Early Insect Glaive Build

[The Xonas]

Hello, i got monster hunter recentelly with the new year promos and im really enjoying it! But when it comes to equippment and weapons stats i get lost. Its too much to do and too mutch stats! I cant understand everything (bearley understanding a thing). To get over it and try to understand the game system better i was looking for some bulds and tips for the weapon i choosed, the insect glaive. I really liked its playstyle over the other weapons. When i try to look for a guide or something i just get late game builds and stuffs (there's even a guide thats recommends Catastrophe’s Light and Pseudocath for the early builds, i got confused on that cuz those need late game monsters parts). So im here to ask for a good soul to help me out on my journey on understanding the game better and find a good starting build. Right now im with the guardian armor, the kulu glaive and the standard kinsect lvl 3. There's some armour or glaive that i should look for? Or i should look for armors with specific stats?

Thanks for your attention!

[Gin-chan]

IMO it really depends on how you like using the IG. If you prefer to use the air attacks as much as possible then any armor with the airborne skill would be preferable. Master mounter is also good for a newbie but its really a negligible skill once you're used enough to mounting monsters as you can just avoid the stamina draining struggle by using the triangle / Y attacks whenever the monster tries to push you off him.

Essentially theres really no 1 pure skill set and armor if you're just playing through the game's story casually imo. I myself just build a lot of different armor sets and weapons to fit the type of monster that i'm hunting as i play through the game solo in the story mode(With the occasional SOS multi play during optional quest/investigations).

Those endgame builds that you see online are usually for people that focus purely on a specific build thats only possible post game that you probably wont build if you're just playing through the game until the endgame story boss .

[Remi]

Don't use the air attacks, everything else is secondary to that.

[lexilogo]

When you are early in the game, you really do not need to worry about things like build optimisation. Absolutely everything in Low Rank is balanced for people who are still figuring out how to use their weapon, let alone how to construct an optimised build.

Early on in Low Rank you have a few main options for armor:

Bone armor is easy to get and has decent, well, everything for Low Rank standards

Defender/Guardian armor is deliberately designed to be OP equipment to carry people through the game to get to Iceborne, if that's what you want to use that's fine, if not ditch it.


Some general tips when it comes to build construction for Insect Glaive, newcomers to buildmaking, and general play:

-Speed is the most important stat for your Kinsect.

-Aerial attacks are intoxicating but the trick to IG is resisting it, as they're actually quite weak. Use airtime to do things like dodge monster attacks and the like but stay grounded for when you want to get damage in. (also, "Airborne" might SEEM like a great skill for IG, but most of your aerial firepower actually doesn't benefit from it, the description of the skill is somewhat misleading)

-You probably already figured this out through research, but just in case because this often confuses people, "Affinity" just means "crit chance".

-Sharpness can often be pretty important for Insect Glaive because it absolutely shreds through the stuff. Your weapon should ideally have high Sharpness attached to it.

-Insect Glaive does decently with Elemental damage but isn't reliant on it, so it's your call if you want to go with an elemental Glaive, sacrifice the damage for an ailment like poison or paralysis, or go full raw.

[The Xonas]

Originally posted by Gin-chan:

IMO it really depends on how you like using the IG. If you prefer to use the air attacks as much as possible then any armor with the airborne skill would be preferable. Master mounter is also good for a newbie but its really a negligible skill once you're used enough to mounting monsters as you can just avoid the stamina draining struggle by using the triangle / Y attacks whenever the monster tries to push you off him.

Essentially theres really no 1 pure skill set and armor if you're just playing through the game's story casually imo. I myself just build a lot of different armor sets and weapons to fit the type of monster that i'm hunting as i play through the game solo in the story mode(With the occasional SOS multi play during optional quest/investigations).

Those endgame builds that you see online are usually for people that focus purely on a specific build thats only possible post game that you probably wont build if you're just playing through the game until the endgame story boss .

Got it. Dont know if im going be a hardcore player yet. Im playing casual for now. Thanks for the comment, it will helps a lot.

[The Xonas]

Originally posted by Remi:

Don't use the air attacks, everything else is secondary to that.

Oh but they are so coooooooool! kkkkk

[The Xonas]

Originally posted by lexilogo:

Defender/Guardian armor is deliberately designed to be OP equipment to carry people through the game to get to Iceborne, if that's what you want to use that's fine, if not ditch it.

OH i didnt knew that! So its meant to be a armor to be used till the expansion content? If thats so, i would remove it and play the game at "normal mode" to really enjoy the base content. I dont even have the expansion.

Thanks for the tips you pointed. That will heps A LOT on my early gameplay and understanding the status.

