Speed runner times and damage

[Jake]

I am absolutely baffled right now. I have played nears 300 hrs of MH World on PC and 1000+ on PS and over 150 hrs of MH Wilds on PC. I main SnS and I would say I am pretty good at using SnS.

Now I have been watching some speed runners use SnS and get like 2-3 minute Tempered Arkveld kills. I run the exact same type of builds for my runs, I use demon powder and make use of flash bugs and traps if needed and use my corrupted mantle.

I get hit maybe 3-4 times during the hunt so I would expect my times to be slower, hopefully around 4-6 minutes, but this is not the case and im closer to 10 minutes against a Tempered 5 Star Arkveld on a full kill or if I capture I can do it in 7-8 mins.

Now here is my complaint, these speed runners I watch do sometimes near double my damage, stun lock arkveld and constantly are on top of him. Do they fight the lowest possible version of tempered arkveld? Are they doing something I am not?

[xTobu]

Built diff i guess, I'm not even speedrunning yet and i can close a 5 star tempered ark in sub 3.30 with sns. Do you do the Y Y B Combo when in corrupted mantle? cause this boost the dps by a lot. Speedrunners uses Agitator btw, if u run agitator over wex for non speedrun purpose your basically just lowering ur damage.
It's all about keeping 25% aff from frenzy and off guard as much as possible.
I belive most of the speedruns are made on 3 stars arkveld yes but it just change his damage and hp by a low amount, TA rules aren't out yet so every speedrun is basically freestyle.

[SHOKK♥]

There's a few factors, but always keep in mind when it comes to people posting something impressive.
It's usually their best attempt at said point and not including slow and dud runs where the monster doesn't flinch at the right time and proceeds to run off cause that wouldn't be a spectacle lol.

[OnePunchGay]

try gunlance, this badboy dont get punish much if u hit a dud hitzone value

[brunolm]

Their damage is probably higher because of the stunlock, if you can't stunlock then it probably means the speedrunners are on small monsters instead

[zmanbuilder]

I view all modern MH speed runs as sus.

[Duskyer]

Speedrunners will post their best time out of the possible hundreds of attempts they made. They practice way more than regular people.

[Nou]

First: Yes, they could be fighting the same monster with lower hp. Every monster spawn has a random hp pool, sometimes with lowest or highest hp.

Second: Yes, they're probably doing something different from you; my assumption would be the build.

Long time hunter here. Could you tell me what armor skills and weapon skills you're running? That will help me narrow down why you may be doing less damage.

Right now 3 "meta" skills I see people running are:
Level 3 gems - Agitator, Burst, WEX

There's more but it's conditional depending on build and monsters (sometimes).

Edit:
It's possible that sometimes speedrunner will lie too, and/or they edit the monster behavior to make it easier fight.