Monster Hunter: Ultimate Great Sword Build Unveiled for Maximum Damage

Mastering the Monster Hunter Now Great Sword: A Sleep-Based Build Guide

The Great Sword in Monster Hunter Now is a powerful weapon, capable of delivering devastating blows. However, its size can make it unwieldy. This guide details a build maximizing its potential using sleep effects.

Optimizing Your Great Sword Build

Unlike the Long Sword's poison focus, this Great Sword build leverages the sleep element for maximum damage. While requiring materials from a rare monster, the majority of equipment comes from more common hunts.

Complete Great Sword Build

Weapon Choice: The Frilled Blade

The Frilled Blade is the optimal sleep-based Great Sword. Its Evade Extender skill enhances defensive maneuvers, crucial for the Great Sword's slower attack speed. Somnacanth materials are needed for its crafting.

Helmet and Greaves: Nightmare Paolumu

The Nightmare Paolumu, from a paid event, provides crucial components. Its parts offer Rude Awakener (increasing damage to sleeping monsters by 100% on the first hit), a key skill for this build. While rarer, they are more accessible now.

Mail, Vambraces, and Coil: Tzitzi-Ya-Ku

These pieces focus on Status Sneak Attack, maximizing sleep buildup from rear attacks. Additional skills include Evade Extender and Artful Dodger for improved evasion. Tzitzi-Ya-Ku, easily located with the paintball tracker, is the source for these materials.

Optimizing Driftstone Slots

This build benefits from its accessible Driftstone slots. Prioritize Sleep Attack (Azure) for increased sleep buildup. Alternatively, enhance evasion (Artful Dodger and 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): Increases damage from rear attacks (10% at rank 1, 30% at rank 5).
• Artful Dodger (Azure): Improves evasion.
• Evade Extender (Pale): Extends evasion distance.

This guide provides a comprehensive strategy for a powerful and effective Great Sword build in Monster Hunter Now. Remember to adapt your Driftstone slots based on your playstyle and needs.