Monster Hunter Wilds

Best Great Sword Builds for Low Rank

Monster Hunter Wilds Walkthrough Team

Last updated on: July 21, 2025 09:36 PM

MH Wilds - GS Builds for Low Rank

These are the best Low Rank Great Sword builds in Monster Hunter Wilds. Learn about all the builds in the early game, tips for building at the beginning, and the best Skills and Armor pieces to use with the Great Sword while in Low Rank.

All Great Sword Builds
Low Rank Builds	High Rank Builds

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Builds Progression
Low Rank Build (HR 6 to HR 8)
Low Rank Build (HR 3 to HR 5)
Low Rank Build (HR 1 to HR 3)
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Great Sword Builds Progression (Low Rank)

Low Rank	Build Name
HR6 - HR8	WEX Flay Decimate
HR3 - HR5	Offensive Guard Partbreaker
HR1 - HR3	Mobile Crit Draw

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.

Low Rank Build (HR 6 to HR 8)

WEX Flay Decimate Build

Best Weapon

Weapon	Rarity	ATK	DEF
G. Veldian Gladius I	4	816 (170)	0
	Slots	Element	Affinity
	①①ー	200	-10%
Skills	Focus Lv. 2

Weapon Decorations	Focus Jewel【1】 x1 Handicraft Jewel【1】 x1

G. Veldian Gladius I's strong attack and Dragon element makes it a strong Great Sword for this build. Not only that, but its Focus and two Level 1 decoration slots gives it good flexibility.

It is ideal to equip one Focus Jewel to get Focus 3, then a Handicraft Jewel to increase the length of its Green sharpness.

Weapon	Rarity	ATK	DEF
Albirath Wing I	4	768 (160)	0
	Slots	Element	Affinity
	①ーー	280	15%
Skills	Critical Element Lv. 1 Master's Touch Lv. 1

Abirath Wing I's Critical Element skill allows your Elemental Damage to Crit, increasing your total damage output.

The only downside is that you have to sacrifice Focus, leading to slower overall combos. You can mitigate this by equipping a Focus Jewel on this weapon.

Weapon	Rarity	ATK	DEF
Nihil Great Sword I	4	768 (160)	0
	Slots	Element	Affinity
	①ーー	200	0%
Skills	Critical Draw Lv. 2

Nihil Great Sword I has Critcal Draw 2, making it a good weapon for hit-and-run tactics. However, you may have a hard time creating wounds with this tactic, something this build relies heavily on.

Thanks to this weapon's Green Sharpness, you can opt to equip a Focus Jewel instead of a Handicraft Jewel so that you can charge your Critical Draw attack fast.

WEX Flay Decimate Armor Loadout

Armor	Slots	Skills
G. Arkveld Helm	ーー	Flayer Lv. 1
G. Arkveld Mail	ーーー	Flayer Lv. 1 Blight Resistance Lv. 1
G. Rathalos Vambraces	ーー	Weakness Exploit Lv. 1
Xu Wu Coil	ーーー	Stamina Surge Lv. 1 Maximum Might Lv. 1
G. Rathalos Greaves	ーー	Weakness Exploit Lv. 1
Charm	Chainblade Charm I
Decorations List	Armor Decorations: Physique Jewel【1】 x3
DEF and RES Totals	Defense: 139 Fire Res: 11 Water Res: 3 Thunder Res: -5 Ice Res: -1 Dragon Res: -16

Skill Summary

Weapon Skills
Focus	3	Handicraft	1
Armor Skills
Constitution	3	Flayer	3
Weakness Exploit	2	Blight Resistance	1
Maximum Might	1	Stamina Surge	1
Group / Set Skills
Wylk Burst		Scorcher I
Decimator I		ー

This build revolves around the synergy between Weakness Exploit and the new Armor skill Flayer. Weakness Exploit increases your affinity whenever you attack a monster's weak spot, and is further increased if said weak spot has a wound. This is where Flayer comes in, as it makes it easier to inflict wounds while also dealing additional raw damage once you inflict enough damage.

The G. Arkveld armor's Set Bonus skill, Decimator, will heal you whenever you break wounds, allowing you to recover HP without having to use items after sheathing your weapon. This keeps you in the fight for longer, allowing you to deal more damage to the monster. Additionally, Scorcher, the Set Bonus skill from the G. Rathalos armor, gives you a chance to deal additional fire damage whenever you land an attack.

The final piece of this build, the Focus from the G. Veldian Gladius I and decorations, lets you charge up your charged attacks, including the powerful True Charged Slash, quickly. This allows you to dish out high amounts of damage in shorter periods of time.

Maximum Might provides enough affinity to cancel out the negative affinity of G. Veldian Gladius I, allowing you to enjoy the effects of Weakness Exploit to its fullest.

Best Secondary Weapons

Weapon & Type	Explanation
Bone Shooter III (Heavy Bowgun)	•　A strong Heavy Bowgun with access to Level 2 Spread and Cluster Ammo, as well as Flaming Ammo. •　Has Guard 2 and Attack Boost 1, giving you both defensive and offensive capabilities.
G. Veldian Harpes I (Dual Blades)	•　Dual Blades will be able to take advantage of the build's Flayer skill, quickly creating wounds on enemy monsters. •　The build's Stamina Surge will help refill the Dual Blade's stamina expenditure whenever you enter Demon Mode •　Weakness Exploit will help negate the weapon's negative affinity.

Low Rank Build (HR 3 to HR 5)