Do you think the trues on the weapon are worth going for? Most of them are inconsistent anyway, but I know all of them. But mainly it’s just if I see a hard punish opportunity. Even then I still think why line up the exact spacing when I could just hit them w a sig or weapon throw combo idk Also good guide, Imma use dodge after grounded attacks more. normally I just dash, jump or do another attack. I’ll also try to abuse gs weapon throws in neutral. I’m normally a bit scared to do that on stage because it feels quite risky. Atm I like throwing them up defensively or down to protect landings but that’s it really. Only like throwing angles that are easy to pick up… The one thing I don’t like about the weapon throw is it feels like it has no force off stage. Aside from the tech in the short, I knew the rest of the guide. But I have been a Magyar one trick since April, and I’m 1900. I know how the weapon works, I’m just really bad at the game 😢
Hey man, u should do more weapon guides assuming u know how to use other weapons lol but if so man it would be appreciated real chill and get straight to the point and I like how u cover lights as well
Would like to add something that I like to call the "greatsword free plat strat": Basically, most golds and low plats always either dodge in or neutral, and dlight sets up really easily to get a 5 hit combo if you read those dodges. Simply dlight (or grounded dair), cd forward, and either do instant reverse slight to catch dodge in or delay reverse slight to catch spot dodge. Gives you an easy 5 hit with minimal effort, and tends to break the mental instantly. If you can't land a dlight because your opponent is jumping, spam airials, particularly nair and recovery. This tends to force players to the ground where you can set the combo up. This strat was honestly all I needed to hit 1700, past that you may need to actually think.
No question just want to say the most helpful guide ever. I’m a greatsword main and I think it’s really fun and this was super helpful to up my game. Awesome guide!
Although I think you might’ve missed the only 3 hit true combo left in the game: slight dlight dlight. The dlight bridge to dlight finisher can be consistently hit true but the slight to bridge is really inconsistent
@@tempestthegoat i do think the slight to bridge dlight is inconsistent but not that big of deal, because usually i get like 1-2 dodge frames max on the said slight dlight dlight true combo
After playing a ton of FGs myself, its honestly cool to see that not only do you also play FGs (Strive) but you apply gameplans from FGs into Brawlhalla, and that's really cool to me. Really changes the mindset on how to think of Brawlhalla and GS being the most 'fighting game' weapon; having to condition them to dodge instead of wakeup on hit and reading their options after certain moves and stuff like that helps a ton. Thanks for the vid :)
I’ve been playing gs for forever, and I find chase dodging behind and s-lighting catches neutral dodges really well. And it allows you to get the full 5 hit combo off without getting off stage
Mfw hardy doesn’t mention dair nair true combo kill confirm on gs at 180-230 ranges and gc dlight for wakeup. Anyways this is without a doubt the best greatsword guide right now since it is like the only guide right now that supports properly playing the weapon. I have mained this weapon since its first release until now and you basically cover almost all of the things I have learned for so long in this short video. For all of you who is trying to main this weapon, I highly recommend you do it since the weapon is very fun in general and good luck. Also slight bridge into slight finisher is actually true and I think doing slight bridge of the ledge can be a good edgeguard option for a surprise nlight or dlight finisher. Another thing to note is that reading a gc with slight will literally give you the advantage to freely unleash a 5 piece combo (slight - nlight bridge - dash - nlight - dlight - slight/nlight finisher). If you run out of stage to combo with nlight, I highly recommend you to just do nlight nlight without going for the 3 piece
@@gengarisnotinsmash... You are right but the window is way less tight, getting finisher combo is more effective, and slight slight won’t drop and unjumpable unlike slight dlight bridge
How would you put gs in terms of matchups? (Like which weapons do you think suffer the most agains it and which have an easier time overall) Thx for the guide!
wanted to add here that dlight slight out of slight is a consistent true combo, but slight dlight is jumpable and since greatsword starters are really hard to react to on hit, this is a pretty good combo
Hey, I'm currently trying to do the chase dodge reverse nlight after the slight for the dodge in reads. However, i just can't turn around release all inputs and then input a nlight at such speed. Any tips?
HardyMJ , Which Greatsword legend do you think has the best Greatsword : Jaeyun , Magyar or Mako? And I have a question : what stance should you use on Mako ? Defence stance or dex stance cause I know u can’t get slight dlight true with 4 dex and if I choose dex stance , then I have 4 defense. I kinda struggle in Ranked with these stats in the current meta , and idk what to choose (mako)
I know this is super late, but can you put the combo order for each of the 3 important combos at least? this helps for being able to compartmentalize what to do when and lowers the odds of learning the combo incorrectly
I have a question. Do you have specific tips for playing GS against aggresive bow and passive lance? (esp. bow) Everytime I play one or the other I slip into parrying playstyle since I'm not sure how to approach them without being punished.
