Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak - 5 best mid-game Master Rank builds

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With a wide range of weapons, armor sets and skills, Monster Hunter games allow players to customize their ideal build for the purpose of hunting monsters.

Monster Hunter Rise boasts similar flexibility as it has a huge catalog of weapons from 14 different categories as well as armor and decoration jewels.

With the recent release of Sunbreak, Capcom has introduced even more weapons, armor and customizable trinkets for players to experiment with.

The expansion also sees the return of the Master Rank to Monster Hunter Rise. It is essentially a set of higher difficulty quests that pit players against new and returning monsters in the game.

The Master Rank makes the base game's end-game-optimized gear obsolete due to the substantially increased difficulty, forcing players to invest in new and better builds.

Here is a list of the five best mid-game builds that are perfectly optimized for the Master Rank quest available at MR 3 to MR 6.

Note: This article is subjective and reflects the opinions of the writer

Great Swords are quintessential examples of weapons that rely on raw strength to cause maximum chaos on the battlefield.

Although Great Swords are the slowest of all weapon categories, they make up for their lack of speed with the ability to dish out absurd amounts of damage in a single blow.

This build is centered around increased damage output with attack power-enhancing skills. The weapon of choice here is the Royal Order's Great Sword+, which can be crafted using:

Here is a complete breakdown of the Great Sword build:

Weapon: Royal Order's Great Sword

Armor pieces

Talisman

Skills

Charge Blades are one of the Monster Hunter series' most unique weapons.

A Charge Blade is basically a Sword and Shield in standard mode with moderate damage