(Better late than never!) Like my original guide for World. The goal isn't to teach you how to play, but to more or less get you going and push you ahead of the curve. Even though I'm quite late and Wilds is upon us. Monster Hunter is an amazing franchise and Rise is more or less what happens when the devs stay down in the Capcom basement too long, and let power creep take over. I hope to teach you something regardless of how long you've been playing and as such anything that I believe is not within common knowledge will be underlined and bolded. I also think reading an entire guide of this length isn't something most people have time for so I've written this guide with that in mind and you can expect me to repeat myself every now and then for people who are skimming. S1C1: Beginner's Tips: Getting Started Like my guide for World/Iceborne, anything I don't consider common knowledge will be bolded and underlined if you just plan on skimming the guide. Anyway let's start fresh. Hub or Village Quests?If you're new this can be confusing, the simple answer is Village is singleplayer only and I would describe it as the tutorial. You can go through the whole game ignoring it if you want. The monsters in it have way less HP than the monsters in the Hub, but the Hub also has all of the content. Completing village quests can also give you special license quests that can raise your Hunter Rank in the Hub to a certain amount (I believe it caps out at 3 or 4). As you complete quests you'll unlock side quests as NPCs want to talk to you. Just talk to them even if you don't plan on doing their requests. Although some of the dialogue can be pretty funny implication wise like Almudron Mud being used in certain Dango, you don't actually need to worry about paying attention unless you want to. Village Quests have roughly half the HP they usually do in their Hub Quest versions. However the Hub Quests scale their HP depending on the amount of players active in the quest whether you have 2, 3, or 4 people. The scaling usually goes as follows: 1P = Base HP 2P = 1.5x~ Base HP 3P = 1.8x~ Base HP 4P = 2x~ Base HP Village Quests = 0.5x~ Base HP In general that's roughly how the scaling works though there are obviously exceptions. It also adapts on the fly even if someone leaves. Find a WeaponThe first thing in any Monster Hunter game a new player should do, is go to the training range as soon as they allow you to and try out every weapon. Find something that feels good to hit monsters with or just looks cool to you. DO NOT go off of what has the bigger damage number. The majority of time spent in this game will be doing hunts and in the background becoming more in tune with your weapon. Look Up Your Weapons Switch Skills I highly recommend looking up the "Switch Skills" for your weapon. Even though it may count as a spoiler I think it's imperative that you know what else your weapon can do, as these affect the experience you get while playing a weapon by altering movesets, properties, and wirebug moves. You might find a weapon feels awful one moment, but then suddenly it has a different combo and it feels kinda nice. Every weapon has 3 Switch Skills in base Rise and gets even more in Sunbreak. The first set of unlockable Switch Skills are given by Master Utsushi in the Gathering Hub after crafting or upgrading 8 different types of that weapon. I recommend upgrading the defender weapons even if you're not planning on using them just to fulfill this quota since they're cheap and then crafting cheap stuff from the bone and metal trees. The second set is unlocked after completing certain High Rank quests in the hub, given out by Master Utsushi. In Sunbreak this is expanded even further as weapons get even more Switch Skills as well as the ability to swap between them on the fly. Avoid Defender Gear The point of this gear is to basically just speed you through the base game, all the way to the DLC. While the weapons are still as strong as they were, the armor has had its defence nerfed a little bit this time around. Even with the nerfs I still highly recommend avoiding them and instead trying to learn how to craft weapons and armor as many players simply find themselves wearing it until the DLC and then don't know anything about buildmaking or what skills are good for their weapon resulting in them having a more negative experience. Even then, in the end I can't stop you from using them, no one can... yet. Mouse & Keyboard PlayersFor those using Mouse and Keyboard play around with your controls. The Wirebug/Scroll Swap actions can be quite awkward by default and I don't know anyone who has gotten far in the game without rebinding them. While I have no doubt in my mind that people have adjusted to the default controls I still highly recommend rebinding them. S1C2: Beginner's Tips: The Rise Combat Fundamentals 1. Finding a WeaponAs mentioned before, the first thing you should always do in any Monster Hunter(released after World) is go to the training area and trying out all the weapons to find one that seems cool and satisfying to use. After doing so I recommend looking up the Switch Skills so that even if something doesn't look appealing now, there might be an aspect of it you're just not seeing yet that you might really enjoy. On top of that, some Switch Skills are also just straight upgrades to others. The majority of your time in this game will be you becoming more in tune with your weapon and getting more comfortable with it as you fight tougher and tougher monsters. Even then, you don't have to stick to one weapon, and you can swap at any time. Bonus Tip: If your dog is bothering you by attacking in the training area you can go to the entrance and use the "Wait" command and it will stay there. 2. Research your WeaponIf you're unfamiliar with Capcom, they love to make things that seem somewhat "simple" on the surface, but have lots, and I mean LOTS, of tech that no matter what they never teach you. This game, and especially the weapons, are no different. This is noticeably prevalent in Rise's Wirebug skills as well as the weapons themselves. The easiest example of this is Charge Blade's "Guard Points" which are moments throughout Charge Blade's animations where the weapon is blocking more effectively than usual during certain animations. Successfully pulling off Guard Points negates more chip damage, builds up stun, damages the monster, and allows the user to perform an SAED when the monster is most likely in recovery. The easiest one to perform is the morph (RT + Y, R2 + Triangle). Blocking an attack while guard pointing gives you an invisible 2 points of the Guard skill, that stack with the other 2 invisible points of Guard from having your shield charged. These invisible points also stack with the Guard skill itself even when its capped out at 5 points giving you an effective Guard 9. 3. The Rise FundamentalsA key part of the fundamentals of weapons in Rise is that every weapon has some form of parry, iframe, and hyper armor. Whether it be part a switch skill, a wirebug move, or even just the base kit, finding and using these tools is an essential part of what makes Rise tick. Most moves can cancel their recovery into a wirebug skill making them useful for getting you out of troublesome situations. These wirebug cooldowns, skills and recovery cancels are what make the combat of Rise flow nicely as you parry, dodge, and tank your way through the hunt.

