Ideally, you’d be smart to farm Tempered Arkveld and Tempered Gore Magala for the best loot.

Critical Jewel will give youCritical Boost, which enhances your damage significantly.

In thehead slot, go for G. Ebony Helm Beta, which comes with aLevel Two Jewel slot.

Hunter holding Sword and Shield in Monster Hunter Wilds.

This armor piece also provides Weakness Exploit Level Two.

The Chain Jewel Level Three helpsincrease the Burst level, and Sane Jewel provides theAntivirus buff.

The Gore Magala Gear comes with theBlack Eclipse buff, which inflicts the player with Frenzy.

A hunter posing with a sword and shield in Monster Hunter Wilds.

All it’s crucial that you do is attack a monster aggressively to flush the Frenzy debuff.

This willtrigger Offensive Guardfor you, which in turn will increase your attack massively.

One of the issues with Sword & Shield is that you lose out on Sharpness extremely fast.

Sword and Shield in training mode in Monster Hunter Wilds.

Otherwise, it’s better to keep sharpening your weapon occasionally.

Maximize the Switch Axe’s damage output with this build in Monster Hunter Wilds.

Sword and Shield build overview in Monster Hunter Wilds.

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Fighting Arkveld with Sword and Shield in Monster Hunter Wilds.

Performing Perfect Guard against Arkveld in Monster Hunter Wilds.

The hunter posing with their Switch Axe in the Windward Plains in Monster Hunter Wilds.

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