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Piercing Shots Effects and Required Equipment

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This is the page for the Piercing Shots skill in Monster Hunter World (MHW) and Iceborne. Keep reading to find out the effects of this skill and what equipment it's attached to!

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Piercing Shots Effects
Armor With Piercing Shots
Charms and Decorations With Piercing Shots
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Piercing Shots Effects

Piercing Shots
Increases the attack power of piercing ammo and Dragon Piercer.

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Effects by Level

	Effect
Level 1	Increases the power of piercing ammo and Dragon Piercer.
Level 2	Greatly increases the power of piercing ammo and Dragon Piercer.

Armor With Piercing Shots

Name (Armor Set)	Body Part & Slots	Skill (Lv)
Rath Soul Coil Alpha (Rath Soul Alpha Armor Set)	Waist ーーー	Windproof (Lv 2) Piercing Shots (Lv 1)
Rath Soul Coil Alpha + (Rath Soul Alpha + Armor Set)	Waist ③ーー	Windproof (Lv 2) Piercing Shots (Lv 1)
Nargacuga Helm Beta + (Nargacuga Beta + Armor Set)	Head ④①ー	Peak Performance (Lv 1) Piercing Shots (Lv 1)
Nargacuga Helm Alpha + (Nargacuga Alpha + Armor Set)	Head ①①ー	Peak Performance (Lv 2) Piercing Shots (Lv 1)
Garuga Greaves Alpha + (Yian Garuga Alpha + Armor Set)	Legs ③③ー	Critical Eye (Lv 2) Piercing Shots (Lv 1)

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Charms and Decorations With Piercing Shots

Decorations

Rarity	Name
8	Pierce Jewel 3

Charms

Charm	Upgrade Materials
Penetration Charm II	Phantomcore Ore x1 Fierce Dragonvein Bone x4 Coral Crimsonbone x2 Pink Scale x3
Penetration Charm	Xeno'jiiva Gem x1 Xeno'jiiva Tail x3 Research Commission Ticket x1 Dragoncore Ore x1

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