Introduction

The Monster Hunter Collab is in full swing along with a flurry of questions as to which Male and Female Hunter you should pursue. While there will often be a best option from a general point of view, you have to take your own Monster Box into consideration as each scenario is unique. As such, you should take my recomendations with a grain of salt and pursue the path that helps you the most.

All players above rank 50 will receive a free Male Hunter and by completing the special dungeon with the smaller team size, you will also gain a free Female Hunter.

If you wish to read the full REM review, please check out my previous posting HERE.

Video commentary

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How to acquire Female Hunter

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Breezing through 3-Player mode

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Hunters at a glance

There are plenty of valuable resources floating around the interwebs with the Reddit community leading the charge for countless Puzzle and Dragons content. This helpful chart will essentially give you a TLDR version that was created by tb_ax:



Generally speaking, this flowchart will apply to the majority of players; however, I do want you to still exercise your own creative judgement based on your personal scenario (I personally disagree with the Female Hunter flow). Additional Male and Female Hunters can be purchased for 200,000 Monster Points.

Male Hunter Hunter Priority 1 2 3 Female Hunter Hunter Priority 1 / 2 1 / 2 /3 2 / 3

Despite the fact that all the Hunters have low weighted stats, they are actually quite well rounded due to the fact that Coop Boost will provide you with 50% more HP/ATK/RCV. Furthermore, some of the Hunters require coop mode to optimally function through their leader skill.

Finally, all Hunters can be used as assistants via Skill Inheritance.

Male Hunters

One Male Hunter can be acquired for free provided you are above rank 50.

Male Hunter, Mizutsune X Gear – First Priority

Pros Cons Dragon Killer

Coop Boost

Short & synergistic base cooldown

Forms a top-tier end game team

2.25x HP / 182.25 / 2.25x RCV

Purely combo based

Scaling multiplier

Can tank and heal with ease

Unlimited sub flexibility Must be used in coop mode

Vulnerable to binds

Actually have to combo

The Blue Male Hunter is miles ahead of his colour cousins simply because he is able to form one of the strongest teams available in coop mode. Having a 2.25x HP / 182.25 / 2.25x RCV multiplier that is not restricted by colour or typing means you can use your best/favourite subs and it is mostly a matter of prioritizing cards with 7 Combo awakenings and favourable active skills. An average given board will have 7-8 combos which will yield 81-110.25x ATK (which is doubled for all 7 Combo awakening cards).

This will be enough to clear the majority of content and utilizing board changers along with TPA will provide sufficient damage for essentially all currently available dungeons.

However, you actually need to play coop to take advantage of the Blue Male Hunter, but I strongly encourage you to make him from your free rank 50 Male Hunter.

I am still amazed GungHo has given all players a flexible end game for free but it is mostly to encourage coop gameplay.

Rathalos X Gear – Second priority

Pros Cons Dragon Killer

Coop Boost

Guaranteed fire row spawn

Can use in lieu of Tsubaki and Laila Low uses as a leader

Mostly resigned to a fire farming sub

The Fire Male Hunter’s main appeal is his ability to replicate the role of Tsubaki and Laila as a Dragon Killer fire farming sub. Fire teams have risen in popularity as a fast farming option due to the ease in activation of Cao Cao and Yamamoto and overwhelming presence of Dragon encounters.

However, since this is already somewhat covered by two REM cards, the actual need to make the Fire Male Hunter is somewhat diminished and has even less merit if you do not frequently farm with fire teams. Perhaps one could argue that you could use the Female Fire Hunter but you still need the cards to back it up and you may already have a feasible Liu Bei team in place.

As such, the Fire Hunter should only be made if you have already made the Blue one or if you never ever play coop.

Male Hunter, Demon X Gear – Third Priority

Pros Cons Dragon Killer

Coop Boost

Gemstone-style active skill Active scales off a rare awakening

Challenging to gain a large multiplier

Low value in most scenarios

Challenging to use as a sub

The Green Male Hunter is the least important Hunter to make from a general point of view. This is because their active skill requires your team to have numerous Dragon Killer cards on your team to be successful. They provide 1 * (0.5 for every Dragon Killer) which requires you to have at least 4 awakenings present to have a small 3x ATK boost. Thus, it will be challenging to use on traditional teams as this does not scale off latent awakenings.

I would only make the Green Hunter if you have excessive Monster Points present or lack a burst for your Dragon Killer-heavy farming team.

Female Hunters

All players can acquire a Female Hunter for free via the special dungeon that requires teams of 4 or less (see above).

