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

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High Rank Insect Glaive Builds

Low Rank Build Name
HR36++ Raw Critical Insect Glaive
HR36++ Artian Frenzy Burst Insect Glaive
HR21 - HR35 Artian Blast Agitator Insect Glaive
HR1 - HR3 Status Mounter Insect Glaive

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.

Raw Critical Insect Glaive Build

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Gore Helm β Icon Gore Helm β
Arkvulcan Mail β Icon Arkvulcan Mail β
G. Arkveld Vambraces β Icon G. Arkveld Vambraces β
Arkvulcan Coil β Icon Arkvulcan Coil β
Gore Greaves β Icon Gore Greaves β
Challenger Charm II Icon Challenger Charm II
An endgame raw critical High Rank build for Insect Glaive that makes use of high Attack damage combined with 100% affinity to deal huge critical hits.

Raw Critical IG Build Details

Artian Frenzy Burst Insect Glaive Build

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Gore Helm β Icon Gore Helm β
Udra Miremail α Icon Udra Miremail α
Gore Vambraces α Icon Gore Vambraces α
Gore Coil β Icon Gore Coil β
Udra Miregreaves β Icon Udra Miregreaves β
Breaker Charm II Icon Breaker Charm II
An endgame elemental High Rank build that boasts consistenly high elemental damage paired up with max Constitution for the best comfort for your aerial combos.

Frenzy Burst IG Build Details

Artian Blast Agitator Insect Glaive Build

Artian Glaive IArtian Glaive I
G. Fulgur Helm β Icon G. Fulgur Helm β
Blango Mail β Icon Blango Mail β
Rathalos Vambraces β Icon Rathalos Vambraces β
Ajarakan Coil β Icon Ajarakan Coil β
Blango Greaves β Icon Blango Greaves β
Fitness Charm III Icon Fitness Charm III
An aggressive Blast build that focuses on boosting affinity in order to easily trigger Blast explosions with Critical Status.

Artian Blast Agitator IG Build Details

Blast Mounter Insect Glaive Build

Princess Regalia IPrincess Regalia I
Barina Headgear β Icon Barina Headgear β
Rathian Mail α Icon Rathian Mail α
Kut-Ku Vambraces α Icon Kut-Ku Vambraces α
Kut-Ku Coil β Icon Kut-Ku Coil β
Rathian Greaves α Icon Rathian Greaves α
Foray Charm I Icon Foray Charm I
An early High Rank build that maximizes your poison afflictions in order to boost the Insect Glaive's damage output.

Status Mounter IG Build Details

Low Rank Insect Glaive Builds

Low Rank Build Name
HR6 - HR8 Dragon Flayer
HR3 - HR5 Blast Mounter
HR1 - HR3 Evade Mounter

Dragon Flayer Insect Glaive Build

G. Veldian Trudis IG. Veldian Trudis I
G. Arkveld Helm Icon G. Arkveld Helm
G. Arkveld Mail Icon G. Arkveld Mail
G. Arkveld Vambraces Icon G. Arkveld Vambraces
G. Arkveld Coil Icon G. Arkveld Coil
Rey Sandgreaves Icon Rey Sandgreaves
Fitness Charm I Icon Fitness Charm I
Wounding build for the Insect Glaive to help maintain all 3 Extracts with their Focus Strike, keeping them buffed whenever they pop a wound.

Dragon Flayer IG Build Details

Blast Mounter Insect Glaive Build

Ajara Trident IAjara Trident I
Rey Sandhelm Icon Rey Sandhelm
Rey Sandmail Icon Rey Sandmail
Hirabami Vambraces Icon Hirabami Vambraces
Hirabami Coil Icon Hirabami Coil
Hirabami Greaves Icon Hirabami Greaves
Blessing Charm I Icon Blessing Charm I
Takes advantage of Master Mounter to consistently mount monsters and create wounds that the Insect Glaive can capitalize on.

