If you’re looking for Master Rank weapons for your endgame builds, or the most powerful weapons in Monster Hunter World overall, then follow our guide below for a complete breakdown of S, A, and B tier weapons.
Tier S Weapons
Loyal Thunder
Attack Power: 420 Affinity: 0% Deviation: Low Custom Mods: 5 Special Ammo: Wyvernheart
The only weapon that hasn’t been influenced by the Iceborne rebalancing is the Loyal Thunder heavy bowgun. It is undoubtedly the strongest single weapon in the game right now.
It is also one of the easiest weapons to use, as all you need to do is aim at a monster and shoot. The rest will take care of itself.
It can be upgraded from the Mightning + bowgun, which can be crafted with the help of the Zinogre monster parts:
5x Spiritvein Solidbone 2x Zinogre Hardhorn 3x Zinogre Deathly Shocker 1x Large Elder Dragon Gem 80000x Zenny
Tier A Weapons
Golden Crescent
Attack Power: 1015 Affinity: 15% Element Damage: Poison 330 Phial Type: Power
If your primary weapon is a switch axe, then you’re probably already running the Golden Crescent in your build. It has a high poison damage and absolutely massive attack power and Phial damage.
It is recommended you decorate it with Enhancer Jewel 2, which will improve the Power Prolonger skill and make Golden Crescent twice as powerful when charged up.
This switch axe can be upgraded from Dragonmaiden axe by using the following items:
3x Gold Rathian Surspike x3 5x Gold Rathian Shard x5 4x Gold Rathian Cortex x4 1x Rath Gleam x1 80000x Zenny
Grinding Mallet
Attack Power: 1508 Affinity: 0% Element Damage: Paralysis 330
The biggest advantage of the Grinding Mallet hammer is its ability to reach purple sharpness at Handicraft +5. This will instantly increase its already highly potent damage output to enormous proportions.
This weapon can be crafted by slaying two types of monsters: Acidic Glavenus and Vaal Hazak. The full recipe is as follows:
2x Vaal Hazak Hardclaw 4x Acidic Glavenus Hardfang 3x Acidic Glavenus Spineshell 1x Glavenus Mantle 56000x Zenny
Luna Eostre
Attack Power: 1044 Affinity: 10% Element Damage: Poison 420 Phial Type: Impact
The latest update gave this amazing charge blade an attack and a health augmentation slots, which makes it possible to balance out all the heavy survival builds of the current meta.
There is also no better weapon for impact phial damage, so if you wish to craft it, then you will need to upgrade the Dear Rose blade with the following items:
3x Gold Rathian Surspike 5x Gold Rathian Shard 4x Gold Rathian Cortex 1x Rath Gleam 80000x Zenny
Wyvern Blade Luna
Attack Power: 957 Affinity: 10% Element Damage: Poison 420
Longswords are some of the best melee weapons in the game, and Wyvern Blade Luna is the best of them all due to its sheer raw damage.
It already has purple sharpness and 10% affinity, which isn’t hard to push to a full 100% for the highest critical damage in the game.
You can craft this amazing longsword by slaying Gold Rathian monster and upgrading Wyvern Blade Blossom with:
3x Gold Rathian Surspike 5x Gold Rathian Shard 4x Gold Rathian Cortex 1x Rath Gleam 80000x Zenny
Tier B Weapons
Blackwing Bowgun II
Attack Power: 351 Affinity: 25% Deviation: Average Custom Mods: 4 Special Ammo: Wyvernblast
Here is a fantastic light bowgun for some fun Rapid Sticky or Rapid Pierce builds that you most definitely won’t regret playing.
This weapon is best utilized alongside another poisonous weapon that can slow down a monster, which you can shoot and finish off with Blackwing Bowgun II.
The crafting recipe of this great weapon is the following:
3x Scratched Shell 2x Garuga Fellwing 3x Fancy Beak 1x Large Wyvern Gem 56000x Zenny
Ruinous Perdition
Attack Power: 667 Affinity: 0% Element Damage: Dragon 360 Elderseal: High
Ruinous Perdition may not be the prettiest looking lance in the game, but it definitely is the most powerful one.
It is mostly used in exceptionally tanky builds of the Iceborne meta with such decorations like Tenderizer, Guardian/Expert Jewel 4, Guardian/Physique Jewel 4, Vitality Jewel, and Ironwall Jewel.
This lance can be upgraded from the Perdition’s Hand lance and these crafting materials:
3x Annihilating Greathorn 4x Nergigante Hardclaw 5x Eternal Regrowth Plate 1x Large Elder Dragon Gem 80000x Zenny
Deathlance Vaal Spysa
Attack Power: 575 Affinity: 0% Element Damage: Dragon 510 Shelling Type: Long Shelling Level: Lv 6
Gunlances are great weapons, because they can be equally well used against any type of monster regardless of the number of main weapons you’re using.
Deathlance Vaal Spysa is arguably the best gunlance in Iceborne, especially when it is used in the healing tank shell with the Zorah armor set and such decorations like Shield Jewel 2 and Magazine Jewel 2.
You’ll need to farm for some Vaal Hazak monster parts to be able to craft this gunlance:
3x Vaal Hazak Hardclaw 2x Shadowpierce Fang 5x Deceased Shard 3x Deathweaver Membrane
Acid Shredder II
Attack Power: 1392 Affinity: 0% Element Damage: Paralysis 420
Here is the greatsword of all greatswords: an Acidic Glavenus weapon with paralysis damage.
Of course, it needs to be pushed to have white sharpness with the help of critical affinity boost, but that would be enough. Acid Shredder II will not benefit too much from Handicraft jewels, as the purple sharpness doesn’t give it any more damage than it already has.
You can craft this massive greatsword with these materials:
2x Vaal Hazak Hardclaw 4x Acidic Glavenus Hardfang 3x Acidic Glavenus Spineshell 1x Glavenus Mantle 56000x Zenny
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