Yup, game is a gem for real. I remember when it was coming out i played the demo with my gf being a completely new player, we slayed the narga and she was so happy, so we decided to buy Gen and we finished it together. It was amazing letting her experience MH almost the same way i did back in F2 because of all the old maps, and pokke village
Get ready for some of the BEST bangers in the whole series! Even the themes you already know, like Valstrax, Mizu, Glavenus, Astalos, etc... sound punchier and more awesome in GU. Good luck Hey Jay!
If you want a default armor set that will carry you- the best I can say is use the Bu-ja-bu-ja-bu set. It's bulldrome and jaggi, and the name actually tells you what pieces to make, starting with the Bulldrome helm. It gives you max attack for low rank, which is really nice!
Ah classic. For lance mains the spiked javelin deals crazy damage very early game, even to late game. Once you get bludgeoner jewels in high rank the damage is nuts.
Bro prowler is a totally different class on its own, you are literally changing your whole character species and not just the weapon, they function nothing like a hunter most of the time and I like it that way Monster hunter often doesn't do this type of drastic changes when it comes to gameplay, much less giving us a brand new character class with their own mechanics.
Sorry if this was posted before? But Pokke was actually the actually the Village from Monster Hunter: Freedom 2 and Freedom: Unite. Also, something that's really fun you should try out is Aerial Style using the Switch Axe, I was struggling to enjoy the Switch Axe at first too when I played MHGU, but gained a new appreciation for it when I tried the Aerial style on it.
I've never played GU. My introduction to the game was base Generations. I used to play it with my kids. We would spend hours on our 3DS's linked just hunting. It's honestly one of my favorite memories of all time.
About Charge Blade! You *can* still charge it in one go, but you have to do it a little bit differently. Rather than do it from the shield thrust, you have to switch to axe form, go to do a AED/SAED and then charge the shield. So R + X to go axe, then X + A to go into the AED/SAED animation, then R to charge the shield in one go. Quite a lot clunkier than 4/World/Rise style but is still possible. Will be super interesting to see this pledge progress btw, great stuff!
Aside: in Adept CB, you activate red shield mode _exclusively_ by countering after doing the special Adept Guard against a monster's attack, anything less only gives you yellow shield mode (if anything at all). Valor CB meanwhile introduces a blue shield mode.
@@StratelierBlue shield is like halfway between yellow and red, and doesn't require charging by canceling an aed, but only is active during Valor meter.
@@Stratelier actually you can still activate red shield the normal way from axe mode in Adept. Adept Guard charging it is just faster if you have the opportunity
Ooooh, I'm getting in on the ground floor this time! looking forward to this series. EDIT: If you love the moofahs, just keep petting them! KEEP PETTING!!!
Valor GS hands down. It’s also perfect to learn about the mechanics of valor style. Quick intro to valor style. The general idea of valor is your weapon and move set is nerfed until you build the valor gauge, then your weapon and move set gets super buffed. In other words you start at 70% power and then unlock 200%. Valor sheath, the sheath takes longer but when you sheath your weapon you can hold it or cancel it into a valor attack. Valor attacks build up your valor gauge faster. If you are hit while in valor sheath (while facing the attack) then you will automatically preform a valor dodge. You do take reduced damage but you slide back and sheath your weapon pretty quick. Valor is awesome, GS and HBG benefits most from it, pretty much every weapon gets cool new moves but CB gets a phial loop for its second and third axe phial attacks.
Valor indeed best in game, especially for speed runners, maybe except that lance running thrust playstyle which use guild iirc. Valor GS is fun and strong, valor LS is like more modern LS with counters, valor HBG is insane spamming ammo lol.
Insect Glaive gang rise up! I encourage you to main IG! You’ll conquer the sky and have a little bug buddy to name and travel with you on this journey!
As a fellow Switch Axe main - for some odd reason, Striker Style is closer to the default moveset of Switch Axe than Guild is, and it also allows you to use more of its insanely powerful Hunter Arts. Give that a try if Guild felt strange to you!
Honestly I say you do a stream where you watch gaijin hunter guide on each weapon and its style to get a idea of what the weapon does and how the styles affect them.
I couldn't recommend against this more; they _show_ some of the actions, but they don't _teach_ the mechanics or play styles. There are things you can only really learn from some very specific weapon type specialists whom have been pushed down by the algorithm in favor of names like these: their popularity is a negative correlation with their efficacy.
Switch Axe in GU is very very simple. See what you do is go into sword mode and press X > A > Repeat. Out of charge? I take the switch axe charge art. No problemo, back to X and A forever.
I think you can avoid striker for a good while until you unlock more and better hunting arts. Striker switch axe is one of my favorite weapons in this game though. There is one art that makes you lose Charge over time instead of per hit, one that gives you some charge and one that refills some sharpness. Combine all 3 and you end up with 100% sword uptime.
You can really _feel_ the difference Striker and Alchemy Styles' damage bonuses make in the very beginning of the game; as with all Hunting Styles, they're always relevant, but situational.
Really love this gane, as a GS main I do really like Valor and Adept You will probably like do dogde things around and hit them hard but valor is so satisfying as well
So yet another journey begins. It's been surreal watching you got through all the other monster hunter games as you've played them in a pretty similar order to me. Having only recently beaten the final boss in gu, your new pledge has inspired me to learn more of the weapons myself as I tend to just pick a different weapon every game and use only it. I look forward to seeing you go through this mammoth of a game and am excited to join in on multiplayer in the future!
Finally you can play the ultimate form of Switch Axe, I'm talking Adept style with Tempest Axe, I'm talking axe mode supremacy. (You don't get the art until G-Rank though unfortunately)
This game truly was a “greatest hits” of the franchise. A love letter to the old style before MHW came out. This was my first Monster Hunter game, and it was a beautiful experience for me. I was captivated and entranced by just how beautiful it all was.
