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Monster Hunter Stories 3: Perfect Party Build Guide by ElementThis is a comprehensive guide to the strongest party builds for each element in Monster Hunter Stories 3. We'll cover recommended monsters, key skills, and powerful synergistic combinations for Fire, Water, Thunder, Ice, Dragon, and Non-elemental types to help you achieve maximum efficiency.
1. 🔥 Strongest Fire Element Build: Balance of Stability and Burst Damage
· Recommended Monsters: Annihilation Dino, Stone-Eyed Garuru, (Rathalos can be used)
· Key Skill Setup:
- Attack Skills: 3-Slot Attack Skill, Venom Frame, Flare Chakram, Area Attack Skill
- Debuff Skill: Moonlit Silk
- Core Passive Skills:
- All-Out Attack: Increases skill damage at the cost of increased stamina consumption.
- Dancer's Attack: Increases attack and defense when HP is full.
- Self-Heal Attack: Recovers HP at the end of the turn.
- Non-Elemental Attack Up: Greatly increases non-elemental attack power.
· Build Features:
- Stable high-damage output possible with the combination of All-Out Attack and Dancer's Attack.
- Induces poison and paralysis status effects with Venom Frame and Flare Chakram.
· Variant Build: Kajiba Power Specialization
- Utilizes skills that increase attack power when HP is below 50%.
- Achieves extreme firepower with high risk.
- Maximizes attack power with Brave Flare.
· Summary: Both the stable Dancer-type build and the Kajiba-type build pursuing extreme firepower exhibit powerful effectiveness against enemies weak to non-elemental attacks.
· Key Skill Setup:
- Attack Skills: 3-Slot Attack Skill, Venom Frame, Flare Chakram, Area Attack Skill
- Debuff Skill: Moonlit Silk
- Core Passive Skills:
- All-Out Attack: Increases skill damage at the cost of increased stamina consumption.
- Dancer's Attack: Increases attack and defense when HP is full.
- Self-Heal Attack: Recovers HP at the end of the turn.
- Non-Elemental Attack Up: Greatly increases non-elemental attack power.
· Build Features:
- Stable high-damage output possible with the combination of All-Out Attack and Dancer's Attack.
- Induces poison and paralysis status effects with Venom Frame and Flare Chakram.
· Variant Build: Kajiba Power Specialization
- Utilizes skills that increase attack power when HP is below 50%.
- Achieves extreme firepower with high risk.
- Maximizes attack power with Brave Flare.
· Summary: Both the stable Dancer-type build and the Kajiba-type build pursuing extreme firepower exhibit powerful effectiveness against enemies weak to non-elemental attacks.
00:22 - 01:30
1. 🔥 Strongest Fire Element Build: Balance of Stability and Burst Damage
· Recommended Monsters: Annihilation Dino, Stone-Eyed Garuru, (Rathalos can be used)
· Key Skill Setup:
- Attack Skills: 3-Slot Attack Skill, Venom Frame, Flare Chakram, Area Attack Skill
- Debuff Skill: Moonlit Silk
- Core Passive Skills:
- All-Out Attack: Increases skill damage at the cost of increased stamina consumption.
- Dancer's Attack: Increases attack and defense when HP is full.
- Self-Heal Attack: Recovers HP at the end of the turn.
- Non-Elemental Attack Up: Greatly increases non-elemental attack power.
· Build Features:
- Stable high-damage output possible with the combination of All-Out Attack and Dancer's Attack.
- Induces poison and paralysis status effects with Venom Frame and Flare Chakram.
· Variant Build: Kajiba Power Specialization
- Utilizes skills that increase attack power when HP is below 50%.
- Achieves extreme firepower with high risk.
- Maximizes attack power with Brave Flare.
· Summary: Both the stable Dancer-type build and the Kajiba-type build pursuing extreme firepower exhibit powerful effectiveness against enemies weak to non-elemental attacks.
· Key Skill Setup:
- Attack Skills: 3-Slot Attack Skill, Venom Frame, Flare Chakram, Area Attack Skill
- Debuff Skill: Moonlit Silk
- Core Passive Skills:
- All-Out Attack: Increases skill damage at the cost of increased stamina consumption.
