MH4U: All Armor Skill Explanation!

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Edgemaster +10 = Honed Blade

• Compound skill that's comprised of Sharpness +1 and Attack Up Large (AuL).

Edge Lore +10 = Steady hand

• Compound skill that's comprised of Razor Sharp and Mind's Eye.

Readiness +10 = Sheathe Control

• Compound skill that's comprised of Quick Sheathe and Punishing Draw.

Mechanic +10 = Explosive Trapper

• Compound skill that's comprised of Bombardier and Trap Master.

Brawn +10 = Heavy Hitter

• Compound skill that's comprised of Stamina Thief and Knockout King.

Resilience +10 = Iron Wall

• Compound skill that's comprised of Defense Up Large (DuL) and Iron Skin.

Arcana +10 = Enlightened Blade

• Compound skill that's comprised of Awaken and Elemental/Status Atk Up.

Amplify +10 = Elementality

• Compound skill that's comprised of Elemental Atk Up and Item Use Up.

D. Fencing +10 = Pro Dirty Fencer

• Compound skill that's comprised of Survivor, Marathon Runner and Stamina Thief.

Fury +10 = Wrath Awoken

• Compound skill that's comprised of Guts and Adrenaline +2.

Status Res +10 = Wellness

• Compound skill that's comprised of Negate Stun/Poison/Sleep/Paralysis.

Nimbleness +10 = Acrobat

• Compound skill that's comprised of Constitution +1 and Evade +1.

Brutality +10 = Ruthlessness

• Compound skill that's comprised of Critical Eye +2 and Weakness Exploit.

Ferocity +10 = Bloodthirst

• Compound skill that's comprised of Focus and Meat Lover.

Stalwart +10 = Shield Bearer

• Compound skill that's comprised of Guard Boost and Stamina Recov Up.

Prudence +10 = Fleet Feet

• Compound skill that's comprised of Peak Performance and Evade Extender.

Hoarding +10 = Hoarding

• Compound skill that's comprised of Gathering +2 and Charm Chaser.

Unshakable +10 = Rock Steady

• Compound skill that's comprised of Windproof (Lo) and Earplugs. This skill also prevents you from being knockdown by monster attacks.

Avarice +10 = Bounty Hunter

• Compound skill that's comprised of Capture Master and Great Luck.

SteadyHand +10 = Silver Bullet

• Compound skill that's comprised of Normal/Pellet/Pierce Up.

Prayer +10 = Benediction

• Compound skill that's comprised of Divine Protection and Recovery Up.

Covert +10 = Clandestine

• Compound skill that's the comprised of Load Up, Sneak and Combination +20%.

PowerEater +10 = Alloy Stomach

• Compound skill that's comprised of Speed Eating +2, Meat Lover and Mushromancer.

Loading +10 = Load Up

• Increases HBG/LBG ammo capacity by 1. For bows, Unlocks the 3rd or 4th charge for most bows.

LightEater +10 = Rationer

• Sometimes allows the reuse of consumable items (ie. Potions, Dash Juice etc.)

Reload Spd +20/-20 = Reload Speed +3/-3

• Significant increase/decrease in HBG/LBG reloading.

Reload Spd +15/-15 = Reload Speed +2/-2

• Noticeable increase/decrease in HBG/LBG reloading.

Reload Spd +10-10 = Reload Speed +1/-1

• Slight increase/decrease in HBG/LBG reloading.

Recoil +20/-20 = Recoil Down +3/-3

• Significant decrease/increase in bowgun recoil.

Recoil +15/-15 = Recoil Down +2/-2

• Noticeable decrease/increase in bowgun recoil.

Recoil +10/-10 = Recoil Down +1/-1

• Slight decrease/increase in bowgun recoil.

Rapid Fire +10 = Bonus Shot

• Increases Rapid Fire shot by 1.

Gloves Off +15 = Latent Power +2

• Being with a large monster for 5 minutes or more and receiving 180 points of damage gives you 75% reduction of stamina use and 50% more affinity. Lasts for 90 seconds.

Gloves Off +10 = Latent Power +1

• Being with a large monster for 5 minutes or more and receiving 180 points of damage gives you 50% reduction of stamina use and 30% more affinity. Lasts for 90 seconds.

Handicraft +10 = Sharpness +1

• Increases the level of the weapon's sharpness.

Sharpness +10/-10 = Razor Sharp/Blunt Edge 

• Halves/doubles the consumption of the sharpness bar.

Crit Draw +10 = Critical Draw

• Increases weapon affinity of draw attacks to 100%. If the weapon has -10% affinity then the draw attack would only be 90%.