There's one gathering quest (if you haven't found it yet, I think it's in the Hub) where you'll NEED to read the quest description text to know where to find the target item. And Great Maccao is best starter monster am I right? MHGU was my second MH game (after MH4U) so here are my thoughts about each village included: - Bherna: A sleepy little hamlet, very fitting for the game's slow opening grind. - Kokoto: Even without playing MH1, this village feels wild and untamed but somehow also generally nostalgic, with a bright outlook. - Pokke: This mountainside retreat is cold but also warm and cozy ... like Seliana. - Yukumo: Feels more to me like a "waypoint" than a "hub", a nice place to _visit_ but not necessarily _stay._
I found your channel from your monster hunter journey compilation videos and although I had to stop partway through 4U so I could see it for myself first I’ve enjoyed every minute I’ve seen of your videos. I have Adhd and aspire to better note taking, so when I started 4U I thought I would journal it to make sure I engage with all the systems introduced to me, but I very quickly forgot to keep up with it. Watching this series may be my springboard to keep trying. I’m very curious where you learned to write such good notes! Pls keep playing monster hunter! 🙏 I get to live vicariously through your journey since I haven’t yet been able to play anything but World/Rise and 4U
thanks for watching! Having my streams to look back on to compile my notes is very helpful. I used to do note taking while reviewing games and I admit it is hard while playing. Best I could recommend is just take 10-15mins to jot down some points that stood out to you after a game session
I LOVED GU! This game is so wacky and wild, it's just not something any game since has been able to replace. And if you REALLY want to be an Omni-Hunter, not only will you clear with every weapon, but you'll clear with every weapon using every style! Aerial Swaxe is a TON of fun, I can tell you that for sure.
This is hilarious - I JUST restarted a save on MHGU. I'm mostly playing GL right now, but maybe I'll try more. On my last few saves I always ended up playing prowler and ignoring all the weapons. One thing I'm absolutely with you on is the Switch Axe. I love SA, it was my first weapon - in 3U no less - but after hours upon hours in Rise and World, returning to old SA is very jarring. I need way more time with it. Which is funny, because GL fit like a glove, even after being used to the zoomy version of Rise and the swingy version of World. GL feels REALLY good here. Can't wait to follow this journal.
GU really is such a good game. The celebration of the series so far, the absolutely bonkers monster count, styles to keep even weapons you've mastered fresh and new... what more could you want? One of the biggest changes made to the Swaxe going in to World was loosening up its combo restrictions. It requires a bit more setup and flow to use certain attacks like the morph slash. A little bit of practice when you get back around to it, and it'll feel like home again.
Hey jay! the first thing you should build for your armor is to make one of the best starting low rank mixed set armor called "BuJaBuJaBu". Basically its a combination of Bulldrome and jaggi's armor parts which consists of: Bulldrome cap Jaggi mail Bulldrome vambraces Jaggi waist Bulldrome greaves This armor gives you Attack Up (M) right off the bat which is pretty great until you reach LR lvl 5 to make rathalos armor. As for the insect glaive, here's what you get for each color your kinsect collects (based on what i remember) Red - attack damage and additional attack combo White - makes you jump much higher Orange - gives you earplugs as long as you have orange color on your IG. Whenever using insect glaive getting those three colors is important.
Love people are trying GU. The grind is heavier, but it feels alot more rewarding to get weapons and armour in this game. The variety is insane, fantastic for fashion hunters.
I personally love Aerial Switch Axe, you build up mounts incredibly fast, and when you eventually get Seregios or the deviant Ceanataur, when you "dodge" you will get back sharpness and so you won't have to worry about sharpening *much
Important tip for ranged weapons: go to the options and change Control Type to Type 3. This will let you use the D-pad to aim with your left thumb while your right thumb fiddles with the buttons. This will also rebind the hunter arts to ZL + X, A, B.
Aerial SA is the best thing in early game for its double hit jump attack when youre in Sword mode You'll get mount very easily early but the effectiveness will be diminished a lot late game cause monsters will be a lot harder to mount
You will want to do prowler quests as they unlock stuff for your cats! There is also a unique prowler to GU so don't throw the baby out with the bath water.😅 (Seriously my Prowler run was the most fun run of this game - I played a run of every weapon while waiting for Rise and I will definitely say Prowler is viable & quite fun, completely changing how you play.) Good luck with the Hunting Horn, as anyone coming from Rise & World get thrown through a loop with those, especially as it is a much slower weapon to set up your combos for but so damn satisfying 😊 throw a mushroom mancer set on with it and you'll have a ton of fun
Holy crap, i also just started playing MHGU as i got my very first Switch V2 just about 1week ago.. And i appreciated playing this aside when i played this on a 3DS before. so far i passed Low Rank 3 and unlocked Tetsu Set armor and oh boi i'm craving now for that G rank and i can't wait for that day to come so here i am at youtube seeking on how to master Hunter Arts for every weapon. best of luck for us😂🎉
Valor is the most broken, but needs the most understanding how to build up your valor gauge. Sheating your weapon (can also hold it to charge) grants a kind of evade that take some hp if you are hit Once you get max valor gauge, your weapon moveset changes. Like getting a parry off the first spirit blade combo with longsword Also get very fast / different evades compared to all the classses
This is more a general nice bonus tip if you haven't done it already, but, grab all the dlc from the main menu! It's all free stuff between event quests, palicoes, and items.
I did the weapon rotation thing when playing rise. I didn't really like it that much, but I was changing every quest and not every 3 quests so I hope you like it. A problem you will encounter doing this is you will be running out of zennies quickly trying to get all the weapons at your current level. It's easier to collect the weapons once you already beat the game since you will have more money by then and grinding will be quicker. My favorite way to play monster hunter was using a weapon for village low rank and another weapon for low and high rank multiplayer. Then for the expansion I would play another weapon for village high rank and another weapon for g-rank. Normally I would only pick a weapon I already know for G-rank. I also only picked ranged weapons for low and high rank multiplayer, because I mostly only liked playing them with other people as a support like role and I prefer the melee weapons for the harder stuff like g-rank.
Honestly I'd recommend Aerial Switch Axe! I dont think its the most optimal thing, but its one of my favorite combos in GU! In Sword Mode you do an attack both on the way up AND down when you vault off monsters, so you end up being a mounting machine
Wow, I also started playing GU for the first time a few days ago! But I play on an English Patched 3DS version since I dont use my hand-me-down Switch (even spent a few hours trying to find the DLC)
Gaijin has great guides on how to get the best kinsect One tip for extracts is to just shoot the bug point blank at where you want to hit. Aerial style tip: once you launch, you can stop yourself from moving forward in the air by letting go of the directional stick. This helps maintain your position. Great armor set is BuJaBuJaBu: bulldrome head, arm, legs and jaggi chest and waist. This set provides attack up L i believe
Hell yea! Glad to see you playing this installment! Completely true on this game being the best one to learn all the weapons from. I finally learned how to use the last weapon I needed, HBG, in this game lol. For the CB shield charge iirc its not that you need to charge twice, you need to charge it from Axe mode for Red Shield. The X+A shortcut just does a Yellow Shield Charge which is weaker. After getting Red Shield though the X+A shortcut should be okay for refreshing the duration. I only really liked HBG using Valor Style since it has fast sheathing and a run. The hardest adaptation for the Ranged weapons are definitely learning when to actually aim and just when to face your hunter to the weak point and shoot, specially in Old world games And will you randomize the weapon line-up every pass?