- Dancer's Attack: Increases attack and defense when HP is full.
- Self-Heal Attack: Recovers HP at the end of the turn.
- Non-Elemental Attack Up: Greatly increases non-elemental attack power.
· Build Features:
- Stable high-damage output possible with the combination of All-Out Attack and Dancer's Attack.
- Induces poison and paralysis status effects with Venom Frame and Flare Chakram.
· Variant Build: Kajiba Power Specialization
- Utilizes skills that increase attack power when HP is below 50%.
- Achieves extreme firepower with high risk.
- Maximizes attack power with Brave Flare.
· Summary: Both the stable Dancer-type build and the Kajiba-type build pursuing extreme firepower exhibit powerful effectiveness against enemies weak to non-elemental attacks.
03:12 - 05:44
2. 💧 Strongest Water Element Build: Overwhelming Stamina Efficiency and Powerful Strikes
· Recommended Monster: Jade-Eyed Mitsune
· Key Skill Setup:
- Attack Skills: Muddy Wave (Oromid), Death Scythe (Shogun), Aqua Shot (Rathalos/Nekoneko)
- Area Attack Skill: Destruction (Garash)
- Core Passive Skills:
- Dancer's Attack: Increases attack and defense when HP is full.
- Evasion Performance Attack: Assists evasion skill rotation.
- Stamina Boost 2: Assists skill rotation.
- Preemptive Attack: Speed Orb.
- Water Element Attack Up.
· Build Features:
- A practical high-damage build prioritizing stamina efficiency and bingos.
- Achieves relentless attacks by repeatedly using Absolute Wave.
- Increases damage multiplier by inflicting the Burn status on enemies with Death Scythe Plus.
· Additional Passive Skills:
- Battle Victory: Damage nullification and increase upon winning a battle (Gekket)
- Moriru Investment: Recovers stamina when taking damage.
- Shura: Recovers stamina upon winning a battle and succeeding in a Double Action.
· Summary: A build that allows you to experience the romance of Absolute Wave, utilizing overwhelming stamina efficiency and the Burn status.
· Key Skill Setup:
- Attack Skills: Muddy Wave (Oromid), Death Scythe (Shogun), Aqua Shot (Rathalos/Nekoneko)
- Area Attack Skill: Destruction (Garash)
- Core Passive Skills:
- Dancer's Attack: Increases attack and defense when HP is full.
- Evasion Performance Attack: Assists evasion skill rotation.
- Stamina Boost 2: Assists skill rotation.
- Preemptive Attack: Speed Orb.
- Water Element Attack Up.
· Build Features:
- A practical high-damage build prioritizing stamina efficiency and bingos.
- Achieves relentless attacks by repeatedly using Absolute Wave.
- Increases damage multiplier by inflicting the Burn status on enemies with Death Scythe Plus.
· Additional Passive Skills:
- Battle Victory: Damage nullification and increase upon winning a battle (Gekket)
- Moriru Investment: Recovers stamina when taking damage.
- Shura: Recovers stamina upon winning a battle and succeeding in a Double Action.
· Summary: A build that allows you to experience the romance of Absolute Wave, utilizing overwhelming stamina efficiency and the Burn status.
05:58 - 08:48
3. ⚡ Strongest Thunder Element Build: All-Round High Damage, Overwhelming Performance of Rajang
· Recommended Monster: Static Rajang
· Key Skill Setup:
- Attack Skills: Electric Breath (Lagiacrus), Raiden Gl Plus (Tobikachi), Ray Blade Plus (Rajang)
- Buff Skill: Blue Voltage (Greatly increases Thunder element attack power)
- Ultimate Skill: Zeus Valley
- Core Passive Skills:
- Sync Attack: Amplifies Double Action damage.
- Element Attack V: Damage rapidly increases at the end of the turn.
- Element Attack Up.
- Self-Heal Attack: Recovers HP at the end of the turn.
· Build Features:
- Covers all attack types and maintains maximum damage with Blue Voltage.
- Rapidly reduces enemy HP with Element Attack V.
- Maintains stable combat with Self-Heal Attack.
· Ecological Passive Skills:
- Shura: Recovers stamina upon winning a battle and succeeding in a Double Action.
