All Weapons and Tier List

Here's a list and guide to all weapons in Monster Hunter Now. Check out the best weapons in MH Now and their tier list rankings here!

Weapon Tier List

All Weapon Types Ranked

S Tier	Sword and Shield Bow
A Tier	Long Sword Dual Blades Charge Blade
B Tier	Hammer Lance Great Sword Light Bowgun

Tier List Criteria

Ease of Use and DPS Potential are the two factors considered in creating this tier list for weapons. It's important to deal as much damage as possible within the time limit, so we chose the weapons that deal the most damage while being easy to pick up.

The Best Weapon: Sword and Shield

The Sword and Shield deals significant damage while still being easy to use! This weapon is ideal for beginner hunters or those who want to hunt down monsters quickly and efficiently.

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Sword and Shields

Tiers	Sword and Shields
S Tier	Flame Knife	Aqua Messer
	Usurper's Firebolt	Glacial Grace
A Tier	Blazing Edge	Queen Rose
	Blooming Knife	Jagras Edge
	Thunder Edge	Icicle Spike
B Tier	Carapace Edge	Lumu Knife
	Girros Knife	Spiked Edge
	Princess Rapier	-
C Tier	Hunter's Knife	Bone Kukri

Specializing in responsiveness, the Sword and Shield bolsters a quick and varied moveset where you can freely dodge and block attacks at a moment's notice.

The Sword and Shields having high elemental values were ranked high in the tier list. These weapons can deal significant damage and can quickly end a hunt.

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Dual Blades

Tiers	Dual Blades
S Tier	Usurper's Fulgur	Madness Pangas
	Blazing Hatchets	Freeze Daggers
A Tier	Diablos Hatchets	Thanatos Mauls
	Pulsar Hatchets	Blizzarioths
B Tier	Rending Beaks	Mammoth Direbones
C Tier	Matched Slicers	Bone Hatchets

Dual Blades are quick and deal plenty of damage if you can stay aggressive. Demon Mode makes Dual Blades powerful, but the stamina management aspect makes it trickier to master compared to other weapons.

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Great Swords

Tiers	Great Swords
S Tier	Flame Blade	Freeze Blade
	Severing Bolt	Aqua Slasher
A Tier	Flammenzahn	Jagras Blade
	Thunder Blade	Icicle Fang
B Tier	Carapace Buster	Blooming Blade
	Girros Blade	Spiked Blade
	Mammoth Greataxe	-
C Tier	Buster Sword	Bone Blade

Charge up and slay monsters with heavy blows with the Great Sword!

The Great Sword's charged attacks deal significant damage to monsters. However, monster attacks will stop you from charging up, making it harder to deal damage before the timer runs out. Using this weapon requires you to have advanced knowledge and experience in the game.

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Long Swords

Tiers	Long Swords
S Tier	Wyvern Blade "Fall"	Glacial Shotel
	Usurper's Boltslicer	Jyura Shotel
A Tier	Blazing Shotel	Wyvern Blade "Blossom"
	Wyvern Blade "Leaf"	Mammoth Longblade
	Pulsar Shotel	Ambertooth
B Tier	First Dance
C Tier	Iron Katana	Bone Shotel

Unveil your expertise in combat by unleashing counterattacks against monsters with the Long Sword.

The Long Sword's reach is far enough to be safe against close-range attacks from monsters. The Foresight Slash will take some time to get used to, but this technique is a great way to quickly get back to dealing damage after evading.

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Hammers

Tiers	Hammers
S Tier	Chaos Shatterer	Blazing Hammer
	Usurper's Thunder	Aqua Hammer
	Glacial Bash	-
A Tier	Diablos Sledge	Thunder Hammer
	Blooming Hammer	-
B Tier	Bone Spike	Girros Hammer
	Kulu Beak	Carapace Sledge
	Mammoth Hoof	-
C Tier	Iron Hammer	Bone Bludgeon

The king of K.O. The Hammer destroys monsters before they get stunned from the heavy blunt damage it inflicts.

The Hammer does serious damage, and its Special Skill, Spinning Bludgeon, has a wide reach. However, using this weapon makes your movement slow, which opens you up to more monster attacks. This will affect the damage you can do within the time limit.