One thing you should know about: Village works a tad different in this game than normal. There are no G-rank quests there. Instead, all the G-rank quests are relegated to the new hunter's hub. However, there are G-rank equivalent quests in village called "Advanced" quests. This is important because the hub quests are balanced around multiplayer while village is balanced around solo. The quests in village and hub are also separate, and you will find yourself needing to run through LR and HR hub after finishing all the LR and HR village quests. Like 4U, you have required quests and urgents to increase your rank, but this game also has a special type of monster called deviants that you need permits to hunt. You can get these permits from quests randomly, or buy them using points from one of the cats. Grinding these motherfuckers is miserable, and you should only do it if you really like one of their weapons or their armor. Their weapons get bonus hunter art builup rate, so picking one you like is important. Deviants introduced in Generations have like 10 or more quests while those introduced in ultimate have like 4 or 5. The purpose of the village points are that you unlock quests the more you get, and you periodically get village tickets which are used to craft and upgrade special weapons, most of which are joke weapons. Also, don't use the cat weapons. They suck so much that it's actually unbelievable. Charge Blade and Gunlance were neutered in this game, but CB is still good while gunlance is the worst it'll ever be, unfortunately. It plays more like pre-iceborne slaplance without anything cool than it does 4U's gunlance. Don't forget to train your palicos. There's a whole raising system in the palico resort place to the right of berhna. If you don't train them they'll end up learning and using skills that are useless or even annoying to deal with. Learning how the system works is vital to having a useful palico. If you train one right, it can be an absolute monster in prowler mode that can outdo even some of the game's best weapons. Those being Valor LS and Valor HBG. Seriously, Valor HBG is so busted you can solo Fatalis with ease using it. If I had a weapon rec, it would be Alchemy SnS. It's a weird combo but it works really well. You can use items with SnS out, and alchemy's whole thing is making OP items. SnS also has lots of good arts, and alchemy gives you three slots that you can all make SP, which also boosts alchemy. It's a huge feedback loop and it's really fun. Valor CB is underrated as hell and one of my favorite styles. Adept hammer is also fun if you like getting in revenge hits. Adept CB is good if your timing is perfect, as it lets you practically no-hit fights if you correctly utilize adept guards and guard points. If you want to insist on using gunlance, I recommend either Striker, Valor, or Adept in that order. Striker because despite being bad, GL has some decent arts and striker gives you three slots. Valor has a cool shelling mechanic and makes shells valid again, which is why I play gunlance. It's hard to learn, though. Adept is just safe and reliable if you can hit adept guards. Just repeatedly counter the monster. Works well for aggressive ones.
Generations Ultimate truly is the apex of the franchise. The first thing I did in Generations was do all the of Training Quests, and I'm sure I was the first to do so. Playing it again from the beginning in Generations Ultimate, I did it again... all 114 Quests. Takes about 16 hours, swore I wouldn't do it again. I did it a third time. Initially, I wanted to 100% the game by doing and getting everything, but sadly, there just isn't enough box space to collect everything G-Rank. Still worth trying until you run out. Even though I use all weapon types equally, Bow is one of the ones I gravitate towards, and Great Sword, away from. Bow is very inconsistent in all games really, but you won't see it in legacy games due to there being no damage numbers: it really does very little against certain Monsters with bad hitzones, and it needs to use its damage Coatings as much as possible to keep up, similar to the stronger Bowgun ammo. Once you get comfortable with the movement, you'll be able to maneuver while charging and perform snap shots on Monsters as they pass by, preferably quickly aiming at specific spots. Valor Bow is some of the craziest gameplay, especially if you know your Arc Shot interactions with Valor Style. Still wish trajectory aim was togglable. Great Sword is slow and stiff; Aerial and Adept Styles are fast and fluid. Everything I dislike about Great Sword (which only Sunbreak has addressed, since) is solved with Aerial, IMO. Everyone complains the Aerial Charged Slash isn't as strong, but it's significantly easier to land, and more frequently. It's so consistent, in fact, you can use it with Repeat Offender or Punishing Draw, and quite successfully. They make it genuinely enjoyable, and I hope you have as much fun as I am, re-replaying it now, hoping to _actually_ get to the end and not re-restart so it'll never be over.
I need to get back into this one, i finished gen on 3ds. Played a lot of it. Got ultimate for switch but never realy played 😅... Was busy playing sunbreak at the same time so.... yeah. Gun lance for the win btw.
Switch Axe is still amazing, i love it in this game, Trust me though, go Valor or Arieal, the movesets for those styles makes it great. Endless attacking in Vlaor by spamming ZR when in the valor mode and when you have the soword out you get extra attacks vaulting off monsters in areial. Forgot to mention, in Valor mode with demon riot, you can endless spam ZSDs and each ZSD does two explosions. Super fun
Technically Poke is only from Freedom 2 and Freedom Unite. MH2 had Jumbo Village. Also, if you keep playing older entries, I absolutely recommend P3rd. It’s a really chill experience, not too hard, and has some really unique variations of mh staples. Like, instead of eating before doing a quest, you get in the Hot Springs and drink some tea. It’s also has the last, and best imo, interactable farm. After P3rd every entry made farms basic menus.
Pleaseeeeeee play mhfu after gu because i was offended when you said you didnt care about pokke village also it seems you haven't played gen 2 yet sooooooo i think this is appropriate, play mhfu the best monster hunter game ever released to this date right now in this time
Valor HBG is the only way i touch that weapon. Omce you build up your guage, you can sprint out of any dodge and go directly into siege mode, which, in Valor style, increases in firing speed as you shoot. Its genuinely so fun.
Fun Fact: This was the game that introduced Critical Boost. Another Fun Fact: Valor Style is good, but goofy to learn. Just be ready to relearn some move sets.
