The *BEST ENDGAME WEAPONS* for EACH Weapon Type 2024 [MHW: Iceborne]

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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:45 - Best Armor Sets
1:39 - Long Sword
2:19 - Great Sword
3:19 - Sword & Shield
3:58 - Dual Blades
4:07 - Hammer
4:24 - Hunting Horn
5:09 - Lance
5:47 - Gun Lance
7:02 - Charge Blade
8:08 - Switch Axe
8:52 - Kinsects
9:47 - Insect Glaive
10:09 - Light Bowgun
12:39 - Heavy Bowgun
13:42 - Bow
14:29 - Summary
15:13 - Outro

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[LordViettner]

What's your most used weapon in MHW??

edit: just wanted to say, this is a guide for what to grind for, not how to grind to it. I know that's what a lot of you wanted, so I'll be looking to make a video with progressional sets throughout the story and endgame. Again, this is the BEST weapons, so you should expect that it will be endgame (Fatalis) gear, as that's the final final boss. Sorry if any of that was not made clear, I just made this to give you an idea of what to try and get to make the best set for your specific weapon!

[kisukoev]

Little note on the kinsects: it's true that speed is very important, but in Iceborne they added the vertical dive move which is followed by the kinsect which pierces everything in its path. For that reason, it can be very useful and satisfying to use a very slow kinsect with very high damage, cause the slower it is, the more tics of damage it does, and if you're good you can make up for the lack of speed

[daltontaylor]

SnS Meta is almost always 4 pieces of Velkhana Gamma and Fatalis Waist Alpha due to Frostcraft being absolutely broken on SnS. The only exception is if you can land a truly egregious amount of Perfect Rush hits in a row. Then you're looking at a max might Fatalis set, but that only really happens in a few speedruns. Get that damage up out there hunters.

[chewbacachunks]

An important note for bow that was missed. The Alatreon bow is actually the most powerful dragon bow. And is quite possibly the most powerful dragon element weapon in the game. If you use kjarr bow decay the damage is comparable, but Alatreon does more dps. If you are using coalescence then the Alatreon bow blasts the kjarr out of the water. That and you dont use Safis armor either. Better to use 2 piece velkhana gamma(head and feet), and 3 piece fatalis armor(chest, arms, waist). This is actually the optimal dps setup for dragon.

[icemythic]

The advice for Dual Blades is a bit off. Alatreon Madness for Dragon element blows Kjarr away, (especially on a Frostcraft setup) but even with just 2 pieces Velkhana it is superior. Also using Taroth Fire DB (white sharpness) with at least 2 pieces of Velkhana and Free Element 3 is stronger than Kjarr Fire (blue sharpness).

Additionally, raw DB (Fatalis Dual Skies) are definitely a thing and are optimal in a lot of hunts like Nami, Zinogre, Stygian, Ruiner etc. Just not as many hunts as Elemental DB.

In general I would advise against using Safi armor with Elemental sets because even though it does provide more ele it does not compare to how much raw you can get from Frostcraft or Inheritance (Velk or Fatalis armor) and those 2 sets are ultimately more damage even on Elemental builds.

The only times you should be using Safi armor with DB is if you are specifically targeting a non-weak point and need the affinity from True Dragonvein Awakening (like hitting Lunastra's hind legs for trips) or are trying to topple Alatreon faster. Otherwise you are just gimping your damage and hurting yourself.

I have thousands of DB hunts in MHW, it is my favorite weapon and I've tried just about every combination of gear against the mid-late game monsters. I don't want to be that guy I'm just trying to keep the facts straight. Happy hunting 💙

[romainlagreze]

For the elemental weapons some Taroth are better than the Kjárr because of sharpness difference (blue sucks for element so white will most likely be better) or some Taroth have higher stats like better raw or/and element comparer to the Kjárr (for exemple the Taroth thunder has so much element than the Kjárr becomes instantly useless)



Here's the list of the best elemental weapons for each weapon type in the following order : Fire, Water, Thunder, Ice, Dragon, Poison, Paralysis, Sleep, Blast.

