Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Light Bowgun guide - Best builds, Switch Skills and more

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Monster Hunter Rise is a vast game with a wide array of monsters to hunt, weapons and armor sets to craft, and builds to create.

The Monster Hunter series is all about self-expression and letting players decide how they want to enjoy the game. Monster Hunter Rise features 14 different weapon types. Each weapon defines a particular playstyle.

Monster Hunter Rise players can mix and match different weapons, armor pieces, decorations and skills to carve out their own monster-hunting build. With the game's recently released expansion, Sunbreak, developer Capcom has introduced even more new weapons and other combat gear for players to experiment with.

Sunbreak also introduces the Master Rank quests, the highest difficulty tier in Monster Hunter Rise. Here, players will need some of the best builds and weapons in order to claim victory over new and terrifying monsters.

Here, we take a look at the Light Bowgun, its strengths, new Switch Skills and a few viable builds that players can invest in for Master Rank.

Note: This article is subjective and reflects the author's opinions.

The Light Bowgun is one of the most unique weapons in Monster Hunter Rise. It is also among the very few ranged weapon types in the game.

The Light Bowgun relies on elemental ammunition to deal damage to the monsters from a distance.

What makes the Light Bowgun special is its mobility and rate of fire, which allows players to deal massive damage without compromising their ability to reposition on the battlefield.

The strengths of the Light Bowgun in Monster Hunter Rise are as follows:

The Light Bowgun offers significantly superior mobility compared to its heavier counterpart, the Heavy Bowgun.

Players using the Light Bowgun can easily reposition themselves on