There's been a huge influx of new viewers, I hope you're all as excited for Wilds as I am!! I will be streaming and posting some runs of the public demo when it becomes available, as well as do a full lance playthrough on release of the full game (and possibly a few speedruns or challenge playthroughs), so keep a look out on this channel and on my Twitch (www.twitch.tv/likelytoph)!! Would love to see you there
Thank you so much! I've put a lot of time into this matchup specifically and this is a lucky run with a good script, so honestly it's not that useful to compare yourself to. I'm happy for every person out there playing lance and I'm sure your poking skills are adequate :)
Second time watching. This speedrun makes me so proud of the Lance community. It's so awesome to play a weapon with such a small playerbase, because whenever somebody does something cool everyone gets together to congratulate them. Amazing stuff
Thank you, I appreciate that so much! I feel the same way, lance is such an amazing weapon in 5th gen (and Wilds from the bit I've experienced) and it makes me really happy to be one of the people pushing it to its limits and getting to be part of this community in that way
"Let me just poke this stereotypical looking dragon and block everything he throws at me, then I'll call it a day." This is a very different fight compared to all the other weapons. Love it.
First of all, amazing run. Very technical execution, stunning positioning. All guards into powerguards were on point, as were all CCounters. You got yourself a new subscriber. As a side-note: I've noticed several comments about their posters suddenly feeling bad or devoid of skill as Lance players, so let me tell you one thing: you should not really compare yourself to speedrunners of the highest caliber. While it is undeniable that their skill is above that of most of us - me included - they still follow a script and grind certain fights for weeks, sometimes months. You simply cannot get close to those times without following the same procedure. So don't feel too bad about yourselves!
@@Raisera Thank you so much for the high praise 😌 And I fully agree, it can be useful for a normal player to watch speedruns to try and understand how to position or use openings better, as well as seeing what is possible in the first place. But comparing your casual 15+ minute fights to a fully scripted speedrun, of which you only see the one run with minimal mistakes and bad rng, is essentially pointless.
Damn this is probably the best lance gameplay I've ever seen. I didn't even know the weapon could do some of this and will hopefully integrate it into my own gameplay. Well done!
INSANE run holy shit. Peak lance gameplay, creative use of the mantles too, I was wondering what glider was doing there until I saw the jewels, will definitely look upon this
I recently picked up the lance after not liking it much in previous games, thanks to the word of a friend. I wasn't fully convinced that the lance was a very dynamic weapon until this video. Great run!
@@ianluk6385 This is a really common opinion tbh, many people pick up lance at the start of the game and see the abysmal walk speed and not being able to move while blocking and they decide it's too turtly and slow for them, when in reality the weapon is capable of really fun and aggressive ways to position and keep up damage. I commend the world endgame for really making you learn how to do it too, between DPS checks and "if there's too much distance between you and the monster, you're probably dead" as is the case with Fatalis and AT velk
@dot_execute-0 yeah, I must admit that, as someone who primarily used Dual Blades and Long Sword (and then went on to main Insect Glaive since it was introduced), I didn't really like the idea of the lance as much at first. I really tried it out in 4U, and I liked it enough but it still wasn't exactly what I was looking for. And I expected to like it even less in World since my main, Insect Glaive, became the most mobile weapon in the game, and getting used to being (comparatively) less mobile would be a chore. But after trying it out again I like it a lot!
The only thing that matters is that youre having fun with the weapon :) This took a ton of time and I think many people would really not enjoy grinding this many runs, and thats fine too c:
this is just the cleanest lance fatalis run i've ever seen, good job! i thought there's gonna be a lot of cheese on it (like that certain video) but i was wrong. GG!!
