Board Thread:Fan-made Monsters/@comment-27950421-20170917171328/@comment-27950421-20181220050129

Both good pieces of advice.

Experiment with your weapons and figure out what weapons suit you best.

Learn a monsters movements and patterns. Being able to read a monster and react to what it's doing before it does is key.

Exploit weaknesses when possible and don't be afraid to utilize the environment in a fight. Falling rocks, landslides, and other monsters can turn the tide in your favor. Not to mention dat yellow boi.

While actual defense in your armor is important, skills are more important. Good skills make things a lot easier. Numerous good skills working together is even better. A complete set isn't bad for beginners and more casual players, but a well put together mixed set of armor can be ludicrous in power. I've seen builds that leave the player with infinite sharpness or so much HP and HP regen that the monster will get bored and leave before they could kill him. Elemental resistance isn't bad either.

Speaking of elemental resistance, each monster has it's own armor set, which has the same elemental weaknesses. So if you're hunting a monster, check it's armor and see what it's weak to.

Farm herbs and honey. Mega potions will be a staple in your diet. Make sure you have the chef cooking before every quest and while you're there make sure that you eat before going.

If a monster uses dragon element (currently just Deviljho) use a raw damage weapon instead of one with an element or status effect. Dragon Blight removes those effects from a weapon. Not having them in the first place makes Dragon Blight harmless.

If you are using a blunt damage weapon, always go for the head. If you're using a cutting weapon, you go for the tail. Blunt weapons can stun a monster. Blade weapons can cut the monsters tail off. If you aren't going for one of those things, then you're either a gunner or you're wrong.

The internet is your friend. Don't be afraid to look up a monster before a hunt, some have special mechanics or weaknesses. If you shoot Barroth or Jyrotodus with water pods for instance, you can wash the mud off of them. Hitting Diablos while he's underground with a screamer pod will cause him to surface prematurely and get stuck.

Remember that until you've killed a super saiyan, you are still a noob. No exceptions.