+Gamer G33k this is garbage advice! HH and hammer should always try and go for the head (unless it's hard to reach or they're sure another KO won't happen by that point in the hunt).
Man.. I remember watching your hammer tutorial back in 4U when I finally stepped away from lance after so many years. Looking though the comments and seeing all the new players finally enjoying the game, learning all about the weapons, and making it the phenomenon I’ve always wanted it to be really puts a smile on this Doodle’s face! Happy hunting new hunters!
I've been telling people for years, no matter what you main, or how you hunt, you need to LEARN THE HAMMER! I'm a Longsword dweeb, and I'm a better hunter for learning hammer. Preach, Gaijin, spread the hammer word!
Mostly awareness. I went from swinging the wide sweeping LS recklessly to pinpointing key areas for maximum effectiveness, as well as being more aware of my teammates so as not to hit them. I was one of those jerks who would rush in with the LS and knock everyone down, but the precision attacks the hammer required and the danger of whacking people around (Especially back in Tri) just made me more accurate and more respectful when I went back to the LS. Now my friends can hunt with me without fear of being pushed around. Long story short, I learned how to take big attacks, and focus them right where I want them. Happy hunting!
Same here. Using the hammer also taught me to take it slow. At first I was like "GET ALL DA HITS FEST" but now i know the best way to hunt is to take it slow, wait for the right moment. Doing this actually makes hunts go faster imo since instead of just spamming a weak attack I can wait for that great moment to do lots of damage
Take it slow was a lesson I picked up from LBG, which was my first none melee weapon, though World is my third MonHun. You can't just spray bullets at the monster, it's much more effective to place shots, especially since the stronger ammo is single shot before a reload, and it matters exactly where you are hitting.
Yo, I just wanted to say that I've seen every single one of your weapon tutorials even so far, even though I'm a veteran and I know my weapons quite well, just because they are very pleasant and relaxing to watch. I'm lovin MHW and your videos about it, keep it up!
I already got a set for it, but need to learn the weapon first. Tutorials are nice and all, but I can only seem to learn stuff by doing which won't make it easier for me, sadly. But still, I really appreciate these tutorials :)
Chizuru94 The videos are better for learning the hidden combos and techniques not covered in the Hunter's Guide. And Great Jagras makes a lovely test dummy.
I prefer using Rathalos/Rathian(Variants included) armor with a radobaan arm piece. This is because I use the Radobaan hammer so I make monsters fall asleep alot more. Basicly use what EasyRun said and also think about what element/ailment you have
Ah gaijin, you have some of the best MH videos our there! Your videos taught me the beauty of using the Lance even though I am a hammer main. All of your tutorials are fantastic!
Why in darnation did people dislike this? I mean, seriously, there's nothing to dislike here, no opinion, just info, accurate and useful info, there's literally no reason to dislike this!!
Its great that you've been dishing out all these usefuls tutorials lately. I've always watch your tutorials since the MH4U days. I always show your tutorials to friends since you go in-depth with the weapons so much and make your explanations easy to understand. Hope you do one on the sword and shield.
Your guides are amazing. I'm new to MH and frankly, probably the New World's Worst Hunter so they're a huge help to me. I've been using Lance after your guide for that weapon and it's really helped me slow down the game and try to figure things out. Your line about the Hammer helping you dig deeper into the game and help figure out weak points is super tempting. As it stands, I just guard against everything and pokepokepoke. Anyways, your guides are some of the best game related youtube videos I've watched. Truly appreciated.
Great timing, just yesterday I figured I would try hammer. Figured I would look up a guide today and my favorite MH guy made one. It is almost like you made it just for me. Thanks for the guide and keep up the good work.
Thank you so much for all the tutorial. Mostly yours that I find it understandable for a newbie like me. Plus your voice is so calming and clear, thank you TwT
uuooghhh those big combos definitely keep it up with this format of tutorial! The lance tutorial really woke me up to that weapon for mounting and charge attacks.
I'm VERY new to Monster Hunter. My friends have been pushing this series on me for sometime and I finally caved and I am so glad I did. This game is great. I normally play range or Mage roles within the party so I tried range. I can't seem to get it to stick... so on a whim, I tried the Hammer. I can't tell you how satisfying it is to smash faces. It's a little tricky to get the timing since I am not used to slower weapons but your tutorials are great. I watched the Insect Glaive one as well and I have improved since. Thank you so much for the videos! Subscribed! :)
I’ve been a casual MH player since Tri on the Wii. Never more than 100-150 hours into any of them (well 200 in Tri but I digress). I always bounce around between weapons too. Long story short about 6 hours into World I decided to try Hammer for the first time ever...I don’t know why I didn’t try it before! I’m having so much fun with it in World, it was easy to pick up and learn and again so much fun. So here I am about 50 hours into World, loving the Hammer yet still learning things about it from your video. Keep up the great work, I have been a fan since I found your channel while playing MH4U. You taught me things then about S&S that I didn’t know and I had used them for years lol. I mean I’m still bouncing around with weapons because they are all so much fun this time around but Hammer is easily my favorite!
I got this game a little over a week ago and your videos have helped a bunch I was terrified of trying to use harder weapons but by watching your videos it helps to ease the learning process so I thank you good hunter
Love love all your MH videos! I mained IG back in mh4 and decided to tried something else in mhw, after seeing your hunting horn tutorial I realised how much I've been missing out lol. Now I main HH hammer IG SA and CB, must say hammer is soooo satisfying! Nothing KO a monster faster than hammer!
I started playing with hammer yesterday, so this is excellent timing! I didn't know exactly what Power Charge did, and thought it just made my current charge attack stronger, so it's cool to know that it makes _everything_ stronger! great videos, keep up the good work
My favorite Hammer video so far sir! One thing that's good to note is that when you do the wall scale/jump spinning attack, you can steer it quite a bit by holding a direction before you jump off the wall; it's quite useful.
You really explain well from step by step from 1-10 unlike other video who jump here from there. It sad to see quality video like this have less views than others.
