Before my friend and I started MHR, we did a roulette to see which weapon we'll use the entire game and I managed to get the lance. It was hard at first but after watching your guide it became so much easier. Thank you
One thing I really love about the lances relative simplicity is that it lets you focus on the monsters moveset. To be honest, the Lance never bored me because I could always focus on getting hit less or observing the monster more carefully instead of having my attention split up between the enemy and all sorts of gauges and charging levels. All its bonus moves are very satisfying, but it always feels like an actual lance (well, aside from the slap move) and switching between more defensive turtling and more aggressive playstyles makes it extremely versatile. It feels like the one of the least "gimmicky" weapons in the series.
Found you a couple of weeks ago and just wanted to say that I really love your way of explaining things :) I just wanted to add a couple of little tad things to the video for people who may not know this (and sorry if you explained it somewhere and I missed it): 1. Whenever you successfully counter thrust, you can hold forward (I think) in order to do a mid-thrust instead of a high-thrust. 2. Insta-Block can get pretty crazy and in theory, as long as the frames allow it, can be chained infinitely. I have a video on Apex Zinogre which is bonkers on one of his ulti attacks (shameless plug over, sorry :D) 3. You can trigger Insta-Block or instantly guard while being sheathed as well. This applies to every weapon that has a shield, though. 4. Insta-Blocks cross-sweep has a very long "end-lag". You can drag it out a very long time (a couple of seconds) before actually doing the sweep. This helps alot with positioning the attack as well as waiting for the monsters potential follow-up attacks. Anyways love your video on the Lance! Keep it going, very glad to have found your channel :D
I agree with all points, ESPECIALLY on the Insta-Block part. You can pretty much spam it in multi-hitting attacks. I discovered this after panic pressing it on some monsters. 😂
guarding from sheathe is sadly not really a feature of CB unlike all the other shielded weapons T_T, there was a GP on axe draw in previous games but I haven't tried it in Rise
I’ve been using the Lance as a main weapon for some years now, and this is a really well constructed guide! Great job, I’m sure this’ll be useful to all the new Lance players out there. Well, all 6 of them anyway. Also fantastic choice of music, the Moga night theme is the single best village theme of them all. Hoping we get underwater Lance back too!
Oh also since people are giving out tips, I’ll give one too. As incredible as the squire’s belt is, I’ve found that the health regen from Malzeno’s waist is absolutely amazing, especially in fights you’re not comfortable with. This has also become an easier tradeoff with the advent of Qurious crafting and the ridiculous Violet Mizu legs.
this video is absolutely AMAZING, I learned so much! clearly delivered, a lot of information in a relatively concise manner, and clearly done by someone with experience and who actually enjoys the weapon, and isn't doing it as guide #14 in their series about how to kinda use weapons a little. 11/10, I would subscribe twice if I could.
I agree, I watched one of the videos where it seems the person read the wiki but hardly hunted with it. I can read wiki’s too… had to look around to find this one from an experienced lancer.
Thanks a lot, this is exactly the video I was looking for. So many guide videos just throw a bunch of attack strings at you, show you some build an that's it. But when you want to get into a weapon, the how to is most important, the mindset and general strategy. Love it.
Love this video. I used to play a lot of Lance in the older styled games and finally wanted to dive back in with the Sunbreak changes after a looong spell of only really using Longsword, LBH and bow for the past few games. A little hard to find the video because of the TH-cam/Google algorithm but this was exactly what I was looking for, a comprehensive look at all of the moves including the Sunbreak updates. Thank you for taking the time to pack all of this information in to one place.
Incoming wall of text: If you've gotten all the way up to MR 10, the Violet Mizutsune armor set is stellar for Lance - at least everything except the helmet. Wearing the chest, arms, waist and legs nets you maximum ranks in Agitator, Stamina Surge, Flinch Free and Weakness Exploit, as well as 2 ranks in Offensive Guard and 1 in Adrenaline Rush. The head, if you're interested, gives 1 rank in Adrenaline Rush and 3 ranks in Evade Extender, which I think is overkill. Plus, you get a nice variety and number deco slots to work with - head gives 4-1-1, chest is 3-2-1, arms are 2-2-2, waist is 2-2-1, and legs are 4-0-0 - all without Qurious Crafting. But most important to the set is its exclusive Embolden armor skill, which the chest, arms and waist each give one rank in. When you are targeted by a monster (you'll know this because you'll get a popup saying that the skill activated), they have a greater chance of becoming enraged. In addition, you get +10 defense and the equivalent of having Guard 2 and Evade Window 2 for one rank, +20 defense and Guard 3 and Evade Window 3 for two ranks, and +40 defense, Guard 5 and Evade Window 5 for the maximum of three. Also, Embolden _stacks_ with Guard and Evade Window. Indeed, there are actually TEN effective ranks in Guard, which I believe just wielding a Lance gives you two effective ranks, if I'm not mistaken. A Lancer with Guard 3 and Embolden 3 gives you "effective Guard" 10 when a monster is targeting you! This makes you pretty much immovable against attacks that don't need Guard Up to block, and you use next to no stamina against even the hardest hit...and then it comes back really fast thanks to Stamina Surge! Granted, if you don't WANT to use Embolden, the legs alone give 3 ranks in Flinch Free, two in Weakness Exploit and two in Offensive Guard, making it an excellent part of any Embolden-less Lance set.
@@ErdingerLi Yes, they do, actually. The result is virtually zero chip damage and zero knockback from pretty much any attack that can be blocked, with or without Guard Up.
