Regular repeaters didn't make the list because I did not have any fun whatsoever playing them in escalation. I'd rather not recommend a weapon that I don't enioy when theres a better alternative (twin suns)
Would like to see you make a vid about...What quality of life changes would u like to see in Dauntless? I would like to be able to name loadouts, an official companion app for builds, be able to pin masteries your working towards completing, spectate mode for when ur in danger mode, and dyes for weapons just to name a few.
Wow I stop playing for a bit and next thing you know repeaters went from being super good and easy to use ,to bad, and the exotic repeaters everyone said we’re underwhelming are really good now.
@@AgentRavioli escalation is a big game changer. Twin suns are great there because of the crit amps. No other weapon, maybe besides the warpike with the crit special, can crit as often as the twin suns
The repeaters are decent but it needs something like easier boops, some sort of behemoth blinding effect if you attack eyes consistently or even a way to launch grenades. Anything....
The problem with war pike is when playing it your brain work over 150% with some thing like striker u can turn off half your brain and still do excellent
@@desgildanphi8825 no you actually dont. Spam 1 combo to make wounds, spam 2nd combo to break wounded parts. Strikers while op, actually encourage you to use different combos to reach the maximum damage on a timer.
@@desgildanphi8825 its easy to hit with both combos, the 1st can be moved around on the last hit and if you can dodge and you know what you're doing youll have no problem hitting it with 1st combo. The second combo can literally be performed while moving so yeah the behemoth moving is not an issue.
Mythical Beast nah it’s not , I don’t know if your doing a r/whoosh but if your not, look at the side bar and how it’s round 2 and he’s already in escalation increase of 12
@@TE-cg4vw Yeah.. no it was a joke. Shoulda made that more obvious ^^" It's just that he killed them so fast it *looked* like he was playing normal mode... Basically I'm saying Dough is OP lol
Hey OhDough,just wanted to pop in and say a real quick thank you for the hard work you put into the videos.They are pretty informative and as a relatively new player I appreciate them quite a bit.Played in beta for a bit and I didn't really like the game back then and went back to monster hunter world.Came back a couple of weeks ago and I was very pleasantly surprised.Man has this game evolved since those early days and I can honestly say I'm currently enjoying it quite a bit more than MH:W (especially with the direction that game took with it's endgame activities and loot).Haven't quite managed to get to trials in Dauntless but I'm slowly but surely grinding my way there ,currently practicing the shrowd and rezakiri fights but as of now I'm still getting my ass kicked. In spite of all that, chainblades are awesome and practice makes perfect.Anyway that's it for my little rant ,keep up the good work and know that your videos are appreciated by many.
Thank you for taking the time to right that. Dauntless is a good game and it will continue to get better with time. I'm thankful for folks like you that appreciate the content and support it as much as yall do. It helps keeps the lights on so to speak. Anyway, thanks for being a part of the community and thank you for giving my content a shot.
I personally love the hammer in Escalations. The only issue I have is the “camera center” button on the left thumb stick on controller. With two behemoths, I almost always aether slam between the two of they are relatively close. I enjoy the Axe and Sword too, but Hammer is my baby and I make it work. Great video Dough!
I love Escalation because after I've been murdered by Koshai or Hellion for the 10th time in a row I can go onto Escalation and usually just stomp the Behemoths, how I wish those upgrades and arenas were in normal Dauntless hunts
Hey! What do you think about the exotic hammer in escalations? I haven't really tried it solo, and i understand that u go solo. But i tried it duo and trio and we were all spamming the fireballs and REALLY having a good time. It was really fun
In my opinion I think the hammer is the best in the job of doing staggers and pretty much good damage and since u can release a shell really quickly by just pressing triangle u can do some good staggers
I agree most of the part,except that idk where I would rank warpikes and axe is better the sword imo,#axechamps,and the twin suns is hella strong even without virulent impact,it may not be as strong as the top 3,but they are sure much more strong then the strikers. While hammer and strikers are pretty low for me too,they lack any long term investment which would make then very strong,pretty much the opposite weakness of the axe on normal hunts. Also ohdough,what is your speculation on the new upcoming fire escalation behemoth? And their legendary weapon,what would the unique effect be? Would anyone use the charrogs unique effect as the bond? Idk if they would this,but I really wanted to be a Phoenix,I know it’s a long shot,but it is fire related,it’s a mythical creature which malkarion kinda resembles the Chinese dragons and it flies. Unique effect would probably give the slayer some sort of flying related ability,also charrog doesn’t have a unique effect so no idk on that one,still I think it would be so cool to see a Phoenix as the last behemoth on the fire escalation
I totally agree on the list... For example the fact that Twin Suns need some other new mods to become better is De Facto... Like some kind of booping or stagger damage ( which i dont think they will add , but never hurt dreaming ). I do Escalation runs in 9-10 mins but thats probably me and 2-3 more ppl max because i just love them and they are real fun to play... War Pyke and Repeaters need hell of changes to be partly viable even on non Escalation runs
Wow. Me being a sword main. I expected him to put sword at last place because to most people. They think sword is the weakest weapon. But it really isn’t as it’s very good at booping, dealing consistent damage, ETC. so nonetheless I was pretty surprised to see it was one of his favorite weapons.
