Charge Blade High Rank and Endgame Builds for Monster Hunter Wilds

This set uses a Maximum Might to provide very efficient Affinity while having the Guardian Fulgur Anjanath set to provide significantly more stamina to work with. It also picks up Agitator for the additional damage during monster enrages (which they spend most of their time being). The newly added Mizutsune legs provide extremely efficient points in Burst as well, making for a great off-piece to the set. The weapon choice remains in the Bone tree, using Hard Bone Strongarm to keep access to Load Shells II for much more efficient phial charging.

Your charm is mostly up to preference, with either Leaping Charm III for the extra mobility provided by Evade Extender, or Blessing Charm III for the extra defense with Divine Blessing. Your priority hunts after unlocking them is centered firmly on Guardian Fulgur Anjanath as it creates most of the set, while your weapon can be crafted with bones gathered from piles or residual rewards from most hunts.

This set should bring you toward the end of your High Rank journey, unlocking the strongest sets available at 35+ and allowing you to transition into the endgame.

• Agitator - Level 3
• Maximum Might - Level 3
• Evade Extender - Level 3
• Load Shells - Level 2
• Attack Boost - Level 2
• Burst - Level 2
• Coalescence - Level 1
• Stamina Surge - Level 1
• Guardian's Pulse - 3-piece
• Fulgur Anjanath's Will - 4-piece

After unlocking Gore Magala and High Rank Arkveld you can start gathering Hunter Symbol III, opening up crafts to move toward a much more focused offensive setup. By now you should have started gathering some high end decorations as well, which will be needed to round out some of the strong offensive skills to push the build further.

There are a lot of options to optimize Charge Blade builds depending on how much comfort you're willing to sacrifice. This set aims to maintain a balance by using the Gore Magala set with Sane to do a lot of the heavy lifting maximizing Affinity, while also using Weakness Exploit and Maximum Might to round out the set. The Guardian Fulgur Anjanath 2-piece is still kept to make it easier to manage stamina around this, and Agitator gives a big payoff to staying on the offensive when monsters are enraged.

Both the Physique and Counterattack decorations are optional, and you can switch these out for whichever you prefer. Tenderizer, Chain and Magazine decorations however are not - these set up and complete key skills as efficiently as possible and should be slotted in to fulfil these skills.

The Gore Magala weapon is also your best monster-related craft, giving a high amount of raw, white sharpness and affinity. It also comes with Dragon element which is a more universal counter. As decorations are a bit harder to come by, some options in place of what's suggested if you don't have access to Critical Boost are:

• Attack - really needs you to reach 4-5 points to get the full value out of it, but is a solid offensive alternative.
• Razor Sharp - simplest way of extending your sharpness bar, but needs 3 points to really feel it.
• Guardian - can give solid payoff to well timed guards, but compared to other key weapon skills is slightly less efficient.
• Ironwall - this can give a lot of extra defensive power if you're struggling to deal with certain attacks, but by this point in the game offense to keep monsters locked down should be your goal rather than just survival.

• Weakness Exploit - Level 5
• Critical Boost - Level 4
• Critical Element - Level 3
• Maximum Might - Level 3
• Agitator - Level 3
• Constitution - Level 3
• Antivirus - Level 3
• Load Shells - Level 2
• Burst - Level 1
• Counterstrike - Level 1
• Flinch Free - Level 1
• Gore Magala's Tyranny - 2-piece
• Fulgur Anjanath's Will - 2-piece

This build utilizes a mix of Gamma armor pieces from Rey Dau and Uth Duna to activate Lord's Soul - a strong set that both provides throughput and a cheat death should you cart. This is great for comfort, and has a lot of flexibility for decoration slots as well.

Due to the extremely efficient nature of Gamma sets, the Rey Dau and Uth Duna pieces effectively "cheat out" a few extra 3-slot skills, provided you're wiling to use the skills on offer. They also come with extremely flexible decoration slots, so this set prioritizes picking up 5 to give you as many options as possible when building out your pieces. This activates Lord's Soul, and is rounded out with Lagiacrus pieces to also get Azure Bolt.

