Elemental Conversion is a Poor Reward for one of the hardest monsters in MH

[jrubz]

The set has good synergy with the Safi set, having resentment ready to be gemmed in. Was excited to see this setbonus only needing 2 pieces.

The reward tho? 20-50+ element, with huge diminishing returns if you try to get the 3 piece bonus for elemental resistances buffs.

This really still isn't worth it, and it needs a major buff of at least 3x to even be considerable on some builds.

[lexilogo]

The general consensus seems to be that Alatreon armor is disappointing, yes.

I THINK maybe the mindset behind Elemental Conversion's stats were influenced by things like veggie dishes amping it up a lot? Not a good justification but I can see why Capcom might be worried about that. They definitely overcompensated though.

I'm not necessarily disappointed that Alatreon armor isn't meta-shattering though, I'm more disappointed that it's not very unique. It does have two unique Set Bonuses but they're the kind of set bonuses I'd expect to see on a T2 monster, not really a Black Dragon. Frostfang Barioth seems to be more interesting armor design-wise as IIRC it'll be running Slugger + Punishing Draw. Will it be practical, probably not, but that's a cool combination of skills to have.


IMO they should've made it the first armorset to have three Set Bonuses and given it an 4x Set Bonus for True Critical Element. It'd probably still be inoptimal thanks to the very mixed inherent skills on it but it'd be much more viable and does something interesting other armorsets don't.

[Ragosta tin Dei]

The armor set is crappy no doubt. The pieces can possibly be good? Possibly? The helm looks good. The ability definitely sucks there's no doubt. It's essentially AT Namielle all over again. IT's a set that's deisnged to kill the monster you farmed it from.