Hello, everybody! This is Z-Wish, and I had recently found a great way to get your kills extremely quickly and efficiently. This method is called Cluster Gunning, and is usually used against the Alatreon to break all his normally hard-to-reach body parts, as well as killing him in record time. Thanks to you guys out there who showed me how!

Keep in mind, you will need to be a bowgunner to use this method. If you do not have the required materials/skills to use this method, this guide is not for you. Also, this guide will focus on fighting the Alatreon and achieving record times/more Skypiercers/Webbings than you can count.

~Part 1: The Setup~

The optimum armor set for this method is as follows:

Helm: Barrage Earring. Provides +15 Loading skill, to give you the Load Up skill.

Chest: Mutsu Muneate+/Amagi Muneate+

Vambraces: Mutsu Kote+/Amagi Kote+

Leggings: Mutsu Koshiate+/Amagi Koshiate+

Boots: Mutsu Gusoku+/Amagi Hakama+

Gem your armor for Recoil Down +3, Clust S All Up, and Load Up.

However, you're not done yet. Just as important is your bowgun, of course!

Gun: Rathling Gun+ Frame/Rathling Gun+ Barrel/Agnaktor Stock

Link to armor set found here: http://divinewh.im/s/3.W_1v_1o.V_1h.W_1n.V_1l_1A.X.V.V

DO NOT FORGET. Probably the single most important part of this entire set, and what gives it its name, is the ammo. USE CLUST SHOTS LVL2. They are made by combining Wyvern Claws and Bone Husk S. You can carry 50+ of each in your bag, so don't worry about running out mid-fight. You may want to bring some combining books so you don't mess up.

~Part 2: The Execution~

This guide will focus on fighting the Alatreon. As soon as the cinematic ends (when the Alatreon comes out of his den to fight) don't bother even drinking your Cool Drink yet. Run as fast as you can to the nearest ledge. It's the one to your right as you start out.

As soon as you reach the top of the ledge, chug your Cool Drink and start loading. The Alatreon will charge towards your ledge. As soon as he gets his horns stuck, unleash hell on his horns and back in the form of Clust Shots Lvl2. Because of Load Up and Clust S All Up, instead of only being able to load 3 Clust S Lvl2, you can load 5. As soon as you fire all 5, combine 5 more and keep shooting. Rinse and repeat.

Tip: If you fall off your ledge, don't try to get back on. Just stay there and keep shooting.

Tip #2: If you're standing close to the edge of the ledge (lol that rhymes xD) DON'T shoot the horns. The explosions may hit you, though not damaging you, will knock you back and possibly knock you off.

If you and your teammates consistently fire at the Alatreon for the whole time, and your ledge doesn't break, you should be able to kill the Alatreon in less that 3 minutes. My personal best was 2:35, but you should be able to beat it with good preparation and good teammates.

~Part 3: What does this mean for Monster Hunter?~

This is possibly the most unfair method of killing things in the whole of Monster Hunter Tri. It is not possible to kill an Alatreon in as fast a time with melee attacks, and it rivals Sleep Bombing in its power, often surpassing it, without all the complicated switching of herbs and creating bombs.

If there are minions around, no problem! If Aggy puts up a coat a coat of solid armor, who cares? The combined fire of Clust shots are enough to destroy any boss in a matter of minutes.

To put it in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 terms, is this the new UMP 40? Discuss.

I hope you enjoy this guide, it helps you, and you get the -Emperor Wyvern- title in a day or two.

Shoots mod flare.....Needs to be in the guides section

moved.

http://divinewh.im/s/3.V.D_1v_1o.V_1h.W_19.V.V_1l_z.X.15
This seems to be an appropriate place to post this set. On a girl, this looks better than the uragaan coat, IMO. But on a guy it's just ROFL. If you'd prefer the uragaan coat, you only need 1 absorber jewel on it.
The talisman is god tier, so idk. C can be anything. I just put Heat Res because it feels like the best fit for alatreon. And I have clust +5, heat res +10 on both my characters. So heat res might be a more common skill for a clust talisman. Trapmaster would be my most preferred C skill though...
Also, Z-wish, I noticed the set you have posted has a Flinchfree jewel on the gun. Although it makes no difference that you have an extra point on recoil(you'd get the same skills with 3 absorbers), I just felt I needed to point out that a 3 slot jewel does not fit on a 3 slot gun, unfortunately.

