Monster Hunter U Q&A thread

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this is a thread to post questions for monster hunter U (both wiiu and 3ds versions),
just ask anything related to mhu gameplay,tips,general info,etc.




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Spoiler:

Actually, I have two new questions:

First, I primarily use hammers, and have the following:

Bull Tusk Hammer
Vodyanoy Hammer
Red Bludgeon (to be upgraded very soon!)
Frozen Core
Carapace Hammer
Jupiter's Sphere
Vortex Hammer (again to be upgraded very soon!)
Iron Striker

Which one would be the best one to use against Plesioth?

and

What would be the best available HR armor to wear when fighting Plesioth?

BTW, I am willing to farm.

Jake Johnson wrote:

Actually, I have two new questions:

First, I primarily use hammers, and have the following:

Bull Tusk Hammer
Vodyanoy Hammer
Red Bludgeon (to be upgraded very soon!)
Frozen Core
Carapace Hammer
Jupiter's Sphere
Vortex Hammer (again to be upgraded very soon!)
Iron Striker

Which one would be the best one to use against Plesioth?

and

What would be the best available HR armor to wear when fighting Plesioth?

BTW, I am willing to farm.

I'd go with the Iron Striker (best raw) or Red Bludgeon (very good raw, and matching element), but if you get either the Red Bludgeon or Vortex Hammer upgraded, use the upgrade instead.


Hmm. Armor. I think I went with either Peco U or Jaggi S. Honestly, as long as you have an HR armor set, you should be fine. You'll probably get recommendations for Jaggi S, since it easily can be gemmed to AUL, which goes with hammers well.


Also, I'd recommend farming Plesi for its hammer and armor. The armor is MH3U's equivalent of Baggi - it's the capture armor set. Gem in Perception and see those rewards pile up!

Antari18 wrote:

Is it good idea to solo Miralis with full Agna Z armor, gemmed in guard+2, mind's eye, guard boost, razor sharp, fire res.+20 with no negative skills. Weapon: Skysunderer (lance)? I know this armor have terrible fire resistance but i negated it with fire res.+20 thx to good tali i have so it's only -10 not -30.

I really hate underwater combat and i'm only comfortable with lance underwater. I'm not sure if i will manage to kill Miralis in time :|

I killed miralis solo using wroggi X so I'd say you are good to go, but I would recomend using another talisman and eat vegetables with meat cause and search for the Fix skill fire...something, that food skill gives you +3 fire resistence (Literaly, it gives you +3 no -27)

Or I don't know if they patched that, next time you hunt check that.

Thx Lalo, totally forgot about that! lol

Is it even possible to defeat Ceadeus before reaching area 3 during The Decisive Battle?

I ask because I am interested in farming him for his armor.

BTW, I wield/wear:

a Carapace Hammer +

and

a full set of Jaggi S armor.

No, it's not possible.

I just learned of a skill called Destroyer.

I'd really like to gem it into my Jaggi S Armor set; however, first I need Destroyer Jewels.

I'd like to get a couple of Destroyer Jewel 3's and some Destroyer Jewel 1's - I'll charm farm for what else I need.

What Destroyer does is gives you Partbreaker; a skill that should be incredibly useful farming something like Ceadeus.

FYI, Destroyer 3 requires Mohran Brace+ and Rathian Ruby. Good luck!

Can somebody explain to me the difference between Capture Expert and Capture Master? I searched and found nothing. As far as i remember in Tri it was only Capture Expert. They change it in 3U?

I'm trying to put together good capturing set. There are two options which i'm considering. Plesioth with Golden lunecoil or Plesioth X with Golden lunecoil. The former gives 6 skills with gemming (Heat Cancel, Marathon Runner, Trap Master, Capture Guru but only Good Luck and Capture Expert) the latter 5 skills (Mind's Eye, Trap Master, Capture Guru and also Great Luck, Capture Master).

I'm not sure if i should bother making Plasioth armor or just Plesioth X which have those skills expanded. Is it worth it or just stick with normal Plesioth?

Tranquilzr gives Capture Expert at 10, Capture Master at 15.

[via Wiki]
Capture Expert: Increases likelihood of obtaining more reward items for captured large monsters.

Capture Master: Significantly increases likelihood of obtaining more rewards items for captured large monsters.

Safe to assume, you're more likely to get more rewards with Master vs. Expert. I currently use the normal Plesioth set and only have Capture Expert. I noticed a good jump in extra rewards for sure.

As for your sets, it comes down to Good Luck vs. Great Luck. Personally, I eventually want the latter. Luck increases your normal rewards, capture master increases your capture rewards. The best of both worlds really.

The drawback is that if you're solo, it slows down your kill time by a lot. Is it worth it? Depends on how you feel about efficiency in killing vs. a tiny tiny chance of getting more rewards. Because remember, it is mostly speculated/accepted that these skills increase the chances of more drops, not rarer drops.

Going by wiki elemental damages, certain monsters are potentially weaker to X element on certain body parts etc.

My question is, about what value is it NOT worth getting elemental damage vs. raw? For example, I'm going against Brachydios, in which I am more likely to hit the body than anything else after I break parts. According to wiki, the damage value is only 15 for water. I mean, no matter what, I'm going to use a water weapon, but if I had to choose between a high-raw/low-elemental vs. med-raw/high-elemental weapon, which should I choose?

P.S.
Using a LS.

Does anybody know the difference in damage between AUL vs (X) shot up in a bowgun? I would think AUL superior, because it adds damage to all your shots vs just the one, but if the damage increase from (X) shot up were a lot higher than AUL, that would be nice to know.