My mix set consist of; -Diablos Shatterer 2 (Hammer) -Dragonking Eyepatch (Head) -Diablos Mail Beta (Chest) -Nergigante Vambraces Alpha (Glove) -Nergigante Coil Beta (Waist) -Diablos Greaves Alpha (Boots) -Enervate Charm 3 Decorations -Attack Jewel 1 -Flight Jewel 2 -Elementless Jewel 2 -Slider Jewel 2 Skills -Attack Boost Lvl 4 -Slugger Lvl 3 -Stamina Thief Lvl 3 -Tremor Resistance Lvl 2 -Weakness Exploit Lvl 2 -Agitator Lvl 2 -Airborne Lvl 1 -Affinity Sliding Lvl 1 -Non-Elemental Boost Lvl 1 -Diablos Mastery (Bludgeoner) Now this consist of KO and making Monsters Exhausted very quickly while using the strongest Raw Damage Hammer which is Diablos Hammer. Agitator, Attack Boost, Weakness Exploit and Affinity Sliding all help negate that negative Affinity the Hammer has making it have a max of 30% Affinity dealing massive damage, Bludgeoner makes it easier to KO Monsters and also makes your hammer stronger as you lose sharpness, Green being the Sweet Spot of Sharpness. The Airborne skill is used for that great sliding spinning slam which makes each hit even more powerful. My thoughts I have been using this set for all of the Multiplayer stuff and it can KO and exhaust monsters very easily even Tempered Elders, if I can get the required materials for the augmentations then I will augment the Hammer for Extra Attack Power and an Extra Slot this will then let me slot a Tenderizer Jewel 2 along with the Attack Jewel.
Michael Liangto you can probably remove the Jumping Jewel for a Critical Boost Jewel will have to do some damage testing to see if it's stronger but first I need to get that Jewel
I already had a similar mix but Nerg hammer and some +affinity. I noticed I wasn't KO'ing anymore in HR. Seeing this video made me not feel as bad, so I guess I do need to start aiming back towards Slugger, at least for an online build.
CitrusQuill does bludgeoner actually boost the hammer? It says it boost's ranged weapons melee and odds of stunning so I wondering if it applied to the hammer too.
I have main the hammer since mhfu and this is an excellent guide to the hammer. And remember kids if you on a slope or against the mushroom walls please spam the Ariel charged attack, the repositioning on that attack is very strong and mounting is always good.
I've been using hammer since I started playing Monster Hunter back in 3u, and it's such a fun weapon to use. I hope this video gets more people to try it, because the knockdowns and stuns you get are so satisfying.
As a long time Hammer main I want to say this tutorial isn't bad. Not masterfully detailed. Left out one of the spinning finishers, catapult mechanic, omni-directional damage, Swing speed change from charging hammer, high risk "o" combo, and didn't detail stun damages. However, it is well-paced and accurate. Pleasure continue I thoroughly enjoyed this tutorial.
Another little trick for hammer users. While jumping off ledges, if you do not already have a charge attack, you can use the charge midair to allow you to slightly extend your jump as well as adjust your direction. This allows a lot more mounting damage to be applied when the monster is sitting on top of a ledge and not in an optimal position for mounting strikes.
should be noted, hammer now has a way to cut tails, if you mount and go for the tail, those stabs count as cutting, and for some reason the hammer finisher cuts it of I imagine the hunter thining the muscles and knocking it of with the hammer onces its ready
Perfect timing. Been farming the Handicraft III Charm yesterday for my Diablos Hammer. I had to take down 30 (!) Kushala Daora for that stupid gem... But now I got my hammer set, and the perfect guide to acompany me. Great video, as always :]
FYI in case you weren't aware but the weekly Limited Bounties reward you with a Golden Wyverian Print if you complete them all which you can trade into the Elder Melder for one of any of the gems in the game. Farmed Vaal for his pieces for my weapon and once I had everything but the Gem I just melded it cuz RNG is a bitch.
Really enjoy your videos especially guides like these. One thing that's missing for me would be that maybe at the end for 1-2 mins you could show us recommended armor skills and maybe a few armor parts which go really well with each specific weapon. Appreciate all your work dawg, and thanks for all the video's, I hope you and Yuna enjoy your day Greetings from Germany:)
Thanks for the vid. I went Hammer first and loved it, but was 2nd guessing myself in HR when I went online and wasn't KO'ing anymore. It really does take forever or never really since I moved off Slugger for Weakness Exploit/Atk up. Also note the hammer is air king when near a ledge. If you dash off with X, pressing R2 will give you a little jump and let you change direction. I jump off the ledge, then hold the stick back to the ledge and hit R2 to get back onto it. Immediately angle the stick towards the monster so you can keep your momentum back to the ledge. Some things like Xeno if near the edge in first phase I can hit for 100+ multiple times vs the weak 40-60 on the legs. And I out rodeo Glaive's fairly often.
Gaijin can you do an updated guide on positioning? Cuz alot of newbies are struggling with this aspect of the game. Also the power charge has definitely breathed new life into hammer. It's definitely not the weaksauce it was in 4u. Quick edit: your guides and arekkz's guides has really improved this time around.
This video gave me incentive me to go try the hammer again, and good lord... that wide hook from a level one charge after storing power. Just had a hunt where I was capturing a high rank Odogaron. I mounted it first strike, knocked it over, KO'd it, staggered it, knocked it over again, mounted it a second time, knocked it over, exhausted it, and proceeded to go ham on its head! I had it limping in 3 minutes. New favorite weapon for ground based monsters I think. (Or until the next tutorial comes out telling me how to optimally use something else I suck at.)
I was a hammer main until 4U where its KO value and opportunity fell waaaayyyy behind the Charge Blade. When I saw additions of the "whoop-whoop slam" and especially Vegeta's Big Bang Attack, I knew it was time to come home. And I couldn't be happier. Great tut as always Gaijin.
I really hope that your channel subscribers will skyrocket now that a lot more people are joining the monster hunter community. I’ve only been watching you since your mh4u videos but you honestly the best instructional Monster Hunter videos on youtube. The only reason I have gone outside my comfort zone to try new weapons is because of you.