@@JanusHoW cool, i didn't think that the game would allow that because MonHunt has always had the feature of having the possibility of "overoptimising" and "wasting" away maxed skill levels which we used to watch out for since the excess are essentially wasted when you can always use it for some other skill
I've been watching your videos recently and even though I've played lance off and on for years and other iterations of MH, you're opening my eyes to some things and ways to play. Fantastic.
I've never been able to understand how to play lance until I saw this video, thank you for unlocking this weapon for me, I'm having way more fun with it than I expected to! Usually a sns main but lance may just be my new thing
One small thing to mention about skyward thrust is that if you are on a steep enough slope or fall off a ledge after the lance hits the ground, it reduces the end lag significantly. It's situational obviously, but this works off of usual jump ledges, most moderate inclines and I believe even the monster's hurt box if it drags you away.
This is one of the best guides I have seen. I love your way of explaining things, taking things in stages and complexity, covering things that are helpful but omitting things that aren't, etc. I'm an immediate fan and I sub'd. I plan on watching more. Great work! I can't wait to learn the lance in TU4 and start posting some highlight vids to my YT channel - partially because of your work, here :)
This video was great!! I've been learning striker lance in mhgu and it's so much fun that i'm inspired to go try rise lance again. Also that clip at the end with you and your teammate in sync obliterating the monster was *chefs kiss*
There’s actually something you forgot to mention about Twin Vine. When you’re jumping towards the monster, but before you do that little hop when you reach it or before you do the aerial attack, you actually have I-Frames for the entirety of that jump. Combined with the increased guard, it makes Twin Vine a surprisingly useful and kind of underrated Switch Skill.
Glad I watched this... been getting into lance lately, and other MH:R Lance videos where from the time where Insta-Block was practically a no-go because the immediate counter was week and more often than not just got you killed.
picked the lance up two weeks ago. I felt quiet comfortably with it and my skills. But I didnt know the intricacies of when to block with which option. Thanks. This is a great vidoe.
thanks for the guide i have played every monster hunter since the original and was struggling with my main sword and shield in master rank and wanted to try something new, after watching this video and trying the lance i like it i am still trying to get the hang of countering and guarding everything but i am enjoying it more than i thought i would.
I just started lance in 3u to make my underwater combat more effective and am LOVING it now. I’m looking forward to going back to Sunbreak and trying it out! Thanks for the great overview of the intricacies of the weapon!
I was a lancer in most of 4U, but fell off around Generations I've played around with it in Sunbreak, and it feels great, and with this fantastic guide, I look forward to adding Lance back into my regular rotation 💜
So, I just started playing Rise on PlayStation, and my buddy told me that I wasn’t allowed to use my old main weapon for the first play through (Hammer.) I decided to go with the Lance, since I’ve never actually tried it out before, and I have been absolutely loving it! This video helps out a lot because it showed me that I have actually been doing a lot of things right, and a few things wrong. Thank you for the helpful video!
I hav the same plan too rn. I just recently finished world icebornes main story and i moved straight into rise. I beat all of iceborne with charge blade, and sometimes would move to Longsword so i decided to play rise with a new weapon, and the lance just seemed like the natural choice for me 😊
I've always been a lancer at heart since freedom unite but have never stuck with it for long. This video has giving me such excitement to play it again. I am currently in 4 star sunbreak and monsters I have had difficulty with have become so easy in comparison. I just need to get more comfortable in making builds instead of relying on straight up templates. Keep it up and great work!
Big thanks for the comprehensive guide. I have been playing lance for some time now and the second half of your video was really helpful in getting an idea of what to do to maximize damage output and helping my decision making on defense. A lot of the details are hard to figure out from just playing the game.
Yes sir, this video was wonderful. I really enjoyed your detailed information and analysis and comparisons - thanks for the new tricks (for ex: Sheathing Retreats after “quirio explosions” - WOW!!). :D One half of the battle is “knowing how to attack the monster” & the other half, like you said, is “how best to deflect”. Loved that sentence, this coming from lance main
Your lance guide video is very good and informative. Thank you so much for breaking down every single part in a simple manner. I'mma start playing with the lance my man, wish me luck !😅
dude thank you so much, this helped me pick up lance in a day and it's so much fun. (although to be fair I was kind of familiar with insta-block anchor rage type of thing from GU) still very helpful guide!
As a new lance player I really appreciate this video. This one and other videos really helped me get better at lance so I just have to say. Thank you! 😊
I learned that lance was the truth when i started sunbreak. I normally used CB and wanted to switch it up so i decided to alternate between the two weapons,first time i picked up the weapon my ttk on monsters dropped by almost HALF! On CB it would be around 15:00(which ain't bad) on Lance it would be around 8:16 or 7:40.
Just wanted to mention, in the major update that came with the release of sunbreak, anchor rage's buff actually is affected by the strength of the attack, no longer knockback based. However what you mentioned still applies somewhat
Fun fact for lance: If you do take enough knockback in block to get stunned, you can activate power block during it. I found it useful mostly for landing the fat counterhit if the monster is still close.
