Iceborne tries to shake things up a bit by increasing the damage for elemental attacks. More: We play first few hours of Monster Hunter World Iceborne Depending on the element, the game imposed a cap that limits your damage at a certain point, regardless if you stack more elemental damage on top of that. The fact that World had a cap on elemental damage made it even more of a challenge for elemental builds to shine. With the exception of cases such as melting Kulve Taroth’s hard shell with Thunder, elemental builds weren’t as viable as they were in the past. It’s elemental, dear Watson, but not elementlessĭiplomatically speaking, elemental weapons in Monster Hunter World were, well, a bit underwhelming overall. Level 3: 30% affinity boost on weak spots, additional 20% affinity boost on wounded parts.Level 2: 15% affinity boost on weak spots, additional 15% affinity boost on wounded parts.Level 1: 10% affinity boost on weak spots, additional 5% affinity boost on wounded parts.Here are the new values for Weakness Exploit in the expansion: That all changes with Monster Hunter World: Iceborne, however.
This is arguably one of the most - if not the most - popular skill in the game thanks to the easy extra damage you can rack up with it plus the fact that it’s relatively easy to acquire. In the original Monster Hunter World, the affinity bonus is: Essentially, this raises your chance of triggering a critical strike with every hit, which does 25 % more damage than a regular hit. Basically, it’s kind of like explaining a breakup: It’s complicated.įor those unfamiliar with the skill, Weakness Exploit grants you an affinity bonus when attacking a monster’s more fleshy weak point. Having a skill both nerfed and buffed probably sounds like it doesn’t make sense. Weakness Exploit nerfed and buffed (sort of) Here’s a rundown of the changes that were announced.
The gameplay adjustments were revealed by Producer Ryuzo Tsujimoto and Director Daisuke Ichihara during a Capcom TV interview in Capcom's Japanese youTube channel. Is the Weakness Exploit skill your bae? Perhaps you wish the elemental attack skills cleaned up more nicely?Ĭapcom revealed several new changes to “Monster Hunter World: Iceborne” that touched on both skills plus the weapon of choice for lovers of exploding pointy thingies, the Gunlance.