Monster Hunter Wilds Ascendance is shaking up the hunt in the best way possible. The expansion introduces the Boost Bracer, a new system that hands out buffs to every single weapon in the game, and the community is already deep in the weeds arguing about who came out ahead.

DualShockers put together a full ranking of the 10 most improved weapons, and it's the kind of list that spawns a hundred Discord arguments before breakfast. Weapon tier discourse in Monster Hunter is basically a sport of its own, and a shake-up like this is fuel for months of debate.

The premise is simple: with the Boost Bracer in play, no weapon got left behind. Everything from the great sword to the hunting horn picked up meaningful improvements, which is honestly the healthiest way to handle a mid-cycle power shift if you ask me. Anyone who's mained a weapon through a rough patch knows the pain of watching other hunters melt a monster while you're over here whiffing on the tail for the fifth time.

What makes this kind of ranking fun is that it's rarely just raw damage numbers. Moveset feel, combo flow, how a weapon handles the new monsters, all of it matters. A buff that adds a gap closer or smooths out a clunky animation can change a weapon's entire identity beyond its parse. That's what gets people to actually swap mains instead of grinding the same setup forever.

And there's a guild-leader angle here I can't ignore. When every weapon gets stronger, you don't just get faster hunts, you get more build variety in your hunting parties. Nobody wants to run a squad where three of four hunters are on the same meta pick because everything else feels undertuned. If Ascendance's buffs land the way they're being described, the multiplayer lobby meta gets a lot more colorful, and that's a win for the social side of the hunt.

I'd say go read the full list and see where your main landed, but fair warning, if your weapon didn't make the top 10 you're legally required to complain about it in the replies. Monster Hunter discourse has rules, and we all follow them.