狩猎笛的操虫棍技能【大地撼动者】在首次命中后，其攻击的后半段将获得超级 armor。超级 armor 是一种特殊属性，能让你在受到大多数攻击时继续行动，即使被击中（需满足特定条件）。请注意使用超级 armor，减免后的伤害仍可能致命。此外，由于你会继续行动，因此会失去通常被击倒时获得的无敌状态。

使用操虫棍成功进行「元素爆发反击」的格挡后，可接曙光的「替换技」机制来获得无敌帧。 格挡有多种形式，除了避免或抵消本应受到的伤害外，通常还能提供某种优势，无论是高额伤害输出，还是为武器其他部分提供增益。 无敌帧是角色没有碰撞体积且处于无敌状态的帧数。翻滚时虽然有无敌帧，但在没有任何增加无敌帧的技能加持下，持续时间很短。更实用的无敌帧技能多见于操虫棍技能和曙光的替换技中。部分操虫棍技能会受到回避性能和回避距离的影响，从而进一步提升其能力。超人俯冲：执行超人俯冲时，最好将镜头对准怪物，同时让猎人收刀奔跑。执行此俯冲时拥有大量无敌帧，能让你安全应对某些招式以及部分大型攻击，且无需承担风险。

通过连续使用超人俯冲可以躲避危险攻击。 5. 钩爪回避与倒地 钩爪回避是一种恢复手段，看似可以随意滥用，但这样做在怪物拥有阻止你无脑钩爪回避靠近的招式时，会让你陷入险境。相反，你应主要用它来规避后续攻击，并移动到更安全的位置进行恢复。 此外，不要忘记在战斗中任何时候都可以收刀并跳开。聪明地使用这一技巧，一旦习惯，你将拥有无限可能。 有时被击中后，最好就躺在地上，因为在起身过程过半之前，你处于无敌状态。部分怪物的攻击具有特殊属性，这类攻击通常分为两段，因此被称为【连击】攻击。连击的第一段通常会将你击倒在地或击至空中，而第二段往往会造成巨额伤害，除非你使用【钩爪回避】脱离。此外，怪物的判定范围还存在极大的隐形判定框，其代码设定为仅在你处于空中或钩爪回避状态时才会命中你。

The inspiration for why I've nicknamed them combos. OverallSunbreak is where things get insane. Monsters have mixups, they do more damage, they have more tracking, they have new moves to bait your parries. Its very momentum based in that once you get going, you keep going until the monster hits you and your momentum stops and you gotta build it back up again. While Monster Hunter combat in general is momentum based, Rise takes this to the extreme with skills like Heaven's Sent, Powder Mantle, and Berserk that really push this momentum based combat forcing you to play better while taking risks for high damage. S1C2.5: Beginner's Tips: Returning(Iceborne) Players World/Iceborne PlayersEarlier I stated I recommend searching up the Switch Skills even if you consider it a spoiler as they can drastically affect your opinion on how your weapon feels as well as your decision making for armor sets. I am once again urging that you search them up. Please keep in mindThis game is not World, do not go in expecting Monster Hunter World. If you play it like World and refuse to use it's new mechanics you will not enjoy it even if you don't find yourself struggling without them. If there's any time to try a new weapon for a fresh experience its now! Weapon Specific NotesOff the top of my head here are some significant changes: Hunting Horn Once again it's been given a large rework and while in World it was considered a "Support Weapon" by the devs its rework gives it access to a lot of hyper armor, and I-Frame moves. In Master Rank it also has access to a Switch Skill that is an amazing wakeup option. It also has new song types that everyone in a hunt will love you for. Insect Glaive In World the skill Brace(Flinch Free) had three tiers and for every tier of Brace equipped you would get 1 invisible point(s) of Earplugs, Wind Resist, and Tremor Resist so long as you have all extracts. In Rise this is no longer tied to the skill and is part of the weapons base kit. On top of this, the "helicopter" playstyle is more difficult as monsters have funny hitboxes, but if you can get over this you can find yourself dealing much more damage with the right setup. While this might sound bad, like every weapon in Rise it gained moves that have iframes allowing the aerial playstyle to actually be more than viable in Master Rank. I don't personally enjoy this weapon but I find the aerial speedruns very interesting. Charge Blade Overall the weapon is a lot harder to play but also has a lot more damage potential. At first you will find SAED feels a lot more difficult to aim. The reason for this is because of an increase in the width you can aim the SAED that comes with the cost of higher accuracy. The vertical hitbox for SAED has also been made smaller which will also take some getting used to. I recommend trying out the Switch Skill that moves the guard points. If you are good enough with the weapon you will find that the new tools allow you to position yourself anywhere for that perfect SAED and deal incredible amounts of elemental damage so long as you strike at the perfect moment. Lance Lance has gotten buffed at the cost of losing my the beloved clutch claw counter. It has many new viable combos other than just poke, poke, poke, (still viable). The Instant Block Switch Skill may feel awkward at first but is amazing once you get used to it and allow you to negate most chip damage and free up many more slots in your build without guard once you get confident with it. Longsword Now with even more parries! Longsword no longer relies solely on Foresight Slash and now has many different parries for you to choose from. In Sunbreak it also gets the Sacred Sheathe which allows for a very different playstyle if you want something more fresh. Quick Sheathe now affects the special sheathe much more than it does in world and landing a parry from special sheathe now moves you up a tier. Switch Axe My beloved Switch Axe now comes with more switching than usual, as everything can almost be chained into anything leaving the weapon feel the most fluid its ever been. The new skill Rapid Morph speeds up and increases the damage of going back and forth between Sword and Axe, making it really all about using both modes. Powering up sword mode now affects axe mode and ZSD now comes with built in Rocksteady (Careful it can get you killed). Skills/Talismans/Set BonusesTalismans are no longer crafted but are instead relegated to an RNG mechanic like in older titles that has the capability to move armor pieces into the trash and make you remake your entire build from scratch. Decorations are now craftable at the smithy and you can even craft skills that were tied to set bonuses in World such as Master's Touch and Razor Sharp. The cost of many skills has increased by which I mean attack and crit eye jewels are now level 2 instead of level 1 and half/half skills are not a thing. Skill Changes Off the top of my head these are some big examples, I recommend looking around yourself. Masters Touch is now only an 80% chance to not lose sharpness on crit. Razor Sharp is now a 50% chance to not lose sharpness. Weakness Exploit has been un-nerfed and now provides 50% crit chance when attacking weakpoints. Attack Boost now gives a percentage attack buff instead of +5% affinity starting at level 4. Resuscitate now gives damage buffs instead of stamina reduction + iframes. Free Meal is now 3 tiers and caps at 50%.Buildmaking + Personal Note While this will be elaborated on in a section of its own, the builds in base game are rather plain but builds in Sunbreak are much more varied and you have MANY more options when it comes to making builds. In general, element is better than raw, though you should still look up which is better for your weapon and keep that in mind while making sets. No matter what your playstyle I'm certain there's a way you can enhance it using the many skills available. One thing I love in this game is