Help wanted for bow armour
Hey guys, I am fairly new to Monster Hunter having only played a small portion (up to HR3) of Freedom Unite and now playing Generations (HR5). I am looking for a decent but nice looking armour set for the bow. I am trying to get the armour skills focus and weakness exploit at the very least but I am struggling to do so because I don't know my way around armour skills and jewels and the mechanics behind them. I will put the set that I have currently been building down below so if anyone who has more experience with this then me, please help me out a bit with this stuff or at the very least explain this. From my knowledge, you need at least a total of +10 for skills like focus to work right? Also, do you need 3 jewel slots to have a level 3 fastcharge gem active? How does this work?
As a side note, I have decided to use Moonless Dawn (Silverwind Nargacuga Bow) over the Bow of Light and Courage (Teostra Bow) as I prefer the aesthetic and shot type even though the Bow of Light and Courage is far superior.
So here is the set:
Head: Silver Solcap (Tenderiser +3, Critical Up +2, Stun -2, 1 Charm Slot) Chest: --- Arms: Crusher Braces (Insight +2, Focus +5, Ammo Saver +3) Waist: Crusher Belt (Insight +3, Focus +1, Ammo Saver +2, 1 Charm Slot) Legs: Silver Solleggings (Tenderiser +3, Critical Up +2, Stun -2, 1 Charm Slot) Talisman: ---
These are the totals:
Weakness Exploit/Tenderiser: 6 Focus/Fastcharge: 6 Insight: 5 Ammo Saver: 5 Critical Up: 4 Stun: -4
3 Jewel Slots
Thank you in advance to anyone that gives advice.
(This is my first reddit post so please excuse any errors as I am new to the format)
Posted Sep 5, 2016, 9:21 AM UTC
yes all skills require +10 to activate (with some skills requiring +15 or +20 to get higher levels of the same skill ie. sharpness +1 and sharpness +2)
the level 3 fastcharge gem needs 3 slots on the same piece to be set which is fairly rare
right now you aren't getting any skills which you should probably fix, they will help a lot. First things first you need at least a semi decent charm, it's not hard to get one with at least 3 slots and around +3-5 of a skill you actually are building. check out the gaijin hunter video For easy charm grinding
there are a ton of skills that really help with the bow, i've been using the s, magala armor Arc s which seems to be really good.
the full set gives rationer, normal up and peak preformance, and if you have a 3 slot charm you would have a whopping 10 slots to add any skill you want in (probably focus) and rationer can really help if you don't have a ton of mega dash juice to burn through.
although if you're willing to lose focus (unless you have a really good charm with fast charge on it) you could replace the headpiece with the barrage earring from the arena quests and get load up (although this is mainly for the teostra bow, not sure what kind of load up is on silverwind) this path you might lose out on focus without the proper charm since you would need the slots to finish normal up and the barrage earring doesn't give you 2 slots like the arc helm does.
welcome to reddit.
edit I forgot that i'm trying to compare my teostra bow set designed for a rapid bow with a pierce bow, normal up won't help as much. I'd suggest focusing on critical up (or expert) and tenderiser you probably don't need insight honestly since you'll be getting faster charging hunter arts using the deviant bow and ammo saver can be replaced with just bringing the items to make more coatings with you in the first place.
you definitely still need a charm ideally with plenty of slots sorry i don't know any specific armor set perfect with this bow, but armor with a lot of slots will help you grab the skills you actually want.
I guess I will aim for a different skill then and change the set around. I mainly included ammo saver and insight on there as they are part of the crusher armour. I will see what I can do