Awesome video. Mad respect. However I think you forgot to mention that you can cancel out of the guarding knockback animation with ZR+B which brings you into power guard. From there you can go of course into a leaping thrust.
i've been playing lance since Tri and had fallen off it. i revisit it every game and while i had a brief delight with it in this game i found things just too mobile to enjoy it in multiplayer. i play a lot of weapon types these days so i ended up building away from it because i didn't want to invest so heavily in solo play. you not only taught me some tools i hadn't seen for better lance rushdown, but also gave me reason to reassess some of the wirebug stuff i'd written off. i think i'm going to pull a lance set together again, and have a lot of fun playing with its new options! thanks!
Rise was the game where I picked up almost shielded weapons like Lance, CB and SnS. You can really feel the difference between the playstyles and I'm still working on the defensive aspect of Lance. But yea, I get the kick when landing an insta-block. Made me cart a couple of times due to me dead set on trying to get it right. 😅 Nice explaination vid!
Thanks again for this guide, I have started my journey with the lance it is super fun. I decided to just go with 1 guard and 3 embolden with insta block from the start. Might not be the easiest way but I will focus on the basics and trying to get by without putting shitloads into the block skills.
Definitely gonna have to give this a go.. its hard to find a good lance tutorial and im definitely in the starting area. i think finding out the switch skills were interesting made me wanna learn it.. and also the fact that you dont just.. hop backwards anymore makes me very interested now XD
I never thought I would like lance but after using it in the arena quest against Rajang I got inspired to try it. Insta block is what made me give the lance a try, I love parrying and countering so it’s so much fun being able to parry any attack with insta block and stay in the monsters face the whole time. The cross sweep does great damage too so i’m glad I gave the lance a chance. Lance is actually the weapon that got me the fastest clear time on the Rajang Arena quest which would’ve came as a surprise to me
Love your content and wish I was half as good as you with lance. I just absolutely cannot get used to using instant-block, but seeing you use it to such effectiveness in all your vids is an awesome sight. Thanks for the work you put in!
Nice video! One thing I'd like to add is that counter thrust's guard doesn't have the long endlag that normal guard has caused by a heavy knockback (contrary to Iceborne's counter I believe). It was quite useful in base Rise when Instablock and anchor rage weren't as effective, but it still has its situational uses nowadays imo.
Hammer/GS main here I began with Lance back on MHTri, without really any knowledge on it, I migrated to hammer and on the 5th gen have gone full GS. But Lance still has a nostalgic appeal to me and this tutorial has make me want to try it again.
I found this guide extremely helpful! Coming to Lance from GS cause why not! I'm having alot of fun with it and the damage isn't terrible. But mainly, I feel like a God and that's what this game is all about in the end.
Just found this video, Lance is one of the weapons I plan on learning at some point soon restarted on console with sunbreak just coming out. Doing DB first for the main story then want to start branching out to different weapons like the lance :)
Amazing video, thanks for this. When you said the Sheathing Retreat has "a decent period of invulnerability" I interpreted that as a forgiving time window to do it and safely get out of the way. But...I haven't had much success avoiding explosions like the afflicted ones. Your video proves it can be done, but I think the window to do it is much more tight than what it sounded like. I'm only picking up Lance again for Sunbreak so I just need more practice lol.
very true, sheathing retreat has 40 frames of invulnerability at 60fps (20 frames at 30fps if you're on the switch). its definitely not the biggest invulnerability window in the game, but its a largest one that lance has access to. practice is probably for the best. in the mean time you could always bring guard up to block the afflicted explosions normally, just make sure you have enough health to survive blocking the attack before you commit to it!
I've wanted to try lance since 4U, but I never played it enough to make click with me. Watched the video to see how playing the lace looks like in sunbreak and it looks really fun and rewarding to master. I'll do some easier hunters to start getting the feel of it :)
Been getting into Lance lately. Using guard tackle and the usual high thrusts only, with shield charge. Love the sheathing retreat right now while fighting MR Allmother.
lance main in world, stumbled across your channel, thanks for showing all the cool shit in this game one thing I will add during the knockback state, you can powerguard during it which would stop you from being fully knockedback, worked that way in world anyways unsure about rise
Bro the fish at the end ruining your misutzune hunt. Amazing vid. Learned a lot. I have no access to sone of the lance skills but sonething I like to do is dash attack the monsters repeatedly.
For me I’ve been finding a lot of interesting stuff using the guard dash to maneuver through monster attacks which i find really satisfying, especially because i can then follow up with the thrust that hits three times.
i picked up on the lance fairly quickly i just didnt know which combo i should use on a ko monster and i didnt think you could do that charged side swipe abnd then leap back with that poke over and over so thanks for the video XD
Hops used to have less i-frames than dodge rolls but that isn't the case anymore since the roll was nerfed in Rise so it matches the amount of i-frames of the hop.