- Moriru Investment: Recovers stamina when taking damage.
- Resonance: Greatly increases Kiz Gauge at the start of battle.
· Summary: An all-round build that overcomes defensive weaknesses with Rajang's powerful stats and skill combinations, along with synergistic ecological passive skills, to overwhelm enemies with overwhelming firepower.
· Key Skill Setup:
- Attack Skills: Electric Breath (Lagiacrus), Raiden Gl Plus (Tobikachi), Ray Blade Plus (Rajang)
- Buff Skill: Blue Voltage (Greatly increases Thunder element attack power)
- Ultimate Skill: Zeus Valley
- Core Passive Skills:
- Sync Attack: Amplifies Double Action damage.
- Element Attack V: Damage rapidly increases at the end of the turn.
- Element Attack Up.
- Self-Heal Attack: Recovers HP at the end of the turn.
· Build Features:
- Covers all attack types and maintains maximum damage with Blue Voltage.
- Rapidly reduces enemy HP with Element Attack V.
- Maintains stable combat with Self-Heal Attack.
· Ecological Passive Skills:
- Shura: Recovers stamina upon winning a battle and succeeding in a Double Action.
- Moriru Investment: Recovers stamina when taking damage.
- Resonance: Greatly increases Kiz Gauge at the start of battle.
· Summary: An all-round build that overcomes defensive weaknesses with Rajang's powerful stats and skill combinations, along with synergistic ecological passive skills, to overwhelm enemies with overwhelming firepower.
09:02 - 12:10
4. ❄️ Strongest Ice Element Build: Perfect Balance of the Ice Queen
· Recommended Monster: Velkhana
· Key Skill Setup:
- Attack Skills: Icicle Shock (Velkhana), Icicle Breath Plus (Velkhana), Ice Mountain Strike Plus (Gosha Hagi)
- Core Passive Skills:
- Self-Heal Attack: Recovers HP at the end of the turn.
- Tenacity: Withstands one attack when HP is below 50%.
- Dancer's Attack: Increases attack and defense when HP is full.
- Element Attack: Increases damage when attacking weak elements.
- Element Attack Up.
· Build Features:
- Stable combat possible with high attack, speed, HP, and defense.
- Combines Icicle Shock's area attack and accuracy down with Icicle Breath Plus's defense down.
- Maximizes survivability with the Tenacity skill.
· Ecological Passive Skills:
- Gekket: Damage nullification and increase upon winning a battle.
- Shura: Recovers stamina upon winning a battle and succeeding in a Double Action.
- Sai Plus: Maximizes Kiz Gauge when HP decreases.
· Summary: The strongest Ice element build, boasting perfect balance in firepower, durability, and comfort by activating three S-rank ecological passive skills simultaneously.
· Key Skill Setup:
- Attack Skills: Icicle Shock (Velkhana), Icicle Breath Plus (Velkhana), Ice Mountain Strike Plus (Gosha Hagi)
- Core Passive Skills:
- Self-Heal Attack: Recovers HP at the end of the turn.
- Tenacity: Withstands one attack when HP is below 50%.
- Dancer's Attack: Increases attack and defense when HP is full.
- Element Attack: Increases damage when attacking weak elements.
- Element Attack Up.
· Build Features:
- Stable combat possible with high attack, speed, HP, and defense.
- Combines Icicle Shock's area attack and accuracy down with Icicle Breath Plus's defense down.
- Maximizes survivability with the Tenacity skill.
· Ecological Passive Skills:
- Gekket: Damage nullification and increase upon winning a battle.
- Shura: Recovers stamina upon winning a battle and succeeding in a Double Action.
- Sai Plus: Maximizes Kiz Gauge when HP decreases.
· Summary: The strongest Ice element build, boasting perfect balance in firepower, durability, and comfort by activating three S-rank ecological passive skills simultaneously.
12:15 - 14:45
5. 🐉 Strongest Dragon Element Build: The Vampire's Infinite Vitality and Destructive Power
· Recommended Monster: Merzena
· Key Skill Setup:
- Attack Skills: Nightmare Cradle (Merzena), Night Servant (Merzena), Dragon Eater (Deviljho), Food Poison Dance (Zinogre)
- Area Attack Skill: Great Downpour (Dragon Element)
- Core Passive Skills:
- Critical Rate 2, Critical Max.
