Low Rank Monsties VS High Rank Monsties

[❤ HUGH JANUS ❤]

Do our low rank monsties become obsolete compared to their high rank versions? I can't tell if a high rank monstie has better base stats than their low rank version

[!?!]

Nope, they only get better genes which you can slap onto low rank monsters anyway.

[Misfit]

high rank monsters have much better stat growth, even rank 5 monsters are much worse then the elders/deviants you get in the end.

[Jynn]

i'm still going ot use what i like, even if it means i'm not as good haha. imagine everyone with the same exact thing because it's the 'best'. I'd rather just use what i like the most

[Prinny]

Originally posted by Misfit:

high rank monsters have much better stat growth, even rank 5 monsters are much worse then the elders/deviants you get in the end.

is this legit? high rank has more atk,def,spd,hp than low rank monsties???? i tho was just genes differences

[Mestev]

Well it's a bit more of the star rating instead of the ranking. A higher star rating will have a bit more stat growth but it's still the genes that matter most. I'm post game and my monsties still able to handle high rank dens as I built their gene sets rather well.

And I replace those lower rank genes with better ones which makes them just as good as the higher rank monsties since they are not getting one shot in a failed HtH. If anything I would say it's the gear/weapons that need to get upgraded (which you can do in post) that I noticed the bigger difference.

Only other thing I will say about higher star rating monsties is their do have some of the better area skills and double which you will need to busted the bigger rocks and so you can have a better set of options.

Plus the appearances of the higher ranks monsties, some are rather interesting, so yeah I want a couple due to how they look and slightly better stats.

[Prinny]

i see, thanks for the explanation, make sense now

[Jirodyne]

Originally posted by Mestev:

Well it's a bit more of the star rating instead of the ranking. A higher star rating will have a bit more stat growth but it's still the genes that matter most. I'm post game and my monsties still able to handle high rank dens as I built their gene sets rather well.

And I replace those lower rank genes with better ones which makes them just as good as the higher rank monsties since they are not getting one shot in a failed HtH. If anything I would say it's the gear/weapons that need to get upgraded (which you can do in post) that I noticed the bigger difference.

Only other thing I will say about higher star rating monsties is their do have some of the better area skills and double which you will need to busted the bigger rocks and so you can have a better set of options.

Plus the appearances of the higher ranks monsties, some are rather interesting, so yeah I want a couple due to how they look and slightly better stats.

So just flat out, a higher star rating is better than a lower star rating stat wise?

[Ynnub]

Originally posted by RainbowC22:

Originally posted by Mestev:

Well it's a bit more of the star rating instead of the ranking. A higher star rating will have a bit more stat growth but it's still the genes that matter most. I'm post game and my monsties still able to handle high rank dens as I built their gene sets rather well.

And I replace those lower rank genes with better ones which makes them just as good as the higher rank monsties since they are not getting one shot in a failed HtH. If anything I would say it's the gear/weapons that need to get upgraded (which you can do in post) that I noticed the bigger difference.

Only other thing I will say about higher star rating monsties is their do have some of the better area skills and double which you will need to busted the bigger rocks and so you can have a better set of options.

Plus the appearances of the higher ranks monsties, some are rather interesting, so yeah I want a couple due to how they look and slightly better stats.

So just flat out, a higher star rating is better than a lower star rating stat wise?

Yes

[EpicD1CK]

There is no difference in stats other than the fact that HR will noticeably get much better genes up to XL.

[Teratus]

Originally posted by Jynn:

i'm still going ot use what i like, even if it means i'm not as good haha. imagine everyone with the same exact thing because it's the 'best'. I'd rather just use what i like the most

Doing the same too, some of my favourite monsters are low ranks like the Tigrex.
Even though I have a good Brute one I'm keeping the original because I just like it better xD

Hell I'm still using an Azuros and a Paulumu because I like them as well.

[gamester512]

Originally posted by Prinny:

Originally posted by Misfit:

high rank monsters have much better stat growth, even rank 5 monsters are much worse then the elders/deviants you get in the end.

is this legit? high rank has more atk,def,spd,hp than low rank monsties???? i tho was just genes differences

No, monsters you hatch from High Rank dens are, statistically, no different from ones you hatched from Low Rank dens, they will simply be more likely to come with better quality genes from the get-go. The most important thing when it comes to your own monsters are their genes. Stats aren't as important as the Genes themselves. If you mean the enemy monsters in High Rank dens, however, then yes they are significantly stronger than Low Rank versions of said monster.

With enough time and effort put into optimizing a monster's genes, pretty much ANY monster you want can be made strong enough to handle High Rank content, including the 5 Elder Dragons, and the various "deviant" versions of monsters (like Dreadqueen Rathian or Pink Rathian). Seriously, if you really wanted to do so, you could even turn Ranmar (your starting Velocidrome that Kayla gives to you in the very beginning of the game) or your Kulu-Ya-Ku (the first monster you ever hatch from an egg) into a totally viable monster for High Rank Dens & expeditions. Elder Dragons and Deviants simply are viable for it more or less "out of the box" (or egg, in this case!), or at worst only require a much smaller amount of gene-tweaking and preparation (I was able to turn my first Elder Dragon after Nergigante, that being Velkhana, into quite the powerhouse almost immediately as I had plenty of good Ice genes to give to Velkhana just sitting in my monster storage....the same was also true when I wound up getting my first Kirin, I had plenty of good Thunder genes just sitting around to give to him), while other monsters require a bit of fine-tuning and time investment to get them the sets of genes that you want on them. About the only "farming" required once you have the Elder Dragons would be to obtain at least 4 more of them in order to max the rank of their "signature" genes (such as Velkhana's Icicle skill).

[Misfit]

Originally posted by Prinny:

Originally posted by Misfit:

high rank monsters have much better stat growth, even rank 5 monsters are much worse then the elders/deviants you get in the end.

is this legit? high rank has more atk,def,spd,hp than low rank monsties???? i tho was just genes differences

i mean the monsters you get in high rank, not the exact same monster in a high rank den.
the elders/deviants you can farm are just better then everything you get before, not only the genes, they have much higher stats.
https://mhst.kiranico.com/mhs2/data/monsties

[!?!]

Originally posted by Misfit:

high rank monsters have much better stat growth, even rank 5 monsters are much worse then the elders/deviants you get in the end.

Nargacuga != silverwind narga

[DragynDance]

High rank and low rank monsters are exactly the same in every way save for the pool of genes they can potentially hatch with. Any non guaranteed XL genes can only be found on high rank hatchlings, for example. But if you really like Astalos, and have had an Astalos since before you beat the game, there is nothing stopping you from just hatching a high rank astalos/zingore/whatever after you beat the game, and then ritual of channeling their thunder+ gene onto your low rank astalos, for example. tl;dr, low/high rank only matters if you're hunting for a specific gene, not if you're hunting for a specific monster.

[AngryDragon]

Originally posted by Prinny:

Originally posted by Misfit:

high rank monsters have much better stat growth, even rank 5 monsters are much worse then the elders/deviants you get in the end.

is this legit? high rank has more atk,def,spd,hp than low rank monsties???? i tho was just genes differences

At level 20, there is easily a 25 ~ 50 hp difference between a 2 star monster and a 4 to 5 star monster. If you go to your Field Guide and then check the Monstipedia, there is a chart of the base stats. The difference is easy to see.