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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.พ. 2025
- I've decided to check out the Monster Hunter Universe at last, after it coming highly recommended! So before playing for the first time, I figured I'd check out what the different weapon types are and which one might fit my playstyle at first glance!
Check out @TeraRyza 's awesome original video here: • Which WEAPON Is Right ...
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I'll be playing Monster Hunter World as a fresh player over the next few weeks on my livestream www.twitch.tv/justruss
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Hey justruss you get all the weapons in a chest at start and can go into a training room to learn the weapons
@@Animal3891 Thanks!
The eternal struggle of deciding on the first weapon you want to master.
@@JustRuss also, in this game the only ressource investment is on crafting and upgrading items, so if you change equipment, you change build.
The skills mostly come from armor and jewels (thing you can slot in an armor to get a skill)
There's no restrictions on jewels other than the size and number of slots, you can add and remove them freely
I really would recommend you watch max0rs video about monster hunter world, it has mild spoilers but not really that much and it explains the game in a more casual and funny way whilst still being accurate -
Being pretty overwhelmed when you're new to MH is VERY normal. Pick a weapon, go to the training area and have a go at it. Then pick one weapon that you feel good with and go from there. Eventually you'll venture into another weapon once you get the hang of the game and you'll have even more fun then. Happy hunting!
Thanks! :D
So people say the game is like souls (partially because the original monhun inspired stuff like the HP stamina system in souls games) but while there are some surface level mechanical similarities one of the biggest differences between the games is *monhun rolls have SIGNIFICANTLY fewer i-frames*. Rolling through attacks without a build specifically designed to do that is nearly impossible a lot of the time, and most attacks are not designed to be rolled through, which completely changes the pace of monhun fights. The games are significantly more about repositioning around the monster to avoid getting hit than they are just phasing through moves.
awesome, i suppose that's how i prefer to play DS (not optimally haha)!
Bold claim to say that monster hunter had anything to do with the stamina system in their games when they had it already in king's field, a game from the 90s.
And the monhun stamina system has nothing to do with souls games. I don't even know why people compared them.
@@unixtreme I swear I've read a dev interview somewhere where they talk about how Monster Hunter's success was a driving factor in why dark souls is the way it is (along with one of the bethesda games if I remember correctly?) but I'd have to go digging to go find it
Monster Hunter is an ARPG with Hunting Simulation anyone calling it a souls like is an idiot
@@HiPlayerProdigy you fight giant bosses with limited, at least in the early games of monhun, healing while having to dodge attacks by avoiding, rolling or blocking them. the roots for a souls game is there if you take even quick glance at the game.
A of people say the combat is like dark souls but it’s not. It’s important to go in not expecting dark souls. The way you tackle fights and their pacing is very unique and unlike any other game
It because Fromsoft was made a MH game before
Fromsolf game u can get luck to win the boss fight,in the MH game no f~ way
@@Anarkyfloyd it was literally just one that is not even remotely close to any Fromsoft or Monhun game. it was just some farming sim. People just call it like dark souls because the gitgudders think that dodging was invented by FromSoftware.
@@toefu6182 nah Miyazaki said MH is one of a games that inspiration combat in Souls games
I don’t think the older souls games are dissimilar, very much about deliberate timing of dodges and attacks and items. The newer ones are more spammy and not very similar
Lol. Welcome to the hunter's guild. No matter what weapon you choose, you'll have a blast. And we're always excited to see the journies of new hunters
Awesome! I'll be here!
Has been this way with everg new hunter that we see magically appear in our recommendations
The Lance part of the video didn't do it justice! The best part of the lance is the CONSISTENT Counter Attacks! The counter with the longsword is harder than a dark souls parry. Practically, Lance is the BEST counter-attack weapon!
I'm sorry but the foresight slash is not harder than a DS parry, the timing is sooo forgiving
@Pyps0403 it would be easier if u didn't have to do a different attack first. I find souls parry easier
Longsword Counter has 45 s. A buckler parry in ds3 has 10.
