Objectively Best Weapon

[Hi.standard]

I know there probably isn't an objectively best weapon but if you were really forced to come to one choice on best overall weapon, what would it be?

I've played almost only Lance, and Sword and Shield. And I love them, but, I cant help but feel like, for my skill level, they are like some of the weakest options and in the lances cases, a tad boring when you basically have 2 attacks.

So i'm looking for a new weapon to dedicate myself to, I've avoided overly popular weapons like the long sword...

I'm leaning towards Great Sword, or light or heavy bow gun. Any thoughts?

[Nihrahk]

Hammer because bonk.

[Reaper]

Hunting Horn is the superior choice in all situations.

[Kurabiye]

Switch axe

[hotaru251]

Great sword main in me always suggest GS (especially as its only melee weapon now that can do both clash & offset). However Gunlance got more fun Wilds and can do a lot of dmg vs large monsters with is wide sprays.

[Emerald Lance]

It depends on what you mean when you say "objectively best" in this case.

Longsword and heavy bowgun traditionally deal the most raw DPS.
Dual blades, bow, and charge blade deal the highest elemental DPS.
Greatsword and hammer have the highest single hit damage.
Lance and gunlance have the best shields.
Sword and shield and light bowgun are the most versatile.
Hunting horn is the only weapon that can buff teammates.
Insect glaive is the most mobile weapon.
etc

Imo the best weapon pound for pound is the heavy bowgun. It is usually in the running for highest raw DPS, can use multiple elements, can cut tails, can KO heads, never needs to sharpen, and even has a shield that's better than every other shield except the lance's and maybe gunlance's. The only downsides are that long range fighters generally take more damage per hit than melee fighters, and you have to source your own ammo.

[ホロ]

Originally posted by Hi.standard:

I know there probably isn't an objectively best weapon but if you were really forced to come to one choice on best overall weapon, what would it be?

I've played almost only Lance, and Sword and Shield. And I love them, but, I cant help but feel like, for my skill level, they are like some of the weakest options and in the lances cases, a tad boring when you basically have 2 attacks.

So i'm looking for a new weapon to dedicate myself to, I've avoided overly popular weapons like the long sword...

I'm leaning towards Great Sword, or light or heavy bow gun. Any thoughts?

bow is objectively one of the best weapon its always .. one of top 3 when it comes to speed running dpending the person who use it .

it requires a fast reflex skill and a good aim
learning the pattern of every monster attacks and dodging it feels rewarding in wilds

HBG and LBG meanwhile just requires a good positioning .. less skill is involved compare to bow but still deal insane amount of damage

[Dae]

Originally posted by カミナ:

lbg or hbg if you want to not play the most fun parts of the game and use the most busted speedrun weapons in like every title

Originally posted by Tenz:

Bow and heavy bow gun will be top again just because damage.

& anyone else saying this, this is the correct answer.

[KingOfFriedChicken]

Originally posted by Dae:

Originally posted by カミナ:

lbg or hbg if you want to not play the most fun parts of the game and use the most busted speedrun weapons in like every title

Originally posted by Tenz:

Bow and heavy bow gun will be top again just because damage.

& anyone else saying this, this is the correct answer.

I mean...

Originally posted by KingOfFriedChicken:

Someone compared used beta speed clears and ranked them if you wanna see

https://youtu.be/jbJmuk3jILc

TLDR

1st place Bow
2nd place gunlance
3rd place long sword

Not according to speed running, however we need to see the full game and how the balance changes effect this lol

[D. Flame]

Originally posted by KingOfFriedChicken:

Someone compared used beta speed clears and ranked them if you wanna see

1st place Bow
2nd place gunlance
3rd place long sword

Bow is had faster DPS, but it lacks the tools the LS has, and unless they changed it, using a projectile weapon means you take more damage per hit.

Gunlance will not be that high in the final game. Gunlance does better in the betas and in area quests because of the way shelling damage works and scales. You can't build your own set here or in an arena quest, so you can't max out your damage for most weapons, but shelling only scales from like one skill anyway, so you are getting more of your final damage with shelling than with any other weapon.

LS wins.

[KingOfFriedChicken]

Originally posted by D. Flame:

Originally posted by KingOfFriedChicken:

Someone compared used beta speed clears and ranked them if you wanna see

1st place Bow
2nd place gunlance
3rd place long sword

Bow is had faster DPS, but it lacks the tools the LS has, and unless they changed it, using a projectile weapon means you take more damage per hit.

Gunlance will not be that high in the final game. Gunlance does better in the betas and in area quests because of the way shelling damage works and scales. You can't build your own set here or in an arena quest, so you can't max out your damage for most weapons, but shelling only scales from like one skill anyway, so you are getting more of your final damage with shelling than with any other weapon.

LS wins.

Again still the beta, we can't possibly know lol for example daggers there is no effects on them, this could change their ranking a lot. But if your asking about beta only this is the current best laid out list I have seen lol

However changes incoming could switch this list in a slew of ways, I'm not jumping to conclusions. Like glaive is getting its air dance back, and of course all armors can change as we will have skills for all weapons to abuse.

I think if we compare many a game LS and Bow have made a good many lists in top weapons though so it's not a surprise. Ultimately if you look at it from. This perspective and compare them as is, currently I'm beta only it seems these are the top 3 contenders.

[D. Flame]

Originally posted by KingOfFriedChicken:

Originally posted by D. Flame:

Bow is had faster DPS, but it lacks the tools the LS has, and unless they changed it, using a projectile weapon means you take more damage per hit.

Gunlance will not be that high in the final game. Gunlance does better in the betas and in area quests because of the way shelling damage works and scales. You can't build your own set here or in an arena quest, so you can't max out your damage for most weapons, but shelling only scales from like one skill anyway, so you are getting more of your final damage with shelling than with any other weapon.

LS wins.

Again still the beta, we can't possibly know lol for example daggers there is no effects on them, this could change their ranking a lot. But if your asking about beta only this is the current best laid out list I have seen

Yes, but you can still use logical reasoning to parse out certain things, just as with the Gunlance. That is a condition that we have already seen before countless times. Drawing a rational conclusion for that does not require any real leaps of faith.

[Chaos]

You can't go wrong with bowgun or bow really.
Ranged weapon in a melee game will never be bad.

But I love my weeb stick, so I got to stick to my weeb stick.

[Anzer]

Originally posted by CalcTM:

I'm not going to lie. Hunting Horn in this game actually feels like one of the Objectively best weapons. It is either the strongest secondary or one of the best primary weapons. This time its Slugger effect is better than Hammer's, and with a person who actually knows what they are doing with the pools and song combinations, they can pump out even more damage too.

I love the idea of HH, but couldn't get into the tempo in World. Then I picked it up in Rise and the streamlining they did made it my go to weapon, even over Charge Blade (my beloved). I'm terrified that HH will go back to the World playstyle and I won't know how to do anything again.

[DreadfulDrummer]

i've always loved the longsword but doubt it's the best but up there. I've been using the gunlance and really like it a lot as well in the beta. I think greatsword could be the best if you're really good and know exactly what the monster is doing but i'm bad with it.

[DreadfulDrummer]

Originally posted by Boone:

Greatsword and Bowgun but Only for the damage Buff could be Fun.

Im going for bow and longsword on release. Playd charge blade all Time so need some new :)

i love the changes to the longsword in this game. Hopefully they do what Rise did and add some optional secondary movesets to it and all the weapons.