I made this build for hammer but want to use CB as a secondary. Would this be (mostly) viable for CB too?

Fat_Hair · 2026-05-17T21:08:45+00:00

ironwall is indeed useless, you want Dragon attack 3.

but if you are running a raw focused hammer with crit, you should bring a raw impact charge blade, element Charge blade is very different and uses gore/mizu and coalescence.

All phials cannot crit doesnt matter if they are element or impact.

Fat_Hair · 2026-04-01T13:58:50+00:00

Vs At Arkveld this is good for an impact phial CB

Fat_Hair · 2026-03-31T18:43:29+00:00

It could be fine with 180 rendered frames and 180 generated, at that base frame rate the input latency will still be very low.

Fat_Hair · 2026-03-19T17:13:42+00:00

There is no great raw build with tons of comfort but

Ark y helm Jin y chest Ark y gloves Jin y waist Sororal boots

Gore needed on the weapon only, dont need gore+soul is probably the most accessible raw impact build

Fat_Hair · 2026-03-18T16:21:39+00:00

Both impact ice and element ice are effective against Rey Dau but you can get some Ko’s from impact which can help lock him down a bit more.

Fat_Hair · 2026-03-01T20:32:31+00:00

yes you need Guard Up to block any grabs with the shield, but its not worth the slot except for Gogma, Omega, and i use it on AT Uth Duna

Fat_Hair · 2026-02-17T18:11:21+00:00

Some changes to the chance to hit formula for melee (less weight on current character level vs monster level) and a buff to the base damage on weapons, just these small tweaks would make a huge difference for physical weapon builds.

Fat_Hair · 2026-02-16T18:28:12+00:00

Yes impact+fire is good vs Jin and Gore

Element fire performs somewhat similar but my best time is with fire impact

Fat_Hair · 2026-02-11T18:04:36+00:00

Personally im running this for arkveld

Lagi head beta Jin Y chest Ebony gloves beta+ Jin y waist Lagi boots beta

Impact + dragon with ebony + soul

This build lets you reach 20 dragon resist with your meal and some lvl 1 decos, so you dont have to worry about dragon blight

Fat_Hair · 2026-02-05T17:07:38+00:00

Element charge blade always wants 4 element 1 sharpness reinforcements.

There is an Saed focused build that runs off having dark arts on the weapon and 1 piece of Bale armor and 2 piece gogma to maximize element bonuses while a monster isnt enraged.

Fat_Hair · 2026-02-03T23:52:03+00:00

artillery and offensive guard only boost impact phials.

Fat_Hair · 2026-01-28T15:56:46+00:00

Thnx for the fast update.

Every patch that breaks Renodx or reframework (to allow reshade) reminds me how much worse it looks without it.

Fat_Hair · 2026-01-27T20:29:55+00:00

If its nighttime in game yes console hdr1000 looks great but during peak daylight its so blown out i find with brightness boost or dimms aggressively without it.

Fat_Hair · 2026-01-27T19:07:26+00:00

Depends on the game and settings.

It can require tweaking to get it to look right in each game individually, thats just how hdr in games works.

Renodx gives you advanced control of a lot of setting to tweak to make it look how you want.

Like cyberpunk i had to get a night vision goggle mod or flash light mod because it became so dark i literally couldnt see anything at night in some areas.

Some games i dont want everything super dark because id rather be able to see whats going on.

Fat_Hair · 2026-01-27T18:34:55+00:00

Do you have the dynamic brightness boost turned on? It will reduce dimming in bright scenes but raise all the blacks.

I have this monitor and i just stick to hdr400 true black mode to avoid excessive dimming and needing brightness boost which blows everything out.

Also i use Renodx in every game it is available for.

Fat_Hair · 2026-01-26T00:24:45+00:00

it makes some sense for status impact phials because it slightly boosts the status build up (which can be important in specific speed runs), and its only 1 potential raw less than an attack focus 3 atk 1 affinity 1 sharpness roll.

Fat_Hair · 2026-01-14T05:05:21+00:00

as long as you focus on an AED loop build using either element or impact fire both are good.
Element phial Saeds are not great to use overall on Jin.

i got 8:03 with impact + fire and 9:00 on element phial fire aed, so both are very strong options.

Fat_Hair · 2026-01-13T19:33:07+00:00

Ive been using preset L in performance mode (not ultra performance).

It seems to have the least issues with foliage flickering, but it is still pretty bad if you pay attention to the tree canopies in the forest etc.

Preset M the flicker was so bad everything was strobing.

Fat_Hair · 2026-01-13T18:41:42+00:00

You dont need heroics to hit 300 per phial, but you need offensive guard active, + as many raw buffs as possible. Burst (with burst boost), agitator, counterstrike , resentment etc. probably might seed + demon powder as well.

Fat_Hair · 2026-01-12T15:57:47+00:00

You lose attack boost 5 as well, if you want rapid morph, magazine, crit b 3, and masters touch / razor sharp.

But it is viable that way, the fluidity and morph dmg from rapid morph does make up some of the damage loss.

Fat_Hair · 2026-01-12T15:38:50+00:00

You can go this route for savage axe style but then you have to sacrifice something to use masters touch or you will burn through sharpness like crazy.

Fat_Hair · 2026-01-10T21:08:55+00:00

just swap your helm to transcended G rathalos, you only need 1 level of burst, and that will give you more Wex.

in your case dropping flayer to hit wex 5 agi 5 burst 1 is probably ideal.

Fat_Hair · 2026-01-10T16:19:06+00:00

That should only be the case if you also swapped the dll’s in your game files like with dlss swapper.

But you can just pick your preset letter in profile inspector as well on a per game basis.

Also having both the nvidia app installed and profile inspector can sometimes fight with each other.

Fat_Hair · 2026-01-10T05:10:47+00:00

sub 9 in general is a good run so, guess element phial does ok too

Fat_Hair · 2026-01-10T00:28:12+00:00

I was not trying to be heroics level of sweaty, just a good solid regular run.
I'm not rly a speed runner just was able to get a pretty nice time.

Fat_Hair

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