how much diversity there is in builds. One of my favorite things to do in this game is just poke around at people's builds and see what they've made with what they've got as well as what kind of playstyle their build compliments. If you are the creative type you will find yourself thriving with all the combinations and ideas. EvasionRoll iframes have been nerfed to the point where I no longer think learning to roll through roars is something you should think about doing all the time without evade window or similar skill. Instead you will want to learn to use your weapon's tools (Parry, Hyper Armor), to punish monsters for yelling at you or doing bad moves. If you still want to play with a dodge focused playstyle there are many skills (Adrenaline Rush, Bladescale Hone, Embolden), that encourage this playstyle. Do note though that dodge roll iframes have a cap now since there are many more skills that increase iframes. Items & Max HPPotions and Mega Potions heal a burst of hp before healing the rest as long as you don't roll out immediately. Poison Smoke Bombs, and Smoke Bombs in general have been nerfed and aren't nearly as useful as they are in World to the point that I don't recommend taking them. Astera Jerky has been replaced by gourmet fish which take longer to eat but also allow your hp bar to heal past the red. I highly recommend keeping these and they can be easily obtained through the Motley Mixing of fish-like items. Max potions no longer increase your max HP but do still fully heal you. The max HP in Rise is higher with the petalace and spiribird system. While in World the max HP is 200 in Rise it's 250 so long as you have certain petalaces, eaten dango, and spiribirds. You also no longer lose the Max HP gained from eating after you die. CapturingCapturing the monster no longer gives you more rewards, instead it shifts the drop rate chances to favor certain parts over others. Please be mindful of what the host might want. I am stressing this very hard as throughout my time in this game there have been numerous moments where somebody begins the capturing process while the host is filling the chat with "don't capture" and they continue to do so even when the chat window is full. You never gained more rewards for capturing in World. Overall, so long as you can get the hang of working in Wirebug moves and adjusting to the loss of your Fatalis armor your playthrough will be a joke difficulty wise. S1C3: Beginner's Tips: Co-Op TeammatesFlinch Free has been mini-reworked, going from a level 3 to 1 deco, it now protects from more friendly fire but also blocks you from being saved. There is another decoration unlocked in Sunbreak called Shockproof which is just a stronger version of Flinch Free that I highly recommend getting when you see it. Shockproof as a decoration stops your attacks from flinching other players and also makes you immune to flinch attempts from others unless stunned/paralyzed upon which it turns itself off until you recover. Pay Attention!During multiplayer a key aspect is paying attention to everyone's health bars and using items like Lifepowder and Dust of Life so long as you have them. Another is the common practice of "sleep bombing" the monster. If the monster is put to sleep by someone with a sleep weapon, a sleeptoad, or some other method it is common practice to "sleep bomb" the monster. The first hit to a monster does double the damage, a prime weapon for this is Greatsword's "True Charged Slash" but almost every weapon has some example of an attack that does high single target damage and a way to land it on a sleeping monster. Don't Dilly Dally!As soon as you load into a Join Request, the monsters HP goes up and the people in the fight have to deal with that. This is where the importance of having a planned spiribird route comes in and you must find a way to minimize the amount of time before you are ready to join the fight. If you need to change your element/eat or something like that in the game options you can setup a shoutout for whenever you're entering your tent. Wyvern Riding in Co-opIf someone is Wyvern Riding you can actually parry the monsters attacks (if your weapon relies on some form of buff) even though they deal 0 damage to you. (This is very niche and I dont recommend actually going out of the way for it.) Usually you want to take this time when someone is riding a monster to stabilize and sharpen for when they finish up. You can take this a step further and do something like pop a demon powder if you have one so everyone does more damage when the monster gets toppled. If your weapon has a battery or charges of some kind you can still gain them while the monster is being ridden. If you're the one riding a monster then please don't wander off even if a high damaging monster is in the next area it might just be nicer for everyone to just wallbang it for damage and keep it in the area you're in. Who knows, the monster in the next area will probably pay a visit during the hunt later anyway. S1C4: Beginner's Tips: The Environment In Rise the environment is your friend there is so much endemic life that can assist you in your hunt. There's a nice list compiled here.[game8.co] The Citadel In Sunbreak there's a few other nice endemic life forms added but there's some specific ones I'd like to mention on the "Citadel" map that you can see in pretty much any speedrun that's on the map and that's what I've nicknamed the Speedrunner zone. Basically in Area 13, not only is there a swamp that doubles the time the monster is stunned in but there's also an endemic life that latches on and explodes wherever they're attached as long as the monster lingers in the swamp. Getting a monster here is very much worth it but I wouldn't go out of your way in multiplayer hunts to do so. Lucky LifeLucky Life can spawn on any quest and can be very nice when it comes to making money and speeding up a grind. Blue Bird Picking up the Blue Bird will increase the quest rewards at the end of the hunt. Money Owl Picking up the Money Owl will increase the amount of money earned at the end of a quest. S1C5: Beginner's Tips: Wyvern Riding WallbangsThe first thing I expect every player to do at least once, I went through many hunts in the base game High Rank, watching in horror as players will send them into open space or even stand still on them for a few seconds literally reading the controls in the bottom right (IN HIGH RANK). If you're going to be at least lazy all I ask is that you send them into a wall at least once. Monster Vs Monster CombatOverall this system is quite like a fighting game, with how monsters perform. Every monster has around 2-4 moves, your light and heavy attacks, as well as attacks that require