If you enter your tent at camp, it reloads all your ammo. Entering the tent also sharpens your melee Weapons

The Heavy Bowgun. It's like the Light Bowgun. Except it's heavy.

Wyvernsnipe + Ghillie Mantle "Seargant Cyrus of the Blood Ravens Chapter, reporting in."

I'm the heavy weapons guy, and this.... is my weapon. **gets carted because I didn't mod shield

seing as this is a tutorial and many people might watch this. Do NOT wake up monsters with wyvernfire as arrekz did here. Wyvern Fire has 2 hits, one is the capsule bursting and the second is the actual, quite strong, wyvernfire hit. move backwards until you the the "out of range" indicator. because this tells you that the capsule will not hit the monster. The wyvernfire will then get the sleeping damage bonus (x2) instead of the weak capsule. Ofc, even an average GS powercharge (or if skilled a second hit of the true charge) outdamages this but in most hunts you will be the one with the best damage option if you do it correctly.

Hey Arekkz I know these are super old now (5 years ago!) but thanks for this entire series. You really smashed it out of the park with your excellent sense of (a) giving a solid overview summary, (b) training newcomers up on the basics, and finally (c) dipping their toe into the expert waters by showing some of the better combos and describing situations where you'd want to use each (including damage numbers).

3:40 He didn’t mention this in the lbg video either, but drawing with triangle forces you to reload if the ammo you have selected isn’t full. It’s dangerous when you’re hunting if you didn’t intend to reload.

As a HBG user I'd like to note that you sort of speak of Piercing as a secondary option behind Normal and Spread however Piercing builds are right up there with them as a constant DPS option - the Legiana Heavy Bow Gun has great reload, capacity, damage, and recoil for all 3 Pierce shots and puts out impressive numbers along with having a good selection of support ammo types. It also lets you adopt a longer range style than the other types I'd also argue that it can be even more user friendly than Normal ammo because it just needs you to shoot center of mass through the longest part of the monster (head to tail or wing to wing or body to wing) whereas Normal shots have to hit specific weak parts that may or may not be facing you depending on positioning (and the weapon isn't so quick, to get around to a weakspot either). With Piercing you can just keep shooting and not worry about it because you've got the ammo capacity to spare with fast reloads

I just wanted to leave a comment here saying that this is without a doubt my favorite type of weapon tutorial. You cover everything someone would need to know a very organized order, starting with "things you need to know the second you equip this for the first time" then advance towards "things you want to think about once you are more confident" then end with "this is what mastery looks like". I appreciate how much work these video takes, but please know that all of it is necessary and appreciated.

By the end of this, I will want to play the Heavy Bowgun, I just know it

Bowgunners should be aiming for anjanath's fins while they're exposed. That's his best weakpoint.

hay the whole holding down the reload button.... thank you so much have changed my entire game play experience

PC users Draw weapon with R Aim with V Fire with Left Mouse/control Load special ammo Right MouseReload with R with weapon drawnR+Right Mouse button for meleeScroll mouse wheel for swapping ammo types

A few tips: -If you want to practice Wyvernshot use the Ghillie Mantle to get a really easy time lining up your shot. -The Legiana HBG (Shattercyst) can allow for an excellent Pierce Ammo-based playstyle as it has no deviation and can load a ton of pierce ammo (I run 2 shield mods and 1 long range) -Shield doesn't work when reloading and you cannot roll while reloading. Be very careful about when you reload and make sure you reload all ammo between encounters.

the melee from the bowguns always remove the kelbi horns in one shot

Worth mentioning is that the R2 draw has no reload, while when you draw with Triangle it automatically reloads your selected ammo type.

I love that he mentions what will disrupt your teammates. Such a useful fact.

Lol I legitimately just started using this weapon yesterday this videos timing couldn't be better lol 😂

Regarding deviation suppressor, it has a massive effect on Wyvernheart. If you plan on using a metal bowgun, then deviation of low or none is usually what I find the most manageable, otherwise the reticle will jump straight up within a few seconds and make it really difficult to make use of the sustained dakka. Less useful on bone bowguns IMO, since usually you're not firing fast enough for the reticle jump to effect your aim too badly.