Thank you!! It was honestly my main goal to beat the run(s) utilizing heroics and heavy scripting, and when I saw Joseph's run I knew it was possible and doable. Playing the actual matchup is much more fun to me than AI manipulation and resetting for good RNG (which is also the reason I'm not pushing this run further or trying to get other competitive runs)
Man you're one of my inspirations to get better at Lancing in Iceborne! 4:33 that's Sunbreak Lance for a solid 10 seconds lmao Edited: Also, how much do you suggest Heat Guard specifically for Lancing against Fatalis? I can survive fighting him on the burning ground but the burn damage is pretty bad that I'm interested in using one after watching your run.
I use the Velkhana greaves for peak performance 3, and during the third phase it's extremely common (especially for lance since you mostly defend statically) to be standing in the fire, so peak performance basically isn't active at all without heat guard. It's rare that I have to worry about dying during runs like this (though it does happen, like at 5:00), so the reason I run it is mostly for the damage increase. Also I appreciate that a lot, keep practicing and learning and you'll get there in no time :)
Yo et la daccord car jai vu une video ou le gars coince le fatalis dans un coin et avec fumigene le fini comme sa mais la se gameplay rend honneur a cet arme clairement je suis impressionner vraiment par le gameplay de cet arme car jai jamais jouer avec elle et le gameplay me parait un peu bizarre si je veut etre honnete mais vraiment bravo vous lavez deglinguer le fatalis bravo a vous
As someone who just picked up the lance, you are someone I aspire to be as good as. Quick question, how do you have your skill display at the end so clean? The set bonuses being at the end and the food skills being separate is really nice
@@ERFMXVCC I appreciate that! The skill display is all vanilla so I think it just has to do with the number of active skills happening to line up with the page limit
@@dot_execute-0 EDIT: Nevermind, I'm an idiot, I was mixing up the skill info screen when you go into equipment info with the Status tabs that display skills, which is what you showed Oh interesting! I wonder if it's some setting I have to find somewhere, mine displays all the set bonuses first, and not as compactly either, and also groups food skills with the rest of them
I talked about it in another comment: It's a bit complicated, there's basically 2 instances of knockback that's hitting me. The fireball first, which causes heavy knockback and would keep me stuck in block. The second knockback comes from the wind Fatalis causes when flying up, which is light knockback, overrides the animation I'm in and allows me to immediately act again. The clutch counter input afterwards is pretty tight but it's a really fun tech to learn!
@@dot_execute-0 Ah ok, so I need to block the fireball but also need to stay close to fatalis, so the wind can hit me, while I’m in the block? Is that right? And then I can do the counter guard and press slinger to do the grab, right?
How did you use counter claw when Fatalis does charged fireball into fly?? I use counter stance to block fireball and get heavy knockback even with guard 5 (and forced to block fly also)
I talked about it in another comment: It's a bit complicated, there's basically 2 instances of knockback that's hitting me. The fireball first, which causes heavy knockback and would keep me stuck in block. The second knockback comes from the wind Fatalis causes when flying up, which is light knockback, overrides the animation I'm in and allows me to immediately act again. The clutch counter input afterwards is pretty tight but it's a really fun tech to learn!
@@dot_execute-0 i'm still don't understand tbh) So both knockbacks happen at the same time, right? How does override works? Is it random or i have to press counter guard at the right time? (last possible moment?) How to force wind knockbak to register instead of fireball?)
Kinda late but how did you do that guard-hop thing at 4:48? I'm trying to main lance and grind it out before wilds because I've always wanted to, and it looks like lance might finally be acceptable for casual play
I'm not sure what you mean, can you explain what guard hop thing? I block the fireball, go into power guard during the knockback, do the thrust followup, poke two more times and hop backwards
@@dot_execute-0 Apologies! It's at 4:41 instead. To me, it *looks* like you're doing a small hop backwards while guarding. The confusion is on me, I apologize. It appears from what I see on the screen that you're somehow guarding while hopping backwards
@@melromarcdubois3448 its the guard dash, you do it by pressing block and Y on an xbox controller plus the direction you want to move in this case backwards
It's a bit complicated, there's basically 2 instances of knockback that's hitting me. The fireball first, which causes heavy knockback and would keep me stuck in block, like you said. The second knockback comes from the wind Fatalis causes when flying up, which is light knockback, overrides the animation I'm in and allows me to immediately act again. The clutch counter input afterwards is pretty tight but it's a really fun tech to learn!
@@imhasd There's a few layers to this: firstly, not every monster attack (and tbh surprisingly few for Fatalis) have what is called a guard angle requirement, meaning they're blocked no matter what direction they come from as long as you hold your shield up. This is really apparent with the slow bite he does on all fours. (My assumption is that the devs considered these attacks to be coming moreso from above than from a specific direction, which is more than questionable for some of them.) The other part is that power guard does in fact immediately give you a 360 degree guard angle, meaning you can block any attack from behind even if it does have guard angle requirements, as long as you're in power guard when you get hit.
The crit rng was insane towards the end. Only 85% affinity on the non-tendy head and I think there were only 2 missed crits. Your skills are undeniable though, amazing job! 🎉
Thank you! I would've preferred the crit on the charge finisher and missed a few ticks for it but such is the nature of rng lmao Statistical average would've been to miss 4 crits I think
![[MHW] Fatalis Solo Lance Speedrun - 9'31"70](/img/n.gif)
There's been a huge influx of new viewers, I hope you're all as excited for Wilds as I am!! I will be streaming and posting some runs of the public demo when it becomes available, as well as do a full lance playthrough on release of the full game (and possibly a few speedruns or challenge playthroughs), so keep a look out on this channel and on my Twitch (www.twitch.tv/likelytoph)!! Would love to see you there
that was insane to watch, i’m new to lance so this was real informative, hope you drop more vids or maybe a guide ❤
4:33 that combo loop is sick
I secretly hopped that the loop was going forever
Seeing the Offensive Guard activated consecutively was orgasmic lmao
I agree,, I watched that part 3 times
this has to be one of the greatest lance play i've ever seen in world
Thank you so much!
Absolutely agree! I’m ma hammer main, but now i want try the lance!!
In THE world too.
This is how medieval knights killed dragons
The Skill Offensive Guard Has Activated 🔥
Offensive Guard Skill Effect Has Worn Off
@@nodot17😮
4:30 those backstep guard was so smooth
Phenomenal run! I’m a longtime lancer and this made me reconsider if I deserve to call myself one lmao
Thank you so much! I've put a lot of time into this matchup specifically and this is a lucky run with a good script, so honestly it's not that useful to compare yourself to. I'm happy for every person out there playing lance and I'm sure your poking skills are adequate :)
Second time watching. This speedrun makes me so proud of the Lance community. It's so awesome to play a weapon with such a small playerbase, because whenever somebody does something cool everyone gets together to congratulate them. Amazing stuff
Thank you, I appreciate that so much! I feel the same way, lance is such an amazing weapon in 5th gen (and Wilds from the bit I've experienced) and it makes me really happy to be one of the people pushing it to its limits and getting to be part of this community in that way
"Let me just poke this stereotypical looking dragon and block everything he throws at me, then I'll call it a day."
This is a very different fight compared to all the other weapons. Love it.
First of all, amazing run. Very technical execution, stunning positioning. All guards into powerguards were on point, as were all CCounters. You got yourself a new subscriber.
As a side-note: I've noticed several comments about their posters suddenly feeling bad or devoid of skill as Lance players, so let me tell you one thing: you should not really compare yourself to speedrunners of the highest caliber. While it is undeniable that their skill is above that of most of us - me included - they still follow a script and grind certain fights for weeks, sometimes months. You simply cannot get close to those times without following the same procedure. So don't feel too bad about yourselves!
@@Raisera Thank you so much for the high praise 😌
And I fully agree, it can be useful for a normal player to watch speedruns to try and understand how to position or use openings better, as well as seeing what is possible in the first place. But comparing your casual 15+ minute fights to a fully scripted speedrun, of which you only see the one run with minimal mistakes and bad rng, is essentially pointless.
Who needs a dragonator when you've got a lance?
