Monster Hunter Wilds Weapon Tier List – Best Weapons

Our Monster Hunter Wilds Weapon Tier List ranks all weapons from best to worst – including explanations!

There are lots of Monster Hunter Wilds weapons to choose from! While you’re here, don’t forget to take a look at our Monster Hunter Now Tier List.

Monster Hunter Wilds Weapon Tier List

Whilst subjective, these are our top picks (and least favourite picks) in Monster Hunter Wilds.

S Tier

• Bow
  • Mid-range weapon that means you can stay away from the heat of battle, but not wander too far
  • A high mobility due to the usage of a bow and arrows rather than a heavy-duty weapon
  • You can charge the arrows to increase the damage dealt to enemies
  • Use Tracers when attacking enemies means your arrows will follow their location
    • Tracers then explode to deal additional damage
  • When using a bow, you cannot guard
• Hammer
  • Grants you high mobility and decent high-impact damage
  • Charge attacks up to boost the damage
  • You have a chance to stun enemies with the hammer if you manage to hit them on their head multiple times
  • You cannot guard with a hammer
• Light Bowgun
  • Works at mid-range during battle
  • Utilises a variety of ammo types
  • Grants high mobility with quick attacks
  • You can dodge oncoming attacks easily
  • Rapid Fire Energy allows you to shoot with speed
  • This Energy replenishes after a duration as long as you perform successful attacks
  • Light Bowgun users cannot guard

A Tier

• Long Sword
  • Great at high agility movements and dealing damage with combos
  • Useful when performing counterattacks
  • Features a Spirit Gauge that increases when successfully performing certain attacks
  • When the Spirit Gauge is red, certain attacks gain a buff
  • Long Sword users cannot guard
• Dual Blades
  • Strike enemies with two identical blades
  • Features Demon Mode, which buffs the overall damage of your attacks
  • Features Archdemon Mode buffs the damage even more
  • Dual Blade users cannot guard
• Hunting Horn
  • Plays melodies that grant you buffs
  • Summon Echo Bubbles onto the battlefield to create areas of effect
  • Melody buffs yourself and your allies
  • Hunting Horn users cannot guard
• Gunlance
  • High range
  • Shoot out shells that explode
  • Allows you to sidestep across the battlefield as you aim down the enemy
  • You can guard with a Gunlance
• Charge Blade
  • Has 2 modes
  • Sword Mode increases your speed and grants you higher agility
  • Charged Phials in Sword Mode buff Axe Mode
  • Axe Mode increases the damage you deal with strong attacks
  • Charged Phials power up the weapon in various ways
• Heavy Bowgun
  • A long range bow!
  • Features Auto Guard, but you can also choose to guard during battle the normal way too
  • Ignition Mode spends Energy, which allows you to shoot special ammo

B Tier

• Great Sword
  • Due to the Great Sword being a heavy weapon, your speed when it comes to overall movement and attacks is slower
  • The damage dealt when using the Great Sword is high
  • You can guard with a Great Sword
• Sword and Shield
  • Quick attacks and overall movement
  • The shield can be used to guard from oncoming attacks, and also to strike enemies
  • Even if your weapon is out, you can still use certain items
• Switch Axe
  • This axe switches between 2 modes
  • Axe Mode works best at range due to it being able to reach enemies from afar
  • Sword Mode increases your attack speed
  • You cannot guard with the Switch Axe
• Insect Glaive
  • Control a Kinsect whilst using the Insect Glaive
  • Harvest extracts from enemies to obtain buffs
  • You can jump into the air to perform aerial attacks
  • You cannot guard with an Insect Glaive

C Tier

• Lance
  • High defense
  • Perform fast attacks with high agility
  • You can use the Lance itself to guard from oncoming attacks and perform counterattacks

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