4U armors/weapons

Won't really get a chance to play to much or get that far along in the game untill tonight and this weekend so other than the armors I have in game and have looked up my knowledge is linited on what all the skills are on sets.

On armor set though that I really like and will most likely be my first set (not counting what you are given) will be the Pumpkin Armor or Mosgharl Armor.

It's a low rank armor that starts with 19 def on each piece and for skills with the full set has Recovery Spd +1, Combination Pro, Combination +20%, Focus and a left over of 8 points each in Free element and destroyer.

Tough you could gem in one or maybe even both of the additional skills you would need a sloted weapon or replace a part of the armor to get closer to the skills as it has no slots of it's own.

With no negatives in any area the skills on the armor seem quite nice, it's biggest vurnability though is the -20 on fire resistance. I really liked this set in 3U for bow users but in 4U it seems to be a great blademaster armor. As again i don't really have much to compare it to based on the skills alone this might be the first set I actually try to make (aside from starting armor).

So.. What armors do you all like and for what rank and why?

For me, the Yian Kut-Kut was the go to armor very early in the game. The kut-kut has the weakest spot of all other Monsters: The Face, to Normal shots. Once I got both the gunner and blademaster armor, I could go for other sets.

Kut-Kut skills: Attack +1, Fire +1, and with the Kut-Kut Greatsword, (Fire based with 2 slots), I gemmed in Health +50, and the Auto-guard Talisman. Great initial set(s) within the first 3-4 hours of playtime that has lasted me till High Rank.

I made the Velocidrome armor once I unlocked it in a guild quest. I then gemmed in Autotracker which I found extremely useful considering I don't know any of these monsters are patterns yet. And because I don't know any of their starting locations either.

I managed to get a Stun +5, Psychic +6 talisman in early low rank, which allowed me to then get the skills Attack Up "M", Autotracker, and Negate Stun. I used that up to high rank, where I then got the high rank Velocidrome armor. With that armor, I had the same skills, except I had Attack Up "L" instead of "M".

For me, I had my sights set on the Nerscylla armor. I went around in Chainmail with no problem for the longest time, and when I eventually went to hunt the spider, I made some Gypceros Faulds from spare parts I got during that one quest, along with the Rusted Equipment Vambraces, and just went with that garbage until I had the full set. :p

I'm definitely looking at Stygian Zinogre Armor for late High Rank, that armor served me incredibly well in MH3U and I'm not turning away from it anytime soon. Though, if I get a suitable talisman, that Akantor armor looks really tempting...

For G Rank, again I have to say the Nerscylla armor is really interesting, although it's more of a personal preference anyway. The Tigrex X set looks quite nice too.

That Amatsu armor set seems incredible, but that won't be for a long time.

I use the gore/cenataur mix set that provides sharp +1 and speed sharpening. (Did you guys know that the low rank gore hammer gets an amazing amount of blue sharpness with this set?)

i went from Derring to Barroth. Everything else i wanted just was not allowed by Desire Sensor. So Barroth armor carried me until I made Seltas.

Now I've hit High rank and not sure what to wear. Im sounding like Mr Quippit.

Firpi wrote:

i went from Derring to Barroth. Everything else i wanted just was not allowed by Desire Sensor. So Barroth armor carried me until I made Seltas.

Now I've hit High rank and not sure what to wear. Im sounding like Mr Quippit.

If you have a skill-set that you like, keep it, and use the armor spheres to overgear it to high rank defense. Do the harvest tours if you need to in order to get the spheres you need.

Only reason I see to change gear, is if there is a better combination of skills that I need, or if a particular monster requires it.

Happy Hunting. (Just got a Talisman with +8 Mounting and an empty slot... soo happy.).

I'm at the end of high rank now, and while waiting for some of my friends to catch up, I invented (stumbled upon? shamelessly stole) a nice set

- Skull Mask
- Rebellion Mail
- Crimson Fatty Arms
- Ukanlos Waist
- Deviljho Greaves

Properly gemmed, set itself gives Razor Sharp and Honed Blade with 1 slot spare, and leaves the charm open as well. I had an evade+6 OO charm lying about, so I threw evade+1 on there as well. Works great for pretty much everything in high rank and has a solid defense (520+ with hvy spheres), making it a good set to move into G rank with as well.

My gear progression was as followed.

Early Low Rank (and all transport quests):
Kecha Helm, Loc Lac shawl, Konchu Vambrace, Loc Lac Kilt, Tetsucabra Greaves, Bishop Talisman of +8 Psychic (plus enough gems to get Auto-Tracking). It looks really cute, especially if you dye it all red, except the kilt, which you dye green to match the top. I updated hat, gloves, and legs to high Rank so that I can still use it in Transport quests.

Late Low Rank:
Nerscilla Set, dyed black, with Bishop Talisman of +8 Psychic and Psychic gems.

Early High Rank:
Nerscilla S Set, dyed black, with a Rook Talisman of +9 Hunger, Gemmed with one Antidote, one Expert 2, and 2 Expert 1 gems. I miss the auto-tracker, but I was unwilling to keep the hunger debuff.

Current Set:
Tigrex U set with Bishop Talisman of +8 Psychic, gemmed with 2 Gobbler 1, and 4 Psychic to get Auto-Tracker. If I use my 3 slot Edel's Ice Long Sword, I also have enough gem slots to upgrade my Earplugs to HG Earplugs. The color is boring, but the set is nice.

A lot of people do mixed sets, and I don't see anything wrong with that. I'm honestly really into the aesthetics of some of the armor sets, but only if the skills are worth it. I just made Tetsu and Nerscy in LR because I liked the looks. Then, when I hit HR, I started looking for sets with good skills. (I don't find most skills useful in LR, seeing as everything is made out of paper.) Then, it progressed like so:

Alloy S- Critical Eye +1, Defense Up (Small), and Windproof (Low)
Mixed Gore Set (High/Low)- Challenger +2, Bio Researcher, Sharpness +1, Fire Res -20 (Silver Sol- Gemmed for Fire Attack +3, Critical Eye +2, Weakness Exploit, Razor Sharp, but has Recovery Down (not really a problem)
And now I have Tigrex Z- HG Earplugs, Speed Eating +2, Critical Eye +1, Attack Up (Small), and Capture Guru.

That was my progression. I do still switch between my Silver Los and Brute Tiggy set, though. Love them both.