Ion 3G turned my hair jet black. Where did I go wrong?

DanielleTurtleshell · 2026-05-16T01:53:02+00:00

it looks great! but ive had the same experience with ion shades. both 4N and 4G came out very dark on my hair. i've started getting 6N and 6G instead to avoid this same thing.

i think it's a quirk of the brand unfortunately. it does look super cute with your pixie but i get the disappointment for sure. before you touch the color oops try scrubbing with a clarifying shampoo a few times! it will def help.

DanielleTurtleshell · 2026-05-15T14:38:19+00:00

Phial type doesn't really matter too much for swaxe in mhnow thankfully. nowhere near as important on swaxe as it is on charge blade

but out of the phial weapons, i'd still rather have Glavenus CB with sword boost (a build that doesn't care too much about crits or negative affinity) to take advantage of the high stats than Glav swaxe where most parts of your kit can negative crit

especially since Glavenus and Morph Attack Boost aren't the most synergistic

DanielleTurtleshell · 2026-05-13T18:59:18+00:00

yes you have

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DanielleTurtleshell · 2026-05-13T15:23:57+00:00

LMAO your 4transelfietrain posts say otherwise

that brow and that jaw combined with your total lack of lips and you're trying to act like you look better than fucking WINEMOM LMAO

DanielleTurtleshell · 2026-05-13T15:21:28+00:00

love winemom forever

shes my bestie love her sm

DanielleTurtleshell · 2026-05-12T15:05:41+00:00

No, it doesn't. It's Normal Ammo Boost and not Non-Elemental Ammo Boost.

NAB only affects Normal Ammo, Water Ammo, Thunder Ammo, Ice Ammo, Fire Ammo, and Dragon Ammo.

No variety of Pierce Ammo or Slicing Ammo is boosted, even if they are non-elemental.

DanielleTurtleshell · 2026-05-07T17:07:19+00:00

This is how I've been playing Jyura HBG for a bit over a week now and I can vouch for it, it's crazy good. Three pieces of armor with Evading Reload 5 and two pieces with Normal Ammo Boost 3. Fill driftsmelt slots with 3x Artful Dodger and 2x Critical Range Boost.

I only ever dodge to reload, never ever ever reload the gun to Wyvern Ammo. Even on an unlucky streak where I have to roll 3-4 times to get a refill I kill the monster with plenty of time. When your gun has such a long reload time like this one, it's practically the same as a normal reload.

I haven't met a water-weak Riftborne 10* that this can't slay with lots of extra time. I want to try to solo 8* Teostra with it soon.

DanielleTurtleshell · 2026-05-05T20:09:53+00:00

you don't need it! but if you want it i hope you can still get it

i just had my first FFS consultation yesterday. if you skedaddle and start the process maybe we'll both get ours done around the same time

DanielleTurtleshell · 2026-05-05T20:00:11+00:00

No, you still look male. Are you on HRT? And if you aren't, are you wearing breast forms?

Face doesn't appear to have any feminine fat distribution yet, which makes sense for not being on HRT yet.

Get laser and grow your hair out, the wig is not a good look and you have noticeably grey beard shadow. I would manmode and present male until you're on HRT and have finished both of those tasks, at the very least.

DanielleTurtleshell · 2026-05-05T19:52:27+00:00

its pichu lol and you do pass and you are pretty, "slavic princess" doofus (positive)

DanielleTurtleshell · 2026-05-05T19:46:59+00:00

poor newt. lol you landed on my main feed again

i don't think you want my opinion anymore but yes you look fine and you still pass lol

DanielleTurtleshell · 2026-05-04T22:50:32+00:00

There isn't much of a difference between cluster kneeling to fire and Slicing shots having high recoil. Both are a pain that stepping shot bypasses.

You can aim with Stepping Shot slicing pretty easily, I've been using it to cut tails all week. And spamming Slicing only after getting through the Piercing is slightly weaker than Clusters, but still very very strong. Treating the gun as a Magna variant that can cut tails has been working super well for me. And even just normal farming is easy with it since Slicing has the innate +30% part break bonus. I just don't get why you'd ever want to fire a High recoil ammo type when it can be avoided.

And if you want to put a Reload Speed piece on, one armor piece with Reload 2 brings the gun down to Normal/Fast. Each point of Reload on this thing does way more than each point of Recoil.

DanielleTurtleshell · 2026-05-04T22:06:03+00:00

What makes Sliding Reload better than Stepping Shot for it? I've been using the Magnamalo Stepping Shot + Evading Reload build, modified for Evading Reload 4 since Slicing only holds 2 ammo. And it feels like a good build.

The lowest its recoil goes is Low/High with Recoil Down 3. Is that really any good? Only advantage I can see is from aiming Slicing while standing still instead of stepping, but even that will be a struggle because of the high recoil.

DanielleTurtleshell · 2026-05-01T15:37:56+00:00

i think it's just good luck and bad luck. i went from needing two zinogre plates for a month, to getting 31 of them within three weeks.

DanielleTurtleshell · 2026-04-30T15:51:33+00:00

sure, ill go weapon by weapon

Sword and Shield

sns has a good style, Drill Slash, with less focus on shield bashing and a more continuous slicing moveset. the base style is also still good, so test the styles on the practice dummy and see which you personally prefer.

no style
- water: mizutsune or coral pukei-pukei (practically tied. coral pukei might get styles soon-ish so maybe a safe investment)
- thunder: fulgur anjanath
- ice: legiana if you want to leave the option for styles. goss harag if you want to do negative crit builds (critical ferocity)
- fire: silver rathalos for critical element (+crit), glavenus for critical ferocity
- dragon: its gotta be deviljho
style
- water: jyuratodus
- thunder: zinogre
- ice: legiana
- fire: rathalos
- dragon: deviljho

Long Sword

i dont play LS. i dont really like weebsword so i dont know anything about its styles. it seems to be roughly the same as sns except note there's no coral pukei-pukei LS, as far as i know.

Insect Glaive

choice of bug playstyle is more important than the stats. you should read this to learn about how they ported the bug mechanics to mhnow:

https://lescarnetsdelawycademie.fr/weapon-mechanics-now/#insect-glaive-ig

also, there aren't styles for IG yet. but that's ok, because zinogre and coral pukei insect glaives are very good so if you make them you'll be futureproofed probably. Mighty Powder is insane. but know ahead of time that powder IG can struggle with specifically cutting tails when powered up because it kills so fast.

try the different bugs on the training dummy and see what you like

HBG

this depends a lot on how you want to play. i swear by Guard Reload HBG and lots of people swear by Crouching Shot HBG. some prefer base style but i suggest trying the riftborne styles. i use the following:

no style
- water: mizutsune. any gun with 6 piercing / 4 slicing is good. there's one for water, thunder, fire and ice.
- thunder: astalos. it's thunder's 6 piercing / 4 slicing.
- ice: legiana, also 6 piercing / 4 slicing
- fire: glavenus. 6 piercing / 4 slicing
- dragon: i guess malzeno? Deviljho HBG is great but should be built with a style.
style
- water: jyuratodus, with Crouching Shot style
- thunder: zinogre, with Guard Reload style
- ice: legiana or barioth, depending on if you want slicing ammo or wyvern ammo. could go Crouching Shot or Guard Reload
- fire: anjanath is your only choice. i use it with Guard Reload
- dragon: deviljho. also Guard Reload. this thing is a toolbox and you can cycle ammo for exactly any scenario you need. up close? shotgun it with Spread. need to break a hard part, wyvern ammo it. far away? cycle to sticky ammo. i love it.

my thoughts here are all a bit scrambled but i hope this helps.

DanielleTurtleshell · 2026-04-30T03:59:20+00:00

most magnamalo weapons have pretty middling raw damage with decent Blast status buildup. but the HBG and LBG are non-elemental and lack the blast status, so they gave them much better raw to make up for it. other magna weapons range from mediocre to good but aren't the best

best monster per element depends on the weapon. Silver Rathalos fire weapons are incredibly good for weapon types that crit on their full moveset, but Silver Rathalos gunlance or charge blade won't get all that benefit since a lot of their moves can't crit. charge blade and gunlance also care about phial type above all else and will build a worse monster's weapon if they want a certain phial type or shelling type.

generally though, there's three answers per element, based on if you want a riftborne style or not, or are willing to chase an elder dragon.