If i remember ds1 had 18 frames.
Thats almost triple the s xD
Monster hunter Roll has 12 s.
LS counter is the easiest counter ever 😂
Dear JoeCat, forgive Russ. Thank You.
I'll check them out next! :D
I actually like that monsters don’t have a health bar it makes you look for tell tale signs if the monster is weak or hungry and when its angry
Monster hunter is a game were i would suggest you take it slow don’t go rushing into it
Where you are rewarded with amazing moments i suggest watching Team Darkside the community there shows you the effect of knowing the monster and their weapons inside and out from speed runs to epic moments like stopping a large monster with a well timed hammer slap
So for MHW, the monster icons near the map indicates their current state. Only three states: healthy, half health and almost dead, although there's a fourth state that shows up during rage mode.
As someone who started with World I am very much in love with this series now! I will say that there may be a time where you dont enjoy a weapon at first, but as you play the game and learn the mechanics and the monsters, there is a huge chance youll end up liking those youve brushed off! I started as a Insect Glaive player, and now im one of the 5 Hunter Horn mains, and I even love playing Switch Axe - which was a weapon i thought I would never play!
Yo i started with IG too, now i'm on the greatsword, charge blade and even the lance. Keep bonkin brother 🤝🏽
I keep hearing about the 5 Hunting Horn mains, except I've heard about that from at least 10 of them!
I tried MH World again after watching this part on stream and fell in love with the Lance. Before I tried the dual blades, greatsword and switch axe and while they are pretty neat, for a new player to the game I just wasn't enjoying being tossed around by the monsters all the time. But the Lance and its shield? Hooooooo boy I'm like a Spartan hoplite with this thing!
I love the cinema that is the counter claw
Welcome to the Brotherhood. 💪
Once you get the hang of using lance, it's easy mode. Poke poke poke parry side step poke poke poke DEAD monster.
Lance mains, im sure dps out there everywhere salute you
Update - I learned that you can charge for as long as you have stamina, and can 180 hop and keep running with ease.
I am a freight train that turns monsters into parts. This is crazy!
I love great sword for just one reason, the Wyvern Ignition. It's so satisfying to listen to.
I've been a great sword main since the original Monster Hunter on the ps2 and I've never changed.
Hunting Horn is perfectly viable as a solo weapon, though it is pretty technical and definitely gets more value from playing in a team, naturally. I say this as someone who has solo hunted the final monster of the game with hunting horn
As someone who was introduced to the series with 3 ultimate, this is a souly unique game with alot to love but alot to struggle with in the learning curve. If youve not experienced the series before, welcome and from all vets, we hope you enjoy it and stick around
Remember all weapons are 100% viable
Just that you have to know the strenghts of each one!
Love that!
Yo I hope my vid helped! But more importantly I hope you enjoy MH man! ❤❤
Legend! Thank you! Great video! I’ll certainly be peeping some more of your stuff 👀
I remember when I started, in older entries the one weapon you get at the start is Sword and Shield, but felt like there was not too much power to it, so I went for Great Sword, I felt it was too slow and tried Hammer but didn't like the move set so I went back to Great Sword, once Tri came out and I got to experience Switch Axe I've been using that one since.
Just keep trying stuff until you feel comfortable.
We dont need healthbars on the monsters, counting broken bones works just fine.
I main both the Kinsect Glaive and the Hunting Horn. Honestly every weapon is worth it imo. I like that there's enough of them without having a million different weapons in the game. It brings enough choice.
Also my friend ran the Lance the first time we ever played together and the amount of crazy attacks he could block with it was WILD. We always joked he could block light itself and in some cases, he did. He also purposefully ran me over while I was sharpening every time he got lmfao!
Monster Hunter World is what happens when you pay attention to what your fan base wants. It is why every weapon does feel good.
Yeah it really does seem like there's something for everyone! at least one weapon!
butchered Iceborne Gunlance...
