I find it entirely appropriate that Hunters like Reverto can do as much damage as the Elder Dragons they hunt.

I am convinced Riverto is actually the stand in for a PC Hunter in the Stories games. He's a little weird (as most MH players are), but still insanely competent at his job and is also an overwhelmingly powerful fighter on top of that both of which are traits of the PC in every MH main game.

Reverto wasn't joking when he said it might hurt

Having Reverto as a partner feels like being carried through a Monster Hunter game story by your friend who's in G Rank

Reverto: "This might hurt!" Also Reverto: *Lands a Crit, deals 3,000 damage, breaks a part, monster is downed.*

I have kept Ranmar for the entire game. He still comes out to assert dominance.

People who bring kayna along as their buddy: I just like it for the gameplay

It’s so fitting that Hunters effectively *ARE* monsters, considering what they do for a living.

I love the reference to the stories 1 playthrough meme of Reverto reverting stuff

"Also the fact that you can kick out Ena" that changed my life, now no one will steal my monsties

I didn't expect Stories 2 to become so popular so quickly.

i think is very fiting that Cheval is focused on neutralizing and holding back foals in non damaging ways, it shows how far he has come from his days of wrath and destruction

I’ve had so many times when Reverto came in clutch and I also love his surfer dude attitude

i really like reverto outside of his fighting skills as well. he's chill and always says we are the best team and compliments you for the cool kinship skills. his va didn't quite click with me at first but i actually started appreciating it a lot more, it fits his attitude a lot

From what I can tell, Kayna seems to be a little more focused on supporting the player - I didn't bother changing her out before going to do Z1, and she reliably focused on healing me or my Monstie over her own

"If you're gonna use her, you know who you are, and you know that nothing I can say in this video will stop you, and you know why you're gonna do it." ...Yup, can confirm that this is 100% true.

Reverto: *Come on, were the strongest here, what could possibly defeat us in battle?* Vespoid and Konchu: *Imma end this mans whole career.*

Kayna=White Mage(Heals a lot) Alwin=Black Mage(Risky but strong) Avinia=Bard(Pure support) Reverto=Warrior(DAMAGE) Kyle=Prick(Don't use him) Cheval=Red Mage(Well Rounded)

Kayna heals a lot more than the other buddies from what i have noticed.

I'll still use kayna because of the PLOT

Can we kick navouru and have ena judge the egg instead?

U forgot to mention that Kayna heals much more often than the other ones. With lifepowder mostly. And Velocidrome has a decent crit Chance.

Tbh, i prob will stick with Avinia, but in actual hard fights like deviants or elders i will take Reverto, my love for hunting horn mains and cute characters is not strong enough to fight the cool dude

Disappointed of all the hints the main mc from 1 will show but never does. Missed opportunity. Would of been nice to see his ratha at least

I actually bring Kyle. Reverto is nice, and I can't say it's not tempting to bring the others but...I'm sorry. My character looks so adorable with Kyle I just can't.

I like reverto for his STUPID part damage, one attack takes like almost half the health off a monster part :0

First time this dude yelled "this might hurt" 😱 his numbers were so much bigger than mine

I just realize that all the battle buddies with monsties are all speed type

having buddies is fun, i like reverto, he's actually damage incarnate but i also like avinia cause her skill Bond of Kinship let's me use Kinship attacks like 5 times in a high rank elder dragon battle. though my main issue with the buddies that have monsties are THEY ARE ALL SPEED TYPES!!!

I absolutely like how Reverto is like a mushroom stoner but at the same time a cool smart guy to have around.

As a fan on stories 1, I'm probably gonna stick with Cheval or Avinia Sorry Reverto I prefer having a rider

TFW you can kick out Enna, for some reason, but not Navirou for all the reasons.

I legitimately had a way better time with no buddy then having Alwin. With no partner you can double attack over and over stopping the monster from attacking at all.

I always choose Reverto because I like hunting with my bro

Reverto keeps killing things I want to retreat (which, I know it’s technically his job to slay monsters, but STILL)

If you kick ena out of your party you're more of a monster than what you're fighting

Hopefully, since this game has done pretty well and is getting good feedback, when we get Stories 3 the rider buddies will have interchangeable monsties in a team similar to the three you get in multiplayer. One of each attack type.

if like to ad the fact that if a players weapon greatly favors head to head combat having a hunter is better cause the enemy only has 3 targets instead of 4 making it to where you are more likely to get targeted for a head to head.