So i started playing pikes around the time you made a vid on them for escalation and i did enjoy playing the hellion build but one thing felt off for me which was the use of specials. Storing then casting takes u out of the combat every time.
why cant warpike special work like chain blades, once it fills you just auto get the ammo. Having to store the ammo just breaks the whole flow of the weapon
Hobo Socio because the keeping the meter full gives you more damage and sometimes its better to not have ammo stored against some behemoths so you can use the extra damage. In my opinion Its nice that you’re given an option to store ammo or keep the damage increase However you can’t really take my word for it because i dont play warpike much
I really like aether strikers but i wanna try war pike because it looks really fun. I dont play escalation 10-50 because i dont even have it unlocked so i haven't tried any weapons there yet so idk what is good for me there.
As a natural repeater main I completely see why it's not on this list, but whenever I do a hunt my dodge's are on point with repeaters but my damage, not the same
War pike is so easy and fun to use, u can make a lot of damage wit it and constantly attacking the behemoth, from close range to long range. I see a lots of players strugling while using it, just spam the light attacks and use heavy attacks only when they are stuned. Stamina is not a problem
Do you always bring Weighted Strikes Cells when playing solo? especially with weapon like sword or CB. Whats your general perks and cells for doing solo? I like to bring Cunning for that extra damage and Virulent Impact but it kinda hurts not to be able to boop properly.
1. Weighted strikes dont serve a purpose in the game honestly since chainblades dont need it nor sword 2. Iceborne and cunning are prob the best cells to have at anytime along w wild frenzy, rage and +3 discipline 3. Wdym by " hurts to not being able to boop correctly"?
zKiller 1803 The OP seemed to be a beta player who didn't seem to catch up with the news. CB needed +6 weighted strikes to be able to boop in beta. I also assume that the build he uses is the non-iceborne build that has 2 free technique slots where he can choose between +6 weighted strikes or +6 cunning cells. If he chooses cunning, he'll lose the weighted strikes and the ability to boop with the CB.
@@ShinyBlueFlame Wait, you don't actually need WS with CB? Because I can't seem to boop most attack with CB, maybe I'm just bad, I guess. I am running iceborne build with 2 technique cell slot, which I put cunning in.
@@OhDough Mine #1 favorites would be tied between chain blades and twin suns i cant seem to get the dodges with chain blades do to the issue with consoles but twin suns are very ez and fun to use for me.
I've been playing escalations for a good while and I get my best results with the Riftstalker Chain Blades they're the only +10 quality weapon in my weapon inventory currently. on my best runs in 1-13 escalation I get S Rank on all 4 rounds. and that's going solo.
I would HIGHLY recommend that you use Fangs of Dawn chain blades with Riftstaker Helm, Shrowd Chestplate Boreus Arm plates And Riftstaker jeans. For the perks; Cunning +3, Overpower +3 on the chain blades. Aethric Attunement +3 on hemet. Discipline +3 on both chestplate and armplates. (Available at Trials Stroe) Conditioning +3 on jeans. And lastly Conduit +3 on the Koshi lantern. Enjoy!!!
@@josephhill2178 There's a few things in my way of that list though. 1. I don't have enough platinum to get exotic weapons via the store, I haven't unlocked Shrowd via the main story but I've faced him in 10-50 escalation same for Rezakiri and I haven't unlocked trials yet I'm on the Darkness Shines quest which end with getting armor and weapons to +10 quality.
@@kindomxxx123 I know except two thing 1. I don't have trials mode unlocked since I'm on the Darkness Shines quest and 2. The current season is my first ever season playing Dauntless. I pretty much didn't know about the game until it's Switch announcement. and it recently launched on the Switch. but I've gotten good at the game since its Game awards shadow drop. sure i still make rookie mistakes like self reviving when those are better spent at 100% danger. but i've spent every day since the 12th learning the ins and outs of the game. and I'm at the point where I can go solo in 1-13 escalation and get all S rank finishes. and boop the behemoths since it's impossible not to learn how to do it on the more obvious ones like Shrike/Shrave and Gnasher/Embermane. my main weapon is the Chain blades. my current best is the Riftstalker at +10 quality.
Hi, do you have any tier list for new players? I started recently and I would love to see something like this video, with non-upgraded gear. Thanks a lot.
go for hellion striker's until you get em all +10 then choose the 1 against the elemental of the behemot. Armor : Drask helm - Boreal torso - boreal gaunt - boreal pants. Get ice borne on torso . wild frenzy on gaunt + pants . Disc +3 in helmet. ( lady shop when you have level 13 hunt pass - easy to get - . If you are new and have hard times . Use skarn strikers they give you a big big shield that can tank any behemot hit until Dauntless Trials. :)
That’s a good idea Eruner, A good weapon tutorial for beginners that shows what you can do with only weapon mastery 0 and what to expect looking forward would be pretty neat. Especially since some weapon play styles can change dramatically with different mods and specials. Also Tier List that pretty much everyone agrees on. SSS: A good connection so your I-frames come at the beginning of your dodge S: This weapon you enjoy playing most A: You enjoy playing this weapon, but not as much as ^ B: You enjoy playing this weapon, but not as much as ^ C - F: See: A, B FFF: Repeater “sniping” Iceborne is either OP because you can’t die or trash If the weapon doesn’t fit your play style you’re going to either struggle with it or be incredibly bored with the hunt. And that’s no fun.