[Gin-chan]

Originally posted by The Xonas:

Originally posted by Remi:

Don't use the air attacks, everything else is secondary to that.

Oh but they are so coooooooool! kkkkk

Yeah... if you dont really mind slower hunting times then go for it. I know the air attacks are hella fun XD. i'm in Iceborn amd I can say on some monsters the air attacks are really the only way to deal with them most of the time (Looking at you Shrieking Legiana) well theres also flash bangs but ehh I got a cool helicopter move to use XD

And from personal experience I remember using those moves to down a lot of monsters that likes to stay in the air too(Like the Rathians)

[Egro]

You don't really need to min max unless you like speed run things. There are some pretty ridiculous optional quests at the end of High Rank but doable without even maximize anything. Fashion > stats.. ;)

[The Xonas]

Originally posted by Egro:

Fashion > stats.. ;)

THIS is my personal rule. Everytime got weaker in RPG games because of that kkkk Thats why games that allows you to change the apperance without changing stats are my favorites (wow`s transmogs <3). Speaking of that, there's a option of transforming your armour in another one? Pukei pukei armor looks dope, but i dont like its stats...

[CeD]

Originally posted by The Xonas:

Speaking of that, there's a option of transforming your armour in another one? Pukei pukei armor looks dope, but i dont like its stats...

There are a few in MHW called "layered armors" (skins to overlay your equipped gear). But you will get most of them only in very late game.

With the Iceborne Expension there will be a new system that allows you to craft regular armorsets (like Pukey Pukey) as layerd armor version.

[The Xonas]

Originally posted by CeD:

With the Iceborne Expension there will be a new system that allows you to craft regular armorsets (like Pukey Pukey) as layerd armor version.

I need the expansion to do that?

[CeD]

Originally posted by The Xonas:

I need the expansion to do that?

Yes, the materials you need to craft them are gathered in a new region only available with the expansion.

[The Xonas]

Originally posted by CeD:

Originally posted by The Xonas:

I need the expansion to do that?

Yes, the materials you need to craft them are gathered in a new region only available with the expansion.

So i need to get the expansion AND go to the new region? So it will only be acessible at the post game content?

[Egro]

Originally posted by The Xonas:

Originally posted by CeD:

Yes, the materials you need to craft them are gathered in a new region only available with the expansion.

So i need to get the expansion AND go to the new region? So it will only be acessible at the post game content?

It's suck yes, it's capcom after all. They love to milk their fan base. That being said you can buff your armor stats with armor spheres and decorations to make it viable. Though there are way way cooler armors down the line so you can also gird your loins and ignore Pukei altogether.

[ProjectMischa]

Heyo! Just adding in my two cents

While I'm still new to MH World myself, I've been playing the games since Tri and have been an insect glaive main since it was introduced in 4 so I've gotten lots of time to learn about it :>

So just to add a couple tips to help your experience with the glaive:

Extracts: They are super duper important and they really help a lot. I tend to try and get all three main extracts from the monster before I go in for the attack, because when you have all three, your attack speed pretty much doubles and you can get a lot more damage in quickly. There's a noticeable difference between attacking with no extracts and attacking with them, so it's definitely worth it in my opinion.

Some can be hard to find depending on the monster, but you'll still get faster attack speed if you have the speed extract and the attack extract, so you don't have to constantly worry about getting all three, just something I recommend shooting for if you can :>

The glaive comes with a pheromone bullet that you can hit the monster with which will help your Kinsect lock on to the monster. I myself don't use it a whole bunch, but I've also used the glaive long enough to work just fine without it. Whether or not you wanna use that feature is completely up to you.

Finding the extracts can seem difficult at first, but there's a lot of common spots for each monster and eventually it's pretty easy to memorize where they're at. Speed tends to be around legs or wings, Attack around the head, Defense around areas that deflect attacks easier, like heavily plated parts and whatnot :> It is on a case by case basis, but a lot of them have extracts around the same parts that it's not too difficult to find the outliers.

There's also a Health extract, but it's much harder to consistently find. It's a pretty nice surprise if you stumble upon it though! I can say with certainty that both Rathian and Pukei Pukei have Health extracts located on their tails XD

And while aerial attacks aren't as strong as ground attacks, they're a great way to get relatively consistent mounts and knockdowns. So, with all three extracts added, you can get an aerial attack in for a mount or knockdown, and then wail on them with fast ground combos for a decent amount of time before they manage to get up again. Definitely helps a lot if you're fighting solo.

Extracts also last for a decently long period of time, especially if you have all three, so don't worry too much about them running out on you. It definitely feels like they last longer in World than in the previous games, which is nice. With a speedy Kinsect, you can get all three extracts back pretty quickly, too.