This is just fantastic to watch.
As someone who picked up Lance purely to solo Fatty with, I see there's so much tech that I missed. An absolutely incredible run, well done!
this is the coolest fatalis run I've watched. lance is just the best
Damn this is probably the best lance gameplay I've ever seen. I didn't even know the weapon could do some of this and will hopefully integrate it into my own gameplay. Well done!
@@lordchiopet1630 Thank you!! These are my favorite kind of messages/comments to read, best of luck with your improvements :)
INSANE run holy shit. Peak lance gameplay, creative use of the mantles too, I was wondering what glider was doing there until I saw the jewels, will definitely look upon this
I recently picked up the lance after not liking it much in previous games, thanks to the word of a friend. I wasn't fully convinced that the lance was a very dynamic weapon until this video. Great run!
@@ianluk6385 This is a really common opinion tbh, many people pick up lance at the start of the game and see the abysmal walk speed and not being able to move while blocking and they decide it's too turtly and slow for them, when in reality the weapon is capable of really fun and aggressive ways to position and keep up damage. I commend the world endgame for really making you learn how to do it too, between DPS checks and "if there's too much distance between you and the monster, you're probably dead" as is the case with Fatalis and AT velk
@dot_execute-0 yeah, I must admit that, as someone who primarily used Dual Blades and Long Sword (and then went on to main Insect Glaive since it was introduced), I didn't really like the idea of the lance as much at first. I really tried it out in 4U, and I liked it enough but it still wasn't exactly what I was looking for. And I expected to like it even less in World since my main, Insect Glaive, became the most mobile weapon in the game, and getting used to being (comparatively) less mobile would be a chore. But after trying it out again I like it a lot!
WTFFF, this is soo beautiful, the combo loop, counter poke
You've inspired me... to give up the lance lol. I cant even get close to this kind of gameplay. Incredible.
The only thing that matters is that youre having fun with the weapon :) This took a ton of time and I think many people would really not enjoy grinding this many runs, and thats fine too c:
Great fight 💪 Lance is awesome and you made it look crisp and clean thnq fellow lancer for the inspiration
When the monster met a far more stronger being than itself. THE ONE
Incredibly done! I'm jealous of your skill!
One of the best Lance games I've ever seen. You're very good.👍
this is just the cleanest lance fatalis run i've ever seen, good job! i thought there's gonna be a lot of cheese on it (like that certain video) but i was wrong. GG!!
Thank you!! It was honestly my main goal to beat the run(s) utilizing heroics and heavy scripting, and when I saw Joseph's run I knew it was possible and doable. Playing the actual matchup is much more fun to me than AI manipulation and resetting for good RNG (which is also the reason I'm not pushing this run further or trying to get other competitive runs)
those were clean pokes! them poke sounds were satisfying 😌
A fellow mouse and keyboard lance user? Outstanding.
Amazing run as always.👍
God this run is sick, I can't believe people actually think Lance is a boring weapon
I strive to be as good at the lance like you man. good job 👍
Awesome run, +1 for another lance player!
That's it, I'm learning the lance
really incredible!
What a clean run damn I aim to be this good with lance!
awesome run
4:35 that look epic
very nice！
Let's both do our best！
ありがとう、頑張って!!!
Hell yeah Lance
Man, so that was what peak lancing is. I gonna need to be a lot better
Man you're one of my inspirations to get better at Lancing in Iceborne!
4:33 that's Sunbreak Lance for a solid 10 seconds lmao
Edited: Also, how much do you suggest Heat Guard specifically for Lancing against Fatalis? I can survive fighting him on the burning ground but the burn damage is pretty bad that I'm interested in using one after watching your run.
I use the Velkhana greaves for peak performance 3, and during the third phase it's extremely common (especially for lance since you mostly defend statically) to be standing in the fire, so peak performance basically isn't active at all without heat guard. It's rare that I have to worry about dying during runs like this (though it does happen, like at 5:00), so the reason I run it is mostly for the damage increase.
