Usually Narga weapons fall off in G Rank so ive never really taken notice but ive jus realized that damn, White sharpness Multiplier really carries you through Low and HR. Narga mats are also easy to farm asf.
For real. So many fully upgraded weapons only have a sliver of blue sharpness for some reason and they often bounce off end game monsters once you hit green.
Probably best weapon design in the whole game imo, its just perfect, monster representation, powers up with your gauge, and imo worlds was even better with the fulbugs around the blade like with zinogre, oof
My fav weapon for sure i mean the way it powers up with electricity is so cool and the particle effects plus its a strong weapon and a lot of stuff is weak to thunder.
I really wish they would have given the Hand-Me-Down some unique ramp-up skill or something to make it interesting. They keep talking about how heavy it is, maybe some built in punish draw?
When it comes to pure raw, you can drop the Anjanath LS for the Gnarsh Katana which is made of Jaggi materials and can use Bludgeoner to surpass the Anjanath LS even more. The best LS are currently the Nargacuga and the Magnamalo LS, followed by the Gnarsh Katana (but only with Bludgeoner). Everything else depends on the elemental weaks but Rathalos is the only one that's stand outs, especially with all this monsters like Khezu, Goss Harang and so on with their huge fire weakness.
Fun fact! Rimeblossom(Silkbind boost) with a Wex2 and maximum might charm is the best LS in terms of efr. But due to requiring such a specific charm it really doesn't get too much light.
I love how whoever's account is showing the weapons in the Smithy is out of Zenny. Story of my fucking life in Rise. Farm Up Mats, fight a dozen monsters, craft up through the tree, get to the final upgrade, run out of Zenny. Fuck! Now I gotta go mine to finish my weapon! lol
yeah, check out a video on Gaijin Hunter's channel about it, but basically, do a mining run on Lava place during a mining upsurge (reset the upsurges by running the first village flamelantern quest with botanist which takes about 10 seconds until you get one) and then do a run through the area on repeat for about 10 minutes, you'll get several hundred of all the high rank ores and call sell them for a shitload
I agree with all of your lists here. I went straight for the narga, rathalos, and ice tree blades. I didnt know zynogre had a weapon like that. I would say though that the phantom mirage weapon is definitely comparible to the deepest night weapon. Both give white, good slots, and where deepest night has more affinity phantom mirage has more base raw. As far as a design goes though, phantom mirage is easily on my top three picks.
My set up since MHF2. As much as I love Narga and am happy he's here in Rise and enjoy his weapon line, there's one longsword I put above that: Scythe of Menace II which I use with my Death Stench Armor to make my reaper look. Each game, Death Stench has worked differently and so how I play it changes from game to game, but I always try to get this combo. As a side, Iai sheath looks funny on a blade with no actually sheath, I didn't know the handle of my scythe extended. Its the only weapon that I overlook the negative sharpness on because of the poison.
Sakura Slash is also really good for status builds; and most stats LS are pretty darn good. I also think the Anjanath LS is disqualified for its appearance alone.
Hi arekkz! Id love to see a video covering brutal strike. Like what weapons, skill synergies go with it and at what point will you get diminishing returns going all in on high raw super low negative affinity.
This is probably better directed at Paradise or TwoSixNine atm since most of Arekkz' focus is going into the weapon workshops and Monster Hunter Monday, and the occasional video like this
I’ve always really loved the basic Iron Tree designs for Longsword, Switchaxe, and Charge Blade. Hoping we get layered weapons in Rise, but I could also understand if we don’t.
If you make the almudron blade from start you can get silkbind boost along the way. Seeing how the big dmg from longsword comes from the helmbreaker this has been my go to for most longswords!
While there's not a longsword variant, but I dont see any of the Remobra line weapons getting love! They are some of the most badass designs out there, especially the hammer, Switch Axe, and lance. They have this awesome evil sorcerer's minion vibe, and I use them on any amiable weaponry until I have an endgame weapon built.
Obvious choices here after looking through the weapon trees myself! But I would like to point out how BEAUTIFUL that purple Mizu blade is! I love it! (also: comment for the algorithm :p).