Warpike with reckless leap requires some master level stuff (dodging, managing stamina, building meter, storing meter and timing). Hammer needs Concussive Salvo to be somewhat relevant. Twin suns should be easy second on the list. (I am not dissing you for your list, I am just "mod"ifying it)
Twin suns aren't great on a lot of behemoths and they can't interrupt. They also have a difficult time if you don't get virulent impact. Twin suns work really well if you get the right RNG going but you can have some really rough fights on your hands. Oh the last thing is running iceborne on repeaters just feels bad because of how much you are giving up due to the slots.
Man, I've been using axe for a while, but it happens me a lot that I have determination at level 4 and suddenly it downs to 0... is there any axe mechanic I don't know about or is it a bug or something like that? 🤔
T- Serious there is no best class weapon but personally aether strikers, sword, and axe are my favorite. just mess around with different weapons and see what gets you the best results
If you wanna just kill stuff, Aether Strikers absolutely wreck all the Behemoths(with the exception of Malkarion, which can make Escalation 10-50 rough). All it takes is one glance at the Dauntless Trials Speed Leaderboard to know just how oppressive it’s dps is. Otherwise, definitely play what you find fun, because that’s the point of playing a game.
I like to challenge myself in group escalation by telling my team to kill one behemoth while I solo the other one.. slot of times I finish mine before theres which is fun for me lol. My list would go for my kill times/fun level 1. Chain blades (since launch) 2. Sword 3. Strikers 4. Hammer 5.repeaters 6. Axe 7. Warpike
Why do people seem to think a leaping meme special that does 1200 damage one time is better than a 25% crit buff for your entire team for 12 seconds? This doesn’t even get mentioned and is the only reason to play pike imo
OhDough I main CB but pike deserves more love than it gets. Pretty sure the 2 seconds of cast time easily warrants doubling (or more with amp synergies) your team’s total dmg output for 12 seconds. Like you know how much the meta revolves around crit rn. Behemoths still drop from 3/4 to 0 in as much time as any other meta weapon I play with a full team so I don’t feel it’s lacking speed anywhere when being utilized for the potential it has. It’s just not a performer on its own but neither is axe which clearly deserves its spot on the list
Strikers are pretty good on duel behemoth hunts, just keep both under a DOT with the second ability, and the mod for it will increase the DOT damage for every crit, if you want to use it. They've served me pretty well, and they also have a reliable dodge, no s, but no knock back to deal with either with some great maneuverability
Honestly, I was super excited when the Ather strikers were first introduced, but now there just boring even though they are stupidly powerful. This is why I went back to chain blades recently, even thought my favourite weapon of all time... And I Will Stick By My Answer No Matter What You Think... is reapeters.
@@josephhill2178 All I'm saying is that Axe is MY favourite weapon to play in ESCALATIONS, in an actual hunt my favourite weapons are Chain Blades, and Repeaters.
@@josephhill2178 I always play whatever gets buffed/changed because that means it's been altered in some way. Keeps the game fresh. ATM it's hard because there haven't been any big weapon changes recently.
OK war pike isn't that great cause in escalation behemoth part break so fast like what point of wounding it I think they should buff wound effect in general like if that behemoth part is wounded everytime they used that part they will receive a certain amount of damage even when that part break
@@OhDough my idea is for example if embermane head is wounded and then break every time he use his head to spit fire or attack u with his head he will take like around 300-500 so more people would prefer it
j szerm 1. It's not i-frame. It's called resolve, where you still take damage if you get hit during it, but you won't be staggered, thus able to continue your attack. 2. You get resolve if you time a vertical charged strike correctly, no horizontals. If you time it correctly, you'll glow orange. The timing goes like this: 1, 2, then immediately release on 3
@@ShinyBlueFlame ok thanks. I knew it wasn't , more like anti-stagger frame. But cool. I've been perfect charging the verticals because I thought they gave the most damage, haha
@@peterl5381 oh, hellion or rift sword and the builds are similar to the escalation ones but without cunning and drop discipline to +3 if it's not already
1-13 you can jump into immediately without repercussion right now, as there are so many overgeared people there mastery farming you can safely expect to be carried. 10-50 get +10s and an actual build, bring riftstalker unless it prevents you from optimizing another build set. Maybe 1 in 4 do escalation 10-50 in the expectation that they will be carried through it, and you do not want to be the second person on the team with the same expectation. First run bring bulwarks and iceborne+6 for insurance. “I don’t run iceborne because it’s a crutch” + “Its okay to die 10 times because my teammates exist solely to rez me” is not okay. Running “Valomyr set” is not good here. Running “Valomyr set” is not good here. Running “Valomyr set” is not good here.
