Set skills

In MHWilds, using multiple armor pieces of the same set can grant you special skills. There are 2 types of Set Skills, the first ones being linked to the monster type (with both an α and β variants based on the armor type) and the second ones being linked to a specific monster.

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Monster type skills

These skills triggers once you’ve equipped 3 armor pieces of the same category.

Neopteron Alert / Neopteron Camouflage

Armors: Bulaqchi, Vespoid, Lala Barina, Comaqchi, Nerscylla

Serie	Skill	Effect
α	Honey Hunter	Allows to gather 1 or 3 bonus honey on the dedicated gathering spots
β	Fleetfoot	Increase crouched movement speed by 40% (around the same speed as standing up) Allows to flee big monsters more easily

Flexible Leathercraft / Buttery Leathercraft

Armors: Talioth, Chatacabra, Piragill, Rompopolo, Xu Wu, Gypceros, Gajau

Serie	Skill	Effect
α	Hunter Gatherer	Speeds up gathering by around 40% Prevents being knocked down while gathering and carving
β	Affinity Sliding	Increase affinity by 30% after a slide for 60s

Scale Prowess / Scale Layering

Armors: Quematrice, Balahara, Kranodath, Hirabami, Yian Kut-Ku, Rathian, Gravios, Rathalos, Gore Magala

Serie	Skill	Effect
α	Master Mounter	Riding damage +20% Wound damage while riding +50%
β	Adrenaline	Stamina consumption reduced by 10% when your health is under 40%

Regarding Master Mounter, the skill doesn’t increase your riding dps but speeds up the opening of wounds by your attacks. You won’t be able to do more wounds than without the skill but you can make the monster fall faster.

Fortifying Pelt / Alluring Pelt

Armors: Conga, Doshaguma, Ajarakan, Blango, Arkveld, Mizutsune, Mimiphyta

Serie	Skill	Effect
α	Fortify	Attack +10% and defense +15% after carting (can be used twice per quest, disabled on certain quests)
β	Diversion	Double the chances of being targeted by the monster

Lord’s Favor / Lord’s Fury

Armors: Uth Duna, Rey Dau, Nu Udra, Jin Dahaad

Serie	Skill	Effect
α	Inspiration	Attack +10 for 20s after using actions affecting your allies
β	Resuscitate	Attack +10 while afflicted by a status

Regarding Inspiration, you can trigger the buff even while solo-playing. It can be triggered through the following means:

Powders (Lifepowder, Dust of Life, Herbal Powder, Demon Powder, Hardshell Powder)
HH songs
Items with the Wide Range skill (including mushrooms with the Mushroomancer skill)

Guardian’s Pulse / Guardian’s Protection

Armors: Guardian Seikret, Guardian Doshaguma, Guardian Rathalos, Guardian Ebony Odogaron, Guardian Arkveld, Guardian Fulgur Anjanath, Artian, Zoh Shia

Serie	Skill	Effect
α	Wylk Burst	Red health and stamina regen doubled while near Wylk crystals
β	Ward of Wyveria	Damage taken reduced by 10% in Wyveria’s Ruins

Special case, the Artian set only exists as an α version and grants Ward of Wyveria.

Imparted Wisdom

Armors: Kunafa, Azuz, Suja, Sild, Death Stench, Butterfly, King Beetle, High Metal, Battle, Melahoa

Talent	Effect
Forager’s Luck	Increase your chances of finding rare gathering spots

Glory’s Valor

Armors: Arena armors

Skill	Effect
Luck	Increase quest target rewards (no effect when joining mid-quest)

Lord’s Soul

Armors: Rey Dau γ, Uth Duna γ, Nu Udra γ

Skill	Effect
Guts (Tenacity)	Allows to survive one fatal attack with at least 65HP remaining Attack +5% and defense -5% before the Guts proc Defense +5% and elemental resistance +3 after the Guts proc

Festival Spirit

Armors: Sakuratide, Blossom, Afi, Diver, Dreamwalker, Harvest

Skill	Effect
Carving Master	Allows to carve one more time during quests (no effect when joining mid-quest)

Master of the Fist

Armors: Akuma

Skill	Effect
Satsui no Hado	Increase Akuma moves MV by 47% Adds stun damage to Akuma moves Allows to do Offset attacks using Drive Impact Landing an Offset with Drive Impact grants a 5% damage buff during the Drive Impact reload

The Akuma moves are items that are available once you wear the layered Akuma set or the full armor set. They can’t be used without the Akuma sprite.

They can crit and scale on raw and HZV. Your element or status values and sharpness don’t affect these moves.

Monster skills

These skills have 2 levels tied to the number of pieces of the same monster equiped. The first level is triggered with 2 armors pieces and the second one with 4 pieces.

