Best Hunting Horn Builds for Iceborne 2020-2021

Want to learn about the best Hunting Horn Builds for Monster Hunter World (MHW) Iceborne? Look no further than our best endgame builds for Hunting Horn! This build is made on Iceborne's last patch and is a build that is centered around Iceborne's Meta Endgame builds.

Monster Hunter World Iceborne Hunting Horn Recommended Skills

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Monster Hunter World Iceborne Hunting Horn Endgame Meta Build

Endgame Fatalis Armor Build

Weapon		Decorations
Fatalis Menace Wailer		Challenger Jewel+ 4 x1 Challenger Jewel+ 4 x1
Armor		Decorations
Head	Dragonhead Beta +	Attack Jewel+ 4 x3
Armor	Dragonhide Beta +	Expert Jewel+ 4 x2 Jumping/Expert Jewel 4 x1
Vambraces	Dragonclaws Beta +	Jumping/Expert Jewel 4 x1 Jumping/Expert Jewel 4 x1 Jumping/Expert Jewel 4 x1
Waist	Dragonbarbs Beta +	Critical/Maintenance Jewel 4 x3
Legs	Dragonfeet Beta +	Flawless/Evasion Jewel 4 x3
Charm	Challenger Charm V	None

Fatalis Build Skill List

Skills
Attack Boost 7	Critical Eye 7
Agitator 7	Evade Window 5
Tool Specialist 5	Weakness Exploit 3
Critical Boost 3	Stun Resistance 3
Peak Performance 3	Horn Maestro 2
Evade Extender 2	Flinch Free 1
Fatalis Legend 4

	A Hunting Horn skilll setup that's focused on damage. The slugger skill was removed in favor of dealing damage and other QoL skills like Evade WIndow, Horn Maestro, and Flinch Free to ensure that the buffs never stops coming.

Hunting Horn Meta Builds for Monster Hunter World Iceborne

Full Offense Build

Full Offense Build	Sleep Horn Build	Awakened Paralysis Horn Build
Awakened Support with Earplugs Build	Awakened Wide Area Healer Build

Weapon		Decorations
The Rasping Ballad		Expert Jewel+ 4 x1 ---
Armor		Decorations
Head	Safi Crested Crown Beta +	Handicraft/Vitality Jewel 4 x1 Expert Jewel 1 x2
Armor	Kaiser Mail Beta +	Critical/Vitality Jewel 4 x1 Sonorous Jewel 1 x2
Vambraces	Kaiser Vambraces Beta +	Earplug/Vitality Jewel 4 x1 Critical Jewel 2 x1
Waist	Kaiser Coil Beta +	Earplugs Jewel+ 4 x1 Elementless Jewel 2 x1 Expert Jewel 1 x1
Legs	Garuga Greaves Beta +	Earplugs Jewel+ 4 x1 Tenderizer Jewel 2 x2
Charm	Handicraft Charm IV	None

Full Offense Build Skill List

Skills
Horn Maestro 2	Health Boost 3
Weakness Exploit 3	Handicraft 5
Critical Boost 3	Non-elemental Boost 1
Earplugs 5	Evade Window 1
Critical Eye 7	Heat Guard 1
Latent Power 1	Teostra Technique

	Who said Hunting Horns are only meant for support? Here's our non-elemental Acidic Glavenus Horn with a Teostra set. Horn Maestro is kept as usual for lengthier buffs and the majority of other skills are damage skills for more offensive capability.

Sleep Horn Build

Full Offense Build	Sleep Horn Build	Awakened Paralysis Horn Build
Awakened Support with Earplugs Build	Awakened Wide Area Healer Build

Weapon		Decorations
Nyx Barone II		Critical Jewel 2 x1 ---
Armor		Decorations
Head	Safi Crested Crown Beta +	Tenderizer/Vitality Jewel 4 x1 Sleep Jewel 1 x2
Armor	Artian Mail Beta +	Sleep Jewel+ 4 x1
Vambraces	Damascus Vambraces Beta +	Critical/Vitality Jewel 4 x1 Sonorous Jewel 1 x1
Waist	Artian Coil Beta +	Earplug/Vitality Jewel 4 x1 Sonorous Jewel 1 x1
Legs	Garuga Greaves Beta +	Expert Jewel+ 4 x1 Tenderizer Jewel 2 x1
Charm	Earplugs Charm IV	None

Sleep Horn Build Skill List

Skills
Horn Maestro 2	Health Boost 3
Weakness Exploit 3	Handicraft 2
Critical Boost 3	Sleep Attack 4
Earplugs 5	Evade Window 1
Critical Eye 7	Peak Performance 1
Tool Specialist 1	Ancient Divinity

	A more flexible ailment build featuring the Artian set for the Ancient Divinity secret. Dubbed as the baby golden lune set, it's ailment buildup together with sleep4 can allow you to knock these monsters to sleep. Not only does this present a good flinch shot, it also gives you a window to apply all of your buffs for free.

