Best Long Sword Build Guide for Monster Hunter Wilds

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

Long Sword has been one of the most-used weapons in the Monster Hunter franchise, and Wilds has only enforced that fact. This weapon can deal massive amounts of damage in a short time without compromising a lot on mobility. On the plus side, Long Sword is very easy to pick for beginners, although it has a high skill ceiling overall.

To unleash the maximum damage from the Long Sword, you will need to master its combos and have the best build that can go with it. In this guide, we will explore the best Long Sword build in Monster Hunter Wilds that you should use.

Monster Hunter Wilds Long Sword Overview

If you are a beginner who has picked up the Long Sword, you will likely not be able to wring out maximum juice from its attacks. Although it is fairly easy to pick up, mastering all the combos and Spirit Blade levels might take a while to get used to.

This is also one of the major downsides of the Long Sword: its reliance on Spirit Blade and combos. Since this weapon has quite a few multi-hit combos, it also loses its sharpness easily. Here are the main pros and cons of the Long Sword in Monster Hunter Wilds:

Pros	Cons
Amazing damage output. Has decent mobility options in combat. Very smooth combos and visuals. Fast attacks after Spirit Gauge reaches level 3.	High skill ceiling with combos. Relies almost entirely on the Spirit Gauge. Animations are slow for the initial attacks.

Our best Long Sword build guide for Monster Hunter Wilds primarily focuses on increasing attack while ensuring the Spirit Gauge has the fastest uptime. With this build, you should be able to cycle through all levels of Spirit Blade attacks rather easily while playing the game.

Best Long Sword Build in Monster Hunter Wilds

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

• Element: Dragon
• Weapon: Righteous Lancelot (Rarity: 8, Arkveld Tree)
• Weapon Decorations:
  • Handicraft Jewel III [3]
  • Attack Jewel II [2]
  • Attack Jewel [1]
• 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: Chainblade Charm I
• Mantle: Rocksteady Mantle

Best Monster Hunter Wilds Long Sword Build: Statistics

By equipping all the above items, you should have the following stats:

Attack Status

• Attack: 749
• Affinity: 0%
• Element: 350 (Dragon)

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 the base level. Upgrading them to their maximum level (7) will further increase your defense.

Best Monster Hunter Wilds Long Sword Build: Active Skills

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

Equipment Skills

• Handicraft: Level 3
• Focus: Level 3
• Attack Boost: Level 3
• Weakness Exploit: Level 5
• Flayer: Level 5
• Stamina Surge: Level 3
• Divine Blessing: Level 2
• Recovery Up: Level 2
• Stun Resistance: Level 1
• Partbreaker: Level 1
• Elemental Absorption: 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 Long Sword Build Explained

Here are the important aspects that our best Long Sword build for Monster Hunter Wilds focuses on:

• Increasing damage output.
• Filling up the Spirit Gauge faster and using more damaging combos.
• Preventing fast sharpness loss.
• Creating wounds and dealing massive damage to them.

You can find details on each of the points explained below:

1) Maximize Damage Output

The Righteous Lancelot has one of the most well-balanced attack stats out of all the other options. Although this weapon does not have any affinity, its balance of raw and elemental damage gives it the perfect flair for taking down monsters with ease. The Dragon element is one of the most versatile to exist in the game and generally performs well against all monsters. 

Using the Attack decorations as mentioned above, you can get a further boost to your attack to get around 2450 damage per full combo that ends in Spirit Release Slash.

2) Fill Up Spirit Gauge Faster

Although the Righteous Lancelot does not offer any affinity, its innate skill Focus is what makes it the ideal choice for the best Long Sword build in Monster Hunter Wilds. This weapon has the Focus skill maxed out at level 3, which greatly increases the rate at which your Spirit Gauge fills up.

The faster your Spirit Gauge fills up, the faster you will get to Spirit Blade level 3. Effectively, this means more Crimson Slash combos that will deal more damage overall.

3) Preventing Sharpness Loss

The Crimson Slash combos take away a sufficient amount of your sharpness, especially with the Spirit Thrust and Spirit Helm Breaker combo. As such, using the Handicraft level 3 skill adds more sharpness to your weapon. 

This allows you to have more sharpness time, meaning more damage at maximum multipliers. At the same time, it will also reduce the number of times that you will need to sharpen your Long Sword during a fight in Monster Hunter Wilds.

4) Creating Wounds And Dealing Damage

The combination of Flayer and Weakness Exploit skills at level 5 each once again further amplifies your damage output in this best Long Sword build in Monster Hunter Wilds. Moreover, the Focus Strike of the Long Sword, called Unbound Thrust, also deals massive damage, which is only increased by the Weakness Exploit skill.

Moreover, using a Focus Strike will always instantly refill your Spirit Gauge to the next highest level, making it easier to reach level 3 and use the Crimson Slash combos.

How to Use This Best Long Sword Build in Monster Hunter Wilds

As mentioned earlier, the true potential of the Long Sword is achieved by using combos and getting your Spirit Gauge level to the maximum. Here is the gameplay loop that you should focus on with this build:

• Use normal Slash combos to reach Spirit Gauge level 3. It is important to note that you reach the next highest level only after executing the Spirit Roundslash. This attack is only doable after executing the Spirit Blade III. However, you can also reach Spirit Blade III attack after using the Fade Slash and Spirit Step Slash. Use both the Spirit Blade normal combo and the Fade Slash combo based on the flow of the fight.
• Once you are at Spirit Gauge level 3 (red spirit gauge and your sword will also glow red), use the normal Spirit Blade combo and the Crimson Slash combo to deal damage.
• Use the Foresight Slash or Foresight Whirl Slash (at Spirit Gauge level 3) to dodge attacks. If done right, this will give you i-frames and also charge up your Spirit Gauge.
• Normally, use the Crimson Slash and Spirit Blade combos, ending in Iai Slash or Iai Spirit Slash combos. Do not go for the full combo attacks unless the monster is toppled.
• When the monster is toppled, use the maximum damage combo at Spirit Gauge level 3: Crimson Slash I > Crimson Slash II > Crimson Slash III > Spirit Blade I > Spirit Blade II > Spirit Blade III > Spirit Roundslash > Spinning Crimson Slash > Spirit Thrust > Spirit Helm Breaker > Spirit Release Slash. This combo should do around 2600 damage on average at maximum sharpness level.
• Prioritize hitting Focus Strikes on all wounds since this will also increase your Spirit Gauge faster.
• Use healing items as and when necessary. Moreover, the Decimator II armor set skill should also heal you automatically with every attack on a Focus Strike for a large monster.

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