This is the approach I took when trying to learn charge blade. No matter how good a tutorial, if someone has used a weapon long enough to make it, they understand the basic kit so well that it becomes second nature; they may forget others don't know terminology or what attacks are. Trying to learn a weapon from a tutorial with no time poking at it is a bit like trying to study a book written in a similar language but not knowing all of the words. The only thing I'd add is, after either spending time in the training room or watching a tutorial, take the weapon to a good sensei monster. Something like Rathian is great for trying out a new weapon, as while she isn't super dangerous, the poison and fireballs are still enough of a threat to be mindful about avoiding. Alot of her attacks are well choreographed, which will give you time to apply experimental uses of moves in anticipation of where a hitbox will be on a moving target, something the training area won't give you. Doesn't have to be her, but pick a monster you feel confident about your knowledge of it's attacks. A monster is not going to stay in place, and it's not going to be free. You can fill gauges real easy in the training room, but it won't be the same when the monster is trying to nip and claw you. I do suggest Rathian as the intro/warmup test hunt also because, a target that can fly will incentivize you to think about what attacks you can use to hit a target up high, which many people new to a weapon tend to lack, and while she gets air, it isn't anywhere near as long as Rathalos or especially Azure. As an aside, when I get comfortable and want to find my blindspots or shortcomings on a weapon, I bring it into a Fatalis fight. You'll know if you're lacking something because Fatalis will ABSOLUTELY expose it to you.
@@naota909 In the same note, as a non-native english speaker, the point where EN really clicked with me was when I started using it for things of my interest, aka, videogame videos and tutorials. So, the more use of a tool on a field of your interest, the better.
This is the kind of tutorial I expect. Not just being told what's best, but also WHY it's best. Thank you very much. I would love to see a tutorial like this with the Hunting horn.
Bro your videos... are the videos these ppl been needing. I've been watching videos from others whom cover mh and honestly you're doing the real service. Nothing in your vids warrant into a copy pasta build or the "Bestest builds" which is amazing. I'm second fleet hunter and I've been watching videos since 2013 ish and your videos are top quality in comparison to the rest for sure. Most the ppl I see watching others videos on mh... always be trying to use the MOST SWEETY builds that they have absolutely no idea how it works or even the basics.... which nobody EVER COVERS THE BASICS.
Your Discord notifications had me checking mine each time. Great video, but maybe disable discord sounds/don't have discord opened when recording? That was my only "issue" with this video! You're awesome and your videos keep helping me out! I'm no speedrunner, but I'm dying/carting less and my hunts are getting minutes shaved off.
This and the trading window video improved my hand a lot, I have been shaving 5 to 7min of my hunts, as new comer to the game I appreciate this. Thanks
The top right doesn't always tell you EVERY possible extension of your combo, I don't remember what specific things are not listed but I've definitely very recently found extensions with lance and SnS both that weren't listed there (at least with mouse + keyboard). It's still good to test all buttons incase something is not listed there.
I'm not entirely sure if the top right shows every single move for all weapons, for example I know the lance guard dash isn't listed while guarding. Still great tips, really enjoying the recent videos
The training room is probably the quietest but largest addition they could have made. Old Monster Hunter it would take months for me to figure our everything a weapon could do or the best way to use it. But now its so easy to work out the moves and combos and figure when and where you can use certain attacks. Hell my Swaxe usage in 3U was exclusively Sword mode X then A, overhead then uppercut repeat, because in battle I had no way of figuring out how useful side slashes were or if the Axe was even worth not having Phial damage.
Would love a follow-up where you take this mentality of a new weapon into a fight with like a Rathian or something and narrate that experimentation process
I'm usually pretty good at every game I play. I learn fast, and memorize controls basically instantaneously. Because the controls part isn't a problem for me, I jumped right into guides whenever I wanted to learn a new weapon. Go into the training room and practice for a bit. Then I go into a hunt. After I've gotten more familiar with the weapon in actual hunts I'll then go and watch speedruns with the weapon. I've tried every weapon type in the game, and I can honestly say I main 5 different weapons at this point, and can play each of them to an advanced level. Outside of just those 5 I can also play all the other weapons to a proficient degree, I just have my preferences. It's really fun being able to play so many weapons really well. I have certain monster matchups that I particularly enjoy playing certain weapons in. It makes the game so much more enjoyable rather than being a one trick. I've seen some terrifying guildcards of people with like 3000 hunts on just longsword with 0 on every other weapon. I don't understand how they can just play the one thing for that long and never even try anything else.
