8.1 Pink Rathian Gunlance vs 8★ Basarios × Fighting fire with fire | MHNow 

Welcome! Thanks for the feedback too! 🙏🏻

Yes! I find it satisfying to get the combos right on this weapon. Especially when I wyrmstake the monster and knowing that it will kill the monster with the final explosion. Fist of the North Star moment 😂

It's conditional. You can proc Burst using Burst Fire as part of the lead-up to a Wyrmstake. If you do the PE -> Burst Fire -> Wyrmstake flow, you will have Burst activated just before the actual wyrmstake drilling hits. Otherwise it'll only affect a lesser part of the wyrmstake hits. I have Burst mainly because of Rathian arms, not because I exactly wanted it, but I also want to experiment and see how well I can get Burst going using Gunlance. If you're also wondering, I'm not using Coral helm because the Gunlance is not something that will be hitting weak spots most of the time, and affinity doesn't do anything for shelling attacks. Therefore, I'd rather just go for Burst for a higher guaranteed damage boost in wyrmstake than for an averagely smaller damage boost that's RNG-based.