The new skills are all pretty interesting for lance in one way or another, so you can expect them all to show up in the next video in some form or another
This is biased as someone who always plays with Guard 5 when possible (fits my playstyle better) but from my opinion so far, on TU1 I was reasonably easily able to get Atk 7, 100% affinity, crit boost 3 and Offensive guard 3. In TU2, which is what you asked, with the Violet Mizu skill on rank 3 I dont need the guard 5, and the three pieces already come with agitator 5 weakness exploit 2, offensive guard 2 and a LOT of deco slots. There's definitely room for better qurio augments and decoration minmaxing, as I feel 1 point in guard is fine enough for when not getting targeted (though you can probably just not even have any guard levels) but currently my set is now at guard 3 (too much), agitator 5, atk boost 7, crit boost 3, W.E. 3, offensive guard 3 and I believe I had some leftover slots I put in random stuff like guard up 3. I might minmax it more but it certainly boosted my damage by a lot when the monster enrages and has even more leftover slots to do stuff with. If nothing, at the bare minimum use the boots. 2 W.E and 2 Offensive guard, is too beautiful to pass on considering it can often be very awkward to slot in Offensive guard (since it's rank 3). iirc correctly the gloves or the waist piece are really impressive too. I'm not a turtler (as in I don't just hold block and attack once every few minutes), but the comfort of guard 5 was something I always loved in previous games, and the 4 pieces (the three with the new skill plus the boots) let me keep that comfort, enrage the monster faster for challenger, and do some tasty amount of damage. For reference my lv90~110(previously 100 obviously) Qurio investigations went from 10~14 mins to a comfortable 8~12 mins, sometimes I stop for birds if I feel like it, sometimes I stop to PM people on discord and whatnot, so I'm really happy with that range on the timer. I'm somewhat waiting to see what other people (the 'minmaxers' so to speak, but I don't mean that word in a bad way) craft up to see if maybe I try a different lance or if I can rearrange my decorations in a better way, but this armor set is probably staying on me for a long while. Also I speak a lot. Sorry.
This was a great guide. I absolutely hate these flashy guides that people make, full of transitions, talking too fast, bare explanations, throwing in all these edits that do not help at all.
23:16. "Insta Block's biggest weakness is that it's so fun." I love Insta Block but let's be honest here. An actual big weakness Insta Block has is the horizontal hitbox on its follow-up cross slash that makes it so easy to accidentally damage hitzones you didn't intend to damage. Charged Wide Sweep has the exact same issue. It's why Lance speedrunners lose so many precious seconds in their personal best runs because the cross slash (or the Charged Wide Sweep) accidentally damages a shitzone. Also, because the follow-up cross slash after an Insta Block is a two-hit combo, it's easy to accidentally get a monster to flinch after the first hit, thus making your second (and more damaging) hit miss. I want Insta Block to come back for Monster Hunter 6, but I want it to have a more precise hitbox for the follow-up attack instead of this Monster Hunter Generations legacy move.
Started MH in World, was bored of the triple poke infinite combo and settled for PR SnS in Iceborne. Started Rise with SnS, have to re-learn how to SnS. When I get back to lance after a lot of Bullet Barrage, and Shoryu spammed in Sunbreak, I can't see myself switching to any other weapons, outside of the occasional elemental piercing HBG fun. Really love the added tools in Rise and Sunbreak. How the tables have turned.
I really like how mutch love the Lance got in MH World, in World Lance was my favourite weapon because of the Super Guard turning back possibility, negating all damage and using Counter attacks which is my playstyle I really like in any game, now in Rise it got even more options to deal great damage. But my friend doesn't understand that Lance is a lot different weapon than GunLacne, since Lance is faster and have different options more for guarding and counter attacking, but my friend still thinks the Lance should be removed from the game, becasue GunLance is the same as Lance but also have ammunition that you can Fire. I don't know why he thinkgs the GunLance is the same as Lance.... And He likes Monster Hunter more than me. Maybe somehow he didn't cared to try Lance in World and Rise since he is playing all the time GunLance and maybe somewhow Lance was worse than GunLance in earlier games, so he might stuck with this thinking than GunLance is superior to Lance because it's the same as Lance but also you can Fire ammunition from it.
Before my friend and I started MHR, we did a roulette to see which weapon we'll use the entire game and I managed to get the lance. It was hard at first but after watching your guide it became so much easier. Thank you
One thing I really love about the lances relative simplicity is that it lets you focus on the monsters moveset. To be honest, the Lance never bored me because I could always focus on getting hit less or observing the monster more carefully instead of having my attention split up between the enemy and all sorts of gauges and charging levels. All its bonus moves are very satisfying, but it always feels like an actual lance (well, aside from the slap move) and switching between more defensive turtling and more aggressive playstyles makes it extremely versatile. It feels like the one of the least "gimmicky" weapons in the series.
Found you a couple of weeks ago and just wanted to say that I really love your way of explaining things :) I just wanted to add a couple of little tad things to the video for people who may not know this (and sorry if you explained it somewhere and I missed it):
1. Whenever you successfully counter thrust, you can hold forward (I think) in order to do a mid-thrust instead of a high-thrust.
2. Insta-Block can get pretty crazy and in theory, as long as the frames allow it, can be chained infinitely. I have a video on Apex Zinogre which is bonkers on one of his ulti attacks (shameless plug over, sorry :D)
3. You can trigger Insta-Block or instantly guard while being sheathed as well. This applies to every weapon that has a shield, though.
4. Insta-Blocks cross-sweep has a very long "end-lag". You can drag it out a very long time (a couple of seconds) before actually doing the sweep. This helps alot with positioning the attack as well as waiting for the monsters potential follow-up attacks.
Anyways love your video on the Lance! Keep it going, very glad to have found your channel :D
The last one is awesome for rathian tail swipes,insta block wait a bit and trigger it boum big dammage
I agree with all points, ESPECIALLY on the Insta-Block part. You can pretty much spam it in multi-hitting attacks. I discovered this after panic pressing it on some monsters. 😂
blocking all the violet mizutsune fireball that flies towards you one by one with insta block is oddly satisfying lol
guarding from sheathe is sadly not really a feature of CB unlike all the other shielded weapons T_T, there was a GP on axe draw in previous games but I haven't tried it in Rise
I’ve been using the Lance as a main weapon for some years now, and this is a really well constructed guide! Great job, I’m sure this’ll be useful to all the new Lance players out there. Well, all 6 of them anyway.
