Trying to theorycraft your own build but want a detailed list of Monster Hunter Now skill? Well, you’re in the right place. Equipment Skills are perks that most weapons and armour pieces have attached to them, and they’re the biggest component of putting together a build. This guide will help you, as you can use it to figure out which skills you want, then you can go away and find the armour or weapon that has that skill.
Monster Hunter Now is the latest location-based game by Niantic. It sees you explore the real world as you track down monsters to hunt. Many of Capcom’s best monsters from the series make an appearance, and you can loot them for gear. You then use this to craft new weapons and armour to allow you to take on even more powerful monsters.
You can grab Monster Hunter Now on Google Play right now. I’ve also put together a list of Monster Hunter Now builds, Monster Hunter Now block guide, and Monster Hunter Now drop rates.
Monster Hunter Now Skills
Now, let’s take a look at all of the Monster Hunter Now skills that you can find on the various pieces of equipment in the game.
- Artful Dodger: Makes perfect evades easier to perform by increasing the timing window.
- Attack Boost: Increases Attack Power.
- Burst: Increases attack power temporarily after landing consecutive hits quickly.
- Concentration: Increases the Special Gauge fill rate.
- Critical Eye: Increases affinity.
- Defense Boost: Increases defense.
- Divine Blessing: Gain a chance to reduce damage from a single attack.
- Earplugs: Reduces the effect of monster roars.
- Evade Extender: Increases your evasion distance.
- Fire Attack: Increases your weapon’s fire damage.
- Fire Resistance: Decreases fire damage taken.
- Firm Foothold: Reduces knockback when you take damage.
- Focus: Reduces the weapon charging time and increases the rate your Spirit Gauge fills.
- Fortify: Increases attack power temporarily after you revive from fainting.
- Guard: Reduces the damage and knockback you take when guarding an attack.
- Guts: Survive one lethal attack per hunt.
- Health Boost: Increases your maximum health.
- Heroics: Increases your attack power at low health.
- Ice Attack: Increases your weapon’s ice damage.
- Ice Resistance: Reduces ice damage you take.
- Last Stand: Increases your defense at low health.
- Lock On: Lock on to a specific monster part.
- Offensive Guard: Increases your attack power following a successful block.
- Paralysis Attack: Increases your weapon’s paralysis buildup.
- Paralysis Resistance: Gain a chance to prevent paralysis.
- Partbreaker: Increases the damage you deal to breakable parts.
- Peak Performance: Increases your attack power.
- Poison Attack: Increases your weapon’s poison buildup.
- Poison Resistance: Grants a chance to prevent poison.
- Recoil Down: Reduces your bowgun’s recoil.
- Reload Speed: Reduces reload time when using a bowgun.
- Resentment: Increases your attack power temporarily after taking damage.
- Rising Tide: Increases your attack power and defense as the hunt timer runs out.
- Slugger: Increases your stun power
- Sneak Attack: Increases damage when you attack from behind.
- Special Boost: Increases you special skill damage.
- Thunder Attack: Increases your weapon’s thunder damage.
- Thunder Resistance: Decreases thunder damage taken.
- Water Attack: Increases your weapon’s water damage.
- Water Resistance: Decreases water damage taken.
- Weakness Exploit: Increases your critical hit chance when you attack a weak spot.
- Windproof: Reduces the effects of wind pressure.
What Are Monster Hunter Now Equipment Skills?
Equipment Skill are a unique perk that appears on gear within the game. Most pieces of gear, be it a weapon or piece of armour, has an Equipment Skill. You just may have to unlock specific skills by levelling up your gear.
What Equipment Skills do is tweak your statistics in a variety of different ways. Some improve statistics in a flat manner, while others only activate during certain circumstances. Read our list above to get a good idea of how it all works.
