Bow - progression build advice

[zoly]

Rath Soul Helm B - 1x Drain Jewel, 1x Drain Jewel

Rathalos Mail B- 1x Expert Jewel

Xeno'jiva Claws A - 1x Drain Jewel

Odogaron Coil B- 1x Tenderizer Jewel

-Lavasioth Greaves B- 1x Mighty Bow Jewel

-Flying Kadachi

Fitness Charm III

hi im new to Bow here, im currently enjoying bow and i have the above armor and weapon
, would like to know wad is next step of gear proression should i do? other than Kjarr Bow

[StormhawkV]

Why Drain? Are you making a meme build?

[Tachikoma-kun]

Yeah drain jewels don't make any sense, you would be better off replacing them with affinity, attack or elemental damage gems with that setup. There's loads of different end game builds, depending on your play style, as long as you have critical element and some combination of stamina surge/constitution then you can go with whatever is easiest for you to farm.

[Fat Pigeon]

引用自 Dark Priestess：

As the others have said drain makes no sense, keep in mind exhaust does not even work on elder dragons, further making it less useful. replace with affinity or element. hopefully element as i am sure it isn't capped if you're wasting those slots on drain jewels. if it isn't then most certainly affinity or health.

in vanilla mhw element is capped at 1,3x in iceborne its gone as far i know

But it would be the best option that the OP would push the element to its cap (yellow number) and more affinity to make critical element worth it

[Remi]

引用自 Fat Pigeon：

引用自 Dark Priestess：

As the others have said drain makes no sense, keep in mind exhaust does not even work on elder dragons, further making it less useful. replace with affinity or element. hopefully element as i am sure it isn't capped if you're wasting those slots on drain jewels. if it isn't then most certainly affinity or health.

in vanilla mhw element is capped at 1,3x in iceborne its gone as far i know

But it would be the best option that the OP would push the element to its cap (yellow number) and more affinity to make critical element worth it

IB cap is 200% iirc, otherwise there'd be dragonbone weapons hitting 200 true element and other crazy stuff.

[Fat Pigeon]

引用自 Remi：

引用自 Fat Pigeon：

in vanilla mhw element is capped at 1,3x in iceborne its gone as far i know

But it would be the best option that the OP would push the element to its cap (yellow number) and more affinity to make critical element worth it

IB cap is 200% iirc, otherwise there'd be dragonbone weapons hitting 200 true element and other crazy stuff.

Good to know thanks
Well 200% is more then enough tbh, even with 1,3x was it quite strong with a bow, and now with True Element Crit its devasting ^^

[The High Seraph]

Next .. try this

Rath soul head beta - Ele Atk , Ele Atk
Rathalos Mail Beta - Ele Atk
Teostra Hand Beta - Force Shot
Odog coil beta - Physique Jewel
Lavasioth Boots Beta - Mighty bow
Master Charm III

Ever heard of con 1 build ?
Constitution hit cap at 50%

So normally ppl build Fitness Charm + Dash Juice to get this cap

But u can do like con 1 + dash juice + felyne black belt to get this . This give u swappable charms instead of fixed fitness charm .

Above build will give u
- Crit eye lvl 5
- Ele Atk lvl 3
- Weaknes exploit lvl 3
- Normal Shot lvl 1
- Spread Shot lvl 1
- Bow charge plus lvl 1
- Crit boost lvl 1
- Constitution lvl 1
Crit element ( set bonus )

Ele Atk means Elemental attacks like water attack , thunder attacks

For bows
Thunder - Tobi bow , really good one can upgrade in Iceborne too

Fire - Anja arch 3 with triple affinity augment . now it’s the best .. but Glavernus bow will replace in IB

Ice - Legiana bow is the best one right now . Have upgrade tree for iceborne but Fully augmented , modded Barioth bow is a bit better than Legiana tree in IB . Especially with Rajang update

Water - Currently Hunter proud bow is the best . But craft water shot III because this one will shift to coral Pukei Pukei tree and become meta water bow in iceborne

Dragon - Stick with Dragonbone tree . Have upgrade tree in iceborne too .

Oh since hunter proud bow come with hidden water , u may want a new build for this .

Hunter pround bow - Spread Shot jewel
( Triple Affinity for augment )
Rath Soul head - Ele Atk, Ele Atk
Rathalos Mail - Ele Atk
Drachen Hand - Weakness Exploit , Mighty Bow
Kulve Taroth Beta - Normal Shot , Crit eye
Kirin Beta - Crit eye , Crit eye
Fitness charm III

Crit eye lvl 5
Water attack lvl 3
Weakness exploit lvl 3
Free Ele lvl 3
Con lvl 3
Normal shot
Spread shot
Bow charge plus
Attack boost lvl 1
Handicraft lvl 1 ( waste skill )
Crit Element ( set bonus )

To be continue

If u have enough deco especially spreadshot , u no longer stick to lava boots and can do smth like this . But require Behemoth and Arch Tempered Parts .

Fire Ele exclusive

Anja Arch 3 ( Triple Affi augment )
- Teo Gamma head ( WE , Mighty Bow )
- Rathalos Mail ( Blaze )
- Teo Gamma Hand ( Spread )
- Rathalos Beta ( Con 1 )
- Teo Gamma Legs ( Forceshot , Blaze )
- Slugger Charm / Heath Charm

- Crit eye lvl 7
- Fire attack lvl 4
- Weakness Exploit lvl 3
- Normal / Spread / Bow +
- Con 1
- Slugger lvl 3 or Hp 200

Other Elements
- Rath Soul Head ( Ele Atk, Ele Atk)
- Rathalos Mail ( Ele Atk )
- Drachen Hand ( Bow + , WE )
- Drachen Coil ( Forceshot )
- Teo Gamma Legs ( Spreadshot , Crit eye )
- Fitness Charm III

- Crit eye lvl 7
- WE lvl 3
- Ele Atk lvl 3
- Con 3
- Normal/ Spread/Bow+

These are builds before ATKT . But Kjarr are not worth farming right now and u should be fine sticking with these builds .

[J.M.]

Just some tips on the skills you can have:

- Weakness Exploit lv3
- Constitution lv3 (lv5 if you don't want to use dash juice)
- Elemental attack (maximum lv is according to your weapon)
- Rathalos Essence 2 piece (elemental critical boost)
- Critical Eye (as high as possible)


Other skills that are good but you may not have the jewel:

- Bow+ (must have if you have the deco)
- Normal/ Spread


You can play around with the armor to get these skills.