Elemental seems fun with sakura slash which I have been using with serene pose for some pretty meaty hits (great for part breaks) that rival a helm splitter. But I get that nargacuga with soaring kick is stronger but I keep jumping over the monster instead aloe of the time lol
I think sakura slash is kind of underrated tbh, but then again I run a lot of status sets which I realize aren't optimal, I just find fun, and sakura slash is great for those
Why don't I see anyone talking about the Chameleos LS? Not only does it look really cool but it also has 1 lvl 2 slot and 2 lvl 1 slots. 180 raw. Blue sharpness, easily white with just a bit of handicraft put in. 15% affinity and the Chameleos soul ramp up skill, which I find to be really fun regardless of which buff I get from it. It's a great LS. Edit: forgot to mention that is just the first lvl of Chameleos LS. Haven't beaten Vaalstrax yet so haven't upgraded it yet.
I love these long sword designs. I was expecting the magnamalo blade to visually powerup like the zinogre. It would of easly been the best one if it has those little purple flares or aura coming from it.
I honestly don't care for the Magnamalo weapons that much (some of them anyway). Square-edged blades are something I really don't like tbh. Toothless and non-threatening. Much prefer the Magna Bow/DB designs.
@@valkyrion_ex1173 the design should of been different in my opinion aswell. I was hoping something similar to his "yari " spear like tail. I feel like they played it safe for aesthetics and graphic resolution. I still like it though
@@fantomSage Yeah I was hoping they'd take more inspiration from the tail too. The Lance clearly did, I like that one. The Felyne weapon is great too, I wish they'd used that design for the LS or something...literally his tail on a stick 😂
Just a shout-out to Paradise and his insane longsword skills in the capture footage. The guard points on the special sheath counter are not easy, especially when countering roars!! Hats off to him!!! 🙇🏼♂️
Y'all need to do a video/shout out for the Monster Hunter board game that's live on kickstarter right now, before it finishes! Was funded in 10 minutes and is now over 2 milion!
Magnamalo's LS is made to combo with its armor set. The armor has handicraft lv3 which elevates it to white sharpness with 200 might If you can manage a good hellfire cloak talisman, you can also mix in Razor sharp coz the white is quite small But pair all of this with the Magnamalo Soul ramp up skill and it becomes a lot more powerful and stays thematic to the monster its made from!
Magna's LS actually competes with Narga. That in itself makes it the best LS because I don't have to use Narga as my raw option. 3 handi will throw Magna into white.
Rimeblossom is really great it's top 2 or even top 1 for me, only have blue sharpness and no extra affinity, BUT 210 attack, Ice attack and silkbind boost close the gap, it's effective raw very slightly weaker than White sharp Narga but consider Silkbind boost it's actually might stronger, it's blue sharp bar might look a bit short but I feel it's longer than Magnamalo LS
No mention of the final Bone LS? Gnash Katana has just as much raw as the Anjanath sword, neutral affinity, and can use Bludgeoner to up the damage even more.
Yeah, thats a strange omission. I have a build with Narga and one with gnash and they are very close in terms of damage. The addition of minds eye on Gnash is really interesting too.
Why are all the LS users sleeping on Max Might? LS doesn't use stamina. Maintaining Max Might is EZPZ. Crit Eye - 7 - 40% Affinity Deepest Night - 40% Affinity Max Might - 2 - 20% Affinity when active (which is constantly, I basically never have to worry about it) That's 100% affinity. Max Might activates after only a few seconds and lasts longer than it takes to reactivate it. This is the way.
Kakaru Kumo Naki 2, or the Mizutsune LS isn't as good as the Almudron one but I would pick that over the amazing looking mecha blade any day because my dream of seeing the Mizutsune LS rendered in better graphics finally coming true is just too much for me to ignore. Style over substance XD
How about the gnash sword? It can inherit attack boost IV or be ramped up with dulling strike. It gets blue sharpness with a little handicraft investment.
do long swords have varying attack speed? do some attack slower/faster than others? I feel like the clunky looking long swords attack a tad slower, while the slimmer long swords attack faster. idk tho
When I was gonna do a special sheath and... It has only a slow preparation like that smooth insert of the blade... But I'm seeing some videos that when they do a special sheath... It's fast... How?
