Best Hunting Horn Builds for Iceborne 2023-2024

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.

Hunting Horn Endgame Meta Build

Endgame Fatalis Armor Build

Weapon		Decorations
Fatalis Menace Wailer		Challenger Jewel+ 4 x1 Flawless/Evasion Jewel 4 x1
Armor		Decorations
Head	Rimeguard Helm Gamma +	Steadfast Jewel+ 4 x1 Expert Jewel+ 4 x1 Steadfast Jewel 1 x1
Armor	Dragonhide Beta +	Attack Jewel+ 4 x3
Vambraces	Dragonclaws Beta +	Critical/Maintenance Jewel 4 x3
Waist	Dragonbarbs Alpha +	Sonorous Jewel+ 4 x1 Shaver Jewel 3 x1 Attack Jewel 1 x1
Legs	Dragonfeet Beta +	Flawless/Maintenance Jewel 4 x2 Expert Jewel+ 4
Charm	Challenger Charm V	None

Fatalis Build Skill List

Skills
Attack Boost 7	Critical Eye 7
Tool Specialist 5	Agitator 7
Stun Resistance 3	Critical Boost 3
Weakness Exploit 3	Peak Performance 3
Evade Window 3	Coalescence 3
Horn Maestro 2	Resuscitate 1
Clutch Claw Boost 1	Fatalis Legend 4

	A Hunting Horn setup that's focused on dealing high damage. Other QoL skills are added, like Evade Window, Horn Maestro, and Tool Specialist, to ensure that the buffs and damage never stop coming.

Hunting Horn Meta Builds

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 Sleep Level 4 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 Brachydios 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 Brachydios set. The ailment isn't the key feature of the build but the damage you can dish out 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 your horn buffs and the whole team becomes an unstoppable killing machine.

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	Sonorous 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 for increased 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 Alpha +	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	Empress Coil Alpha +	Critical Jewel 2 x1 Expert Jewel 1 x1
Legs	Kushala Crus 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.

Best Hunting Horn Weapons and Skills

Best Weapons for Hunting Horn

Weapon	Explanation
Fatalis Menace Wailer [Atk] 1470 | [Affinity] -30%	・Hunting Horn with the highest raw damage ・ Has Attack Boost (L) song
Alatreon Harmony [Atk] 1050 | [Ele] 630 Dragon | [Affinity] 0%	・Highest Dragon Elemental Hunting Horn perfect against Alatreon ・ Has Elemental Boosting songs
The Rasping Ballad [Atk] 1218 | [Affinity] 0%	・Best Non Elemental Hunting Horn ・ Has Attack Boost (L) song
Sonorous Eisfyl [Atk] 1134 | [Ele] 270 Ice | [Affinity] 0%	・Hunting Horn with excellent support songs

Best Skills for Hunting Horn

Skill	Explanation
Horn Maestro ( ★★★ )	Increases the maximum duration of Hunting Horn song buffs
Weakness Exploit ( ★★★ )	Significantly increases your affinity whenever you target weakpoints
Critical Boost ( ★★★ )	Increases the damage of critical hits. Best when paired with Weakness Exploit
Critical Eye ( ★★★ )	Increases your Affinity
Agitator ( ★★★ )	Increases damage against enraged monsters
Attack Boost (★★)	Improves attack power and affinity at level 4
Wide-range (★★)	The primary skill for support builds. This will allow your teammates to receive whichever consumables you take
Health Boost (★★)	Increases maximum health to increase your survival rate A must have for beginners
Slugger (★)	Increases the stunning effects you deal with when hitting monsters' heads
Handicraft (★)	Increases maximum sharpness of your weapon

Best Skills for Hunting Horn

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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