Because they really enjoy playing that weapon and might be pursuing mastery. There’s a difference from being a 500 hunt “advanced” weapon user to having thousands of hunts with one weapon. You keep getting better with your weapon of choice even if you feel you already know it well enough. The cliche “jack of all master of none” is applicable here
@@RanchDressingPop-Tarts I have actually mastered all my preferred weapons. I've seen plenty of people in this game with tons of hunts under their belt just chugging potions or just not using their weapons very well. Most of the time that I play in multiplayer I'm basically the only person that keeps up tenderizes, extends claggers, and flinch shots. Unfortunately it's kind of a rarity instead of the norm to play with people that even take advantage of the games mechanics. And those things aren't even weapon specific. Jack of all trades, master of none definitely applies to some people, but not to me. You don't need 3000 hunts to master something. Hell I started sort of casually speedrunning ruiner nergigante with hunting horn and my fastest time is only like 1 minute of the record with it. I could probably get closer but the record uses a heroics builds and I haven't done that yet. Back around when Alatreon launched I did a similar thing. I speedran him with SnS and actually got a time 1 minute off what was the record at the time. I haven't ran it since then though and the time has come waaaay down since then. I've been wondering how well I could do now that fatalis weapons and velkhana gamma exist. I could definitely kill him before his 1st escaton judgement even without heroics. But if you want a competitive time you have to use heroics.
@@chewbacachunks8644sorry chief, but no matter how fast you think you learn or how great you perceive yourself to be (even though your observation of other people's skill seems to be based on some matchmaking randoms you saw drink potions in a fight), there is a difference between 200 hunts and 2000 hunts with one weapon. I'm not someone who sticks entirely with one weapon either but I guarantee I will beat you at literally anything with my main weapon because I've invested significantly more time into using it against every single monster. I will know every tiny opening, make small positioning changes, pull off more efficient combos, make harder reads and overall just play better because I've done it so many more times. Even if you are a legitimate gaming savant and can learn much faster than other people, the factor at which that happens is not >10 lol. You are not 10x better than the average person, and cannot perform at the level of a true master with 10% of the experience (the example used in previous comments). You even admit it yourself - you prefer different monster match-ups to be done with different weapons. Of course there's a tool for every job, but not choosing the best option for each monster means you get to know your weapon AND that specific, unfavorable match-up that much better. There's a long period of skill plateau - in literally anything, not just gaming - between solid proficiency and mastery, which is probably where you are. Dunning-Kruger tends to be the strongest around that point. When I became strongly conversational in my 2nd language, I thought I was fluent. When I could get through Sekiro bosses on a new character without dying once, I thought I was a beast. Turns out there was a whole ton of vocabulary and weird niche language rules left to learn, and I knew the bosses patterns but my efficiency was actually just decent compared to people who were actually great. It's just silly to think that you could take your 200 LS hunts into the same situations as someone with 2000 LS hunts and somehow match them on any level... Maybe specific monsters with specific builds, but you simply haven't mastered it to the same extent against EVERY monster - and that's the difference between you, the jack of many trades, and someone who is a master. That one minute difference in WR speedrun times is far, far bigger and speaks far louder than you seem to understand. Try lowering that time to the actual WR (TA rules of course) and you'll realize how long and painful the battle for each extra second is. It's cool to be good enough with every weapon, I think I am too, but you just come across as conceited, snarky and objectively wrong when you try to convince people you're better than someone who has practiced a weapon 100x more than you. You're welcome to post some videos though..
