Mastering the Monster Hunter Now Great Sword: A Sleep-Focused Build Guide
The Great Sword in Monster Hunter Now is a powerful weapon, capable of devastating blows. However, its size can make it unwieldy. This guide details a build maximizing its potential using the sleep element.
Optimizing Your Great Sword Build
Unlike the Long Sword's poison focus, the Great Sword excels with sleep. This build requires materials from a relatively rare monster, but the majority of the equipment comes from more common hunts.
Complete Great Sword Build Breakdown
| Item | Effect |
|---|---|
| Weapon: Frilled Blade | Sleep Element; Evade Extender I (Grade 8) |
| Helmet: Nightshade Paolumu Helmet | Rude Awakener I (Grade 5), Rude Awakener II (Grade 8), Driftstone Slot (Grade 8) |
| Mail: Tzitzi-Ya-Ku Mail | Status Sneak Attack (Grade 2), Artful Dodger (Grade 4), Driftstone Slot (Grade 5) |
| Vambraces: Tzitzi-Ya-Ku Vambraces | Status Sneak Attack I (Grade 2), Status Sneak Attack II (Grade 4), Driftstone Slot (Grade 5) |
| Coil: Tzitzi-Ya-Ku Coil | Evade Extender (Grade 2), Status Sneak Attack (Grade 4), Driftstone Slot (Grade 5) |
| Greaves: Nightshade Paolumu Greaves | Rude Awakener (Grade 5), Status Sneak Attack (Grade 6), Driftstone Slot (Grade 5) |
Weapon Choice: The Frilled Blade
The Frilled Blade is the optimal sleep-based Great Sword. Its Evade Extender skill enhances defensive maneuvers, crucial for this weapon's slower attack speed. This weapon requires Somnacanth materials.
Helmet and Greaves: Leveraging Nightmare Paolumu
The Nightmare Paolumu, introduced in an earlier event, provides key components. Its parts offer Rude Awakener (all three levels), significantly boosting damage against sleeping monsters. While less common now, it remains obtainable through events or rare spawns.
Mail, Vambraces, and Coil: Maximizing Status Sneak Attack
The remaining pieces primarily focus on Status Sneak Attack, guaranteeing sleep buildup with rear attacks. Points in Evade Extender and Artful Dodger further enhance survivability. The Tzitzi-Ya-Ku, easily tracked with paintballs, provides these materials.
Optimizing Driftstone Slots
This build benefits from a low Driftstone slot requirement. Five Sleep Attack slots are ideal, but you can also enhance dodging (Artful Dodger, Evade Extender) or rear attack damage (Sneak Attack).
- Sleep Attack (Azure): Increases sleep buildup (50 at rank 1, 150 at rank 5).
- Sneak Attack (Pale): Boosts damage from rear attacks (10% at rank 1, 30% at rank 5).
- Artful Dodger (Azure): Improves evasion ease.
- Evade Extender (Pale): Increases evasion distance.
This build transforms the Great Sword into a sleep-inducing powerhouse. Remember to adapt your strategy based on the monster's behavior.