To be fair, you the skill ceiling is high on longsword but the floor is like 2ft below it
The weapons are truly amazing in this series, and you can freely switch between them as you please. Armor (at least from World onwards) have no limitations on what weapons you can use with them, each armor piece has their own skills, and you can make builds for either general play or for specific weapons. There is nothing stopping you from just maining as many weapons as you want, I personally main 4 weapons, the Charge Blade (my first & favorite), Gunlance (very close 2nd fav), Hunting Horn (symphony of BONK), and Insect Glaive (the Kinsects can be surprisingly cute, and the FF collab brought the Gae Bolg as an IG, and a dragon spirit thingie as a Kinsect).
Looking forward to seeing you get into the hunt
don't worry too much about weapon selection, you can switch at any time, and youll find whatever you like as you play
Love that!
Honestly by the time you feel like trying out a new weapon, you'll more than likely have the materials needed to craft its stronger version to fit the level you are at the moment.
I reccomend hopping on the Monsterhunter wilds hype train, and playing it on release
That's the plan! check out the franchise with World and then hop in for real on wilds :D
Charge blade in a nutshell
hit monster with sword, put sword in shield, put shield on sword, monster go boom
Great sword is actually fun if you know what you're doing, it only has a high skill ceiling if you're not good at predicting the monster
The wow > ff14 > MH pipeline is real
What do we put bets on for next game?
The moment you like monhun is simply when you click into how the weapon works. From there you just want to have fun doing combo and stuff. Don't bother with material drop from the monster. Just simply play to be better on landing a cool attack on the monster.
curious to see which monster will be the first to become Russ' sworn mortal enemy XD
So far I have not been bested B)
The lance is a lot of fun for me. Just being able to tank some of the monsters strongest attacks. The damage isnt small either. All it takes is just having the right abilities on armor.
IMHO the thing about Longsword is it works best with a team of ranged and/or support players around it. If you combine em with a couple of bowgun users with slashing/explosive ammo and a Hunting Horn to buff them, they will just *shred* monsters when used properly.
Personally I'm light bowgun for life. The combination of having access to so much interesting ammo types and pretty high mobility is just too much fun.
4:15 missing on GS is part of the gameplay don't worry 😁
In an ideal world the Hammer dude smashes the skull in and the Longsword guy cuts the tail.
In actuality the longsword guy will go for the head and flinch the Hammer dude with each swing basically stunlocking them from doing their big damage combo and robbing them of the KO damage they worked for...
And then Hammer dude gets fed up and yeets the longsword guy with their uppercut until they go somewhere else, where they belong.
A bit overdramaticised, but getting flinched out of the big bonk combo feels really bad, thankfully Hammer got more flinch resistence on its combos in Wilds.
Welcome to the Hunt New Hunter!
Thank you o7
Happy Hunting!
I tried Lance on my last playthrough due to a lost bet. I had surprisingly a lot of fun tanking almost anything monsters threw at me and dealing consistent damage.
Best to try multiple weapons as you go. Ya never know which might end up being your fav. Sure as hell happened to me when I randomly picked up Lance for the lulz. Been maining it for years now
Absolutely my plan!
you should really wait for monster hunter wilds which release on the 28 this month, there is a beta this weekend and the one after that too! players will move from world to wilds on release and you'll get way more people not only on your streams but ingame as well, weapons also have tons of new moves in wilds !
Why not both?? World to build hype, Wilds on release!
@@JustRussdefinitely do both! I’m in your shoes right now too. Been meaning to get into MH forever, finally “forcing” myself to before Wilds and am consuming A LOT of content on it. So I’m sure there are other people like me out there wanting to watch MHWorld content 👍
@ because wilds look way more newcomer friendly with all it's QoL and systems
There is no reason Not to start now and wait
some things to add about lance that he didnt mention,
-lance has the ability to mount on flat ground as you have the ability to jump without any height difference
-it does piercing damage which means it has no type of attack part (like legs wings, etc) that its extra strong against but none its weak against either
I like your energy bud,
Appreciate you!
