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IG main here. im gonna go ahead and say, if you want to have the most fun possible in this game, use insect glaive. i ran some calculations and according to my data, during a hunt the insect glaive gives the most serotonin per second (sps) of any weapon in this game. give it a try if you havent already, say no to gravity, and come fly with us.

Sns main here. You missed something important. Sns CAN wound parts in one clutch claw attack without the clutch claw boost skill. You just need to clutch on to the monster with the clutch claw uppercut, then do your clutch claw attack. It will wound in one go. Clutch claw uppercut can be tricky to land and requires some practice, but mastering it is essential for advanced Sns play. Sns and dual blades are the only 2 light weapons that can wound in one attack.

As a CB main I can say there is nothing greater than hitting the tail of the monster with the first hit of the SAED (where you make a swipe with the axe to put it on your left shoulder) cutting it and then completely whiffing the rest of the SAED. So much joy and pain in one moment...

1st stage of HH: Playing most songs in your list 2nd stage of HH: Using flourish and hilt stab to queue songs faster 3rd stage of HH: Dealing increased DPS using performance attacks on heads 4th stage of HH: sniping monster heads, forward backslams, you are waltz of death to the poor creature before you while your teammates getting buffed is just a secondary consequence of wrath that you bring 5th stage of HH: Actually playing stamina songs when IG, DB, Bow users are in a party

GL main here - you have three different types of shelling on gunlance: Normal, Long, and Wide. Normal receives a bonus for full burst, long shells have a bonus to charged shells, and wide gets bonuses to wyvern fire and wyrmstake cannons

Every single time I step away from MH and then comeback I pick up a different weapon. It helps me learn every weapon and keeps the game fresh. Definitely my favorite way to play Edit: haven’t used ranged weapons almost at all. The few times I did I absolutely HATED it

Like a wise man once said: "They're masterworks all, you can't go wrong."

When i started to play, i mastered longsword first, then Greatsword, Charge Blade and Hunting Horn(but i still didn't beat Fatalis solo with the HH). I tend to use HH more times when i'm playing with friends. it's incredible how every weapon in this game is so fun to play.

I am a Hammer player for a really long time, now I’m having fun with the bow, really love that weapon, is amazing how much the game changes when you change your weapon

Interesting tidbit about Hunting horn. It has one of the strongest clutch claw attacks in the game. And strangely enough it's mounting finisher attack is unbelievably strong, one of the strongest in the game. It isn't out of the ordinary with a powerful endgame build for the mounting finisher to deal over 1000 damage. Raw hunting horn is very strong, but in certain matchups against monsters that have very good elemental hitzone values. Elemental Hunting horn can be exceptionally powerful. The echo spin attack scales quite well with elemental damage and can do BIG numbers.

AWESOME VIDEO LANCE TEAMMMMMMMM

Hunting Horn main here! While the songs and notes might look a little scary at first it’s actually quite simple and intuitive and only takes about a day to really get the feel for things. Depending on which Horn you pick, after a bit of playtime you’ll develop your own combos to link your notes together to queue up your songs for a recital. If you have a Horn with a Red Note (and also bought Iceborne) you gain access to the Impact Echo Wave which is a very simple and strong offensive move for when a monster is downed. Line up three, pop your three blasts, encore for the big one on the head. Positioning and getting a feel for your speed is key but thanks to Self Improvement which comes on all horns, you’re basically never going to bounce off a monster’s hide so you spend less time worrying about hitzones and more time setting up songs or moving into a good spot to land the big parts of your combos.

The charge blade is a swiss army knife with it's multiple unique playstyles. The most important thing to do is just keep your shield charged. From there, all the weapons moves and abilities get fully unlocked. It is a complex weapon with many moving parts, the timers and gages you have to keep track of, but I can confidently say it's the most satisfying weapon to master. For those up for a challenge, the Charge Blade should be your go-to

I rolled my eyes when you added your 99% of you aren’t subscribed. I’ve been watching your videos for close to a year, not realizing I’m an idiot and was not subscribed. Sorry m8. Hey you got a new subscriber.

Saying that the hunting horn needs to be in the fight despite being a support weapon, and then immediately saying that the lance was a highly aggressive weapon despite being built for defense is what lets me know this guy knows what he's talking about. If he knows the specifics of the 2 least played weapons in the game, then he knows what he's talking about

As a long sword user, it took me about a stygian zinogre worth of gameplay before grasping the true jujutsu of LS (a.k.a the foresight slash) and once I grasp it, I never look back. Fun fact: Foresight slash has the highest I-frames in the game so it really all comes down to timing and 10 hours anime opening music in the background P.S. It may took me a while to master foresight but idc, I'm really having fun now.