Awakened Paralysis Horn Build Build

Full Offense Build	Sleep Horn Build	Awakened Paralysis Horn Build
Awakened Support with Earplugs Build	Awakened Wide Area Healer Build

Weapon		Decorations
Safi's Bindhorn		Brace/Evasion Jewel 4 x1 ---
Armor		Decorations
Head	Brachydium Helm Beta +	Earplugs Jewel+ 4 x2 Vitality Jewel 1 x1
Armor	Grand God's Peer Garbs Beta +	Critical/Vitality Jewel 4 x1 Critical Jewel 2 x1
Vambraces	Brachydium Braces Beta +	Attack Jewel+ 4 x2
Waist	Grand God's Peer Belt Beta +	Earplug/Vitality Jewel 4 x1 Critical Jewel 2 x1 Attack Jewel 1 x1
Legs	Brachydium Greaves Beta +	Sonorous Jewel+ 4 x1 Attack Jewel 1 x2
Charm	Challenger Charm V	None

Awakened Ability
Attack Melody III	Sharpness Increase VI	Attack Increase V x3

Awakened Paralysis Horn Build Skill List

Skills
Agitator 7	Attack Boost 7
Health Boost 3	Critical Boost 3
Weakness Exploit 3	Earplugs 5
Maximum Might 5	Horn Maestro 2
Evade Window 1	Evade Window 1
Brachydios Will 3	Rajang Will 2

	A maximum might agitator build featuring a mix of Rajang and raging brachy set. What it differs from the previous build is it's more focused on QoL skills to ensure your safety which allows you to play buffs much more easier. Even so, don't forget to launch an offensive too!

Awakened Support with Earplugs Build

Full Offense Build	Sleep Horn Build	Awakened Paralysis Horn Build
Awakened Support with Earplugs Build	Awakened Wide Area Healer Build

Weapon		Decorations
Safi's Bindhorn		Sonorous Jewel+ 4 x1 ---
Armor		Decorations
Head	Brachydium Helm Beta +	Attack Jewel+ 4 x2 Maintenance Jewel 1 x1
Armor	Grand God's Peer Garbs Beta +	Brace/Vitality Jewel 4 x1 KO Jewel 2 x1
Vambraces	Brachydium Braces Beta +	Critical/Vitality Jewel 4 x1 Critical/Maintenance Jewel 4 x1
Waist	Grand God's Peer Belt Beta +	KO/Maintenance Jewel 4 x1 Critical Jewel 2 x1 Expert Jewel 1 x1
Legs	Brachydium Greaves Beta +	KO/Vitality Jewel 4 x1 Attack Jewel 1 x2
Charm	Challenger Charm V	None

Awakened Ability
Earplugs Melody I	Sharpness Increase VI	Attack Increase V x3

Awakened Support with Earplugs Build Skill List

Skills
Slugger 3	Attack Boost 7
Health Boost 3	Critical Boost 3
Weakness Exploit 3	Maximum Might 5
Agitator 7	Horn Maestro 2
Tool Specialist 3	Flinch Free 1
Brachydios Will 3	Rajang Will 2

	A maximum might agitator build featuring a mix of Rajang and raging brachy set. The ailment isn't the key feature of the build but the damage you can dishout via the 2 secrets available for the build. Since the Hunting Horn isn't a stamina heavy weapon, it allows you to proc Maximum Might pretty easily.

Awakened Wide Area Healer Build

Full Offense Build	Sleep Horn Build	Awakened Paralysis Horn Build
Awakened Support with Earplugs Build	Awakened Wide Area Healer Build

Weapon		Decorations
Safi's Dreamhorn		Expert Jewel+ 4 x1 ---
Armor		Decorations
Head	Golden Headdress Beta +	Gobbler/Expert Jewel 4 x1 Expert Jewel 1 x1
Armor	Tigrex Mail Beta +	Earplugs Jewel+ 4 x1 Satiated Jewel 1 x1
Vambraces	Tigrex Braces Beta +	Sonorous Jewel+ 4 x1
Waist	Beo Coil Beta +	Satiated/Expert Jewel 4 x1 Satiated Jewel 1 x1
Legs	Garuga Greaves Beta +	Critical/Vitality Jewel 4 x1 Tenderizer Jewel 2 x1 Critical Jewel 2 x1
Charm	Friendship Charm V	None

