Good armor for early Highrank

[Jixel]

So I guess now the game gets a bit more serious?
(A Pukei Pukei killed me and I was like "Wait.. Wait a minute?!")

As the title says, what is a good armor for early highrank?

Somebody told me to get the Zorah armor but .. really..? It is such a boring fight..
I don#t want to farm him. Any other suggestions? Please?

Edit: Forgot to say that I mainly use Hammer and Greatsword

[Suzaku]

Literally anything will do for now. Just get whatever has decent skills that can help you in any way. Health boost, weakness exploit, attack boost, divine protection, or whatever helps your weapon's playstyle. You'll be unlocking a lot of armor quickly as you work your way through the monsters and unlock their high-rank armor variants.

All that matters, at this very second, is that you're in gear with high-rank defense stats.

[Jixel]

Originally posted by Suzaku:

Literally anything will do for now. Just get whatever has decent skills that can help you in any way. Health boost, weakness exploit, attack boost, divine protection, or whatever helps your weapon's playstyle. You'll be unlocking a lot of armor quickly as you work your way through the monsters and unlock their high-rank armor variants.

All that matters, at this very second, is that you're in gear with high-rank defense stats.

Ah, okay, I guess the bone armor is okay then because of healthboost and slugger for hammer. For now at least haha.
Thank you for the reply!

[♋Phenex]

If you want more damage, try to get rathalos helmet B and chest B and odogaron A for the rest. You can replace odogaron later with elder dragon gear.

[Jixel]

Originally posted by ♋Phenex:

If you want more damage, try to get rathalos helmet B and chest B and odogaron A for the rest. You can replace odogaron later with elder dragon gear.

Okay, noted, thank you very much!

[NoobMaster69]

When I was early high rank, I found the Odogaron armour pretty great. It's got some nice skills and looks good. Not really that viable for end-game but certainly one of the better early high rank sets.

Now that I'm a little later on in the high rank I've found a 3 set Vaal + Dodo legs (for charge blade) & the eyepatch head gear that works well for me. Definitely not completely meta but I'm a casual baddie that really enjoys the health regen bonus from Vaal's set (so good almost never having to drink potions), and I don't have many good jewels yet anyway for a more jewel oriented high damage build.

[Jixel]

Originally posted by NoobMaster69:

When I was early high rank, I found the Odogaron armour pretty great. It's got some nice skills and looks good. Not really that viable for end-game but certainly one of the better early high rank sets.

Now that I'm a little later on in the high rank I've found a 3 set Vaal + Dodo legs (for charge blade) & the eyepatch head gear that works well for me. Definitely not completely meta but I'm a casual baddie that really enjoys the health regen bonus from Vaal's set (so good almost never having to drink potions), and I don't have many good jewels yet anyway for a more jewel oriented high damage build.

I looked at the Odogaron-armor and I agree, it really looks awesome and has some nice skills!

I wrote down the Eyepatch+Vaal+Dodo-set for if I every try out Chargeblade. Not having to drink potions all the time sounds actually really good for my Unga-Bunga-playstyle! Thank you for the suggestion!

[Penetrator]

Try to get the Witcher set when the quest becomes available. Its the easiest best set to get. Just one Leshen hunt is enough to get the full set 99% percent of the time.
Upgrade that ♥♥♥♥ and pop in some steadfast decos and you're unstoppable until you reach Tempered/AT elders.

[NoobMaster69]

Originally posted by Diamedia:

I looked at the Odogaron-armor and I agree, it really looks awesome and has some nice skills!

I wrote down the Eyepatch+Vaal+Dodo-set for if I every try out Chargeblade. Not having to drink potions all the time sounds actually really good for my Unga-Bunga-playstyle! Thank you for the suggestion!

No worries. The only reason for the dodo legs is because of the +1 capacity for the Charge Blade (gives you an extra phial). If I had the capacity jewel I'd fit some other legs instead. Also the 3 piece Vaal can fit whatever other weapon you like if you are happy to sacrifice a more specific weapon build for health regeneration.

Also keep in mind that the Vaal armour pieces have a decent amount of 1 jewel slots so you can customize them decently well.

Below are a few pics of my exact setup. Like I said, it's not meta and is a fairly generic build. I'm still relatively new to MH myself so there are a lot more 'professional' builds out there. That said, it works well and I have no troubles fighting tempered monsters with it. The health regen is really nice in that aspect, guard pointing damage is quickly recovered which means that you can stay in the fight with maximum health all the time.

Doesn't look half bad either for a mixed set (I love the style of Vaal's armour).

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1809664840

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1809664921

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1809665327

[Prozac]

Which bow or element ist best for farming Odogaron at early ranks? Are the dragon weapons worth it to craft?

