x Sticky Ammo 1 you will need 1x Blastnuts (of which you can carry 30 of). LBG was the king of element bowgunning, but when MR Kulve came out and the ability to upgrade kulve weapons to MR specs, the kjarr HBGs could out DPS the LBGs element-wise. using bowguns also means you might miss out on tails a lot more since slicing For element ammo, Safi is superior DBS-wise, and superior to Fatalis for element LBG builds. Here's the build. e. . I started with LS and had sometimes a hard time especially in late MR. Discussion I have agitator and artillery maxed out, attack buffs out the ass, and keep almost constant damage on him the entire fight but have only 10 minutes left when he gets to the third phase and I Lots of options for LBG sticky guns. Right now four piece fatalis is the best way to get all three and put on some other useful skills. I can't even make the budget version of the pierce 3 set anyway because of my charms. Run SNS. It should get you through Iceborne fine til you can make Namielle for Spread 2 (plus Jurya is easy to farm). Solid Spread 2 damage, and access to Sleep & Para. DoctorPlatapus • He seems to be an awful monster to fight for bowguns. Like for my Aquashot Sticky 3 build, I use Attack 5, Artillery 5 and Peak 3 to hit sticky cap of 145/sticky 3. Still I would recommend sticky HBG for the first and second phase with partbraker until you knock the horns and then after that your favorite raw dps Crafting sticky 3 on the fly doesn't guarantee hits with them on a monster that moves around sooooooooo quickly and so much. Health Boost is always nice for defense if you need it. The best HBG for slicing is Safi Freezecannon. Should I Most brute wyverns, Bazel, first form Shara are the only monsters I’d consider using pierce over spread (uragaan is the only monster I use pierce for always) and the blackwing bowgun rapid fires pierce 2, it’s my go to for pierce but requires more skill to survive than HBG however becuz pierce requires you to be at a perfect angle for optimal damage (shooting thru head to tail) I like the So I’m a longsword main pretty much done everything there is to do in world and iceborne got both platinums, beaten every monster, just have to max my ranks now and get all the layered armour the true endgame hahahah 😂) given I’ve in a sense beaten the game I was thinking of trying some new weapons and was wondering the viability of the fatalis light bowgun, what ammo View community ranking In the Top 1% of largest communities on Reddit. For most of the gun builds using narga bonus you use the charm. The scuffed build I used. Weapon: Rajang Destroyer (Destroyer/Protection) - Health Regen Head: Zorah B (Destroyer/Vitality, Attack, Artillery) Chest: Zorah B (Friendship/Attack, Attack) Other people have been having success with the classic LBG sticky2 aquashot The chest and legs only have 45 hzv for shot, which is decent for an Iceborne monster but not really anything special. Or check it out in the app stores which is available at the start of iceborne. That's what makes it so good, and it's the best craftable Pierce, Thunder and Water LBG. Solo may be doable without running out, but adding evn one more hunter can change the dynamic. The build itself, its same as usual stack as much damage as you can (Attack, Artillery, food buffs like Bombadier and Temper). Hey everyone, just getting back into MHW and bought Iceborne last week, switched from bow to HBG and looking for a progression guide, all the guides I keep running into seem to be for end game. Jho LBG for rapid fire sticky 2, Rajang for sticky 3. Attack and artillery is where your damage comes from on a sticky build. A See the best Iceborne Light Bowgun builds of 2024, starter builds to help you progress through the Iceborne expansion, and the best Light Bowguns and skills of Iceborne's You can run two evade reload, two recoil, and 3 free element/ammo up to have a lbg that can shoot sticky 3 at recoil+2 (which means you can move while shooting), or go with the same set For Safi, you only need to equip LBG at HQ before claiming rewards to get at least 2 LBG drops. Try to get a solid bg with sticky 3, and work from there. Mobility is king in fatty fights. MHW is my first MH game. Not to mention water is rapid fire, and sticky 3 on a lbg is so dumb. The Nargacuga LBG is also pretty handy for Rapid Fire Pierce 2 and available relatively early. However, outside that specific LBG, only Xeno Armor has the skill, and the Gamma Armor is rightfully meta in most HBG/LBG sets. Just stack Element Attack then the Raw skills like Resentment, Agi and Attack Boost. You could use that with your current build a try fit some pierce jewels in. No crouching for cluster. For sticky: Go for ten thousand volts, or alternatively Blackwing bowgun II (if you