@@ScentSense I never stated that I was the best. Nor was I trying to make it into a competition. All I was saying was that it doesn't matter how long you play the game. All that matters is if you put in the time and practice. I never tried to be the best. I just kept going untill I reached a level I was satisfied with. What I said about seeing people with thousands of hunts and seeing them perform poorly is true. I have also seen plenty of people with much less time than that perform very well. When I did those Speedruns I wasn't doing them with the intent to compete on the leaderboard. I just wanted to improve my play. So I watched some Speedruns, did a few tries, got a time I was satisfied with and stopped. It's all for fun. I'm not saying that all weapon loyalists that have thousands of hunts on one weapon are bad at the game. In fact I've only really played with like 2 or 3 people that played badly despite their playtime. Usually they actually end up being extremely good at the game. It was really only a few instances I was talking about. I admit I probably should have mentioned that before.
When you do watch a guide be careful and don’t find one where the dude modded the game to change how weapon works. There’s a dude making switch axe videos who literally got exposed for using cheat engine for speed runs years ago making new guides who runs with a mod to make the sword and axe transition basically have no animation so they can swap standing still without attacking for fast mode changes.
Recently i learned 9 weapons in MHWI and instantly hopped to beating fatalis with them after 10 mins of practice, in order all boiled down to: -Where to position yourself. -Which are my common combos (1, 3, 5 and "monster on the ground" combos) -Trying to never be animation locked when the monster starts attacking even if i lose damage. -Clutch claw timing -Weapon gimmicks (Bar filling, vial charging, stamina depleting, range matching shennanigans) An even with that, the weapon is only one quarter of this game, you can compensate with practice against the monster, knowledge, and experience with your weapon.
It's easier when you know the monster. Say you main greatsword and know an opening with it vs velkhana, you can use that opening with the new weapon with moves that has same duration. If you dont know the monster well, you will take longer to understand what combo is good at what opening.
The right corner prompts don't always show everything. Specifically for sns spiral slash is never shown (and it's not even in then Hunter's notes for some reason)
Fair point. I'd argue anyone who spends a few minutes with SnS in the MHW training room will learn about spiral slash. But this is a really Capcom's fault. I believe they took out spiral for Risebreak as well (move was too OP)
@@naota909 OH I didn't even realize this was called that. What is so wrong or busted about the move? Just that you don't have to commit to a direction? I didn't realize this move was considered to be strong
hey mike, im a returning player from when the game came out and right now im on early high rank and i play longsword its fun but im bored of it. Recommend any weapon? (i did play insect glaive when i first played)
I did a similar thing learning GL in Rise 2 days ago. Went to the training area and got used to the controls then watched several tutorials and in just those 2 days of playing with GL I can comfortably hunt Primordial Malzeno in solo hunts already doing redirection dodges(never used this skill before), iframing with RBD, uptime on erupting cannon and such... After learning the basic controls of the weapons I can certainly grasp the concepts for the combos easier compared to watching the video directly and having no idea what buttons they are pressing.
What do you think about jumping into Arena quests to try out a new weapon? Recently I've been completing Base Rise Arena, and I think it's a pretty good way to get out of your comfort zone and actually try to learn a new weapon. That's said some arena sets are barerly usable, so it's kinda hit-or-miss
if you want to practice with less skills do regular quests with a more simple build. Arena quests are supposed to be a challenge and they aren’t inherently a better way to learn a weapon. If the build in an arena quest is much worse than what you’d normally be playing with you aren’t getting much out of it. I remember a few quests in Rise had switchaxe without rapid morph for example, there’s no reason to practice without rapid morph because you can always have it and always want it on a switchaxe build.
arena quests give you very dumb builds often missing essential QoL skills for a weapon or promoting a playstyle not even remotely close to reasonable to take into normal hunts
Man your videos really helps me out. I just came across Tempered Kirin and realized that I can't stick to just one weapon. So I'm gonna put away my Charge blade for a bit and learn bow. Just need to figure out build
Charge blade is mostly used for big monsters or medium monters. You could use dual blades which heavily counters the kirin heavily with decent dodging. Dual blades also is the fastest weapon so you can chase kirin way better
@@think1965 I was thinking about playing DB but I'm afraid I won't be able to jump away from Kirin's attack where he strike lightning around him, which is insta kill for me. Even with thunder res 3. Also, range weapons are supposed to have higher elemental res and that's what I need I'll probably keep CB for big monsters and for small ones I'll make more elemental focused bow builds
@@cagobello9412 well i didnt use the ranged weapons when i killed the tempered elders the first time so i wouldnt really know how much of a difference it makes since my DB can deal a ton of damage by just pressing Y in demon mode and dodging its attacks as long as i dont overextend and lose all my stamina
@@think1965 now I want to try DB too :D I mean it's kinda hard to try a build since I'm still not sure what skills I need and there's build for ultra mega hyper iceborn endgame I don't feel like I want to spend hours of grinding just to findout my build is totally wrong...