a movement input like back, or forward + attack button. Some monsters like Teostra have wacky mechanics akin to setplay, others have very good ranged attacks(Rajang), and some even get changes to their moves depending on if they're powered up or not (Malzeno, Magnamalo). I recommend finding whichever move has a blight, using it till the blight is applied, then swapping over to whichever move does the most damage. The main thing you should do is use the attack, as soon as the damage number shows up you press the dodge button to cancel out of the recovery and repeat the process until you're about to run out of time. I recommend waiting until the Mounted Punisher timer is about to run out since it lets you cancel into it much like the emergency dodges. If you play around with it enough you can figure out combos that can be performed before the mounted punisher timer runs out. Monster to Monster If you launch a monster into another monster that hasn't been wyvern ridden in the past 5 minutes you can go from monster to monster. You can expand on this by going doing the usual wallbanging process and using the monster as the final wall to get the most damage out of it. If you do this right it makes most hunts quite easier which is especially nice if you're struggling.

Beetles Starting in Master Rank, the beetles can be found on certain walls on every map. They come in pairs of 2 and add extra damage to a monster if it's wallbanged into them. It also inflicts an elemental blight on them if you attack the beetle with an elemental weapon, ammo, a blightbeetle, or even a monster's elemental attack. Cooldowns+Mounting in General If you're being extra and want to know cooldowns, so long as you're launching one monster into another the cooldown is 5 minutes. The cooldown for a puppet spider though is 10 minutes. If a monster is not the target of the quest it can usually be made rideable with usually just 1 wirebug attack/parry. What if I don't like Wyvern Riding?! In the Game Options you can disable the auto mounting of a monster with your weapon which turns it into a damage window. If everyone in your lobby/hunt has it turned off it will become a damage window. Multiplayer As far as etiquette is concerned don't go out of your way to go monster to monster, try to stick within the same area or at most one area over if there's a lot of damage potential. If you MUST move it, type something like "area 9" in chat. Most of the time in MP 4 people lategame beating on the monster can outdamage Wyvern Riding so the wallbangs into knockdown is more worth it. S1C6: Beginner's Tips: Being Smart Always have Dango ticketsDango tickets increase the chances of you getting your food skills by a drastic amount. You can also have a near infinite amount of them thanks to the Waifu Trader Rondine and her meat. Interacting with her and going to "Exchange for Items" then "Trade Goods" you can buy Raw Meat for 60 points each, buy as much as you're willing to spend before heading over to Yomogi and picking "Motley Mix" and mixing 99 (or however many you picked) Raw Meat. Mixing the meat will cause dialogue to appear and gain Dango tickets in proportion to roughly half the meat you mixed. Optimize your grindIf you're in endgame, most mantles can be acquired from Bahari in exchange for Anomaly coins which can be acquired very easily after a fixed amount of quests with his conditions. If you're playing Solo and absolutely desperate the best way to grind something is equipping yourself with 2 gathering palicos, equipping the skill Good Luck 3 (If you can fit it). Ideally, you also get the blue bird endemic life which increases quest rewards and potentially look into the event quests to check if there is one where the monster has less HP than usual. Don't forget to check your hunter notes to see what you can do to increase the drop rate, via methods like part breaking or capturing. If you're going for basic parts I highly recommend grabbing a gold wirebug, mounting a separate monster, and then fighting your monster. The gold wirebug will make the monsters drop more parts on the ground that you can then pickup. Optimize your pets (If you want)You don't have to do this but I highly recommend optimizing your Palamutes and Palicoes when possible. A good resource for this is the R/MonsterHunterMeta Buddy Guide[docs.google.com]. You would be surprised how good the dogs are when they are actually properly built. Always have a colored wirebugAlways try to have a colored wirebug if possible. Not only do they provide their respective buffs but they speed up your cooldowns making them 15% faster so long as you have one. This buff also tends to stack with other cooldown buffs which makes it even more important. Where do I find good sources?In World even the Fextralife was really shaky and I won't lie, the Rise one is way worse. For some reason, game8 has somehow in my experience been one of the best places for general game knowledge. I don't think their builds are the best, but they are okay but are quite accessible. Overall game knowledge though is where game8 has been very helpful. Of course there's always the classic Kiranico as well but that has its downsides. For builds I'd say just search around on youtube or the MonsterHunterMeta reddit thread and you'll find something that's good. I'll talk about buildmaking in specific later but these are just in general good sources. For me, the data bible usually has the answer to a lot of random stuff I've wondered. Game Knowledge Kiranico Game8 Data Bible[docs.google.com] Builds/Content Creators for Certain Weapons MonsterHunterMeta General Builds Collection While most of them are hard to achieve without cheating I still recommend looking at them to get a sense of what's good for your weapon. Good YT Short on Fundamentals Longsword Switch Axe I might add more in the future we'll see. If you have suggestions link them in the comments. S1C7: Beginner's Tips: Evading Evading is a core mechanic in every monster hunter game whether it be through the use of the superman dive or the new wirebug. Both how you want to use it and how much you use it tends to change per game. Sometimes you want to roll through an attack but most of the time in Rise you want to roll away from it unless your build centers on it and can compensate for the now lack of iframes. In general in Rise Evade Extender > Evade Window unless your build focuses on I-frames. Right here [imgur.com]is a sheet made by Barrusu that has all of the iframes and such for wirebug moves, as well as which ones are affected by Evade Window. Originally this section was supposed to be an extra note included in the sections above this but steam character limits forced me to say otherwise.

