Light Bowgun

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The Light Bowgun is a bowgun that allows you to move around at a normal running speed. You can un/sheathe it faster than a heavy bowgun due to the clear weight difference. Due to its compact size, it doesn't come with as much firepower as its larger counterpart, most hunters prefer light bowguns because of the movement and reloading speed. Light bowguns are usually easily made and mastered.


There are several monsters that are more easily killed by using the bowgun. Diablos are killed much more efficiently using a bowgun's Ice shots (however pellet shots work better). Kirin are also killed more efficiently using a spray of pellet shots since it rarely stands still for blademasters to deal consistent damage. Yian Kut-Ku is easily beaten by rapid fire, but be careful, when in the middle of a rapid fire burst you cannot move.
The light bowgun has the advantage of being easy to handle without restricting the movement of the user during combat. However, bowguns are limited by the type of bullets they can equip, so it's best to suit the bowgun that utilizes the kind of bullet that would deliver the most damage on your opponent.

The Light Bowgun also is the more elemental of its counterpart, the Heavy Bowgun. Heavy Bowgun is usually used as a "Main Gunner", while the Light Bowgun is support. With light bowguns you can cast a plethora of elemental damage such as Thunder, Ice, and Water. With the Heavy Bowgun, you use Crags and Clusts, the main "Powerhouse" bullets.Light Bowgun is capable of these, too, but many prefer Heavy Bowgun over Light.


Also, you need to look closely at the stats of your Light Bowgun before you craft or buy it. If you are fighting a fast wyvern, take a look at your reloading and recoil speed. They stay in the same general area (Very Fast reload, Moderate Recoil, etc.), but change slightly depending on your bullets. With elemental shots and Normal, Pierce, and Pellet shots, you stay the exact same as it says under "Equipment Detail". If you are using Crag, Clust, or abnormal status-causing shots, your reload and recoil will slightly decrease.


You can also add things like Zoom Scope, Long Barrel, Fixed Scope, and Silencers to effect the stats of your Light Bowgun.

These are important things to take in mind when heading off to fight a certain wyvern.


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