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Best Hunting Horn Builds and Armor

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Hunting Horn Builds and Best Armor

This is a full list of builds for the Hunting Horn in Monster Hunter Wilds (MHWilds). Learn about the best Hunting Horn builds for High Rank and Low Rank, as well as the best Skill and Armor Pieces to use with the Hunting Horn!

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High Rank Hunting Horn Builds
Low Rank Hunting Horn Builds
Best Hunting Horn Skills
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High Rank Hunting Horn Builds

High Rank	Build Name
HR100++ (TU3)	NEW Lagi-Guts Raw-Ele HH Build
HR50++ (TU2)	Zoh Guts Peak HH Build
HR50++ (TU1)	Rey-Zoh Agitator Burst HH Build
HR50++ (TU2)	Gore-Lagi Frenzy Bolt HH Build
HR50++ (TU1)	Zoh Shia Burst HH Build
HR50++ (TU1)	Comfy Zoh Raw HH Build
HR36++	Frenzy Partbreaker Agitator HH Build
HR21 - HR40	Agitator Burst HH Build
HR9 - HR20	Mixed Foray HH Build

Note that if you are still comfortable with a previous build you're using, you can skip some builds. This is a suggested build progression that you can follow until endgame.

Zoh Guts Peak Hunting Horn Build

Omiltika	Lagiacrus Helm β Udra Miremail γ Rey Sandbraces γ Lagiacrus Coil β Duna Wildgreaves γ Golden Age Charm
An endgame Lagi-Guts HH build that maximizes raw and elemental damage. Uses Nu Udra γ chestpiece.

Lagi-Guts Raw-Ele HH Build Details

Zoh Guts Peak Hunting Horn Build

Omiltika	Numinous Crown β Duna Wildmail γ Rey Sandbraces γ Numinous Overlay β Duna Wildgreaves γ Golden Age Charm
An endgame Hunting Horn build going all in on Peak Performance, featuring Guts (Tenacity). Uses an Appraised Talisman.

Zoh Guts Peak HH Build Details

Rey-Zoh Agitator Burst Hunting Horn Build

Blazing Gariel	Rey Sandhelm γ Numinous Shroud β Rey Sandbraces γ Numinous Overlay β Rey Sandgreaves γ Chain Charm II
This is an endgame Hunting Horn Build that focuses increasing raw attack by building into Agitator 5, Burst 5, and using 3 pieces of Rey Dau γ for Guts (Tenacity).

Rey-Zoh Agitator Burst HH Build Details

Gore-Lagi Frenzy Bolt Hunting Horn Build

Lagia Thunderpeal	Lagiacrus Helm β Gore Mail β Rey Sandbraces γ Lagiacrus Coil β Gore Greaves β Challenger Charm II
A high raw and high affinity endgame HH build with high Thunder Element. Uses Lagiacrus and Gore pieces.

Gore-Lagi Frenzy Bolt HH Build Details

Zoh Shia Burst Hunting Horn Build

Omiltika	Numinous Crown β Gore Mail α Gore Vambraces α Numinous Overlay β Mizutsune Greaves β Chain Charm II
This is an HR50++ Hunting Horn build maximizing the skills Burst and Agitator through Zoh Shia, Gore, and Mizutsune pieces.

Zoh Shia Burst HH Build Details

Comfy Zoh Raw Hunting Horn Build

Queen Chordmaker	Numinous Crown β Numinous Shroud α G. Arkveld Vambraces β Numinous Overlay β Numinous Greaves β Evasion Charm IV
This is an endgame comfy Hunting Horn Build that uses 4x Zoh Shia for Super Recovery 2, then adds in Evade Window, Earplugs, and Divine Blessing.

Comfy Zoh Raw HH Build Details

Frenzy Partbreaker Agitator Hunting Horn Build

Omiltika	G. Arkveld Helm β Gore Mail α Gore Vambraces α Ajarakan Coil β Dahaad Shardgreaves β Challenger Charm II
This High Rank endgame build for the Hunting Horn focuses on Partbreaker and Agitator with other offensive skills such as Burst, and affinity-boosting skills such as Antivirus and Maximum Might.