So there's this cool hammer tech I've been making use of with regards to mid-air charging- if you draw into a charge in mid-air, or roll off an edge with your hammer drawn and begin charging, the game will grant you an additional "bounce" off the air which you can orient in any direction you please. It doesn't sound like much, but what I've figured out you can do is roll off any edge (for example, ledges in the arena), rotate the control stick backward and initiate a charge that lands you back on the ledge. Thus, with literally any edge you can execute a whole lot of charged aerial attacks in quick succession, by simply going roll > rotate stick back > charge > release > rinse and repeat. This is also helped by the fact that the direction you face when you initiate the charge and when you release it are actually independent, which makes for some INCREDIBLY easy head sniping, while racking up the mount damage super quickly (and the raw damage output isn't too shoddy either). I'm telling you, hammer is the mounting weapon of this game. Insect glaive can back off. Also fun fact-, y'know those annoying vines in Wildspire waste that don't quite extend up the ledge even though they look like they do? You can use this technique to get up there anyway. Could save you a few seconds one day. tl;dr Aerial charging is weird. But kinda the best thing ever. If you ever find yourself struggling finding the face online because the monsters torn between 4 different targets, just start spamming this. Guaranteed results one way or the other. Oh, also, if you're still here- pressing X when you're sliding and charging is not only a good way to cancel an unintentional slide, but also generally better than pressing triangle because you can still unleash the aerial charge in the jump. Triangle commits you to it but X gives you that extra moment to make a decision on what you do with your jump.
I love the hammer, I think people underestimate the swinging attack, it's the only hammer attack that keeps you mobile during your and if you hit that last upswing it can do a ton of stun damage. Great video, keep em coming! ^^
Hammer player since monster hunter tri. It really is the most satisfying weapon imo. I really love the new attacks and charge up. I hope to see a best hammer video from you soon :) Right now im using the nergigante and zorah magdaros hammer. The last one reaches over 1200 attack with attack boost!
you might want to include the fact that the big bang combo is a high risk high return move, since if you whiff a swing in the combo, you lodge your hammer in the ground and are vulnerable for a short while. so for monsters that flail their heads around too much when they are down, you might want to just use your regular golf swing combo, since whiffing with that move still allows you to continue with the combo. i noticed one small thing that is more of an advanced thing to know about using the hammer, yes, charging the hammer slightly changes your moveset, but uncharged moves, from what I have noticed, are slightly faster to pull off, just something to keep in mind. as a hammer main, online, I notice, unless the player is accustomed to monster hunter, or has lots of experience playing multiplayer, they will trip hammer users left and right. Please, if you are new, or havent played much online, learn positioning and proper etiquette. every time you trip me, we likely miss out on me KOing a monster and/or building up more KO for later, as a hammer user, it is my job to continually smash a monsters face in, and if you make that job mostly impossible, I will just sit down and let you fight the monster on your own, because obviously you dont want my help. sitting and watching from the sidelines is preferable to continually being interrupted in the middle of combos to the point where I have almost no damage output, and cannot dodge out of the way of attacks in time. Hammer mains tend to understand enemy attacks and behavior much more than most other types of players short of GS users from what I find, since they have such a high risk style of play and are designed to target almost exclusively a single body part, the head. if you want to "git gud" fast, pick up the hammer. it forces you to learn all about positioning and risk taking. once you get good with a hammer, its a much easier task of picking up any other weapon, because you learn how to read the monsters movements from playing hammer. you get the added benefit of having the satisfaction of inflicting blunt force trauma on the monsters. also, pick up the paralysis hammer, combine that with the KO skill, and you can stunlock monsters for days, even more so if you have the impact mantle which greatly increases your KO power.
Elc22 Preach. It's also good to note that sometimes taking a hunt slow can ironicly speed up a hunt. When I picked up the hammer I learn how much wasted damage I was doing with other weapons. With the hammer you learn to just either run in and get a few quick attacks off and run out, or wait for that one moment when the monster is somehow immobilized. This way you can get the mostf damage off in one go. I used to exclusively play CB and would use my Charged slam attack on a moving target. Do NOT do this. Wait for the right moment to do your power attacks and it can change the course of battle.
One thing I'd like to add is you can change the direction of your jumping attack. When you jump off a ledge, press and hold R2 and aim with the left stick to aim the attack. You can also do this when you release R2 so it's super useful to ensure you hit the attack. Another thing is that your hunter actually defies the laws of physics and does a hop in the air when you initiate the R2 jumping attack. This means you can jump off a ledge, then R2 back on top of the ledge you just jumped off. Great for getting a mount on a monster standing right next to a ledge
I was never a big hammer guy in previous games but during the beta I gravitated towards it almost instantly. They didn't change much but it just feels so satisfying this time around. I still use switch axe or insect glaive for the annoying flying monsters like Rathalos that are hard to reach with hammer, but it's definitely my new favorite.
The in-air charge is so amazing, it allows you to re-position in the air and if an enemy is on the upper part of a cliff you can spam roll and charge attacks for tons of strong mount attacks.
You did miss 1 move that I noticed and technically it is the forward triangle that you already covered, you didn't mention you can do that move while spinning. There's a total of 3 different Spinning finishers; Spinning Side Smash (Didn't cover), Spinning Follow-up (Covered) and Spinning Strong Upswing (Covered). Also might of been a good idea to mention that you don't have to be facing the monster as a lot of the moves can hit behind you.
Great tutorial! I personally have never been into the hammer but now I'm tempted to try it again just not sure if I need to though. I kind of just picked up the HH after neglecting the weapon for 3 games and have fallen in love with the thing. I know the hammer is a good weapon, it's just that when I use it, for some reason I don't get the level of satisfaction I get when I use the HH or, my main weapon, the GS. I think I'm just gonna craft a decent hammer and go against a few higher level monsters to see if that changes. On a side note, the GS is another fantastic option for those looking to become better players. You also gain the left shoulder of Zeus...no seriously.
1:40 iirc the side smash have some form of flinch free and the effect continue for the rest of the combo, use it if you have a longsword user next to you, you can do side smash than the circle attack altho i haven't tested it if it still have the flinch free effect
There was also an attack right after you start spinning. Its a faster way to cancel it if you need to stop cus the monster moved. Its right after you start but before you complete the first spin.
By the way, there's actually 4 ways to end the spinning bludgeon. Pressing attack the moment it starts does what I think is called the spinning side smack (same as forward+attack). It's the fastest way to cancel the spinning bludgeon. Spinning follow-up is just between the side smack and the strong upswing in number of revolutions.
I used to main the lance, but because of just how fun, and powerful the hammer is, I've started to enjoy playing it so much more than I do the lance. I can't wait for the "top five hammers" video that I know is gonna come out!