PunishDraw +10 = Punishing Draw

• Draw attacks do KO damage and adds 5 true attack damage. (GS draw attacks do 30 KO damage).

Sharpener +10/-10 = Speed Sharpening/Slow Sharpening

• Speed Sharpening makes the animation do only 1 round of weapon polishing instead of 4 while Slow sharpening makes it 5.

Spirit +15 = Challenger +2

• True attack is increased by 25 and 20% more affinity is granted when you are in the same area with an enraged monster.

Spirit +10 = Challenger +1

• True attack is increased by 10 and 10% more affinity is granted when you are in the same area with an enraged monster.

Tenderizer +10 = Weakness Exploit

• When hitting a monster hitzone of 45 or higher, adds 5 more damage. (ie. 45,50,55 hitzones turn to 50,55,60 respectivelty.)

Blight Res +10 = Blightproof

• Negates the effects of all elemental blights. 

Attack +25 = Attack Up (XL)

• Increases true attack value by 25.

Attack +20/-20 = Attack Up/Down (L)

• Increases/decreases true attack value by 20.

Attack +15/-15 = Attack Up/Down (M)

• Increases/decreases true attack value by 15.

Attack +10/-10 = Attack Up/Down (S)

• Increases/decreases true attack value by 10.

Expert +30 = Critical God

• Increases affinity by 30%.

Expert +20/-20 = Critical Eye +3/-3

• +20%/-15% affinity.

Expert +15/-15 = Critical Eye +2/-2

• +15%/-10% affinity.

Expert +10/-10 = Critical Eye +1/-1

• +10%/-5% affinity.

Artillery +20 = Artillery God 

• Ballista, Cannon, Gunlance Shelling and Wyvern's Fire damage increases by 30%. Wyvern's Fire cooldown reduced to 80 seconds. Impact type Charge Blade finishers do 40% more damage.

Artillery +15 = Artillery Expert 

• Ballista, Cannon, Gunlance Shelling and Wyvern's Fire damage increases by 20%. Wyvern's Fire cooldown reduced to 90 seconds. Impact type Charge Blade finishers do 35% more damage.

Artillery +10 = Artillery Novice

• Ballista, Cannon, Gunlance Shelling and Wyvern's Fire damage increases by 10%. Impact type Charge Blade finishers do 30% more damage.

Evasion +20 = Evasion +3

• Evasion time is increased from 0.2 to 0.6 seconds.

Evasion +15 = Evasion +2

• Evasion time increased from 0.2 to 0.4 seconds.

Evasion +10/-10 = Evasion +1/Down

• For evasion +1, evasion time is increased from 0.2 to 0.33. While in Evasion Down, invincibility is reduced to <0.2 seconds.

Hearing +15 = HG Earplugs

• Negates all monster roars.

Hearing +10 = Earplugs

• Negate small roars.

Guard + 15 = Guard +2

• Stamina loss while blocking is reduced by 20. Decreases damage taken and decreases knock back.

Guard +10/-10 = Guard +1/-1

• Stamina loss while blocking is reduced by 20 or increased by 10. Decreases/increases damage taken and knock back.

Guard Up +10 = Guard Boost

• Allows to block previously unblockable attacks. (ie. gas, rays.)

Potential +15 = Adrenaline +2

• Defense is increased by 45 and gain 30% more damage when health is below 40%.

Potential +10/-10 = Adrenaline +1/Worrywart

• Defense is increased by 40 when health is below 40%/ Defense is decreased by 21 and damage is reduced by 30% when health is below 40%.

Status +15 = Status Atk +2

• Status attacks gain 22.5% more damage.

Status +10/-10 = Status Atk +1/Down

• Status attacks gain 12.5% more damage/ status attacks lose 10% damage.

Stamina +10-10 = Marathon Runner/Short Sprinter

• Halves/doubles stamina consumption when running or charging. (affects Demon Mode.)

Destroyer +10 = Part Breaker

• Breakable parts receive 30% more breaking damage. Increases monster flinching.

Evade Dist +10 = Evade Extender

• Evade distance + 50%.

Sheathing +10 = Quick Sheath 

• Allows faster sheathing.

Fast Charge +10/-10 = Focus

• Bow, LS, GS, DB, SA, Hammer and CB charge times are 20% Faster/Slower.

Unscathed +10 = Peak Performance

• Grants Attack Up L when health is full.

Guts +10 = Guts

• If health is 64 or more, you survive a fatal blow once for every hunt/quest.

Normal Up +10 = Normal/Rapid Up

• Normal shots and Rapid type bows do 10% more damage.

