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┗ Kushala Daora | Basarios | Khezu
Here are the best Gunlance Builds in Monster Hunter Now. Check out the best early game build, the best Gunlance builds for each shelling type, and the best skills to equip in this guide!
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Early Game Build | ||
Normal Shelling | Long Shelling |
Wide Shelling |
Weapon | ATK | AFF | ELE |
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207 | 0% | None | |
Armor | Skills | ||
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▸ Lock On Lv. 1 | ||
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▸ Artillery Lv.1 | ||
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▸ Sneak Attack Lv.1 | ||
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Fortify
Lv.1 ▸ Rising Tide Lv.1 |
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▸ Artillery Lv.1 |
The pieces above will be easy to craft, making this the optimal build for the early game. You already get two levels of Artillery with Basarios and hunts are more convenient with the Lock On skill.
Weapon | ATK | AFF | ELE |
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(At least Grade 6) |
615 | 0% | ![]() |
Armor | Skills | ||
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Evasive Concentration
Lv. 1 ▸ Burst Lv. 1 |
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▸ Artillery Lv.2 | ||
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Burst
Lv.2 ▸ Lock On Lv. 1 |
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Burst
Lv.1 ▸ Poison Resistance Lv. 1 |
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Artillery
Lv.1 ▸ Guard Lv. 1 |
The Normal Shelling Gunlance requires you to focus more on landing Burst Fire (or Full Bursts) often. Although the Burst skill doesn't boost shelling damage, it's easy to activate and can boost the Wyrmstake Cannon damage with the full combo.
Weapon | ATK | AFF | ELE |
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(At least Grade 6) |
475 | -30% | ![]() |
Armor | Skills | ||
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▸ Focus Lv. 2 | ||
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▸ Artillery Lv.2 | ||
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Resentment
Lv.1 ▸ Focus Lv. 1 |
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▸ Focus Lv.1 | ||
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Artillery
Lv.1 ▸ Guard Lv. 1 |
The Long Shelling Gunlance has the strongest charged shells and longest range, making them good for shelling-focused builds. It's possible to speed up the charge time using the Focus skill.
The Basarios pieces in the build, after upgrading it to the required grades, will give you 3 levels of Artillery. Upgrading the Insatiable Gunlance from Deviljho to Grade 8 will give you another.
Armor | Skills | ||
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Lock On
Lv. 1 ▸ Weakness Exploit Lv. 2 |
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▸ Artillery Lv.2 | ||
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▸ Critical Boost Lv.2 | ||
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▸ Critical Eye Lv.2 | ||
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Artillery
Lv.1 ▸ Guard Lv. 1 |
The Wide Shelling Gunlance will have you focus more on poke-shelling attack style. With this in mind, we focus more on putting points into Artillery to improve shelling while adding general damage boosting skills for the thrusts which can crit.
The combination of Weakness Exploit and Lock On from the Coral Pukei Pukei helm will make it easier for you to deal significant damage to weakspots. You can replace the Pukei Lagoon Hat with the Kulu Headpiece if you don't have the materials.
Below are the weapons you can use for the Wide Shelling Gunlance build. You can switch up between these weapons depending on the monster you're hunting.
Weapon | ATK | AFF | ELE |
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(At least Grade 6) |
615 | 0% | None |
(At least Grade 6) |
475 | 0% | ![]() |
(At least Grade 6) |
430 | 0% | ![]() |
(At least Grade 6) |
433 | 10% | ![]() |
Skill | Explanation / Recommended Level |
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Artillery | Your Gunlance shell attacks improves with this skill equipped, increasing your DPS further. At level 3, it adds an extra ammo, so be sure to prioritize this skill before anything else. Priority: ★★★ |
Focus | Focus is good for Long Gunlances that want to fire off charged shells as fast as possible. Otherwise, this skill doesn't always help the Gunlance. Priority: ★★☆ |
Burst | Burst is good for Normal Gunlances as it is easily activated after a full burst and can be comboed to a stronger Wyrmstake Cannon. Priority: ★★☆ |
Guard | This skill lessens the impact and damage you receive from blocked hits. This is more of a convenience skill. The short hunt times will have you focus more on attacking rather than guarding. Priority: ★☆☆ |
Special Boost | Wyvern's Fire is a powerful special skill exclusive to the Gunlance. This skill can help improve it's damage by a lot, so when you can, slot it in! Priority: ★☆☆ |
Critical Eye | Critical Eye boosts your normal attacks in-between shell attacks. This can boost your DPS in a hunt. Only consider this skill for builds that don't fully rely on shelling as only regular Gunlance attacks can crit. Priority: ★☆☆ |
Weakness Exploit | This skill is the more efficient affinity-providing skill. However, it only works when you hit a monster's weak point, which you will be most of the time. Priority: ★☆☆ |
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