@@cagobello9412 just use a hybrid between stamina focused and damage focused build when you wanna try out db also ALWAYS bring dash juice you will thank yourself for bringing it at all times
Personally I prefer my method of learning switch axe: not using sword mode till iceborne and taking 40 minutes on LR hunts. That's basically 10 minutes
Hey Mike would you be able to make a discord where we can get our gameplay rated and also do you have any tips on Mr Kulve with 3 people and solo raging brachy I am haviving trouble beating those monsters I use a velkhana frost craft gs build
Against Raging Brach evade extender is great, divine blessing is great, health boost 3 is mandatory, stun resist 3 is mandatory and blast resistance is overrated, just roll to get rid of the debuff
I mean rolling 5+ times in the middle of the fight is both not good for DPS and paying attention to the monster. I usually opt for nullberries/situational awareness to avoid it, but if you're using lance/gunlance blast resist is basically required @@quietchase
@@quietchase you did see he said he plays GS right? Even with stuff like SnS rolling 5x to get rid of blast is tedious and a total waste of time. Doubly so with GS.
MH mainline games tend to progress forwards from the previous entry, so anything you learn in world (and rise to an extent) will be useful in wilds. Its the new additions to that game that you will have to learn specifically on it.
Also i completely agree... the other stream videos share only meta and all the niche tricks... It shows soo hard in the hunting halls when im letting ppl join and im running a negative affinty build.... 😂 and i always look to see whay they got on and low and behold .... its a copy paste from some UA-cam video... and i jave agro the ENTIRE HUNT.... even though their build has the good dps. This game isn't just about "meta builds" like 95% of players believe and then theres your videos.... 100% your videos express how to build your hunting skills and understanding of the things that actually mater to be a "gud" player
I understand what you're trying to do by recommending to try out all the different weapon abilities/attacks and to try and get in the habit of making mental notes, but I disagree that this is necessarily a better way to learn a weapon versus watching a guide. Some people won't learn better from reading necessarily and seeing moves used in a video guide or used a certain way in a speedrun can give visual reinforcement to how to use the move and when you would want to use it. I also wish you explained your methodology for learning weapons before you just went into it.
There isn't really a way to say that any method is objectively "better" or "worse" for learning, since everyone learns in different ways. However, i do think that this is better for understanding why things work and dont work, rather than just doing the moves someone else told you to do edit: except charge blade. you probably need a guide for that.
Refreshing to see a video get to the point clearly! Sick of YTbers spending 5 mins on a useless intro and talking about crap and then providing shallow info. Like drawing blood from a stone...
This is the approach I took when trying to learn charge blade. No matter how good a tutorial, if someone has used a weapon long enough to make it, they understand the basic kit so well that it becomes second nature; they may forget others don't know terminology or what attacks are. Trying to learn a weapon from a tutorial with no time poking at it is a bit like trying to study a book written in a similar language but not knowing all of the words.
The only thing I'd add is, after either spending time in the training room or watching a tutorial, take the weapon to a good sensei monster. Something like Rathian is great for trying out a new weapon, as while she isn't super dangerous, the poison and fireballs are still enough of a threat to be mindful about avoiding. Alot of her attacks are well choreographed, which will give you time to apply experimental uses of moves in anticipation of where a hitbox will be on a moving target, something the training area won't give you. Doesn't have to be her, but pick a monster you feel confident about your knowledge of it's attacks. A monster is not going to stay in place, and it's not going to be free. You can fill gauges real easy in the training room, but it won't be the same when the monster is trying to nip and claw you.