Pierce Up +10 = Pierce Up

• Pierce shots and Pierce type bows do 10 % more damage.

Pellet Up +10 = Pellet/Spread Up

• Pellet shots do 20% more damage while Spread bows do 30% more.

Stam Drain +10 = Stamina Thief

• Increases Fatigue damage.

Frenzy Res +10 = Antivirus

• Helps in overcoming the virus and grants 30% affinity instead of 15%.

Biology +15 = Bio Master 

• Increases Dung Bomb efficiency and negates stench and also blast blight. Decreases the duration of the frenzy virus.

Biology +10 = Bio Researcher

• Increases Dung Bomb efficiency and negates stench and also blast blight.

Mounting +15 = Rodeo God

• Makes it easier to mount and fill up the mount gauge even faster.

Mounting +10/-10 = Mounting Master/ Saddle Sore

• Makes it easier/harder to mount monsters. The mount gauge also fills up faster/slower.

CritElemnt +10 = Elemental Crit

• Elemental damage does 25%-35% (depending on weapon) more damage when a critical strike occurs.

CritStatus +10 = Status Crit

• Status damage do 25%-35% (depending on weapon) more damage when a critical strike occurs.

Dead Eye +10 = Trajectory

• Increases the critical distance range of bows and bowguns.

Mycology +10 = Mushromancer

• Eating mushrooms give beneficial status effects.

Bleeding +10/-10 = Negate/Double Bleeding

• Negate/Doubles the damage receive from bleeding.

Sticky Res = Negate Tar

• Negates the effects of web and tar.

KO +10 = Knockout King

• Increases KO damage.

LastingPwr +10/-10 = Item Use Up/Down

• Item duration lasts 50% more/ item duration lasts 30% less.

Fire Atk +20 = Fire Atk +3

• Fire damage x 1.15 + 90.

Fire Atk +15 = Fire Atk +2

• Fire damage x 1.1 + 60.

Fire Atk +10/-10 = Fire Atk +1/Down

• Fire damage x 1.05 + 40/ Fire damage down by 25%.

Water Atk +20 = Water Atk +3

• Water damage x 1.15 + 90.

Water Atk +15 = Water Atk +2

• Water damage x 1.10 + 60.

Water Atk +10/-10 = Water Atl +1/Down

• Water damage x 1.05 + 40/ Water damage down by 25%.

ThunderAtk +20 = Thunder Atk +3

• Thunder damage x 1.15 + 90.

ThunderAtk +15 = Thunder Atk +2

• Thunder damage x 1.10 + 60.

ThunderAtk +10/-10 = Thunder Atk +1

• Thunder damage x 1.05 + 40/ Thunder damage down by 25%.

Ice Atk +20 = Ice Atk +3

• Ice damage x 1.15 + 90.

Ice Atk +15 = Ice Atk +2

• Ice damage x 1.10 + 60.

Ice Atk +10 = Ice Atk +1/Down

• Ice damage x 1.05 + 40/ Ice damage down by 25%.

Dragon Atk +20 = Dragon Atk +3

• Dragon damage x 1.15 + 90.

Dragon Atk +15 = Dragon Atk +2

• Dragon damage x 1.10 + 60.

Dragon Atk +10 = Dragon Atk +1

• Dragon damage x 1.05 + 40/ Dragon damage down by 25%.

Elemental +10/-10 = Elemental Atk Up/Down

• Fire/Water/Thunder/Ice/Dragon damage up/down by 10%.

Fire Res +15 = Fire Res +20

• Increase Fire resistance by 20.

Fire Res +10/-10 = Fire Res +15/-20

• Increase Fire resistance by 15/ Decrease Fire resistance by 20

Water Res +15 = Water Res +20

• Increase Water resistance by 20.

Water Res +10/-10 = Water Res +15/-20

• Increase Water resistance by 15/ Decrease Water resistance by 20.

ThunderRes +15 = Thunder Res +20

• Increase Thunder resistance by 20.

ThunderRes +10/-10 = Thunder Res +15/-20

• Increase Thunder resistance by 15/ Decrease Thunder resistance by 20.

Ice Res +15 = Ice Res +20

• Increase Ice resistance by 20.

Ice Res +10/-10 = Ice Res +15/-20

• Increase Ice resistance by 15/ Decrease Ice resistance by 20.

Dragon Res +10/-10 = Dragon Res +20

• Increase Dragon resistance by 20.

Dragon Res +10/-10 = Dragon Res +15/-20

• Increase Dragon resistance by 15/ Decrease Dragon resistance by 20.