翔虫的位移能力让你一旦进入节奏，就能体验到我最喜欢的那种来回拉扯的战斗玩法。 S2C1：曙光：要点 护石 虽然之后你会获得更好的护石，但我认为只要使用那些你确定永远不会用到的资源，就值得一直进行护石炼成。随着你推进主线剧情和进入终局，你会解锁更多更好的炼成类型。 营地 两张新地图各有2个营地，包括初始出生点。丛林的那个营地不是特别有用，但我还是建议解锁；而城塞高地的那个营地则非常实用。我不会告诉你它们的具体位置，你自己去探索发现会更有趣。伙伴侦察点：达到大师等级后解锁。伙伴侦察点本质上相当于快速旅行点，当你靠近可作为侦察点的位置时，会有NPC指出，随后你可以指派一只艾露猫，该侦察点在每次狩猎中可使用一次快速旅行。每张地图上都有多个侦察点，请留意寻找。 餐食：跳跃串烧能让你优化餐食效果。顶部的团子为4级，会获得额外效果；中间的团子为普通效果；底部的团子效果会减弱。我见过有人将“不屈”团子放在底部，之后因未生效而感到困惑，这是因为他们没注意到1级“不屈”实际上只有50%的几率触发保命效果。此外，烤串还会降低食物技能的发动概率，所以记得搭配团子券来提高它们的实际发动几率。 S2C2：曙光：进阶指南 营地 在进阶之前，先解锁每个区域的额外营地。每个区域至少有一个额外营地。如果不知道它们在哪里，在进入大师等级前先查一下，因为这些营地能显著加快移动速度。 新替换技 尝试刚达到大师等级时获得的新替换技。在大师等级更深入后，你还会获得额外的替换技。尝试使用它们，了解是否有特殊属性，大师等级中获得的一些替换技明显比其他替换技好得多，记住这一点。每把武器都有其在特定场合下值得一用的价值。 精通你的武器 当你在《怪物猎人崛起：曙光》中获得更多技能后，届时每把武器的技能组中都应该会有某种形式的超级 armor 或无敌帧招式。如果在《怪物猎人崛起：曙光》初期没有，那么在后续的剧情中也会解锁。我之前说过，现在还要再说一次，我强烈建议你熟悉这些机制，因为掌握它们能让你在躲避伤害的同时更轻松地对怪物进行反击，当怪物也开始拥有各种手段时，这会非常有用。 S2C3：《怪物猎人崛起：曙光》：配装思路 我通常遵循的顺序是，先查看护石和装饰品，利用现有的这些道具来确定一个大致的配装方向，比如是否围绕龙属性转换来构建？想要玩以回避为核心的配装？当然可以！你可以使用【天慧龙】或【钢龙】的相关技能，搭配【肾上腺素】【嗜血】【抖擞】这类提供无敌帧且需要保持不被击中的技能。甚至【泡沫之舞】也能用来维持【凝聚】和【复苏】的效果。《怪物猎人崛起：曙光》中有太多有趣又奇特的配装，我很喜欢看到大家在游戏中探索出各种玩法（如果以后再也没有这种能改变玩法风格的技能，我会很难过的）。之后你可以开始进行客制强化，直到你对自己的配装感到满意为止。不过进行客制强化时要注意，你可能会随机到某个词条，让你不得不彻底重做整个配装。在整体思路上，我倾向于先尽可能点满输出技能，然后再逐步增加防御技能，直到找到一个合适的平衡点。 总的来说，找到一个舒适的平衡点是很好的，这样无论遇到什么情况，你都能找到一种干净、安全、甚至有点无聊的方式在狩猎时间结束前杀死怪物——吧啦吧啦说个不停。 喂，别听这家伙说什么要安全，赌一把才好呢，我们就喜欢赌，喜欢肾上腺素飙升的感觉。你想知道怎么打出真正的高伤害吗？答案很简单【闪电音效】。答案就是自杀技能，那些伴随着真正风险但能带来巨额伤害回报的技能。

Ignore the format I'm bringing these to you in, it's just a joke and not important, instead, decide how much of a risk you're willing to take and experiment with it. It's not inherently a bad build, as long as it does damage and isn't tearing itself apart. ... Woah, thought I lost you there, you were talking to that sketchy guy in the corner, don't worry about him. Where was I? Get creative, mix and match skills, there's a lot of fun to be had in just trying things out. One of my favorite things in this game is just peeking at who's cheating people's builds and thinking about how they play based on the skills they have. While you could go out and find a proper buildmaking guide I'm going to honestly just tell you to have fun with it since this game has a much more loose meta than 4 piece Fatalis. If you want a general idea of what's good I once again recommend looking over at r/MonsterHunterMeta, they aren't right 100% of the time and usually even if something isn't the best that doesn't mean it's bad. At worst they can at least give you a general idea of what's good for your weapon but unless you're cheating I wouldn't go after what they recommend 1:1. TL:DR: Hurt self but hurt monster more. S2C3.5: Sunbreak: Buildmaking Pt 2(Skill Spoilers) The following are skills that are fun and unique in the way they affect the game. Obviously some are better than others but I still would like to advocate trying them since you can have a lot of fun with them and do a lot of damage even with a meme build. There are more skills than these obviously so don't forget about the classics like Weakness/Elemental Exploit, Crit Boost, and Evade Window. Spiribird Caller If you are not speedrunning this is the most goated QoL skill this game has. Every 60 seconds a random spiribird is summoned to you. This is really good, please use it. These next 3 skills require "perfect dodges" which are dodges where your iframes connect with a monster attack hitbox (including roars/wind) as long as this condition is met you can get the buff, even if you still get hit by the attack. Adrenaline Rush Performing a perfect dodge gives you +10/15/30 Attack for 30 seconds. Bladescale Hone Performing a perfect dodge has a 50/75/100% chance of giving you 20 sharpness back/refilling bowgun ammo/giving close range coating a damage buff(bow). Status Trigger Gives all attacks after a perfect dodge the ability to apply status affects instead of the 1/3 for the next 6/9/12 seconds. Buildup Boost Makes it so any attacks that applies status does 5/10/15% more damage. Bloodlust A monster engaging on you gives you the Gore Magala Bloodlust, slowly draining away your HP but giving you damage buffs, stamina cost reduction, and 1/2/3 Iframes until you cure it or for 60/60/90 seconds. Upon curing you heal all your red HP and gain an affinity buff. I recommend looking in the data sheet for it since it gets a bit more quirky than I can easily describe. Frenzied Bloodlust Curing yourself of Bloodlust gives you an extra wirebug (allowing you to reach a new max of 4) but only for 30/60/90 seconds which drains faster if your weapon is sheathed. Dereliction Qurio follow you and drain your HP as the fight goes on, more qurio means more element/attack depending on Red/Blue scroll and swapping scrolls will have you eat them for HP depending on how are following you. This is one of the best DPS skills to use but also one of the least comfortable. Redirection Turns your scroll swap into a parry that on successful use refills half a wirebug gauge. The flip from a scroll swap can also trigger perfect dodge skills. This skill is very fun and I highly recommend trying it out. Embolden A quirky skill that gives you more defence and iframes when you're being targeted by the monster. It also tells you whenever a monster is targeting you specifically through the "Embolden has activated" which can be nice against very mobile monsters who circle around before attacking. Intrepid Heart This skill should be illegal for being at the cost of a level 1/3 decoration slot. Basically by landing hits you fill a gauge that gives you 1 hit of hyper armor with 50/70% damage reduction. I swear this skill has made me worse at the game by just reducing the damage I take when I do