Frenzy Partbreaker Agitator HH Build Details

Agitator Burst Hunting Horn Build

Artian Sounder I	G. Ebony Helm β Blango Mail β G. Ebony Braces α Blango Coil β G. Rathalos Greaves β Chainblade Charm I
This is a mid-stage high-damage High Rank build for the Hunting Horn that makes use of full Agitator from Blangonga pieces and Burst from G. Ebony Odogaron.

Agitator Burst HH Build Details

Mixed Foray Hunting Horn Build

Valkyrie Chordmaker I	Barina Headgear β Rathian Mail α Kut-Ku Vambraces α Rathian Coil β Conga Greaves β Chainblade Charm I
This is an early High Rank build for the Hunting Horn utilizing Foray and damage-boosting builds.

Mixed Foray HH Build Details

Low Rank Hunting Horn Builds

Low Rank	Build Name
HR6 - HR8	Flayer Burst HH Build
HR4 - HR5	Rey Dau Hirabami Mixed HH Build
HR1 - HR3	Evade Extender Starter HH Build

Flayer Burst Hunting Horn Build

Albirath Feroce I	G. Ebony Helm G. Arkveld Mail G. Ebony Braces G. Arkveld Coil G. Rathalos Greaves Chainblade Charm I
This is a late Low Rank Hunting Horn build that focuses using Guardian pieces and synergizing both Burst and Flayer for damage.

Flayer Burst HH Build Details

Rey Dau Hirabami Mixed Hunting Horn Build

Ajara Reverberator I	Rey Sandhelm Rey Sandmail Hirabami Vambraces Hirabami Coil Nerscylla Greaves Evasion Charm I
A low rank mid-level build for the Hunting Horn that has a comfortable Evade Window and focuses on increased critical chance from Latent Power.

Rey Dau Hirabami Mixed HH Build Details

Evade Extender Hunting Horn Starter Build

Bone Horn II	Doshaguma Helm Doshaguma Mail Balahara Vambraces Balahara Coil Balahara Greaves
A great starter build for the Hunting Horn that focuses on comfortable Evade Extender with some additional damage options for early game.

Evade Extender Starter HH Build Details

Best Hunting Horn Skills

Best Damage Skills

Damage skills concern the amount of damage, critical damage (including elements), and affinity (critical chance) than you can deal. When adding damage skills to the Hunting Horn, make sure to prioritize at least adding flat damage first before adding on affinity.

Best Skills	Explanation
Agitator ★★★	Increases damage and affinity in the presence of an enraged monster. This becomes very useful as you start entering from the middle of Low Rank to until the endgame of High Rank since monsters are frequently enraged.
Burst ★★★	Increases your raw and elemental attack after successive hits. This fits the Hunting Horn's Echo Bubble damage and performances with multi-hit attacks.
Critical Element ★★	Increases elemental damage on critical hits. This is the ideal damage skill for boosting Hunting Horns with elemental attacks such as Fire and Thunder.
Attack Boost ★★	Increases the Hunting Horn's true raw damage by a flat amount, and has a percentage increase at higher levels. This is a beneficial skill for the Hunting Horn since Echo Bubble vibrations do not crit and only scale from raw Attack power.
Critical Status ★★	Increases abnormal status effects against monsters when landing critical hits. This is ideal for boosting the status buildup of status element weapons such as Blast and Poison.
Critical Boost ★★	Increases the critical damage of your attacks, making at a great skill to have for when you have high affinity.
Antivirus ★★	Increases affinity when being cured of Frenzy. This is best used at full level 3 with 2 piece Gore Magala to get Black Eclipse, granting you a temporary increase affinity increase up to 25%.
Maximum Might ★★	Increases affinity when your stamina gauge is full. This gives you a pretty good amount of affinty increase for a few levels, ranging from 10-30%. It is great for the Hunting Horn since most of the time you do not consume stamina at all when performing.
Weakness Exploit ★★	Grants increased affinity to the Hunting Horn upon it hitting a wound. Other than precisely attacking wounds, this is useful to increase your damage out of Focus Strikes.
Ambush ★	Significantly increases the damage you deal temporarily after using a Sneak Attack on a monster. This is useful to take advantage of the temporary attack bonus early on.
Critical Eye ★	Increases the Hunting Horn's chance to deal critical damage. This skill is still very useful early on when you don't have alternatives, but it starts falling off at higher levels — being overshadowed by other affinity-boosting skills like Agitator, Maximum Might, and Antivirus towards the endgame.
Latent Power ★	Grants temporary increased affinity and reduced stamina consumption after meeting certain conditions. This is useful in the middle stages of Low Rank for gaining a temporary affinity boost, but it takes a while to activate compared to other conditional skills.
Flayer ★	Makes it easier to deal wounds and adds non-elemental damage on hitting wounds.

