Section Purpose

Armor skill priorities, charms, decorations, and build planning checkpoints. This section is not a link dump. It turns one family of player problems into a reading route: entry decision first, then individual monster, weapon, map, database, or checklist pages.

  • Great Sword beginner build route: Great Sword is strongest when you stop swinging randomly: build for draw openings, learn tackle safety, and practice short charge windows first.
  • Long Sword spirit gauge route: Long Sword improves when you plan gauge levels, do not force counters, and use safe monster recovery rather than attacking every movement.
  • Sword and Shield item safety route: Sword and Shield is beginner-friendly because it can reset quickly; use that mobility to heal, mount, and reposition instead of overextending.
  • Dual Blades stamina control: Dual Blades punish greedy stamina use; build item habits around dash juice, demon mode windows, and safe exits from long combos.
  • Hammer KO openings: Hammer works best when you fight for head access without standing under every attack; slopes, turns, and exhaustion create safer KO windows.
  • Hunting Horn team buff route: Hunting Horn is not a passive support weapon: keep songs simple, refresh during movement, and still claim head openings for impact damage.
  • Lance guard and positioning plan: Lance is a positioning weapon: guard to stay near the weak point, use hops to correct angle, and avoid turtling without counter pressure.
  • Gunlance shelling plan: Gunlance becomes cleaner when you pick a shelling style, keep sharpness in mind, and stop mixing every combo into one hunt.
  • Switch Axe gauge plan: Switch Axe rewards gauge planning: build sword uptime safely, avoid zero-sum greed on dangerous heads, and morph to reposition.
  • Charge Blade phial route: Charge Blade becomes less confusing when you split it into charge, shield, spend, and reset phases instead of memorizing every combo at once.

Maintenance Rules

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