Monster Hunter Now: Best Great Sword Build for High Damage

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. However, its size makes it less maneuverable. This guide details a build maximizing its potential using sleep effects. This build prioritizes sleep-inducing attacks, requiring a strategic approach and specific gear.

Optimizing Your Great Sword Build

Unlike poison-focused Long Sword builds, this Great Sword build leverages the sleep element for maximum damage. While it requires materials from a relatively rare monster, the majority of equipment comes from more common hunts.

Complete Great Sword Build Breakdown

Weapon Choice: The Frilled Blade

The Frilled Blade is the optimal sleep-based Great Sword. Its inherent Evade Extender skill enhances mobility, crucial for a weapon of its size. Somnacanth is the source for this weapon's crafting materials.

Helmet and Greaves: Leveraging Nightmare Paolumu

The Nightmare Paolumu, introduced in an early paid event, provides essential components. Its parts offer Rude Awakener (all three levels), significantly boosting damage against sleeping monsters. While less common now, they appear in events and as rare spawns.

Mail, Vambraces, and Coil: Maximizing Status Sneak Attack

The remaining gear focuses on Status Sneak Attack, guaranteeing sleep buildup with rear attacks. Additional skills like Artful Dodger and Evade Extender further enhance survivability. Tzitzi-Ya-Ku, easily located with the paintball tracker, provides these materials.

Optimizing Driftstone Slots

This build offers several Driftstone slots. Prioritize Sleep Attack (Azure) for enhanced sleep buildup. Alternatively, invest in Artful Dodger (Azure) and Evade Extender (Pale) for improved defense or Sneak Attack (Pale) for increased damage from rear attacks.

• Sleep Attack (Azure): Increases sleep buildup (50 at rank 1, 150 at rank 5).
• Sneak Attack (Pale): Boosts damage from rear attacks (10% at rank 1, 30% at rank 5).
• Artful Dodger (Azure): Improves evasion.
• Evade Extender (Pale): Increases evasion distance.

This comprehensive guide provides a strong foundation for a highly effective sleep-based Great Sword build in Monster Hunter Now. Remember to adapt your strategy based on the specific monster you're hunting.