LETSGO!!! I cannot wait for your adventure. Welcome to the hunt
The lance and gunlance footage for this video is not doing it justice. Especially the lance not showcasing it main mechanic of block-counter.
And don't sleep on sword/shield, it damage output in World should've rename it to greatsword and shield.
Not surprised cause iam pretty sure he never used them.
@@SyLuX636 Seems like it, since the matchup monster for the weapon showcase isn't ideal either lol.
As a veteran, World is one of my favorite game of all time
I have over 1k hour and I use every single weapon over 100 hunts, most over 200 (with the exception of Hunting Horn lol)
Try to not limit yourself to one weapon, at least use 2-3 weapon cuz each weapon playstyle is unique and have different advantage against different monster. If you have 2-3 weapon, whenever you meet an opponent that is hard to deal with your main weapon, you can simply go to camp (or cart lol) and switch to your other weapon, this will lessen your frustration and increase the enjoyment of the game significantly.
You should watch JoeCat guides for weapons
It's a good time, and you can spend hundreds of very enjoyable hours just learning the hunts on different weapons.
Yeah, did my first stream of it today and i think I'm hooked!
oof. its like all the "what weapon to pick" videos agreee to show the most boring ass gameplay on lance. that or they dont know how to play it.... lance is the rocky balboa. you dont run or dodge attacks you dont block sometimes in a pinch, you will stand your ground while the monster throws everything at you... while you counter and is contantly attacking back in between. when used properly lance is the most agressive weapon because you will always be attacking the monster, with little downtime as you use the different types of block properly for different types of attacks from the monster.
thanks for clearing that up!
Resident Gunlance and SwSh main here. Hope you love monster hunter! Don’t be afraid to at least try every weapon as that’s how I discovered my love for Gunlance despite disliking it initially.
Hell yea! Will do
Adding on to this is to not be afraid to experiment with the more "complex" or "difficult" weapons like the Charge Blade.
I was a newcomer and thought I'd love the Hunting Horn, enjoyed it but something felt missing, moved on to the Longsword, also enjoyed it but it was just missing a little bit of weight and oompf, and then I finally tried out the Charge Blade despite so many players saying it's difficult and complex.
Fell in love with the Charge Blade on the first hunt I did with it haha.
as a gunlancer, i lvoe the variety of playstyles to it, how the kit is used varies greatly on shell type and playstyle, nomral shell is full burst, wide shelling is poke shell or just shelling, long shell for pure charge shelling, or you you can just melee only with gunlance for some meaty dmg with its sweaps
i love charge blade due to its big mount finisher damage. and very easy to mount if build properly! 😆
As a greatsword main, it's something you have to experience to understand. The feeling of perfectly timing an attack to intercept a monster mid-flight with a fully charged true charged slash (the last spinny hit of the main combo) and seeing them stumble on the ground after taking that 2k hit to the face is hard to replicate with other weapons imo. I've spent a good bit of time playing every weapon to get an idea of how they feel (50-100 hunts per weapon) and while the longsword for example has a lot of counters, it's just not the same; it feels more like the game giving you a cool animation for timing something than you going absolutely insano style on a monster.
In preparation for replies: yes you can do the same with weapons like CB with the SAED and I play them pretty often, but there's just something about swinging the big hunk of metal with no additional mechanics that tickles a primal part of my brain.
The best way to get into Monster Hunter is having an onboarding buddy monster hunter friend then it is a breeze. Getting into it on your own and making it is worth respect.
Each weapon also has its own inside jokes and memes about who mains them.
Longsword: tripping hazards
Chargeblade: break out the spreadsheet for their combos
Insect glaive: everyone backseating how they should play their weapon.
You can also try the beta test of monster hunter wilds tomorrow or wait for the game to come and try the weapons there. Small problem, the weapons have little difference from world so you can have the surprise
One thing about the sword and shield (called SnS in the community) is that it has a pretty low barrier of entry but am extremely high skill ceiling . It’s an absolute MONSTER of a weapon in the hands of an experienced SnS user and when you play it correctly you are def not playing it “safe”. You are always in close proximity to the monster basically. So you better know how the monster moves and you better know your i frames.
there's a ff14 collab where you hunt the behemoth and get dragoon armor and dragoon jump emote.