@@larrybyrd6596 what about it doesn't make sense you both have it backwards he is not saying the weapons are bad because they are not fun but what he is saying is that they are not fun because they are bad
Regular repeaters didn't make the list because I did not have any fun whatsoever playing them in escalation. I'd rather not recommend a weapon that I don't enioy when theres a better alternative (twin suns)
OhDough “ASUH”
Would like to see you make a vid about...What quality of life changes would u like to see in Dauntless?
I would like to be able to name loadouts, an official companion app for builds, be able to pin masteries your working towards completing, spectate mode for when ur in danger mode, and dyes for weapons just to name a few.
what weapon would you use in normal hurts
Repeaters could improve a little bit if your prism decide your cell slots also if we get the cell bonus on the prism would be nice too.
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These transitions are insanely good.
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Bruh that was awesome
Non-exotic repeaters are so weak, that they didn't even make it on the list xD
Yeah, I thought it was better to leave them off the list than to include them and basically trash them
I think the best way to buff them is too give them another technique cell instead of a mobility cell
Wow I stop playing for a bit and next thing you know repeaters went from being super good and easy to use ,to bad, and the exotic repeaters everyone said we’re underwhelming are really good now.
@@AgentRavioli escalation is a big game changer. Twin suns are great there because of the crit amps. No other weapon, maybe besides the warpike with the crit special, can crit as often as the twin suns
The repeaters are decent but it needs something like easier boops, some sort of behemoth blinding effect if you attack eyes consistently or even a way to launch grenades. Anything....
I was having a blast with strikers till I got to Malkarion.... fight was so painful.
"It let's warpike do as much damage as a REGULAR weapon" HAHAHA TRUEE
It hurts to hear :'( but isn't false.
#MakeVirulentImpactCell
The problem with war pike is when playing it your brain work over 150% with some thing like striker u can turn off half your brain and still do excellent
@@desgildanphi8825 no you actually dont. Spam 1 combo to make wounds, spam 2nd combo to break wounded parts. Strikers while op, actually encourage you to use different combos to reach the maximum damage on a timer.
@@Triakiis yeh and the behemoth gonna stand still for that to happen
@@desgildanphi8825 its easy to hit with both combos, the 1st can be moved around on the last hit and if you can dodge and you know what you're doing youll have no problem hitting it with 1st combo. The second combo can literally be performed while moving so yeah the behemoth moving is not an issue.
8:36 Sooooo was this normal mode? Cause damn... 4/4 to 0/4 hearts on *both* of them in the span of.. 20 seconds at best?
Nope, none of the footage in the video is from eacalation 1-13 (normal mode). That was at threat lvl 22 on round 2 and I had virulent impact
Mythical Beast nah it’s not , I don’t know if your doing a r/whoosh but if your not, look at the side bar and how it’s round 2 and he’s already in escalation increase of 12
@@TE-cg4vw Yeah.. no it was a joke. Shoulda made that more obvious ^^" It's just that he killed them so fast it *looked* like he was playing normal mode... Basically I'm saying Dough is OP lol
@@mythicalbeast1202 lol yeah, no surprise thou he plays it for a living which is fine if hes enjoying it
@@TE-cg4vw it's r/woooosh and for reddit
Those transitions never get old🔥🔥🔥
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Hey OhDough,just wanted to pop in and say a real quick thank you for the hard work you put into the videos.They are pretty informative and as a relatively new player I appreciate them quite a bit.Played in beta for a bit and I didn't really like the game back then and went back to monster hunter world.Came back a couple of weeks ago and I was very pleasantly surprised.Man has this game evolved since those early days and I can honestly say I'm currently enjoying it quite a bit more than MH:W (especially with the direction that game took with it's endgame activities and loot).Haven't quite managed to get to trials in Dauntless but I'm slowly but surely grinding my way there ,currently practicing the shrowd and rezakiri fights but as of now I'm still getting my ass kicked. In spite of all that, chainblades are awesome and practice makes perfect.Anyway that's it for my little rant ,keep up the good work and know that your videos are appreciated by many.
Thank you for taking the time to right that. Dauntless is a good game and it will continue to get better with time. I'm thankful for folks like you that appreciate the content and support it as much as yall do. It helps keeps the lights on so to speak. Anyway, thanks for being a part of the community and thank you for giving my content a shot.
Finally! Someone agrees with me that round 4 is the hardest!
Bruh round 4 is actually the hardest.
You are completely right
Same
But for blaze esca it's whatever round blazeakiri is on.
Kinda, a round 2 blazeakiri can be easily curb stomped with the right build but a round 4 blazeakiri has more health and deals more damage
I love that transitions
These transitions are smoooooth it's amazing Doug
I personally love the hammer in Escalations. The only issue I have is the “camera center” button on the left thumb stick on controller. With two behemoths, I almost always aether slam between the two of they are relatively close.
I enjoy the Axe and Sword too, but Hammer is my baby and I make it work.
Great video Dough!
Yea my thoughts exactly , i just dont like anything else other than slapping big monsters with a hammer.
Yesterday, I used the War Pike in Escalation, and it was BEAUTIFUL!!!!!