(GS) Wyvern Impact "Silver", Taroth Blaze "Water", Emperor Thundersword, Xiphias Gladius, Alatreon Revolution, Hidden Blade II, Kjárr Fellsword "Numb", Nyx Razor II, Brach Attack.
(LS) Taroth Sword "Fire", Taroth Sword "Water", Kadachi Daito II, Kjárr Sword "Stream", Dark Claw "Demise", Taroth Sword "Poison", Taroth Sword "Paralysis", Rafiq al-Nasr II, Brachydios Scimitar II.
(SnS) Taroth Slicer "Fire", Taroth Slicer "Water", Taroth Slicer "Myth", Taroth Slicer "Stream", Taroth Slicer "Dragon", Datura Florescence II, Taroth Slicer "Numb", Nyx Tabar II, Lumu Nightmare II.
(DB) Taroth Daggers "Fire", Taroth Daggers "Water", Taroth Daggers "Flash", Taroth Daggers "Ice", Alatreon Madness, Taroth Daggers "Poison", Abyss Eaters II, Asefar al-Nasr II, Brachydios Blasters II.
(SA) Kjárr Axe "King", Taroth Axe "Water", Taroth Axe "Thunder", Kjárr Axe "Stream", Black Harvest, Datura Garden II, Barroth Dozer II, Nyx Smasher II, Mechanical Lumu II.
(CB) Kjárr Strongarm "King", Kjárr Strongarm "Water", Taroth Strongarm "Thunder", Kjárr Strongarm "Ice", Kjárr Strongarm "Decay", Hidden Guardian II, Kjárr Strongarm "Numb", Taroth Strongarm "Sleep", Kjárr Strongarm "Crusher".
(Hammer) Taroth Hammer "Rage", Space Lord! Super-8, Taroth Hammer "Thunder", Taroth Hammer "Ice", Alatreon Metamorph, Buona Florescenza, Taroth Hammer "Numb", Taroth Hammer "Thief", Brachy Tailhammer.
(HH) Safi's Hellhorn, Taroth Pipe "Water", Taroth Pipe "Myth", Kjárr Pipe "Stream", Alatreon Revival, Datura Maestro II, Taroth Pipe "Paralysis", Nyx Barone II, Brachydios Horn II.
(Lance) Kjárr Crest "King", Taroth Crest "Water", Taroth Crest "Thunder", Kjárr Crest "Stream", Alatreon Gleam, Datura Stalk II, Barroth Halberd II, Taroth Crest "Sleep", Dios Halberd II.
(GL) Taroth Buster "Rage", Taroth Buster "Water", Kjárr Buster "Spark", Taroth Buster "Ice", Dragonseal Gunlance II, Hidden Cannon II, Taroth Buster "Numb", Taroth Buster "Sleep", Kjárr Buster "Bomber".
(IG) Kjárr Glaive "King", Taroth Glaive "Water", Taroth Glaive "Flash", Taroth Glaive "Ice", Kjárr Glaive "Decay", Datura Storm II, Kjárr Glaive "Paralysis", Taroth Glaive "Sleep", Kjárr Glaive "Crusher".
(Bow) Taroth Arrow "Fire", Taroth Arrow "Water", Taroth Arrow "Thunder", Kjárr Bow "Stream", Alatreon Commandement, Datura Squall II, Acidic Arrow II, Nightmare String II, Taroth Arrow "Blast".
(LBG) Alatreon Dominator, Safi's Aquashot, Alatreon Dominator, Alatreon Dominator, Alatreon Dominator, Dragonseal Bowgun II, Dragonseal Bowgun II, Dragonseal Bowgun II.
(HBG) Safi's Scorchcannon or Kjárr Assault "Rage", Safi's Freezecannon or Kjárr Assault "Water", Safi's Scorchcannon or Kjárr Assault "Rage", Safi's Freezecannon or Kjárr Assault "Ice", Safi's Rapidcannon, Royal Light Cortege, Royal Light Cortege, Kjárr Assault "Magma".

I didn't expect it to take me 3 hours.. 😅💀

[thadudelydude]

For cb, I went mixed brachy and uragaan. The skills you want (for saed) are artillery, challenger secret, guard up/uragaan secret, ironside, weakness exploit, capasity boost, health boost and divine blessing (if possible). Parts are brachy helm A, brachy chest B, uragaan arms B, brachy waist B or A (I don't remember), uragaan legs B.

[rnf_mh]

as a switch axe player: there is almost 0 examples of anything beating raw when using fatalis (apart from playing into the alatreon mechanic and some hyper specific speedrun tech) and even if some element would beat out lightbreak/shatteraxe the difference is not worth the farm. On another note if for some reason you want to be playing all the elemental swaxes alatreon beats kjarr decay so you dont need that one at all even if you are memeing

[grimreefer]

One thing MH Rise did much better than World is balancing the weapons and making way more options viable and competitive with one another. You can either go raw or element for pretty much any weapon and every weapon gets a max rarity upgrade so there’s way more variety and balance. World had a huge problem where 90% of the weapons in the tree were trash so you only had a few options in the end game that were actually good

[RiffRaffish]

For people watching don't underestimate using a Safi weapon with maybe a sharpness boost, and no negative affinity to fit more comfort skills into your build.

[glardian]

This is why Sunbreak engame > Iceborne endgame. Everytime I play Rise every players wearing different sets and gear

[RobRuckus]

For kinsects you can also go lowest speed high attack for extra kinsect drill damage when you do the dive attack makes getting essence substantiall harder though. THen the raging brachy weapon is amazing second highest raw damage plus blast on it.

[dogofsong]

Unfortunately the Frost Fang GL just cannot compete with how over tuned the fatalis GL is both for slap lance and normal shelling styles. It just cannot be beat!

[nukachronic]

Sweet guide man. I really appreciate it. I made a list of weapons to get now that I’ve finally beaten fatty after not playing for like 4 years. Can’t wait to grind it out.

[evertyranitar]

A word on light bowgun. While not meta, the soulfire rasp "ruin" for evading reload spread 2 and the taroth blitz "support" for rapid fire normal 2 are both very fun options.

[Therealangelic]

Me a saint? Nah, I'm just vibing to the Pokke theme in the background

[jag]

Very few people know but the sleep pipe from Kulve is stupid broken for getting sleeps doing crazy good raw and chaining wall bangs with sleep.

[ahmadbugshan]

iirc for DBs you want 3 piece safi and 2 piece fatty for armor (unless your playing thunder then its 5 piece safi)
just a tip for my DB brothers! also getting fatty DBs with 3 piece safi 2 piece fatty and augmenting some element on it is surprisingly great on raw match ups, you get around 480 elem which is insane for the amount of raw you have!

[Khrada]

Thanks for making this guide. Certainly give a good pointer of what to look out for when grinding Safi and Kulve.

[UncleReamus]

Great video but can you do a best weapon for low/mid Master Rank? Like a pre Guiding Lands / Early Guiding Lands/ just beat Shara type of list. Think everyone knows about how strong fatalis is, but what about a list under MR 24 where you don’t have access to Safi/Fatalis/ gold/silver fly boys, Rajang etc.

Think that list would help a lot more than this one. Thanks, great stuff as always.