Hammer damage super low (kinda solved)

[xX_DeathKiller_Xx]

Has anyone else noticed the hammer damage suddenly being super low? before christmas i was doing between 250 and 400 damage with each attack, now i'm barely doing 20. if i'm lucky and hit a weakspot with a fully charged attack i do about 140, but compared to the almost 800 i used to do on a lucky crit this seems really low. is it just me? am i just stupid? i havent changed anything other than the usual elemental decorations.

[CookedMeat]

sounds like you replaced Fatalis hammer with defender hammer I

[xX_DeathKiller_Xx]

eks: i'm using Earth Ender III and i just stack attack, bolt, and latent power. the only thing i change is the elemental decorations and weapon, depending on what i'm hunting. i was just surprised that my damage had suddenly dropped so much

[Manticore]

Honestly idk how to answer it because i don't have that problem with my hammer, you sure you didn't forget something and accidentally changing some skills?

[xX_DeathKiller_Xx]

i did nothing, i just started the game, went on a hunt and noticed my low damage numbers. i've played around with my gear but i can't get above average 20 on weak spots, and 14 anywhere else.

[Manticore]

Can you provide the screenshot or at least what skills you use so we can analyze what's wrong with it? Also what monster were you hunting with that weapon btw?

[xX_DeathKiller_Xx]

i first noticed while hunting the black deviljho with Dragonseal basher 1, but the last monster i hunted was a fulgur anja, i was using Iceshaker and doing the sliding spin attack, hitting between 20 and 25 on each hit. a fully charged standing hit on its head while it was knocked down did 95 damage. i've also noticed that if i cap the elemental damage with decorations, the damage goes down, so i tried removing a few and the damage went up, but i'm still hitting under 100.

[xX_DeathKiller_Xx]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2729627875

[xX_DeathKiller_Xx]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2729633669
this is a charged regular right click attack

[xX_DeathKiller_Xx]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2729633828 more charged right clicks

[xX_DeathKiller_Xx]

i got it up a bit but not nearly where i used to be, i don't know what is wrong, but i sure it's my fault, i'm just stupid.

[Chan]

Originally posted by xX_DeathKiller_Xx:

i got it up a bit but not nearly where i used to be, i don't know what is wrong, but i sure it's my fault, i'm just stupid.

Don't fret, you'll figure out why they changed :)

[Tetsu]

Originally posted by xX_DeathKiller_Xx:

i got it up a bit but not nearly where i used to be, i don't know what is wrong, but i sure it's my fault, i'm just stupid.

It looks like you haven't eaten at all so you're missing out on attack up right there. The weapon has very poor blue sharpness and you're fighting Savage Jho (should be white sharpness minimum by this point in the game) hitting the top of Jho's neck instead of the head, and it isn't tenderized.

All, or any of these scenarios can have a massive effect on your damage.

[xX_DeathKiller_Xx]

i'm getting the same numbers while fighting fulgur anja, or any other monster, and i noticed that even when i eat wil damage up (L), i'm still hitting below 100, i'm not doing anything different then what i used to do before christmas, but i can't find any info if they changed anything so i'm really confused. me and my friend have been hunting together since day one and we have over 300 hours logged by now, and suddenly i'm no longer pulling my weight, it just bums me out that i can't figure out what happened, and where the fault lies.

[Tetsu]

We just need more detail about everything. It sounds to me like you aren't using hammer's high MV attacks, and you're hitting bad hitzones with them. That Dragonseal Basher 1 also isn't fully upgraded, so it's missing out on a lot of its damage.

Your Second picture is showing the damage numbers of Big Bang 1 and Big Bang 2. The Big Bang combo is known for starting out with the weakest hits in the combo first, and becomes progressively stronger further into the combo. You also landed those 2 hits on Jho's back, which is a pretty terrible raw hitzone and an average Dragon hitzone.

I really can't tell what combo you're doing in the Third picture, but I can tell it's quick, weak hits and hitting an untenderized tail, which is also a terrible hitzone for both Blunt and Dragon element. Jho's best weakspots are his chest, and the tip of his head (around the mouth, any hits around the nose or eyes will count as "neck" hits which is much tankier.)

If you're used to playing with a friend, then I'm guessing your friend was doing all of the tenderizing, and you're used to seeing overall higher numbers because of this. If you really want to start seeing higher numbers again, you should work on getting one of the more Raw focused hammers, and look up a tutorial for Hammer's moveset just in case you've gotten rusty since you last played. I'd help you myself with this but I don't know anything about M&KB controls.

Edit: I just figured out what attack your third picture is showing off. That attack starts with 2 weak hits on the spin, and finishes with a very strong slam as the third attack. Your picture cuts off the strong slam and is only showing the 2 weak hits landing on the tail.

[BOWSER]

Those numbers look normal if it's not the last hit in my combos. Power Charged Level III stationary release combo has a few hits before the end that can hit above 100. Highest I've seen in my new play through without Crit Boost is 200-300 at the very end of a combo, so after 3 swings at the very least. I'm only using main story monster armor, no augments and a Rank 12 Ice Hammer vs ideal match-ups like Black Diablos and Shara Ishvalda.