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Armor Skills
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate

Armor Skills

Learn how to manage armor skills in Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate. Understand skill points, positive and negative effects, and how Decorations and Talismans can help you optimize your build.

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Learn how to manage armor skills in Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate. Understand skill points, positive and negative effects, and how Decorations and Talismans can help you optimize your build.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Access the START menu.
  2. 2
    Navigate to your skills.
  3. 3
    Press Y on a skill to view its details and the points required for activation.
  4. 4
    Note that most skills require ten skill points, while some advanced levels need fifteen or twenty points.
  5. 5
    Be aware that skill points can go below zero, resulting in negative skill effects.
  6. 6
    Understand that having nine or fewer skill points (positive or negative) will not activate any skill, good or bad.
  7. 7
    When wearing a complete set of monster armor, you will typically gain a set of related skills, some potentially linked to the monster the armor is derived from, and one or two negative skills.
  8. 8
    These negative skills can be mitigated using Decorations and Talismans.
Tips
  • Razor Sharp, a positive skill from Sharpness+10, halves weapon sharpness loss.
  • Blunt Edge, a negative skill from Sharpness-10, doubles weapon sharpness loss.
  • Decorations and Talismans can be used to remove negative skills from armor sets.

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