I started with a charge blade when I first played and almost gave up til I found out how the mechanic works now that shit is a beast

Congratulations on hitting 10 000 subscribers! Loving your videos and this game

18:12 the mobility is absolutly insane and Probably one of the selling Points for HH no other weapon moves as fast as HH With thier weapon drawn ur movement Melodie is really really strong

Tbf for me all of the weapons are hard in their own way, well except the hbg, lbg has some skill to it while hbg is just spam and guard. I can say Swaxe, LS, and bow are one of the aggressive weapon archetypes where you do it all just for damage but lack on the defensive side. Mastering the combos of these weapons will give you the highest dps possible and faster clear runs than other weapons. Could say the same for GS since most people think charging is the only way to use the weapon, it goes so much more like attack placements and predictive movement partbreaks and what not.

Palico main here!!! You didnt mention me😢

GS Represent!

Me sitting here overwhelmed trying to find a good secondary weapon that I can love outside of bow. 😂 perfect timing on the video 👌🏽

Primarily a Bow and Dual Blades main since 2013. Love the stamina management and balancing offensive skills with evasion/stamina skills in the latest two games. I also enjoy a bit of Charge Blade and LBG. I've been playing through Worldborne with Greatsword, recently, and I must say it's the most difficult weapon I've tried to use due to it's slow attacks and importance when it comes to positioning. The only reason I've gotten as far as I have as easily as I have is thousands of hours of prior experience with the game. For being, on the surface, the simplest weapon, I think GS is the hardest to learn because it requires lots of game sense rather than just learning the weapon.

You got the sub and like brody, I saw the events posts and this my 3rd time here. So here we stay

SA main here, staying mobile in axe mode then going ham when the monsters are reeling is key. Remember to use the fade slashes and side steps to stay mobile and avoid attacks.

ive used every weapon extensively (mhr and hr 999 with almost 4k hours spread on 3 saves) and long sword is unironically the hardest to master for me, charge blade was way easier to understand haha

Huntinghorn/Hammer Main Here. People Love me even If they dont say IT haha. Dualblades Love my Max stamina buff and everyone loves the health, Attack and defense Up buff. 😎

Love your Monster Hunter content man!!

I was originally a longsword main but when I met the pickle, I couldn't make it work. I switched to lance and beat it first try. I have been a lance main ever since.

I've used every weapon pretty extensively over nearly every game with probably well over 10k hours into the series as a whole. I tend to start off with the GS at the start of new games to get a feel for what monsters there are but in the end go with what works best for each individual monster. Sometimes you need ranged attacks, fighting countless Fatalis' back in the old days teaches you you need to bust those horns and wings for parts. As heavy and satisfying as GS hits are I've found with some i can take them out significantly faster with the duals. But who doesn't love a HH main coming into a party of 4 and buffing/healing everyone? It all comes down to what feels best for you despite the situation. I will say, if you play older games and are doing underwater hunts that pooping a mega dash and charging underwater with a Lance is great fun. Nothing better than counting the hits on a Dire Miralis as the counter goes up and up and up lol.

Greatsword main here, only advice i can really give is just be patient and learn the monster, as strange as it is, knowledge is power with greatsword

I just started playing mhw a month ago, i fell in love with dual blades, then sns, and then ls... But ultimately I've been smashing MR with solo hbg

This is fantastic and phenomenal weap review

New LS user here, but along with the dope ass counters the sound it makes when you counter just keeps me on playing LS. (the regular iai slash has i frames too, its useful if you’re not confident in the spirit slash or want to practice but i have been informed the regular iai slash has less invincibility frames)

charge blade is so rewarding and really not that hard to learn just alot to remember. i know the CB inside and out but can't get my head around switch axe for the life of me 😂( learning guard points is alot easier then it sounds but allows you to be far more aggresive and actually is a great skill to learn for other weapons aswell that use counters or i-frames as its timing based)

CB main here. You guys really need to try this because you can charge your sword causing an extra little hit at the end of an attack, charging your shield can lead to a very strong axe attack, and savage axe if you guys didn’t know it is literally just an incredibly strong chainsaw used to cut through your enemies in a flashy way. If you haven’t already, try this weapon and don’t give up trying to learn about it. It’s super fun and it leads to many victories when you get used to it.

Yesss we have still good mhw videos in 2024

20:55 "but with extra freedom" HAHAHAHAH😭😭

this is a fantastic summary Dan!

On the long sword , if your mid air and the monster turns your can hit triangle on ps to turn in mid air

My last comment, can we just talk about how everyone calls the LS the anime weapon. When, in reality, the insect glaive is just as anime 🤣

Great info here!

Kinda tired of the LS weep weapon at first it was ha ha I get it now it’s just annoying it’s more than the weep weapon + if it’s the weep weapon then y am I not a weep🤔 Good vid tbh just please don’t spam special sheath it does more damage if used as a counter

Bonking giant monsters since MHFU. -A Hammer main

LS has a high skill ceiling, sure, but it also has the highest skill floor. Once you know the moveset, you only need minimum monster knowledge to be invincible.