Its a good thing this game is the first time you started using Insect Glaive and not in MH4U, In generations it had most of the QOL improvements we see in world. MH4U was particularly tedius to upgrade the Kinsect, and you HAVE to upgrade the Kinsect before you upgrade the glaive, and the Kinsect in MH4U was locked to its assigned Glaive and you couldn't transfer it to another glaive, and you have to collect TONS of extracts of different elements to upgrade the Kinsect. It did have probably the best on-paper customization for your kinsects in the series, but it taken ALOT to get it anywhere.
Oh, about the bow, go into the setting and try switching it to type 2. It will change it so you hold X to charge it and pressing R lets you aim. That's triangle if you look at a ps controller.
I actually started with base generations no Gen U and boy great Macco was a walk for me being really fast and covering a lot of ground with its lunging kicks But that’s what makes it my favourite starter monster as it’s good to challenge players early on
The thought that Hey Jay will probably beat GU before me although I started playing 2 years ago really depress me. I would kill to have that kind of time! (Not actually)
@@HeyJayOfficial I dont think you lnow how danm long this game is. Especially if you solo since hub quests ate scaled to 4 players and monster deal a toon of damage. You probably wont finish before Wilds: Bloodbath is encountered in G rank
You dont need to charge the shield twice in CB. It has two different shield charges: from sword mode and from axe mode, the sword mode charge gives yellow shield and the axe mode charge gives direct red shield.
With the Charge Blade, you don't actually have to charge the shield twice. It just charges weaker when you're not in axe mode. (The game didn't want players taking the shortcut route from Sword mode I guess...)
HBG is insane in GU. Go valor style. It is very mobile since you can dodge into sprint without having the put the gun away. Once you get used to the basics, the thing is hard to ignore.
As someone who went from duel blades to switch axe and then to hammer. I've been trying out sword and shield, and insect glaive in Rise. And I'm thinking of looking into lance soon enough
If you dislike switch axe, I suggest aerial through village at least before trying something another style. It was my main when the game came out on 3ds, so you can trust me, it's one of the best Aerial Style :p
Switch Axe, uh, unless you're using a specific hunter art you basically never use the axe, to my understanding, it is my main, but i soend all my time running absolute teadiness, energy charge 2/3, and demon riot 3. Sharpen your weapon and dodge, refresh your sword gauge and get a boost to affinity, and stay in sword mode and fain a huge power boost. The bigger the level the bigger the effect, but the longer it takes to charge up so you're sometimes better off going with a lower powered art. Now, i say Sword Mode, really i mean Zero Sum Discharge spam. I used to be an aerial player, that's good for ZSD spam too but the 3 slots of striker really help. Also of note is that this was easier in base generations where DR3 didn't deplete your sword gsuge as fast so going ec3 was a lot safer for charge uptime, snd a think ZSD was stronger there too. I'm more experienced with base gen than my time in GU's G rank by quite a ways, so there's still a fair bit aboyt the DLC i don't know.
MHGU is the best MH for just having fun IMO, just try different combos of weapons'/styles/arts and don't worry about a "Meta" most MHGU players don't care much about Min/Maxing until the very hardest quests in the game anyways. When you do get to the Deviant Monsters and endgame in general Valor Heavy Bowgun with pierce shot is actually the highest DPS in the game if you end up caring about Min/Maxing at the end of your MHGU journey.
Chargeblade can be fully charged in on go I think. You just have to switch to axe mode first then do the AED cancel into shield charge. They one from Sword and Shield mode will refresh the duration iirc.
I am so happy to see you playing MHGU. What a great love letter to all the older games, literally celebrating all the generations it has had
Yup, game is a gem for real.
I remember when it was coming out i played the demo with my gf being a completely new player, we slayed the narga and she was so happy, so we decided to buy Gen and we finished it together.
It was amazing letting her experience MH almost the same way i did back in F2 because of all the old maps, and pokke village
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Get ready for some of the BEST bangers in the whole series! Even the themes you already know, like Valstrax, Mizu, Glavenus, Astalos, etc... sound punchier and more awesome in GU. Good luck Hey Jay!
Thanks Davi!
Nice to see you here davi!
Don't forget everyone's favorite theme, Hyper Khezu!
If you want a default armor set that will carry you- the best I can say is use the Bu-ja-bu-ja-bu set. It's bulldrome and jaggi, and the name actually tells you what pieces to make, starting with the Bulldrome helm. It gives you max attack for low rank, which is really nice!
Bulldrome cap, actually (the gunner armor piece)
Ah classic. For lance mains the spiked javelin deals crazy damage very early game, even to late game. Once you get bludgeoner jewels in high rank the damage is nuts.
hey man whoever is editing this video is funny af especially combining it with jay's commentary
i was gonna say, i dont remember these videos being this heavily edited and it made it super entertaining to watch lol
MHGU isn't my favorite game in the series, but I wholeheartedly believe it's the _best_ game in the series
it's the other way around for me, lol. I think 4U is a better game overall, but I think I personally like GU more.
@kwagmeijer26 I am the same way, the gameplay of MHGU is perfect. But when it comes to buildcrafting MH4U is the best.
Interesting, while I could see how it might be someone’s favorite, idk how anyone could think it’s the best
“Prowler doesn’t count as a weapon” Pretty sure Gaijinhunter would disagree with that 🤣
He ain't wrong Prowler isn't a weapon but a lifestyle.
I agree, it ain't a weapon.
@@esmi483 ...a terrible lifestyle.
Bro prowler is a totally different class on its own, you are literally changing your whole character species and not just the weapon, they function nothing like a hunter most of the time and I like it that way
Monster hunter often doesn't do this type of drastic changes when it comes to gameplay, much less giving us a brand new character class with their own mechanics.
@@dontaco5317 exactly !
Sorry if this was posted before? But Pokke was actually the actually the Village from Monster Hunter: Freedom 2 and Freedom: Unite. Also, something that's really fun you should try out is Aerial Style using the Switch Axe, I was struggling to enjoy the Switch Axe at first too when I played MHGU, but gained a new appreciation for it when I tried the Aerial style on it.
I've never played GU. My introduction to the game was base Generations. I used to play it with my kids. We would spend hours on our 3DS's linked just hunting. It's honestly one of my favorite memories of all time.