Term you were looking for with the Axe is called superarmor. No crowd control effect but you still take the damage.
sometimes i don't even see the transitions until i notice that you're using a different weapon than before
I love Escalation because after I've been murdered by Koshai or Hellion for the 10th time in a row I can go onto Escalation and usually just stomp the Behemoths, how I wish those upgrades and arenas were in normal Dauntless hunts
Just got into the game on switch yesterday and loving the strikers
I do agree with ya, Chain Blades are the best for Escalation, i don't use anything that aren't the Chain Blades on it
Ye, they just have so much going for them. Flash, effective, mobile, evasive. They are super good
Axe is good too i can win solo cause axe :D
If you don't mind, can you show us the Avenging-overdrive build with the swords with Skullforge?
I actually needed this video
I didn't need this video... But I loved it anyway!!!
Hey! What do you think about the exotic hammer in escalations? I haven't really tried it solo, and i understand that u go solo. But i tried it duo and trio and we were all spamming the fireballs and REALLY having a good time. It was really fun
I played it a bit today and it's "neat" I wish the special was more interesting though
In my opinion I think the hammer is the best in the job of doing staggers and pretty much good damage and since u can release a shell really quickly by just pressing triangle u can do some good staggers
For escalation I like weighted crown and concussive salvo with cunning and wild frenzy, does pretty well
I agree most of the part,except that idk where I would rank warpikes and axe is better the sword imo,#axechamps,and the twin suns is hella strong even without virulent impact,it may not be as strong as the top 3,but they are sure much more strong then the strikers. While hammer and strikers are pretty low for me too,they lack any long term investment which would make then very strong,pretty much the opposite weakness of the axe on normal hunts. Also ohdough,what is your speculation on the new upcoming fire escalation behemoth? And their legendary weapon,what would the unique effect be? Would anyone use the charrogs unique effect as the bond? Idk if they would this,but I really wanted to be a Phoenix,I know it’s a long shot,but it is fire related,it’s a mythical creature which malkarion kinda resembles the Chinese dragons and it flies. Unique effect would probably give the slayer some sort of flying related ability,also charrog doesn’t have a unique effect so no idk on that one,still I think it would be so cool to see a Phoenix as the last behemoth on the fire escalation
Twin suns with virulent impact can do better than strikers in escalation. But without it they can't keep up. I'd like to see a fire turtle tbh.
OhDough huuummm charrog is kinda like a turtle,ain’t it?
I totally agree on the list...
For example the fact that Twin Suns need some other new mods to become better is De Facto...
Like some kind of booping or stagger damage ( which i dont think they will add , but never hurt dreaming ).
I do Escalation runs in 9-10 mins but thats probably me and 2-3 more ppl max because i just love them and they are real fun to play...
War Pyke and Repeaters need hell of changes to be partly viable even on non Escalation runs
Now that’s a lot of damage 8:36
Axe mechanic you are talking about is called 'super armor' in games... basically, you take the damage, but aren't interupted doing what you do.
Wow. Me being a sword main. I expected him to put sword at last place because to most people. They think sword is the weakest weapon. But it really isn’t as it’s very good at booping, dealing consistent damage, ETC. so nonetheless I was pretty surprised to see it was one of his favorite weapons.
So i started playing pikes around the time you made a vid on them for escalation and i did enjoy playing the hellion build but one thing felt off for me which was the use of specials. Storing then casting takes u out of the combat every time.
Ye, I hope pike gets a overall rework because it's just not in as good a spot as it should be
why cant warpike special work like chain blades, once it fills you just auto get the ammo. Having to store the ammo just breaks the whole flow of the weapon
Hobo Socio because the keeping the meter full gives you more damage and sometimes its better to not have ammo stored against some behemoths so you can use the extra damage.
In my opinion Its nice that you’re given an option to store ammo or keep the damage increase
However you can’t really take my word for it because i dont play warpike much
The axe has something called “hyperarmour” a term coined from the dark souls series a believe :)
In elsword we call it super armour
Ohdough are you going to make a tier list for the malkarion weapons
Maybe
I really like aether strikers but i wanna try war pike because it looks really fun. I dont play escalation 10-50 because i dont even have it unlocked so i haven't tried any weapons there yet so idk what is good for me there.
If you do end up liking war pikes, check out OhDoughs Video on the "Godhand" build.
@@josephhill2178 that's an exotic. That might not help
What is the best beginner weapon?
What are your thoughts on the hunger in escalation?
It's not very good, any sword with avenging overdrive is better
As a natural repeater main I completely see why it's not on this list, but whenever I do a hunt my dodge's are on point with repeaters but my damage, not the same
Can you make another tier list on normal hunts? The last one you made is without aether strikers
God Tier: Aether Strikers
S Tier: Anything else except pike
Garbage tier: War pike
War pike is so easy and fun to use, u can make a lot of damage wit it and constantly attacking the behemoth, from close range to long range. I see a lots of players strugling while using it, just spam the light attacks and use heavy attacks only when they are stuned. Stamina is not a problem
Do you always bring Weighted Strikes Cells when playing solo? especially with weapon like sword or CB.
Whats your general perks and cells for doing solo? I like to bring Cunning for that extra damage and Virulent Impact but it kinda hurts not to be able to boop properly.