Best Comfort Skills

Comfort skills concern utility skills that make it easier for you to play with the Hunting Horn. Most of them give you an advantage in survival, but some may also be ways that can eventually lead you to dealing more damage. Prioritize survival first before any other quality-of-life adjustments with these skills!

Best Skills	Explanation
Horn Maestro ★★★	Increases Melody Effect durations and increases the chance of greater healing from Melody Effects. This greaty increases the time of Self Improvement and other useful songs such as Earplugs and Attack Up.
Evade Window ★★★	Very useful for the Hunting Horn since your core defense with the weapon is through dodges. This increases your dodge I-frames.
Divine Blessing ★★★	This is a useful skill to have for Hunting Horn users as a safeguard should they have to take a hit. These makes it much easier for you to tank damage, especially if you are in the middle of a melody performance which takes up a lot of animation time.
Earplugs ★★	Useful for preventing you from being interruped by roars especially during performaces. This is useful early on until you have gotten used to rolling through roars or have an Earplugs song on your horn.
Handicraft ★★	Increases the maximum sharpness of your Hunting Horn, ensuring that it sustains the multiplied damage you deal when your weapon is at top condition.
Evade Extender ★★	Increases the distance of your dodge. This is ideal for repositioning quickly or getting out of the way of large attacks.
Slugger ★★	A useful skill to have for dealing more knockout damage to monsters and quickly sending them to topples. This is great for the Hunting Horn since it deals blunt damage.
Stamina Surge ★	Useful for increasing the speed of stamina recovery. This makes it easier for you to get your stamina back after dodges and sprints. It can also be combined with Maximum Might to ensure the buff reactivates quickly.
Constitution ★	A useful skill for reducing flat chunks of stamina consumption from actions like dodges.
Stamina Thief ★	Increases the exhaust buildup of the Hunting Horn against a monster, making it easier for them to grow tired and stop attacking for a while.
Free Meal ★	A useful skill to have early on especially when it is at a high level. Gives you a chance to consume items for free.
Stun Resistance ★	Can help prevent you from being stunned after an attack. Full level prevents you from being stunned.

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Best Hunting Horn Builds and Armor

High Rank Hunting Horn Builds

Zoh Guts Peak Hunting Horn Build

Zoh Guts Peak Hunting Horn Build

Rey-Zoh Agitator Burst Hunting Horn Build

Gore-Lagi Frenzy Bolt Hunting Horn Build

Zoh Shia Burst Hunting Horn Build

Comfy Zoh Raw Hunting Horn Build

Frenzy Partbreaker Agitator Hunting Horn Build

Agitator Burst Hunting Horn Build

Mixed Foray Hunting Horn Build

Low Rank Hunting Horn Builds

Flayer Burst Hunting Horn Build

Rey Dau Hirabami Mixed Hunting Horn Build

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