Bait them with aerials thinking they can punish, constantly enter in their "safe zone" and get out (but mixup the way that you enter, dont just dash in and out because they will notice and punish, try to dash and Jump backdodge etc... And them dair in their safe zone)... Some people also spot dodge after you enter in their "safe zone"
bow and lance are really hard for gs u have to use stage control really well and for bow punish what there covering there whiff with alot of the time for example if there jumping off of a whiff punish the jump on certain moves that are unpunishable
Lance and bow are easily the worst matchup for greatsword and I absolutely suck against it. My strategy is to just play passive and wait for them to approach, then punish. If they also play passive, rush them down.
This weapon is really hard can u make a video were u Analyse ur game play and why did u go for that and how do u deal with some people because sometimes i feel u can't get anything with great sword.
Did you have a specific reason why you didn't go over dair nair being a true kill combo at later percents, it's great having at least 1 true combo to finish those stocks when they don't want to die
Hey in case you're still reading comments on this, I took it into a training lobby and I was having a lot of trouble trying to input an nlight-dash-nlight, or an slight-dash-nlight because for some reason the dash boosts me too far in front of the opponent and it makes me miss, am I doing something wrong with the input, can I get a bit of help? Thanks.
uh so nlight dash nlight will have a little bit of cooldown before you can do the nlight again but for slight dash nlight you can also chase dodge either one works but u just gotta input that faster. TBH if they are dodging a non upwards way u can do nlight dash slight instead.
@@HardyMJ I probably forgot to mention but like, the most trouble I'm having with the nlight-dash-nlight is in the 5 hit string, so like when it goes from nlight bridge, dash, nlight starter. I was just wondering if it's literally just me not inputting fast enough or I'm screwing up the inputs themselves.
Hey man, u should do more weapon guides assuming u know how to use other weapons lol but if so man it would be appreciated real chill and get straight to the point and I like how u cover lights as well
nlight dash nlight is soo hard because you have to move your middle finger from d to e so quickly and accurately. It makes me want to change shift to aim up
I'd recommend having W be aim up with space as jump, I personally play with dodge on shift and it makes it really convenient since everything important is on a different finger.
well you can just go with the combo without going for the dodge read or u can hit them and when u think they will wakeup backdash then punish the attack
Loving this guide. I've been maining greatsword since Jaeyun broke the game and I've loved the weapon ever since. You have no idea how many people rage quit, unless you do, since you play greatsword lol. Just a quick question: Who do you think is the best greatsword legend? I personally think it's Jaeyun, with Magyar being the worst. Not saying he's actually bad, I main Magyar, he's just not as good as Jaeyun or Mako.
Honestly with Arcadia coming out now I think she's one of the best gs legends. Both her dsigs are great for saving your partner in ranked, since it cancels the previous knockback, and her spear nsig's hitbox starts on the ground. Just like old Ada. If you get the charging just right, you can release as soon as the alt animation starts. That makes for around 0.7s. It's great for her gs ssig since the charged one shoots a decently big projectile. Most high gold/low plat players have a hard time dodging it.
Thanks for the vid! I've been using magyar gs as a 3rd weapon in morph this season and figured if I can learn a few things it would make my mixups cleaner instead of just nlight-nlight, dlight-dlight, or slight-slight
theres a few ways ill just let you know so, if u can hit a nair go for it if not u can throw ur weapon up and recover unarmed. theres some gimmicky stuff like using exhausted recovery as well but its really hard to recover with gs because it has slow sair and a slow recovery.
@@catillac4318 gp is a niche edgeguarding tool since it’s super slow and the worst gp in the game. It’s good when the opponent is out of options and/or has no dodge. Don’t bother using it in neutral, you’ll practically never get value out of it
If theres any questions about the weapon that you might have that i didnt answer feel free to ask!
Do you think the trues on the weapon are worth going for?
Most of them are inconsistent anyway, but I know all of them.
But mainly it’s just if I see a hard punish opportunity.
Even then I still think why line up the exact spacing when I could just hit them w a sig or weapon throw combo idk
Also good guide, Imma use dodge after grounded attacks more. normally I just dash, jump or do another attack.
I’ll also try to abuse gs weapon throws in neutral. I’m normally a bit scared to do that on stage because it feels quite risky. Atm I like throwing them up defensively or down to protect landings but that’s it really. Only like throwing angles that are easy to pick up…
The one thing I don’t like about the weapon throw is it feels like it has no force off stage.
Aside from the tech in the short, I knew the rest of the guide. But I have been a Magyar one trick since April, and I’m 1900. I know how the weapon works, I’m just really bad at the game 😢
Do you think gs is tournament-winning level now? As in every pro can use it well not counting special cases like sandstorm.
Great video btw bro
I dont need the tips but they help
Hey man, u should do more weapon guides assuming u know how to use other weapons lol but if so man it would be appreciated real chill and get straight to the point and I like how u cover lights as well
hey do you know how to do infinite combo on ps4 controller, or basically doing the dash cancel,
Would like to add something that I like to call the "greatsword free plat strat":
Basically, most golds and low plats always either dodge in or neutral, and dlight sets up really easily to get a 5 hit combo if you read those dodges. Simply dlight (or grounded dair), cd forward, and either do instant reverse slight to catch dodge in or delay reverse slight to catch spot dodge. Gives you an easy 5 hit with minimal effort, and tends to break the mental instantly. If you can't land a dlight because your opponent is jumping, spam airials, particularly nair and recovery. This tends to force players to the ground where you can set the combo up. This strat was honestly all I needed to hit 1700, past that you may need to actually think.
Thata true lol
tried this. lost. because im bad. but got "respect ur the best greatsword gold player" from the enemy in post game chat
@@m0nsoon660 lol W
@@jaedii7287 im not sure if the gold part is W or not💀
Also if you do slight bridge into dlight finisher at ledge, a lot of golds and low plats just tend to jump into it and get gimped.
No question just want to say the most helpful guide ever. I’m a greatsword main and I think it’s really fun and this was super helpful to up my game. Awesome guide!
glad it helped
Although I think you might’ve missed the only 3 hit true combo left in the game: slight dlight dlight. The dlight bridge to dlight finisher can be consistently hit true but the slight to bridge is really inconsistent
@@tempestthegoat i know about it but to be honest its very specific and i think when learning the weapon not somthing u should focus on
@@HardyMJ true
@@tempestthegoat i do think the slight to bridge dlight is inconsistent but not that big of deal, because usually i get like 1-2 dodge frames max on the said slight dlight dlight true combo
After playing a ton of FGs myself, its honestly cool to see that not only do you also play FGs (Strive) but you apply gameplans from FGs into Brawlhalla, and that's really cool to me. Really changes the mindset on how to think of Brawlhalla and GS being the most 'fighting game' weapon; having to condition them to dodge instead of wakeup on hit and reading their options after certain moves and stuff like that helps a ton. Thanks for the vid :)
I’ve been playing gs for forever, and I find chase dodging behind and s-lighting catches neutral dodges really well. And it allows you to get the full 5 hit combo off without getting off stage
Yeh and dash nlight after an attack is hard to do or is it just me XD
@@anDRE-kf9xe nah it is pretty easy once you practice it enough
Mfw hardy doesn’t mention dair nair true combo kill confirm on gs at 180-230 ranges and gc dlight for wakeup. Anyways this is without a doubt the best greatsword guide right now since it is like the only guide right now that supports properly playing the weapon. I have mained this weapon since its first release until now and you basically cover almost all of the things I have learned for so long in this short video. For all of you who is trying to main this weapon, I highly recommend you do it since the weapon is very fun in general and good luck. Also slight bridge into slight finisher is actually true and I think doing slight bridge of the ledge can be a good edgeguard option for a surprise nlight or dlight finisher. Another thing to note is that reading a gc with slight will literally give you the advantage to freely unleash a 5 piece combo (slight - nlight bridge - dash - nlight - dlight - slight/nlight finisher). If you run out of stage to combo with nlight, I highly recommend you to just do nlight nlight without going for the 3 piece
Bridge slight-slight only works if you get late frames of the first slight, I think. Similar to slight-dlight.
@@gengarisnotinsmash... You are right but the window is way less tight, getting finisher combo is more effective, and slight slight won’t drop and unjumpable unlike slight dlight bridge
another thing is that slight finisher is one of the very few moves that has decent active frames
He probably just forgot lol
How would you put gs in terms of matchups? (Like which weapons do you think suffer the most agains it and which have an easier time overall)
Thx for the guide!
i think lance axe bow and orb are the hardest mus anything else is probably a even matchup
@@HardyMJ Sad to hear because those are the 4 most common weapons rn.
wanted to add here that dlight slight out of slight is a consistent true combo, but slight dlight is jumpable
and since greatsword starters are really hard to react to on hit, this is a pretty good combo
What do you mean by true combo?
And slight dlight isn’t jumpable if you hit it from the tip
I’ve literally been waiting for a new greatsword guide all month🙏
Hey, I'm currently trying to do the chase dodge reverse nlight after the slight for the dodge in reads. However, i just can't turn around release all inputs and then input a nlight at such speed. Any tips?
Do you have any suggestions on what to do differently since the most recent GS buffs? :)
If they spot dodge, and you chase dodge towards them: you could use your second chase dodge to dodge above them and go for a down air combo (I think)
I’m trying to play great sword but it feels like every time I hit I get wake up attacked then comboed
HardyMJ , Which Greatsword legend do you think has the best Greatsword : Jaeyun , Magyar or Mako?
And I have a question : what stance should you use on Mako ? Defence stance or dex stance cause I know u can’t get slight dlight true with 4 dex and if I choose dex stance , then I have 4 defense.
I kinda struggle in Ranked with these stats in the current meta , and idk what to choose (mako)
jaeyun is the best gs legend and u would want to use defense on mako dont play her for the katars
I know this is super late, but can you put the combo order for each of the 3 important combos at least? this helps for being able to compartmentalize what to do when and lowers the odds of learning the combo incorrectly
IS THE GREAT SWORD STILL A GOOD WEAPON IN BRAWLHALLA RIGHT NOW
I have a question. Do you have specific tips for playing GS against aggresive bow and passive lance? (esp. bow) Everytime I play one or the other I slip into parrying playstyle since I'm not sure how to approach them without being punished.
Bait them with aerials thinking they can punish, constantly enter in their "safe zone" and get out (but mixup the way that you enter, dont just dash in and out because they will notice and punish, try to dash and Jump backdodge etc... And them dair in their safe zone)... Some people also spot dodge after you enter in their "safe zone"
bow and lance are really hard for gs u have to use stage control really well and for bow punish what there covering there whiff with alot of the time for example if there jumping off of a whiff punish the jump on certain moves that are unpunishable
Lance and bow are easily the worst matchup for greatsword and I absolutely suck against it. My strategy is to just play passive and wait for them to approach, then punish. If they also play passive, rush them down.
isnt bow just op against anything?
@@ian-ht1nf yea
Is sidelight nlight, dash nlight dlight nlight is unjumpable?
Best Gsword Legend Jaeyun no questions asked
This weapon is really hard can u make a video were u Analyse ur game play and why did u go for that and how do u deal with some people because sometimes i feel u can't get anything with great sword.
Awesome guide the weapon always felt complicated until i watched your guide
Why use Nlight Dlight Nlight
instead of Slight Dlight Nlight ?
I cried trying to do the infinite combo that's unjumpable
Did you have a specific reason why you didn't go over dair nair being a true kill combo at later percents, it's great having at least 1 true combo to finish those stocks when they don't want to die
i should have to be honest i just forgot but its also true at lower healths if u hit the last frames of dair
@@HardyMJ oh ok I just thought you saw it as impractical or a niche thing
@@slump8665 nah
Sstarter Dbridge Dfinisher is true
@@Sboooose and also requires specific spacing
Only question I have is, what the best camera mode for greatsword
what your comfortable on
@@HardyMJ ight
What's the full combo?
How do you get the tree greatsword skin is it a twitch reward?
you should have mentioned the gc light attacks in the killing section
Hi, I have two questions.
Which maps do you think are the best ones for gs and which ones aren't good?
Also, best stance for Mako, please
uh i personally usually go to maps with no platforms or 1 platform and defense for mako if ur planning on using the gs specifically
@@HardyMJ Thanks, man! Greetings from Brazil
@@Lucas-eg4zf np
@@Lucas-eg4zf Hey, I'm Brazilian too. Up to some gs duos or something?
@@its_hysteriaa same actually, do brazillians just like greatsword ?
HardyMJ, I love the guy and btw ggs we fought in rank and it was extremely fun
How do you do more than a 3 hit combo?
D-Pad or Joystick? Iam new to it, would appreciate any tips
joystick
Views going up cuz of Arcadia lol
Hey in case you're still reading comments on this, I took it into a training lobby and I was having a lot of trouble trying to input an nlight-dash-nlight, or an slight-dash-nlight because for some reason the dash boosts me too far in front of the opponent and it makes me miss, am I doing something wrong with the input, can I get a bit of help? Thanks.
uh so nlight dash nlight will have a little bit of cooldown before you can do the nlight again but for slight dash nlight you can also chase dodge either one works but u just gotta input that faster. TBH if they are dodging a non upwards way u can do nlight dash slight instead.