Small note: if you jump off a ledge first and then press r2 while in the air you will float up in the air a couple of feet. This is important because you can maneuver in the air and land back on the ledge you jumped off of to hit a monster that is there.
One thing you didn't mention: When jumping off a ledge uncharged, pressing R1/RT will do a different jumping attack than pressing the other attach buttons or jumping off charged. This jumping attack gives you a bit of mid air hop, which gives you more distance and allows you to redirection yourself. Use it if the monster suddenly moves, is too far away, or if they're on the same ledge you just jumped off! Its incredibly useful.
I've been playing hammer in mhw after maining SNS in other MHS... I feel dumb I didn't know half these moves, especially the charged hammer. I'm going to have so much more fun thanks a lot !
Awesome as usual Gaijin :) Can't wait to see your top 10 hammers list, and Vaal hammer better be there! :D Also can't wait to see when you move onto my personal favorites (LS, CB, SA, GS, Bow, HBG) to compare notes :D Always love watching one of your guides, and sometimes even find something I have missed myself. Although I miss that section when you would list all the motion values for attacks :(
One incredibly useful tip you might wanna add. When jumping off a ledge or wall jump you can charge mid air and actually 180 or change direction all together . Really useful in multiplayer because the monster will be moving alot more than usual.
I've been doing pretty well with the hammer and it's been fun to use BUT I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT CHARGING THE HAMMER, watching these videos always shows me something new that I somehow missed earlier...
I'm really glad they've made it so you can get tails as a reward when you use hammer even if you don't get the extra carve from actually cutting a tail
Added tip.. for the Spinning Hell Bludgeoning Thunderous Hammer Smash From Above, you could actually sort of control the trajectory of where you will land, though the timing is strict, you need to release R2 at the very moment you're hunter is facing on an upward slope while sliding.. Perfect if the monster's face suddenly changed it's course. Source: Used Hammer until HR35 until Bow happened. EDIT: Also, I just remembered.. the Upswing finisher of the Triangle combo has a very weird hit angle.. like say, Diablos' face is on your back, when you performed the Upswing, it will still hit.
Two missing moves: After you enter the charged spinning attack, you can immediately press attack to end it in one spin with a side smash. After doing a jump attack, you can do a follow-up attack with an upward swing.
yeah i've really been enjoying hammer this time around its still the KO king and the face breaker for sure. I dont know if you use bows but some stuff could be cleared up about it, a lot of skills form the old days dont work well with the bow anymore, like focus, because i see most good bow users capitalizing on the dragonpiercer and dodge combo shots, it might be a good weapon to cover as well.
Aaaand just like that the weapon I have been using for a good 20 hours, thinking I was awesome. It turns out, I knew nothing thanks for the guide/tips! :)
lol i learned to take every monster to a ledge or hill, oh my goodness, so fun. I turned into the soul of sonic the hedgehog. Great hammer video extremely informative for players wanting to start using the weapon. That charged hook is easily one of my favorite swings from this boi.
When he stopped at big bang IV I got a severe case of blue balls
Baritone Beard Two things: one I feel your pain, two you have an amazing username.
Brent Coker thank you, friend
This comment truly made me chuckle. I too was like "Awwwwwwwww no Big Bang V"
Hardest part about playing hammer....Other players going for the head when the tail is still sever-able
Punk Pirate
..........i can not love this comment any more then I currently do. It's so frustrating.
*Gives me conniptions*
Even when the tail is severed, if you have a hammer or war horn in your group. Let them break the face. Attack the body Instead, break the wings/legs
+Gamer G33k this is garbage advice! HH and hammer should always try and go for the head (unless it's hard to reach or they're sure another KO won't happen by that point in the hunt).
Enemy Stand I'm pretty sure he meant that the non-hammer/hh users should always avoid the head
Man.. I remember watching your hammer tutorial back in 4U when I finally stepped away from lance after so many years. Looking though the comments and seeing all the new players finally enjoying the game, learning all about the weapons, and making it the phenomenon I’ve always wanted it to be really puts a smile on this Doodle’s face! Happy hunting new hunters!
I've been telling people for years, no matter what you main, or how you hunt, you need to LEARN THE HAMMER! I'm a Longsword dweeb, and I'm a better hunter for learning hammer. Preach, Gaijin, spread the hammer word!
how'd you improve ?
Mostly awareness. I went from swinging the wide sweeping LS recklessly to pinpointing key areas for maximum effectiveness, as well as being more aware of my teammates so as not to hit them. I was one of those jerks who would rush in with the LS and knock everyone down, but the precision attacks the hammer required and the danger of whacking people around (Especially back in Tri) just made me more accurate and more respectful when I went back to the LS. Now my friends can hunt with me without fear of being pushed around.
Long story short, I learned how to take big attacks, and focus them right where I want them. Happy hunting!
Same here. Using the hammer also taught me to take it slow. At first I was like "GET ALL DA HITS FEST" but now i know the best way to hunt is to take it slow, wait for the right moment. Doing this actually makes hunts go faster imo since instead of just spamming a weak attack I can wait for that great moment to do lots of damage
Take it slow was a lesson I picked up from LBG, which was my first none melee weapon, though World is my third MonHun. You can't just spray bullets at the monster, it's much more effective to place shots, especially since the stronger ammo is single shot before a reload, and it matters exactly where you are hitting.
Kite Darkside I'd argue that greatsword is like this as well
Yo, I just wanted to say that I've seen every single one of your weapon tutorials even so far, even though I'm a veteran and I know my weapons quite well, just because they are very pleasant and relaxing to watch. I'm lovin MHW and your videos about it, keep it up!
Man, every time I watch one of your weapon tutorials, it makes me want to make a set for it lol. Thank you for the video!
It means I did my job well, thanks!
I already got a set for it, but need to learn the weapon first. Tutorials are nice and all, but I can only seem to learn stuff by doing which won't make it easier for me, sadly. But still, I really appreciate these tutorials :)
Man, I need to try hammer now. Are you thinking about covering mounting mechanics in a future video?
Chizuru94 The videos are better for learning the hidden combos and techniques not covered in the Hunter's Guide.
And Great Jagras makes a lovely test dummy.
