Doshaguma of the Hollow

[Fallen]

This seems to be poorly put together... or maybe it is just arena quests in general. From my perspective since i am not a tryhard sweater who mastered every weapon across all 20+ games of monster hunter, being forced to use weapons i do not use, and not only that even if i get used to them a bit, they are just bad picks kinda sucks.

it would be nice if i could choose a weapon i am used to, even if it was in the same tier.

managed to get down to 6:37 with greatsword though. bow was bad, insect glaive i cannot get used to for the life of me, and lance is just slower than great sword.

has anyone managed to get under 5 minutes with the greatsword at all? i would team up with other hunters but my connection is not the greatest, and olivia so far has been useless.

[Abuthur]

Part of the challenge is strategizing to get a good time. With that greatsword build there's a couple things I'd reccomend. First, you have the heavy bow gun in your secondary weapon slot. You don't have to really use it to fight but if you use the Demon ammo on the ground you can get a pretty nice damage boost for a couple minutes that'll help you cut your time down.

Second, make sure you pay attention to the skills your armor has. In this case your build would be focused around critical draw and doing attacks out of sheathe.

So your main strategy is unsheathed your weapon into a charged draw attack, then putting your weapon away to get the affinity again which guarantees a critical hit on every draw attack.

Aim for the head to get KO's then go into a true charged slash(the really big attack greataword has.)

Combine these with offset attacks from the rising slash and you'll get more than a few good damage opportunities.

Thirdly, don't use the support hunters. They don't have good damage output. To get a good time you'll want to do it on your own. The monsters health is lower that way. It will be a little harder but I know you can do it.

My last bit of advice is that gs starts with a whetfish scale(or whetfish scale+ I don't remember)

But it lets you sharpen way faster. Keeping your sharpness topped up with that will definitely lower your time.

Good luck hunter! Keep going!

[l.n.d__]

Yes

[Kontoru]

GItgut, lmao.

Just Kidding
That's the beauty of Arena Quest. It strips you from your OP weap & armor.

I manage to get 4:49 using GS and made 3 mistakes.

This is how I do it.
Fly with your mount and do charge jump atk. Get 2 wounds and make sure the bear crash itself to the pillar. Get your TCS combo and when it wakes up he will scream 2 times. Block the 1st scream, wear your evasion mantle and dodge the 2nd scream for atk boost. After that is the true fight begins.

[roy2x]

For the gs set that has punish draw. Does it work like crit draw where you still retain the affinity for a few seconds after the draw attack? Like does a fast followup still have stun damage?

[weirdkid5]

Originally posted by roy2x:

For the gs set that has punish draw. Does it work like crit draw where you still retain the affinity for a few seconds after the draw attack? Like does a fast followup still have stun damage?

No.

To OP. It's time to git gud. That's what the Arena is all about.

Me and my buddy started at getting 7 minute times. After strategizing and stepping out of our comfort zone with weapons we don't really use, we shaved it down to 4:33 after about an hour and a half.

[Aoitenshi]

Originally posted by weirdkid5:

Me and my buddy started at getting 7 minute times. After strategizing and stepping out of our comfort zone with weapons we don't really use, we shaved it down to 4:33 after about an hour and a half.

I get where the OP comes from though. I watched three 30-minute-long guides on how to use Long Sword and the main builds because I want to use that weapon.

I don't want to watch another three guides just because the game doesn't give me the option to use Long Sword.

[Xiere]

It's a really, really rough Arena Quest, and it has a lot to do with Doshaguma as a Monster.
It chains attacks on its hind legs too much, wasting time and hold up the "Gotcha!" card. Its hind legs funnel you into its tail, where it zones you out from hitting its forelegs or head. It loses its weak zone to "Shot" damage when... enraged? Generally not an optimal Monster for Arena. (Also, Arena has always been bad content; did you know that in Tri, you could only play Arena in local co-op? )
I got really, really luck with a big, smart Greatsword getter, and we got a 4:36 after the third try. Absolutely pleased with it, and we'd even be in the top 10,000 for duos if the leaderboards were cleaned.

[weirdkid5]

Originally posted by Aoitenshi:

Originally posted by weirdkid5:

Me and my buddy started at getting 7 minute times. After strategizing and stepping out of our comfort zone with weapons we don't really use, we shaved it down to 4:33 after about an hour and a half.

I get where the OP comes from though. I watched three 30-minute-long guides on how to use Long Sword and the main builds because I want to use that weapon.

I don't want to watch another three guides just because the game doesn't give me the option to use Long Sword.

I didn't even really watch a guide about GS. I just kinda sent it with my knowledge of how my buddy plays. He never has watched a guide or even liked HBG prior to us trying. He suddenly loves HBG now.

If you aren't willing to work with what the game is prescribing you for the quest, then you can only blame yourself when you don't get on the leaderboard.

This is coming from a guy, me, that pretty much has exclusively used SWAX since 3U. I have over 1000 hunts in World with it and my 2nd highest is hammer with like a measley 20.

[Wren]

"I spent $70 on a game to only use 7% of the weapons, and the fact that the other 93 weapons exist is bad design"

bro just play the game why are you mad about more options

[John Boltgun]

I can never run that quest again because my best time is 4 minutes 20 seconds and 69 milliseconds

[MINUANO GAMING]

Yeah, I don't think they tested bow in this challenge to see if it was actually doable.

It is, but you need to be completely flawless and get lucky with RNG for the A rank to be achievable. If you don't discerning dodge everything within the last possible frame you just won't have enough stamina or trickster gauge to kill it within 5 minutes

[weirdkid5]

Originally posted by MINUANO GAMING:

Yeah, I don't think they tested bow in this challenge to see if it was actually doable.

It is, but you need to be completely flawless and get lucky with RNG for the A rank to be achievable. If you don't discerning dodge everything within the last possible frame you just won't have enough stamina or trickster gauge to kill it within 5 minutes

Monster Hunter speedrunning has always had massive RNG with monster behavior. This leaderboard arena challenge is basically speedrunning. So welcome to it I guess lmao

[Evil_Sarevok]

I'm a bow user generally, even in world, but I tended to find that the arenas were really tuned for bowguns.. plus it was always free ammo to have fun with.

Though I'll call it a day with a single A rank.

[Bulbasaur]

the leaderboard should be singleplayer and ranked per weapon

[Travis Touchdown]

Being pushed outside of your comfort zone with limited weapon selection, bad clownsuit builds, and limited items is what makes Arena quests fun though.