With the lance, you can deal high damage in Monster Hunter Wilds and use the shield for protection. To facilitate a quicker battle in the endgame, we show you the best build with weapons, armor, and decorations that you need.
How is the build structured? We first provide a brief overview of the essential items like weapons and armor for the best lance build. We will then explain in detail the most important information about crafting your equipment, as well as selecting the right decorations for your armor. Lastly, we will reveal the strength of the build.
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Lance Build: Everything about Weapons, Armor & Decorations
What is the best build for the lance? The lance has two options regarding its builds:
- High affinity and paralysis
- High affinity and explosion
The shield allows for a more passive playstyle, and when playing in a group, you can even take on the role of the tank. Therefore, we recommend the build with paralysis, so you can incapacitate your targets for longer periods. The focus is thus on critical damage and paralyzing the enemy.
| Weapon | Skyscraper (Artian Weapon) or alternatively Purifying W. Gareth |
| Armor | Gore Helm B Blangonga Armor B W.-Arkveld Armguards B Arkveld Waist B Gore Leggings B |
| Charm | Chaser Charm |
How to build the best Artian weapon for the lance
What do I need to craft the Skyscraper? For Skyscraper, you should choose three affinity infusions when crafting with your materials. The element should be paralysis to incapacitate the monster while building the status.
If you don’t have good parts yet or luck is unfavorable with the enhancement bonuses for the Skyscraper, you can also opt for the Purifying W. Gareth, which you can build from the components of the Arkveld.
As a secondary weapon, all weapons are worthwhile except for dual blades or the bow. Dealing weapon damage primarily with raw damage aligns nicely, like the hammer or the sword & shield. They also provide a refreshing gameplay experience.
Which enhancement bonus should I focus on? When enhancing your Artian weapon, the following bonuses are especially important:
- Affinity
- Attack
- Sharpness
Which decorations are important? You can be more flexible with decorations and choose from the following options:
- Guardian/Wall-Jwl 3
- Bare/Wall-Jwl 3
- Critical Jwl III 3
Lance Build: Armor and Decorations
Which armors are important? For our armor selection, we focus on the following equipment and effects:
Armors
- Gore Helm B
- Blangonga Armor B
- W.-Arkveld Armguards B
- Arkveld Waist B
- Gore Leggings B
Set Bonuses
- Gore Magalas Tyranny
- Black Darkness I: Causes frenzy in battle against large monsters
Which decorations should I use? For the armor, you should primarily choose decorations that increase your attack and affinity, and you also need an effect through frenzy that enhances your infection recovery rate while simultaneously increasing your critical damage. Finally, reducing damage is beneficial when you block attacks from your monster. You should equip the following:
- Head
- Challenger-Jwl 3
- Figure-Jwl 1
- Chest
- Fury-Jwl 2
- Arms
- Reason-Jwl 1
- Reason-Jwl 1
- Figure-Jwl 1
- Waist
- Figure-Jwl 1
- Figure-Jwl 1
- Legs
- Chain-Jwl 3
- Figure-Jwl 1
- Protection-Jwl 1
How does the strength of the build unfold?
This build primarily focuses on maximizing agitator to increase damage (+20) and affinity (+15 %). When attacking weak points, the weakness advantage activates, further strengthening your attacks.
To increase affinity, healing from frenzy is essential, as the set bonus from the Gore set can give you up to 15% affinity.
As the tank of the group, you need to take a lot of hits, and the Protection-Jwl 1 helps reduce monster attacks. With the Figure-Jwl 1, your constitution is also raised to maximum level, which reduces overall stamina consumption by 50%.
All in all, with this build, you are a walking tank that never runs out of stamina and can also work excellently as part of a team.
That was all the important information about the best lance build in Monster Hunter Wilds. In addition to info about the build, tips for combat are also important for coming out victorious. We have therefore explained everything essential in our combat guide: The ultimate combat guide to Monster Hunter Wilds: Everything about elements, status systems, and important tips for hunting