1. Weighted strikes dont serve a purpose in the game honestly since chainblades dont need it nor sword
2. Iceborne and cunning are prob the best cells to have at anytime along w wild frenzy, rage and +3 discipline
3. Wdym by " hurts to not being able to boop correctly"?
zKiller 1803 The OP seemed to be a beta player who didn't seem to catch up with the news. CB needed +6 weighted strikes to be able to boop in beta.
I also assume that the build he uses is the non-iceborne build that has 2 free technique slots where he can choose between +6 weighted strikes or +6 cunning cells. If he chooses cunning, he'll lose the weighted strikes and the ability to boop with the CB.
@@ShinyBlueFlame Wait, you don't actually need WS with CB? Because I can't seem to boop most attack with CB, maybe I'm just bad, I guess.
I am running iceborne build with 2 technique cell slot, which I put cunning in.
@@Wingale You boop with CB using dodge forward + light attack, it's very easy, for me it's the easiest weapon to boop with.
@@ShinyBlueFlame okay, I will work on my timing with it, thanks!
I've been using Strikers and Axe a lot, CB is kinda new to me.
My list is
1 twin suns
2. Sword
3 chain blades
4 war pike
5 axe
6 hammer
Only one thing is the same
A lot of people like the twin suns. It's awesome an exotic is so enjoyable in escalation
@@OhDough Mine #1 favorites would be tied between chain blades and twin suns i cant seem to get the dodges with chain blades do to the issue with consoles but twin suns are very ez and fun to use for me.
I like sword as well do to its versatility but i prefer twin suns or chain blades
Brett K no strikers?
I have now made you my support a creator as a thanks for all the help :)
i like hammer but sadly i agree, you just get hammered playing it. you are more on the ground than swinging it i feel D:
I've been playing escalations for a good while and I get my best results with the Riftstalker Chain Blades they're the only +10 quality weapon in my weapon inventory currently. on my best runs in 1-13 escalation I get S Rank on all 4 rounds. and that's going solo.
I would HIGHLY recommend that you use Fangs of Dawn chain blades with
Riftstaker Helm,
Shrowd Chestplate
Boreus Arm plates
And Riftstaker jeans.
For the perks;
Cunning +3, Overpower +3 on the chain blades.
Aethric Attunement +3 on hemet.
Discipline +3 on both chestplate and armplates. (Available at Trials Stroe)
Conditioning +3 on jeans.
And lastly Conduit +3 on the Koshi lantern. Enjoy!!!
@@josephhill2178 There's a few things in my way of that list though. 1. I don't have enough platinum to get exotic weapons via the store, I haven't unlocked Shrowd via the main story but I've faced him in 10-50 escalation same for Rezakiri and I haven't unlocked trials yet I'm on the Darkness Shines quest which end with getting armor and weapons to +10 quality.
@@RevanSecura You can get the twin Suns exotic in the trials store. It costs 1000 steel marks
@@kindomxxx123 I know except two thing 1. I don't have trials mode unlocked since I'm on the Darkness Shines quest and 2. The current season is my first ever season playing Dauntless. I pretty much didn't know about the game until it's Switch announcement. and it recently launched on the Switch. but I've gotten good at the game since its Game awards shadow drop. sure i still make rookie mistakes like self reviving when those are better spent at 100% danger. but i've spent every day since the 12th learning the ins and outs of the game. and I'm at the point where I can go solo in 1-13 escalation and get all S rank finishes. and boop the behemoths since it's impossible not to learn how to do it on the more obvious ones like Shrike/Shrave and Gnasher/Embermane. my main weapon is the Chain blades. my current best is the Riftstalker at +10 quality.
@@kindomxxx123 sorry if my reply was too much information at once.
I am sad for hammers. It was my favourite weapon. 😥
But i am also glad this escalation made me learn chainblades. That build is insane.
@Ruben Hernandez then what do you think about strikers? Just a question
@Ruben Hernandez technically everyone gets carried by weapons in the game
Hi, do you have any tier list for new players? I started recently and I would love to see something like this video, with non-upgraded gear. Thanks a lot.
go for hellion striker's until you get em all +10 then choose the 1 against the elemental of the behemot. Armor : Drask helm - Boreal torso - boreal gaunt - boreal pants. Get ice borne on torso . wild frenzy on gaunt + pants . Disc +3 in helmet. ( lady shop when you have level 13 hunt pass - easy to get - . If you are new and have hard times . Use skarn strikers they give you a big big shield that can tank any behemot hit until Dauntless Trials. :)
That’s a good idea Eruner, A good weapon tutorial for beginners that shows what you can do with only weapon mastery 0 and what to expect looking forward would be pretty neat. Especially since some weapon play styles can change dramatically with different mods and specials.
Also
Tier List that pretty much everyone agrees on.
SSS: A good connection so your I-frames come at the beginning of your dodge
S: This weapon you enjoy playing most
A: You enjoy playing this weapon, but not as much as ^
B: You enjoy playing this weapon, but not as much as ^
C - F: See: A, B
FFF: Repeater “sniping”
Iceborne is either OP because you can’t die or trash
If the weapon doesn’t fit your play style you’re going to either struggle with it or be incredibly bored with the hunt. And that’s no fun.