About Charge Blade! You *can* still charge it in one go, but you have to do it a little bit differently. Rather than do it from the shield thrust, you have to switch to axe form, go to do a AED/SAED and then charge the shield. So R + X to go axe, then X + A to go into the AED/SAED animation, then R to charge the shield in one go. Quite a lot clunkier than 4/World/Rise style but is still possible.
Will be super interesting to see this pledge progress btw, great stuff!
Aside: in Adept CB, you activate red shield mode _exclusively_ by countering after doing the special Adept Guard against a monster's attack, anything less only gives you yellow shield mode (if anything at all).
Valor CB meanwhile introduces a blue shield mode.
@@Stratelier I didn't know about that with Adept CB, makes sense though!
@@StratelierBlue shield is like halfway between yellow and red, and doesn't require charging by canceling an aed, but only is active during Valor meter.
@@Stratelier actually you can still activate red shield the normal way from axe mode in Adept. Adept Guard charging it is just faster if you have the opportunity
"What I think of Monster Hunter Generations after about 10 hours into it"
Oh so you're half way through the 1 star gathering quests. XD
Quest counter goes from the absolute worst in low rank village to the absolute best in G rank hub.
Ooooh, I'm getting in on the ground floor this time! looking forward to this series.
EDIT: If you love the moofahs, just keep petting them! KEEP PETTING!!!
Justice for prowler!
(But seriously love the vid, and good look with your pledge)
My Prowler waves happily from atop the corpse of the G-rank final boss.
You take that back about bherna gal! She’s the only gal who says “seeeee yaaaaaaa!”
Valor GS hands down. It’s also perfect to learn about the mechanics of valor style.
Quick intro to valor style.
The general idea of valor is your weapon and move set is nerfed until you build the valor gauge, then your weapon and move set gets super buffed. In other words you start at 70% power and then unlock 200%.
Valor sheath, the sheath takes longer but when you sheath your weapon you can hold it or cancel it into a valor attack. Valor attacks build up your valor gauge faster. If you are hit while in valor sheath (while facing the attack) then you will automatically preform a valor dodge. You do take reduced damage but you slide back and sheath your weapon pretty quick.
Valor is awesome, GS and HBG benefits most from it, pretty much every weapon gets cool new moves but CB gets a phial loop for its second and third axe phial attacks.
Valor indeed best in game, especially for speed runners, maybe except that lance running thrust playstyle which use guild iirc.
Valor GS is fun and strong, valor LS is like more modern LS with counters, valor HBG is insane spamming ammo lol.
Valor CB with the phial boost skill is just endless axe loops with the massive economy of 5 phial bursts for two phial charges.
@@invertbridlance runs striker no?
Insect Glaive gang rise up! I encourage you to main IG! You’ll conquer the sky and have a little bug buddy to name and travel with you on this journey!
As a fellow Switch Axe main - for some odd reason, Striker Style is closer to the default moveset of Switch Axe than Guild is, and it also allows you to use more of its insanely powerful Hunter Arts.
Give that a try if Guild felt strange to you!
Honestly I say you do a stream where you watch gaijin hunter guide on each weapon and its style to get a idea of what the weapon does and how the styles affect them.
I second this, but I suggest he does that stream after he’s tried every weapon once! So he can see what they feel like going in blind.
This.
That playlist helped me a ton
Arekks Gaming also has really solid and easy to understand guides on it as well.
I couldn't recommend against this more; they _show_ some of the actions, but they don't _teach_ the mechanics or play styles. There are things you can only really learn from some very specific weapon type specialists whom have been pushed down by the algorithm in favor of names like these: their popularity is a negative correlation with their efficacy.
Switch Axe in GU is very very simple. See what you do is go into sword mode and press X > A > Repeat. Out of charge? I take the switch axe charge art. No problemo, back to X and A forever.
Saying the bherna quest lady has no personality is slander! She talks about funny tourism schemes
I am currently replaying this with a friend who just started it. I love the amount of monsters and event quests available!
LETS GOOO the algorithm hadn't blessed me with this mhgu journal until now
Good luck with GU Jay! Can’t wait to watch you go through it! It’s a really good MH game!
I think you can avoid striker for a good while until you unlock more and better hunting arts.
Striker switch axe is one of my favorite weapons in this game though.
There is one art that makes you lose Charge over time instead of per hit, one that gives you some charge and one that refills some sharpness.
Combine all 3 and you end up with 100% sword uptime.
I honestly love how how the switch axe hunter arts synergise so well
You can really _feel_ the difference Striker and Alchemy Styles' damage bonuses make in the very beginning of the game; as with all Hunting Styles, they're always relevant, but situational.
Really love this gane, as a GS main I do really like Valor and Adept
You will probably like do dogde things around and hit them hard but valor is so satisfying as well
Thank you!! This was my first monster hunter game.
Relax, the Soaratorium (high rank story hub) quest giver doesn't have looks but she has the personality, and the G rank hub crew aswell
The G Rank crew has both looks and personality (and a back story)
So yet another journey begins. It's been surreal watching you got through all the other monster hunter games as you've played them in a pretty similar order to me. Having only recently beaten the final boss in gu, your new pledge has inspired me to learn more of the weapons myself as I tend to just pick a different weapon every game and use only it. I look forward to seeing you go through this mammoth of a game and am excited to join in on multiplayer in the future!
Been asking for this for years now finally. Now just play adept sword and sheild
Finally you can play the ultimate form of Switch Axe, I'm talking Adept style with Tempest Axe, I'm talking axe mode supremacy. (You don't get the art until G-Rank though unfortunately)
This game truly was a “greatest hits” of the franchise. A love letter to the old style before MHW came out. This was my first Monster Hunter game, and it was a beautiful experience for me. I was captivated and entranced by just how beautiful it all was.
There's one gathering quest (if you haven't found it yet, I think it's in the Hub) where you'll NEED to read the quest description text to know where to find the target item.
And Great Maccao is best starter monster am I right?
MHGU was my second MH game (after MH4U) so here are my thoughts about each village included:
- Bherna: A sleepy little hamlet, very fitting for the game's slow opening grind.
- Kokoto: Even without playing MH1, this village feels wild and untamed but somehow also generally nostalgic, with a bright outlook.
- Pokke: This mountainside retreat is cold but also warm and cozy ... like Seliana.