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Lances

Tiers	Lances
S Tier	Flame Lance	Glacial Lance
	Aqua Horn	Thunderpierce
A Tier	Blooming Lance	Carapace Lance
	Tusk Lance	Thunder Lance
B Tier	Kulu Lance
C Tier	Iron Lance	Bone Lance

The Lance is a fairly safe weapon to use, thanks to its strong guarding ability, powerful counter-thrust, and simple damage loop involving triple thrusts. The Lance does take some getting used to, as the weapon can feel clunky for beginners who aren't familiar with all its options.

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Charge Blades

Tiers	Lances
S Tier	Rathsblade	Everfrost Blade
	Mudslide Blade	Usurper's Lightning
	Thanatos Force	-
A Tier	Azure Soulbrand	Weissritter
	Pulsar Strongarm	Diablos Wall
B Tier	Jagras Strongarm	Girros Strongarm
	Dear Lutemis	Dear Hecatel
	Garon Strongarm	-
C Tier	Proto Commission Axe	Bone Strongarm

The Charge Blade is a challenging weapon to master but can deal lots of damage when used well. Although it's powerful, some of its moves like the SAED have long animations that can cause you to run out of time if you're not careful.

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Light Bowguns

Tiers	Light Bowguns
S Tier	Flame Blitz	Snow Blitz
	Usurper's Crime	Madness Rifle
A Tier	Blazing Rifle	Jagras Blitz
	Blizzard Cannon	Thunder Blitz
B Tier	Lumu Blitz	Carapace Rifle
	Mammoth Bowgun	-
C Tier	Chain Blitz	Hunter's Rifle

Suppress monsters in long ranges with the Light Bowgun as you bombard them with varying ammo types. The Light Bowgun is a great long-ranged damage dealer. Take advantage of a monster's elemental weakness by crafting different Light Bowguns for every element!

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Bows

Tiers	Hammers
S Tier	Rosen Arrow	Rathslinger
	Glacial Arrow	Usurper's Rumble
	Aqua Arrow	Galebender
A Tier	Blazing Bow	Blooming Arch
	Pulsar Bow	Diablos Bow
	Icicle Blizzard	-
B Tier	Princess Arrow	Kulu Arrow
	Mammoth Greatbow	-
C Tier	Iron Bow	Hunter's Bow

Weave across the battlefield while showering monsters in a deadly rain of arrows! The Bow can deal consistent damage, but most of the time, it will require you to be closer to the monster than you usually would with ranged weapons. Learning to dodge and time your attacks will make the Bow deadly.

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Useful Weapon Guides

Unlock Weapons by Progressing Story Quests Elemental Weapons are the Best Weapons

Unlock Weapons by Progressing Story Quests

You can unlock weapons in Monster Hunter Now by progressing through the story quests. All hunters start with the Sword and Shield, while the rest of the weapons can be unlocked during Chapter 2.

How to Get New Weapons

Elemental Weapons are the Best Weapons

If you are aiming to deal the most damage, the best way is to use an elemental weapon your target monster is weak to.

Elemental weapons paired with the proper elemental attack skill (e.g., Fire Attack) provide a great deal of bonus damage.

The damage you get from elemental attack skills far surpasses that from other raw attack-boosting skills at lower grades and can keep up with other skills, such as Critical Eye, later on.

Elements Guide: Elemental Damage Explained

Skill Comparison: Attack Boost vs Elemental Attack

Attack Boost vs. Elemental Attack Skill
Skill Level		Attack Boost				Elemental Attack
1		+20 Attack				+50 Elemental Attack
2		+40 Attack				+100 Elemental Attack
3		+60 Attack				+200 Elemental Attack
4		+80 Attack				+350 Elemental Attack
5		+120 Attack				+500 Elemental Attack

Downside of Elemental Builds

It is important to note that elemental damage does not work against monsters that are not weak to that element.

Therefore, you would have to forge and upgrade multiple weapons and armor for each weapon type and/or element, making these very resource-intensive.

As many materials from gathering points are shared across many weapons and armor as upgrade material, we do not recommend forging and crafting non-elemental weapons in the long run, unless you want to conserve materials and stick to a single weapon.

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