How to Use Bow in Monster Hunter Wilds: Moves and Combos

The bow in Monster Hunter Wilds, while potentially devastating, presents a unique challenge for newcomers. Its effectiveness hinges on mastering its mechanics and understanding its stamina-dependent attacks. Unlike other weapons, each shot depletes your stamina; light attacks consume less than charged shots. This requires careful management of your resources.

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Basic attacks are executed with a left-click (PC), R2 (PlayStation), or RT (Xbox). More advanced techniques, such as Dragon Piercer and Thousand Dragons, involve specific button combinations. The following table details these controls:

For first-time bow users, the training grounds are invaluable. Practice your combos and familiarize yourself with the controls before engaging monsters. This will significantly improve your survival chances.

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Exploiting Weak Points

The bow excels at targeting a monster's weak points. Focus Fire: Hailstorm automatically locks onto these vulnerable areas, highlighted in red after focusing your aim. Hold Shift (PC), R1/RB (consoles) to unleash a barrage of precision shots.

Utilizing Coatings

Coatings significantly enhance your arrows. Regular attacks gradually fill a coating gauge (bottom right corner). Once full, press R (PC), Triangle (PlayStation), or Y (Xbox) to apply a coating. Each bow supports two coatings simultaneously. Available coatings include:

• Power Coating: Increased damage.
• Pierce Coating: Enhanced penetration with Dragon Piercer.
• Close-Range Coating: Increased close-range damage.
• Paralysis Coating: Inflicts Paralysis.
• Exhaust Coating: Inflicts Stun and Exhaustion.
• Sleep Coating: Inflicts Sleep.
• Poison Coating: Inflicts Poison.
• Blast Coating: Inflicts Blast.

Employing Tracer Arrows

Tracer Arrows are a valuable asset. They attach to a monster, guiding subsequent shots for a short duration. This is especially useful for consistently hitting weak points, but remember, using Tracer Arrows consumes coating points.

Monster Hunter Wilds is available now on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC.