CB is a very tactical weapon. Missed one step, effectiveness will be useless. Need alot of practice before start hunting. As you progress further, if you don't master your weapon properly, you will get killed very easily. SA is easy to use but the length of attack is hard to keep track. I started off with SA but I realized I missed alot because I was quite far from my target for my axe to reach.

This post has been edited by erald06: Aug 15 2018, 11:14 AM

Hmm. mine different. when i use CB, i am hardly to hit the boss when i use the sword. maybe im too scare of it?. not to mention, charging shield and blade.
SA, hmm. maybe because the range of the axe and big sword, i can land my hit nicely on the monster.

Like I said, it's very tactical using CB. The smaller the weapon, the nearer you need to be, which is alright because you need to learn to dodge anyways. Sword and shield mode is easy. Charging the shield and unleashing the power requires timing. If you are too afraid to be in close range of monsters, then I would advise you to avoid dual blades as they are require hit and run strategies. If you want to shield yourself, I can suggest using Gunlance. Slow, but it is one of the best shields in the game. Not as tactical as CB.

Focus charge your CB.
Then wait for a opportunity full release on the weakness or largest hitbox.....profit.

im and old school hunter and only use first gen weapons.

cant wait for Kulve Tarroth tomorrow. there's a new weapon for each type of weapon. i need that bow. can replace anja fire bow. yahuuuu

Kulve is not an easy task. You will need a group and each people need to know what to do. Also the drops are random so pray to RNGesus to be kind

I feel like there should be at least a guaranteed drop for at least 1 or 2 Rarity 8 weapons whenever you level reached 16 or 17 research levels.

This post has been edited by DJ-Spike: Aug 16 2018, 02:20 PM

guys im new player here. pc version, keep dying fighting diablos it's so annoying...

Hunt Diablos with Lance is like stealing candy from an infant.
May be this is a good reason to try lance for fun.

Anyone managed to get any of the new KT weapons? Completed four runs earlier but kept getting old weapons.

oh...im using charge blade so far... i saw youtube some few dudes using bow and seems like so much easier in the video..

Bowing diablos using ice bow, stack with OP skill is stupidly easy because the dps is crazy and u can kill it very fast.
If you use the best bow when you met diablos first time...it is not as fun.

Diablos hits like a truck. Depending on the weapon, if you are not used to him, I highly suggest go defend mode first. Use the paralyzing gunlance(the great Girros tree and he is weak to paralysis). Study his movements while blocking. Gunlance is slow, but very effective to keep your hp safe. Every time he burrows underground, run as far as you can and Superman dive or if you have enough screaming pods, shoot the hole and he will bounce right back up. Tip: the moment he goes underground before the tail goes under, stop attacking and start running. I am a DB main and I couldn't win him properly (since it is my first time playing MHW) so I switched to GL. Once I gotten used to his tactics, I switched back to my ice DB and I own him alot faster. Even quicker once I gotten Fire and Ice DB. You haven't run into Black Diablos yet. She hits even harder and her burrowing is more random than Diablos. Diablos burrows in a straight line but Black Diablos burrows zigzag. Good luck and hope to hear your updates for him.

i study his movement already and manage to kill it for few times. by the way im using charge blade with 3 armor skill "artillery" level 3. my attack windows is the moment it bounce back up after right the dive. when it dive in time i just evade and prepare aiming to hit the spot it bounce up. takes time and need passion. currently at HR12 and trying to find some multiplayer games but PC version the connection issue is very very bad can't manage to get any game keep DC.

Charge blade is a very tactical weapon to use. I can see you are quite used to it but there are a few moves to use the charge blade more effectively. You can try watching Arekzz videos on Youtube. He has a tutorial on CBs in which you can take some of the tips to use it better. Also I never played any multiplayer at all. I been solo-ing from start till finish(of course not including some multiplayer related monsters like Kulve and Behemoth). Since you are saying you managed to kill it a few times, I am guessing you are saying your winning ratio is alot worst than your losing, eh? Well, you better do be prepared for Black Diablos when you reach high rank battles. It will be a helluva ride.

yeah took me many hours to train it lol, get used to it already judging the moment when to charge it plus evade. lol black diablos sounds badass... anyway currently just over high rank anajath...now aiming for high rank rathian. and my next quest is the pink rathian, not even thinking about it lol.. waiting for multiplayer to play it

Every monster can be done easily in solo. Multiplayer just makes the monster stronger and more HP to chop off, in which I hope you realize it. Beginner high rank armor you can go with Zorah's. Once you fight with Odogaron High Rank( I highly recommend farm for Radobaan HR alpha armor which has bleed proof so you have to worry less about your hp being cut everytime you move), farm for his alpha armor. The armor's skill will be enough to bring you towards end game. If you have trouble with normal Diablos, Black Diablos will be a nightmare for you.

This post has been edited by erald06: Aug 20 2018, 12:19 PM

double posted

This post has been edited by erald06: Aug 20 2018, 12:19 PM

omg i just google and found out im running the wrong setup for charge blade... my gear i max out the ARTILLERY skill stat to level 3 where else my weapon im using "elemental elemental phial"
after googled only they said ARTILLERY skills only works on "Impact phial" charge blade...
the ARTILLERY skill set i think they really misleading written "Strengthens explosive attacks like gunlance shells, Wyvern's Fire, charge blade phial attacks, and sticky ammo."!

i thought this skill is increasing the charge blade attacks but there didn't stated only works on "impact phial" charge blade...
now im gonna give up my elemental thunder charge blade and farm for material to craft the impact charge blade...
so all this while im wasting 3 armor set with the level 3 ARTILLERY buff "Increases power of each attack by 30% and reduces Wyvern's Fire cooldown by 50%" without making use of it...

This post has been edited by djandrew: Aug 20 2018, 02:50 PM

Artillery is mostly good for range weapons. You should be using jewels that increase the weapon's damage. But as you just entered High Rank, you don't have much choices.