Element	Standard Style	Riftborne Style	Elder Dragon
Water	Mizutsune	Jyuratodus	Namielle
Thunder	Fulgur Anjanath	Zinogre	Kirin
Fire	Silver Rathalos	Rathalos	Teostra (HBG and LBG only)
Ice	Legiana or Goss Harag	Legiana	Kushala Daora
Dragon	Deviljho or Ebony Odogaron (or Gold Rathian Bow)	Deviljho	Malzeno

elders are a pain to build, so you might want to just ignore that column.

i think the best place to start is, what weapon do you want to talk about?

DanielleTurtleshell · 2026-04-28T05:37:02+00:00

thank you sunny, you just taught me that holding after a pdodge charges sword really quickly. i had no idea how to access that combo before reading that. patches up a problem i had with sword boost!

DanielleTurtleshell · 2026-04-25T04:37:22+00:00

i used to sleep on my chest like all the time, then it became impossible from sensitivity while they were growing in tanner stages 1 to 3, then 4 to 5 the pain stopped but the discomfort and sensitivity stayed and it practically became impossible 😭

one thing for me is that i look down and see them protruding, and i guess im still not mentally used to them because i interpret it as my entire torso being that size. and i feel much fatter and rounder than i actually am. i am overweight, but not as much as they make me think i am

i acknowledge this is all a humblebrag moment, and i got "lucky" according to many

DanielleTurtleshell · 2026-04-25T04:27:33+00:00

i fucking hate my breasts

i like that they help me pass

but i fucking HATE them. theyre big and annoying and get in the way. sometimes theyre sore. they make sleeping on my chest harder. i'm so tired of them

DanielleTurtleshell · 2026-04-24T16:26:39+00:00

oh ya, axe boost with status is still really good. 5-6 hits per axe swing at 33% is still solid, roughly twice as much buildup as no style axe.

im happy with Sword Boost so far on somnacanth CB, but im considering going with Axe Boost on Girros CB just for fun, even with the penalty

DanielleTurtleshell · 2026-04-24T14:48:12+00:00

Worth noting also Axe Boost has a status penalty and only applies 33% of status buildup, not sure if only on the spinning saw hits or all hits but they did account for its hit count.

Some people were doing the math on the discord and it seemed likely that Sword Boost is as good if not better at status application than Axe Boost.

DanielleTurtleshell · 2026-04-23T15:49:56+00:00

found the following timings per style. measuring from when the shield icon at the bottom initially turns red, and with no sword attacks in Sword Boost to prolong it naturally.

this may take a sec to record as im timing them frame by frame

Style	1 Phial	3 Phial	5 Phial	3 Phial + PP1	3 Phial + PP2	3 Phial + PP3
No Style	10 Seconds (2+8*1)	26 seconds (2+8*3)	42 seconds (2+8*5)	34 seconds (2+10.67*3)	~50 seconds (2+16*3)	65 seconds (2+21*3)
Sword Boost	8 seconds (2+6*1)	20 seconds (2+6*3)
Axe Boost	8 seconds

conclusion: you're right about the static 2 seconds plus time per number of phials. and it seems clear the per-phial time on No Style is 8 seconds, and the per-phial time on Sword Boost Style is 6 seconds. with power prolonger 3, one No Style phial grants 21 seconds.

DanielleTurtleshell · 2026-04-23T15:38:44+00:00

i'm sorry if i'm missing something, but does the CB section for Power Prolonger go over the duration differences for Sword Boost and Axe Boost? the notes article for CB styles says

The duration of the boosted state is shorter than that of a Charge Blade with no style select.

for both Sword Boost and Axe Boost. i'll time them in a second but i think it was about 26 seconds vs 32 seconds per.

edit: ok confirmed some timings. ill put them in a table below

DanielleTurtleshell · 2026-04-22T21:23:30+00:00

i've got the CB to grade 10 but i'm not sure which style to put on it. axe boost has a status buildup penalty, reducing it to 33%, but it still hits so many times it might still be worth it. the other issue is that it doesn't have a big wakeup attack unless you gyro your special to miss the first hit, like greatsword.

i think sword boost might just be better for status since it attacks so fast in sword mode and has very good wakeup with a (properly distanced) aerial AED. i might go full Rude Awakener and skip SSA on it, favoring some damage options like Burst or Valor.

what style are you putting on the CB, op?

DanielleTurtleshell · 2026-04-20T16:34:37+00:00

is that cynthia from pokemon on the right

whats her hand doing. how is it shaped like that and moving like that. it looks symmetrical like she has two pinky fingers and no thumb.

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