That's awesome!
usually I only use the kinsect glaive in combination with the power prolonger skill to make sure my kinsect buffs stay up a lot longer.
One of us, one of us, one of us!
Wow what an amazing reaction for a WOW veteran currently FFxiv player. This guy is amazing YEP
What will he do next!!?!?!?
As a Hunting Horn main i welcome you to the hunting community happy hunting
I only play the bowguns if I'm using an infinite ammo mod so I don't have to go back to the camp or use inventory slots on crafting materials to refresh my ammo.
Switch axe got some counter moves for big defense>offense moments, and is smoother to play also, highly recommend in in Wilds the element discharge moves are siick and now you can down an enemy by meeting their attack with your own counterattack it’s really fun. Learning curve is just learning what the gauges mean and switching modes to charge them respectively, but it *is* a bit slow if the deliberate big hit gameplay doesn’t appeal to you
My main in Worlds was the insect Glaive, but in wilds it was not letting me do the arial combos I was used to way more grounded which, like, whole reason I liked it was the flying so meh
You're not "Vulnerable" with the heavy bowgun. Slap on the shield attachment and increase your guard. You will automatically block every hit coming your way as long as you're not shooting. Just face in the general direction and you're good. It's honestly the most defensive weapon in the game IMO.
I only main Sword and Shield. The blocking and evasion abilities can both be upgraded to high levels, turning you into an absolute tank with absurd speed and dodging capabilities. Furthermore, because of the speed, you can take advantage of a monster’s elemental weakness, dealing absurd damage.
Man he did the lance so dirty, those stupid dash attacks are NOT the main play style.
Charge Blade gaming
You use great sword if you want to see multi thousand damage hits
Weapon ranking is mostly for speed runner and best dps over weapon to see the potential dmg at late game. But for the regular hunter we just enjoy our weapon we love. Then make other weapon to have fun
Glad to still see new hunters join the good hunt.
skill ceiling is a bit much since to be considered a master of the longsword you just have to be good with the counter attacks, but other than the timing for counter attacks it's pretty easy to use.
I started with a heavy bowgun guy cuz I didn't want to deal with the range issue, but it was too slow for me and I kept getting bodied, then I tried normal bow. Felt way better but had issue with the damage output. Gave up for a while, tried hammer with Rise. Loved the spinny hammer attack and started having a lot of fun. Rise did have one issue that that some weapon were kinda busted with the new wirebug options. Didn't make Rise bad, but I think a lot of people preffered the methodic flow of world. So I go back to world for the third time. Determined to have fun this time the way I did with Rise. What does every say is the most complicated weapon? Charge Blade. Hell yeah, let's go. Spend a couple hours watching tutorials, hop in, had a blast. Might take a bit to find something that fits you, but it's there.
ngl the video displaying weapons does a really poor job imho of showing exactly how these weapons are.
thing is also with pretty much all the weapons. all of them are fairly easy to get into AND if you put the time in to get good with them they all become basically unstoppable. so there really is no weapon for beginners or veterans they can all be played by all kinds of players so it really is just preference
Combat is a little slower, less i frames and enemies have active hit boxes that last a long time, and a lot of optimal damage for melee tends to be locked behind longer combos that need big commitment. 10/10
Once you have already put a good number of hours into the game… i really recommend you to react to Arc’s video called “what your monster hunter weapon says about you”.
Sounds good! ty
Thankfully in Wilds you can carry two weapons at once!
i tried greatsword at first and didnt like it. my friend recommended the insect glaive to me and holy shit i fell in love the first time i vaulted onto a monster. i recommend it
HBG isn’t easy mode if you’re being targeted and/or you don’t run high shield stacking. You could totally turtle though.