Also fantastic choice of music, the Moga night theme is the single best village theme of them all. Hoping we get underwater Lance back too!
Oh also since people are giving out tips, I’ll give one too. As incredible as the squire’s belt is, I’ve found that the health regen from Malzeno’s waist is absolutely amazing, especially in fights you’re not comfortable with. This has also become an easier tradeoff with the advent of Qurious crafting and the ridiculous Violet Mizu legs.
Gunlancer here... I'm trying to learn the weapon, and this video is really helpful.
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this video is absolutely AMAZING, I learned so much! clearly delivered, a lot of information in a relatively concise manner, and clearly done by someone with experience and who actually enjoys the weapon, and isn't doing it as guide #14 in their series about how to kinda use weapons a little.
11/10, I would subscribe twice if I could.
I agree, I watched one of the videos where it seems the person read the wiki but hardly hunted with it. I can read wiki’s too… had to look around to find this one from an experienced lancer.
Thanks a lot, this is exactly the video I was looking for. So many guide videos just throw a bunch of attack strings at you, show you some build an that's it. But when you want to get into a weapon, the how to is most important, the mindset and general strategy. Love it.
Love this video. I used to play a lot of Lance in the older styled games and finally wanted to dive back in with the Sunbreak changes after a looong spell of only really using Longsword, LBH and bow for the past few games.
A little hard to find the video because of the TH-cam/Google algorithm but this was exactly what I was looking for, a comprehensive look at all of the moves including the Sunbreak updates. Thank you for taking the time to pack all of this information in to one place.
Incoming wall of text:
If you've gotten all the way up to MR 10, the Violet Mizutsune armor set is stellar for Lance - at least everything except the helmet. Wearing the chest, arms, waist and legs nets you maximum ranks in Agitator, Stamina Surge, Flinch Free and Weakness Exploit, as well as 2 ranks in Offensive Guard and 1 in Adrenaline Rush. The head, if you're interested, gives 1 rank in Adrenaline Rush and 3 ranks in Evade Extender, which I think is overkill. Plus, you get a nice variety and number deco slots to work with - head gives 4-1-1, chest is 3-2-1, arms are 2-2-2, waist is 2-2-1, and legs are 4-0-0 - all without Qurious Crafting.
But most important to the set is its exclusive Embolden armor skill, which the chest, arms and waist each give one rank in. When you are targeted by a monster (you'll know this because you'll get a popup saying that the skill activated), they have a greater chance of becoming enraged. In addition, you get +10 defense and the equivalent of having Guard 2 and Evade Window 2 for one rank, +20 defense and Guard 3 and Evade Window 3 for two ranks, and +40 defense, Guard 5 and Evade Window 5 for the maximum of three. Also, Embolden _stacks_ with Guard and Evade Window. Indeed, there are actually TEN effective ranks in Guard, which I believe just wielding a Lance gives you two effective ranks, if I'm not mistaken. A Lancer with Guard 3 and Embolden 3 gives you "effective Guard" 10 when a monster is targeting you! This makes you pretty much immovable against attacks that don't need Guard Up to block, and you use next to no stamina against even the hardest hit...and then it comes back really fast thanks to Stamina Surge!
Granted, if you don't WANT to use Embolden, the legs alone give 3 ranks in Flinch Free, two in Weakness Exploit and two in Offensive Guard, making it an excellent part of any Embolden-less Lance set.
Much thank kind stranger
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Does the effects really stack over guard level 5? I think it's more like the stacks are wasted since the game will only register up to level 5
@@ErdingerLi Yes, they do, actually. The result is virtually zero chip damage and zero knockback from pretty much any attack that can be blocked, with or without Guard Up.
@@JanusHoW cool, i didn't think that the game would allow that because MonHunt has always had the feature of having the possibility of "overoptimising" and "wasting" away maxed skill levels which we used to watch out for since the excess are essentially wasted when you can always use it for some other skill
I've been watching your videos recently and even though I've played lance off and on for years and other iterations of MH, you're opening my eyes to some things and ways to play. Fantastic.
I've never been able to understand how to play lance until I saw this video, thank you for unlocking this weapon for me, I'm having way more fun with it than I expected to! Usually a sns main but lance may just be my new thing
One small thing to mention about skyward thrust is that if you are on a steep enough slope or fall off a ledge after the lance hits the ground, it reduces the end lag significantly. It's situational obviously, but this works off of usual jump ledges, most moderate inclines and I believe even the monster's hurt box if it drags you away.
This is one of the best guides I have seen. I love your way of explaining things, taking things in stages and complexity, covering things that are helpful but omitting things that aren't, etc. I'm an immediate fan and I sub'd. I plan on watching more. Great work! I can't wait to learn the lance in TU4 and start posting some highlight vids to my YT channel - partially because of your work, here :)
Thank you for the guide. You were at once brief and thorough. You don't repeat yourself, and you don't explain each topic more than you have to.
i literally started playing lance 30 minutes before you posted this lol perfect timing
This video was great!! I've been learning striker lance in mhgu and it's so much fun that i'm inspired to go try rise lance again. Also that clip at the end with you and your teammate in sync obliterating the monster was *chefs kiss*
There’s actually something you forgot to mention about Twin Vine. When you’re jumping towards the monster, but before you do that little hop when you reach it or before you do the aerial attack, you actually have I-Frames for the entirety of that jump. Combined with the increased guard, it makes Twin Vine a surprisingly useful and kind of underrated Switch Skill.
