Best Bow Build Guide for Monster Hunter Wilds

This guide explores the best Bow build that you can use in Monster Hunter Wilds to absolutely shred any and every monster.

One of the best ranged options that you can use in Monster Hunter Wilds is the Bow. This weapon is a master of ranged combat, while also offering top notch mobility. It has a lot of combos and even has a tracer that acts as a homing beacon for all the arrows that you fire. A bow in the hands of a seasoned hunter with the right build will easily take down all monsters in the game without breaking a sweat.

Picking up the Bow as a beginner is very easy. Since the Bow is a weapon that relies a lot on its combos, that’s all you need to remember. In this article, we will explore the best Bow build guide that you should use in Monster Hunter Wilds to completely destroy all hunts in the game.

Monster Hunter Wilds Bow Overview

The Bow is arguably one of the best ranged weapons that suits both beginners and veterans. It has straightforward attacks, does a significant amount of damage, and you don’t even need to get very close to a monster. On the downside, Bow relies heavily on stamina, combos, and coatings. Here are the major pros and cons of the Bow in Monster Hunter Wilds:

Pros	Cons
Very high mobility Ranged weapon Easy for beginners to pick up Massive damage output	Relies heavily on stamina management You have to keep the Trick Gauge up as much as possible

Our best Bow build guide for Monster Hunter Wilds focuses on maximizing the range for attacks while also boosting its special attacks and stamina recovery. With this build, you should be able to topple any monster in this game.

Best Bow Build in Monster Hunter Wilds

Here are the details for the best Bow build in Monster Hunter Wilds:

• Element: Dragon
• Weapon: Angelbein (Artian Weapon, Rarity: 8)
  • Crafting Materials:
    • Crushed Tube: Dragon Attack Infusion x1
    • Crushed Tube: Dragon Affinity Infusion x1
    • Rusted Device: Dragon Attack Infusion x1
• Weapon Decorations:
  • Precise Jewel III [3]
  • Trueshot Jewel II [2]
  • Expert Jewel III [3]
• Armor: Guardian Arkveld β (4-piece set) + Arkvulcan Mail β (1 piece)
  • Guardian Arkveld Helm β
    • Decorations:
      • Tenderizer Jewel [3]
      • Protection Jewel [1]
  •  Arkvulcan Mail β
    • Decorations:
      • Flayer Jewel [3]
      • Refresh Jewel [2]
  • Guardian Arkveld Vambraces β
    • Decorations:
      • Adapt Jewel [1]
      • Steadfast Jewel [1]
      • Medicine Jewel [1]
  • Guardian Arkveld Coil β
    • Decorations:
      • Refresh Jewel [2]
      • Protection Jewel [1]
  • Guardian Arkveld Greaves β
    • Decorations:
      • Refresh Jewel [2]
      • Medicine Jewel [1]
• Talisman: Chain Charm III
• Mantle: Corrupted Mantle

Best Monster Hunter Wilds Bow Build: Statistics

If you equip all of the above items, you should have the following stats:

Attack Status

• Attack: 240
• Affinity: 22%
• Element: 230 (Dragon)

Note: These are the stats for Artian Weapons that are not reinforced. They are at base level and reinforcing them to their maximum level (5) is suggested, which will further boost some random statistics for this weapon. Ideally, an increase in Affinity is the most desired buff.

Defense Status

• Defense: 331
• Fire Res: 10
• Water Res: 0
• Thunder Res: -5
• Ice Res: 0
• Dragon Res: -19

Note: These stats are for armor parts that are at base level. Upgrading them to their maximum level (7) will further increase your defense.