I prefer Wyvernheart, just because I can have RA3 Soviet March playing in the background

I started the game using the LBG, decided I wanted to try other weapons so watched these tutorials, ended up back at the LBG seems so well rounded. I definitely learned stuff by watching them anyway, and how others play in a hunt.

Definitely should add that the melee attack does quite respectable damage this game. It guarantees kelbi horns and it's actually better for hunting mobs of smaller monsters since you can easily knock them out and beat them while they're down. It's nice for triggering flash and nectar bugs and its ability to KO is better than I first thought.

As someone who uses the hbg a lot, as for armor, I suggest going full val or 3 piece xeno. More often than not, with the xeno, I can plant around 7+ stickies before consuming 1 ammo.

A very important information on unsheathing the bowgun. Pressing triangle forces an auto reload after unsheathing if the selected ammo isn't full, pressing R2 will not. This is crucial because against some fights you just want to unsheath to block with the shield, doing it with triangle will kill you instead.

heavy bowgun tutorial: get a cluster ammo lv3 HBG, rocksteady mantle and glue your finger to the R2 button.

Also Artillery boosts the damage of your Wyvern and Sticky ammo. Level 3 actually gives more damage than maxed out Attack Boost. I did a lot of testing so definitely ask me anything. if you want damage comparisons I'll drop them in the replies.

I just tried this weapon out, and I think I might have found my favorite weapon (thought that would be the dual blades). The heavy gunner feeling I get from the weapon is satisfying to a degree I haven't felt with any other weapon, especially when using Wyvernheart/Wyvernsnipe.

500 game hours later and I only knew about the all ammo reload just now. Wow.

I absolutely love the intros to these videos. They showcase the weapon so well and genuinely make you wanna main them

Honestly, as a guy who now mains the HBG in world, always use a shield. The HBG's roll is so bad, and should really be used for repositioning rather than dodging. Having a shield also allows you to fire more aggressively since blocking tends to be safer than dodging in nearly all situations once you hit the late stages of the game, especially Tempered Elders. A single bad roll can easily get you killed or forced out of the fight to heal/nulberry, where as blocking only causes some light chip damage. Even the most powerful attacks in the game are rendered jokes if you run Guard Up on your HBG. The downsides are very limited, and safety is far more important for your DPS than *slightly* more damage. Given that monsters in World have some of the largest, and longest lingering hitboxes in their attacks, just block. Its safer, and can prevent carting in high level missions by preventing things like Paralysis, Stun, or just getting knocked into a corner and having a Rathian charge you 3 times in a row.

HBG is by far one of my favorite weapons in the game. Especially with shield mods on it.

You can space it so that the wyvern ammo’s first hit misses. I believe the spacing is when you’re backing up and the “out of range” pops up.

you didnt mention it but artillery boosts the damage of sticky ammo and wyverm ammo. i'm able to pop off wyvern ammo shots in the neighborhood of 300 damage with artillery 3 and 1 tier of close range.

I've been running Heavy Bowgun for the first time a few weeks now and I have felt like I was missing something. I needed to know about armor skills and watching this tutorial helps a lot, thank you sir.

I've been waiting for this one specifically for like 2 months! So much hype!

Hammer main, i wanted to spice thing up since a friend is starting and tried the bow, but wasn't feeling it. Tried Heavy bowgun and had a bit of a cold sweat when i saw all the ammo types and variations of cappacity from diffrents bowguns, but when i discovered what each ammo does and how hard it hits... It's pretty fun.

Since I am a regular HBG user, I also noticed that with “Ranged Attack Up” mod you can get a slight more damage boost at near the maximum range of your critical distance. But I mainly use Pierce ammo, so maybe that’s one of the ammo affective by the mod.

The editing in this is perfect ,displaying the button prompts is a really nice touch.

I needed this video, I wanted to try out the bowgun but I didn't know where to start so this helped really well.

everytime a new weapon workshop comes out I watch it. Everytime I watch, I immediately craft that weapon as soon as I get to play. *shakes fist* darn you abd your amazing videos Arrekz! you're making me run out of materials and money!!!

I am a charge blade main and I fell in love with the light bowgun and then shortly after I fell in love with the bow.. little did I know the heavy bowgun would surpass both of those for my favorite ranged weapon. Big surprise to me honestly.

I didn't expect both Bowguns in back-to-back tutorials!