something stupid. Dragon Conversion A skill that makes Defence Boost(Level 6) and Elemental res suddenly no longer write-off skills. On the Red scroll all elemental defence is converted to elemental attack. If you land a certain amount of "continuous" hits while on the Blue scroll you'll get a buff to elemental res for all elements that stays when you go back to red until you either die or swap back to blue. The cap for the amount of elemental resistance you can feed this skill is quite high. Furious Attacking the monster on Red scroll builds up a fury meter that when full, gives you infinite stamina when you swap to blue. On top of that it also gives you defence and elemental res when you're on Red scroll (This works really well with Dragon Conversion). Dragonheart At level 5 when you're below 80% HP all of your elemental resistances get SET to 50 and you gain a unique dragonblight that nullifies non dragon element and increases your attack by 10%. Bubbly Dance At level 3 dodging a few times consecutively(iirc its 3) afflicts bubbleblight which now gives you the effects of Evade Window 2. On top of that this skill is pretty useful for proccing Rescucitate and Coalescence. Mail of Hellfire When you're on Red scroll you get attack buffs but lose defence and when you're on Blue scroll you gain element but lose elemental resistance. Very fun but also be careful you will randomly get one shot by fireballs. we love negative elem resistance[imgur.com](It's actually not that bad) Blood Rite This skill is basically the reworked Lifesteal from MHW now working only off of broken monster parts. Capcom did their classic nerf strategy of buffing it but making it so you have to work harder for it. The new numbers for the skill at levels 1/2/3 are 3/6/10%, for comparison World Lifesteal augment is 7%. Blood Awakening Blood Rite is basically mandatory for this skill but it gives you big buff for as long as you keep healing through lifesteal you will get damage buffs. The cap for this skill unlike a lot of other damage skills is +40 Raw and +30 Element. Berserk This skill is one of my favorites design wise since it drastically affects how you play the game. Turning your entire HP bar to red but making it so your HP drains over time whenever youre on the blue scroll. The drain increases massively whenever you take damage but you also can't die whenever you have Red in your HP bar. Swapping to Red Scroll heals you for half of your Red bar and stops the drain. Strife Is hard-coded to work with the above skill. Strife gives you more elemental damage based on how much red your HP bar has. As a bonus, at level 3 it gives you infinite stamina if you have the max amount of red it can provide elemental damage for. Heaven Sent This is one of my favorite skills since it rewards playing well. Basically if you don't get hit but stay close to the monster for a certain amount of time dependant on melee/ranged weapons you get a buff that decreases the damage of the next time you get hit, halves stamina costs, and the ability to scroll swap to restore sharpness/reload ammo/remove status ailments. The buff is lost if you get hit. Sneak Attack This skill is quirky since it gives a percentage buff for attacking "behind the monster". What actually counts as behind is quite lenient. The buff is very nice being 5/10/20% more damage. This skills is really good if you're focusing a tail. Frostcraft It's back from Iceborne, now as a skill, the more levels of it, the more bars, the more bars, the more damage. Grinder (S) Opens up some unique weapon options as it boosts damage relative to the number of types of sharpness restored from sharpening. Foray You get 10/10/15 attack and 0/10/20% affinity when a monster is suffering an elemental blight or status. Burst Keep attacking to get more buffs. Really good on some weapons, very mid on others. Powder Mantle As you hit the monster, a powdered glow will appear on your character, starting in orange, if the monster hits you the powder explodes and the monster takes damage. However, should you not get hit, the powder will turn blue, and your next hit will deal massive damage based on your raw. (This skill is worth having 1 point in almost always) All breakdowns for numbers can be found in the datamine by dtlnor.[docs.google.com] So if you have any questions on things check there. S2C4: Sunbreak: Navigating the RNG Meta While I could rant about how much I despise cheating in this game and how so many people who cheat for augments and talismans don't even look up what's legal, (I have seen so many people with Dereliction 3 on one armor piece.) I'm going to instead say that you should try working with what you have. Here's what I recommend in regards to navigating the RNG endgame systems: Step 1: Always be melding talismans if you aren't going to be using those materials. Step 2: If you roll a qurious crafting augment that's insane but not one you want its honestly just worth it to go out of your way to craft another of the same piece and just roll on that instead. This is "fake" advice but if you haven't looked up what min-maxed talismans look like don't do it, ignorance is bliss. be happy with what you have and get excited when you get something better. At the end of the day you can play the game you want to, but just be aware that by bringing a more than min-maxed HBG build and ending the hunt way way sooner can be kind of a bummer for some people. I understand the frustrations with RNG systems and don't think it's too unreasonable but most of the time when people cheat, the builds they make are so obviously cheated. Instead I am simply going to plea that if you are going to cheat, at