Also I appreciate that a lot, keep practicing and learning and you'll get there in no time :)
@@dot_execute-0 Thank you so much for the suggestion, I'll try that the next time I hunt Fatalis!
jesus that damage is crazy
Best lance game i ever seen
gyatt dayum, smooth run,
this is lore accurate hunter fr
Awesome work!
Get em, St George!
wow dragonator not needed.. oh no i think it was you.. hehe.. nice run
I would have died just from his hot breath before he even does the fire
Magnificent
This is what i aim for
Ok when wilds drops im going to be a lance main
damn should I be playing lance with mouse and keyboard?!
nice job
bro thats nutz
4:33 was fucking sick holy shit.
And yet, people still won't pick it up. Lance supremacy
Man that water is stronger than fatalis' flames.
Yo et la daccord car jai vu une video ou le gars coince le fatalis dans un coin et avec fumigene le fini comme sa mais la se gameplay rend honneur a cet arme clairement je suis impressionner vraiment par le gameplay de cet arme car jai jamais jouer avec elle et le gameplay me parait un peu bizarre si je veut etre honnete mais vraiment bravo vous lavez deglinguer le fatalis bravo a vous
As someone who just picked up the lance, you are someone I aspire to be as good as.
Quick question, how do you have your skill display at the end so clean? The set bonuses being at the end and the food skills being separate is really nice
@@ERFMXVCC I appreciate that! The skill display is all vanilla so I think it just has to do with the number of active skills happening to line up with the page limit
@@dot_execute-0
EDIT: Nevermind, I'm an idiot, I was mixing up the skill info screen when you go into equipment info with the Status tabs that display skills, which is what you showed
Oh interesting! I wonder if it's some setting I have to find somewhere, mine displays all the set bonuses first, and not as compactly either, and also groups food skills with the rest of them
4:32 - 4:43🗿🗿
I liked the part where you poked Fatalis.
That was clean, holyyy.
How are you doing this move at 1:25?
I talked about it in another comment: It's a bit complicated, there's basically 2 instances of knockback that's hitting me. The fireball first, which causes heavy knockback and would keep me stuck in block. The second knockback comes from the wind Fatalis causes when flying up, which is light knockback, overrides the animation I'm in and allows me to immediately act again. The clutch counter input afterwards is pretty tight but it's a really fun tech to learn!
@@dot_execute-0 Ah ok, so I need to block the fireball but also need to stay close to fatalis, so the wind can hit me, while I’m in the block? Is that right? And then I can do the counter guard and press slinger to do the grab, right?
first win ever on fatalis today and i got an attack +4 jewel and 4 evil eyes out of it.
@@dominiclopez149 Fortune rewards the bold 🙏✨
bro really carved fatalis -99999 aura
@@AstarothGX7 I'm not letting a good kill go to waste 😤
Jōzu ni yakemashita! 🍖🍖🍖
내가 여기있었다
Peak Poke Player
lol i lurk on discord and see your name and now i got you recommended on yt
How did you use counter claw when Fatalis does charged fireball into fly??
I use counter stance to block fireball and get heavy knockback even with guard 5 (and forced to block fly also)
I talked about it in another comment: It's a bit complicated, there's basically 2 instances of knockback that's hitting me. The fireball first, which causes heavy knockback and would keep me stuck in block. The second knockback comes from the wind Fatalis causes when flying up, which is light knockback, overrides the animation I'm in and allows me to immediately act again. The clutch counter input afterwards is pretty tight but it's a really fun tech to learn!
@@dot_execute-0 i'm still don't understand tbh)
So both knockbacks happen at the same time, right? How does override works? Is it random or i have to press counter guard at the right time? (last possible moment?)
How to force wind knockbak to register instead of fireball?)
