Iceborne endgame GS

[Absolute Unit]

Recently started having a lot of fun playing the GS, currently using the lightbreak blade. Worth going through the trouble to get any other GS before alatreon comes and makes everything else irrelevant?

[DaTank]

Safi's Shattersplitter (Blast) if you have it

[Absolute Unit]

I have the recon but the normal siege isn't up rn, me thinks

[lexilogo]

I wouldn't count on Alatreon making everything else irrelevant automatically. Alatreon will undoubtedly come with fantastic gear, but will not break the bank in every single department universally. Especially when it comes to Greatsword, which is a hard category to move without just adding more raw.

A safi blast GS is definitely the main one you want to consider as a Lightbreak Blade alternative, I personally have one with Teostra Technique slotted onto it for that extra bit of build flexibility. The damage differences with an optimised weapon is extremely incremental so I advise using Safi weapons for Set Bonuses instead of following the damage-optimal setups, as that's the factor that'll actually set Safi weapons apart from R. Brachy ones instead of just dealing ~1-2% more damage.

[Absolute Unit]

ty, but it is a little bit hard to believe the gear already avalible will be better than the upcoming gear alatreon will bring, considering the actual power-level of the monsters and it being a fan favorite, i don't think capcom will just make its gear straight up worse than the current meta gear.

[Bong-B Rippins]

Since Alatreon is an elemental focused monster, it's very unlikely to shake up the meta for raw weapons I think.

Greatswords don't rely on their element/status, and the Alatreon weapons would need to be utterly insane to make what we have now irrelevant. Lightbreak, Kjarr, and Safi weapons are VERY powerful.

Long story short if you already have a very good weapon, which you do, it's not really much gain to go out of your way with the intent to get another. The Safi GS may be marginally better by such small percentiles that you will never notice the change.

[TormentedSalad]

as much as i'd love to see alatreons GS be that good it wont happen his weapons dont typically have the highest raw damage

[Bong-B Rippins]

Originally posted by DaTrueHondaCivic:

ty, but it is a little bit hard to believe the gear already avalible will be better than the upcoming gear alatreon will bring, considering the actual power-level of the monsters and it being a fan favorite, i don't think capcom will just make its gear straight up worse than the current meta gear.

Zinogre, Nargacuga, and Rajang are all also fan favorites and their armor and weapons are all completely irrelevant.

If I had to make an educated guess, Alatreon's armor will either give us a way to get Elemental acceleration without wearing literal trash (which would explain why the new Namielle armor is SO bad), or it will have a unique set bonus that will affect your elemental damage output in some way.

It's a lot more likely the weapons/armor will be good for things such as Bow, Dual Blades, and Charge Blade.

[CourtesyFlush09]

Nope, you're set. The Lightbreak GS is the de facto best GS in the game rn.

[Shinshe]

Dont even bother with safi GS there is no big difference stay with brachy

[Kimchi]

Here's a comparison with Kjarr Blast GS with Raging Brachy GS, for your reference:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ruRlePgsxfRZPTUa8d3QDxCy1hq-LJ1L/view

NOTE:
- Kjarr GS has all Attack Custom Mods, Health Regen I, and Attack augment I
- Raging Brachy has Health Regen I, and Attack augment I
- Kjarr requires Mind's Eye jewel because of blue sharpness
- Critical Status on Kjarr grants 40% additional status build up on critical hits
- Decoration slots