Blast Mounter IG Build Details

Evade Mounter Insect Glaive Starter Build

Bone Staff IIBone Staff II
Vespoid Helm Icon Vespoid Helm
Vespoid Mail Icon Vespoid Mail
Balahara Vambraces Icon Balahara Vambraces
Balahara Coil Icon Balahara Coil
Balahara Greaves Icon Balahara Greaves
A good starter build that allows the Insect Glaive to mount monsters easier and dodge effectively.

Evade Mounter IG Build Details

Best Insect Glaive Skills

Best Damage Skills

These skills make it possible to deal extra damage! Aim for these skills for maximum DPS to defeat those monsters easier and finish those quests faster!

Best Skills Explanation
Burst
★★★		 For most builds, this skill greatly boosts the DPS of the Insect Glaive, especially since they can easily activate this with just a few moves.
Agitator
★★★		 Provides additional raw Attack power and affinity when monsters are enraged. Extremely useful against tempered monsters!
Airborne
★★★		 For the Insect Glaive, this skill boosts the damage of all your aerial attacks, especially Rising Spiral Slash. Try to put this on whenever you can!
Element Attack
★★★		 Boosts the elemental damage of your weapon. Be sure to max out this skill to get the most out of its potential.
How Does Elemental Damage Work?
Critical Element
★★		 For elemental builds, this skill contributes greatly to the damage dealt to a monster.
Critical Eye
★★		 Aim for 100% affinity to amplify the Insect Glaive's base damage efficiently!
Latent Power
★★		 Increases your affinity and reduces stamina consumption. The perfect match for solving most of the Insect Glaive's problems!
Foray
★★		 Increases your affinity and reduces stamina consumption. The perfect match for solving most of the Insect Glaive's problems!
Critical Boost
★★		 Further amplifies critical hit damage. Make sure to have high affinity first before equipping!
Attack Boost
★★		 This skill increases your physical damage values. Great damage boost option for the Insect Glaive.
Weakness Exploit
★★		 The Insect Glaive's playstyle allows you to target difficult-to-reach weakspots, so having this skill provides a significant boost to your DPS. Max out this skill whenever possible.
Peak Performance
★★		 Gives an attack boost whenever you have full health. Great for the Insect Glaives who use recovery Kinsects!
Agitator
★★		 Provides more damage and affinity, allowing the Dual Blades to grow stronger even in difficult situations.
Critical Element
★★		 For elemental builds, this skill contributes greatly to the damage dealt to a monster.
Mind's Eye
★		 A skill that benefits against hard monsters as it prevents your attacks from being deflected. Great for melee weapons that can easily lose sharpness.
Resentment
★		 Provides an attack boost when you have red health. Rarely gets activated since the Dual Blades focuses on dodging but can work in tight situations.

Best Comfort Skills

These are skills that make managing weapon mechanics a lot easier. Damage is only part of the equation - taking time to slot in comfort skills that increase consistency & comfort will also increase overall DPS!

Best Skills Explanation
Power Prolonger
★★★		 One of the staple skills for the Insect Glaive. This extends the duration of all your Extracts!
Constitution
★★★		 The perfect skill for aerial combat! This allows the Insect Glaive to perform more vaults and aerial combos before their stamina depletes.
Focus
★★★		 Speeds up the charge rate of your charge attacks. A skill that is now compatible with the Insect Glaive due to their new Descending Slash.
Razor Sharp
★★		 Prevents your weapon from losing sharpness. This skill can help solve the high sharpness loss of the Insect Glaive.
Master's Touch
★★		 For crit builds, this skill is a must-have as it prevents your weapon from losing sharpness on critical hits.
Protective Polish
★★		 Prevents sharpness loss for a fixed duration after sharpening. Great for the Insect Glaive to unleash all their moves right after using a whetstone.
Evade Extender
★★		 Extends the length of your dodges which includes your aerial vaults. This is great for improving your repositioning mid-air.
Speed Sharpening
★		 Reduces a cycle for sharpening with each level. Useful for getting your sharpness level up mid-fight.
Evade Window
★		 Boosts the I-frames for all your dodges, including aerial vaults. Only effective on 3 or max skill levels.
Jump Master
★		 Prevents knockbacks while jumping! Not that useful due to your Extracts already providing knockback negation in the first place.

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