r/MonsterHunterMeta • u/Gunplaired • 2d ago
Wilds Is dragon piercer build still good ?
Hello, in the last few days I started to farm to get a dragon piercer bow build. Then I saw the update... Do you think I still should make this build and can it be good to use in some matchups or is it completely trash now ?
It was one of my favorite build to use against big monsters in world, I would be so sad if Capcom killed the build
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u/Gumptionless 2d ago
Its nowhere near as good as it was, the damage and amount of hits each pierce does is nerfed, so it doesn't compete aswell ti the charge dance option.
I don't know if tracer arrow then thousand dragon spam is an alternative but I'm sure that will be figured out soon.
As a fellow bow lover is recommend building the comfy build on the master bow doc, and I still run g dog bow, the build may not be peak optimal as it's a comfort build but it let's you swap between both playstyles and aslong as your not going for speedrun times then you'll be fine sneaking in DPs plenty often for fun
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u/Pliskkenn_D 2d ago
Comfy will always trump meta for me, since I'm not good enough to go for speed run times. Can't keep DPS up if I'm dead.
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u/Chocolate_Rabbit_ 1d ago
Well dragon piercer is also way less comfy than Dash dancing because it forces you to stand still for a long duration.
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u/Jorke550 1d ago
100% agree. You have to know each monster move to memory to keep optimal damage and not get smacked in the middle of the animation.
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u/speedkills93 1d ago
So the comfy builds include using spread gems. It's pretty much the only deco I've never gotten and have lots of pierce decos. Would dragon piercer still be better without the spread gem, or has the nerf made it so even with pierce and no spread that it's not worth it?
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u/Gumptionless 1d ago
Charge dance is better even without spread i belive, but you can put in pierce for the DP and unless you are full minmax speed runner then the difference won't be enough to care about.
I run my gdog bow with piece just cos I like it and don't like the look of the artian bow, Use charge dance then swap to DP at random, is it optimal and gotta break speed records? No
Is it fun watching an arrow fo end to end though a monster for the sake of a small damage loss? Fuck yea
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u/Irreverent_Taco 1d ago
The damage on thousand dragons feels nice now but I'd be shocked if it is anywhere near optimal with how crazy long the recovery animation is
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u/Toasty-Toasted-Toast 1d ago
You can charge step out of the recovery animation, still pretty slow though
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u/saladx11 1d ago edited 1d ago
Build isn’t bad but it is nerfed, I use a dragon artian or G.ark bow against Zoh. I run agi and wex or wex and burst, and I went from 22 minutes(g.Dosha) to 15 minute hunts. E: DP through Zoh’s two big arms over his head and you should be able to break em easily than any other weapon
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u/HappyHappyGamer 21h ago
This is what I wanted to know. There is a difference between nerfed and becoming bad. If it was too good before, as long as it can be a viable option I am ok. I still popped a DP when I had the chance during Zoa, and during right times it did decent damage. Definitely not as much as before, but wasn't absolutely horrible. But I think spamming is out of the question now due to lowered overall DPS, and the firing rate.
I forgot the patch notes, but it feels like my elementals hit harder. I did not test how much TD got buffed either.
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u/leronjones 2d ago
I'd love to tell you but I can't even open the game since the update.
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u/ConquistadorX90 2d ago
If you get to the error report read the text file in the crash file. There is likely a corrupted .pak file. Delete the one it says is corrupted then verify the game file’s integrity in steam. It should work after that.
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u/projectwar Quest Maiden 2d ago
it's worse than before, and right now the "comfy" option is likely to also get you killed vs zoh shia more than normal bow anyways, so idunno. My dp went from 303 to like 216 or something vs dummy, which is a huge loss from my test.