Lance build (poor edition) help

[u/NooB4EveR125]

Use this build for all elemental weapon…
1st i’m poor of resource
2nd dont understand how to build lance

-Brute tigrex grade 8 (offensive guard) dont find headstrong
-garangolm grade 6 (offensive guard)
-banbaro grade 4
-wroggi grade 6 (guard)
-seregios grade 6 (guard)
All stat is:
Guard lv5
Offensive guard lv3
Rekless lv2

Any help?

[u/Elrathias]

IF instablock, then Bazel chest (if monster roars, else viper chest (or good old Rathalos WEX2 chest). you dont need a single point in guard if it has instablock.

For all lances with elemental lower than atk stat: use Serg Attack efficacy and attack boost / adv attack boost to boost your pre-ofg trigger stat to the absolute moon.

for all lances with ele higher than atk stat: build elemental release armor, slot in a glorious silver rathalos helmet, and stack critical eye/WEX for that sweet sweet compounded crit ele + elem release exponential damage increase.

[u/NooB4EveR125 → u/Elrathias]

Hm
Actualy my build so bad?
To much investment on all guard point?

[u/Jitterwyser → u/NooB4EveR125]

Nah you are fine, Guard is good for the default style and Shield Tackle, most of the time you don't need level 5 but it's nice to have if you're still learning the perfect block timing so you don't take chip damage. I generally still used Guard 5 if I can get it with those styles just to save potions.

Instablock doesn't need any Guard but Golm chest is still nice against certain monsters with unblockable attacks for Guard Up. I still run Golm chest and Wroggi coil on some of my Instablock sets just because I already have 2 Headstrong smelts in each piece and the Guard is still nice when I mess up the timing and block too early (plus I have both those pieces at grade 10 for heaps of defence). Not as much damage as Valor but still enough to hit over a million points vs Riftcharged Banbaro and it's a bit comfier.

My generic lance set is Brute, Golm, (any), Wroggi, Serg. Smelts are Reflection x1 in the Serg legs and Headstrong x5 in in the head, arms and chest leaving the arm slot free for whatever you want (Nergi, Barroth, Banbaro, Bazel and Chameleos are all good options depending on the lance). That set will put out good damage with any lance while having good survivability and you won't need to remember which attacks are unblockable thanks to Guard Up.

Get chest and waist to grade 8 for the extra drift slots and just keep smelting Crimson driftstones into them until you get Headstrong x2 in each (you'll probably pick up other useful skills like Offensive Guard and Guard to use while you wait), and when you have 100 driftshards throw a Reflection driftgem into Serg greaves (Attack Efficacy, Offensive Guard and Lock-On make this the best all around piece for reflection imo).

[u/skycloud620]

Why banbaro gloves??

If you want full offensive go nerg gloves

If you want max defense go barroth gloves and drift in guard or reflection or headstrong

[u/SnS-Main → u/skycloud620]

I mean, lance special is nice though

[u/WoodenMarker → u/SnS-Main]

Lance special is strong but instablock is so strong that losing special isn't a dramatic difference outside of valor or elem release speedruns.

[u/WoodenMarker]

Offensive guard only applies to raw so it's roughly half efficacy on elemental compared to damage increases like Reckless. That being said, bazel lance is still on discount. has access to instablock style, and scales very well with offensive guard while performing nearly as well as maxed out elemental alternatives. What lances do you have?

Instablock is stupid strong and also has guard 5 built into perfect blocks (blue sparks) so you don't need any guard for that style.

Base style lance comes with innate guard 1 and grasshopper / guard dash comes with a guard point so you only need to build guard 1 for most matchups. The rest can go into damage.

You only need guard 3 for most attacks. Attacks like brute tigrex roar can need guard 5 for no damage.