I do suggest Rathian as the intro/warmup test hunt also because, a target that can fly will incentivize you to think about what attacks you can use to hit a target up high, which many people new to a weapon tend to lack, and while she gets air, it isn't anywhere near as long as Rathalos or especially Azure. As an aside, when I get comfortable and want to find my blindspots or shortcomings on a weapon, I bring it into a Fatalis fight. You'll know if you're lacking something because Fatalis will ABSOLUTELY expose it to you.
this is the same reason why "speaking" is the fastest way to learn a language
not "reading", "writing", or "listening"
@@naota909 In the same note, as a non-native english speaker, the point where EN really clicked with me was when I started using it for things of my interest, aka, videogame videos and tutorials.
So, the more use of a tool on a field of your interest, the better.
This is the kind of tutorial I expect. Not just being told what's best, but also WHY it's best. Thank you very much. I would love to see a tutorial like this with the Hunting horn.
Bro your videos... are the videos these ppl been needing.
I've been watching videos from others whom cover mh and honestly you're doing the real service.
Nothing in your vids warrant into a copy pasta build or the "Bestest builds" which is amazing. I'm second fleet hunter and I've been watching videos since 2013 ish and your videos are top quality in comparison to the rest for sure.
Most the ppl I see watching others videos on mh... always be trying to use the MOST SWEETY builds that they have absolutely no idea how it works or even the basics.... which nobody EVER COVERS THE BASICS.
Your Discord notifications had me checking mine each time. Great video, but maybe disable discord sounds/don't have discord opened when recording? That was my only "issue" with this video! You're awesome and your videos keep helping me out! I'm no speedrunner, but I'm dying/carting less and my hunts are getting minutes shaved off.
mb
completely agree the discord was irritating lol but also agree good vids :P
This and the trading window video improved my hand a lot, I have been shaving 5 to 7min of my hunts, as new comer to the game I appreciate this. Thanks
Started MHR just 4 days ago. Enjoying it so far with the gunlance and your content is great for someone new like me. Thanks a lot, keep it up!
Keep your uploads coming man I personally as a relatively new hunter on my second play thru of world I am enjoying your explanations and break fowns
The top right doesn't always tell you EVERY possible extension of your combo, I don't remember what specific things are not listed but I've definitely very recently found extensions with lance and SnS both that weren't listed there (at least with mouse + keyboard). It's still good to test all buttons incase something is not listed there.
I'm not entirely sure if the top right shows every single move for all weapons, for example I know the lance guard dash isn't listed while guarding. Still great tips, really enjoying the recent videos
GD on left side of screen
The training room is probably the quietest but largest addition they could have made. Old Monster Hunter it would take months for me to figure our everything a weapon could do or the best way to use it. But now its so easy to work out the moves and combos and figure when and where you can use certain attacks. Hell my Swaxe usage in 3U was exclusively Sword mode X then A, overhead then uppercut repeat, because in battle I had no way of figuring out how useful side slashes were or if the Axe was even worth not having Phial damage.
Banger guides mate, greatly enjoying them
Would love a follow-up where you take this mentality of a new weapon into a fight with like a Rathian or something and narrate that experimentation process
I'm usually pretty good at every game I play. I learn fast, and memorize controls basically instantaneously. Because the controls part isn't a problem for me, I jumped right into guides whenever I wanted to learn a new weapon. Go into the training room and practice for a bit. Then I go into a hunt. After I've gotten more familiar with the weapon in actual hunts I'll then go and watch speedruns with the weapon. I've tried every weapon type in the game, and I can honestly say I main 5 different weapons at this point, and can play each of them to an advanced level. Outside of just those 5 I can also play all the other weapons to a proficient degree, I just have my preferences.
It's really fun being able to play so many weapons really well. I have certain monster matchups that I particularly enjoy playing certain weapons in. It makes the game so much more enjoyable rather than being a one trick. I've seen some terrifying guildcards of people with like 3000 hunts on just longsword with 0 on every other weapon. I don't understand how they can just play the one thing for that long and never even try anything else.
