MH4U: My Mixed Armor Sets! Set #3! Power!

This set revolves around my Handicraft +5, Artillery +11 charm and it has a lot of firepower. This set was made to demolish monsters and it doesn't have any defense oriented skills, the main focus this set has is offense! Still using the CB for this one so that I can utilize that Artillery Novice skill and If I can get a lot better at Guard Pointing things'll be a lot easier.

I don't mind that I don't have any Guard +x skills since the overcharged shield's guard is pretty much doable for me in every situation. Since impact phial burst damage are dependent on the raw attack power of the weapon,

I'll use the Ceadeus Regalia since it has an insane amount of raw when honed which gets up to 320 true attack! Since I don't have any raw inclined relic CB the Ceadeus Regalia will do just fine and serve the purpose well enough and more. I couldn't make this set before because the G-rank Silver Rathalos quest was released just recently.


The armor pieces and talisman are:

Ukanlos Mask X - OO
Silver Solmail Z - OOO
Rath Soul Braces Z - O
Garuga Tasset X - O
Silver Solgreaves Z - ---
Miracle Charm - Handicraft +5, Artillery +11 ---

Since it's made out of rarity 9 and 10 armor pieces the total defense it has is high.
Maxed out Defense = 734 (No armor talon/charm)

Elemental Resistance:

Fire +5
Water -18
Thunder -8
Ice -2
Dragon +3

Yeah that water resistance is a nuisance but if you can guard it or move away from it, then we're fine as it is. The rest of the resistance are mostly neutral and doesn't give much threat unlike water. Luckily there are only a handful of monsters that are augmented with water, most of the devastating monsters in MH4U are either fire breathers or addicted to thunder and dragon attacks.

Decorations needed:

Tenderizer +1 Jewel x 2
Expert +1 Jewel x2
Artillery +2 Jewel x3

Skills activated:

Sharpness +1 (10)
Razor Sharp (10)
Critical Eye +3 (20)
Weakness Exploit (10)
Artillery Expert (17)

The Strange thing about this set is that I have 3 free slots coming from the Silver Solmail Z. For now I'll just put in three Artillery jewels since it's the most economic option I have available. Every single hit this armor set connects just spells pain for the monster on the other end. Trip a monster or snipe him every now and then in their weak spot to let that Weakness Exploit kick in and the monster'll be writhing in agony!

Nostalgic Gaming: Castlevania Symphony of the Night!

Released in 1997 Castlevania: SotN was a gaming breakthrough at that time in terms of gameplay, music and graphics, even if you play it today you'll still appreciate how great this game is. Like all Castlevania games your mission is to put a stop to the resurrection of Count Dracula but unlike the previous games SotN had multiple endings that you could get.

This time instead of being a Belmont you're in control of Alucard, the son of Dracula, half-human half vampire and he's a complete powerhouse when you know how to use all his spells, transformation and how he uses different weapons.

A master swordsman that knows how to use the full potential of his weapons and add the abilities of a vampire? That's a scary combination right there. The thing I loved about SotN was that there was so much history about the enemies you fight, they all have their own backstories. Enemies ranging from simple zombies to abominations like Legion, you name a fictitious beast and it's probably in this game. 

The game has so many secrets, sometimes you just stumble upon a secret room by accidentally hitting the wall with your weapon, back then when there weren't any guide and we didn't have any internet, I would try to hit almost every suspicious wall in the game trying to uncover secret passages leading to valuable items, took forever but it was all well worth it!

SotN had a wide variety of weapons that Alucard could use, ranging from your typical sword and shield to rods and knuckles, the list was almost endless! Some of the weapons by the way are so powerful that it just makes the game a lot easier than ever before! (*cough* *cough* Crissaegrim!)

It's a very simple yet very addicting game, I myself have allotted numerous hours and finished this game at least 10 times already because it's that good of a game.

The sound and music are a work of art, each part of the castle has it's own music theme that fits to it perfectly! Try and listen to one of the background music themes this game has and it'll give you goosebumps I assure you that. This game may be old but it ages finely with time, a classic nonetheless and arguably one of the best games of our generation, a game worth replaying again and again form time to time.