- Heal Attack.
- Non-Elemental Attack Up.
- Self-Heal Attack.
· Build Features:
- Powerful survivability where attacks lead to recovery.
- Recovers HP and increases attack power with Night Servant and Dragon Eater.
- Reduces enemy defense and increases recovery with Food Poison Dance.
- Exhibits super-healing ability with Great Downpour's powerful area attack and Critical Max activation.
· Ecological Passive Skills:
- Shura: Recovers stamina upon winning a battle and succeeding in a Double Action.
- Moriru Investment: Recovers stamina when taking damage.
· Summary: The strongest Dragon element build that recovers HP through attacks and overwhelms enemies while being unkillable, thanks to powerful skill combos and ecological passive skills.
· Key Skill Setup:
- Attack Skills: Nightmare Cradle (Merzena), Night Servant (Merzena), Dragon Eater (Deviljho), Food Poison Dance (Zinogre)
- Area Attack Skill: Great Downpour (Dragon Element)
- Core Passive Skills:
- Critical Rate 2, Critical Max.
- Heal Attack.
- Non-Elemental Attack Up.
- Self-Heal Attack.
· Build Features:
- Powerful survivability where attacks lead to recovery.
- Recovers HP and increases attack power with Night Servant and Dragon Eater.
- Reduces enemy defense and increases recovery with Food Poison Dance.
- Exhibits super-healing ability with Great Downpour's powerful area attack and Critical Max activation.
· Ecological Passive Skills:
- Shura: Recovers stamina upon winning a battle and succeeding in a Double Action.
- Moriru Investment: Recovers stamina when taking damage.
· Summary: The strongest Dragon element build that recovers HP through attacks and overwhelms enemies while being unkillable, thanks to powerful skill combos and ecological passive skills.
15:14 - 17:15
6. ⚪ Strongest Non-Elemental Build: Status Ailment Specialist, Frenzy Expert
· Recommended Monster: White Nargacuga
· Key Skill Setup:
- Essential Passive Skills:
- Non-Elemental Attack Up.
- Inflict Up: Increases status ailment probability.
- Pursuit Attack Up: Increases damage against enemies with status ailments.
- Attack Skills:
- Power Type: Dust Stamp Plus (Brachydios)
- Speed Type: Queen Venom Plus (Poisonous Rathian)
- Technical Type: Rupture Plus (Selegyos)
- Key Skill: Frenzy (Kirin)
- Induces 3 types of status ailments: Poison, Paralysis, and Darkness.
- Support Skills: Great Nature's Heal, Critical Direction.
· Build Features:
- A status ailment-focused build utilizing high speed.
- Neutralizes enemies by inflicting various status ailments with Frenzy.
- Delivers overwhelming damage in combination with Pursuit Attack Up.
- Supports with Great Nature's Heal for front-line recovery and Critical Direction.
· Summary: The strongest Non-Elemental build that attacks enemies unilaterally using high speed and status ailments, while also possessing powerful recovery and support capabilities.
· Key Skill Setup:
- Essential Passive Skills:
- Non-Elemental Attack Up.
- Inflict Up: Increases status ailment probability.
- Pursuit Attack Up: Increases damage against enemies with status ailments.
- Attack Skills:
- Power Type: Dust Stamp Plus (Brachydios)
- Speed Type: Queen Venom Plus (Poisonous Rathian)
- Technical Type: Rupture Plus (Selegyos)
- Key Skill: Frenzy (Kirin)
- Induces 3 types of status ailments: Poison, Paralysis, and Darkness.
- Support Skills: Great Nature's Heal, Critical Direction.
· Build Features:
- A status ailment-focused build utilizing high speed.
- Neutralizes enemies by inflicting various status ailments with Frenzy.
- Delivers overwhelming damage in combination with Pursuit Attack Up.
- Supports with Great Nature's Heal for front-line recovery and Critical Direction.
· Summary: The strongest Non-Elemental build that attacks enemies unilaterally using high speed and status ailments, while also possessing powerful recovery and support capabilities.