My challenge was to beat the game and the last High Rank (HR) level 100 mission with Fashion Souls, and part of this "challenge" is that you can't just hide your head gear, so there were some restrictions on builds. However, since I beat that very last mission with both the Lance and the Hunting Horn, I can now make optimal builds.
I wanted to chill out and use an invincible build that can tank through the very hardest monsters such as the Tempered Variants of Kirin and Deviljho (affectionately known as "Pickle"). RageGamingVideos describes such a build, and it works beautifully:
With the recent Kulve Taroth siege event, if you're able to make her armor set, and wield one of her weapons (her weapons can add anywhere from 20
to 30 extra defense) your base defense can get to 530+ with Defense
Charm 3, Defense Gems, and you'll most likely have the armor charm and armor talon in your hunting pouch.
It's very easy to make the Defense Charm 3, but if you don't have Defense Gems, with fully augmented and upgraded Kulve Taroth armor, your defense will be 10 less, so you're missing on a rather small sliver of defense.
Exhibit A shows the base defense of my character, who is in Astera, without any buffs, otherwise you'll see a Food logo next to the Defense number to the right.
The Cheese Build goal is to get your defense in the 800's to 900s. With this level of defense, damage will be reduced by 80 to 90%.
One of the ways you can further increase your base defense is through the Fortitude skill. Each time you cart, Fortitude will proc, giving you 15% extra defense up to two times, so maximum total of 30%. For easier calculation, if your defense is 500, by carting twice, your defense will jump to a massive 650.
The damage can also be mitigated by making sure you have the full Divine Protection skill that randomly reduces attacks by 50%, and this actually occurs quite often. So there are quite a few times when Tempered Kirin or Tempered Pickle didn't do much damage thanks to Divine Protection. See Exhibit B for the Load-Out which also includes Defense Charm and Defense Gems for a Defense Level 5 (the maximum level is 7). The build also has the 3 Vitality Gems to get your health to the max possible 200 through buffs.
I really find the Vitality Gems extremely helpful. Pickle has one-shotted me when my health bar was 150 at lower defense and when Divine Blessing didn't proc, so the 200 can give you extra cushion.
If you don't have Kulve's armor, you can use any of the Elder Dragon armors. In fact, one of the Elders, Xeno' jiiva is tied with Kulve Taroth as armors with the highest base defense. RageGamingVideos likes to use Vaal Hazak's armor as you gain health passively over time.
You can also consume Food and Item Buffs to further increase your defense. The Fish platter has Defense Large which is 15. You can also consume Mega Armor Skin (25), Armor Seed (20), and Hardshell Powder (20). All of these items add up to a whopping 80, so you're now at around 730.
To put this in perspective, a fully augmented and upgraded Elder Dragon armor averages around 80, so consuming all these items is equivalent to putting on another piece of highest end and max upgraded armor.
I don't use the Armor Pill since they only last 20 seconds but they can be used when monsters are enraged for extra defense.
If you wield the Hunting Horn (or have a friend), you or your friend can play the Defense XL song (recital + encore) that adds an additional 20% of your base defense which is around 100, so you're now at 830.
Wearing the Rock Steady Mantle mitigates an extra 30% of damage so you can easily tank through attacks. You can also carry the Vitality Mantle which negates all damage. My Palico, Niki, provides extra healing with her Vigor Wasp "just in case".
For Tempered Kirin, I brought the Lightning and Vitality Mantles.
When I start, I do NOT eat or use any buffs for the first two faints, since it takes about 15 minutes before you can eat food again (food buffs wear out after you cart). Further, you don't want to waste your resources as Mega Armor Skin can be hard to come by.
Instead, I fight Tempered Kirin and Tempered Pickle as best I can as if this were for "real", and sometimes I'm able to beat them without carting, or carting only once, as I really try my best fighting them. In this way, you whittle down their health as much as possible for further assurance of victory. If I faint the second time, I proc'd Fortitude twice, getting 30% extra defense.
Only after carting twice, do I then consume food and items. I eat the Fish Platter (Defense Large) against Pickle. I think I ate the Vegetable Platter (Elemental Resistance Large) against Tempred Kirin. I also drink the mega armor skin as they last until you faint. Also, caution advised, I think the mega armor wears off if Pickle gives you Defense Down, which is the red arrows pointing down symbol, so you may need to reapply your mega armor if that happens.
Since the Adamant Seed and Hardshell Powder last 3 minutes, and the Defense XL song is also time limited, I would buff with these items and song right before attacking, I also make sure I wear either the Rocksteady/Lightning or Vitality Mantle.
At this point, again, I will fight to the very best of my abilities, and not engage in the antics of RageGamingVideos, to ensure 100% chance at victory.
As you can see, this will only work solo (unless your party members are friends and they know what you're doing) and with missions that have fail conditions of 3 faints or higher.
The other issue is that Mega Armor Skin is hard to come by since you need Nourishing Extract. You can get them as rewards by fighting Odogoran. An easier way of getting this drink is to send your Tail Rider on a Safari that has Odogoran along its route, and often they return with Extracts. (On the other hand, if you run out of Mega Armor Skin, you can use the regular Armor Skin, which add 15 Defense, instead.
The elder melder also sells Nourishing Extract. I believe there was a sale during the Spring Event, and other sales, so you can buy them in bulk whenever a sale arises, as they cost quite a lot in resources.