Def Lock +10 = Iron Skin

• Negates the defense decrease debuff.

Defense +25 = Defense Up XL

• Significantly increases defense.

Defense +20/-20 = Defense Up L/ Defense Down L

• Massive increase/decrease in defense. 

Defense +15/-15 = Defense Up M/ Defense Down M

• Increases/decreases defense.

Defense +10/-10 = Defense Up S/ Defense Down S

• Slight defense increase/decrease.

Fortify +10 = Survivor

• Faint once, damage +10% and defense +15%. Faint twice, damage +20% and defense +30%.

Bomb Boost +10 = Bombardier

• Increases bomb damage by 30% and adds 20% more damage to blast element weapons. Also ensures 100% bomb success rate combination.

Charmer +20 = Charm God

• 50% more chance in getting 2 charms when mining.

Charmer +15 = Charm Chaser

• 30% more chance in getting 2 charms when mining.

Charmer +10 = Charm Collector

• 20% more chance in getting 2 charms when mining.

Gathering +20 = Gathering God

• Ensures that you gather the maximum amount a gathering point has.

Gathering +15 = Gathering +2

• Increases gathering amount chances.

Gathering +10/-10 = Gathering +1/-1

• Slightly increases/decreases the gathering amount chances. 

Carving +20 = Carving God

• Increases carve materials by 1~2 and small attacks can't cancel carving.

Carving +15 = Carving Celebrity

• Increases carved materials by 1 and small attacks can't cancel carving.

Carving +10 = Carving Pro

• Small attacks can't cancel carving.

Tranquilzr +20 = Capture God

• Ensures that you'll receive the maximum amount of capture rewards.

Tranquilzr +15 = Capture Master

• Ensures an additional plus 1 capture reward. (ie. 2~3 chances becomes 3~4.)

Tranquilzr +10 = Capture Expert

• Ensures you'll receive a capture reward. (ie. 2~3 chances becomes an absolute 3.)

Health +15/-15 = Health +50/-30

• Health is increased by 50 or reduced by 30. 

Health +10/-10 = Health +30/-10

• Health is increased by 30 or reduced by 10.

Normal S+ +10 = Use Any Normal S

• Enables to load all level of Normal shots.

Pierce S+ +15 = Use Any Pierce S

• Enables to load all level of Pierce shots.

Pierce S+ +10 = Use Lv1 Pierce S

• Enables to load level 1 Pierce shots.

Pellet S+ +15 = Use Any Pellet S

• Enables to load all level of Pellet shots.

Pellet S+ +10 = Use Lv1 Pellet S

• Enables to load level 1 Pellet shots.

Crag S+ +15 = Use Any Crag S

• Enables to load all level of Crag shots.

Crag S+ +10 = Use Lv 1 Crag S

• Enables to load level 1 Crag shots.

Clust S+ +15 = Use Any Clust S

• Enables to load all level of Cluster shots.

Clust S+ +10 = Use Lv 1 Clust S

• Enables to load level 1 Cluster shots.

Slicing S+ +10 = Use Slicing S

• Enables to load Slicing S.

Blast S+ +10 = Use Blast S

• Enables to load Blast S.

Para C+ +10 = Use Para Coat

• Enables Paralysis coating for bows.

Poison C+ +10 = Use Poison Coat

• Enables Poison coating for bows.

Sleep C+ +10 = Use Sleep Coat

• Enables Sleep coating for bows.

Power C+ +10 = Use Power Coat

• Enables Power coating for bows.

C.Range C+ +10 = Use C.Range Coat

• Enables Close-range coating for bows.

Exhaust C+ +10 = Use Exhaust Coat

• Enables Exhaust coating for bows.

Blast C+ +10 = Use Blast Coat

• Enables Blast coating for bows.

Precision +15/-15 = Steadiness +2/-2

• Greatly decreases/increases bowgun deviation.

Precision +10/-10 = Steadiness +1/-1

• Decreases/increases bowgun deviation.

Spd Gather +10 = Speed Gatherer

• Increases the speed of gathering, mining, carving and bug catching.

Psychic +15 = Autotracker

• Always display on the map where the monster is.

Psychic +10 = Detect

• When marked with a paintball, gives more details about the monster.

Maestro +10 = Horn Maestro

• Horn buffs last 1 minute more. Lessens the breakage of horns.

Perception +10 = Capture Guru

• When marked with a paintball, gives details to when the monster can be captured.

Wide-Range +15 = Wide-Range +2

• Consumables effect fellow hunters in the same area. (ie. potions, antidotes etc.)