HBG has big funny numbers at a range.
I will say. as a hammer enjoyer such as mystelf....you should definitely give it a try. even if you dont end up using it as a main. the playstyle is so much fun. its a simple moveset generally. but that allows you to focus on your one true goal. dispensing concussions to anything that moves. Im sure you will understand how satisfying bonking monsters can be lol. my main suggestion though....is that "just testing the weapons out" in the practice areas or against starter hunts doesnt exactly do the best job of teaching you how weapons fully work. you definitely caught on to a lot of the gauges and everything that some weapons have, and the game does a very poor job of teaching you what they mean. and you can beat any starter monsters without understanding the mechanics....but some weapons might not feel great if you dont understand them. the longsword has a gauge that you have to level up by doing combos. and might feel underwhelming if you dont figure out how to do it. charge blade being a mechanical nightmare effects wise if you dont figure it out. etc. so dont feel affraid to pull up some guide vids on how to play certain weapons whenever you want to switch around. it takes time but its worth it. Its what made using the bow specifically fun for me at some point when I learned how to actually play it.
as ff14 player lance gives a new meaning to floor tank and its not the meme one 😂😂😂😂
Hahaha! :D
About MH games there is no 2nd playthrough you must grinding forever
New sub here! Ever thought of playing world? why not try the weapons there before wilds so you know what to main? 👀
That's the plan!
you can always make your own build in mh because if you can handle your build u will do well
also changing weapons is viable, if u wana try other weapons go for it, but do it rather realy than late into high rank etc
I played from base game to Iceborne with only the charge blade and the switch axe.
Welcome to the cult! I started in MH3U
There is no aerial IG in wilds
when you'll have 1500H on Monhon, you'll understand why the game is peak. Because you still learn game mecanic every day.
for those who whine about getting tripped, just use a flinch free deco that is all you have to do
Except Heavy Bowgun. That shyt is too OP. META
Great sword mains... We lost another one... Its always the long sword that takes our spot. 😢
You can just look it up some people's solo run with specific weapon (but ofc, you will be vulnerable to spoiler if you care any at all at MH Story, which isn't really good) to learn more what that weapon can do, and then you can lookup other youtbers guide, then try it out at the training area
Holy shit. I gotta watch your Mhw playthrough.
Welcome to Monster hunter. You don't have to main one weapon. I'm maining 6 in Wilds haha
BOW MAINS RISE UP
Check out multi player once in a while so u can see other weapons in action while u try out the ones u liked.
To soulsborne players, here's a fun fact, a lot of monster hunter stuff, like transforming weapons for one, has been there for longer time.(Bloodborne 2015, Switch Axe 2009, Charge Blade 2014). So let's just stop this "copy" bullsh*t and enjoy both games that are the rare outliers of today's gaming industry.
One thing about MH you will learn as younplay a weapon armor doesmt have stats like str and sruff just defense which you can upgrade any gear to thenlvl as another. Different gear pieces give diferent skills ans the more skills you have of the same the higher level that skill gets to a cap. So say younplay insect glavie or duel blades that consume stamnia alot you want the skills that help with that etc. Armornis more about what skills they give rather than their stats
Bro friendly stagger is REMOVED from Monster Hunter Wilds!!! So dont worry.Heavy bowgun can shoot nonstop like a machinegun. Also the Dual Blades showcase in this video did not do the weapon any justice at all. Because you can literally fly in the air and spin all over the entire monsters body from head to tail like Levi from attack on titan.
The biggest lie in the video is that Long Sword is hare to master
World is definitely the best monster hunter game out there right now and ive been playing the series since tri. Wilds seems alright but im not getting my hopes up.
lol GS might be Teras least used weapon, so it dosnt look as cool at it realy is in game, didnt even talk about the godlike TACKLE! tanking anything and everything and lets you reach your finisher THE TRUE CHARGE SLASH ( plus MH world has a rappid playstyle allowing for many many hits into 360 Slinger shot into TGS )
Swag-axe😁