want normal recoil) where you can use poison ammo to complement your Sticky builds in general are considered low dps for some reason these days. Check out kiranico for weapon info, they even show how the gun behaves with different mods and ammos Aquashot is actually the best for sticky in the LBG category, you want to build for full attack and artillery and trying to get true razor sharp/ spare shot. As far as upgrades, a short term solution is the Yian Garuga LBG, Blackwing II which is neat because it has rapid fire Sticky 2. Most of your damage is coming from hitting weak zones even on Pierce so maximizing damage on those zones for as little investment as possible is why you see WEX on literally every meta pierce build save for one or two exceptions in other MH games (i. The build for Frsotfang LBG is Brachy, Brachy, Alatreon, Kulve, Kulve. Jyura's LBG is For LBG, I would suggest the sticky build, which has 2 variants (check sticky post). Bring blastnuts and gunpowder 2 to craft more sticky ammo. Got a nargacuga essence so I can run artillery 5 and true spare shot. You could potentially make a 3 piece set of nargacuga for true spare shot and the nargucuga light bow gun for rapid fire pierce. With Attack (L) Food, Felyne Bombardier, and Mega Demon Drug, this build is right on the sticky raw cap. That set up carried me all through IB’s main story and then I made a sticky bowgun build using the yian Garuga lbg and a mixture of the Zorah magdaros g rank set. Fatalis LBG Build. Honestly, you're best off looking at elemental options if you're really interested in LBG, or if you just want ranged, embrace the absolutely disgusting level of broken that is HBG for non-elemental builds. I used to use the garuga gun because it had rapid pierce 2 and rapid sticky 2. You heard wrong then, jho LBG was by far the strongest lbg in vanilla world, with spread 3 and AT xeno armor. Now my build isn't a speed runners build and I'm missing my second attack + but this is what I've been running for fatalis and normal hunts. Top. When to use the new Wyvern Blast armor, this deal greater damage and provide you a powerful burst (if your timing is correct) Using this can be a safe choice once you got the hang of it. Fatalis gear gives you true The number 6 build[Nargacuga LBG (progression)] in this Sticky album guide >> https://imgur. The other options are too skill expensive to fit wide range. I'm looking for a good LBG build that I can use to get through base game and into Iceborne. I do believe there are also a few viable sticky bowgun builds but I haven't looked into those yet. In solos the monster doesn't usually get to move. Sticky recoil nerfs (prior meta L/HBGs that could shoot Sticky 3 at low recoil now can't; Sticky recoil got increased). Share Lbg sticky might not have the best damage on mhw base game but, it is the safest class/weapon that I have used so far. Lastly, for comfortably killing Alatreon with its LBG (or any form changing monster that changes its weaknesses (ex. As decos, make sure to get Artillery5, Partbreaker3, and as much attack as you can get, fill everything else with QoL stuff like Health Boost3, Flinch Free 1, Tremor Resist After you get a few sieges done with LBG to force out LBG drops, this is what you should aim for: Any sticky build can KO 2-3 times per hunt. Water ammo and any other elemental ammo does crit but Kjarr elemental LBG isn't as good as back in base. on my rajang hbg with artillery 5, agitator, peak performance, demon powder, might pill, attack up large and bombardier from food my stickies pop for 180 each. Guild palace has useful status and you can work in Normal3 with 4 in a clip. Builds based on a different criteria (support, "tanking", evasion etc) are NOT included in this list, but you are totally free to use them if you want. I prefer normal and sticky. Depends, I personally go for Bombardier/Riser/Daily Skill with Attack L on F. Barroth)) you can opt in for a multi elemental build. I'm not sure how far this build will carry you, but given the circumstances it's unlikely you have any significantly better setups available right away. Versatile but not optimal Get the Reddit app Scan this QR code to download the app now. Every ammo type goes for a bit of a different build but most of them, not Sticky, go for the usual Affinity build with Crit Boost. If an LBG main, at a minimum, you want The jho and garuga lbg both excel at sticky rfs2(sticky 2 rapid fire), with the jho having a slightly higher base raw and the garuga having more room for augmenting and much lower deviation. Xeno LBG might also work, but its RF +2 recoil completely gets smashed by this weapon. Just make sure if you run the HBG not to run Health Augment. Rajang HBG. Check r/monsterhuntermeta Pinned Megathread > Iceborne