Bows:Bone vs Metal

[Laugher]

Can someone explain the diference and advantage each has, since bone bows deal way more damage than metal bows, have the same coatings and same affinity.

Edit for more context: I am refering to more cases like anjanath bow being better than rathalos bow or Dragonbone being better than Blacksteel.
Also I just recently killed nergigante, so I can say I just got to HR

[Kimchi]

I can't remember right now exactly, but I think these 2 branches out to different elemental bows somewhere down their upgrade tree. You can check when you select Upgrade in the smithy. :)

[Papah]

It doesn't matter. Either way, you will need at least 5 bows, one of each one element

[Temuthril]

MHW has some oddities with numbers every now and then. You'll see more headscratchers eventually when you start looking at the whole picture.

[EL TORO]

Water: Laguna Shot 2
Ice: Mist Glacia (for now)
Fire: Glavenus Arrow 2
Thuder: Thundering Strikebow
Dragon: Dragonseal Aldbow 2

[lexilogo]

Blacksteel weapons are intended to be awful, they branch out into relatively balanced weapons later on. Dragonbone is somewhat in the same boat but it gets better in its final upgrade and because its intended to be very Dragon-centric it gels well with Element heavy weapontypes.

In the case of Anjanath vs Rathalos, from my understanding Rathalos is supposed to have the Affinity advantage.

[Mad Catter]

If you are in HR these are the "meta" bows that you should craft:
- Ice: Legiana
- Thunder: Tobi Kadachi
- Fire: Anjanath
- Water: Water Shot (Water Element Tree)
- Dragon: Vaal Hazak or Dragonbone Tree
If you have Iceborne you only have to stick to those 5 above and move on to MR after you beat the Final Boss of the Story Mode. Those bows above can be upgraded higher into MR too.