MHW Best Insect Glaive Builds [Top 7]

Updated:

17 Feb 2021

Do you like insects? Like bugs and stuff? And also do you like the Flying Monkey Hidden Dragon spinning bo staff kung fu fighting style of the Kinsect Glaive? Well my fellow hunter and proud to call my friend (Please no toxic bullying and mouth breathing in party chart though) the following builds feature some of the finest gems, stats, armor and Insect Glaive weapons in Monster Hunter: World and it will sincerely behoove you beyond your wildest imaginations to check out this list of top seven builds for Insect Glaives.

7. The Strongest Kjarr Insect Glaive Builds Elemental

1st Build

Having good elemental builds in your lineup is always a good idea in Monster Hunter: World. Skills like Critical Element and Water Attack will greatly improve element damage and is a no brainer that against monsters weak to fire this build is meta. Although this build does not have the aerial acrobatic Airborne skill to swoop in and maneuver some impressive aerial attack and mounts, it does boast a strong ground tactics DPS and comfortability with skills like Protective Polish, Evade Window, Blight Resistance and the popular Coalescence.

What’s Awesome About The Strongest Kjarr Insect Glaive Builds Elemental

Kjarr Glaive Water
Gleambeetle III Velox
Brachydios Essence
Dragonvein Awakening
High Raw and Elemental Dmg
770 Element Dmg
Guaranteed to Crit Strike Against Weak and Wounded Parts
Coalescence
Strictly for Ground Playstyle Only
Water Attack, Agitator, Critical Boost, Weakness Exploit, Resentment, Critical Eye, Protective Polish and Critical Element for DPS
Health Boost, Blight Resistance, Evade Window, Divine Blessing and Protective Polish for Comfort

Build Details:

Kjarr Glaive Water Kinsect Bonus Element Boost
Coalescence Skill Boosts Attacks After Recovering From Blights or Abnormal Statuses
Affinity Increase and Element/Status Effect Up Weapon Augmentations
Brachydios Essence Unlocks Agitator Secret (Removes Agitator Skill Cap)
Dragonvein Awakening Unlocks Elem. Abnormal Status/Affinity Up With Weapon Drawn
Protective Polish Skill Keeps Weapon Sharpness from Decreasing After Sharpening
Evade Window Skill Extends the Invulnerability Time While Evading

6. MHW Iceborne Insect Glaive That Never Loses Sharpness and Crit All the TIme Build

1st Build

Like most Monster Hunter: World activities, keeping your blade sharp in Monster Hunter: World is a bit harder than you would think, but fear not there are plenty of sharpness Abilities and Skills to choose from that will help keep your blade sharp, DPS maxed and your blood pressure spiking from sheer rage. (C'mon guys you’re gonna have a stroke)

This can all be yours with the staple skill Master’s Touch that unlocks with the three piece armor set bonus Teostra Technique. Master’s Touch is the most used popular sharpness skill in MHW and it primarily operates through Critical Hits by not losing sharpness each time you crit.

What’s Awesome About MHW Iceborne Insect Glaive That Never Loses Sharpness Build

Valorwing III Medis
Ruinous Catastrophe
Teostra Technique
Health Regen Augment With Peak Performance Skill
Critical Eye, Agitator, Attack Boost, Critical Boost, Weakness Exploit and Peak Performance for DPS
Latent Power

Build Details:

Valorwing III Kinsect Has Perfect Balance of Speed and Heal
Ruinous Catastrophe Glaive (Nergigante) Has High Raw WIth Built-In White Sharpness
Peak Performance Skill Increases Attack When Your Health is Full
Teostra Technique Unlocks Masters Touch Skill
Master’s Touch Skill Preserves Sharpness During Critical Hits
Agitator Skill Increases Attack Power/Affinity When Monster is Enraged
Latent Power Skill Boosts Affinity/Reduces Stamina Depletion
Latent Power Skill Procs When Taking Certain Amount of DMG

5. Immortal Kinsect Beats Fatalis Solo Build

What’s that you say noble hunter? There is a way to let both my kinsect and precious palico Penguin do all the work during my hunts? And all the while I just lurk in the shadows buffing and shirking aggro, cackling hysterically as I watch endgame Monster Hunter: World monsters get smacked up by a tiny beetle and adorable fantasy cat? Well cough it up already! What is this magnificent immortal build!?

Use Any Glaive That Has Element Boost (Freeze Gale)
Gleambeetle III Velox
Kinsect and Palico Does All the Work
Good for Alatreon Too
Kinsect Heals With Each Attack!
Maximum Health Augments
5pc Fatalis Beat + Armor
Can Really Armor Gem Slot Just About Anything
Defense Boost, Evade Window, Evade Extender, Divine Blessing, Stun Resistance, Flinch Free, Earplugs, Windproof and Recovery Up; All Great Survivability/Comfort Skills
Wide Range Plus Palico Rally
Max Level Meowlotov Cocktail

Build Details:

Gleambeetle III Velox Kinsect Has Most Necessary Lv20 Dragon Dmg
Repeatedly Command Kinsect to Attack
Feed Kinsect Slinger Ammo Dropped My Monster (Gives Dmg Boost to Kinsect)
Divine Blessing Skill Gives a Chance at Reducing Dmg Taken
Palico Rally Boosts Palico Attack Defense Power
Wide Range Skill Allows Items Used to Affect Nearby Allies (Includes Palico)
Meowlotov Cocktail is a Palico Gadget (Palico Throws Explosives at Target)

4. The Flying Bombardier Insect Glaive Build:

The very popular and attractive aerial playstyle, which I have deemed Flying Monkey Hidden Dragon, never fails to impress the acrobatic circus minds of Monster Hunter: World. Stay flying in the air like a deranged flying monkey but still maintain quality DPS skull thumping damage with this build.

