MH4U: My Mixed Armor Sets! Set #4! Honed Blade!

This is the armor set that I've used a lot with different weapons. It's got a good mix of offensive and defensive skills and the armor pieces themselves have high defenses.

I got lucky with the edgemaster +4 chest piece here because this was really hard to come by for me for quite some time and I'm very happy that I eventually got one.

This armor set was one of those sets that I set out to get from the very beginning of the game and once I completed it, it's served me well enough and more.

When I don't know which armor set to take to a hunt, this is what I usually pick. This is kind of my generic set that can go with any hunt and with any weapon equipped, well maybe not the GS but most weapons for that matter.

The armor pieces and talisman are:

Zinogre Helm X - OO
Esurient Armor - Edgemaster +4
Kujula Grip - O
Grand Divine Ire Obi - OO
Vangis Greaves X - OOO
Creator Talisman - Mounting +6, Evasion +7 OOO

Since it's made out of rarity 9 and 10 armor pieces the total defense it has is high.
Maxed out Defense = 746 (No armor talon/charm)

Elemental Resistance:

Fire +5
Water -7
Thunder +3
Ice -5
Dragon +3

The elemental resistances are almost near neutral and this makes it great for all purpose hunts. Nothing will sting too much if you get hit by an elemental attack but since there's that evasion skill, why not just roll away from harms way?

Decorations needed:

Evasion +3 Jewel x1
Sharpness +1 Jewel x1
Tenderizer +1 Jewel x2
Tenderizer +4 Jewel x2

Skills activated:

Honed Blade (10)
Razor Sharp (10)
Weakness Exploit (10)
Evasion +1 (10)

Evasion +1 is optional for the CB but for some weapons it can be an easy way of getting through attacks and punishing the monster right after. SnS, DB, LS, SA, Hammer, HH even the Lance and GL are compatible with this set since it has no specialization in any specific weapon.

Honed Blade has got to be the best blademaster skill there is assuming that the sharpness bar of the weapon isn't maxed out already. Attack Up L and Sharpness +1? And add in Razor Sharp for more purple hits? Yes, sir!

I know I'm kind of obsessed with the purple sharpness theme but come on, that 1.45 multiplier is so hard to resist! There are tons and tons of Honed Blade sets out there, this set is a simple one compared to the others but this one is special to me because it's helped me in a lot of post G-rank hunts.

May we all be blessed with luck on finding relics and charms! Happy hunting!

Relic Weapon! MH4U! (3rd SnS)

With my latest solo encounter with a level 139 Rajang, I got an ice relic SnS that's got a lot of stats and good sharpness. I used the SnS a lot back when I was just on low rank and it was the weapon that carried me through out G-rank and post G-rank.

The SnS is the one that I've got the most usage of, about 500+ I think. I love the SnS but sometimes you need to practice other weapon types to expand your hunting skills and give the game more depth to it.

Though I use the CB frequently nowadays, I'll always go back to the good old SnS from time to time for some high speed strikes and just annoying the monster with it. Here are the stats for my latest addition in SnS relics:

Appearance: Red Giltanas Epee
Sharpness: 30 hits of white or 30 hits worth of purple and 60 hits of white with Sharpness +1
Element: 310 Ice
Affinity: 10% or 25% when upgraded
Attack: 406
True attack value: 290
Defense: +20
Slots/Decorations: one slot
Rarity: 9

It's pretty much the whole package. Purple sharpness, with 20 defense and 25% affinity and add the high attack value it has? It's unnerving that this isn't even the top tier for relics but I'm already impressed with it. I've hunted with others that have some really absurd relics, relics that have ridiculous amounts of raw, defense and even element!

SnS as what I said above, are fast weapons, good placement and relocation after a roll and you'll be fine. As with my other relics that don't have their own armor set, I'll pair this up with my Honed Blade set which has some nice essential skills that the SnS can utilize.

I understand why there are a lot of ludicrous relics because the game has sadistic monsters as well, guess that just balances everything after all. Give 4 hunters overpowered weapon relics that they're proficient with and witness just how freakishly powerful top tier relics truly are.

It's been quite some time since I got a relic weapon worth keeping, I've been hunting online these past few weeks trying to get good charms as well but it seems that my luck has somewhat run out. I'm still hoping to get my hands on a relic that has 330 or more raw, maybe in the near future I hope.

Well here's my latest relic SnS, hope you guys also get great relics and charms! Happy hunting!