LBG rapid pierce in high rank?

[Sanquin]

So I wanted to do an LBG playthrough with evading reload and pierce ammo. I get that spread or normal might be better, but I find pierce a lot more fun and evading reload makes it more mobile and fun too. Thing is, for all of low rank and now in the beginning of high rank there are no rapid fire pierce LBGs. So my question, as the title suggests, is are there any LBGs with rapid pierce in high rank? Or am I going to have to wait until iceborne content?

[Popcorn]

Wait til IB. Narg LBG and then Garuga for post story

[Hamshank cat]

In high rank, I remember using the jyuratodus lbg before iceborne was even out. that one is efficient and very underrated since the lunastra styx lbg does it better. If I remember...there was one kulve taroth lbg for pierce as its focus. As for rapid fire pierce, I don't think there was ever one in base game

[Dagný]

Originally posted by Sanquin:

So I wanted to do an LBG playthrough with evading reload and pierce ammo. I get that spread or normal might be better, but I find pierce a lot more fun and evading reload makes it more mobile and fun too.

Pierce is the worst lbg ammo type. Elemental ammo is like pierce but better (and they also pierce, the gameplay is the same). MR kulve is the only monster I use pierce instead of elemental

[Sanquin]

Originally posted by Dahlia Hawthorne:

Pierce is the worst lbg ammo type. Elemental ammo is like pierce but better (and they also pierce, the gameplay is the same). MR kulve is the only monster I use pierce instead of elemental

At least one person that gives me useful info... (most others just going "do this instead!" or "these MR lbgs do pierce!" which wasn't my question) So elemental ammo also pierces, good to know. Guess I'll be going elemental then. :P

[Sanquin]

Originally posted by Hero of Kenosha:

If you wanna play rapid-pierce LBG, wait until MH Rise is out in a couple of weeks.

I already finished Rise on the switch, and played it for a while after the story.

Originally posted by Hero of Kenosha:

IEvade-reload in World is reserved for guns using ammo types that have slower reload speeds, and small magazines, like 2 shots. Using it in a scenario where you can get normal reload speed, or if the magazine is higher than 2 shots is not really worth it, you'd be gimping your build. Safi Aquashot sticky 3 uses evade reload, and so does the lightbreak gun with rapid normal 3, but those are both MR guns.

Not what I asked. I don't care that much about gimping my build. Evading reload is fun, doesn't matter to me if I do less damage because of it. But someone else mentioned ele ammo also piercing, which I didn't know yet. So I'll be going elemental.

[Dagný]

Originally posted by Sanquin:

Originally posted by Dahlia Hawthorne:

Pierce is the worst lbg ammo type. Elemental ammo is like pierce but better (and they also pierce, the gameplay is the same). MR kulve is the only monster I use pierce instead of elemental

At least one person that gives me useful info... (most others just going "do this instead!" or "these MR lbgs do pierce!" which wasn't my question) So elemental ammo also pierces, good to know. Guess I'll be going elemental then. :P

Even though they pierce the builds are different, you can use the mod to increase pierce damage but not the decoration to increase pierce damage (that is for pierce ammo)

Some people say the elemental attack scales with raw and to put as much raw attack as possible alongside elemental attack up (attack boost, peak performance etc) and others say to build crit with weakness exploit and critical element (hr rathalos/mr velkhana pieces) + elemental attack up

I use the 1st one and don't even bother with tenderising or crit skills
As for lbgs I think you can find some with rapid fire, end-HR game 2 lunastra upgraded lbgs have fire/ice and water/thunder rapid fire, but you need a ticket from the last optional quest so when you reach there you can post a thread here and people can help

[Sanquin]

Originally posted by Dahlia Hawthorne:

Even though they pierce the builds are different, you can use the mod to increase pierce damage but not the decoration to increase pierce damage (that is for pierce ammo)

Some people say the elemental attack scales with raw and to put as much raw attack as possible alongside elemental attack up (attack boost, peak performance etc) and others say to build crit with weakness exploit and critical element (hr rathalos/mr velkhana pieces) + elemental attack up

I use the 1st one and don't even bother with tenderising or crit skills
As for lbgs I think you can find some with rapid fire, end-HR game 2 lunastra upgraded lbgs have fire/ice and water/thunder rapid fire, but you need a ticket from the last optional quest so when you reach there you can post a thread here and people can help

Thanks for the info. :) I'd like to go for a crit build, but I'll see how it goes. (As mentioned in the first post, I don't mind it not being optimal damage, as long as I'm having fun.) As for the quest, I'm going to try it solo first of course. I'm not that new to the game (played 840-ish hours I think?) so I should have a good chance to beat it.