There are four such styles in the game, and they'll come with a number of hunter arts you can use to help you pull off your most devastating moves: This is also where you'll be choosing your Hunter Style. Bow: Your standard hunting affair, complete with the ability to coat your arrows poisonous and explosive ways.Heavy Bowgun: You'll be slower with it, but this one will pierce even harder and more accurately than the regular one.Light Bowgun: When you want to hit hard from afar and like the way a crossbow shoots, the bowgun is not a bad choice.
You're free to use whatever you want, whenever you want.Įach weapon has a tutorial associated with it to help you learn the strengths, weaknesses, and all the different combos you can do. As such, don't be afraid to switch your build up or experiment with other weapons at any point in the game. The cool thing about Monster Hunter is that your fighting style is not locked into the character you made, but changes based on the weapon and hunter style you use. It's important to find a weapon you like and learn its ins and outs. As you get more experience you'll find yourself taking different weapons to fight different monsters.ĭon't worry about that in the early going, though. More often than not, you'll know which monster it is you'll be going after before you commit to fighting it.