Best Monster Hunter Wilds Bow Build: Active Skills

This best Bow build in Monster Hunter Wilds will give you the following skills (and levels):

Equipment Skills

• Ballistics: Level 3
• Critical Eye: Level 3
• Special Ammo Boost: Level 2
• Attack Boost: Level 3
• Weakness Exploit: Level 5
• Flayer: Level 4
• Stamina Surge: Level 3
• Divine Blessing: Level 2
• Recovery Up: Level 2
• Burst: Level 1
• Stun Resistance: Level 2
• Partbreaker: Level 1
• Elemental Absorption: Level 1
• Adaptability: Level 1

Set Bonus Skills: Guardian Arkveld’s Vitality

• 2-set bonus active: Decimator I
• 4-set bonus active: Decimator II

Group Skills: Guardian’s Protection

• 3-set bonus active: Ward of Wyveria

Monster Hunter Wilds Best Bow Build Explained

Here are the aspects that our best Bow build in Monster Hunter Wilds focuses on:

• Increasing range of maximum damage.
• Maximize the power of Bow’s special attacks.
• Maintain maximum stamina for mobility.
• Creating wounds and dealing maximum damage via Focus Strike.

Here are explanations for the above points.

Increasing Range of Maximum Damage

The Bow has a range after which there is significant damage falloff. Generally, the game will display a “out of range” message on your screen when this comes up. With the Ballistics skill at level 3, your range is maximized, allowing you to partake in more ranged fights. Since a major part of the Bow’s play is based on mobility, this will enhance your performance by allowing you to deal maximum damage while being further away. In turn, this further reduces your chances of being hit by a monster’s attack and potentially failing a hunt or quest.

Maximize the Power of Bow’s Special Attacks

A major part of the Bow’s damage comes from its special attacks like the Dragon Piercer and Thousand Dragons. These attacks are exclusive to this weapon, and our best Bow build for Monster Hunter Wilds focuses on the Special Ammo Boost skill to maximize this damage. Essentially, this skill further increases the damage of both Dragon Piercer and Thousand Dragons, while also boosting Tracer’s damage.

Maintain Maximum Stamina

As mentioned earlier, the Bow relies a lot on stamina. The Stamina Surge skill increases recovery of Stamina by 50%, which also means your mobility gets a boost. This will also allow you to deal more damage with “Dash Dance”, which is the unofficial term for a very powerful but simple combo.

This also directly makes the Arc Shot much better, which attaches multiple tracers on the monster. Combining this with other combos that end in Dragon Piercer will do a lot of damage, making the fight easier.

Creating Wounds and Dealing Maximum Damage via Focus Strike

Our best Bow build for Monster Hunter Wilds puts the Flayer and Weakness Exploit skills together to absolutely shred monsters. The Bow has a Focus Strike that auto-locks on monster’s wounds and deals an additional Dragon Piercer shot to them. With the chance to create more wounds, you can use this more frequently, thereby dealing more damage. Moreover, this damage will further be enhanced because of Weakness Exploit, allowing you to truly be a deadly marksman.

How To Use This Best Bow Build in Monster Hunter Wilds

Mastering all of the Bow’s moves is a bit complex and can take a lot of getting used to. That said, here is the gameplay loop that you should try to achieve with our best Bow build in Monster Hunter Wilds:

• Start with the basic Tracer Combo to fill up your Trick Gauge. Do not apply coating till the gauge is full.
• Once the Trick Gauge is full, you will have an endless supply of coating. Make sure to apply it to all your attacks henceforth.
• Apply coating to your arrows, and then use the Charged Sidestep and Power Shot to create as many wounds as possible.
• Once you start seeing wounds, go into the Arc Shot and follow it up with your Focus Strike – Hailstorm.
• If there were wounds, an automatic Dragon Piercer shot would ensue.
• Use the Arc Shot to land as many Tracers as possible on the monster, and follow it up with yet another Hailstorm.
• Use Dash Dance (Charged Sidestep > Shoot or Charged Sidestep > Power Shot) to keep doing damage.
• If you see an opportunity to create space, use the Dragon Piercer attack to deal damage. Otherwise, you can follow up with other combos to end in a Dragon Piercer.
• Conversely, you can also use the Thousand Dragons instead of the Dragon Piercer to end a combo.
• Use the Flying Swallow Shot to end the Charged Sidestep combo to dodge midair and attack at the same time.

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