I would love to see a couple suggested armor skills thrown in at the end of these, but, otherwise another fantastic video! keep up the amazing work!
If you're looking for a highrank set that doesnt relied on end game decoration, i would recommend rathalos set, but swap the arm out for kastadon.
KO, Weakness Exploit, Crit Boost, Attack Up
I prefer using Rathalos/Rathian(Variants included) armor with a radobaan arm piece. This is because I use the Radobaan hammer so I make monsters fall asleep alot more. Basicly use what EasyRun said and also think about what element/ailment you have
Ah gaijin, you have some of the best MH videos our there! Your videos taught me the beauty of using the Lance even though I am a hammer main. All of your tutorials are fantastic!
Dude same, he convinced me to try out lance from hammer and now I'm hooked.
Hmm hammer main here, I'll look into this...
Back when I heard about MHW I got excited because I love your tutorials. As per usual you taught me something I didn't know. Can't wait for more.
Why in darnation did people dislike this?
I mean, seriously, there's nothing to dislike here, no opinion, just info, accurate and useful info, there's literally no reason to dislike this!!
One in one thousand people are morons it turns out.
Its great that you've been dishing out all these usefuls tutorials lately. I've always watch your tutorials since the MH4U days. I always show your tutorials to friends since you go in-depth with the weapons so much and make your explanations easy to understand. Hope you do one on the sword and shield.
Your guides are amazing. I'm new to MH and frankly, probably the New World's Worst Hunter so they're a huge help to me. I've been using Lance after your guide for that weapon and it's really helped me slow down the game and try to figure things out.
Your line about the Hammer helping you dig deeper into the game and help figure out weak points is super tempting. As it stands, I just guard against everything and pokepokepoke.
Anyways, your guides are some of the best game related youtube videos I've watched. Truly appreciated.
Thank you so much :)
Oh boy, more hunters!
u litterly chose the best youtuber with arrekz gaming for mhw stuff, they dont spread wrong figures
🎶Stop, Hammer Time 🔨🎶
Ian Rocco “Every time you see me, the Hammer's just so hyped / I'm dope on the floor and I'm magic on the mic / Now why would I ever stop doin' this?”
That timing, was literally just about to look for a hammer guide
Great timing, just yesterday I figured I would try hammer. Figured I would look up a guide today and my favorite MH guy made one. It is almost like you made it just for me. Thanks for the guide and keep up the good work.
Thank you so much for all the tutorial. Mostly yours that I find it understandable for a newbie like me. Plus your voice is so calming and clear, thank you TwT
Gaijin.. We don't deserve you man! Your videos are so quality.. The gold standard in MH!
200+ hours, hammer main the whole time, I knew this stuff but just love your vids, keep on KO-ing!
Subbed, love your passion, knowledge and calm demeanor
You're probably the only TH-cam I ever go to for monster hunter because I've been watching ever since I found you loooong time ago.
uuooghhh those big combos
definitely keep it up with this format of tutorial! The lance tutorial really woke me up to that weapon for mounting and charge attacks.
Really comprehensive guide with great tips and things to watch out for
finally! been waiting for a hammer tutorial! thanks Adam
I'm VERY new to Monster Hunter. My friends have been pushing this series on me for sometime and I finally caved and I am so glad I did. This game is great. I normally play range or Mage roles within the party so I tried range. I can't seem to get it to stick... so on a whim, I tried the Hammer. I can't tell you how satisfying it is to smash faces. It's a little tricky to get the timing since I am not used to slower weapons but your tutorials are great. I watched the Insect Glaive one as well and I have improved since. Thank you so much for the videos! Subscribed! :)
I’ve been a casual MH player since Tri on the Wii. Never more than 100-150 hours into any of them (well 200 in Tri but I digress). I always bounce around between weapons too. Long story short about 6 hours into World I decided to try Hammer for the first time ever...I don’t know why I didn’t try it before! I’m having so much fun with it in World, it was easy to pick up and learn and again so much fun. So here I am about 50 hours into World, loving the Hammer yet still learning things about it from your video. Keep up the great work, I have been a fan since I found your channel while playing MH4U. You taught me things then about S&S that I didn’t know and I had used them for years lol.
I mean I’m still bouncing around with weapons because they are all so much fun this time around but Hammer is easily my favorite!
I got this game a little over a week ago and your videos have helped a bunch I was terrified of trying to use harder weapons but by watching your videos it helps to ease the learning process so I thank you good hunter
Another really good video. As a complete noob to this series, these videos are extremely helpful. Thanks so much!
Love love all your MH videos! I mained IG back in mh4 and decided to tried something else in mhw, after seeing your hunting horn tutorial I realised how much I've been missing out lol. Now I main HH hammer IG SA and CB, must say hammer is soooo satisfying! Nothing KO a monster faster than hammer!
I just started on the hammer and never knew some of these things. Very helpful and awesome videos like always thanks gaijinhunter
Hello this channel really helped me with monster hunter weapon tutorials in gen and world
I started playing with hammer yesterday, so this is excellent timing! I didn't know exactly what Power Charge did, and thought it just made my current charge attack stronger, so it's cool to know that it makes _everything_ stronger! great videos, keep up the good work
My favorite Hammer video so far sir! One thing that's good to note is that when you do the wall scale/jump spinning attack, you can steer it quite a bit by holding a direction before you jump off the wall; it's quite useful.
You really explain well from step by step from 1-10 unlike other video who jump here from there. It sad to see quality video like this have less views than others.
My mix set consist of;
-Diablos Shatterer 2 (Hammer)
-Dragonking Eyepatch (Head)
-Diablos Mail Beta (Chest)
-Nergigante Vambraces Alpha (Glove)
-Nergigante Coil Beta (Waist)
-Diablos Greaves Alpha (Boots)
-Enervate Charm 3
Decorations
-Attack Jewel 1
-Flight Jewel 2
-Elementless Jewel 2
-Slider Jewel 2
Skills
-Attack Boost Lvl 4
-Slugger Lvl 3
-Stamina Thief Lvl 3
-Tremor Resistance Lvl 2
-Weakness Exploit Lvl 2
-Agitator Lvl 2
-Airborne Lvl 1
-Affinity Sliding Lvl 1
-Non-Elemental Boost Lvl 1
-Diablos Mastery (Bludgeoner)
Now this consist of KO and making Monsters Exhausted very quickly while using the strongest Raw Damage Hammer which is Diablos Hammer. Agitator, Attack Boost, Weakness Exploit and Affinity Sliding all help negate that negative Affinity the Hammer has making it have a max of 30% Affinity dealing massive damage, Bludgeoner makes it easier to KO Monsters and also makes your hammer stronger as you lose sharpness, Green being the Sweet Spot of Sharpness. The Airborne skill is used for that great sliding spinning slam which makes each hit even more powerful. My thoughts I have been using this set for all of the Multiplayer stuff and it can KO and exhaust monsters very easily even Tempered Elders, if I can get the required materials for the augmentations then I will augment the Hammer for Extra Attack Power and an Extra Slot this will then let me slot a Tenderizer Jewel 2 along with the Attack Jewel.
