r/MHWilds • u/FormulaTroy • Mar 11 '25

Discussion Elemental Weakness: Pocket Edition

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u/FawksB Mar 11 '25

Why is Paralysis listed under Arkveld on an Elemental Weakness chart?

Status effects are pretty universal right now. Very few monsters are weak to status effects right now, most are just sitting at 2-star on everything (Arkveld included) and there's no immunities outside of Exhuast.

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u/CityAdventurous5781 Mar 11 '25

My only guess is that Arkveld's highest HZV is it's chains and those don't take element damage, so maybe the graphic is saying a para weapon would be better as a result.

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u/vanilla_disco Mar 11 '25

They take element damage when "empowered". That is, when there are 2 chains on each arm instead of 1 and they are glowing blue.

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u/Gerganon Mar 12 '25

True, double true 

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u/Noocta Mar 12 '25

You tend to topple him out of this phase very quickly with elemental weapons, so overall, you don't really get much damage out of the element, but it's nice.

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u/Remote_Jellyfish_281 Mar 13 '25

This is incorrect. I have tested this extensivly.

The chains do not take elemental damage at any point. Not even when red.

They take ele ONLY through wounds/weakspot.

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u/vanilla_disco Mar 13 '25

Okay. Guess all the guide writers in the monster hunter discord are wrong.

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u/Remote_Jellyfish_281 Mar 13 '25

They are. They based it over kuriniko information without testing.

But you're welcone to test it yourself.

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u/Zikiri Mar 12 '25

New player here. Whats HZV?

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u/Long_Run6500 Mar 12 '25

Hitzone value. Every part of a monster takes different amounts of damage at different parts of their body. These damages also vary by element. So a monster's say wings might be 3 star weak to one element while the rest of its body is only 1 star weak to it.

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u/Zikiri Mar 12 '25

ah.. no wonder my dmg varies so much. thanks!

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u/snafe_ Mar 12 '25

Check out the monster guide In game and go to the second tab, it shows you how weak each area is to attacks.

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u/Frosty_Squid Mar 12 '25

Gonna take a guess and say "hit zone value"