My only problem with reverto is that even if you were decapitated he wouldn’t even blink. He absolutely in his own world and doesn’t care whether you live or die for he is immortal

Reverto is great, when Reverto was in my team for the story I literally only did the story, he straight up carried me through it. there was one specific area where I had to switch to Kyle in the elders layer

In the story, Alwin is my favorite buddy... But Reverto carrying me through Bloodbath Diablos fights just can't be beat

Maybe it’s just confirmation bias but it seems to me like Kayna actually goes above and beyond the others in healing item usage. Rarely ever attacks, choosing instead to defend or heal. This may also be because Avnar has the Dancer L gene, meaning any time he’s not at full health is suboptimal and the AI recognizes this.

First time with Reverto in the team: What a beast, I hope later in the game can switch to him again Endgame: MY BOY IS BACK WITH A NEW TOY, TIME TO DESTROY SOME ELDERS

I use Reverto because he was my boi in Stories 1. I'll never forget when he made us look for mushrooms and then said the iconic "Where there's a mushroom, there's a monster. That's what they say."

Reverto reverting enemy health bars to 0 over here.

When I first saw revertos damage and health in lulucion he legit carried me through every desert quest

Reverto is just overpowered. In the Elder Lair there is a floor where you have to defeat monsters in a number of turns using only their weakness. That rule didnt apply to reverto so he murdered 2 of the monsters alone because i didnt have their weak element with me :P

The combo of Reverto and my Nergigante teaming with their Kinship-Attacks is just so damn strong....5000 damage min atm is to be expected xD

Reverto is by far my favorite. Thanks to him I will give Greatsword another try when I play a main series Monster Hunter game the next time. To bad we can't cut a Monster in half in a single blow.

Kayna all-the-way~! Her Japanese VA saying "A-ha!" when doing her Kindship Skill will forever be my favorite. Never skipped it.

Having Cheval translated in "Ren" in the French version of the game is really a welcome change

I love how the gs representation Reverto casually out dps elder dragon kinship abilities

My homie Reverto here spamming [Bites The Dust]. Also, a bit cruel that he's using a Seregios greatsword while fighting alongside one.

I was using Kayna for a while. Made the switch to Reverto cause I saw alot of videos where people used almost exclusively him. Plus he's awesome so I was excited to use him. Needless to say I haven't looked back

I went with Kayna when I started the post game since she was just right there wanting to join and I hadn't used her in awhile. I will say her strength is actually as a support, since her AI has that same tendency to heal you compulsively that she did early in the game. Considering the post game difficulty spike, she's actually a good starter pick until you get some better equipment. Also has the niche of making that Velkhana fight go by much quicker. But really, Reverto is unquestionably the best because of his ludicrous damage and durability. I wouldn't recommend bringing anyone else to the game's final super boss. He even has a fun personality. I'd say his only real flaw (aside from the exploit weakness to win room where you should use Kyle) is that he's so powerful that he ends up putting the player to shame and things can feel a little stale.

Personally I like Cheval but Reverto ye his damage is nuts

I think the top three Buddies are definitely Reverto, Avinia and Cheval (the horse), proving that the MH1 crew are the best.

I feel called out about the Avinia part

I like using Avinia. I can do the damage myself. She keeps us alive. And she's cute

I'd probably rotate between Reverto, Avinia and Cheval depending on the situations

Reverto is definitely op if anything it feels like he's half monster with how hard he can hit but i like giving every battle buddy attention cause i like all of them even if they aren't real they will get my attention although i really need to give Kayna attention i haven't talked to her since the start of the game...

The day you can out dps reverto is the day you become god

In my playtime of stories 2ive noticed that alwin will charge his bow 95-100% of the time and act on the following turn, no matter the situation. Although characters being on super low health and needing healing seems to be an exception

makes sense reverto does more damage then every other party member. He is an adult hunter in his prime who uses the great sword a weapon known lore wise to be a power house. Every other party member is like you a child or very young adult. chavel him self is a rider so unlikely he as physically strong as a veteran hunter same for your character. Being a rider generally means you rely on monsties to provide the muscle and your mostly support. Plus have you seen his hair? clearly he is a super saian so... yeah makes sense.

I really wish ally NPCs were alot more play tested for competency.

Honestly I'd say dont use anyone else other Avinia or reverto. The reason for avinia is that her songs and heals she plays are so good because u never have to stop dealing damage plus she can play kinship up which boosts the speed of ur kinship gauge fills. This is good for two reasons one u get to use ur skills and ur monsties skills more often and two u get to skip turns more often because u and avinia both get ur "ultimates" faster which is op. For reverto well cotton sums it up perfectly he does big damage so if u want pure damage go with him and use ur own heals and kinship up song. It's really up to whether u want to be support or avinia to be support

Don't like the bow and don't like buddies that use bows. That being said, I usually bring Reverto or Avinia with me. Both are very good depending on what you want from your buddy

Being French and not laughing is hard when a character is called "Cheval" (although he's called "Ren" In the french version)

Did you know that roar type monstie skill count as sonic bombs to bring monsters out of the ground?

not only do i like reverto because of mh stories 1 but simply like you said he is also my main buddy for hunting

It’s funny how my hours on stories 2 is triple rise

Kayna chucks healing items nonstop, so that's nice. I swap between her and Reverto depending on what I'm doing.