What’s Awesome About The Flying Bombardier Insect Glaive Build

Safi Shatterspear
Foliacath III Fury
Teostra Technique
Dragonvein Awakening
952 Raw Attack, 100% Affinity and 360 Blast Dmg
10 Hits of Purple Sharpness
Flying Insect Glaive Playstyle (Flying Monkey Hidden Dragon)
Critical Eye, Attack Boost, Blast Attack, Critical Boost, Power Prolonger, Handicraft and Latent Power for DPS
Health Boost, Power Prolonger, Constitution, Handicraft, Blight Resistance, Airborne and Evade Window for Comfort

Build Details:

Teostra Technique Unlocks Master’s Touch (Preserves Sharpness)
Dragonvein Awakening Unlocks Elem. Abnormal Status/Affinity Up With Weapon Drawn
Teostra Technique, Sharpness Increase, Affinity Increase and Attack Increase Awakened Abilities
Affinity Increase, Health Regen and Element/Status Effect Up Weapon Augments

3. Insect Glaive Risky Anti-Alatreon Build

There aren’t many nice things to say about the multi-elemental Alatreon other than, “I’m gonna need a different build.” And I don’t care who you are, we’ve all said that at one time or another while playing Monster Hunter: World. The most important thing to remember with Alatreon is to make sure you are dishing out plenty of Elemental damage,which is tricky since its Elemental weakness changes throughout the hunt but done successfully will greatly reduce the damage of Alatreon’s supernova which left unchecked is an instacart attack.

1st Build

What’s Awesome About Risky Anti-Alatreon Insect Glaive Build

Kjarr Glaive King
5pc Safi’jiva Armor
True Dragonvein Awakening
High Elemental and Raw Dmg
Great for Hunting Alatreon
Fire Attack, Resentment, Critical Boost, Weakness Exploit, Critical Eye and Critical Element for DPS
Evade Window, Health Boost, Blight Resistance, Divine Blessing Airborne and Protective Polish for Comfort

Build Details:

Health Regen and Element/Status Effect Up Weapon Augments
Critical Boost Increases the Dmg of Critical Hits
Critical Element Boosts Elemental Dmg of Critical Hits
Blight Resistance Grants Protection Against All Elemental Blights
918 Raw Attack, 65% Base Affinity and 890 Fire Dmg
True Dragonvein Awakening Greatly Enhances Attacks With Weapon Drawn

2. Insect Glaive Safi Blaster Build

A good blend of Raw and Elemental damage is always a plus in Monster Hunter: World. And where would we be with Safi’s elite weaponry that comes glittering and shining with Awakened Abilities (Health Regen will you have my recovering baby?) Just keep moving and keep healing and you should be fine when going up against the big bad Red Dragon.

What’s Awesome About Insect Glaive Safi Build:

Great for Hunting Safi
Safi’s Shatterspear
3pc Safi’jiva + Armor and 2pc Brachydios + Armor
Dragonvein Awakening
Brachydios Will
Critical Eye, Attack Boost, Agitator, Critical Boost, Blast Attack and Handicraft for DPS
Health Boost, Constitution, Evade Window, Blight Resistance, Protective Polish, Free Meal and Resuscitate for Comfort

Build Details:

Brachydios Will Unlocks Agitator Secret (Removes Skill Cap for Agitator)
Critical Eye Skill Increase Affinity
Resuscitate Skill Improves Evasion/Reduces Stamina Use for Abnormal Status Effects
Free Meal Gives a Chance of Using a Food or Drink Item for Free
3 Attack Increase and 2 Sharpness Increase Awakened Abilities
Health Regen and Element/Status Effect Up Weapon Augmentations

1. Fatalis Insect Glaive Build

2nd Build

Removing skill caps for all your equipped skills with just one armor set bonus from Fatalis Legend (Transcendence) is highly regarded in Monster Hunter World. All this glory is possible with just two pieces of Fatalis armor and with four pieces you can also unlock the Transcendence armor set bonus which grants True Razor Sharp/Spare Shot and +100 Health/Stamina at the start of the quest/after fainting.

This build stacks up on raw damage and also a solo or team play option is provided.

What’s Awesome About Build Name:

True Fatalis Dyaus
Fatalis Legend
High Raw Damage
Critical Eye, Agitator, Attack Boost, Critical Boost, Weakness Exploit and Peak Performance for DPS
Divine Blessing, Flinch Free and Power Prolonger for Comfort
Glider Mantle+

Build Details:

4pc Fatalis Armor
Fatalis Legend Unlocks Inheritance (Removes All Skill Level Caps) and Transcendence
Flinch Free Skill Prevents Knockbacks and Increases Some Kinsect Extract Effects
Power Prolonger Skill Keeps Your Kinsects Charged Longer
Critical Eye Skill Increase Affinity
Peak Performance Skill Increases Attack When Your Health is Full
Glider Mantle+ lncreases Jump Airtime Making it Easier to Mount Monsters