W Still Drill usage
Kinda late but how did you do that guard-hop thing at 4:48? I'm trying to main lance and grind it out before wilds because I've always wanted to, and it looks like lance might finally be acceptable for casual play
I'm not sure what you mean, can you explain what guard hop thing? I block the fireball, go into power guard during the knockback, do the thrust followup, poke two more times and hop backwards
@@dot_execute-0 Apologies! It's at 4:41 instead. To me, it *looks* like you're doing a small hop backwards while guarding. The confusion is on me, I apologize. It appears from what I see on the screen that you're somehow guarding while hopping backwards
@@melromarcdubois3448 its the guard dash, you do it by pressing block and Y on an xbox controller plus the direction you want to move in this case backwards
Wish i could see the build 😮
@@brockvt3938 I show it at the end of the run :o
Awesome gameplay!!! What is this armor called? It looks awesome
Kulve head and waist, gold Rathian chest/arms/legs! Thank you :)
Who is the monster here?😭🥵 omg
Any tips on where to grind for some of those jewels? I’ve played well over 500 hours and didn’t even know some of those even existed
@@balzurth1048 The Event Quest "Day of Ruin" is the usual recommendation for endgame deco farm. Unfortunately it's still RNG so good luck ;-;
1:26 how did you tank the big fireball without going on an animation 😂
It's a bit complicated, there's basically 2 instances of knockback that's hitting me. The fireball first, which causes heavy knockback and would keep me stuck in block, like you said. The second knockback comes from the wind Fatalis causes when flying up, which is light knockback, overrides the animation I'm in and allows me to immediately act again. The clutch counter input afterwards is pretty tight but it's a really fun tech to learn!
@@dot_execute-0 i see so you have to position yourself on the wind pressure, really interesting ill try to replicate it. Ty!
How does he do that much damage
I'm a very new Lance player, what are those moves where you hop backwards and sometimes forward that act as guard points?
Probably best to look at a basic lance tutorial, it's called a guard dash! Very useful to close distance while blocking.
at 0:45 the very first guard point that you did, how did you do that? it doesnt look like a cancel thrust because it did not poke upward after
Isn't that the gueard dash? Just backwards
It's the normal counter, he just happened to be holding forward so the stab went low not high.
와 이게 진짜 랜스 맞나 공격속도가 1.5배는 되는 것 같네
How does one backwards block
@@imhasd There's a few layers to this: firstly, not every monster attack (and tbh surprisingly few for Fatalis) have what is called a guard angle requirement, meaning they're blocked no matter what direction they come from as long as you hold your shield up. This is really apparent with the slow bite he does on all fours. (My assumption is that the devs considered these attacks to be coming moreso from above than from a specific direction, which is more than questionable for some of them.)
The other part is that power guard does in fact immediately give you a 360 degree guard angle, meaning you can block any attack from behind even if it does have guard angle requirements, as long as you're in power guard when you get hit.
@@dot_execute-0 i see so the power guard does block all directions , i wanna know the part where you blocked but also went backwards, how do u do that
Now what gear if you haven't done fatalis yet
The crit rng was insane towards the end. Only 85% affinity on the non-tendy head and I think there were only 2 missed crits.
Your skills are undeniable though, amazing job! 🎉
Thank you! I would've preferred the crit on the charge finisher and missed a few ticks for it but such is the nature of rng lmao
Statistical average would've been to miss 4 crits I think
How do you do this bro.
Can I ask what layered armor set you are using? Asking the important question here xD
@@MidoriKizaki Kulve head and waist, gold Rathian for the rest :)
@@dot_execute-0 Thank you. Gold rathian weapon layer too?
@@MidoriKizaki Guild Palace Lance!
Does handicaft suck with lance
@@ghostytoasty6976 I'd say it's quite good since lance goes through sharpness pretty quickly, but it depends of course
@ i just did handicraft 3 and i think its better but still shreds sharpness
Im back playing iceborne because of wilds. now I saw this vid. wth man. Im gonna use this weapon and atleast try to be like 50% of you. lmfao
Fck it
Friendship ended with 600 hrs LS
Lance is my new best friend
@@dwaneharoldjana8904 the good ending 😌✨