What are the best hunting horns?

[Quadsword]

I already have Deep Vero which I know many people consider the best. Are there any others worth going after?

[Xilo The Odd]

if your going for getting specific note sets to use as well, theres Teo horn for its status ailment negate and status attack up, as well as the luna/nergi horn, has the same useful noteset as nergi horn, but its blast element and has hasten recovery built in. health augment as a agressive horn user and you wont have to potion very often.

theres the kulve dragon horn that has the blight res up and blight negate effects, not too terribly useful but if you want options based on note set its worth trying for. either the kjarr or the regular works but the regular is better since you could focus on raw damage over elemental.

[Holografix]

Depends on how you play. But in all honesty, if you main HH (like me) just build them all.

Desolation Overture is a good one.
Any of Empress Roar's Blast element horns are good.
Queen Vespoid horn for paralysis is good.
Kirin's Horn, Thunderbolt Horn II is the only Lightning element horn so you'll wanna build that one. (There is the other Lightning horn Kjaar Pipe 'Myth' but that's from AT Kulve Taroth and a rare drop)
Datura Horn III for poison is a must.
Baan Horn II for sleep is a must (until you get Taroth Pipe Sleep)
Legia Sectored or Heavy Bone Horn II for ice element is a must.

[Remi]

Roar Blaze with Peak is the best horn combining damage with the best song list in the game.

[hexis]

KT Pipe Sleep is really good, it has attack up XL, small heal and recovery up + good raw

edit: oh and white sharpness

[SUPERMCNUGGET]

Apart from Deep Vero these are the other three horns you generally want.

Teostra's Orphee is pretty good for the anti-ailments buff and divine protection, it's pretty useful for Vaal.
Xeno Manasheena is pretty good for the all wind negate against Kushala
Bazelreid Rookslayer is still fun to use when soloing for BLAST PROCESSING with the Attack L buff plus the double gem(2) slots.

The others all have their utility uses when you want to use them for whatever encounters on a whim, like Datura Horn for earplugs and healing or Dancing Davul for stun negate and all around other useful buffs.

Holografix wrote all the relevant stuff for elemental and status horns so I won't bother repeating what they said

[Tregrenos]

If you want a build designed for full offence the "Bazelreid Rookslayer" works amazingly with the Vaal y armor set bonus and just looks fantastic.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1735529380

If you have access to Free Element then "Fortissimo II" is a fantastic alternative to the Jho horn. Offers the same buffs, but I feel Paralysis is a better option for the overall DPS of the group.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1714769885

While certain monsters may see better use in different horns these are good "general use" horns.

[RIKI]

I was using Bazel rookslayer for every fight, then switched to luna/xeno horn. the only drawback is no recovery buff and less raw damage and sounds awful, but you get def XL, attack L, stamina, and bonus wind pressure if necessary.
aaand don't ever worry about shapness

[Katitoff]

Originally posted by Quadsword:

I already have Deep Vero which I know many people consider the best. Are there any others worth going after?

Teostra horn vs Vaal Hazak.
Xeno horn vs Daora.
Horns are all situational really.
But with pickle horn and these 2, you've got all mandatory ones covered.

[Smug Kot]

DPS wise Styx Blaze and really any horn with Damage XL but Styx blaze its the one with the biggest damage potential.

Originally posted by Remi:

Roar Blaze with Peak is the best horn combining damage with the best song list in the game.

Also best filler, melody extent comes from A+B, B, A+B Combo its the biggest one dps wise and helps with the super short time of Damage XL.

Originally posted by Katitoff:

Originally posted by Quadsword:

I already have Deep Vero which I know many people consider the best. Are there any others worth going after?

Teostra horn vs Vaal Hazak.
Xeno horn vs Daora.
Horns are all situational really.
But with pickle horn and these 2, you've got all mandatory ones covered.

Normal windproof doesnt work vs Daora, you need the special one from his set also support doots are really meh here, doesnt worth to do 0 dps for some defensive buffs you can easy get with just switching no-mandatory decos.

[jet46]

Xeno horn(and Luna-Xeno) is the EXACT horn that works against Daora

[Warkrunner]

I'd argue that Fortissimo is the best support horn in game, with 3 augments, 2 slots and all the good buff songs.
For offensive horning? Bazelreid Rookslayer, Taroth Pipe Sleep.
Kjar Pipe Myth and Rage are interesting alternatives for situational support songs.
Honorable mentions to the Teostra Orphee if everyone in the party runs blast weapons.

[Quadsword]

Originally posted by Warkrunner:

I'd argue that Fortissimo is the best support horn in game, with 3 augments, 2 slots and all the good buff songs.
For offensive horning? Bazelreid Rookslayer, Taroth Pipe Sleep.
Kjar Pipe Myth and Rage are interesting alternatives for situational support songs.
Honorable mentions to the Teostra Orphee if everyone in the party runs blast weapons.

I legitimately read that as "Kjarr Pipe Meth" at first glance and got very confused.

[Warkrunner]

Originally posted by Quadsword:

I legitimately read that as "Kjarr Pipe Meth" at first glance and got very confused.

Horners be crazy about their Myth pipes. Gotta vaped those tunes.