Final Builds > Check the L/HBG Albums and the ones in the Pre-Safi and Pre-Fatalis threads as well. I was doing some research on sleep bombing and most of the stuff I can find is pre-iceborne. The only Slicing Bowgun that really even is worth mentioning is the Xeno x Luna LBG, but that's only because of Spareshot already being built into it, focusing on Normal 2 Rapidfire, or building the Great Bowgun and focusing on Normal 3 is really just superior to it, due to the higher magazine count and also due to ammo efficiency, on top of that it's way less disruptive, so it So survivability shouldn't be a problem. Find a sticky compatible with that. This build generally has lower defense compare to armor like Safi’jiiva or the Raging Brachydium Armor. Sort by: Notice, u/Spleenczar has flaired this post as MHW! Please make sure your contribution discusses that particular game. KT tarroth support is the best normal 2 LBG, if you do not have it the defender LBG fully upgraded is extremelly similar both will dump Odogaron LBG into the ground. my old build ran with the Brachy LBG for the rapid fire sticky ammo because it almost always guaranteed a knock out on almost everything after a few shots. Zinogre HBG Spread 3 - Dober helm b, Rex Roar chest b, Kaiser Vambraces b, Odo pants b and Garuga boots b and Spare Shot charm. Element Attack for Elemental and Artillery for Sticky. Don't forget your Razor Sharp Charm. Share Add a Comment. v2. Open comment sort options Home for the Monster Hunter: World Reddit community and resource hub Members Online. Welcome to Monster Hunter Meta! This is a place to discuss in-depth strategy for the Monster Hunter franchise, including but not limited to weapon strategy, gear builds, farming and much more. More info explained in this Sticky Album. All easily farmable and I can include special ammo boost 2 too, instead of taking away the Attack 5 and add Earplugs. The LBG you pick also depends on where you are in the game. Sunbreak Alatreon Elemental Lightbowgun Set - looking at Royal Order Crossbow, and its abilities to fire 4 RF normal elemental shots, similar to how ALatreon's LBG was in Iceborne hence the name. 0 Sticky/ Slicing LBG build . 2. As stated in the title of the post, you can use both sticky and slicing ammo top notch with this gun, and it also still has good clips of other ammo types too Sticky doesn’t care about crit eye or boost or weakness exploit. Barroth LBG is early Spread 2 but Has 30% negative crits so building crits or weakness exploits to get it out of negative to make it useful, but there's always Odagaron LBG with Spread 2 with good crits but okayish damage. I reached the end of iceborne and wanted to make a build to farm MR easily. Another new mechanic with the Light Bowgun is the addition of new m LBG Sticky Ammo Build . This was a build I fiddled with pre-Safi. Still haven't gotten around to using them since Iceborne. genfunk • If you purely want to sleep bomb with LBG, AngBata has a very decent sleep bomb build using combination of Beo LBG sticky Lv 1,2,3 Gunpowder Lv 2,3 and blastnuts 3 )set your radial menu so you can quickcraft sticky on the moment 4) REMEMBER that you craft 2 sticky in one craft,so craft your ammo when you have 1,3,5,7 ammo left on the light bowgun 5) take blastnuts in the map whenever you can if you know where to find it Path of Diablo is a Diablo II community server project that aims to increase build diversity, improve replayability and add quality of life features with as few changes to the original experience as possible. com/a/Y6tjkzp. ive been told that theres a Safi LBG that runs rapid fire Topic. And paralysis ammo. Adding artillery doesn't really increase this. If you're in a new playthrough, 10 to 20 seems reasonable for early game damage. Sunbreak Bloodrite Sticky/Slicing LBG Build. Replace the Peak Performance with Speed Eating if you want it and replace the Razor Sharp charm with a Mushroomancer charm if you want that. One of the safi guns probably has rapid fire pierce. 0 updates. BEST ammo type(s) for LBG? (Iceborne) and sticky LBG are worth investing into, or if Spread is always the best if played optimally. However both of those weapons are pretty medium for game progression (even if they're powerhouses in the endgame), while pretty much any raw based melee weapon can run cookie cutter builds until In my opinion, a sticky build is probably your best bet for early iceborne, as it puts out a good amount of damage without decos and is easier to learn aiming, reload timing, crafting, etc while hunting. You'd then add Normal, Spread, and Pierce to their respective ammo types. New. Or check it out in the app stores   Any LBG I could use to replace the Alatreon LBG from your build?. nhr vbqiz umrl tcbck yvib hqcsc edumvh kdse vkewms uqv