Fairly certain it's from the food skill Moxie. Basically if your health is above that bar, you survive any single hit that would kill you with 1 hp. Also, never apologize for asking questions! We love new players in the MH community. Welcome, and Happy Hunting!
I could have sworn this was a reupload, but I got it confused with the Top 6 Weapons one lol. I guess all I saw was longsword and nothing else mattered. Spoiler alert, LS mains have crafted all of these.
is it just me or has the attack number changed in this game? ive been a chargeblade main since in was released, but i had a sword and shield with the same attack power and figured it would just be ridiculous to use a slower weapon with the same attack.
Usually Narga weapons fall off in G Rank so ive never really taken notice but ive jus realized that damn, White sharpness Multiplier really carries you through Low and HR. Narga mats are also easy to farm asf.
For real. So many fully upgraded weapons only have a sliver of blue sharpness for some reason and they often bounce off end game monsters once you hit green.
I like the mizutsune longsword myself, currently building an aesthetic set that maximizes what I could do with it
The Mizutsune weapons are by far the most stylish imho
this is the way
Imo, Mizu LS is the most beauty of them all. Love it sooooo much
Well layered armor just came out so u can probably just build a good armor for it then just throw layered armor of what you think looks nice
I need to hear Arekkz saying "Fervid Flammenschwert" !!!
Started using Long Sword three days ago and I cannot seem to stop. It’s SOOOOO much fun to use.
“Have a taste of my LONG SWORD” - Elder Fugen
Oh yeah he does say that..... ima go hunt
😏
Uncle Fugen...pls don't...🥺
YAMEROOOOOOO
Doesn't he say something about "get off my lawn" or did I just massively misunderstand him?
Zinogre's LS is always one of the best. Good raw, sharpness, element, and it goes super saiyan as you increase spirit level.
Probably best weapon design in the whole game imo, its just perfect, monster representation, powers up with your gauge, and imo worlds was even better with the fulbugs around the blade like with zinogre, oof
@@aniervg166 ye especially the stygian one in world looked so cool
My fav weapon for sure i mean the way it powers up with electricity is so cool and the particle effects plus its a strong weapon and a lot of stuff is weak to thunder.
I really wish they would have given the Hand-Me-Down some unique ramp-up skill or something to make it interesting. They keep talking about how heavy it is, maybe some built in punish draw?
“”the deepest night” is no1 long sword, because this is the only long sword that has been fully upgraded
Is the Magnamalo Longsword not fully upgraded?
Narga’s longsword has always been my go to weapon when I don’t know what build to make. Sad that it wasn’t that good in Iceborne tho
@@KaineReiN Was never the best in G/Master Rank. Always great in High rank
@@KaineReiN
I feel like they had a Nargacuga subspecies planned for World/IB, but they just couldn’t fit it in, with COVID happening and all.
@@mhk6943 the Lucent Narg LS was king in 3U which was in G-Rank. It was nuts.
I remember the Narg long sword being pretty good in the past games- glad that shadowy beast’s LS is still a great pick in this one.
Nearly all his weapons are the best for each weapon class
When it comes to pure raw, you can drop the Anjanath LS for the Gnarsh Katana which is made of Jaggi materials and can use Bludgeoner to surpass the Anjanath LS even more.
The best LS are currently the Nargacuga and the Magnamalo LS, followed by the Gnarsh Katana (but only with Bludgeoner). Everything else depends on the elemental weaks but Rathalos is the only one that's stand outs, especially with all this monsters like Khezu, Goss Harang and so on with their huge fire weakness.
Not for big damage numbers screw elemental weapons. Raw is king 🤴
Fun fact! Rimeblossom(Silkbind boost) with a Wex2 and maximum might charm is the best LS in terms of efr. But due to requiring such a specific charm it really doesn't get too much light.
These are great. Can’t wait for the rest of your weapon workshops too. Hope to see them soon!!!
I love how whoever's account is showing the weapons in the Smithy is out of Zenny. Story of my fucking life in Rise. Farm Up Mats, fight a dozen monsters, craft up through the tree, get to the final upgrade, run out of Zenny. Fuck! Now I gotta go mine to finish my weapon! lol
theres a 300k zenny run in 10 mins guide. super simple to do if you need
yeah, check out a video on Gaijin Hunter's channel about it, but basically, do a mining run on Lava place during a mining upsurge (reset the upsurges by running the first village flamelantern quest with botanist which takes about 10 seconds until you get one) and then do a run through the area on repeat for about 10 minutes, you'll get several hundred of all the high rank ores and call sell them for a shitload
@@MorteTheSkull Thanks guys, but I'm aware, hence the me saying I've gotta go mine at the end.