Warpike with reckless leap requires some master level stuff (dodging, managing stamina, building meter, storing meter and timing). Hammer needs Concussive Salvo to be somewhat relevant. Twin suns should be easy second on the list. (I am not dissing you for your list, I am just "mod"ifying it)
Twin suns aren't great on a lot of behemoths and they can't interrupt. They also have a difficult time if you don't get virulent impact. Twin suns work really well if you get the right RNG going but you can have some really rough fights on your hands. Oh the last thing is running iceborne on repeaters just feels bad because of how much you are giving up due to the slots.
Man, I've been using axe for a while, but it happens me a lot that I have determination at level 4 and suddenly it downs to 0... is there any axe mechanic I don't know about or is it a bug or something like that? 🤔
This happens to me all the time as well. Gets annoying having to keep raising it up again.
I think it maybe a simple bug cuz that shouldn't happen
Yeah guys you have to use your special again to keep your determination at level 4. If you watch the bottom bar it will show you how much time is left
@@jake.speare hopefully it is just us needing to pay a bit more attention 😂 will keep that in mind on the next hunt.
1:24 how do you stagger him? (I have +6 weight strike already btw). Dang i suck at stagger using chain blades
Ermmm Wut you dont need that it a waste of cells use dash then light attack
Ermmm Wut you don’t need any cell. You just dodge (or dash) and then attack with “Light Attack” ( left click / Triangle / X )
I just started playing dauntless and I didn’t understand a thing
Can someone tell me the best class weapon so I can use it please
T- Serious there isnt.
Play with all the weapons for a while. Mess around with builds. Find something you find fun to use-chances are, it’s good.
T- Serious there is no best class weapon but personally aether strikers, sword, and axe are my favorite. just mess around with different weapons and see what gets you the best results
If you wanna just kill stuff, Aether Strikers absolutely wreck all the Behemoths(with the exception of Malkarion, which can make Escalation 10-50 rough). All it takes is one glance at the Dauntless Trials Speed Leaderboard to know just how oppressive it’s dps is. Otherwise, definitely play what you find fun, because that’s the point of playing a game.
I hate that all the good specials and mods of the warpike are from Trials
Is the chainblade build the same one you had in the flawless Malkarion video?
Yes
I like to challenge myself in group escalation by telling my team to kill one behemoth while I solo the other one.. slot of times I finish mine before theres which is fun for me lol. My list would go for my kill times/fun level
1. Chain blades (since launch)
2. Sword
3. Strikers
4. Hammer
5.repeaters
6. Axe
7. Warpike
I used to think normal repeaters were GOOD. what is wrong with me?
@@purepangea17 personally I think they are still good but just not as good as the exotic version for a few reasons.
What are these thumbnail skins?
Switch exclusive skins for dauntless
@@OhDough that would explain why I can't find them anywhere on Xbox...
i use the hammer and i'm feeling good with it. Good video
Why do people seem to think a leaping meme special that does 1200 damage one time is better than a 25% crit buff for your entire team for 12 seconds? This doesn’t even get mentioned and is the only reason to play pike imo
You could just play chain blades and be more useful if the goal is speed. Wellspring is useful but boring to use and the cast time is a big ole yikes.
OhDough I main CB but pike deserves more love than it gets. Pretty sure the 2 seconds of cast time easily warrants doubling (or more with amp synergies) your team’s total dmg output for 12 seconds. Like you know how much the meta revolves around crit rn. Behemoths still drop from 3/4 to 0 in as much time as any other meta weapon I play with a full team so I don’t feel it’s lacking speed anywhere when being utilized for the potential it has. It’s just not a performer on its own but neither is axe which clearly deserves its spot on the list
Strikers are pretty good on duel behemoth hunts, just keep both under a DOT with the second ability, and the mod for it will increase the DOT damage for every crit, if you want to use it. They've served me pretty well, and they also have a reliable dodge, no s, but no knock back to deal with either with some great maneuverability
Does virulent impact affect the behe youre hitting? like double strike them?
yes
Yes
I agree with your choices . THX :D good info man :D
What is your umbral axe build
I am a chain-blades main and I agree with this statement.
Can you do an updated guide to chainblade booping
My favourite weapon for escalations is the axe
Honestly, I was super excited when the Ather strikers were first introduced, but now there just boring even though they are stupidly powerful. This is why I went back to chain blades recently, even thought my favourite weapon of all time... And I Will Stick By My Answer No Matter What You Think... is reapeters.
@@josephhill2178 All I'm saying is that Axe is MY favourite weapon to play in ESCALATIONS, in an actual hunt my favourite weapons are Chain Blades, and Repeaters.
@@josephhill2178 I always play whatever gets buffed/changed because that means it's been altered in some way. Keeps the game fresh. ATM it's hard because there haven't been any big weapon changes recently.
OK war pike isn't that great cause in escalation behemoth part break so fast like what point of wounding it
I think they should buff wound effect in general like if that behemoth part is wounded everytime they used that part they will receive a certain amount of damage even when that part break
Wounds don't have much of a use other than getting stacks for executioner spearhead
@@OhDough my idea is for example if embermane head is wounded and then break every time he use his head to spit fire or attack u with his head he will take like around 300-500 so more people would prefer it
Are the Twin Suns gonna stay, or are they going away next season?
