Monster Hunter Mechanics: Understanding Damage

Presenter: JW

Overview

• Explanation of how damage works in Monster Hunter, focusing on raw and element damage.
• Aim to keep the explanation simple and understandable.

Key Concepts

Damage Components

• Raw Damage: The main physical damage dealt by weapons.
• Element Damage: Additional damage type related to elements (e.g., fire, ice).
• Total Damage: Combination of raw damage and element damage.

Hit Zone Values (HZV)

• Found in Hunter's notes, showing physiology for each monster.
• Indicates percentage of damage dealt to different monster body parts.
  • Example: 75% HZV means 75% of damage is applied.
• Important for both raw and element damage.
• Element Hit Zone Value of zero means no element damage applied.

Raw Damage Mechanics

Motion Value

• Modifier that determines the damage each attack will do.
• Stronger attacks have higher motion values.

Sharpness

• Levels of sharpness have multipliers affecting damage.
• No effect on bows or bowguns.

Affinity

• Affects critical hits, increasing damage by 25%.
• Can be increased further by crit boost skills.

Additional Factors

• Damage can be modified by armor skills, weapon mechanics, and Dango buffs.

Element Damage Mechanics

Element Modifiers

• Similar to motion value but specifically for element damage.

Sharpness and Element

• Sharpness affects element damage similarly, with different modifiers.

Critical Hits and Element

• Normally do not affect element damage unless using the critical element skill.

Element Hit Zone

• Same concept as raw hit zones but specific to element damage.

Element Vs. Raw

Frequency of Attacks

• Element damage is efficient with weapons that attack frequently.
• Element modifiers don’t scale like motion values.
• Multi-hit attacks apply a higher percentage of element damage.

Example Calculation

• Example provided shows how raw damage (370) works with hit zones (100% raw hit zone).
• Demonstrates how all factors combine for final damage output.

Conclusion

• Clear understanding of how both raw and element damages are calculated.
• Importance of hit zones and attack modifiers in optimizing damage.
• Encouragement to utilize this knowledge in gameplay for better performance.

Note: The explanation is a general guide and might have variations depending on specific game updates or versions like "Rise."