Is there any better alternatives than agitator skill?

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Wondering here...

[Faust Wither]

heroic.

[JamesFace]

I wouldn’t say better, but certainly similar. Peak performance, maximum might, latent power etc.

[Maiden Lightlina]

Originally posted by Faust Wither:

heroic.

That is very risky, Talk about living on the edge for that damage.

I would saying latent power works, but its expensive.

[Hamshank cat]

Latent power + resentment

[Senpai]

For raw? Or affinity?

For raw, Peak Performance and Resentment are comparable in terms of skill slot efficiency or the degree of attack boost given.

For affinity, Latent Power Secret (60% affinity boost), Max Might Secret (40% affinity boost).

Agitator just gives the best of both sides and jams it into a single skill. Plus, many monsters get agitated frequently. That's why it's everywhere in the Iceborne meta albums.

[プリンツ・オイゲン]

Offensive Guard

[Aelin Galathynius]

Originally posted by Senpai:

Plus, many monsters get agitated frequently. That's why it's everywhere in the Iceborne meta albums.

It's in the meta albums because you can enrage the monster whenever you want with the clutch claw.

[AfLIcTeD]

I don't know why people use skills such as PP, Resentment, Agitator<7 or any other damage increasing skill that only actives under specific conditions. You may as well just get Attack Boost and have it apply all the time. Yeah the bonus isn't as much but it's always active.

[Seamus]

Originally posted by AfLIcTeD:

I don't know why people use skills such as PP, Resentment, Agitator<7 or any other damage increasing skill that only actives under specific conditions. You may as well just get Attack Boost and have it apply all the time. Yeah the bonus isn't as much but it's always active.

Because you can force enrage to keep agitator up constantly.

[♋Phenex]

Short answer no. There are no BETTER alternatives to agitator. Efficient, high uptime, large stat increase.

[Dokainin]

Agitator really is one of if not the most efficient damage boosting skill in the game aside from Critical Eye. It is also very easy to get Agi 5 or 7 without a single decoration because the charm goes up to lvl 5. Monsters are basically perma enraged if you are playing remotely well.

Alternatively you can run 3 piece safi and Resentment 5 which provides a similar boost that is active pretty much 100% of the time but has the downside of causing yourself damage. Granted its pretty easy to still get Agitator 5 on a safi build...

[kampfer91]

Agitator is strong , they provide more damage than lv 7 Attack .

[AfLIcTeD]

I understand all of the math and that, but I was thinking more about how the hunts actually go.
Can you keep your health full to benefit from Peak Performance. Can you keep your health red to benefit from Resentment, which is easy with safi armour but then you risk carting easier.
It's ok running Agitator 7, but can you survive a permanently enraged monster? Can you get enough attacks in or are you running around too much trying to not get your face smashed in.

They are good in theory but can you keep them up enough to get the full benefits from them. I bet most of the people that use these skills don't.

[Polaris]

Originally posted by AfLIcTeD:

I understand all of the math and that, but I was thinking more about how the hunts actually go.
Can you keep your health full to benefit from Peak Performance. Can you keep your health red to benefit from Resentment, which is easy with safi armour but then you risk carting easier.
It's ok running Agitator 7, but can you survive a permanently enraged monster? Can you get enough attacks in or are you running around too much trying to not get your face smashed in.

They are good in theory but can you keep them up enough to get the full benefits from them. I bet most of the people that use these skills don't.

While it's true that theoretical damage is very different then reality, agitator usually delivers, if the monster isn't enraged run it into a wall, until it is, you now have agitator and a downed monster ;D

While conditional, it's easy to control the condition, but as always, slot in the defensive skills you need to survive first, but once you have your defense set, affinity is too priority, and agitator gives both affinity and raw, also, it stacks with attack boost ;D

[IAmLoco]

Originally posted by AfLIcTeD:

I understand all of the math and that, but I was thinking more about how the hunts actually go.
Can you keep your health full to benefit from Peak Performance. Can you keep your health red to benefit from Resentment, which is easy with safi armour but then you risk carting easier.
It's ok running Agitator 7, but can you survive a permanently enraged monster? Can you get enough attacks in or are you running around too much trying to not get your face smashed in.

They are good in theory but can you keep them up enough to get the full benefits from them. I bet most of the people that use these skills don't.

That all falls on you.

With Resentment, if you play aggressively, you basically have it up all the time. Whether or not you can keep it up without carting is up to you and how well you know the fight you're going into.

It's the same thing with Agitator, if you know a fight well enough, you know have to deal with the enraged version of the monster, and you won't be running around constantly instead of a dealing damage. If I recall correctly, Master Rank monsters are pretty much always enraged anyway.

If you don't know a fight well enough, then you can go in with Attack Boost and other skills that give a lesser boost but have a more guaranteed uptime, allowing you to learn the fight more comfortably. Or, you can run in with Resentment/Agitator and keep trying until you learn the fight. Either way you have to keep learning more about the fight and keep improving.