Because they really enjoy playing that weapon and might be pursuing mastery. There’s a difference from being a 500 hunt “advanced” weapon user to having thousands of hunts with one weapon. You keep getting better with your weapon of choice even if you feel you already know it well enough.
The cliche “jack of all master of none” is applicable here
@@RanchDressingPop-Tarts I have actually mastered all my preferred weapons. I've seen plenty of people in this game with tons of hunts under their belt just chugging potions or just not using their weapons very well. Most of the time that I play in multiplayer I'm basically the only person that keeps up tenderizes, extends claggers, and flinch shots. Unfortunately it's kind of a rarity instead of the norm to play with people that even take advantage of the games mechanics. And those things aren't even weapon specific. Jack of all trades, master of none definitely applies to some people, but not to me. You don't need 3000 hunts to master something.
Hell I started sort of casually speedrunning ruiner nergigante with hunting horn and my fastest time is only like 1 minute of the record with it. I could probably get closer but the record uses a heroics builds and I haven't done that yet. Back around when Alatreon launched I did a similar thing. I speedran him with SnS and actually got a time 1 minute off what was the record at the time. I haven't ran it since then though and the time has come waaaay down since then. I've been wondering how well I could do now that fatalis weapons and velkhana gamma exist. I could definitely kill him before his 1st escaton judgement even without heroics. But if you want a competitive time you have to use heroics.
@@chewbacachunks8644sorry chief, but no matter how fast you think you learn or how great you perceive yourself to be (even though your observation of other people's skill seems to be based on some matchmaking randoms you saw drink potions in a fight), there is a difference between 200 hunts and 2000 hunts with one weapon. I'm not someone who sticks entirely with one weapon either but I guarantee I will beat you at literally anything with my main weapon because I've invested significantly more time into using it against every single monster. I will know every tiny opening, make small positioning changes, pull off more efficient combos, make harder reads and overall just play better because I've done it so many more times. Even if you are a legitimate gaming savant and can learn much faster than other people, the factor at which that happens is not >10 lol. You are not 10x better than the average person, and cannot perform at the level of a true master with 10% of the experience (the example used in previous comments).
You even admit it yourself - you prefer different monster match-ups to be done with different weapons. Of course there's a tool for every job, but not choosing the best option for each monster means you get to know your weapon AND that specific, unfavorable match-up that much better. There's a long period of skill plateau - in literally anything, not just gaming - between solid proficiency and mastery, which is probably where you are. Dunning-Kruger tends to be the strongest around that point. When I became strongly conversational in my 2nd language, I thought I was fluent. When I could get through Sekiro bosses on a new character without dying once, I thought I was a beast. Turns out there was a whole ton of vocabulary and weird niche language rules left to learn, and I knew the bosses patterns but my efficiency was actually just decent compared to people who were actually great. It's just silly to think that you could take your 200 LS hunts into the same situations as someone with 2000 LS hunts and somehow match them on any level... Maybe specific monsters with specific builds, but you simply haven't mastered it to the same extent against EVERY monster - and that's the difference between you, the jack of many trades, and someone who is a master.
That one minute difference in WR speedrun times is far, far bigger and speaks far louder than you seem to understand. Try lowering that time to the actual WR (TA rules of course) and you'll realize how long and painful the battle for each extra second is.
It's cool to be good enough with every weapon, I think I am too, but you just come across as conceited, snarky and objectively wrong when you try to convince people you're better than someone who has practiced a weapon 100x more than you. You're welcome to post some videos though..
@@ScentSense I never stated that I was the best. Nor was I trying to make it into a competition. All I was saying was that it doesn't matter how long you play the game. All that matters is if you put in the time and practice. I never tried to be the best. I just kept going untill I reached a level I was satisfied with. What I said about seeing people with thousands of hunts and seeing them perform poorly is true. I have also seen plenty of people with much less time than that perform very well. When I did those Speedruns I wasn't doing them with the intent to compete on the leaderboard. I just wanted to improve my play. So I watched some Speedruns, did a few tries, got a time I was satisfied with and stopped. It's all for fun. I'm not saying that all weapon loyalists that have thousands of hunts on one weapon are bad at the game. In fact I've only really played with like 2 or 3 people that played badly despite their playtime. Usually they actually end up being extremely good at the game. It was really only a few instances I was talking about. I admit I probably should have mentioned that before.