It may not be beginner friendly in terms of how difficult it is, but I feel like the Greatsword is one of the best weapons for beginners because it FORCES you to learn the monsters. I say this as a CB main, too. When I went and played GU, I got slapped around so hard that I forced myself to only use greatsword until I learned most if not every fight down to the letter Then I discovered the dopamine hit that is sword oils and I’ve never gone back (bring back oils please 😭)

Having used most weapons, sns unironically the most challenging (for me atleast) to master with backstepping and claw combo

Putting all weapons on a single video attracts the attention of multiple weapon cult so.... CB mains charge!!! 😂😂😂

I’ve been a Lance main for 400 hours, just beat Iceborne base game (took my time) and thinking about having Great Sword or Hammer as a secondary. Let’s go 💥💥💥

How does charge blade sound more complicated in World then it was in Rise? (My very first weapon was HH, switched to SnS before I got to rise and switched to CB)

Sword and Shield has Claw Uppercut 💪🏻

SnS is way harder than ls to me at least in World and rise i get that SnS is a Beginner weapon in every Monster hunter before but useing the back step to avoid stuff and punishing With a perfect timed perfect rush is way harder than just press R2 and circle at any time and punishing With R2

charge blade mains here, do not get discouraged by other people opinion about how complicated the weapon is to learn, it's not that hard to learn Cb in basic levels, what hard is to utilize all it's tech because oh boys this weapon does have a lot of flair to utilize, but even without the complicated shit CB still does a ton of damage and a really fun weapon to use, there's even a dedicated website for this weapon that somehow still get updated nowadays for build and toturial, my advice is just learn it's basic rotation for SAED and learn how to cancel SAED to AED it will save a lot of phial in your journey, and spamming AED is as important as spamming SAED, i deal a lot of stun and knockdown from AED alone, sword mode is your best friend (unless u use savage axe) it charge your phial and do critical damage also can't be bounced if ur sword charged and if the shield is charged it deal phial damage too so don't waste ur time on axe mode for too long.

No weapon in any game I've ever played has a turn-around like Hunting Horn in Monster Hunter World/Iceborne does. If you're new to this series and are bad at games, Hunting Horn will destroy you. The game will be infinitely harder than using a HBG. The *skill floor* is as high as other weapons' ceiling. Yet... at the same time... if you're a grizzled veteran who has mastered the game, Hunting Horn will get you on top of tierlists and friend requests. The *skill ceiling* doesn't exist.

Hammer looks fun 🤩

5:13 THE YELLOW GAY!

GS MAIN AND WHAT CAN I SAY EXCEPT UNGGA BUNGGA!

Hbg having more range than lbg is WILD xD I don't know what u were smoking lol I mean if you play with periphery ammo it's maybe the same? But more?? Most ppl play with spread ammo too, so it's kinda missing that info xD

Greatsword main here , if you wanna feel like your doing alot when in reality your just one hit away from carting , use the insect glaive , but if you wanna have fun with many lady's. You use the greatsword. . . . . . . . . . . I'm kidding of course , you use whatever you want , as long as you have fun and try out different weapons who know you maybe like me who started with sword and sheild and now use the GS.

Jokes on you I'm trying to learn the Great Switch Blade Bowgun Glaive

bonus tip for insect glaive is that all 3 buffs also give you lvl 3 earplugs (at least in rise) on top of the 3 buffs

Where’s my fellow lovers of the big stick

16:05 "...being a member of the musical boink brigade..." Definitely the gayest thing I've heard all week lol

I started in 4U with the CB and I felt too overpowered after spamming SED

Guys how can I make my weapon flash red when I swing it like in the vid?

And then there's me that loves every weapon in this game and is a nightmare to get gears and master inputs😂

I'd like to add, for absolute beginners almost every weapon is easy to pick up. You just won't be doing tons of damage. GS is the shining example. The bread and butter is basically hit and run, so if you can teach a new player that GS is easily the best for new players. New players shouldn't worry about spending a lot of time in the training room, especially if someone guides them on the basics. The longer you focus on combos the more likely you'll forget to put them into action, or worse get hit because you don't know the timing. I'm a big fan of CB and HH, so I would be qualified to teach only those lol. Great job not only covering the basics of every weapon, but giving a good summary of their abilities too!

you didn't display the true power of SnS Perfect Rush. The entire combo, with perfectly timed inputs can do more damage than GreatSword's TCS.

35:10 u can shoot in the air

U Said u can Transform Ur lbg to counter Wyvern. But how? Is it a mod or just the Right input? I use xbox Controller so normally its aim+B to out in gorund, havent figure out how to counter atm

Hammmeeeeeeeeeeer

Good to know my charge blade is the hardest weapon in the game

Triangle combo not y combo Get it right nerd

The charge blade aint even that hard i learned it within my first 3 hours ☠️

man I really don't like the gameplay around tenderising the monster parts. hate the mechanic, I can only hope they don't put it into MH wilds.

CB army!!!

All weaopn are so easy to use

Hammer is the only right choice

And people say long swords are the weebs when dual blades have these type of names