- Yukumo: Feels more to me like a "waypoint" than a "hub", a nice place to _visit_ but not necessarily _stay._
I found your channel from your monster hunter journey compilation videos and although I had to stop partway through 4U so I could see it for myself first I’ve enjoyed every minute I’ve seen of your videos. I have Adhd and aspire to better note taking, so when I started 4U I thought I would journal it to make sure I engage with all the systems introduced to me, but I very quickly forgot to keep up with it. Watching this series may be my springboard to keep trying. I’m very curious where you learned to write such good notes! Pls keep playing monster hunter! 🙏 I get to live vicariously through your journey since I haven’t yet been able to play anything but World/Rise and 4U
thanks for watching! Having my streams to look back on to compile my notes is very helpful. I used to do note taking while reviewing games and I admit it is hard while playing. Best I could recommend is just take 10-15mins to jot down some points that stood out to you after a game session
This is easily my favorite MH game. Took me 2 years to beat it (EX fights included) and not a single dull moment.
You need to try Switch Axe with aerial style. I still remember watching Gaijin vid on it and thinking that looks fun. Sure it is.
This video made me nostalgic for GU 😩 glad it’s scratching your completionism itch!
I LOVED GU! This game is so wacky and wild, it's just not something any game since has been able to replace.
And if you REALLY want to be an Omni-Hunter, not only will you clear with every weapon, but you'll clear with every weapon using every style! Aerial Swaxe is a TON of fun, I can tell you that for sure.
Gotta solo S-Rank every Arena Quest with all weapon types, too! That's what we power gamers do! 100% the game, baby!
10/10 editing, that was amazing
This is hilarious - I JUST restarted a save on MHGU. I'm mostly playing GL right now, but maybe I'll try more. On my last few saves I always ended up playing prowler and ignoring all the weapons. One thing I'm absolutely with you on is the Switch Axe. I love SA, it was my first weapon - in 3U no less - but after hours upon hours in Rise and World, returning to old SA is very jarring. I need way more time with it. Which is funny, because GL fit like a glove, even after being used to the zoomy version of Rise and the swingy version of World. GL feels REALLY good here.
Can't wait to follow this journal.
GU really is such a good game. The celebration of the series so far, the absolutely bonkers monster count, styles to keep even weapons you've mastered fresh and new... what more could you want?
One of the biggest changes made to the Swaxe going in to World was loosening up its combo restrictions. It requires a bit more setup and flow to use certain attacks like the morph slash. A little bit of practice when you get back around to it, and it'll feel like home again.
Hey jay! the first thing you should build for your armor is to make one of the best starting low rank mixed set armor called "BuJaBuJaBu". Basically its a combination of Bulldrome and jaggi's armor parts which consists of:
Bulldrome cap
Jaggi mail
Bulldrome vambraces
Jaggi waist
Bulldrome greaves
This armor gives you Attack Up (M) right off the bat which is pretty great until you reach LR lvl 5 to make rathalos armor.
As for the insect glaive, here's what you get for each color your kinsect collects (based on what i remember)
Red - attack damage and additional attack combo
White - makes you jump much higher
Orange - gives you earplugs as long as you have orange color on your IG.
Whenever using insect glaive getting those three colors is important.
Love people are trying GU. The grind is heavier, but it feels alot more rewarding to get weapons and armour in this game. The variety is insane, fantastic for fashion hunters.
the editing was very good on this for a video that randomly popped up in my recommended
Welcome to the Hey Jay! Experience
I freaking love GU, you're in for a long ass treat
I personally love Aerial Switch Axe, you build up mounts incredibly fast, and when you eventually get Seregios or the deviant Ceanataur, when you "dodge" you will get back sharpness and so you won't have to worry about sharpening *much
Important tip for ranged weapons: go to the options and change Control Type to Type 3. This will let you use the D-pad to aim with your left thumb while your right thumb fiddles with the buttons. This will also rebind the hunter arts to ZL + X, A, B.
Aerial SA is the best thing in early game for its double hit jump attack when youre in Sword mode
You'll get mount very easily early but the effectiveness will be diminished a lot late game cause monsters will be a lot harder to mount
You will want to do prowler quests as they unlock stuff for your cats! There is also a unique prowler to GU so don't throw the baby out with the bath water.😅 (Seriously my Prowler run was the most fun run of this game - I played a run of every weapon while waiting for Rise and I will definitely say Prowler is viable & quite fun, completely changing how you play.)
Good luck with the Hunting Horn, as anyone coming from Rise & World get thrown through a loop with those, especially as it is a much slower weapon to set up your combos for but so damn satisfying 😊 throw a mushroom mancer set on with it and you'll have a ton of fun
Holy crap, i also just started playing MHGU as i got my very first Switch V2 just about 1week ago.. And i appreciated playing this aside when i played this on a 3DS before. so far i passed Low Rank 3 and unlocked Tetsu Set armor and oh boi i'm craving now for that G rank and i can't wait for that day to come so here i am at youtube seeking on how to master Hunter Arts for every weapon. best of luck for us😂🎉
I like the rotation you've got going on! I get my friends who are on the fence about trying other weapons to do this
HBG is all about knowing when to evade. Evade skills and decos are essential.
Shiit im late , im glad you play mhgu, one of the best 4th gen monster hunter game , mhgu basicaly mh1 to 4 monster party compilation
Valor is the most broken, but needs the most understanding how to build up your valor gauge. Sheating your weapon (can also hold it to charge) grants a kind of evade that take some hp if you are hit
Once you get max valor gauge, your weapon moveset changes. Like getting a parry off the first spirit blade combo with longsword
Also get very fast / different evades compared to all the classses
This is more a general nice bonus tip if you haven't done it already, but, grab all the dlc from the main menu! It's all free stuff between event quests, palicoes, and items.
I did the weapon rotation thing when playing rise. I didn't really like it that much, but I was changing every quest and not every 3 quests so I hope you like it. A problem you will encounter doing this is you will be running out of zennies quickly trying to get all the weapons at your current level. It's easier to collect the weapons once you already beat the game since you will have more money by then and grinding will be quicker.
My favorite way to play monster hunter was using a weapon for village low rank and another weapon for low and high rank multiplayer. Then for the expansion I would play another weapon for village high rank and another weapon for g-rank. Normally I would only pick a weapon I already know for G-rank. I also only picked ranged weapons for low and high rank multiplayer, because I mostly only liked playing them with other people as a support like role and I prefer the melee weapons for the harder stuff like g-rank.
Honestly I'd recommend Aerial Switch Axe! I dont think its the most optimal thing, but its one of my favorite combos in GU! In Sword Mode you do an attack both on the way up AND down when you vault off monsters, so you end up being a mounting machine
I have only just recently started MHGU but i recommend putting a shield on the HBG, it has helped so much in the games ive used HBG
Wow, I also started playing GU for the first time a few days ago! But I play on an English Patched 3DS version since I dont use my hand-me-down Switch (even spent a few hours trying to find the DLC)
Valor QuickDraw great sword is the way to go imo. Lets you stay fast and mobile as well as having fast charge times
Gaijin has great guides on how to get the best kinsect
One tip for extracts is to just shoot the bug point blank at where you want to hit.
Aerial style tip: once you launch, you can stop yourself from moving forward in the air by letting go of the directional stick. This helps maintain your position.
Great armor set is BuJaBuJaBu: bulldrome head, arm, legs and jaggi chest and waist. This set provides attack up L i believe
Pokke village is the best. So condensed yet so much character. Music is the best village music too.
W editor, had me chuckling.
Hell yea! Glad to see you playing this installment!
Completely true on this game being the best one to learn all the weapons from. I finally learned how to use the last weapon I needed, HBG, in this game lol.
For the CB shield charge iirc its not that you need to charge twice, you need to charge it from Axe mode for Red Shield. The X+A shortcut just does a Yellow Shield Charge which is weaker. After getting Red Shield though the X+A shortcut should be okay for refreshing the duration.
I only really liked HBG using Valor Style since it has fast sheathing and a run.
The hardest adaptation for the Ranged weapons are definitely learning when to actually aim and just when to face your hunter to the weak point and shoot, specially in Old world games
And will you randomize the weapon line-up every pass?
Also can I suggest Aerial SwAxe the next time you play that weapon ?
One thing you should know about: Village works a tad different in this game than normal. There are no G-rank quests there. Instead, all the G-rank quests are relegated to the new hunter's hub. However, there are G-rank equivalent quests in village called "Advanced" quests. This is important because the hub quests are balanced around multiplayer while village is balanced around solo. The quests in village and hub are also separate, and you will find yourself needing to run through LR and HR hub after finishing all the LR and HR village quests. Like 4U, you have required quests and urgents to increase your rank, but this game also has a special type of monster called deviants that you need permits to hunt. You can get these permits from quests randomly, or buy them using points from one of the cats. Grinding these motherfuckers is miserable, and you should only do it if you really like one of their weapons or their armor. Their weapons get bonus hunter art builup rate, so picking one you like is important. Deviants introduced in Generations have like 10 or more quests while those introduced in ultimate have like 4 or 5.
The purpose of the village points are that you unlock quests the more you get, and you periodically get village tickets which are used to craft and upgrade special weapons, most of which are joke weapons. Also, don't use the cat weapons. They suck so much that it's actually unbelievable.
Charge Blade and Gunlance were neutered in this game, but CB is still good while gunlance is the worst it'll ever be, unfortunately. It plays more like pre-iceborne slaplance without anything cool than it does 4U's gunlance.
Don't forget to train your palicos. There's a whole raising system in the palico resort place to the right of berhna. If you don't train them they'll end up learning and using skills that are useless or even annoying to deal with. Learning how the system works is vital to having a useful palico. If you train one right, it can be an absolute monster in prowler mode that can outdo even some of the game's best weapons. Those being Valor LS and Valor HBG. Seriously, Valor HBG is so busted you can solo Fatalis with ease using it.
If I had a weapon rec, it would be Alchemy SnS. It's a weird combo but it works really well. You can use items with SnS out, and alchemy's whole thing is making OP items. SnS also has lots of good arts, and alchemy gives you three slots that you can all make SP, which also boosts alchemy. It's a huge feedback loop and it's really fun. Valor CB is underrated as hell and one of my favorite styles. Adept hammer is also fun if you like getting in revenge hits. Adept CB is good if your timing is perfect, as it lets you practically no-hit fights if you correctly utilize adept guards and guard points.
If you want to insist on using gunlance, I recommend either Striker, Valor, or Adept in that order. Striker because despite being bad, GL has some decent arts and striker gives you three slots. Valor has a cool shelling mechanic and makes shells valid again, which is why I play gunlance. It's hard to learn, though. Adept is just safe and reliable if you can hit adept guards. Just repeatedly counter the monster. Works well for aggressive ones.
IG was the first weapon I mained in with Gen and MHW. It had some learning curve for sure, but it's soo good and fun 😺
Generations Ultimate truly is the apex of the franchise. The first thing I did in Generations was do all the of Training Quests, and I'm sure I was the first to do so. Playing it again from the beginning in Generations Ultimate, I did it again... all 114 Quests. Takes about 16 hours, swore I wouldn't do it again.
I did it a third time.
Initially, I wanted to 100% the game by doing and getting everything, but sadly, there just isn't enough box space to collect everything G-Rank. Still worth trying until you run out.
Even though I use all weapon types equally, Bow is one of the ones I gravitate towards, and Great Sword, away from. Bow is very inconsistent in all games really, but you won't see it in legacy games due to there being no damage numbers: it really does very little against certain Monsters with bad hitzones, and it needs to use its damage Coatings as much as possible to keep up, similar to the stronger Bowgun ammo. Once you get comfortable with the movement, you'll be able to maneuver while charging and perform snap shots on Monsters as they pass by, preferably quickly aiming at specific spots. Valor Bow is some of the craziest gameplay, especially if you know your Arc Shot interactions with Valor Style. Still wish trajectory aim was togglable.
Great Sword is slow and stiff; Aerial and Adept Styles are fast and fluid. Everything I dislike about Great Sword (which only Sunbreak has addressed, since) is solved with Aerial, IMO. Everyone complains the Aerial Charged Slash isn't as strong, but it's significantly easier to land, and more frequently. It's so consistent, in fact, you can use it with Repeat Offender or Punishing Draw, and quite successfully. They make it genuinely enjoyable, and I hope you have as much fun as I am, re-replaying it now, hoping to _actually_ get to the end and not re-restart so it'll never be over.
I need to get back into this one, i finished gen on 3ds. Played a lot of it. Got ultimate for switch but never realy played 😅...
Was busy playing sunbreak at the same time so.... yeah.
Gun lance for the win btw.
Switch Axe is still amazing, i love it in this game, Trust me though, go Valor or Arieal, the movesets for those styles makes it great. Endless attacking in Vlaor by spamming ZR when in the valor mode and when you have the soword out you get extra attacks vaulting off monsters in areial.
Forgot to mention, in Valor mode with demon riot, you can endless spam ZSDs and each ZSD does two explosions. Super fun
I honestly love alchemy style switch axe it feels so go with the reload animation replacing the old and sluggish
I hope you try Prowler mode ASAP ! If you use the correct skills, you will have so much fun !
FINALLY!!! WELCOME BACK
Only guild style on charge blade gets the yellow shield thing. I'd recommend playing striker or adept.
Technically Poke is only from Freedom 2 and Freedom Unite. MH2 had Jumbo Village.
Also, if you keep playing older entries, I absolutely recommend P3rd. It’s a really chill experience, not too hard, and has some really unique variations of mh staples. Like, instead of eating before doing a quest, you get in the Hot Springs and drink some tea.
It’s also has the last, and best imo, interactable farm. After P3rd every entry made farms basic menus.
Ariel and Striker switch axe is amazing
Buldrome i love that fight.
Things that nobody says. xDDD editor is killing me .
Bulldrome is a homey who really teaches you how to Adept Style. Deserves a permanent spot in future games. 🐗
Pleaseeeeeee play mhfu after gu because i was offended when you said you didnt care about pokke village also it seems you haven't played gen 2 yet sooooooo i think this is appropriate, play mhfu the best monster hunter game ever released to this date right now in this time
Portable games are not very crazy with food lol.
Rise had dango, mhgu has cheese, Mhp3rd doesnt even have food, only TEA.
Tea and bathwater 🤤
It's been a while since I've watched you and the new editing is so funny. xD
welcome back!
I just hope you dont get burnt out managing all the weps lol. The amount of work on your hands to farm, craft and upgrade might get a bit much.
it looks pretty fun to me :D
@@HeyJayOfficial then that's all that matters :)
GU is an amazing game and the only old gen game I've been able to play. It's so good.
Valor HBG is the only way i touch that weapon. Omce you build up your guage, you can sprint out of any dodge and go directly into siege mode, which, in Valor style, increases in firing speed as you shoot. Its genuinely so fun.
Fun Fact: This was the game that introduced Critical Boost.
Another Fun Fact: Valor Style is good, but goofy to learn. Just be ready to relearn some move sets.
My first monster hunter. Music just hit right in to the feels 😢
MHGU, love to see it
Every stream we get closer and closer to the end goal
ALCHEMY 🎉
SHAKE THAT BARREL AND BECOME THE BEST SWITCH AXE USER EVAH❤
Its a good thing this game is the first time you started using Insect Glaive and not in MH4U, In generations it had most of the QOL improvements we see in world. MH4U was particularly tedius to upgrade the Kinsect, and you HAVE to upgrade the Kinsect before you upgrade the glaive, and the Kinsect in MH4U was locked to its assigned Glaive and you couldn't transfer it to another glaive, and you have to collect TONS of extracts of different elements to upgrade the Kinsect. It did have probably the best on-paper customization for your kinsects in the series, but it taken ALOT to get it anywhere.
Kinsects have no rest
Oh, about the bow, go into the setting and try switching it to type 2. It will change it so you hold X to charge it and pressing R lets you aim. That's triangle if you look at a ps controller.
I actually started with base generations no Gen U and boy great Macco was a walk for me being really fast and covering a lot of ground with its lunging kicks
But that’s what makes it my favourite starter monster as it’s good to challenge players early on
The thought that Hey Jay will probably beat GU before me although I started playing 2 years ago really depress me.
I would kill to have that kind of time!
(Not actually)
LET'S GO! 4 hours per week, you got this
@@HeyJayOfficial I dont think you lnow how danm long this game is. Especially if you solo since hub quests ate scaled to 4 players and monster deal a toon of damage.
You probably wont finish before Wilds: Bloodbath is encountered in G rank
You dont need to charge the shield twice in CB. It has two different shield charges: from sword mode and from axe mode, the sword mode charge gives yellow shield and the axe mode charge gives direct red shield.
With the Charge Blade, you don't actually have to charge the shield twice. It just charges weaker when you're not in axe mode. (The game didn't want players taking the shortcut route from Sword mode I guess...)
HBG is insane in GU. Go valor style. It is very mobile since you can dodge into sprint without having the put the gun away. Once you get used to the basics, the thing is hard to ignore.
good vid, edits on point
As someone who went from duel blades to switch axe and then to hammer. I've been trying out sword and shield, and insect glaive in Rise. And I'm thinking of looking into lance soon enough
If you dislike switch axe, I suggest aerial through village at least before trying something another style. It was my main when the game came out on 3ds, so you can trust me, it's one of the best Aerial Style :p
Aerial switch axe is OP in MHGU
I've played generations ultimate for years, and never realized that was cheese fondue.
haha!
Switch Axe, uh, unless you're using a specific hunter art you basically never use the axe, to my understanding, it is my main, but i soend all my time running absolute teadiness, energy charge 2/3, and demon riot 3. Sharpen your weapon and dodge, refresh your sword gauge and get a boost to affinity, and stay in sword mode and fain a huge power boost. The bigger the level the bigger the effect, but the longer it takes to charge up so you're sometimes better off going with a lower powered art. Now, i say Sword Mode, really i mean Zero Sum Discharge spam. I used to be an aerial player, that's good for ZSD spam too but the 3 slots of striker really help.
Also of note is that this was easier in base generations where DR3 didn't deplete your sword gsuge as fast so going ec3 was a lot safer for charge uptime, snd a think ZSD was stronger there too.
I'm more experienced with base gen than my time in GU's G rank by quite a ways, so there's still a fair bit aboyt the DLC i don't know.
MHGU is the best MH for just having fun IMO, just try different combos of weapons'/styles/arts and don't worry about a "Meta" most MHGU players don't care much about Min/Maxing until the very hardest quests in the game anyways. When you do get to the Deviant Monsters and endgame in general Valor Heavy Bowgun with pierce shot is actually the highest DPS in the game if you end up caring about Min/Maxing at the end of your MHGU journey.
Chargeblade can be fully charged in on go I think. You just have to switch to axe mode first then do the AED cancel into shield charge. They one from Sword and Shield mode will refresh the duration iirc.