I always forgot the rampage skill when I get a new weapon
I agree with all of your lists here. I went straight for the narga, rathalos, and ice tree blades. I didnt know zynogre had a weapon like that. I would say though that the phantom mirage weapon is definitely comparible to the deepest night weapon. Both give white, good slots, and where deepest night has more affinity phantom mirage has more base raw. As far as a design goes though, phantom mirage is easily on my top three picks.
My set up since MHF2. As much as I love Narga and am happy he's here in Rise and enjoy his weapon line, there's one longsword I put above that:
Scythe of Menace II which I use with my Death Stench Armor to make my reaper look. Each game, Death Stench has worked differently and so how I play it changes from game to game, but I always try to get this combo. As a side, Iai sheath looks funny on a blade with no actually sheath, I didn't know the handle of my scythe extended.
Its the only weapon that I overlook the negative sharpness on because of the poison.
I use The shade sword for Rampage as blast counts as a status ailment which helps with getting that S rank when needed.
As soon as I saw longsword in my notification I never clicked so fast lmao
Magnamalo’s long sword is top 3 easily when making great long sword builds.
Nope not strong enough
Sakura Slash is also really good for status builds; and most stats LS are pretty darn good.
I also think the Anjanath LS is disqualified for its appearance alone.
Hi arekkz! Id love to see a video covering brutal strike. Like what weapons, skill synergies go with it and at what point will you get diminishing returns going all in on high raw super low negative affinity.
This is probably better directed at Paradise or TwoSixNine atm since most of Arekkz' focus is going into the weapon workshops and Monster Hunter Monday, and the occasional video like this
I’ve always really loved the basic Iron Tree designs for Longsword, Switchaxe, and Charge Blade. Hoping we get layered weapons in Rise, but I could also understand if we don’t.
Somebody with the same taste of weapons as me, nice
Same I like a clean sleek normal sword lol
If you make the almudron blade from start you can get silkbind boost along the way. Seeing how the big dmg from longsword comes from the helmbreaker this has been my go to for most longswords!
I really like the look of the Mizutsune longsword I really like the way the blade looks
While there's not a longsword variant, but I dont see any of the Remobra line weapons getting love! They are some of the most badass designs out there, especially the hammer, Switch Axe, and lance. They have this awesome evil sorcerer's minion vibe, and I use them on any amiable weaponry until I have an endgame weapon built.
anjanath blade is essentially similar to doctor doofensmirts guy from phineas and ferb :)
Great video again, but way more quiet than previous videos - or is it just me? Had to put that speaker volume to the max.
Do a top 5 charge blade next please :)
Anteka LS carried me until mid-high rank. it's a unique-looking sword which has Spiribird Doubled rampage skill. I think it's a nice gimmick sword.
Obvious choices here after looking through the weapon trees myself! But I would like to point out how BEAUTIFUL that purple Mizu blade is! I love it! (also: comment for the algorithm :p).
Yea man I agree. I built the blade just so I could admire it lmao
I feel like the nargacuga weapons are all the best I honestly feel like it is op. More weapons need higher affinities to compete and white sharpness.
Elemental seems fun with sakura slash which I have been using with serene pose for some pretty meaty hits (great for part breaks) that rival a helm splitter. But I get that nargacuga with soaring kick is stronger but I keep jumping over the monster instead aloe of the time lol
I think sakura slash is kind of underrated tbh, but then again I run a lot of status sets which I realize aren't optimal, I just find fun, and sakura slash is great for those
been waiting for this one🤌
The Zinogre LS is my favorite, it’s just so damn cool looking
Same
Nargacuga longsword reminds me of some good memories
Nargacuga - Deepest Nights (sharp)
Rathalos Blade - Wyvern Blade (fire)
Anjanath Blade - Fervid a$!j@l$ (raw dmg)
Almudron blade - wasn't listening
Ice Tree - Rimeblossom (looks cool)
-honorable mention-
Magnamolo - not bad
Lightning sword
Just got a quick sheath 3, water attack 2 with a 3 slot and a 1 slot. Doom bringer build here I come!