Doshaguma’s Might

Powerhouse	Effect
Lvl 1	Attack +10 for 180s after a Power Clash or an Offset
Lvl 2	Attack +25 for 180s after a Power Clash or an Offset

This effect gets triggered even if the Offset doesn’t throw back the monster. The skill is present on both Doshaguma and Guardian Doshaguma armor pieces but also on the Doshagumask.

Rey Dau’s Voltage

Thunderous Roar	Effect
Lvl 1	Increases Latent Power effect duration by 30s (2min > 2min30)
Lvl 2	Increases Latent Power effect duration by 90s (2min > 3min30)

Uth Duna’s Cover

Protective Veil	Effect
Nv 1	Defense +25 for 180s after using a specialized tool
Nv 2	Defense +50 and elemental resistances +12 for 180s after using a specialized tool

The effect is triggered as soon as you put a Mantle on and lasts for the whole 180s duration even if you remove the Mantle.

Nu Udra’s Mutiny

This skill inflicts bonus hits with your attacks, dealing raw damage as long as Resentment is active, with a 2s cooldown time between 2 triggers. The hit damage are based on the raw HZV of the part where it lands and are the same no matter the weapon.

Bad Blood	Bad Blood damage
Lvl 1	45% of the raw HZV of the part where it lands
Lvl 2	80% of the raw HZV of the part where it lands

Do note that some attacks can’t trigger Bad Blood. You can find which attacks here: https://lescarnetsdelawycademie.fr/special-damage-skills/

Jin Dahaad’s Revolt

Binding Counter	Effect
Lvl 1	Attack +25 for 90s after freeing yourself from webbed status, frostblight, a grab or a Power Clash
Lvl 2	Attack +50 for 90s after freeing yourself from webbed status, frostblight, a grab or a Power Clash

Rathalos’s Flare

This skill is present on both Rathalos and Guardian Rathalos sets.

The skill allows your weapon to inflict an explosion who will deal damage based on the fire HZV of the part where it lands and the skill level, no matter your weapon element.

The game simulates the status damage 33% chance by selecting a random check number between 1 and 3, each check having an internal cooldown of 2,5s. The game confirms a check after its cooldown expires and an attack connect with the monstre, moving to the next check if there’s any left. Once every check has been confimed, Scorcher triggers, dealing its explosion to the part you’ve just hit. The skill thus triggers randomly every 2,5, 5 or 7,5s as long as you keep attacking.

Do note that some attacks can’t trigger Scorcher. You can find which attacks here: https://lescarnetsdelawycademie.fr/special-damage-skills/

Scorcher	Scorcher damage
Lvl 1	20 + 60% of the fire HZV of the part where it lands
Lvl 2	40 + 120% of the fire HZV of the part where it lands

This skill synergies with the Whiteflame Torrent skill from Zoh Shia weapons. The Whiteflame Torrent damage overrides Scorcher and are imbued with the set skill fire HZV modifier.

Scorcher	Whiteflame Torrent damage
Lvl 0	50 fix
Lvl 1	60 + 70% of the fire HZV of the part where it lands
Lvl 2	80 + 140% of the fire HZV of the part where it lands

Any skill increasing fire elemental damage (Elemental Absorption, Burst, Gogmapocalypse, etc) will increase the fire damage of the explosion (the damage increase seems to follow its own rules as it’s not linked to the weapon value). The Fire Attack skill increases the explosion fire damage by 4 / 15 / 26% depending on its level.

Gravios’s Protection

Flawless Armor	Effect
Lvl 1	Damage taken reduced by 20% at full health
Lvl 2	Damage taken reduced by 35% at full health

Blangonga’s Spirit

War Cry	Effect
Lvl 1	Attack +3 for you and nearby allies for 90s when using the To Victory! emote
Lvl 2	Attack +6 for you and nearby allies for 90s when using the To Victory! emote

The effects are stronger on AI hunters (Palicoes and Support Hunters).

Gore Magala’s Tyranny

Black Eclipse	Effect
Lvl 1	Infect you with Frenzy while near large monsters
Lvl 2	Infect you with Frenzy while near large monsters Attack +10 with the virus / Attack +5 once the virus is cured

Curing the virus grants you 15% affinity for 60s, the cure being linked to the MV dealt on the monsters (increasing your attack won’t cure you faster).

The Antivirus skill works well with this skill, granting 25% affinity once the Frenzy is cured.

Guardian Arkveld’s Vitality

Decimator	Effect
Lvl 1	Restores 25 health when destroying a wound
Lvl 2	Restores 50 health when destroying a wound

The Recovery Up skill increase the health restored by 10 / 20 / 30% depending on its level.

