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Mastering the Monster Hunter Now Great Sword: A Sleep-Based Build Guide
The Great Sword in Monster Hunter Now is a powerful weapon capable of devastating blows, but its size demands a strategic approach. This guide details a build maximizing sleep effects for maximum damage output.
To achieve this optimal build, you'll need to utilize sleep-inducing weapons and skills. While poison builds excel with the Long Sword, sleep is the Great Sword's forte. This build requires materials from both common and rarer monsters.
Optimal Monster Hunter Now Great Sword Build
| Item | Effect |
|---|---|
| Weapon | Frilled Blade (Sleep Element, Evade Extender I) |
| Helmet | Nightshade Paolumu Helmet (Rude Awakener I/II, Driftstone Slot) |
| Tzitzi-Ya-Ku Mail (Status Sneak Attack, Artful Dodger, Driftstone Slot) | |
| Vambraces | Tzitzi-Ya-Ku Vambraces (Status Sneak Attack I/II, Driftstone Slot) |
| Coil | Tzitzi-Ya-Ku Coil (Evade Extender, Status Sneak Attack, Driftstone Slot) |
| Greaves | Nightshade Paolumu Greaves (Rude Awakener, Status Sneak Attack, Driftstone Slot) |
Weapon Choice: The Frilled Blade
The Frilled Blade is the optimal sleep-based Great Sword. Its inherent Evade Extender skill enhances defensive maneuvers, crucial for the Great Sword's slower attack speed. Somnacanth is the source for this weapon's crafting materials.
Helmet & Greaves: Leveraging Nightmare Paolumu
The Nightmare Paolumu, introduced in an early paid event (though now more commonly available), provides crucial components. Its parts offer the Rude Awakener skill (all three levels), significantly boosting damage against sleeping monsters (100% damage increase on the first hit).
Mail, Vambraces, & Coil: Tzitzi-Ya-Ku's Contribution
The remaining pieces primarily focus on maximizing Status Sneak Attack, guaranteeing sleep buildup with rear attacks. Additional benefits include Evade Extender and Artful Dodger for improved evasion. Tzitzi-Ya-Ku, easily located with the paintball tracker, is the source of these materials.
Optimizing Driftstone Slots
This build offers a significant advantage: readily accessible Driftstone slots. Five slots are ideal. Prioritize Sleep Attack (Azure) for increased sleep buildup, followed by Sneak Attack (Pale) for enhanced rear-attack damage, Artful Dodger (Azure), and Evade Extender (Pale) for improved mobility.
- Sleep Attack (Azure): 50 at rank 1, 150 at rank 5.
- Sneak Attack (Pale): 10% at rank 1, 30% at rank 5.
- Artful Dodger (Azure): Improves evasion.
- Evade Extender (Pale): Extends evasion distance.
This comprehensive guide will help you create a formidable sleep-based Great Sword build, allowing you to dominate the hunts in Monster Hunter Now.