Awakened Ability
Attack Melody III	Sharpness Increase VI
Attack Increase V x2	Tigrex Essence

Awakened Wide Area Healer Build Skill List

Skills
Critical Eye 7	Earplugs 5
Health Boost 3	Critical Boost 2
Weakness Exploit 3	Free Meal 3
Speed Eating 3	Horn Maestro 2
Wide-Range 5	Attack Boost 1
Tigrex Essence

	When playing the Hunting Horn, other hunters always think of support. With this build, we're giving them exactly what they want! A full on support build featuring free meal and wide range 5, couple this with yourn horn buffs and the whole team becomes an unstoppable killing machine.

Monster Hunter World Iceborne Hunting Horn Progression Build

Early Iceborne Progression Build

Mid-Late Iceborne Build

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Starter Iceborne Build

Weapon		Decorations
Defender Rally Horn V		--- ---
Armor		Decorations
Head	Guild Cross Circlet Beta	Steadfast Jewel 1 x3
Armor	Empress Mail Beta	Steadfast Jewel 1 x2
Vambraces	Kaiser Vambraces Alpha	Protection Jewel 1 x1
Waist	Bazel Coil Beta	KO Jewel 2 x1
Legs	Empress Greaves Beta	KO Jewel 2 x1 Tenderizer Jewel 2 x1
Charm	Earplugs Charm III	None

Starter Iceborne Skill List

Skills
Health Boost 3	Divine Blessing 3
Stun Resist 3	Slugger 2
Weakness Exploit 3	Earplugs 5
Horn Maestro 2	Lunastra Favor

	A starter hunting horn setup meant to get some survivability as well as good head smacking power via Weakness Exploit and Slugger.

Early Iceborne Progression Build

Weapon		Decorations
Mad Bone Horn I		Tenderizer Jewel 2 x2 ---
Armor		Decorations
Head	Jagras Helm Alpha +	Tenderizer Jewel 2 x1
Armor	Bone Mail Alpha +	Tenderizer Jewel 2 x1
Vambraces	Pukei Vambraces Alpha +	Sonorous Jewel 1 x1
Waist	Lumu Coil Alpha +	Tenderizer Jewel 2 x1 Elementless Jewel 2 x1
Legs	Bone Greaves	Handicraft Jewel 3 x1
Charm	Handicraft Charm III	None

Early Iceborne Skill List

Skills
Speed Eating 2	Attack Boost 4
Health Boost 3	Peak Performance 2
Survival Expert 1	Divine Blessing 2
Windproof 1	Slugger 1
Horn Maestro 2	Weakness Exploit 3
Handicraft 4	Non-Elemental Boost

	On top of the basic Weakness Exploit and Slugger skills, this build adds a few more tenacity skills like Windproof and support skills like Health Boost and Survival Expert.

Mid-Late Iceborne Progression Build

Weapon		Decorations
The Rasping Ballad		Elementless Jewel 2 x1
Armor		Decorations
Head	Kaiser Crown Alpha +	Vitality Jewel 1 x1
Armor	Kaiser Mail Beta +	Critical Jewel 2 x1 Sonorous Jewel 1 x2
Vambraces	Kaiser Vambraces Beta +	Tenderizer Jewel 2 x2
Waist	Kaiser Coil Alpha +	Critical Jewel 2 x1 Expert Jewel 1 x1
Legs	Esurient Greaves Alpha +	Vitality Jewel 1 x1
Charm	Handicraft Charm III	None

Mid-Late Iceborne Progression Build Skill List

Skills
Critical Eye 3	Latent Power 3
Weakness Exploit 3	Handicraft 5
Horn Maestro 2	Non-Elemental Boost
Critical Boost 3	Evade Extender 2
Health Boost 3	Heat Guard 1
Teostra Technique

	This build allows you to dish out critical hits while at the same time prevents you from losing sharpness on critical hits from Teostra Technique. This is also a build that allows you to go toe-to-toe with monsters in the end game while providing support on multiplayer sessions.

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Best Builds

Best Endgame Builds and Weapon Progression Builds

Best Builds Per Weapons

Melee Weapons
Long Swords	Great Swords	Sword and Shield	Dual Blades
Hammer	Hunting Horn	Lance	Gunlance
Switch Axe	Charge Blade	Insect Glaive

Ranged Weapons
Bow	Light Bowgun
Heavy Bowgun

Best Counter Builds

Monster Counterbuilds
Fatalis	Alatreon