It was a lot of fun using this build, and if you have enough Mega Armor Skins, it's a relaxing way to farm Hero's and Warrior's Stream Stones from the current Tempered Pickle Event ("Relish the Moment").
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I wanted to chill out and use an invincible build that can tank through the very hardest monsters such as the Tempered Variants of Kirin and Deviljho (affectionately known as "Pickle"). RageGamingVideos describes such a build, and it works beautifully:
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| Exhibit A: Base Defense 536 |
It's very easy to make the Defense Charm 3, but if you don't have Defense Gems, with fully augmented and upgraded Kulve Taroth armor, your defense will be 10 less, so you're missing on a rather small sliver of defense.
Exhibit A shows the base defense of my character, who is in Astera, without any buffs, otherwise you'll see a Food logo next to the Defense number to the right.
The Cheese Build goal is to get your defense in the 800's to 900s. With this level of defense, damage will be reduced by 80 to 90%.
One of the ways you can further increase your base defense is through the Fortitude skill. Each time you cart, Fortitude will proc, giving you 15% extra defense up to two times, so maximum total of 30%. For easier calculation, if your defense is 500, by carting twice, your defense will jump to a massive 650.
The damage can also be mitigated by making sure you have the full Divine Protection skill that randomly reduces attacks by 50%, and this actually occurs quite often. So there are quite a few times when Tempered Kirin or Tempered Pickle didn't do much damage thanks to Divine Protection. See Exhibit B for the Load-Out which also includes Defense Charm and Defense Gems for a Defense Level 5 (the maximum level is 7). The build also has the 3 Vitality Gems to get your health to the max possible 200 through buffs.
I really find the Vitality Gems extremely helpful. Pickle has one-shotted me when my health bar was 150 at lower defense and when Divine Blessing didn't proc, so the 200 can give you extra cushion.
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| Exhibit B: Load-Out |
If you don't have Kulve's armor, you can use any of the Elder Dragon armors. In fact, one of the Elders, Xeno' jiiva is tied with Kulve Taroth as armors with the highest base defense. RageGamingVideos likes to use Vaal Hazak's armor as you gain health passively over time.
You can also consume Food and Item Buffs to further increase your defense. The Fish platter has Defense Large which is 15. You can also consume Mega Armor Skin (25), Armor Seed (20), and Hardshell Powder (20). All of these items add up to a whopping 80, so you're now at around 730.
To put this in perspective, a fully augmented and upgraded Elder Dragon armor averages around 80, so consuming all these items is equivalent to putting on another piece of highest end and max upgraded armor.
I don't use the Armor Pill since they only last 20 seconds but they can be used when monsters are enraged for extra defense.
If you wield the Hunting Horn (or have a friend), you or your friend can play the Defense XL song (recital + encore) that adds an additional 20% of your base defense which is around 100, so you're now at 830.
Wearing the Rock Steady Mantle mitigates an extra 30% of damage so you can easily tank through attacks. You can also carry the Vitality Mantle which negates all damage. My Palico, Niki, provides extra healing with her Vigor Wasp "just in case".
For Tempered Kirin, I brought the Lightning and Vitality Mantles.
When I start, I do NOT eat or use any buffs for the first two faints, since it takes about 15 minutes before you can eat food again (food buffs wear out after you cart). Further, you don't want to waste your resources as Mega Armor Skin can be hard to come by.
Instead, I fight Tempered Kirin and Tempered Pickle as best I can as if this were for "real", and sometimes I'm able to beat them without carting, or carting only once, as I really try my best fighting them. In this way, you whittle down their health as much as possible for further assurance of victory. If I faint the second time, I proc'd Fortitude twice, getting 30% extra defense.
Only after carting twice, do I then consume food and items. I eat the Fish Platter (Defense Large) against Pickle. I think I ate the Vegetable Platter (Elemental Resistance Large) against Tempred Kirin. I also drink the mega armor skin as they last until you faint. Also, caution advised, I think the mega armor wears off if Pickle gives you Defense Down, which is the red arrows pointing down symbol, so you may need to reapply your mega armor if that happens.
Since the Adamant Seed and Hardshell Powder last 3 minutes, and the Defense XL song is also time limited, I would buff with these items and song right before attacking, I also make sure I wear either the Rocksteady/Lightning or Vitality Mantle.
At this point, again, I will fight to the very best of my abilities, and not engage in the antics of RageGamingVideos, to ensure 100% chance at victory.
As you can see, this will only work solo (unless your party members are friends and they know what you're doing) and with missions that have fail conditions of 3 faints or higher.
The other issue is that Mega Armor Skin is hard to come by since you need Nourishing Extract. You can get them as rewards by fighting Odogoran. An easier way of getting this drink is to send your Tail Rider on a Safari that has Odogoran along its route, and often they return with Extracts. (On the other hand, if you run out of Mega Armor Skin, you can use the regular Armor Skin, which add 15 Defense, instead.
The elder melder also sells Nourishing Extract. I believe there was a sale during the Spring Event, and other sales, so you can buy them in bulk whenever a sale arises, as they cost quite a lot in resources.
It was a lot of fun using this build, and if you have enough Mega Armor Skins, it's a relaxing way to farm Hero's and Warrior's Stream Stones from the current Tempered Pickle Event ("Relish the Moment").
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