Monster Hunter Wilds: The Best Build for the Gunlance in the Endgame

With the Gun Lance, you can approach a defensive or aggressive playstyle in Monster Hunter Wilds and pierce your target with countless shots and thrusts. For a faster endgame combat, we show you the best build with the weapons, armor, and decorations you need.

How is the build structured? We first provide a brief overview of the essential items such as weapons and armor for the best Gun Lance build. Then we explain in detail the most important information about crafting your equipment, as well as choosing the right decorations for your armor. Finally, we reveal the strength of the build.

This build will be continuously updated and may change completely depending on updates to match the current meta. So feel free to check back after each update to see what has changed.

With our directory, you can quickly jump to the individual points of the build:

Gun Lance Build: All About Weapons, Armor & Decorations

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Which is the best build for Gun Lance? For the Gun Lance, the best build should primarily focus on high damage rather than affinity while you overwhelm the monster with quick thrusts and shots. Elements such as paralysis or explosion are also secondary and should not be prioritized.

Weapon	Righteous W. Bros or alternatively Argenesis (Artian Weapon)
Armor	W.-Vulcan Mask B Blangonga Armor B Dahaad Armguard B W.-Vulcan Waistband B Dahaad Leggings B
Charm	Chain Charm

How to Craft the Best Artian Weapon for the Gun Lance

What do I need for crafting Argenesis? For Argenesis, when crafting, make sure to choose three attack infusions in your materials. The element doesn’t matter in this case. You can experiment freely and choose either paralysis or explosion, as they currently offer the most benefit in combat.

As a secondary weapon, two options for ranged combat are available:

Death Trigger (Heavy Bowgun from Gore Magala)
Rathling Phoenix (Light Bowgun from Rathalos)

What enhancement bonus should I focus on? When enhancing your Artian weapon, the following bonuses are especially important in priority:

Sharpness
Attack

What decorations are important? With decorations, you can be more flexible and choose the following options:

Magazine/Wall-Jwl 3
Guardian/Wall-Jwl 3
Artillery-Jwl III 3

Gun Lance Build: Armors and Decorations

Which armors are important? For our armor selection, we focus on the following equipment and effects:

Armors

W.-Vulcan Mask B
Blangonga Armor B
Dahaad Armguard B
W.-Vulcan Waistband B
Dahaad Leggings B
Chain Charm

Set Bonuses

Jin-Dahaad’s Uprising
- Bind Counter I: Temporarily increases attack after recovering from ensnared, frostbite, power struggle, or being pinned down
Vulcan-Odogaron’s Power
- Extends the duration of the salvo ability; and attack +3 when the salvo is active.

What decorations should I use? For armor, it mainly focuses on selecting decorations that support your frenzy, affinity, and raw damage. You should equip the following:

Helmet
- Counter-Jwl 2
Chest Plate
- Raid-Jwl 2
Armguards
- Raid-Jwl 2
Leggings
- Counter-Jwl 2
- Figure-Jwl 1
Armor Shoes
- Counter-Jwl 2

How Does the Strength of the Build Unfold?

Always try to start your hunt with a sneaky attack to activate the “Raid-Jwl” and temporarily increase your damage against large monsters. Follow up with a wide attack and a Wyrmstake Full Blast to maximize the salvo effect. It is also important to actively counter attacks from monsters and follow up with a counter-attack to benefit from the “Bind Counter I” effect and receive more raw damage.

Once you have built up your buffs, you just need to react to the monster and either counter attacks or attack with Wyrmstake Full Blast or Burst Fire Combo depending on the situation – that’s how you can deal the most damage. Also, be sure to always maintain the salvo effect; otherwise, you lose the strongest buff of the build.