As a note, after playing with wyvern snipe a fair bit, it seems that on longer monsters like diablos, vaal hazak, and xeno'jiva, if you get a lot of initial hits with the first shot, there are very few secondary explosions, meaning you actually want to avoid max length pierces to capitalize on the secondary explosion's higher damage.

It's also worth noting that drawing with the triangle/Y button draws into a load while th R1/RT does not

Thanks Arekkz, I have just recently picked the HBG up to supplement my Hammer/Horn and trying to find guides on it. Lovely lovely.

I am running HBG so this was very helpful. Especially with skills and ammo rotations

Thank you so much for your effort putting up that whole weapon workshop series! It‘s helping people new to the weapon so much and I learned a lot myself. Your explanations are on point and easy to understand. Keep it going! Greetz

Been using HBG ever since the original. Fighting Lao was what peaked my interest in it and I've never regretted it

I'm surprised no earplugs armor skills ever mentioned. I love using earplugs lvl 4 to hit monsters while they are completely open during a roar

That’s such a beautiful mixed set omfg

Just started to use the Bowgun after 100h+ with SnS..... I really like the different playstyle but what I like evn more, are tutorials like yours which made it waaaaaay easier for me to understand what I am doing and not running around and looking like an Idiot (in which I am really talented xD) Thanks alot for this Video !

HBG main here. Another tip for the jumping reloads. Make sure to dodge roll after your ammo is reloaded after landing. This allows your character to not be vulnerable to attacks while the 1 second delay before you can move !

Easily the best HBG tutorial on the web. Good stuff bro!

I've been playing Monster Hunter since it came out in the PS2 console but I didn't know a lot of the things you've covered here. Thank you so much for this!

You know something I've been running a bow gun since this was released and while I barely have time to play with work and the like, I thought I had gotten the hang of it. I was wrong. You just made this weapon so much more fun for me. Thank you for the videos Arekkz

My god these intros are epic!

Wyvernsnipe recharges decently fast; often enough that you may not always have an opening ready when it's ready to be used. My advice? Create that opening by working smoke bombs into your item build. Pop smoke, load the round, and pop off an easy snipe in the middle of the fight. Works great if you've run out of sleep or paralysis ammo, or if the monster has gotten too resistant. It also pretty much guarantees your safety while loading the ammo while playing in a team or solo. You can even use the smoke to reload all your ammo in the middle of the fight too.

This is the weapon i dont really want to use.. But it change my mind after seeing this! nice tutorials as ever! kudos arekkz

HBG is one of my sleeper favorites(don't use it alot, but I love it when I do).

I've got close to 50 hunts with heavy bow gun, I switched to charge blade a few days ago and I'm loving it.

The intro to this video perfectly summed up why I main this weapon.

I switch to heavy bow-gun a while back and I must say it's been a blast....

from learning how to use heavy bowgun from this video to a year later getting a fatalis in 3 minutes speedrun with hbg heroics, thanks for the base to become a speedrunner :)

I think some important points missed. Using HBG Meele on Kelbi ( Deers ) will have high chance to drop Kelbi Horns. Also Wyvernsnipe is exposive damage meaning those hits can break horns \ armor plates \ spikes

Haha not even an hour ago I was wondering when you would get to the Heavy Bowgun, didn't think it would be so soon

If I'm understanding it right, critical distance is essentially damage falloff. They way you described it made it seem way more complex than it actually is. I was thinking if you were too close you would also lose damage. I guess its the name "critical distance" which makes it seem like its a specific distance you want to maintain rather than just "don't be too far away".

I miss Seige mode from the older games. Felt like a badass with barraging a monster with it.

Omg man I used to watch your vids on mh4u but I was so young I didn’t have in an account but now I do so I’m subbing 👍 Ooh the nostalgia I'm feeling rn

I believe for free element/ammo up each level applies for each ammo level. So one point in it gives +1 total clip size for normal 1, spread 1 etc. two points will then add +1 clip size for normal 2 etc. and same for level 3 and normal/pierce/spread 3. I didn’t check for elemental ammo and the specialized ones but for anyone using the basic 3 damage bullets this is how it works.

I normally run charge blade or glaive, depending on whether I'm hunting with a team/fast or slow monsters, but I've wanted to play with a ranged weapon for sometime and this is the first of your videos I watched after I picked HBG. Very informative, and very straighforward. Thank you for this! +1 sub! I'll also be perusing the rest of your MHW weapon vids to get a feel for what I can do better!