Thank you! This is exactly what i've been looking for!
Michael Liangto you can probably remove the Jumping Jewel for a Critical Boost Jewel will have to do some damage testing to see if it's stronger but first I need to get that Jewel
I already had a similar mix but Nerg hammer and some +affinity. I noticed I wasn't KO'ing anymore in HR. Seeing this video made me not feel as bad, so I guess I do need to start aiming back towards Slugger, at least for an online build.
Thelgow adding Affinity will not increase the KO rate, you actually need Slugger skill but yea you want damage the Diablos Hammer is the way to go
CitrusQuill does bludgeoner actually boost the hammer? It says it boost's ranged weapons melee and odds of stunning so I wondering if it applied to the hammer too.
Has a Hammer main i wanted to make sure you covered everything and gotta say you did a very good job
I have main the hammer since mhfu and this is an excellent guide to the hammer. And remember kids if you on a slope or against the mushroom walls please spam the Ariel charged attack, the repositioning on that attack is very strong and mounting is always good.
Looking forward to your top 5 MHW hammers now.
I've been using hammer since I started playing Monster Hunter back in 3u, and it's such a fun weapon to use. I hope this video gets more people to try it, because the knockdowns and stuns you get are so satisfying.
As a long time Hammer main I want to say this tutorial isn't bad.
Not masterfully detailed. Left out one of the spinning finishers, catapult mechanic, omni-directional damage, Swing speed change from charging hammer, high risk "o" combo, and didn't detail stun damages.
However, it is well-paced and accurate. Pleasure continue I thoroughly enjoyed this tutorial.
Another little trick for hammer users. While jumping off ledges, if you do not already have a charge attack, you can use the charge midair to allow you to slightly extend your jump as well as adjust your direction. This allows a lot more mounting damage to be applied when the monster is sitting on top of a ledge and not in an optimal position for mounting strikes.
should be noted, hammer now has a way to cut tails, if you mount and go for the tail, those stabs count as cutting, and for some reason the hammer finisher cuts it of
I imagine the hunter thining the muscles and knocking it of with the hammer onces its ready
Perfect timing. Been farming the Handicraft III Charm yesterday for my Diablos Hammer. I had to take down 30 (!) Kushala Daora for that stupid gem... But now I got my hammer set, and the perfect guide to acompany me.
Great video, as always :]
FYI in case you weren't aware but the weekly Limited Bounties reward you with a Golden Wyverian Print if you complete them all which you can trade into the Elder Melder for one of any of the gems in the game. Farmed Vaal for his pieces for my weapon and once I had everything but the Gem I just melded it cuz RNG is a bitch.
LeoGado Thanks... Actually used it up to get the Zohra gem, cos that fight is boring af :)
I'm late to this but this is exactly the depth I was looking for, I had to thank you
Really enjoy your videos especially guides like these. One thing that's missing for me would be that maybe at the end for 1-2 mins you could show us recommended armor skills and maybe a few armor parts which go really well with each specific weapon. Appreciate all your work dawg, and thanks for all the video's, I hope you and Yuna enjoy your day
Greetings from Germany:)
If you want a build that makes great use of the Hammers fun sliding attack, then this guy's got you covered th-cam.com/video/nAXcqcwBe_Q/w-d-xo.html
Zandatsu Bot appreciated :)
I cant even count how many people were surprised when i told them that the power charge existed. Thank you.
Thanks for the vid. I went Hammer first and loved it, but was 2nd guessing myself in HR when I went online and wasn't KO'ing anymore. It really does take forever or never really since I moved off Slugger for Weakness Exploit/Atk up. Also note the hammer is air king when near a ledge. If you dash off with X, pressing R2 will give you a little jump and let you change direction. I jump off the ledge, then hold the stick back to the ledge and hit R2 to get back onto it. Immediately angle the stick towards the monster so you can keep your momentum back to the ledge. Some things like Xeno if near the edge in first phase I can hit for 100+ multiple times vs the weak 40-60 on the legs. And I out rodeo Glaive's fairly often.
Gaijin can you do an updated guide on positioning? Cuz alot of newbies are struggling with this aspect of the game.
Also the power charge has definitely breathed new life into hammer. It's definitely not the weaksauce it was in 4u.
Quick edit: your guides and arekkz's guides has really improved this time around.
I kinda miss knowing the exact motion values, but since we have damage values I guess its okay
Plz do
This video gave me incentive me to go try the hammer again, and good lord... that wide hook from a level one charge after storing power.
Just had a hunt where I was capturing a high rank Odogaron. I mounted it first strike, knocked it over, KO'd it, staggered it, knocked it over again, mounted it a second time, knocked it over, exhausted it, and proceeded to go ham on its head! I had it limping in 3 minutes. New favorite weapon for ground based monsters I think. (Or until the next tutorial comes out telling me how to optimally use something else I suck at.)
I was a hammer main until 4U where its KO value and opportunity fell waaaayyyy behind the Charge Blade. When I saw additions of the "whoop-whoop slam" and especially Vegeta's Big Bang Attack, I knew it was time to come home. And I couldn't be happier. Great tut as always Gaijin.
Thank you for bigging up the hammer. Between that, and the bow, I haven't met a monster I can't beat down.
I really hope that your channel subscribers will skyrocket now that a lot more people are joining the monster hunter community. I’ve only been watching you since your mh4u videos but you honestly the best instructional Monster Hunter videos on youtube. The only reason I have gone outside my comfort zone to try new weapons is because of you.