least be reasonable and try to keep it to something like a point in 1-2 different skills per armor piece and actually following a guide for what the game considers legal. S2C5: Sunbreak: Anomalies Anomalies are one of the mechanics of all time but overall I like this mechanic since it at least tries to incentivise hunting different monsters every now and then by offering bonus rewards and XP to certain monsters. I honestly just recommend having someone to taxi you by hosting an anomaly quest that's really good and just 1 level below the next break-point. For example if you're AR 61 they would host one that's AR 80. Do be careful though that with this you might miss a part or two but you can easily grab it yourself by just posting the quest. The more negative modifiers a quest has the more rewards and anomaly XP you get from completing it. You can also gain more xp by joining SOS flares for them and picking up items marked by the shiny red dots in hunts(though they aren't worth going out of your way for just grab them if they're along the path). If you're gonna hard grind it you want one with multiple difficult monsters weak to the same element, a lower amount of time and less feints. Doing the same hunt over and over can be mentally draining and I recommend doing a few types if you can but its up to you. Though the max level is 300 you don't have to reach that unless you're a masochist since you have all unlocks available at 241. Technically at 220 if you have a friend who is past 241 they can post level 241+ quests as the restrictions on joining cap out at 220. S2C6: Sunbreak: Post-Story Stuff After you beat the story for Sunbreak a lot of NPCs will want to talk to you, many of them with urgent quests which can be identified by the red speech bubble. The order they came out in, as well as the order I'd recommend doing them is as follows: Seething Bazelgeuse Silver Rathalos Gold Rathian Lucent Nargacuga Flaming Espinas Violet Mizutsune Chaotic Gore Magala Velkhana Amatsu Primordial Malzeno Though there are other urgent quests they are tied to MR and I just recommend doing them as you unlock them. Do you have to do them in this order? Definitely not, if you think some monsters seem cooler than others, don't be afraid to give them a go. The only monsters I would recommend saving for last are Amatsu and Primordial Malzeno since they kind of stand out from the others, but only a little bit and you should fight them when you're ready for it. Most of these monsters have unique armor skills that are very fun to play with so I recommend killing them all at least once so you can look at the fun tools they offer. Once again I am going to tell you to really take a step back and think of some fun builds using the tools they have given you. The real monsters you want to prepare for are found in the Risen Monsters and their high-level Anomaly investigations Hazard variants. S3C0: Roadblocks & Getting Past Them Personally I truly don't think roadblocks exist as much in this game as they do in prior Monster Hunter games due to all the methods that can be used to give openings or deal bonus damage allowing you to kill a monster for now while you learn the fight later. On top of this I think RiseBreak is very fundamentals based in that as long as you know your weapon, your switch skills, your build, and your wirebug moves, you should be able to overcome any challenge by just repeatedly running it back or doing some analyzing of your own build/gameplay. There are some monsters I will provide information for regardless since some of them are really just built different and because I polled a decent group of friends, veterans, and newcomers with what they struggled with throughout their journey (Wow what an excellent and reliable data source that is surely telling of what everyone struggles with). However in general always remember that you can use these tools in a hunt if you are really struggling: - Max spiribirds (baby advice I admit) - Is the monster just checking if you can superman dive? (Diablos/Espinas) - Forming a plan using Hunting Helpers (e.g use a Spider to knock it over, then thunderblight it while its down.) - Min-Maxed Wyvern Riding - Adjusting your build, think about what problems you had, did you run out of sharpness and start bouncing? Try getting more sharpness or changing the interactions your sharpness has with protective polish/razor sharp. Getting hit too often? Try adding Evade Window, Evade Extender, maybe even Redirection. Not doing enough damage? perhaps something comfy must go. If you do seem to be struggling with a certain monster not listed please leave a comment below and I will consider giving it a segment or at the very least offering advice. S3C1: Roadblocks: Magnamalo In general my advice for this monster is to stick to either his front or his back, never in between. Magnamalo has some devious attacks, pay attention to his full body if possible, as he likes to use his weight and continue attacking just when you think his chain might end. As you progress his laser beam will change starting in HR and MR where he will fire off 2 blasts instead of 1. I recommend learning to iframe it on reaction or using evasive skill since it has a nice punish window. The main move I would say to keep an eye on is his grab, especially with hazard Magnamalo. He can, and will juggle you if you let him and I will never forget the first time this happened to me and the shock that came with it. The other main move to look out for is the dive bomb signified by him jumping backwards and then forming gas clouds before charging, which I just recommend superman diving consecutively but you should