Female Hunter, Glavenus X Gear – First/Second Priority

Pros Cons Dragon Killer

Coop Boost

2,050 base ATK

2 turn delay + gravity active

Free inheritable active

Powerful fire farming leader (144x ATK)

Synergizes well with fire rows as a leader or sub

2 Skill Boosts Restricted to Dragon and Attackers

Vulnerable to binds

Orb Hungry

Used as a farming, not traditional leader

Used almost only in coop

The Fire Female Hunter is one of the strongest options to pursue as she combines numerous desirable aspects that can be applied as a leader or sub.

As a leader, she is able to form a powerful 2.25x HP / 144x ATK team that only needs to connect 8 fire orbs. This can be formed into a row pattern for massive burst damage and will help trivialize many farmable content. Furthermore, being Fire means she can capitalize on Tsubaki subs for even more Dragon Killer awakenings. In addition, the two Skill Boost awakenings help ensure you have important inherits/base actives ready in time. In addition, the 2,050 base ATK combined with Coop Boost enables her to act as a powerful base for inheriting a damaging active skill to button through certain content.

However, the fun does not stop there as Glavenus X Gear is able to function as a powerful sub or inherit. Delays are sometimes hard to come by and because she can be inherited, you are able to have one on all of your teams. This alone should be reason enough to pursue her, but the additional 10% gravity is just icing on the cake. While 10% may seem insignificant, it may be just enough to push a boss below a specific HP threshold. For example, if you use Zeus & Hera in conjunction with the Fire Female Hunter, you will have pushed a boss to 49% HP and thus bypassing a 50% resolve.

As such, the Fire Female Hunter should be your first priority in the majority of cases and her main drawback is the need to use her in coop mode.

Female Hunter, Kirin X Gear – Second/Third Priority

Pros Cons Dragon Killer (rare for Light)

(rare for Light) Coop Boost

Dual TPA

Beneficial active for combo teams

Physically attractive edging on Waifu Leader Skill is not practical

for the average player

for the average player Mostly a coop sub

The Female Light Hunter is an interesting cards and has the potential to be your hardest hitting monster due to the Coop Boost and two TPA awakenings. Furthermore, the Dragon Killer is a rare trait for Light teams but that has lower applications for the most part as Light farming teams are not currently popular.

Looking at her active skill, it is quite interesting and a way to help guarantee sufficient damage for combo-based teams. An everage 6×5 board will have 7-8 combos available and Anubis requires at least 8 to activate relevant damage. As such, Kirin X Gear can be used as an interesting inherit to help ensure sufficient damage for 3 turns. However, this is probably more of a luxury and not really required but interesting to think about.

Looking at her leader skill, it sounds fantastic on paper, but not really feasible to execute as you must bring light Monster Hunter cards which mostly means dupes of herself. Once again, cool in theory, but not practical in practice.

Female Hunter, Narga X Gear – First/Second/Third Priority

Pros Cons Dragon Killer

Coop Boost

Second best traditional leader of the Hunters Easier to use than the Blue Male Hunter

True Damage active that generates dark orbs

2.25x HP / 81x ATK / 2.25x 5o1e leader skill

Best art of the 6 Bindable

81x may or may not be enough damage

Replaceable by Yomi Dragon

The Dark Female Hunter is in my opinion a powerful card to make and may often be the best choice for your Monster Box. This is because she is able to form the second strongest leader of all the Hunter cards, but is significantly easier to use compared to the Male Blue Hunter as you do not need to hit 7+ combos every turn.

Narga X Gear forms a 2.25x HP / 81x ATK / 2.25x RCV team when playing in coop and matching 5o1e. This is the same offensive multiplier as Yomi Dragon but will have higher passive damage due to more orb enhances along with significantly more HP. However, her main drawback is her vulnerability to binds along with being somewhat replaceable by Yomi Dragon.

Now, I am well aware that she will not be able to form an end game team, but she will be able to clear content like Arena 3 and may be the best leader available for many players. She has a very gentle activation requirement along with flexible team building options. As such, she could be your first priority if you are lacking a strong team. You have to remember that your first Female Hunter is free and if it will help you push into new content, it is worth pursuing.

The Fire Female Hunter is generally more powerful for a well developed box, but will have lower value for someone that is newer. In addition, Monster Hunter should return in the future and you will be able to purchase another Female to round out your roster when your box is more established.

Outside of all of that, the Dark Female Hunter possesses a powerful active skill that can instantly kill high Defense-low HP spawns (PreDRAs and Zeal) along with generating 5 dark orbs that can be inherited.

Conclusion

The Hunter cards are all powerful in their own unique way and it is up to you to decide what is best for your box. Just because option A is the most popular does not mean it will help you advance and progress the most as option B. Furthermore, additional Hunters can be purchased for 200,000 Monster Points if you are having trouble deciding.

Let me know who you plan to pursue and the reasoning behind your decisions.

Happy Puzzling!