HAMMER BROS ASSEMBLE!!!!
+GunlessSnake is there room on the council for your genetically superior tooty cousins?
Proud Hammer Bro since old TRI days!!!
MHW can`t come to PC soon enough T.T I want it sooooo much
So there's this cool hammer tech I've been making use of with regards to mid-air charging- if you draw into a charge in mid-air, or roll off an edge with your hammer drawn and begin charging, the game will grant you an additional "bounce" off the air which you can orient in any direction you please. It doesn't sound like much, but what I've figured out you can do is roll off any edge (for example, ledges in the arena), rotate the control stick backward and initiate a charge that lands you back on the ledge. Thus, with literally any edge you can execute a whole lot of charged aerial attacks in quick succession, by simply going roll > rotate stick back > charge > release > rinse and repeat. This is also helped by the fact that the direction you face when you initiate the charge and when you release it are actually independent, which makes for some INCREDIBLY easy head sniping, while racking up the mount damage super quickly (and the raw damage output isn't too shoddy either).
I'm telling you, hammer is the mounting weapon of this game. Insect glaive can back off.
Also fun fact-, y'know those annoying vines in Wildspire waste that don't quite extend up the ledge even though they look like they do? You can use this technique to get up there anyway. Could save you a few seconds one day.
tl;dr Aerial charging is weird. But kinda the best thing ever. If you ever find yourself struggling finding the face online because the monsters torn between 4 different targets, just start spamming this. Guaranteed results one way or the other.
Oh, also, if you're still here- pressing X when you're sliding and charging is not only a good way to cancel an unintentional slide, but also generally better than pressing triangle because you can still unleash the aerial charge in the jump. Triangle commits you to it but X gives you that extra moment to make a decision on what you do with your jump.
I love the hammer, I think people underestimate the swinging attack, it's the only hammer attack that keeps you mobile during your and if you hit that last upswing it can do a ton of stun damage. Great video, keep em coming! ^^
You the real MVP, thanks for all your amazing tips and tricks! I can see your sub count exploding with all the attention MHW is getting.
Hammer player since monster hunter tri. It really is the most satisfying weapon imo.
I really love the new attacks and charge up.
I hope to see a best hammer video from you soon :)
Right now im using the nergigante and zorah magdaros hammer. The last one reaches over 1200 attack with attack boost!
you might want to include the fact that the big bang combo is a high risk high return move, since if you whiff a swing in the combo, you lodge your hammer in the ground and are vulnerable for a short while. so for monsters that flail their heads around too much when they are down, you might want to just use your regular golf swing combo, since whiffing with that move still allows you to continue with the combo.
i noticed one small thing that is more of an advanced thing to know about using the hammer, yes, charging the hammer slightly changes your moveset, but uncharged moves, from what I have noticed, are slightly faster to pull off, just something to keep in mind. as a hammer main, online, I notice, unless the player is accustomed to monster hunter, or has lots of experience playing multiplayer, they will trip hammer users left and right. Please, if you are new, or havent played much online, learn positioning and proper etiquette. every time you trip me, we likely miss out on me KOing a monster and/or building up more KO for later, as a hammer user, it is my job to continually smash a monsters face in, and if you make that job mostly impossible, I will just sit down and let you fight the monster on your own, because obviously you dont want my help. sitting and watching from the sidelines is preferable to continually being interrupted in the middle of combos to the point where I have almost no damage output, and cannot dodge out of the way of attacks in time. Hammer mains tend to understand enemy attacks and behavior much more than most other types of players short of GS users from what I find, since they have such a high risk style of play and are designed to target almost exclusively a single body part, the head. if you want to "git gud" fast, pick up the hammer. it forces you to learn all about positioning and risk taking. once you get good with a hammer, its a much easier task of picking up any other weapon, because you learn how to read the monsters movements from playing hammer. you get the added benefit of having the satisfaction of inflicting blunt force trauma on the monsters. also, pick up the paralysis hammer, combine that with the KO skill, and you can stunlock monsters for days, even more so if you have the impact mantle which greatly increases your KO power.
Elc22 Preach. It's also good to note that sometimes taking a hunt slow can ironicly speed up a hunt. When I picked up the hammer I learn how much wasted damage I was doing with other weapons. With the hammer you learn to just either run in and get a few quick attacks off and run out, or wait for that one moment when the monster is somehow immobilized. This way you can get the mostf damage off in one go. I used to exclusively play CB and would use my Charged slam attack on a moving target. Do NOT do this. Wait for the right moment to do your power attacks and it can change the course of battle.
This hammer video is more informative than another hammer video that came out about the same time.
One thing I'd like to add is you can change the direction of your jumping attack. When you jump off a ledge, press and hold R2 and aim with the left stick to aim the attack. You can also do this when you release R2 so it's super useful to ensure you hit the attack.
Another thing is that your hunter actually defies the laws of physics and does a hop in the air when you initiate the R2 jumping attack. This means you can jump off a ledge, then R2 back on top of the ledge you just jumped off. Great for getting a mount on a monster standing right next to a ledge
it's like you said, affinity slide + weakness exploit hammer against nergigante at his playground makes it so easy. keep up the awesome vids!
I was never a big hammer guy in previous games but during the beta I gravitated towards it almost instantly. They didn't change much but it just feels so satisfying this time around. I still use switch axe or insect glaive for the annoying flying monsters like Rathalos that are hard to reach with hammer, but it's definitely my new favorite.
Great video man, I really can't wait for your cb video.
awesome video, very helpful as always! loving the hammer, i play it as my secondary weapon and its just super fun to use :)
I was using the charge blade previously and, it felt so good to switch to the hammer because it's so much more simpler.
Hammer main unite
Mohammad Faris hammer main falling in
Val Hazak axe dude reporting for duty, sir!
Been my group's hammer main since freedom 2
Diablos shatterer II spinning to oblivion XD
Where's the sign in sheet?
The in-air charge is so amazing, it allows you to re-position in the air and if an enemy is on the upper part of a cliff you can spam roll and charge attacks for tons of strong mount attacks.
great tutorial, Gaijin, as always :) and boy, do you love sound effects when talking about blunt weapons haha
I have a thing for blunt weapons :p
You did miss 1 move that I noticed and technically it is the forward triangle that you already covered, you didn't mention you can do that move while spinning. There's a total of 3 different Spinning finishers; Spinning Side Smash (Didn't cover), Spinning Follow-up (Covered) and Spinning Strong Upswing (Covered).
