Early build for greatsword

[buttchin]

I tried all weapon and loved GS the most, it has that high risk reward factor, which early armor/weapon tree and set bonus should i focus on

[Cocarum]

Originally posted by buttchin:

I tried all weapon and loved GS the most, it has that high risk reward factor, which early armor/weapon tree and set bonus should i focus on

You are in LR, HR or MR?

[buttchin]

Originally posted by Cocarum:

Originally posted by buttchin:

I tried all weapon and loved GS the most, it has that high risk reward factor, which early armor/weapon tree and set bonus should i focus on

You are in LR, HR or MR?

LR

[Cocarum]

Originally posted by buttchin:

Originally posted by Cocarum:

You are in LR, HR or MR?

LR

For now use the guardian set. If you dont like that set you can use a mixed set.
Decorations: Critical Eye, Attack, Agitator, Weakness Exploit, Critical Boost, Partbreaker, Focus, Handicraft. You need to finish the MR story quest and grind a lot if you want all those Decorations in one set.
Weapon: High physical/Blast it's a good choice the GS.

[Bobucles]

LR doesn't really have enough gear to worry about builds. The most important thing is to keep armor up to date, if you see an easy +10def then go grab it. That defense can come from new gear or upgrading current gear, it's all good.

In terms of skills, roughly half the skills in the game will do absolutely nothing for your current weapon or mission. So uh, just grab skills that do something. It's better than nothing. But if you want easy power grabs for a first time hunter:

- Fortify. Huge stat bonuses up to 2 carts, good stuff. The single strongest skill in the game.
- Resuscitate. Completely negates a lot of monster abilities and is a huge life safer in many situations. You can skip a lot of elemental resistances with this one skill.
- Fast eater 2. You'll get hit a lot, so you'll need to heal a lot. Drink those potions quickly and get back to the fight.
- Botanist 1/2. Low rank hunters need items, right? Get more items, it'll help.
- Stun resist 3. Tough to get in low rank, but an excellent set of training wheels.
- Health boost 1/2/3. Tough to find in low rank, but HB2 is found on defender gear. Huge survival boost.

HR is where you have enough options to actually put together a real set, with real weapons and real damage skills.

[buttchin]

Originally posted by Cocarum:

Originally posted by buttchin:

LR

For now use the guardian set. If you dont like that set you can use a mixed set.
Decorations: Critical Eye, Attack, Agitator, Weakness Exploit, Critical Boost, Partbreaker, Focus, Handicraft. You need to finish the MR story quest and grind a lot if you want all those Decorations in one set.
Weapon: High physical/Blast it's a good choice the GS.

are there any alternate for blast weapon other than defender, i dont like that set and weapon because they are just to op for LR

[buttchin]

btw can i unlock any layered armour at LR ?

[Mr. September]

Originally posted by Cocarum:

Originally posted by buttchin:

LR

For now use the guardian set.

Wait, what? Hell no. Don't do that.

For weapon, just use whatever has the highest raw attack value. Ignore the elements for now. They aren't relevant in LR, and only start being relevant towards the harder content in HR. In MR, they are good to focus on, but by then, you will know what to do.

For armor, use whatever gives you the resistances/skills you need against a monster. Avoid the Guardian Armor set unless you want to be unkillable and ruin the earlygame for yourself. Also avoid Defender weapons unless you want to skip half of the game for whatever reason.

Bobucles already suggested what skills are worth focusing on.

[Cocarum]

Originally posted by buttchin:

Originally posted by Cocarum:

For now use the guardian set. If you dont like that set you can use a mixed set.
Decorations: Critical Eye, Attack, Agitator, Weakness Exploit, Critical Boost, Partbreaker, Focus, Handicraft. You need to finish the MR story quest and grind a lot if you want all those Decorations in one set.
Weapon: High physical/Blast it's a good choice the GS.

are there any alternate for blast weapon other than defender, i dont like that set and weapon because they are just to op for LR

GS it's a Physical weapon not elemental but you can use as elemental aswell if you want. As i said before you can use a mixed set. the mixed set is a set made with the pieces of various monsters. the helmet will be from monster X while the boots will be from monster Y and so on. Using mixed sets gives you the opportunity to have many skills without having to farm too many decorations.