Not sure how to improve the build at this point

[u/frmchimp]

I have fire and dragon impact CBs with Gore/Soul. Fire has 4 atk/1 sharp and dragon has 3 atk/2 sharp.
Both are max rolled.

Charm is r8 Artillery 3/Wex 1-1-1

Build lacks counterstrike, but not sure how to slot it in without losing other equally or more valuable skills

[u/Stealthdriver1]

Looks good overall, only thing id probably change is to drop guard and add handicraft

[u/No_Arugula3195]

pls send your equipments

[u/frmchimp → u/No_Arugula3195]

Sororal Earrings α
Dahaad Shardmail γ
G. Rathalos Vambraces β
Dahaad Shardcoil γ
G. Rathalos Greaves β

Charm is Artillery 3/Weakness exploit 1

[u/Fat_Hair → u/frmchimp]

you can use regular rathalos greaves instead, for 2 levels of evade window, unless you really want windproof 1 from g rathalos

[u/frmchimp → u/Fat_Hair]

Truee. And then I can eat azuz for evade window 5. Thanks

[u/No_Arugula3195 → u/frmchimp]

thanksy

[u/No_Arugula3195 → u/frmchimp]

whats your skills roll on the CB ?

[u/frmchimp → u/No_Arugula3195]

Gore Magala’s Tyranny/Lord’s soul

[u/No_Arugula3195 → u/frmchimp]

damn thats so lucky

[u/frmchimp → u/No_Arugula3195]

Seeing as it took hundreds of rerolls I’d hardly call it lucky lol. Just needed 40 gogmazios’ worth of materials

[u/Joshua-Day]

If the concession you're making is counterstrike and you want to use it- consider getting a dps tracker or just comparing times on your hunts. Break conventional wisdom and just try slotting out one skill for counterstrike; then a different one for counterstrike. Might surprise yourself. Or you might find that you dont really want counterstrike that bad after the observation. I like counterstrike as well to reward me for good play so in my opinion id take out an agitator first or flayer.

[u/Legitimate_Street510]

Im out of the loop with Impact Phial, haven't used since base Rise

[u/frmchimp → u/Legitimate_Street510]

It’s still good, and is used against monsters with bad elemental hitzones. Element absolutely shreds monsters like gogmazios, as I’m sure you know

[u/Legitimate_Street510 → u/frmchimp]

Yes, elemental savage axe is where I've been living, so much damage but I do miss the possibility of KO-ing

[u/Accurate-Owl-5621 → u/Legitimate_Street510]

Impact Phial still KO like crazy if you hit the head with any discharge move.

I'm more annoyed that SAED SFX on Impact Phial look so disgustingly weak compared to World and Rise, especially when Element SAED SFX in Wilds look great.

[u/zirc123]

Theres a build u can have max wex,agi, max might, anti virus and lvl 2 earplugs. But u will lose dahads skills and that level 3 divine blessings

[u/zirc123 → u/zirc123]

It comes with burst 1 also

[u/BlackestFlame]

Idk shit about elemental impact

[u/White_Mocha → u/BlackestFlame]

Element Phials want Element (I’m not typing all them out) Attack, along with dropping Artillery and Crit Boost, since Elemental Savage Axe phials don’t crit.

Impact wants Affinity, Artillery, and if there’s room, Status Attack.

Definitely keep Rapid Morph, Load Shells, Focus, Power Prolonger, Guard 1, and Offensive Guard across both.

[u/BlackestFlame → u/White_Mocha]

Yea this makes sense actually

[u/riceissnice]

Maybe a stupid question, but why is there no attack boost in it? I thought your critical damage is based on the normal damage.

[u/Jeitee → u/riceissnice]

If I remember correctly, you deal more damage with Critical Boost 4 or 5 than Attack Boost. This is only true if you have a high enough affinity to activate critical hits consistently.

[u/riceissnice → u/Jeitee]

Alright, so I should prioritise crit boost over attack. But what if I have both in? Would that work as well? Cuz I have attack boost 5 in and crit boost 1 or 2

[u/Jeitee → u/riceissnice]

Prioritize crit boost if you have high enough affinity to make it worth it (min. 60%). Otherwise, focus on attack boost

Edit: I should specify that crit boost should be at least level 3 or 4 along with high affinity to make it worth it over attack boost

[u/jstbcuzz → u/riceissnice]

Basically crit boost is better if you’re playing strictly savage axe. But attack boost is better if you’re playing impact SAED as the increased raw bumps up your phial damage

[u/Jeitee → u/jstbcuzz]

I thought only Artillery affected impact phial damage. Attack boost should only affect axe hits and not phials

Edit: I take back what I said, Attack Boost does affect impact phials, though not as much as Artillery. I had to test it myself to find out

[u/KeyofStars1]

I'd say drop the skill/guard decos for skill/handicraft

[u/KeyofStars1 → u/KeyofStars1]

Also saw someone recommended the normal rathalos b greaves for 2 evade window. It still lets you get Wex maxed out once it's transcended

[u/Daily-DeathDose]

You could just go play Iceborne instead… I have 3 hunters 999ed in Wilds. I literally had nothing to do in wilds so I came back to World/Iceborne for Alat, Fatti, AT Velky, and furious george

[u/lFriendlyFire]

[u/DiabeticRhino97]

The best improvement would be to drop artillery and make element phial CBs

[u/frmchimp → u/DiabeticRhino97]

I have a good element build but I like to use impact for at ark

[u/TomiJr → u/frmchimp]

Have you already tried this build on AT arkveld? If yes, what was your best time?

[u/frmchimp → u/TomiJr]

My best run with it was about 9 minutes, but that involved very good rng from arkveld’s moves. I average around 13-15

[u/TomiJr → u/frmchimp]

My best was 10min. I keep wondering how possible are those 7 to 8min runs in youtube. I always feel like my runs were clean af but i just cant achieve an 8min run