I care not what anyone says Kyle is a god of war and battle

Of course Reverto is the best, anything else would be blasphemy to the time god

Would be appropriate at this point to ask why they put in 2 SnS and 2 Bow Buddies but neither a Hammer or Gunlance one??

How am I hearing just now that there is another Monter Hunter game? Just how long ago did this game release exactly?

4:09 *always has Avinia as Battle Buddy* Well... I mean.... Uhhhh...

I remember on Switch I brought Kyle with me almost all the time in endgame, and yeah he definitely does have moments when he just gets slapped because of Charge turn, but unlike Alwin he has the stats to at least hold up during Charging turns and then he also has Rapid Shot unlike Alwin and that's my favorite part of him. It may take time to charge but damn does Rapid Shot hurt that single target, especially if he happens to be HtH-ing with the monster's weakness.

I already knew the answer I just wanted to hear reverto being op

Me, throws paintball. Reverto used Hunter Art, cleaving monster in two. Monster, unsurprisingly, doesn't retreat. Me: Reverto, what have I said about literally murdering them?!

It's hard for me to pick who I like. They are all cool!

Kayna is actually pretty good. To be honest, I did not expect much from having Kayna as a battle buddy after finishing the story. That was until I reluctantly picked her to fight the final boss in the Special Elder's Lair with after multiple failed attempts to beat him with all other battle buddies. Surprisingly, I was actually able to defeat him with her. I think I might add that she also heals you a lot which is pretty useful if you want to reserve your healing items.

4:06 You don't need to call me out like this man

I've found that Kayna seems to use healing items alot more then the others. At least untill I started really out leveling fights in endgame I would take her since I was more likely to survive. However once both my level and armour started getting good her lack of damage just hurt so I swapped out to Reverto. Shes still a damn site better than Alwin though, since he cost me so many fights when I used him because of charging. At least Kyle can tank hits while charging. I find less use for Avinia since i use a HH myself, and she seems to prefer using healing songs over dust of life. And for Cheval, I just don't like him so I don't use him.

Reverto saying “this might hurt” is the equivalent of a doctor saying “this might sting” and fucking cutting your hand off while your awake

How do you get Revertos charged great sword skills? I only have true wide slash and it's really not great

The biggest thing this video taught me is that you can kick out Ena in the post game w

I think the REAL reason Cotton chooses Reverto is because his greatsword style of combat reminds him of Josh uguuuu

Apparently monsters have different retreat rates i.e. subquest jho and stygian have a 0% retreat rate and zamtrios is at 5% A video on this would be helpful for gene hunting

I'm simple man, just want Kayna be by my side.

Why am I not surprised that the greatsword buddy does the most damage

"all buddy have str and weaknesses" except Reverto, just use Reverto all the time and bench everyone else.

Could just be my luck, but Kyle seems to be much smarter in his bow usage than Alwin. He seems to recognize more often than not that he's getting HtH'd and attacks without a charge. Alwin almost made me lose a few fights because of his addiction to Charging in the story, enough that I won't ever take him with me because of it. (That and I think most of the monsters in the region you were forced to take him with you had very few monsters that were weak to piercing) Also the Hunter battle buddies are the perfect compliment to the Hammer. No matter who the monsters target, you'll always be able to do HtH or Double Attacks (if the AI chooses correctly of course).

I am going with Roberto I just got him as my battle buddy and his damage is crazy good.

for me it’s kyle, you don’t understand how many time’s he has hit a crit rapid fire and absolutely destroyed a monster part

Additionally the hunters you could wager are good because of HtH. With a rider buddy you only have a 1/4 chance of being targeted (2/4 if you want to include your own monstie being involved) while with a hunter it's a 1/3 (again 2/3 including your own monstie) to be targeted with HtH. However this could also work both ways as now, you're more likely to be targeted now. So you could argue if you want full power go hunter. If you want to maybe play on the safe side maybe go for a rider. Although again as cotton said, with a rider if an AOE attack goes out a hunter can only lose one heart. A rider can lose two

Kayna End of discussion

I'm gonna go with kayna whenever I buy stories 2 on pc. Because she looks adorable.

Cheval for me as I think he is the only buddy to consistently heal and do good damage, but yea I could see why people prefer reverto

Man these characters are so cool.