Also might of been a good idea to mention that you don't have to be facing the monster as a lot of the moves can hit behind you.
Hammer feels so satisfying when you smash monsters to pieces.
Great tutorial! I personally have never been into the hammer but now I'm tempted to try it again just not sure if I need to though. I kind of just picked up the HH after neglecting the weapon for 3 games and have fallen in love with the thing. I know the hammer is a good weapon, it's just that when I use it, for some reason I don't get the level of satisfaction I get when I use the HH or, my main weapon, the GS. I think I'm just gonna craft a decent hammer and go against a few higher level monsters to see if that changes.
On a side note, the GS is another fantastic option for those looking to become better players. You also gain the left shoulder of Zeus...no seriously.
1:40 iirc the side smash have some form of flinch free and the effect continue for the rest of the combo, use it if you have a longsword user next to you, you can do side smash than the circle attack altho i haven't tested it if it still have the flinch free effect
There was also an attack right after you start spinning. Its a faster way to cancel it if you need to stop cus the monster moved. Its right after you start but before you complete the first spin.
By the way, there's actually 4 ways to end the spinning bludgeon. Pressing attack the moment it starts does what I think is called the spinning side smack (same as forward+attack). It's the fastest way to cancel the spinning bludgeon. Spinning follow-up is just between the side smack and the strong upswing in number of revolutions.
I used to main the lance, but because of just how fun, and powerful the hammer is, I've started to enjoy playing it so much more than I do the lance. I can't wait for the "top five hammers" video that I know is gonna come out!
As a hammer lover, I'm happy to see it so good and satisfying to use. Damn, every time we hit a finisher feels so good
Small note: if you jump off a ledge first and then press r2 while in the air you will float up in the air a couple of feet. This is important because you can maneuver in the air and land back on the ledge you jumped off of to hit a monster that is there.
One thing you didn't mention:
When jumping off a ledge uncharged, pressing R1/RT will do a different jumping attack than pressing the other attach buttons or jumping off charged. This jumping attack gives you a bit of mid air hop, which gives you more distance and allows you to redirection yourself. Use it if the monster suddenly moves, is too far away, or if they're on the same ledge you just jumped off! Its incredibly useful.
Another great tutorial video that's making me wish I wasn't on vacation, I'd rather be home hunting. Thanks GH, love ya bud! Cheers
I've been playing hammer in mhw after maining SNS in other MHS... I feel dumb I didn't know half these moves, especially the charged hammer. I'm going to have so much more fun thanks a lot !
Awesome as usual Gaijin :) Can't wait to see your top 10 hammers list, and Vaal hammer better be there! :D Also can't wait to see when you move onto my personal favorites (LS, CB, SA, GS, Bow, HBG) to compare notes :D Always love watching one of your guides, and sometimes even find something I have missed myself. Although I miss that section when you would list all the motion values for attacks :(
One incredibly useful tip you might wanna add. When jumping off a ledge or wall jump you can charge mid air and actually 180 or change direction all together . Really useful in multiplayer because the monster will be moving alot more than usual.
Also you can "charge up" your big band combo off another player with flinch free and your palico.
I've been doing pretty well with the hammer and it's been fun to use BUT I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT CHARGING THE HAMMER, watching these videos always shows me something new that I somehow missed earlier...
I haven't even finished it yet, but great video like always!
Every weapon guide for every weapon ever created. "This is easy to use but hard to master"
Karpata not really. GS is allways considered difficult xD
Longsword is not that hard for me
For me its Kingdom hearts 1 Flashback
i promise you wont hear that from me except for hammer. Ive been consistent in this regard^^
gaijin hunter and for the hammer, that saying rings the truest
Love the Hammer! I moved over to it in MH3U and never looked back! 💪
I'm really glad they've made it so you can get tails as a reward when you use hammer even if you don't get the extra carve from actually cutting a tail
*W* *H* *A* *M* *O*
I need to wash my eyes after seeing your profile pic...
Too Much Hentai nice uh... Nice pfp
nergigante's playground made me a believer in the hammer. it really is the most fun area for hammer users
Nice guide. Looking forward to the Gunlance one soon.
Added tip.. for the Spinning Hell Bludgeoning Thunderous Hammer Smash From Above, you could actually sort of control the trajectory of where you will land, though the timing is strict, you need to release R2 at the very moment you're hunter is facing on an upward slope while sliding.. Perfect if the monster's face suddenly changed it's course.
Source: Used Hammer until HR35 until Bow happened.
EDIT: Also, I just remembered.. the Upswing finisher of the Triangle combo has a very weird hit angle.. like say, Diablos' face is on your back, when you performed the Upswing, it will still hit.
Damn I didn't know there is power charge even after I played with hammer all the way through the higher rank. Thank you for the great tutorial.
Two missing moves:
After you enter the charged spinning attack, you can immediately press attack to end it in one spin with a side smash.
After doing a jump attack, you can do a follow-up attack with an upward swing.
I've been playing hammer in mhw for 12 hours now, and i just realize hammer has charged mode, thanks man
"that's because you're whapping it in the face with a very heavy hard blunt object"
I have a new favorite word.
whap whap whap
yeah i've really been enjoying hammer this time around its still the KO king and the face breaker for sure.
I dont know if you use bows but some stuff could be cleared up about it, a lot of skills form the old days dont work well with the bow anymore, like focus, because i see most good bow users capitalizing on the dragonpiercer and dodge combo shots, it might be a good weapon to cover as well.
I love my gun lance, but I'm for sure going to give the hammer a go! Great video!
"That's because you hit it with a very large blunt weapon"
Brb, sharpening time.
Things I learned today. when playing with hammer bros, poke the tail, don't poke the bro.
Aaaand just like that the weapon I have been using for a good 20 hours, thinking I was awesome. It turns out, I knew nothing thanks for the guide/tips! :)
lol i learned to take every monster to a ledge or hill, oh my goodness, so fun. I turned into the soul of sonic the hedgehog. Great hammer video extremely informative for players wanting to start using the weapon. That charged hook is easily one of my favorite swings from this boi.