#TwinVineSweep babyyyy
interesting, it might be something to consider for some fun evade lance shenanigans
It took 500+ hours of learning other weapons for me to see the light and decide to pick up lance. Thank you for the guide that makes it possible!
Glad I watched this... been getting into lance lately, and other MH:R Lance videos where from the time where Insta-Block was practically a no-go because the immediate counter was week and more often than not just got you killed.
Love to see someone doing the lance justice on TH-cam, very appreciated
picked the lance up two weeks ago. I felt quiet comfortably with it and my skills. But I didnt know the intricacies of when to block with which option. Thanks. This is a great vidoe.
thanks for the guide i have played every monster hunter since the original and was struggling with my main sword and shield in master rank and wanted to try something new, after watching this video and trying the lance i like it i am still trying to get the hang of countering and guarding everything but i am enjoying it more than i thought i would.
I just started lance in 3u to make my underwater combat more effective and am LOVING it now. I’m looking forward to going back to Sunbreak and trying it out! Thanks for the great overview of the intricacies of the weapon!
As a new monster hunter and lance player, I appreciate the guide, thank you.
I was a lancer in most of 4U, but fell off around Generations
I've played around with it in Sunbreak, and it feels great, and with this fantastic guide, I look forward to adding Lance back into my regular rotation 💜
This is one of the best guides for any weapon I've ever seen on TH-cam. Cheers
So, I just started playing Rise on PlayStation, and my buddy told me that I wasn’t allowed to use my old main weapon for the first play through (Hammer.) I decided to go with the Lance, since I’ve never actually tried it out before, and I have been absolutely loving it! This video helps out a lot because it showed me that I have actually been doing a lot of things right, and a few things wrong. Thank you for the helpful video!
I hav the same plan too rn. I just recently finished world icebornes main story and i moved straight into rise. I beat all of iceborne with charge blade, and sometimes would move to Longsword so i decided to play rise with a new weapon, and the lance just seemed like the natural choice for me 😊
I've always been a lancer at heart since freedom unite but have never stuck with it for long. This video has giving me such excitement to play it again. I am currently in 4 star sunbreak and monsters I have had difficulty with have become so easy in comparison. I just need to get more comfortable in making builds instead of relying on straight up templates. Keep it up and great work!
I've been back and forth with the lance. This guide has really motivated me to use the lance again. Thanks and keep up the good work.
Great vid, guy! I have mained hammer and lance for years and learned a great deal from you and this content. Keep it up!
Big thanks for the comprehensive guide. I have been playing lance for some time now and the second half of your video was really helpful in getting an idea of what to do to maximize damage output and helping my decision making on defense. A lot of the details are hard to figure out from just playing the game.
Yes sir, this video was wonderful. I really enjoyed your detailed information and analysis and comparisons - thanks for the new tricks (for ex: Sheathing Retreats after “quirio explosions” - WOW!!). :D
One half of the battle is “knowing how to attack the monster” & the other half, like you said, is “how best to deflect”. Loved that sentence, this coming from lance main
Your lance guide video is very good and informative. Thank you so much for breaking down every single part in a simple manner. I'mma start playing with the lance my man, wish me luck !😅
dude thank you so much, this helped me pick up lance in a day and it's so much fun. (although to be fair I was kind of familiar with insta-block anchor rage type of thing from GU)
still very helpful guide!
Hey man, I appreciate how amazing this video is. You can tell you put a tun of work into this. Looking forward to seeing more!
As a new lance player I really appreciate this video. This one and other videos really helped me get better at lance so I just have to say. Thank you! 😊
I learned that lance was the truth when i started sunbreak. I normally used CB and wanted to switch it up so i decided to alternate between the two weapons,first time i picked up the weapon my ttk on monsters dropped by almost HALF! On CB it would be around 15:00(which ain't bad) on Lance it would be around 8:16 or 7:40.
Just wanted to mention, in the major update that came with the release of sunbreak, anchor rage's buff actually is affected by the strength of the attack, no longer knockback based. However what you mentioned still applies somewhat
This is a great video! Lance was the one weapon I couldn't figure out for the life of me, but now I mostly understand it
Thanks for the informative video, also love your choice of Moga music!
Fun fact for lance: If you do take enough knockback in block to get stunned, you can activate power block during it. I found it useful mostly for landing the fat counterhit if the monster is still close.
What????
Moga village theme....good ol' times. The soundtracks makes it so relaxing to watch this
Lance might be boring moveset wise but being able to stop big moves almost unscathed makes my monkey brain happy.
Getting back into rise for SB, and excited to get back into Lance, gr3af video.
Great stuff, im decent but i still learned things here, well spoken, calm and to the point. I raise my lance as a sign of aproval.
This video is so great! I love your perspective on how to become a lance pro and the nuance of it being easy to learn but hard to master. Thank you!
Awesome video. Mad respect. However I think you forgot to mention that you can cancel out of the guarding knockback animation with ZR+B which brings you into power guard. From there you can go of course into a leaping thrust.
i've been playing lance since Tri and had fallen off it. i revisit it every game and while i had a brief delight with it in this game i found things just too mobile to enjoy it in multiplayer. i play a lot of weapon types these days so i ended up building away from it because i didn't want to invest so heavily in solo play. you not only taught me some tools i hadn't seen for better lance rushdown, but also gave me reason to reassess some of the wirebug stuff i'd written off. i think i'm going to pull a lance set together again, and have a lot of fun playing with its new options! thanks!
