Summary
Monster Hunter Wildshas been almost universally well-received since its release. The game has been praised for its vibrant ecosystems and seamless exploration, as well as being one of thebest-lookingMonster Huntergamesout there.Monster Hunterplayers tend to care a lot more about the monsters they can hunt and the gear they can craft from killing them. Fortunately,Monster Hunter Wildsdoesn’t disappoint in this area, as there are many weapons and armor sets to craft, often with their own unique skills and bonuses.
There aretwo types of cumulative armor bonusesinMonster Hunter Wilds: group skills and set bonuses. Armor set bonuses come from having multiple pieces of a specific monster’s armor set equipped; group skills are shared between multiple armors but can still activate a bonus with enough mixed pieces equipped. With that said, these are thebest set bonus skills inMonster Hunter Wilds.
This article will be looking at the best armor set bonuses, not group skills.
8Fulgur Anjanath’s Will
Stamina Booster
The bonus from Fulgur Anjanath’s armor set can be useful for players who need an additional stamina boost. This can be especially important for certain weapon types, as it can help slower or more stamina-intensive weapons maintain the buff from Maximum Might.
The extra stamina bar granted by the two-piece set bonus is usually enough for this purpose. This means that going for four pieces of this armor set can be a bit of a waste given the other potential set bonuses players would be giving up as a result.
7Ebony Odogaron’s Power
Burst Extender
Burst can bea very powerful skill inMonster Hunter Wilds, and the Ebony Odogaron set can make it even more effective. The Burst skill grants a scaling bonus for successive attacks on a monster that increases both raw and elemental attack power.
Hitting a monster once activates a small bonus, and landing 5 hits within a 4-second window activates a much bigger bonus. The Odogaron’s set bonus extends the time window by a second and increases the player’s attack power a little more while active. For players who are fully specced into Burst, Ebony Odgaron’s set can equate to a powerful bonus.
6Rey Dau’s Voltage
Latent Power Extender
The Latent Power skill can be a good option for vastly boosting affinity. The skill itself boosts affinity and reduces stamina depletion after the player has taken a certain amount of damage or after enough time has passed since the start of combat.
With the Rey Dau set bonus, the Latent Power skill stays active for longer. This can be very useful if players are focusing on Latent Power to raise affinity for more critical strikes.
5Nu Udra’s Mutiny
Resentment Damage Buff
The Resentment skill inMonster Hunter Wildsgives players increased attack power when they have recoverable health,indicated by the red part of the health barafter players take a hit. With the Nu Udra set, players get even more attack bonuses out of this skill.
Since the attack bonus from Resentment scales with additional levels in the skill, if players are able to mix this set with at least three levels of the Resentment skill, then the boost becomes very powerful.
Status Recovery Attack Boost
The attack boost from Jin Dahaad’s Revolt is significant, but it only applies afterrecovering from certain status effects. It applies when the player recovers from Webbed, Frostblight, Pinned, or after a Power Clash.
That’s enough different effects for it to be useful in specific circumstances, but it’s not as easy to self-trigger as the boost players get from the Gore Magala set bonus and the Antivirus skill, making this set a much less popular endgame choice.
3Arkveld’s Hunger
Life Steal
The continuous health restoration from Arkveld’s Hunger make for one of the more powerful healing effects inMonster Hunter Wilds, especially if players are usinga fast-attacking weapon like the Dual Blades. With this set bonus, health is restored from landing successive hits on a monster, allowing players to stay on the offensive.
The amount of health recovered varies from weapon to weapon. While it’s not a huge amount recovered per hit, it can add up to be very significant if players are landing a lot of sequential attacks.
2Guardian Arkveld’s Vitality
Heal On Wound Break
The health-restoring bonus from the Guardian Arkveld set is arguably even more efficient than the Arkveld set’s bonus. That’s certainly true if players are using a playstyle that focuses on wound breaking.
Guardian Arkveld’s set bonus restores a chunk of healthwhen players break a wound on a monster. It’s a pretty sizable health return, even if players only choose to have two pieces of the set equipped, which leaves other armor slots open for more damage-focused skills.
1Gore Magala’s Tyranny
Self Frenzy
One of the most popular ways to boost damage during theMonster Hunter Wildsend-game is to self-inflict Frenzy with Gore Magala’s set bonus and speed up the recovery time with the Antivirus skill.
With the full four-piece set bonus active, players receive a decent attack boost while Frenzy is active and an even more powerful boost after they recover from the Frenzy effect. This tends to beat out most other combinations for consistently raising the player’s damage output, making Gore Magala’s set bonus one of the most powerful in the game.