It prioritizes maxing out Agitator using both its talisman slot on Challenger Charm II and two decorations, and remaining 3-slots are used to pick up one point in Burst and Weakness Exploit in the remainder. Maximum Might gets completed both with armor skills and a single 2-slot, with the remaining slots being used on Counterstrike. 1-slot decorations are up to preference, but we recommend Divine Blessing, especially when facing off against Omega.

At this stage, the Artian craft is too valuable to pick up. Charge Blade has a number of high value weapon skills that both increase damage and the flow of the weapon in combat, and there's not really an alternative that provides enough decoration slots. The only side option is the Lagiacrus weapon, due to how powerful Convert Thunder Resistance is against Thunder weak monsters. Decorations you want to be prioritizing are:

• Critical Boost - converts all that extra Affinity gained on the gear to extra raw damage. Very efficient, and top priority.
• Load Shells - allows you to charge more Phials in one use, allowing you to both ramp damage faster and cycle through combos more efficiently.
• Razor Sharp - simplest way of extending your sharpness bar, but needs 3 points to really feel it.
• Artillery - provides a significant increase to Phial damage, which helps especially with SAED playstyles.
• Rapid Morph - has some flow benefits to your AED combo loops, but is less important than alternatives here.
• Guardian - can give solid payoff to well timed guards, but compared to other key weapon skills is slightly less efficient.

• Critical Boost - Level 3
• Artillery - Level 3
• Load Shells - Level 2
• Handicraft - Level 1
• Agitator - Level 5
• Weakness Exploit - Level 5
• Maximum Might - Level 3
• Divine Blessing - Level 3
• Quick Sheathe - Level 3
• Counterstrike - Level 2
• Tool Specialist - Level 2
• Evade Extender - Level 2
• Burst - Level 1
• Constitution - Level 1
• Stamina Surge - Level 1
• Lord's Soul - 3-piece
• Uth Duna's Cover - 2-piece
• Leviathan's Fury - 2-piece

While many weapons have moved on from Black Eclipse from the Gore Magala set, it's still a strong option for Charge Blade. This set uses 4 pieces to activate it, alongside accompanying Antivirus skills for a huge boost to Affinity.

The Gore Magala 4-piece provides an incredible amount of Affinity and Raw through Black Eclipse, using the Antivirus skill with Sane decorations to convert it. This is then paired with a single piece from Zoh Shia alongside some 3-slot decorations to activate Agitator efficiently.

Remaining decorations focus on maxing out Maximum Might in 2-slots, and the floating 1-slot decoration can be up to preference - we recommend Divine Blessing. Talisman chosen is Exploiter Charm II for Weakness Exploit, but this can be switched out flexibly for other skills if you so wish.

While both the Zoh Shia and Lagiacrus weapons are good as crafted options, there's a strong incentive to get as many 3-slot weapon decorations as possible. This makes the Artian Chrono Gear extremely important to slot in, to the point where crafted weapons struggle to compete. Aim to have the following decorations:

• Critical Boost - converts all that extra Affinity gained on the gear to extra raw damage. Very efficient, and top priority.
• Load Shells - allows you to charge more Phials in one use, allowing you to both ramp damage faster and cycle through combos more efficiently.
• Razor Sharp - simplest way of extending your sharpness bar, but needs 3 points to really feel it.
• Artillery - provides a significant increase to Phial damage, which helps especially with SAED playstyles.
• Rapid Morph - has some flow benefits to your AED combo loops, but is less important than alternatives here.
• Guardian - can give solid payoff to well timed guards, but compared to other key weapon skills is slightly less efficient.

The secondary boost for your 3-slots here is up to preference or what you have access to, with standouts being Handicraft or Razor Sharp. For some element matchups, you can also consider dedicated decorations such as Bolt or Blaze.

• Critical Boost - Level 3
• Artillery - Level 3
• Load Shells - Level 2
• Handicraft - Level 1
• Agitator - Level 5
• Maximum Might - Level 3
• Antivirus - Level 3
• Constitution - Level 3
• Weakness Exploit - Level 2
• Evade Window - Level 2
• Burst - Level 1
• Coalescence - Level 1
• Flinch Free - Level 1
• Divine Blessing - Level 1
• Gore Magala's Tyranny - 4-piece
• Scale Layering - 3-piece