Here to stay. You can get them in the trials store if they ever leave the shop.
@@1EvilDoGooder I misunderstood "time gated", thanks :)
@OhDough, how do you proc the invincibility frames for the axe? Is it triggered when releasing a charged strike?
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1. It's not i-frame. It's called resolve, where you still take damage if you get hit during it, but you won't be staggered, thus able to continue your attack.
2. You get resolve if you time a vertical charged strike correctly, no horizontals. If you time it correctly, you'll glow orange. The timing goes like this: 1, 2, then immediately release on 3
@@ShinyBlueFlame ok thanks. I knew it wasn't , more like anti-stagger frame. But cool. I've been perfect charging the verticals because I thought they gave the most damage, haha
1) Chainblades
2) Sword
3) Axe
4) War Pike
5) Twin Suns (but only good if you get violent impact)
6) Hammer
Btw he ranked it based on preference
5) strikers
For the hammer one, you were using a shock weapon that wasn't Malkarion.
Is your old Video about the best sword krit dps set still the best damage set or is there now an better on ?
Different builds. I have a sword vid for escalation with build links in the description
OhDough but the Builds are about the best sword set in eskalation i mean is there an best sword dmg for general like normal behemots ?
@@peterl5381 oh, hellion or rift sword and the builds are similar to the escalation ones but without cunning and drop discipline to +3 if it's not already
Which is better to use war pike or chain blades
Can you show your build for chain blades?
If this tier list is based on escalation, where can I find a tier list in general?
Strikers > Hammer > Chain Blades > Sword> Axe/Repeaters > War pike
@@OhDough seeing the war pike in last place breaks my heart💔
@@Shadow_1923 last place is actually repeaters in a solo environment
How long will malkarion be in the game?
(Also): What is giving the electro spine effect?
Probably until next Escalation (I kind of want a terra Escalation so that Malk counters the next "boss"
@@carpool9363 huh malkarion will be not in game anymore?
@@Sinanakita11188 this was quite a long time ago so I didn't know that Malk was going to stay :l
can someone please tell me the name of the skins in the thumbnail and how to get them?
Why you can throw the axe multiple times?
How can you the twin blasters I've no idea that is
What are the transmogs he used in the thumbnail
I got a trailer for a game called new world before this. Looks pretty good i might get it
which weapon do you enjoy I'm normal hunts??
If I were OhDough I would probably say "Anything that can destroy the shit out of the thing I'm trying to kill" but that's just me.
@@josephhill2178 😂😂 true
@@josephhill2178 pretty much
Depends on the behemoths I'm hoping to fight
@@OhDough thanks man, btw love your vids keep it up👍👍
Which youtubers name did i spell iolkijadsetb
Idk y your game looks 1 million times faster then mine is the switch version a slower ?
Dappo Lajon Its called higher fps,Switch has like max 30 fps and pc has minimum 60 fps but ohdough probably plays at around 120 fps if not even higher
FoxRacker makes sense thanks I never fully understood fps
And can you do an exotic review or builds
Tierlist blaze escalation when?
8:03 seamless
❤
How did u get so much dmg on chain blades
How far should I be in the game before I get into escalation?
1-13 you can jump into immediately without repercussion right now, as there are so many overgeared people there mastery farming you can safely expect to be carried.
10-50 get +10s and an actual build, bring riftstalker unless it prevents you from optimizing another build set. Maybe 1 in 4 do escalation 10-50 in the expectation that they will be carried through it, and you do not want to be the second person on the team with the same expectation. First run bring bulwarks and iceborne+6 for insurance. “I don’t run iceborne because it’s a crutch” + “Its okay to die 10 times because my teammates exist solely to rez me” is not okay. Running “Valomyr set” is not good here. Running “Valomyr set” is not good here. Running “Valomyr set” is not good here.
Funny how malkarion gave me the blueprint for skullforge
Not gunna use it that much because i like the tanking build
Skullforge is like the best piece for tanking gear u can slot iceborne cell and pretty much never run out of stamina
@@dougmaann i just gotta get it to +10
Does anyone know how to get the weapon skins in the thumbnail for Xbox? Would really appreciate it.
I think the axe is number one... because oneshot
How does dough get so many numbers
What is escalation?
cool thumbnail
What is that blue burn effect?
That is virulent impact effect
How do you do so much damage
What’s the armor in the thumbnail
Skymetal transmogs
Edit: or sky something I forgot
how do you get the twin suns?????
le Butt is you can buy them for 1000 steel marks
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Can i add u on dauntless?
Title is strongest weapon tier
"Yeah this weapon isnt fun so its not strong."
Ok.
mael Phoenix ikr
@@larrybyrd6596 it's not that it's not fun and that made it ineffective but it's ineffective and that makes it not fun
@@yeetskaleet7140 also doesn't make any sense
@@larrybyrd6596 what about it doesn't make sense you both have it backwards he is not saying the weapons are bad because they are not fun but what he is saying is that they are not fun because they are bad
@@yeetskaleet7140 watch and listen to the video carefully. He literally said this weapon is not strong because it's not fun.
i really like hammers
Thank you