Unleash Your Swordsmanship: Discover the Ultimate Great Sword Build for Devastating Blows

Mastering the Monster Hunter Now Great Sword: A Sleep-Focused Build Guide

The Great Sword in Monster Hunter Now is a powerful weapon, capable of devastating blows. However, its size makes it less agile. To maximize its potential, a strategic build focusing on sleep is crucial. This guide outlines the optimal gear and skills for a formidable Great Sword build.

Optimal Great Sword Build

The core strategy revolves around maximizing sleep effects for massive damage. While poison is effective with other weapons, sleep synergizes perfectly with the Great Sword's high damage output. This build requires materials from both common and rarer monsters.

Weapon Choice: Frilled Blade

The Frilled Blade is the ideal 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 materials.

Armor: Leveraging Nightmare Paolumu and Tzitzi-Ya-Ku

The Nightmare Paolumu (from paid events) provides the crucial Rude Awakener skill, significantly boosting damage against sleeping monsters. The Tzitzi-Ya-Ku armor pieces contribute to the Status Sneak Attack skill, guaranteeing sleep buildup with rear attacks. Artful Dodger and additional Evade Extender points further improve survivability.

Driftstone Slot Optimization

This build offers a good number of Driftstone slots. Prioritize Sleep Attack for increased sleep buildup. Alternatively, enhance evasion (Artful Dodger, Evade Extender) or Sneak Attack damage.

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

By following this build, you'll transform your Great Sword into a sleep-inducing powerhouse, capable of dealing massive damage and overcoming even the toughest monsters.