@@HardyMJ I probably forgot to mention but like, the most trouble I'm having with the nlight-dash-nlight is in the 5 hit string, so like when it goes from nlight bridge, dash, nlight starter. I was just wondering if it's literally just me not inputting fast enough or I'm screwing up the inputs themselves.
Hey man, u should do more weapon guides assuming u know how to use other weapons lol but if so man it would be appreciated real chill and get straight to the point and I like how u cover lights as well
ty will do
I’ve been looking for this video thx bro
No problem 👍
nlight dash nlight is soo hard because you have to move your middle finger from d to e so quickly and accurately. It makes me want to change shift to aim up
I'd recommend having W be aim up with space as jump, I personally play with dodge on shift and it makes it really convenient since everything important is on a different finger.
Best greatsword char?
GREATSWORD GANG LES GO
Well why not watch hit
So what do I do against wake ups?
well you can just go with the combo without going for the dodge read or u can hit them and when u think they will wakeup backdash then punish the attack
Thanks for the guide it was really helpful.
Loving this guide. I've been maining greatsword since Jaeyun broke the game and I've loved the weapon ever since. You have no idea how many people rage quit, unless you do, since you play greatsword lol. Just a quick question: Who do you think is the best greatsword legend? I personally think it's Jaeyun, with Magyar being the worst. Not saying he's actually bad, I main Magyar, he's just not as good as Jaeyun or Mako.
id say the 3 are pretty equal you could maybe put magyar below the other two tho
@@HardyMJ yeah that makes sense. He doesn’t have any _really_ good sigs, outside of gs nsig, unlike Jaeyun or Mako who has several really good sigs
@@charKT-7461 i think his gs ssig is decent
@@HardyMJ yeah it comes out very fast and its got a good hitbox and it’s very strong. It just got a bit too much endlag for my liking
Honestly with Arcadia coming out now I think she's one of the best gs legends. Both her dsigs are great for saving your partner in ranked, since it cancels the previous knockback, and her spear nsig's hitbox starts on the ground. Just like old Ada.
If you get the charging just right, you can release as soon as the alt animation starts. That makes for around 0.7s. It's great for her gs ssig since the charged one shoots a decently big projectile. Most high gold/low plat players have a hard time dodging it.
Thanks for the vid! I've been using magyar gs as a 3rd weapon in morph this season and figured if I can learn a few things it would make my mixups cleaner instead of just nlight-nlight, dlight-dlight, or slight-slight
do you dogde with L2 or R2
r2
Where is infinite combo
THANK YOU HARDYMJ
Plese make a vid on how to recover back to stage with greatsword Hardy. Big fan of your gs btw
theres a few ways ill just let you know so, if u can hit a nair go for it if not u can throw ur weapon up and recover unarmed. theres some gimmicky stuff like using exhausted recovery as well but its really hard to recover with gs because it has slow sair and a slow recovery.
@HardyMJ Yh, feels like slow when i use it even when i press dodge. Any use of gp anywhere in regular use?
@@catillac4318 gp is a niche edgeguarding tool since it’s super slow and the worst gp in the game. It’s good when the opponent is out of options and/or has no dodge. Don’t bother using it in neutral, you’ll practically never get value out of it
Thanks Man, Nice vídeo.
you're such a good player and it's a really good guide so why do people hate on you so much?
playstyle lmao its the same reason people dislike megd(which is a dumb reason to hate)
@@HardyMJ im just not a fan of the playstyle i respect both of y'all as players and acknowledge skill
bro wdf is a side light n light
im gonna learn how to play great sword just for arcadia
thank you, i need this to main niegan
Thx needed it gotta watch it later tho ❤️
watched it and damn that was the best gs guid I seen, I wanted to learn gs recently and it was kinda hard starting from basically 0 so yeah thanks
Ur guides are underated as fuck. Awesome vid bro
Thank you hardy
I cannot do this on controller
im on controller you got it just practice
Just started bh with Mako looks great :)))
Im the 2400 like!!!
goat
so essencially dair nair rec is a true combo yay
uh no but its a string that can work when you read there dodge and movement
@@HardyMJ u mean their?
@@shockesta nah bro he meant our 😑
1:12 -just for me
If u dont explain how u dash and not chase dodge or gs premade combo, thos guide is useless
THANKS FOR THIS VIDEO
My pleasure
@@HardyMJ OMG HARDY
awesome vid! \m/
Here bc of twitch
Greatsword unfortunately has a-lot of bad matchups
Hardy ily
Pier
wrong channel D:
@@HardyMJ Pier
I love you
N light d light n light.
Bake another one
helpful
what the balls is nlight
lesgoooooooo
wao 17:17
Play GS in tourney noob
mako dsig
Hardy
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ect hahaha