Wide-Range +10 = Wide-Range +1

• Consumables slightly give effect to fellow hunters in the same area.

Rec Level +10/-10 = Recovery Up/Down

• +25/-25 more health restored when using curative items.

Carnivore +10 = Meat Lover

• Enables the consumption of raw meat. Rare and well-done steaks temporarily give unlimited stamina boost.

Gluttony +15 = Scavenger

• Consumables have a chance to raise the stamina bar.

Gluttony +10 = Gourmand

• Meat consumable gives more stamina.

Constitutn +15/-15 = Constitution +2/-2

• 50% less stamina use when evading or blocking and gives the ability to super man dive in any direction/ 35% more stamina use when evading or blocking.

Constitutn +10/-10 = Constitution +1/-1

• 25% less stamina use when evading or blocking/ 20% more stamina is used when evading or blocking.

Stam Recov +10/-10 = Stam Recov Up/Down

• Double/halve stamina regeneration.

Wind Res +15 = Windproof (Hi)

• Negates all wind except for Kushala Daora's black wind.

Wind Res +10 = Windproof (Lo)

• Negates small wind.

Eating +15 = Speed Eating +2

• Speeds up consumable eating speed.

Eating +10/-10 = Speed Eating +1/Slow Eater

• Increase/decrease meat eating speed.

Combo Rate +15/-15 = Combination +45%/-20%

• Combination success rate +45%/-20%.

Combo Rate +10/-10 = Combination +20%/-10%

• Combination success rate +20%/-10%.

Combo Plus +10 = Combination Pro

• Always gives the maximum amount of result combination when it produces more than 1 item at a time.

Ranger +10 = Outdoorsman

• Always displays map even if there's no map in your inventory. Improves fishing and cooking success rate during quests.

Cold Res +10/-10 = Cold Cancel/Surge

• Negate cold environment effect/ doubles stamina loss to cold environment effect.

Heat Res +10/-10 = Heat Cancel/Surge

• Immune to damage from lava or hot environments/ doubles damage received from lava or hot environments.

Commander +10 = Palico Hero

• Fist Pump gesture revives palicoes though it can't be used repeatedly.

Team Player +10 = Palico Rally

• Increases attack, defense and stamina recovery of palicoes. 

Team Leader +10 = Palico Cheer

• Signalling revives palicoes.

Rec Speed +15/-15 = Recovery Spd +2/-2

• The red portion  of the health bar recovers 4 times faster/slower.

Rec Speed +10/-10 = Recovery Spd +1/-1

• The red portion of the health bar recovers 2 times faster/slower.

Whim +15/-15 = Divine/Devil's Whim

• Decrease/increase chances of items breaking by 50%.

Whim +10/-10 = Spirit's/Spectre's Whim

• Decrease/increase chances of items breaking by 25%.

Protection +10/-10 = Divine/Demonic Blessing

• 25% chance of receiving 30% less/more damage from attacks.

Hunger +15/-15 = Negate/Double Hunger

• Negates the lowering of the stamina bar/ doubles the rate at which the stamina bar depletes.

Hunger +10/-10 =Halve/Raise Hunger

• Halves/increases the rate at which the stamina bar depletes.

Transportr +10 = Pro Transporter

• Increases walking and running speed when carrying an egg or ore. Prevents the egg or ore from breaking when jumping tall heights.

Honey +10 = Honey Hunter

• Always receive 2 pieces of honey when gathering at a honey spot.

Poison +10/-10 = Negate/Double Poison

• Negate/double the effect of poison.

Paralysis +10/-10 = Negate/Double Paralysis

• Negate/double the effect of sleep.

Sleep +10/-10 = Negate/Double Sleep

• Negate/double the effect of sleep.

Stun +15 = Negate Stun

• Negates the effect of stun.

Stun +10/-10 = Halve/Double Stun

• 50% more/less resistance to being stunned.

Mud/Snow +10 = Negate Mud/Snow

• Negates the snowball and mud effect.

Tremor Res +10 = Tremor Res

• Negates the effect of monster tremors.

Anti-Theft +10 = Anti-Theft

• Prevents items from being stolen.

Sense +10/-10 = Sneak/Taunt

• Decreases/increases the likelihood of being targeted by monsters.

Flame Aura +10 = Flame Aura

• Grants the effect of having a torch out without one.

Auto-Guard +10 = Auto Guard

• Automatically block (if the weapon can block) an attack when the weapon is unsheathed.

Phew! That was a lot, hope the explanation here gave you more knowledge on how to build your armor set. Put in those skills and let's hunt! Happy Hunting!

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