The music when you go to a different point sounds like I’m elementary. Awesome! Nice guide, I’ve been meaning to get into a different weapon.

Quick Sheath might be another good skill for a new player who chose this weapon, considering the time it takes sheath it due to its size and mobility, a quick sheath skill might save you a cart and give you a chance to heal up.

Used this in the Barroth arena; took longer than 20 minutes and then I gave up. Watched your Gunlance video and will use this as a jumping off point as well. Good to know I was using this thing oh so wrong. Didn't even realize what the reticles meant. 😅

veteren monster hunter from first gen, still needed this guide because the last time i touched a bowgun of any kind was when i first got monster hunter on ps2 and thought i could kill rathian with it on my first try with the weapon. quickly learned my mistake and went back to greatsword. not any insite or importance in this comment. i just wanted to share xD

It's worth mentioning that when waking up a monster with wyvern ammo you want to stand a little distance away because the small hit of the wyvern ammo hits in melee range only and you want the big hit to get the damage bonus.

The best tutorials out there's. Thanks Arekkz

Thx for this great guide. I recently got augmentation streamstones for a bowgun so I've decided to try heavy. Still getting the hang of it since the playstyle is, obviously, vastly different from the hammer but this guide helps.

Thanks for this guide sir.ive been waiting for your workshop tutorial before using a weapon

Best heavy bowgun video no nonsense just straight facts I'm itching to get back on my game now

I've been avoiding bowguns since launch cause I felt they were too complicated and I was overwhelmed with basic and crafting info already on top of trying to remember weapon combos. But after this video and a little over a year of playtime under my belt I wish I would have picked it up out of the gate. Hunting horn is next 👌

i'm playing through this with my partners and wanted to learn this weapon. really, really helpful bro, thanks :D

Fkn love the intro brings back great memories with that theme

Just picked up the LBG today and loving it! Can't wait to try HBG - the only time I've used it is that double Diablos Arena Quest, and it was hectic as anything but I managed to pull through... just!

Hey arekkz, i really hope you continue the top 5 weapons videos, im planning on making the top 5 of every weapon, keep the awesome videos, you have helped me since tri

Quick hbg tip holing triangle on an empty or semi empty clip will proceed to load all your ammo in order

Iv always wanted to use bow gun but the problem I always thought to be a problem is having to farm ammo every hunt

very informative ive always been more melee but im starting to get into the bows and the heavy bow gun is just the hardest for me to understand.

After EX Behemoth this guide needs to be updated to show which HBG use Cluster Bomb and how to put crafting it in the radial menu and to only use cluster bomb

Little tip: *Slicing ammo is op *You can put Ammo crafting on your quick wheel (so more slicing ammo) I use Tobi Heavy Bowgun

I always believe hbg is not hunting weapon, it is execution weapon

Thank you! Now I can JFK some malform dinosaurs!

Well done arekkz gaming master of all weapon's!!!!! Another great video!!!!!

I love running evade extender to my heavy bowgun builds to make it easier to move around

additional skills I use often are artillery and bombidier. I love sleep bombing and I use sticky ammo to crack horns. artillery increases the damage of wyvern and sticky ammo. bombidier increases barrel bomb damage.

I love this weapon type it is my main. I would be lying if I said that I wasn't really really excited to see this video. I'm working on a general heavy gun currently trying to make the rarity 6 baan bowgun. It comes with 3 different effects(sleep, paralysis, and poison) and 3 heavy hitting ammo(cluster, sticky and wyvern). It also has wyvernsnipe for that extra massive one-shot damage. Also pierce ammo which is my favorite general use ammo. I go through at least 40 of them in a fight lol.

I also like to use quick sheath skills with heavy bowguns, because I'm pretty sure they have the slowest sheathing animation of any weapon in the game.

Im not sure if I heard you go over exhaust ammo. It deals exhaust damage which is translated into KO on the head. It’s really useful against monsters like Diablo.

He didn’t mention that the guard doesn’t take effect during recoil/firing or reloading

I love your MH vids man. Very informative and helpful.... And weapon changing persuasive lol.

-Seven minutes in- ..."Press X to roll with this weapon"... Thanks buddy.