Arkveld’s Hunger

Hasten Recovery	Effect
Lvl 1	[LBG / HBG / Bow] Restores 3 health after a certain number of hits [LS / SnS / DB / Lance / SA / CB / IG] Restores 6 health after a certain number of hits [GS / Marteau / HH / GL] Restores 14 health after a certain number of hits
Lvl 2	[LBG / HBG / Bow] Restores 5 health after a certain number of hits [LS / SnS / DB / Lance / SA / CB / IG] Restores 10 health after a certain number of hits [GS / Hammer / HH / GL] Restores 20 health after a certain number of hits

The number of hits varies based on the weapon type (GS requires 3 hits, SnS 9 while DB will require 16 hits). Like Burst, you need to chain your hits to get the heal.

The Recovery Up skill increase the health restored by 10 / 20 / 30% depending on its level.

Ebony Odogaron’s Power

Burst Boost	Effect
Lvl 1	Attack +8 while Burst is active Increase Burst buff duration by 1s
Lvl 2	Attack +18 while Burst is active Increase Burst buff duration by 2s

Fulgur Anjanath’s Will

Second Wind	Effect
Lvl 1	Grants an additional 25 Stamina Gauge
Lvl 2	Grants an additional 50 Stamina Gauge

The Stamina Gauge from this skill is not part of your original Stamina Gauge and gets used first. This skill synergies with Maximum Might who grants you 30% affinity as long as your original Stamina Gauge is full, acting as a buffer who can keep the buff active despite a few rolls / blocks.

Xu Wu’s Vigor

Protein Fiend	Effect
Lvl 1	Attack +15 for 180s after consuming meats
Lvl 2	Attack +30 for 180s after consuming meats

The items triggering the skill are Well-done Steaks, Rare Steaks and Burnt Meats (basically any item using the steak animation).

This skill buff doesn’t seems to add on with the various buffs you can get from items such as Might Seed, Demondrug, Mega Demondrug, Might Pill or Demonpowder. The game priorizes the strongest buff available. If you’re under Protein Fiend I effects (Attack +15) and someone uses a Demonpowder (+25 attack for 20s), the game will consider the Demonpowder buff for the next 20s then will put you back on Protein Fiend I buff. The Protein Fiend timer doesn’t freeze during this time and will keep going on even while under the powder effects (removing 20s out of the original 120s).

Mizutsune’s Prowess

The first skill level prevents major bubbleblight, aka this status downside. It also allows you to trigger minor bubbleblight after 3 rolls for 30s. This effect allows you to trigger Mizutsune’s weapon skill Slicked Blade and the skill Coalescence. This skill can also be used to trigger Resuscitate (but your set would then require 3 Lord pieces and 2 Mizutsune pieces).

The second level of the skill grants you increased evasion with minor bubbleblight. The bonus is equivalent to Evade Window 2, working in an additive way with the original skill (Bubbly Dance II + Evade Window 3 thus granting you Evade Window 5).

Zoh Shia’s Pulse

This skill allows you to recover health passively beyond the red health gauge. This heal works as if the game grants you 1HP nanopotions at a regular pace, the healing pace being linked to the skill level.

Super Recovery	Health regen
Lvl 1	1 HP every 2s
Lvl 2	1 HP every second

As the game treats this recovery like an healing item, the Recovery Up skill also increases your healing speed. Recovery Speed isn’t useless though as it allows you to reach Super Recovery healing range faster.

Leviathan’s Fury

The Lagiacrus skill might look like Rathalos’s Scorcher but it has its own nuances. Your attacks will gather electrical charge, inducing an electrical explosion after a set number of hits depending on the weapon (unlike a status, the electrical charge is guaranteed). Once the explosion triggers, you get a 15% affinity buff, the buff duration depending on the skill level. Once the affinity buff expires, there’s a 30s cooldown before you can trigger the explosion and buff again.

Azure Bolt	Effects
Lvl 1	Azure Bolt explosion: 30 + 70% of the thunder HZV of the part where it lands 15% affinity for 20s after the explosion
Lvl 2	Azure Bolt explosion: 60 + 200% of the thunder HZV of the part where it lands 15% affinity for 30s after the explosion

Do note that some attacks can’t trigger Azure Bolt. You can find which attacks here: https://lescarnetsdelawycademie.fr/special-damage-skills/

Any skill increasing thunder elemental damage (Elemental Absorption, Burst, Gogmapocalypse, etc) will increase the thunder damage of the explosion (the damage increase seems to follow its own rules as it’s not linked to the weapon value). The Thunder Attack skill increases the explosion damage by 1 / 6,25 / 11,5% based on its level.

