Every monstie in Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection has its own gene pool and egg skills that can seriously boost its damage capacity when chosen correctly. This guide will provide you with a list of the best builds for maximum damage in the game, including the best weapon and armor choices for your rider.
- Grimclaw Tigrex Jawblade Build
- Boltreaver Astalos Thunder Build
- Dreadqueen Rathian Fire Build
- Deviljho Dragon Wyvernsoul Build
- Magnamalo Blastblight Build
Grimclaw Tigrex Jawblade Build
Grimclaw Tigrex has the highest ATK among all monsties in the game. Its bingo lines amplify crits and kinship spikes for enormous hits, often exceeding 10K damage. You can be as aggressive as you want with this build, killing monsters really fast before they retaliate. It’s also perfect for speedruns and one-shot crits when paired with Jawblade.
| Elements | Choices |
|---|---|
| Monstie | Grimclaw Tigrex |
| Genes | Critical Eye XL Attack Up XL Showdown XL |
| Skills | Battle Thirst Unscathed Gene Tenacity |
| Weapon | Tigrex Jawblade |
| Armor | Tigrex U Set |
Boltreaver Astalos Thunder Build
Boltreaver Astalos deals massive Thunder damage via Speed and Thunder gene stacking and innate crit bonuses from the Astalos Saber. Bolt Flash and Adamant Rage skills boost bursts, making it a consistently high DPS monstie, perfect for elemental matchups and boss melting in Thunder habitats.
| Elements | Choices |
|---|---|
| Monstie | Boltreaver Astalos |
| Genes | Attack Up XL Lightning Surge Soul Kinship L |
| Skills | Bolt Flash Adamant Rage Thundercall |
| Weapon | Thunderstroke Tonnerre |
| Armor | Rath Heart Set |
Dreadqueen Rathian Fire Build
Dreadqueen Rathian excels at maximum damage through Fire gene stacking and multi-hit moves like Toxic Sweep and Flame Tempest. Three horizontal Fire lines plus Power verticals yield six bingos for absurd elemental amps, while poison and burn DoTs make it a truly great build for prolonged fights where status ticks push cumulative damage above and beyond.
| Elements | Choices |
|---|---|
| Monstie | Dreadqueen Rathian |
| Genes | Fire Boost XL Poison Boost XL Attack Up XL |
| Skills | Fireform Red Mastery Flame Tempest |
| Weapon | Valkyrie Blade |
| Armor | Nerscylla Set |
Deviljho Dragon Wyvernsoul Build
Deviljho shreds Wyvernsoul bars with massive Dragon damage and kinship spam. Egg skills such as E. Dominance debuff enemy attacks and defense, amplifying your own shred efficiency. It’s by far one of the top choices for quick breaks, stagger chains, and burst against Wyvernsoul bosses in Dragon habitats.
| Elements | Choices |
|---|---|
| Monstie | Deviljho |
| Genes | Dragon Boost XL Attack Up XL Critical Eye XL |
| Skills | E. Dominance Adamant Rage Dragon Roar |
| Weapon | Berserker Sword |
| Armor | Vangis Set |
Magnamalo Blastblight Build
Magnamalo delivers an explosive burst of damage via Blastblight application and Hellfire Retribution. Its genes maximize blight stacking and detonation damage. It’s a very strong build for quick, high-damage turns against resistant enemies, making it meta for spike damage in the endgame.
| Elements | Choices |
|---|---|
| Monstie | Magnamalo |
| Genes | Blast Boost XL Inflict Rate Up XL Salt in the Wound XL |
| Skills | Hellfire Retribution Adamant Rage Volt Arms |
| Weapon | Sinister Gunlance |
| Armor | Sinister Set |
