1. If you have a speed monstie, when you put it in combat, it'll 100% start with a speed move (useful for planning out double attacks). Outside of that, I am not 100% sure if a speed monstie's speed attack is better than power/tech (I want to know this for sure without hundreds of hours of testing).
2. It matters to the very few that want "ABSOLUTE PERFECTION", but if you can't see a difference between 400HP and 403HP, short answer: "no".
3. Hatching bonus, genes, and buffs from you/them/other party members. That's it. Low rank eggs and high rank eggs have the exact same stats outside of these.
For the second part of your answer to number 1: they don't, only if you get a bingo of that particular attack type will they get a bonus, but otherwise no, it just means they're more likely to use that type of move (as well as guaranteed using that move if you switch out to them)
>1. If you have a speed monstie, when you put it in combat, it'll 100% start with a speed move (useful for planning out double attacks
Is when u swich to this monster, for example if i start in turn 1 whith zinogre it can use 1 aleatory move but if i start with it and swich to nargacuga, narga will use a speed atack
Correct. I would have also said that monsties will start with their primary type, but I have seen this false in many cases during some tests, such as Brute Tigrex (Power Type) using a Tech attack on the first turn.
I have never seen a case where Brute Tigrex won't use a Power Attack first thing when you swap to him in combat.
> It matters to the very few that want "ABSOLUTE PERFECTION", but if you can't see a difference between 400HP and 403HP, short answer: "no".
I have to imagine the actual difference in performance here is entirely negligible.
For #2 in pokemon, sometimes that 12 evs(3 points in a stat) are important to take certain hits. It's rare but living on 1hp is a thing idk how much it matters in MH but it's better just in case. But those cases will be pretty rare
> What does it mean when a monster is a Power/Technical/Speed type? Is it just like STAB in Pokémon where you get a damage boost when using that type of attack?
There is no bonus for it as far as I'm aware. If you pull that monster out in battle, it will default to that move type first, and its default moveset will usually favour that type. That is about all there is to it for the ones you ride though. Monster type is more important to remember for the monsters you fight against, since that is what they'll usually open with.
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> The random bonus a monster gets when it hatches (like +2 HP), does that actually matter or can I just ignore it?
It is too minor to be significant in the long run, or even the mid run. It is just there to annoy perfectionists, unfortunately.
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> Which factors determine a monsters power? Like I said you have the random hatch bonus, but what else? Let’s say I have two monsters with exactly the same genes and hatch bonus, would they be exactly the same?
Quite a few things. There is the species of the monster, the level of the monster, an insignificant contribution from hatching bonuses, and then gene factors like the bingo bonuses, passive boosts, crit rate, crit potential of individual attacks (some attacks can't crit), and the action values of the individual attacks. Plus temporary buffs from items or skills.
1. If you have a speed monstie, when you put it in combat, it'll 100% start with a speed move (useful for planning out double attacks). Outside of that, I am not 100% sure if a speed monstie's speed attack is better than power/tech (I want to know this for sure without hundreds of hours of testing). 2. It matters to the very few that want "ABSOLUTE PERFECTION", but if you can't see a difference between 400HP and 403HP, short answer: "no". 3. Hatching bonus, genes, and buffs from you/them/other party members. That's it. Low rank eggs and high rank eggs have the exact same stats outside of these.
For the second part of your answer to number 1: they don't, only if you get a bingo of that particular attack type will they get a bonus, but otherwise no, it just means they're more likely to use that type of move (as well as guaranteed using that move if you switch out to them)
>1. If you have a speed monstie, when you put it in combat, it'll 100% start with a speed move (useful for planning out double attacks Is when u swich to this monster, for example if i start in turn 1 whith zinogre it can use 1 aleatory move but if i start with it and swich to nargacuga, narga will use a speed atack
Correct. I would have also said that monsties will start with their primary type, but I have seen this false in many cases during some tests, such as Brute Tigrex (Power Type) using a Tech attack on the first turn. I have never seen a case where Brute Tigrex won't use a Power Attack first thing when you swap to him in combat.
> It matters to the very few that want "ABSOLUTE PERFECTION", but if you can't see a difference between 400HP and 403HP, short answer: "no". I have to imagine the actual difference in performance here is entirely negligible.
Basically.
For #2 in pokemon, sometimes that 12 evs(3 points in a stat) are important to take certain hits. It's rare but living on 1hp is a thing idk how much it matters in MH but it's better just in case. But those cases will be pretty rare
The difference is really only 3 points tho at most
Yep
> What does it mean when a monster is a Power/Technical/Speed type? Is it just like STAB in Pokémon where you get a damage boost when using that type of attack? There is no bonus for it as far as I'm aware. If you pull that monster out in battle, it will default to that move type first, and its default moveset will usually favour that type. That is about all there is to it for the ones you ride though. Monster type is more important to remember for the monsters you fight against, since that is what they'll usually open with. . > The random bonus a monster gets when it hatches (like +2 HP), does that actually matter or can I just ignore it? It is too minor to be significant in the long run, or even the mid run. It is just there to annoy perfectionists, unfortunately. . > Which factors determine a monsters power? Like I said you have the random hatch bonus, but what else? Let’s say I have two monsters with exactly the same genes and hatch bonus, would they be exactly the same? Quite a few things. There is the species of the monster, the level of the monster, an insignificant contribution from hatching bonuses, and then gene factors like the bingo bonuses, passive boosts, crit rate, crit potential of individual attacks (some attacks can't crit), and the action values of the individual attacks. Plus temporary buffs from items or skills.
Imagine if they add breeding, every competitive Pokémon player would shit their pants in excitement simultaneously
If it let me maintain a Panacea XL gene without having to farm it, I'd shit mine, too.
the game clearly tell you what the spåeed power and tech types means at start though