Wow, this was a wonderful video. Learned so many things about the lance. Thank you for this. SUBBED!
Great video mang. Lance is one of the few weapons I haven't touched in sunbreak yet. This will be a massive help getting into it.
Thank you.
Found your channel randomly and it's a gem
Rise was the game where I picked up almost shielded weapons like Lance, CB and SnS. You can really feel the difference between the playstyles and I'm still working on the defensive aspect of Lance. But yea, I get the kick when landing an insta-block. Made me cart a couple of times due to me dead set on trying to get it right. 😅
Nice explaination vid!
Thanks again for this guide, I have started my journey with the lance it is super fun. I decided to just go with 1 guard and 3 embolden with insta block from the start. Might not be the easiest way but I will focus on the basics and trying to get by without putting shitloads into the block skills.
thanks for the vid, looking forward to the TU2 builds
Definitely gonna have to give this a go.. its hard to find a good lance tutorial and im definitely in the starting area. i think finding out the switch skills were interesting made me wanna learn it.. and also the fact that you dont just.. hop backwards anymore makes me very interested now XD
I never thought I would like lance but after using it in the arena quest against Rajang I got inspired to try it. Insta block is what made me give the lance a try, I love parrying and countering so it’s so much fun being able to parry any attack with insta block and stay in the monsters face the whole time. The cross sweep does great damage too so i’m glad I gave the lance a chance. Lance is actually the weapon that got me the fastest clear time on the Rajang Arena quest which would’ve came as a surprise to me
Love your content and wish I was half as good as you with lance. I just absolutely cannot get used to using instant-block, but seeing you use it to such effectiveness in all your vids is an awesome sight. Thanks for the work you put in!
Great video! I just picked up MH and lance is my first weapon, and realized the game will not explain the finer points of how to play
Nice video! One thing I'd like to add is that counter thrust's guard doesn't have the long endlag that normal guard has caused by a heavy knockback (contrary to Iceborne's counter I believe). It was quite useful in base Rise when Instablock and anchor rage weren't as effective, but it still has its situational uses nowadays imo.
Hammer/GS main here
I began with Lance back on MHTri, without really any knowledge on it, I migrated to hammer and on the 5th gen have gone full GS.
But Lance still has a nostalgic appeal to me and this tutorial has make me want to try it again.
I found this guide extremely helpful! Coming to Lance from GS cause why not! I'm having alot of fun with it and the damage isn't terrible. But mainly, I feel like a God and that's what this game is all about in the end.
This video deserve's more views i started playing lance and this help me get through easily
Amazing job! I learned a lot from this!
Time to apply it right away!
This is a good video dude. A+ all around.
Just found this video, Lance is one of the weapons I plan on learning at some point soon restarted on console with sunbreak just coming out. Doing DB first for the main story then want to start branching out to different weapons like the lance :)
21:51 laughed way harder than I should have at this
I love the video. A thing I'd love to see are monster matchup tips (things like the furious rajang tip you gave)
Helpfull, i find the lance fun to use and i want to use it more, so ill probably make another set that isnt just god-shield and also attack combos
Amazing video, thanks for this.
When you said the Sheathing Retreat has "a decent period of invulnerability" I interpreted that as a forgiving time window to do it and safely get out of the way. But...I haven't had much success avoiding explosions like the afflicted ones. Your video proves it can be done, but I think the window to do it is much more tight than what it sounded like. I'm only picking up Lance again for Sunbreak so I just need more practice lol.
very true, sheathing retreat has 40 frames of invulnerability at 60fps (20 frames at 30fps if you're on the switch). its definitely not the biggest invulnerability window in the game, but its a largest one that lance has access to. practice is probably for the best. in the mean time you could always bring guard up to block the afflicted explosions normally, just make sure you have enough health to survive blocking the attack before you commit to it!
I've wanted to try lance since 4U, but I never played it enough to make click with me. Watched the video to see how playing the lace looks like in sunbreak and it looks really fun and rewarding to master. I'll do some easier hunters to start getting the feel of it :)
I'm sold on the lance. I played charge blade in mhw but lance feels better in this game. Thanks for the inspiration I honestly forgot about the lance.
Been getting into Lance lately.
Using guard tackle and the usual high thrusts only, with shield charge.
Love the sheathing retreat right now while fighting MR Allmother.
As a hammer main I can appreciate the simplicity of the lance relative to the other weapons
lance main in world, stumbled across your channel, thanks for showing all the cool shit in this game one thing I will add during the knockback state, you can powerguard during it which would stop you from being fully knockedback, worked that way in world anyways unsure about rise
Bro the fish at the end ruining your misutzune hunt. Amazing vid. Learned a lot. I have no access to sone of the lance skills but sonething I like to do is dash attack the monsters repeatedly.
Love that you left that death to a Gajau in at the end. It happens.
For me I’ve been finding a lot of interesting stuff using the guard dash to maneuver through monster attacks which i find really satisfying, especially because i can then follow up with the thrust that hits three times.
