TU3.5: Endgame Hunting Horn Meta & Progression

Changes in TU3.5

• AT Rey Dau armor is the strongest general-purpose armor in the game, and we will be recommending it going forward.
• • This armor uses the Latent Power skill, which has great uptime with Rey Dau's set bonus.

Recommended All-Rounder

This guide won't go into much detail on how to play Hunting Horn. For that, you can refer to our Hunting Horn Weapon Guide. When it comes to "meta" this build assumes you want to maximize damage. Some QoL/comfort skills help with damage in a practical sense, but offense is still the main priority.

Weapons

Omiltika (Artian Hunting Horn) with 4 or 5 perfect rolls is the best Raw options, . The recommended ailment is Paralysis , but you can use Blast too if preferred. Remember that you don't need a god-roll for the weapon to be usable. Getting 2x or 3x Attack and 1x Sharpness at least is more than enough!

Bring a second Hunting Horn with utility songs to buff the party; Gramklang and Resounding Galahad are good options. Remember that you need Horn Maestro 2 on both weapons in order to maintain buff uptime when swapping Horns.

Offensive Skill choices

Weakness Exploit and Agitator are universal best-in-class offensive skills, and most sets will try to max them out first. Weakness Exploit can be changed to other options when reaching the affinity cap.

Maximum Might is an excellent Skill, but requires you not to use any stamina to stay active. If you find yourself dodging or blocking often, or your weapon drains stamina (like Bow, DB), you might want to switch to another skill or use Second Wind I (Anjanath set bonus) to keep it active more often.

Counterstrike requires you to either block or receive an attack to activate (certain parry moves can also activate it). It is worth investing 3 points into this Skill if your weapon excels at activating it. Becomes less useful in multiplayer.

Adrenaline Rush is a front-loaded Skill, meaning it's usually best to just invest 1 point into it. Seregios' set bonus (Seregios's Tenacity) boosts its damage and uptime, but there are usually better options. This Skill becomes much less efficient in Multiplayer as the monster will attack other players, too.

Latent Power should only be used with Rey Dau armor (Thunderous Roar II). It can be activated by taking 130HP worth of damage, or after 2 minutes have passed during a fight. Worth using if you're occasionally getting hit.