What weapon/armor/jewel combo should I use to farm Plesioth?

BTW, I currently wield/wear:

A Great Gaiarch (hammer - 884 Attack, great green sharpness, no affinity)

and a full set of HR Jaggi armor (currently gemmed to AUL)

I prefer hammers, but I am willing to use something else.

sakura808 wrote:

sakura808 wrote:

E&Troy wrote:

Does the Part breaker skill increase you damage when attacking certain parts of monsters? Or does it make the parts break easier for everyone in your group? Or when you attack a part of a monster that can break, you always do a set amount of damage to the monster itself in prop. to your weapon's damage, and it just increases the amount of damage you do to that part?

No idea. Let's send this to the Q&A section~

Part breaker makes your weapon deal more durability damage to monster parts. this means they will break faster. I am fairly sure that it doesn't actually increase your attack, and also that it does not give your whole group this benefit.

Hawkfriend wrote:

sakura808 wrote:

sakura808 wrote:

E&Troy wrote:

Does the Part breaker skill increase you damage when attacking certain parts of monsters? Or does it make the parts break easier for everyone in your group? Or when you attack a part of a monster that can break, you always do a set amount of damage to the monster itself in prop. to your weapon's damage, and it just increases the amount of damage you do to that part?

No idea. Let's send this to the Q&A section~

Part breaker makes your weapon deal more durability damage to monster parts. this means they will break faster. I am fairly sure that it doesn't actually increase your attack, and also that it does not give your whole group this benefit.

Okay, so it's junk. Considering the skills that I find good, never come with THAT skill, so I'm not going out of my way to get a skill that won't help me at all. It actually would have been decent if it gave you a damage increase when attack weaker parts of monsters, considering the armor sets that have that skill don't have any other skills worth mentioning.

iirc in tri, capture expert gave you a chance at more break rewards, is this the same case in triu? (and same question for capture master, if it isnt just a better chance than expert)

Chagrilled wrote:

iirc in tri, capture expert gave you a chance at more break rewards, is this the same case in triu? (and same question for capture master, if it isnt just a better chance than expert)

It was answered one page earlier but w/e

Capture Expert: Increases likelihood of obtaining more reward items for captured large monsters.

Capture Master: Significantly increases likelihood of obtaining more rewards items for captured large monsters.

i have read the ingame description, i was asking for clarification on if it gave break rewards as there was some confusion about it in tri (however i have found the source of confusion, in that the area for cap rewards is named wound/cap)

edit: i can see where i messed up in my question, i should of said that i already knew it gave cap rewards, and that i was asking if it gave break rewards in addition, so sorry for the misleading question.

Chagrilled wrote:

i have read the ingame description, i was asking for clarification on if it gave break rewards as there was some confusion about it in tri (however i have found the source of confusion, in that the area for cap rewards is named wound/cap)

edit: i can see where i messed up in my question, i should of said that i already knew it gave cap rewards, and that i was asking if it gave break rewards in addition, so sorry for the misleading question.

I don't think it gives you break rewards for that you want the skill "fate" on tri you could get +10 of that on great jaggi mask saddly on this game the great jaggy mask gives you +10 speed gathering lolz, but then again the drop rate on this game is just hilarius i've gotten so much gems that i dont know wath to do with them becouse im not doing anything rigth now that i need it. wich i need is plates but no i get gems rofl.

Answering the Attack Up Large, vs Shot+, and the Elemental damage vs raw questions:

The shot up adds 10% damage increase on that specific shot's damage. For spread, it is 30% increase. Attack up large is worth it for most gunner weapons, with the exception of some of the higher end G-Ranks. AUL adds a static amount of damage, which is relatively huge early in the game, but that gets overshadowed by a 10-30% increase to a specific shot. In certain missions where the target can go down quick, you are better off just increasing that specific volley (lets say pierce), insctead of an all around AUL.

As for Elemental dmg vs Raw, it depends alot on the monster. If you notice that a body part takes 60% damage vs raw impact, and 30% vs an element, then that means 100 element = 50 raw. If you have to choose between a raw weapon with 800 raw and 400 element, vs a weapon with 1100 raw... go with the raw damage, cause all things concidered, the 800/400 weapon will give you the performance of a 1000 raw weapon.

Of course, there are many different things to concider. For example, if both weapons do not have enough sharpness, and bounce alot (75% penalty to raw damage), then go straight for the elemental weapons, specially if you can get ESP (prevents your weapon from bouncing off, but still applies the damage penalty). In addition, if you are a GS user who is proficient at doing the level 3 charge, then a good elemental weapon will outdo a modest raw weapon every time, due to the 300% damage increase to whatever elemental damage the weapon has.

Where am I most likely to get a Monster Hardbone?

I need three to make an Ice Crusher.

What was capcom thinking when they made the HR Alatreon so powerful? I mean, I have An armor set with 614 armor, and the Alatreon still almost one hit kills me. I'm not even bad against that element. I'm assuming the G rank one will one hit kill you even if you have G rank armor fully upgraded, with every single armor boost you can get? As well as a ton of elemental resistance on every type it uses.

it is basically g rank ala without g rank mats, and a bit less damage iirc

Chagrilled wrote:

it is basically g rank ala without g rank mats, and a bit less damage iirc

If that's the case, then that would make more sense. So overall, the G rank Alatreon should be easier if you have a good group?

Jake Johnson wrote:

Where am I most likely to get a Monster Hardbone?

I need three to make an Ice Crusher.

High Rank Lagi.