only need to do it twice. One of my favorite interactions on launch was in an SOS flare where someone joined and got 1 shot and typed in chat "wtf that one-shot me" and someone just said "Yeah he has damage now". Overall he's not that crazy and even if he seems scary with how much he moves around I promise you he is quite punishable once you learn his chains. In regards to Hellfire Blight. You can usually do this once, maybe twice if you have Hellfire Cloak or get hit a lot. Sheathing and performing a Wiredash will leave a Hellfire Orb at the point you started dashing at. Should Magnamalo or any other monster set off the Hellfire orb they will get knocked down the first time they set it off, and once more if they set the orb off 7-8 more times. S3C2: Roadblocks: Crimson Glow Valstrax I love this guy. Actually just peak monster design. Valstrax is an amazing fight with clear, but sometimes sneaky tells that you might not pick up on. The first big piece of advice I have is to make sure that you can always see his front half. Especially if you're attacking his hind legs/tail as he likes to do a peek before doing a 180 and trying to stake you. When he does the attack (you know the one) I mean THE attack, just superman dive as he starts coming towards you or parry it if you wanna be fancy and get a clip(its a better clip if you get obliterated though). SC3: Roadblocks: Espinas/Flaming Espinas RegularI love this monster. I love the idea of a monster having 3 blights on a fireball and surely one day they'll give us another one haha (Please Capcom I'll do anything just give me more funny monsters.) The main thing I see people struggling with is when he decides to spam the charge and run around to which the main thing I'd suggest is to superman dive and just take note of when he's done. He usually does 3 charges before stopping. Flaming EspinasHonestly I find the variant easier to deal with due to the toxic being gone. For this guy I recommend paying attention to his legs when he starts doing the startup for the nova. Make sure you also watch out for the followup. HazardThe Hazard version reverts the startup of his charge move back to the frontier status of almost being instant as well as a couple other small things. Be very careful with your positioning. S3C3: Roadblocks: Malzeno I've never thought this guy was too bad but I still love this fight. Despite what I think I have seen plenty of newcomers to the series struggle to beat him. My first piece of advice is to play patient, he has combos that seem scary but then he has to stop and breathe for a quick bit. That breath is your window. S3C4: Roadblocks: Risen Crimson Glow Valstrax (You are never safe) To quote my friend(Longsword) the first time we fought him, "He just keeps going, I'm running out of parries." Keep an eye on his wings at all times, they are the main source of danger and usually you can tell what move he is doing based on the wings alone. This Valstrax has many moves to catch wirefalls so be very careful timing your use of them. I highly recommend Evade Extender over Evade Window in this fight but it's not that bad if you learn it and weave in some Scroll Swapping. I'm not gonna speak on the nova move, you should experience it yourself :) If you are struggling with this fight then I might recommend sticking around the tail until you learn his moves. S3C5: Roadblocks: Risen Shagaru Magala You are (not) safe from Risen Shagaru, he will cross the arena in the blink of an eye if he has too. Personally I find Risen Valstrax harder but this guy definitely takes second place imo. Like Risen Valstrax, the tail is a relatively safe place if you haven't learned the fight yet but make sure you are paying attention. Rather than deleting you through damage (which he still can), Risen Shagaru will tend to place you in stressful situations that are difficult to escape from, placing explosive frenzy clouds on you after knocking you over and using his massive area of effect attacks. Depending on what you struggle with there are a few pieces of advice I can offer. S3C6: Roadblocks: Primordial Malzeno During the first phase Malzeno will poke with his wings, the hitboxes of which are leniant enough to dodge through, especially with any form of evade window. This monster is mostly a test of patience once the phase 2 begins. During this second phase he will steal his turn constantly until he burns himself out. Watch your Wirefalls, he has moves designed to catch them. I recommend chaining superman dives during his combos if you're really struggling, otherwise just keep running at him figuring out what works and what doesn't. This monster does not want you to play fair, this is a game with a lot of OP things on the hunter end, and this monster wants you to use them. The Special Investigation variation is probably one of the hardest monsters I've ever had to fight in the franchise with how extreme he is and giving advice other than "play well" is difficult. Overall he is a test of patience. IGNORANCE IS BLISS Do not over-research the RNG mechanics, be happy with the augments and talismans you get. Your brain will be negatively affected any time you get a talisman and see that it is not min-maxed despite the fact that it's rare. Be happy with what you have. Embrace creativity with what you get, let your imagination run wild with the possibilities, this is the only game that's like this. S4C0: Wrapping Up (Grouped by Association) Special Thanks to: Banan Taco Loukas Denny Rusty Athena Leo Spafflez Endlu Dasher Seka (Modding goat) Trico (and friends) Goose Daniel(Daniel) Low key I hate these steam character limits they are stopping me from yapping.