Dual Blades next, let's gooooo!
Plz do switch axe. I cheated on longsword with switch axe. God I love this game
Is videos like this that makes me want to go ahead and play two to three maybe even longer of monster Hunter rise of hours
Same here, same here
Why don't I see anyone talking about the Chameleos LS? Not only does it look really cool but it also has 1 lvl 2 slot and 2 lvl 1 slots. 180 raw. Blue sharpness, easily white with just a bit of handicraft put in. 15% affinity and the Chameleos soul ramp up skill, which I find to be really fun regardless of which buff I get from it. It's a great LS.
Edit: forgot to mention that is just the first lvl of Chameleos LS. Haven't beaten Vaalstrax yet so haven't upgraded it yet.
Somnacanth LS is fantastic. Looks amazing and can reliably get a couple sleeps per hunt for strong wake up hits.
I love these long sword designs. I was expecting the magnamalo blade to visually powerup like the zinogre. It would of easly been the best one if it has those little purple flares or aura coming from it.
I honestly don't care for the Magnamalo weapons that much (some of them anyway). Square-edged blades are something I really don't like tbh. Toothless and non-threatening. Much prefer the Magna Bow/DB designs.
@@valkyrion_ex1173 the design should of been different in my opinion aswell. I was hoping something similar to his "yari " spear like tail. I feel like they played it safe for aesthetics and graphic resolution. I still like it though
@@fantomSage Yeah I was hoping they'd take more inspiration from the tail too. The Lance clearly did, I like that one. The Felyne weapon is great too, I wish they'd used that design for the LS or something...literally his tail on a stick 😂
Just a shout-out to Paradise and his insane longsword skills in the capture footage. The guard points on the special sheath counter are not easy, especially when countering roars!! Hats off to him!!! 🙇🏼♂️
I've never been this early, I love your vids Arekkz ❤️
Arekkz Gaming is the GOAT for MH content
after ALLLL the elemental db's, bow's, and ls i did in world/ib i just wanna find a high raw and smack things
Join the great sword gang then we only go in raw ;)
Just wait unti the TRUE HOWLING SLASHING SLICING DEVIL SLAYING BLADE is released.
Zinogre LS is best in looks and is viable i use it and Deepest night the most.
Y'all need to do a video/shout out for the Monster Hunter board game that's live on kickstarter right now, before it finishes! Was funded in 10 minutes and is now over 2 milion!
I use the Mizutsune long sword. Just because its beautiful
My guy, you're sleeping on the Barioth LS
Magnamalo's LS is made to combo with its armor set. The armor has handicraft lv3 which elevates it to white sharpness with 200 might
If you can manage a good hellfire cloak talisman, you can also mix in Razor sharp coz the white is quite small
But pair all of this with the Magnamalo Soul ramp up skill and it becomes a lot more powerful and stays thematic to the monster its made from!
Magna's LS actually competes with Narga. That in itself makes it the best LS because I don't have to use Narga as my raw option. 3 handi will throw Magna into white.
But the affinity beats it at every turn. You have to invest handicraft 3 which means you’re losing out on other skills. The narg LS wins every time.
@@jackcox1603 I know man, I said competes not better. I'm already joining a lobby with 3 other random LS user, don't want to bring in a 4th narga LS.
Gnash Katana can go up to 240 raw with ramp up skill. It's green sharpness but blue with HC3.
Bludgeoner would fit it quite well
Rimeblossom is really great it's top 2 or even top 1 for me, only have blue sharpness and no extra affinity, BUT 210 attack, Ice attack and silkbind boost close the gap, it's effective raw very slightly weaker than White sharp Narga but consider Silkbind boost it's actually might stronger, it's blue sharp bar might look a bit short but I feel it's longer than Magnamalo LS
Hopefully there will be updates as more content comes out for all weapons
I was about to say "the gap between white and blue isnt that much" then i remember i havent check if the sharpness been nerfed or not.
It’s a 1.32 vs 1.20 dmg modifier.
No mention of the final Bone LS? Gnash Katana has just as much raw as the Anjanath sword, neutral affinity, and can use Bludgeoner to up the damage even more.