I also noticed that there is an extra point on clust, so I thought I could change the arms for any other 3 slot arms. But unfortunately, I wasn't able to. You could give up recovery speed+1 to use a different arm though(3 slot). I was looking for some smexy chakra. It looked adorable in the preview. And my good ol' spike arm on Stuff. But you'd have to give up rec spd+1. And I've went through so many revisions for the clust set, that giving up a skill for looks is tough. But if you don't care, by all means, find an arm you like.

i can also gem in stun halve+rec speed+1 with those 3 skills

stun is a C skill, no? clust+6, C+10 is all you need. That's what the set I linked to is all about.

I tried this out a while ago, and I found some issues. everybody has to have the exact same armor and weapon in order for this to work. The coordination required is tough to find when hunting with randoms. With sleep bombing, most everybody knows what to do. It's less complicated. Yes, clusting is quicker, but much harder to execute.

lol. you were the 7th post XD.

Actually it really isn't all that hard to execute. There's only one way to achieve optimal clusting, with a variable waist and tali to determine whether or not you have 1-2 extra skills. A OOO or +4 recoil works for the default. You can look at ura waist if you have a clust tali. Maybe even Rheno waist. And you only need to carry clust lvl2 and wyvern claws + Bone Husk S.Of course, book of combos too.

With sleep bombing, you gotta carry sleep 1 and 2, sleepyfish, sleep herb, husks, lbb, lbb+, Large barrel, gunpowder, and pyro or that limited supply of scatterfish. And you need to forge a set with status attack up, bomber, and recoil + something, and use a unique gun that can't be used for anything but sleep bombing. And what better armor to use than uragaan armor? I'll tell you. This. And you have up to 5 slots to fiddle your fingers with. But thats god tier XD. So everyone uses uragaan armor. More people are ready for sleep bombing cuz they newb. And there's too much effort put into that setup.

At least with clust, you'd have most of the set being that newb asking for jhen in my city during the sandstorm. Instead of wasting materials on guan dao and health+50, get the clust set. And don't talk about barrage being to hard. You should already have it even if your not a gunner.

About the clust execution:
1) Set clust lvl 2 as the first speed combo.
2) Skip the scene
3) Run to the wall like barbarians(no smoke)
4) Roll when he turns to everyone
5) Dive when he's about to roar
6) Climb the wall(you will make it or else you suck)
7) F*** cool drinks, just reload draw
Unleash madness.
9) Speed combos->clust->hold->back-back-back(it is 3 backs to get out of the menu. 4 will just make you roll)
10) reload
11)repeat from step 8 until he dies.

3 minutes is not enough time for him to realize he can fly, so that shouldn't be what your worried about.

Edit: XD. The was meant to be step 8 ). lol

Lol'ed at your last sentence :P
"Eh?I controls teh four elementz,too?"

lol XD

eh, my group and I always put 2 LBB/LBB+b4 we climb the wall

I hardly ever gun ( and so am probably very bad at it ) but I have that set lol, just cause :P

@Stuff-I'm just cool like dat.

Barrage Earring. I don't even have it unlocked lol. Why should I even have if i'm not a gunner (much)? The only gunner set I like is my Esca (Bonus Shot+Thundacrus barrel= Ian carcass). I tried it again this weekend. Good for HR grinding, but not for parts. I just hit my 72 Alatreon because of that.

Another thing: Four (competent) sleep gunners can net SPs and a pretty nice record, about 5 minutes. Three more minutes is worth a Skypiercer, imo.

I have a newbish question, because I'm new to bow gunning. How essential is the barrage earring in all of this, and is the whole process still possible without it (because I can't be bothered getting hunter king coins) ?