User blog comment:Plexioth- xD/Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate/@comment-4452412-20130330131245/@comment-4563270-20130330163721

just looking at armor ratings gobul is weak to fire and thunder so one of those elements would be great in lieu of raw damage and he is resistant to water (naturally) and dragon (actually surprising) but is dead even on ice.. so potentially you could use ice too but it wont be effective towards increased damage over all. another thing is to break the lantern (which gobul lanterns can be pretty tricky to get) it's pretty well accepted you have to hit it directly however with switch axe i've pretty much just bullshitted the head before and broke the lantern too some how so maybe you don't need to hit it square to get it.. in any case i would personally suggest hammer, bow, switch axe or longsword to get the most out of him.