Yeah, thats a strange omission. I have a build with Narga and one with gnash and they are very close in terms of damage. The addition of minds eye on Gnash is really interesting too.
The Anja long sword is called the the fervid flame sword with flame sword in German love the lack of ingenuity there
The almudron sheath reminds me of the anime S Cry Ed look it up it looks like kazuma’s alter power
I’d really appreciate a best insect glaive video if possible!
1min ago without the bell. Let's go
When's that charge blade tutorial coming out my dude?
"Here have this, it's too heavy" - fugen
Thanks a bunch
Why are all the LS users sleeping on Max Might?
LS doesn't use stamina.
Maintaining Max Might is EZPZ.
Crit Eye - 7 - 40% Affinity
Deepest Night - 40% Affinity
Max Might - 2 - 20% Affinity when active (which is constantly, I basically never have to worry about it)
That's 100% affinity. Max Might activates after only a few seconds and lasts longer than it takes to reactivate it.
This is the way.
Oh, he's saying raw! I kept hearing 200 roar.
Yeah, good old accent on rawr damage
Fervid flammenschwert is roughly in German "Burning flame sword" Fla-men-shwert".
Barioth longsword is pretty op too check it out
I have been wanting to know, what armor set you are using with the mask and what I think is the Zinogre armor?
Is the weapon workshop series still a thing? I've noticed you guys went straight into top 5 weapons and kind of glanced over it
Any chance of a top 5 heavy bowguns? It seem like a good weapon but I don't know which one to go for XD
When are you doing top 5 charge blades ???
Tigrex Ls has the same damage and affinity but it has white sharpness.
Where's the love for the Hammer Bros?
Please do dual blades and bow tutorial
Kakaru Kumo Naki 2, or the Mizutsune LS isn't as good as the Almudron one but I would pick that over the amazing looking mecha blade any day because my dream of seeing the Mizutsune LS rendered in better graphics finally coming true is just too much for me to ignore. Style over substance XD
Eh
Will there be a switch axe list?
How about the gnash sword? It can inherit attack boost IV or be ramped up with dulling strike. It gets blue sharpness with a little handicraft investment.
Straight physical dmg also, so no switching load outs for specific monsters
It's poopoo
what are the red slashes coming from his sword on each hit?
Can you do hammers next?
do long swords have varying attack speed? do some attack slower/faster than others? I feel like the clunky looking long swords attack a tad slower, while the slimmer long swords attack faster. idk tho
As far as I know, that has never been the case
Just clicked. Rimeblossom better be here. 210 raw, good ice, silkbind boost, and looks pretty cool. I'm loving it.
Awww yeah!
Top 5 dual blades please
When I was gonna do a special sheath and... It has only a slow preparation like that smooth insert of the blade... But I'm seeing some videos that when they do a special sheath... It's fast... How?
Just wanted to drop a like and let you guys know that I got my monster bites!! Definitely worth the money!
What is the yellow diamond shaped gubbin halfway through the health bar at the beginning of the video? Sorry im new to the series
Fairly certain it's from the food skill Moxie. Basically if your health is above that bar, you survive any single hit that would kill you with 1 hp.
Also, never apologize for asking questions! We love new players in the MH community. Welcome, and Happy Hunting!
Looks like I'm hunting Nargacuga.
I could have sworn this was a reupload, but I got it confused with the Top 6 Weapons one lol. I guess all I saw was longsword and nothing else mattered. Spoiler alert, LS mains have crafted all of these.
I thought the barioth ice sword would be better because it has white sharpness
cool > meta
How do u unlock hidden saber 2? I’m HR 5 and I have all the materials required to make it but it’s still a ? For me
Let’s see a lance video
is it just me or has the attack number changed in this game? ive been a chargeblade main since in was released, but i had a sword and shield with the same attack power and figured it would just be ridiculous to use a slower weapon with the same attack.
Dual blades?
How do people like the final maganamlo long sword's hellfire rampage skill
I see some 20k zenny only..
You should really watch the Arekkz Gaming video tutorial to earn zennys...
Im Use 3 sword,narga,narwa and chamelios,where is better?
Where is chameleos ls? That thing is hella good