Monster Hunter: Worldis an action role-playing game by Capcom in which players take the role of a hunter who slays monsters that are freely moving around. Defeating these monsters generates reward items for the player thatenable players to craft more lethal weaponsto fight off bigger monsters.
InMonster Hunter: World, players can equip armor, charms, and decorations that grant them unique abilities. These skills help the player improve the character’s chances of defeating stronger monsters. Latent Power is one of the skills inMonster Hunter: World. Read this guide to know more about Latent Power and how to activate it.
What is Latent Power
Latent Power is an armor skill that helps the player by increasing the affinity of theplayer’s weapon towards the monstersand reduces the stamina depletion of the character significantly. Affinity determines the player’s critical hit chances, so increased affinity translates to more opportunities to execute vital attacks.
Stamina is essential because the player needs to perform multiple attacks while fighting battles. With each move, stamina decreases, and todefeat stronger monsters, players need plenty of stamina. Players' chances to beat monsters increase with a significant reduction in stamina depletion.
Latent Power has seven power levels that increase the ability progressively.
Effect
Level 1
When activated, affinity increases by 10% and reduces stamina depletion by 30%.
Level 2
When activated, affinity increases by 20% and reduces stamina depletion by 30%.
Level 3
When activated, it increases the affinity by 30% and reduces the stamina depletion by 50%.
Level 4
When activated, it increases the affinity by 40% and reduces the stamina depletion by 50%.
Level 5
When activated, it increases the affinity by 50% and reduces the stamina depletion by 50%.
Level 6
When activated, it increases the affinity by 50% and reduces the stamina depletion by 50%, but it triggers more easily.
Level 7
When activated, it increases the affinity by 60% and reduces the stamina depletion by 50%, but it triggers more easily.
How to Activate Latent Power
To activate the Latent Power, players must start hunting the monsters. Once the hunting is started, Latent Power will be activated in the following ways:
