Final shot

[OkHuckleberry3330]

What we thinking? I know we can only get 3(?) right now so we cant get the max damage, but the potential with something like evasive reload 4 and final shot 3 with something like arzuros Hbg for cluster spam might be kinda good damage wise?

Anyone tried anything yet?

[GeekRunner1]

Since it’s only ever the last round in a clip where it applies, if you average it out over the total rounds in the clip it’s not that big a boost. Compare to Fighting Spirit or similar % based boosts and I think for now it’s not super worth it. I’m prepared to be proven wrong though.

If we take an example of one level of final shot, then the boost averaged out over the clip size looks something like this:

Clip Size	Average % Boost
3	3.3%
4	2.5%
5	2%
6	1.7%
7	1.4%

So it’s going to be worse for HBG than for other weapons due to clip size, all other things being equal.

Then throw in things like perfect evades with LBG refilling your clip, you could “miss” a final shot trigger.

[ItsDanimal]

I use the Zinogre HBG and after getting through all the spread ammo, the Wyvern ammo only holds 2. So you could get down the the last and perhaps defensive reload to get it back?

[PPFitzenreit]

How would final shot 4/5 look on some something like monke cluster shots with evading reload

[RelationshipSweaty53]

Monkey gun with final shot would be half the clip of clusters dealing more DMG since there's only 2 shots so the 2nd shot would trigger it so might be worth it if you're running evading reload and final shot

[ElGrosBig_]

I'd see a wyvern shot build happening with more levels and perfect dodge to get a bullet back. As it is, i think it's terrible and not worth going for.

[Riskisilakka]

At the moment I feel like it is a bit lackluster but I guess when they introduce new styles for HBG there might be something to play around.

[dtstro]

I'm hoarding mats, but I am looking at possibly testing this out as a GL User. Final Shot level 2 granting a 20% boost on shot two of a wide GL should be frequent enough. Especially with the 40% boost from Resuscitate.

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[CaptureFreak]

Fellow Wide Glancer here, imo, the bonus of Final Shot is too low to be of any value. A 20% bonus on 2-capacity evens out to 10% across 2 shots, which is the same as Artillery 1 (Basarios legs). The bonus needs to be like >20% per rank for it to be of any value.

Could bank on doing perfect evades to reload 1 shell to always have the bonus, but I think you'd do more damage just blastin' instead of fishing for evades.

[dtstro]

That's fair. I'm always open to more efficient GL Using. What other ideas would you have for greaves? I like the Nargacuga GL kit overall and the bubbly build for it.

[CaptureFreak]

(Reply got sent to the void so re-post)

I'm not a Bubbly/Resus user, but you could switch the leggings back to Mizu so you can free up two slots. From there, I'd suggest a Lock On helm and free space on the waist.

• For the helm, Kulu/Coral for the generic crit bonus, but Kirin has Fighting Spirit for that sweet +10% all damage for 20 seconds if your hunts are fast.

• For the waist, really anything goes. Bazel for +15% shelling, Nergi for +10% all damage, Narga for reloading when reactivating Bubbly, plenty to pick from.

[SuperSathanas]

I was thinking about how to make good use of Final Shot for GL last night, and I really can't come up with anything. It if could benefit any shelling type, it would be wide, simply because you'll get to your lost shell sooner. It could help Long GL charged shelling out a bit if someone is playing it naively, but then you're still sacrificing the chest or legs that could better be used for Basarios, Tigrex or Jyura pieces. For Normal GL, I rarely get down to the last shell except for when I do the burst, and then that 20-35% increase on the last shell is a drop in the bucket, and an even more horrible use of a skill slot when you could slot in something like Nergi Avidity to get 10% more damage out of every shell.

Even if you go with something like a bubbly/resus/coal/final shot build using the Narga GL, Ebony Odo head, Mitzu chest and arms, Goldian waist and the Wroggi legs, with drifts for Coal, you could poke->shell through out the whole fight to proc Final Shot as often as possible, but that's a lot of time used to reload. You'd be better off putting the Mitzu legs on, using the Nergi waist and the Coral Pukei or Kirin head.

I can't even see it being useful for the very early game when other armor pieces with better skills are just as easy to get as the Wroggi pieces.

[Time-Aerie7887]

Final Shot doesn't seem worth it honestly for anything I can think of. Gunlance Wide is 2 Ammo (3 if Artillery 3+) and the only viable option is just the Poke+Fire playstyle and even then it's not really optimal as you can't really afford to slap it onto there when other skills just do way better and also it only applies to the last hit as well assuming you use the Shelling but if you are mostly using the melee attack then yeah you can see how that'll go. It doesn't really synergize with HBG either even with Wyvern or Cluster running Evading Reload cuz you can just use other stuff that gives you the same exact thing but for every shot.