[Jixel]

Originally posted by .:

Try to get the Witcher set when the quest becomes available. Its the easiest best set to get. Just one Leshen hunt is enough to get the full set 99% percent of the time.
Upgrade that ♥♥♥♥ and pop in some steadfast decos and you're unstoppable until you reach Tempered/AT elders.

Thank you very much for the advice! When do I get the Quest for hunting a Leshen tho?
(I'd google, but my PC will probably explode if I open my browser while playing)

Originally posted by NoobMaster69:

Originally posted by Diamedia:

I looked at the Odogaron-armor and I agree, it really looks awesome and has some nice skills!

I wrote down the Eyepatch+Vaal+Dodo-set for if I every try out Chargeblade. Not having to drink potions all the time sounds actually really good for my Unga-Bunga-playstyle! Thank you for the suggestion!

No worries. The only reason for the dodo legs is because of the +1 capacity for the Charge Blade (gives you an extra phial). If I had the capacity jewel I'd fit some other legs instead. Also the 3 piece Vaal can fit whatever other weapon you like if you are happy to sacrifice a more specific weapon build for health regeneration.

Also keep in mind that the Vaal armour pieces have a decent amount of 1 jewel slots so you can customize them decently well.

Below are a few pics of my exact setup. Like I said, it's not meta and is a fairly generic build. I'm still relatively new to MH myself so there are a lot more 'professional' builds out there. That said, it works well and I have no troubles fighting tempered monsters with it. The health regen is really nice in that aspect, guard pointing damage is quickly recovered which means that you can stay in the fight with maximum health all the time.

Doesn't look half bad either for a mixed set (I love the style of Vaal's armour).

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1809664840

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1809664921

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1809665327

I don't have many decorations yet, but I guess I'll get some later. Hopefully good ones. I heard the grind for the good decorations is quite hard.

Thanks for showing me your setups! I only tried Chargeblade ones and I thought it is quite difficult too handle. I might have to try it again some time

[Jixel]

Originally posted by Prozac:

Which bow or element ist best for farming Odogaron at early ranks? Are the dragon weapons worth it to craft?

Hey! Don't hijack my thread! I'm kidding!
Odogaron's main weakness is ice I think so an Ice-bow would be the best idea?

[stevo]

Crafting something really early like bone will give you defense and some decent skills. Full Odo is good but I'm not sure if protective polish is necessary for either GS or Hammer. You might be better off with a mix of Odo/Rath to maximize affinity with crit eye and Weakness exploit with some attack to go with it.

[Teratus]

I ran a mix of Rathian, Bone and Pukei armor in low tier and upgraded to the same in HR.

Rathian helm and boots, Bone chest and hands, Pukei belt.
I've been using poison weapons mostly through my entire playthrough and it's worked out fine for me, (mostly Sword & Shield, got a Datura Blossom 3 atm)

I've got a fire and thunder element set now too and am working on making a Dragon element set and eventually plan to have a set built around each element and ailment.
Takes a lot of money though and armour spheres hence the slow progress.

I really like poison, those extra upto 20 damage ticks add up really nicely with Sword & Shields less impressive damage.

[Teratus]

Originally posted by Prozac:

Which bow or element ist best for farming Odogaron at early ranks? Are the dragon weapons worth it to craft?

Odogaron is weak to Ice damage, Thunder damage is also decent against them.
They're also susceptible to paralysis.

Dragon element is like any other, has monsters weak to it and others strong or immune to it.

Elder Dragons don't like Dragon element at all.
Behemoth is 3 star weak
Lunastra 2 star weak
Vaal Hazak 3 star weak
Zorah Magdaros 3 star weak
Kulve Taroth 2 star weak (1 star in gold)
Kushala Daora 2 star weak
Nergigante 2 star weak

Kirin, Teostra and Xeno'Jiiva are the only Elder Dragons not weak to Dragon so it's a good all round element to dealing with multiple Elder dragons.

Dragon is also effective against tough monsters like
Rathian 3 star
Rathalos 3 star
Pink Rathian 3 star
Azure Rathalos 3 star
Radobaan 3 star
and Deviljho 3 star

Probably a few 2 stars around too but yeah overall I'd say Dragon is a good element to invest in.
Witcher silver sword seems like a good elder Dragon killing weapon since it has good Dragon damage and high Elderseal.
Elderseal is another thing you want when hunting Elder Dragons and only Dragon element weapons have this skill.

[Fat Pigeon]

Originally posted by Teratus:

Vaal Hazak 3 star weak

Vaal doesnt get damage trough dragon as long his body parts arent
broken you are aiming for, so fire would be the better choice against him

Btw is Radobaan sharing this, as long bodyparts you are aiming for are covered from his bone armor, he doesnt get damage from dragon