You'll have to consider
the weapon sharpness meter, the type of damage each weapon can deal (blunt for armored parts, sharp for hacking tails off), and know which weapon types are better suited for which enemies.
There's still a way around this though — certain special attacks ignore
weapon sharpness / monster hardness and cut through regardless.
Charms can also be crafted for passive skills like increased
weapon Sharpness.
Due to the fact that Nyanta can't carry the whetstones required to sharpen weapons,
their weapon sharpness simply doesn't degrade over the course of a quest.
A human hunter's
weapon sharpness and damage output gradually decreases every time it comes in contact with a monster.
Soon enough, I knew all about
weapon sharpness, cooking, charms, and all the rest, and once those were taken care of, I was able to revisit the weapon itself.
Four pieces grants you Protective Polish, which means
your weapon sharpness will not decrease for a set time after sharpening — one minute to be exact.
Not exact matches
We look a different team with him in & talk of him losing his pace or
sharpness is rubbish — he's always used his acceleration as a
weapon rather than trying to outrun people.
Slaying Deviljo will grant you the materials to craft these
weapons whose
sharpness reach white levels.
This means that as a full set, Deviljho's armor is great for increasing the
sharpness of your
weapon with Handicraft, while giving you a greater chance of knocking off monster parts with Part Breaker.
Don't explain sharpening
weapons, let them bounce off the enemy (let your own
sharpness drop too) and after demonstrating the bouncing off with dull
weapons bit, simply use a whetstone in front of them, then proceed to attack without a problem.
Armor sets that give bonuses to
Sharpness or Stamina will be particularly useful to the Dual Blades, as these compliment the
weapon's advantages and help relieve some of its downfalls, like adding additional stamina for Demon Mode, or addressing their tendency to quickly dull.
It takes green
sharpness to not bounce on the flints, and you wont have access to
weapons that sharp yet.
When in Sword mode, your attacks won't bounce off of anything 2 grades of
sharpness higher than whatever level your
weapon is currently at, and you can perform a nasty explosion similar to a Gunlance's wyvern fire.
Nublet # 5) Besides demon mode, each
weapon has a special ability that only occurs in it's
weapon type: Great Sword: High cutting power, also able to block, although you move very slowly with this Dual swords: demon mode, drains stamina, but increases attack, speed, and
sharpness while active.
Bludgeoner - raises Attack as your
weapon loses
sharpness.
Other things return as you'd expect — there's 14
weapon types, there's still a little jingle after a steak is cooked right, you can still very slowly lop tails and the like off enemies to weaken them,
weapons still have
sharpness to worry about — all that stuff.
This would give you 160 * -LRB-(100 + (0.25 * 65)-RRB- / 100) = 160 * 1.1625 = 186 Of course this quick calculation ignores, your level of
sharpness, so you'd have to multiply it by that if the
weapons have different levels of
sharpness.
The two basics to keep in mind when playing with a beginner - friendly
weapon like the hammer are your stamina meter and your
sharpness meter.
Bludgeoner - raises Attack as your
weapon loses
sharpness.
If you're a Blademaster (melee hunter), as you land hits your
weapon will gradually lose
sharpness, indicated by the sword - shaped meter underneath your health and stamina.
The two basics to keep in mind when playing with a beginner - friendly
weapon like the hammer are your stamina meter and your
sharpness meter.
It's an item that allows you to recover «lost»
sharpness and restore a
weapon to its most potent form.
When you see your
weapon's
sharpness gauge in the top left - hand corner of your screen running low, use left and right on the d - pad to open your inventory and cycle through until you find it.