Great vid. I definitely learned some new things
i picked up on the lance fairly quickly i just didnt know which combo i should use on a ko monster and i didnt think you could do that charged side swipe abnd then leap back with that poke over and over so thanks for the video XD
this was very helpful, thanks
Oooh, this is the kind of info I’ve been looking for on Lance 👍🏻
Very good teacher and u pretty much made me wanna play lance now. Thanks! 😂
Very informative, many thanks for this
I started off with gunlance but now I've fallen in love with the lance😅. It's more my style, thanks for the guide 🙏🏽
Wait hold up YELLOW anchor rage is the strongest and RED is the weakest?
Hops used to have less i-frames than dodge rolls but that isn't the case anymore since the roll was nerfed in Rise so it matches the amount of i-frames of the hop.
New to Rise on PS5
seasoned Lancer from World:Iceborne
Man, I love the Insta Block. That’s all I gotta say
i been using the lance on my pc playthrough and its so damn mobile while being a literal rock. blocking and countering everything is so satisfying
What your thoughts on the new TU2 skill? Potential new build video?
The new skills are all pretty interesting for lance in one way or another, so you can expect them all to show up in the next video in some form or another
@@Gobuls_Lantern nice, will be waiting in anticipation for the new vid
This is biased as someone who always plays with Guard 5 when possible (fits my playstyle better) but from my opinion so far, on TU1 I was reasonably easily able to get Atk 7, 100% affinity, crit boost 3 and Offensive guard 3. In TU2, which is what you asked, with the Violet Mizu skill on rank 3 I dont need the guard 5, and the three pieces already come with agitator 5 weakness exploit 2, offensive guard 2 and a LOT of deco slots.
There's definitely room for better qurio augments and decoration minmaxing, as I feel 1 point in guard is fine enough for when not getting targeted (though you can probably just not even have any guard levels) but currently my set is now at guard 3 (too much), agitator 5, atk boost 7, crit boost 3, W.E. 3, offensive guard 3 and I believe I had some leftover slots I put in random stuff like guard up 3. I might minmax it more but it certainly boosted my damage by a lot when the monster enrages and has even more leftover slots to do stuff with. If nothing, at the bare minimum use the boots. 2 W.E and 2 Offensive guard, is too beautiful to pass on considering it can often be very awkward to slot in Offensive guard (since it's rank 3). iirc correctly the gloves or the waist piece are really impressive too.
I'm not a turtler (as in I don't just hold block and attack once every few minutes), but the comfort of guard 5 was something I always loved in previous games, and the 4 pieces (the three with the new skill plus the boots) let me keep that comfort, enrage the monster faster for challenger, and do some tasty amount of damage. For reference my lv90~110(previously 100 obviously) Qurio investigations went from 10~14 mins to a comfortable 8~12 mins, sometimes I stop for birds if I feel like it, sometimes I stop to PM people on discord and whatnot, so I'm really happy with that range on the timer. I'm somewhat waiting to see what other people (the 'minmaxers' so to speak, but I don't mean that word in a bad way) craft up to see if maybe I try a different lance or if I can rearrange my decorations in a better way, but this armor set is probably staying on me for a long while.
Also I speak a lot. Sorry.
the gajau death at the end is too real
This was a great guide. I absolutely hate these flashy guides that people make, full of transitions, talking too fast, bare explanations, throwing in all these edits that do not help at all.
Comfy Tri music making me relax
23:16. "Insta Block's biggest weakness is that it's so fun."
I love Insta Block but let's be honest here. An actual big weakness Insta Block has is the horizontal hitbox on its follow-up cross slash that makes it so easy to accidentally damage hitzones you didn't intend to damage. Charged Wide Sweep has the exact same issue. It's why Lance speedrunners lose so many precious seconds in their personal best runs because the cross slash (or the Charged Wide Sweep) accidentally damages a shitzone. Also, because the follow-up cross slash after an Insta Block is a two-hit combo, it's easy to accidentally get a monster to flinch after the first hit, thus making your second (and more damaging) hit miss. I want Insta Block to come back for Monster Hunter 6, but I want it to have a more precise hitbox for the follow-up attack instead of this Monster Hunter Generations legacy move.
Started MH in World, was bored of the triple poke infinite combo and settled for PR SnS in Iceborne. Started Rise with SnS, have to re-learn how to SnS. When I get back to lance after a lot of Bullet Barrage, and Shoryu spammed in Sunbreak, I can't see myself switching to any other weapons, outside of the occasional elemental piercing HBG fun. Really love the added tools in Rise and Sunbreak.
How the tables have turned.
Great content. Thanks!
31:41 Get Gajau'd
also...Finally...by this videos metric, I can safely say that I am the worlds okayest mhrise lance user. feels good man
Wow didn’t know sheathing retreat had I-frames that’s awesome. Glad I clicked on the video
I really like how mutch love the Lance got in MH World, in World Lance was my favourite weapon because of the Super Guard turning back possibility, negating all damage and using Counter attacks which is my playstyle I really like in any game, now in Rise it got even more options to deal great damage.
But my friend doesn't understand that Lance is a lot different weapon than GunLacne, since Lance is faster and have different options more for guarding and counter attacking, but my friend still thinks the Lance should be removed from the game, becasue GunLance is the same as Lance but also have ammunition that you can Fire.
I don't know why he thinkgs the GunLance is the same as Lance....
And He likes Monster Hunter more than me. Maybe somehow he didn't cared to try Lance in World and Rise since he is playing all the time GunLance and maybe somewhow Lance was worse than GunLance in earlier games, so he might stuck with this thinking than GunLance is superior to Lance because it's the same as Lance but also you can Fire ammunition from it.
Currently stuck in bed with the rona, so this video couldn't have come at a better time 💖