Oh, Idk about that. Flayer, Burst, and Partbreaker are all VERY strong since wounds are strong and plentiful (depending on weapon). WEX was nerfed to grant the majority of its bonus to wounds rather than vulnerable parts, so I've mostly been seeing it run with Flayer as well.
What does Gunlance do with wounds? I've seen people putting it in F-tier.
I know longsword is in F because it consumes all wounds, robbing other weapons of their utilities in co-op (like kinsect recharge or horn rebuffing party for free).
It just does a lot of damage, but you can aim it easily and hit multiple wounds. It also takes up a lengthy amount of time so the monster is "stunned" for longer while the attack animation is playing out.
IMO wound tier lists are kinda w/e because certain weapons need to "use" wounds more than others, but people are also forgetting 90% of the time it's better to pop the wound asap for the damage to build up another wound on the part later (or in the case of [story spoilers] guardian monsters that can regenerate woulds you might not get the chance later)
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u/tankercat67 Mar 03 '25
Oh, Idk about that. Flayer, Burst, and Partbreaker are all VERY strong since wounds are strong and plentiful (depending on weapon). WEX was nerfed to grant the majority of its bonus to wounds rather than vulnerable parts, so I've mostly been seeing it run with Flayer as well.