When you do watch a guide be careful and don’t find one where the dude modded the game to change how weapon works. There’s a dude making switch axe videos who literally got exposed for using cheat engine for speed runs years ago making new guides who runs with a mod to make the sword and axe transition basically have no animation so they can swap standing still without attacking for fast mode changes.
Recently i learned 9 weapons in MHWI and instantly hopped to beating fatalis with them after 10 mins of practice, in order all boiled down to:
-Where to position yourself.
-Which are my common combos (1, 3, 5 and "monster on the ground" combos)
-Trying to never be animation locked when the monster starts attacking even if i lose damage.
-Clutch claw timing
-Weapon gimmicks (Bar filling, vial charging, stamina depleting, range matching shennanigans)
An even with that, the weapon is only one quarter of this game, you can compensate with practice against the monster, knowledge, and experience with your weapon.
It's easier when you know the monster. Say you main greatsword and know an opening with it vs velkhana, you can use that opening with the new weapon with moves that has same duration.
If you dont know the monster well, you will take longer to understand what combo is good at what opening.
This is how I do it, except that I like to take the weapon to a few hunts first to get a feel for it before looking for guides.
9:19 I thought that was me bruh
The right corner prompts don't always show everything. Specifically for sns spiral slash is never shown (and it's not even in then Hunter's notes for some reason)
Fair point.
I'd argue anyone who spends a few minutes with SnS in the MHW training room will learn about spiral slash.
But this is a really Capcom's fault.
I believe they took out spiral for Risebreak as well (move was too OP)
What is spiral slash
@@vgamedude12 triangle + control stick in opposite direction after an attack
@@naota909 OH I didn't even realize this was called that. What is so wrong or busted about the move? Just that you don't have to commit to a direction? I didn't realize this move was considered to be strong
@@vgamedude12 respectable MV, low time, infinite combo extender
hey mike, im a returning player from when the game came out and right now im on early high rank and i play longsword its fun but im bored of it. Recommend any weapon? (i did play insect glaive when i first played)
I did a similar thing learning GL in Rise 2 days ago. Went to the training area and got used to the controls then watched several tutorials and in just those 2 days of playing with GL I can comfortably hunt Primordial Malzeno in solo hunts already doing redirection dodges(never used this skill before), iframing with RBD, uptime on erupting cannon and such... After learning the basic controls of the weapons I can certainly grasp the concepts for the combos easier compared to watching the video directly and having no idea what buttons they are pressing.
What do you think about jumping into Arena quests to try out a new weapon? Recently I've been completing Base Rise Arena, and I think it's a pretty good way to get out of your comfort zone and actually try to learn a new weapon. That's said some arena sets are barerly usable, so it's kinda hit-or-miss
if you want to practice with less skills do regular quests with a more simple build. Arena quests are supposed to be a challenge and they aren’t inherently a better way to learn a weapon. If the build in an arena quest is much worse than what you’d normally be playing with you aren’t getting much out of it. I remember a few quests in Rise had switchaxe without rapid morph for example, there’s no reason to practice without rapid morph because you can always have it and always want it on a switchaxe build.
Arena quests give you tumor. Designed to be duod and some sets they give can even be purely supportive.
