]Buddy skills questions?

[⸸Atotaroh⸸]

hey hunters,
1) Wich skills can be stacked?
2) Is the pro parry skill similar to a guard level?does it apply to me or the buddy?
3)Piercing attack skill apply to which kind of attack/weapon?
4)Is the knockout king skill similar to a slugger level?

[del_bosque_dol]

Hi fellow hunter,
All buddy skills only apply to the buddy.
1) Attack UP (S/L), Ranged Attack Up, Piercing Attack UP, as well as Critical UP (S/L) and Health UP (S/L).
2) Pro parry means that your buddy opts to counter attack rather than evading. It does only apply to the buddy.
3) Piercing attacks such as mega boomerang (palico) or Large Shuriken (palamute). Useful? nah
4) stun power 10%ish for your buddy, which may be only useful for a palamute equipping guarding parasol. But considering how often your buddy can stun a large monster, I think it has a very limited effect.

[⸸Atotaroh⸸]

okay thx for the answer, i tought the bonus were also for me . i play solo with 2 palicoes buddies and i want to use their skills to the best. do you have any skills recommandation?

[del_bosque_dol]

Originally posted by ⸸Atotaroh⸸:

okay thx for the answer, i tought the bonus were also for me . i play solo with 2 palicoes buddies and i want to use their skills to the best. do you have any skills recommandation?

Correction 2) not countering but only blocking.

Palicos do not attack as intended, and unlike palamute's dual bladed chain damage, palicos simply do not cause much damage, so that what I can suggest is equipping Support-Centric skill, which is very useful. Status Attack Up with a paralyze weapon is a default set for my palico.

[⸸Atotaroh⸸]

Originally posted by del_bosque_dol:

Originally posted by ⸸Atotaroh⸸:

okay thx for the answer, i tought the bonus were also for me . i play solo with 2 palicoes buddies and i want to use their skills to the best. do you have any skills recommandation?

Correction 2) not countering but only blocking.

Palicos do not attack as intended, and unlike palamute's dual bladed chain damage, palicos simply do not cause much damage, so that what I can suggest is equipping Support-Centric skill, which is very useful. Status Attack Up with a paralyze weapon is a default set for my palico.

cool i will give it a try, that will add a layer of strategy in my hunts. I was misusing my buddies until now.

[Laughing kookaburra]

if you don't care about DPS meta, get 2 bombardier palicos with shock purrion on both, they gonna throw bombs and stagger the monsters a lot and shock trap the monster at least twice per hunt, put status weapons on them too.

[⸸Atotaroh⸸]

Originally posted by Laughing kookaburra:

if you don't care about DPS meta, get 2 bombardier palicos with shock purrion on both, they gonna throw bombs and stagger the monsters a lot and shock trap the monster at least twice per hunt, put status weapons on them too.

Okay, idc about the meta ,i play for fun, so i'll try this .

[Max]

They are useless mostly you pick them just to increase loot.

In early game healer will be good however in end game when monster can 1-2 shot you you may use CC so you can hit weak spots more easily.

[⸸Atotaroh⸸]

Originally posted by xMaxrayx:

They are useless mostly you pick them just to increase loot.

In early game healer will be good however in end game when monster can 1-2 shot you you may use CC so you can hit weak spots more easily.

i went for a Mizutsune hunt with 2 palicoes gatherer ,it gave me Mizutsune plate and water orb, not sure if it is because of the pilfer support move or luck. i will be testing it more