User blog comment:Mckrongs/Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate Weapon Design Contest/@comment-184612-20140405213943

One thing that people should understand if they're entering Capcom's Design a Weapon contest; You're not creating your own unique weapon, per say, but designing the reskin for one of the Japanese DLC that they couldn't get the licensing for, just like how it went with the last contest Capcom had. You won't be choosing the Element/Ailment or any of the other stats. Instead, it'll use whatever stats the Japanese DLC it will overwrite had. It might not even be the same weapon type that you chose, as seen with Lion's Bane which was originally a Sword and Shield but Capcom made it into a Great Sword.