arena quests give you very dumb builds often missing essential QoL skills for a weapon or promoting a playstyle not even remotely close to reasonable to take into normal hunts
Man your videos really helps me out. I just came across Tempered Kirin and realized that I can't stick to just one weapon. So I'm gonna put away my Charge blade for a bit and learn bow. Just need to figure out build
Charge blade is mostly used for big monsters or medium monters. You could use dual blades which heavily counters the kirin heavily with decent dodging. Dual blades also is the fastest weapon so you can chase kirin way better
@@think1965 I was thinking about playing DB but I'm afraid I won't be able to jump away from Kirin's attack where he strike lightning around him, which is insta kill for me. Even with thunder res 3. Also, range weapons are supposed to have higher elemental res and that's what I need
I'll probably keep CB for big monsters and for small ones I'll make more elemental focused bow builds
@@cagobello9412 well i didnt use the ranged weapons when i killed the tempered elders the first time so i wouldnt really know how much of a difference it makes since my DB can deal a ton of damage by just pressing Y in demon mode and dodging its attacks as long as i dont overextend and lose all my stamina
@@think1965 now I want to try DB too :D I mean it's kinda hard to try a build since I'm still not sure what skills I need and there's build for ultra mega hyper iceborn endgame
I don't feel like I want to spend hours of grinding just to findout my build is totally wrong...
@@cagobello9412 just use a hybrid between stamina focused and damage focused build when you wanna try out db also ALWAYS bring dash juice you will thank yourself for bringing it at all times
Personally I prefer my method of learning switch axe: not using sword mode till iceborne and taking 40 minutes on LR hunts. That's basically 10 minutes
A true man of the people
Hey Mike would you be able to make a discord where we can get our gameplay rated and also do you have any tips on Mr Kulve with 3 people and solo raging brachy I am haviving trouble beating those monsters I use a velkhana frost craft gs build
just upload a YT video and send me the link
I don’t know how to make videos but I’ll try
Against Raging Brach evade extender is great, divine blessing is great, health boost 3 is mandatory, stun resist 3 is mandatory and blast resistance is overrated, just roll to get rid of the debuff
I mean rolling 5+ times in the middle of the fight is both not good for DPS and paying attention to the monster. I usually opt for nullberries/situational awareness to avoid it, but if you're using lance/gunlance blast resist is basically required @@quietchase
@@quietchase you did see he said he plays GS right? Even with stuff like SnS rolling 5x to get rid of blast is tedious and a total waste of time. Doubly so with GS.
do you think the skills you learn in MH ICEBORNE be applicable to Wilds wen it comes out ?
any MH game knowledge will be applicable to Wilds
MH mainline games tend to progress forwards from the previous entry, so anything you learn in world (and rise to an extent) will be useful in wilds. Its the new additions to that game that you will have to learn specifically on it.
Also i completely agree... the other stream videos share only meta and all the niche tricks...
It shows soo hard in the hunting halls when im letting ppl join and im running a negative affinty build.... 😂 and i always look to see whay they got on and low and behold .... its a copy paste from some UA-cam video... and i jave agro the ENTIRE HUNT.... even though their build has the good dps.
This game isn't just about "meta builds" like 95% of players believe and then theres your videos....
100% your videos express how to build your hunting skills and understanding of the things that actually mater to be a "gud" player
*cough* discord streamer mode when recording *cough*
nah id win
I would gladly absorb your knowledge into my being via my proboscis in order to increase my skill level in monster hunter
x.x
To be fair, it's not difficult to be better than 95% of switchaxe users in iceborne when all they do is clutch element discharge with mantles xD
360p gang where you at??
u crazy for this one
I understand what you're trying to do by recommending to try out all the different weapon abilities/attacks and to try and get in the habit of making mental notes, but I disagree that this is necessarily a better way to learn a weapon versus watching a guide. Some people won't learn better from reading necessarily and seeing moves used in a video guide or used a certain way in a speedrun can give visual reinforcement to how to use the move and when you would want to use it. I also wish you explained your methodology for learning weapons before you just went into it.
Well, this guide *was* made for the top 5% of hunters :)
There isn't really a way to say that any method is objectively "better" or "worse" for learning, since everyone learns in different ways. However, i do think that this is better for understanding why things work and dont work, rather than just doing the moves someone else told you to do
edit: except charge blade. you probably need a guide for that.
Bro couldn't watch til the end of the video lol. He explained when to watch a guide.
Blud didn't see till end of video
Please man i've discovered now your account please Bro i want you to be my dad please teach me how to be a monster hunter God @@naota909
Refreshing to see a video get to the point clearly! Sick of YTbers spending 5 mins on a useless intro and talking about crap and then providing shallow info. Like drawing blood from a stone...