Seregios’s Tenacity

Razor’s Edge	Effects
Lvl 1	Increase Adrenaline Rush buff duration by 15s (30s > 45s) Doing a perfect dodge while under Adrenaline Rush will extends the buff duration by 15s once
Lvl 2	All the lvl 1 effects Attack +4% when you increase the buff duration with the lvl 1 effect

Soul of the Dark Knight

Dark Arts

The first level of the skill works like Resentment but for elemental damage. While you have any amount of red health, you get an elemental buff depending on the weapon. GS, Hammer, HH, LBG and HBG gets a +20% elemental attack buff while the other weapons get a +14% elemental attack buff.

Using a GS, this skill also adds a magical shockwave with any charge 3 Charged Strike, Strong Charged Strike or TCS. This shockwave deals additional damage and extends the range of your charged attacks. It’s a classic attack with a 30 MV, meaning it can crit and will account for HZV and sharpness. It doesn’t consume any sharpness and won’t account for elemental or status damage but also has a 60 dragon element value attached to it (who will get buffed by any skill boosting dragon element attack). It’s also the same shockwave no matter the original move (a Charged Strike and a TCS will both do a 30 MV shockwave).

The Blackest Night

The second level of the skill adds the item of the same name to your item bar. Adding it to your radial menu allows you to use it with your weapon drawn. When you use the item, 33% of your max health is converted into recoverable red health and you get a powerful magic shield for the next 8s. The item has a 70s cooldown.

Pressing Triangle cancel the shield, triggering the Edge of Shadow move. This move is also triggered automatically at the end of the 8s shield. Edge of Shadow scales on your raw and the hitzone value it hits but can’t crit and doesn’t use your sharpness in its damage calculation.

Edge of Shadow damage = 200 + 1,365 X raw X HZV

Blocking a hit with the magic shield triggers the Eventide move, converts your entire health bar to recoverable red health (restoring any HP already lost in the process) and puts under the Undead Redemption effect for 30s. The Undead Redemption state prevents you from losing any red health (any damage dealt will turn your recovered green health to red health), grants you a life steal effect and doubles your defense. Keep in mind that you can still get stunned or inflicted by status and as soon as the Undead Redemption state expires, your remaining red health will be lost on the next hit.

Eventide scales on your raw, can’t crit and doesn’t account for sharpness or hitzone value in its calculation.

Eventide damage = 350 + 1,5 X raw

Omega Resonance

The Savage Omega skill works by alternating 2 auras every 90s during a quest. The initial aura is random. While under Local Resonance (blue ring), you get an affinity buff if another hunter is within the circle. While under Remote Resonance (red ring), you get an attack buff if you’re alone in the circle. These buff can be activated with Support Hunters and won’t work while solo playing.

Resonance	Effects
Lvl 1	With Local Resonance active: Affinity +20% With Remote Resonance active: Attack +10
Lvl 2	With Local Resonance active: Affinity +40% With Remote Resonance active: Attack +20

Resonance II also increases the performance of the Omega SnS and IG weapon skills.

Weapon Skill	Without Resonance II	With Resonance II
Synthetic Shield [SnS]	+30 defense for you and nearby allies for 30s after a perfect guard	+45 defense for you and nearby allies for 45s after a perfect guard
Synergy [IG]	+15% affinity for you and nearby allies for 45s after a Rising Spiral Slash	+25% affinity for you and nearby allies for 60s after a Rising Spiral Slash

Gogmapocalypse

The Gogmazios skill increases your elemental damage when facing enraged monsters.

Mutual Hostility	Element bonus
Lvl 1	Element + 20% + 20
Lvl 2	Element + 30% + 40

The skill lvl 2 also grants you a protective barrier when a monster enters rage mode. This barrier cancels all damage and status endured while active.

The barrier stays active even if the monster exits rage mode or leaves the area. It expires:

after enduring around 78-80HP worth of damage
after 2min20s

It can only be renewed 2min50s after its activation (leaving you 30s vulnerable if you manage to keep it up through its whole duration) or after a cart. It will only be reactivated in front of an enraged monster (including if you are already facing an enraged monster as the cooldown expires).

The barrier has a synergy with Gravios’s Flawless Armor who reduces the damage you take at full health (and thus increase the barrier duration at full health).

Prayer skills (Festival armors)

Each Festival introduces an event armor set with a Boon skill. These skills only works during the corresponding Festival.

X Boon	Effects
Lvl 1	Allows to drop through quests rewards Pick-a-meal Vouchers, Barrel Bowling Vouchers, event armor Vouchers, event meal Vouchers, event barrel bombs
Lvl 2	+9% attack and +50 defense on top of the previous effect

You need to keep the skill through the whole quest from the beginning to its end to get the additional rewards. You get at least one event reward at the end of the quest, with harder quests dropping more rewards.