Is blast element on weapons really worth it?

[PinkDaddySasquatch]

I made a Bazel Buster II gunlance and tried it out on an Uragon which has a 3 star weakness to blast element and in the end only ended up getting 5 or 6 blasts... I can get at least that and almost always more with a bow that can use blast phials and has a different element... when would a blast weapon actually be practical? Is gunlance just not a good weapon type for this element? I remember in MHG I had made a Brachydios bow with wideshot and I was getting blasts all the time, is this because there were more instances of the element being applied? or is it damage based?

[Spags]

Blast weapons are good for blast builds. Otherwise, elementless or elemental builds usually outdps blast.

That said, run some blast-orientated gems and it usually is a good contender, proccing 7-8 times per fight, more with apothecary mantle.

[Ragosta tin Dei]

No. Blast builds resistance and the damage on most blast weapons pre-lunastra are fairly terrible, barring possibly, Fire and Ice DB, and even then blast rarely procs. Most of your damage will come from raw and the element.

[Spags]

Originally posted by Ragosta tin Dei:

No. Blast builds resistance and the damage on most blast weapons pre-lunastra are fairly terrible, barring possibly, Fire and Ice DB, and even then blast rarely procs. Most of your damage will come from raw and the element.

False. Check teamdarkside

[Xilent]

Blast is meh at best due to tolerance buildup, but benefits most from fast weapons like DBs or Bow. Also with apothecary mantle will aid with another 3-5 more procs.

[PinkDaddySasquatch]

This gave me some stuff to think about, thanks for the feedback folks.

[Voodoo]

Only weapon i can see blast working on is "ice and fire" dual blades but thats only because theres ice on other blade...

[Hurricane]

I built the bazel sa today and aumented it... regret it already. Dog crap. The 4 handicraft white doesnt last long either and it has tiny blue.

Just build jho weapons until the new stuff comes... blast is useless

[Neverdone]

answer is NO!!!, just like all other status aliemtns, its really 1 or 2 time use and thats it. its better to go dps than any aliment build.

[Xilent]

Originally posted by Neverdone:

answer is NO!!!, just like all other status aliemtns, its really 1 or 2 time use and thats it. its better to go dps than any aliment build.

My barroth paralyze switch axe, Palico flashcage + cat para sword build would like a word with you. 80% stunlock every match.

[KNDY | No Toxicity!]

It's great for solo Magda DB + apothecary mantle.

in multiplayer scaling, you would probably deal damage only at the beginning and have low output later on. Is it bad? No, it's actually pretty darn good.

Just know what you're doing and know that explosive damage is your focus and not your normal damage. Weapon with low explosive element are best off traded with elementless or elemental.

[Gotsa]

i have a SA lumu blast set. because its a giant heart on the blade, kill them with kindness <3... AND EXPLOSIONS!!!

with a blast charm (+3) i can reliably proc it 5+ times, which amounts to 600 damage, which is alright, but its the difference between hitting for 38~50, vs 75 on each individual swing. noticable difference.

i can say my diablos axe does get the job done faster overall, but hear me out... EXPLOSIONS.

but the time difference isn't significant enough to label it a trash tier weapon. its not LBG slow. so if you want to build around it you can, just know that theres more optimal builds out there.

[KNDY | No Toxicity!]

Alright. Just.. just watch this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msyZfy-5Z9M

[BCFreeman]

I don't use blast weapons, but I do carry blast ammunition if my bow supports it. Helps killing the monster faster.

[Kashra Fall]

I recently switched a zorah set, with dragon king eye and damascus chest piece. This gives me blast 1 (Cause missing the gems, farming currently.) focus 3, zorah mastery bonus critical element, weakness 3, critical eye 5, soon to be 3 when I get my blast and the rest isn't that important. Witht he teo weapon which is 370 blast with full blast gems, the weapon procs all the time because of critical status. The weapon with blast gems is 60% build rate, combined with zorah each crit makes the build even faster. I've procced blast on the first hit of a axe hit before, not even the sword.

What makes the build fun and great though, is the fact that the sword cuts through anything and when fully charged, it leaves power phials that also cause and can proc blast. So, in general, because of the power of the blast element+the crit factor, I've procced blast 11+ times in 6 or so minutes. Each blast is 120 damage explosive, not sure how the AoE of the blast works, but it knocks over creatures all the damn time. IT'sa fun build in anycase.

[kadsoukui]

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