How do I make my GS build better?

[✟ Scarlet Weather Rhapsody ✟]

SO,
My GS build has the following equipments:

DK Head
Kulve Chest A
Tesostra Arms B
Nerg Waist B
Death Stench A

With the following skills:

WE +3
Attack boost +3
Critical Eye +3
Stun Resistance +2
Critical boost +2
Hnadicraft +2
Health boost +3
Non elemental boost

I'm wondering what I can do to make this set better?
And what should I swap out if I want to use a dragon GS (Gonna get Leviathan once I hit hr50 for AT Vaal)

Thank you for reading this! OwO

[Stationary Traveller]

You want Drachen. And Wyvern Ignition if you don't have it already.

[Reborn]

do the hunters dream and get the wyvern ignition its on now

[Nine]

Get at least focus 2 or 3.

[Kyukyu]

Originally posted by Nine:

Get at least focus 2 or 3.

I recommend Focus 2 over 3, the difference between them is barely noticeable and with Focus 2 you get to have more options when it comes to other skills.

[Sotanaht]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGNCGVJvKPw
https://honeyhunterworld.com/mhwb/?23,83,107,107,105,107,75,aff,health,0,5,5,0,30,0,0,16,0,0,90,26,0,90,0,0,90,0,0,2

I tweaked one thing from the set in the video: instead of useing Nergigante Beta helm, I instead use Nergigante Alpha. The result is EXACTLY THE SAME, but you have an attack+1 on the helmet itself, instead of putting an attack deco in the slot you would get. Saves you from needing 3 attack decos.

[Nine]

Originally posted by Sotanaht:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGNCGVJvKPw
https://honeyhunterworld.com/mhwb/?23,83,107,107,105,107,75,aff,health,0,5,5,0,30,0,0,16,0,0,90,26,0,90,0,0,90,0,0,2

I tweaked one thing from the set in the video: instead of useing Nergigante Beta helm, I instead use Nergigante Alpha. The result is EXACTLY THE SAME, but you have an attack+1 on the helmet itself, instead of putting an attack deco in the slot you would get. Saves you from needing 3 attack decos.

You can also trade 6 true raw for focus 3 by running this https://honeyhunterworld.com/mhwb/?23,95,107,107,105,107,75,aff,health,0,5,30,0,14,0,0,16,0,0,57,57,0,26,0,0,90,0,0,2

[Sotanaht]

That looks pretty good, I wonder why the math guys didn't consider it. When they talk about running focus 3, they only do so in terms of trading the Critical deco because that seems like the only possible deco slot.

[Hunny]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1635670364

I see you use health boost 3, thats is a very nice choice for defensive skill
this is the set i use, it gives you 80% affinity, almost infinite white sharpness, very good defense and health boost, the skills you get with this build are

Critical eye level 6
Attack boost level 4
Health boost level 3
Critical boost level 3
Weakness exploit level 3
Focus level 3
Handicraft 1
Airborne
Non elemental boost

you can get rid of one health boost to get that last point on critical art but its overkill if you ask me, also, the airborne may look out of place but its a nice add on, aerial greatsword is very broken, you deal almost 2 thousand damage per second, implying that you hit weak spots

[Sotanaht]

Originally posted by O D I O:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1635670364

I see you use health boost 3, thats is a very nice choice for defensive skill
this is the set i use, it gives you 80% affinity, almost infinite white sharpness, very good defense and health boost, the skills you get with this build are

Critical eye level 6
Attack boost level 4
Health boost level 3
Critical boost level 3
Weakness exploit level 3
Focus level 3
Handicraft 1
Airborne
Non elemental boost

you can get rid of one health boost to get that last point on critical art but its overkill if you ask me, also, the airborne may look out of place but its a nice add on, aerial greatsword is very broken, you deal almost 2 thousand damage per second, implying that you hit weak spots

"Aerial greatsword", by which I assume you mean ledge jumping, is absolutely amazing and possibly the best DPS in the game, but it's nowhere near 2000 per second. It does somewhere between 300 and 600 per hit (maybe more on a really good weakpoint), and takes between 2 and 3 seconds to land each hit. Meaning it's somewhere between 100 and 300 DPS. That's still far more than any other weapon or strategy.

Here's a speedrunner using that strategy on AT Vaal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkuMjlNCBAU

[Hunny]

Originally posted by Sotanaht:

Originally posted by O D I O:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1635670364

I see you use health boost 3, thats is a very nice choice for defensive skill
this is the set i use, it gives you 80% affinity, almost infinite white sharpness, very good defense and health boost, the skills you get with this build are

Critical eye level 6
Attack boost level 4
Health boost level 3
Critical boost level 3
Weakness exploit level 3
Focus level 3
Handicraft 1
Airborne
Non elemental boost

you can get rid of one health boost to get that last point on critical art but its overkill if you ask me, also, the airborne may look out of place but its a nice add on, aerial greatsword is very broken, you deal almost 2 thousand damage per second, implying that you hit weak spots

"Aerial greatsword", by which I assume you mean ledge jumping, is absolutely amazing and possibly the best DPS in the game, but it's nowhere near 2000 per second. It does somewhere between 300 and 600 per hit (maybe more on a really good weakpoint), and takes between 2 and 3 seconds to land each hit. Meaning it's somewhere between 100 and 300 DPS. That's still far more than any other weapon or strategy.

Here's a speedrunner using that strategy on AT Vaal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkuMjlNCBAU

it is the best source of dps in the game
and also, every aerial hit takes less than one second with focus three and cancel animation

[Sotanaht]

Are you saying the speedrunner in that video played extremely poorly? Because I don't believe you.

[Hunny]

Originally posted by Sotanaht:

Are you saying the speedrunner in that video played extremely poorly? Because I don't believe you.

im saying that all speedruners are
but that is not what this thread is about