Great video, love the cat's name, and didn't know keeping sway had s, or that you could charge the golfswing out of spin. Only nitpick: what you described as an "option select" isn't actually an option select, if you did that in a fighting game, that would just be a reaction. Option select would be like if you were charging the hammer, and you pressed triangle + circle at the same time, and depending on what the monster did you got either a keeping sway, an attack, or started mighty charge, without having to actually make a decision or react in the process, it just automatically gave you the best option for the situation, with a single input (or rapid sequence of inputs). Not that it matters, since Monster Hunter isn't a fighting game, but still, I'm a nerd!

hammer was so much fun i cant wait to get back in

So the main take aways from the beta hammer is big bang needs buffed spinning bludgeon needs buffed upswing offset attacks are cool and mighty charge is awesome. Hopefully full release makes motion values better and recovery time on some attacks better

Thanks for the Bonk-lepedia! In the beta I stumbled upon a way to shortcut to the golfswing in the golfswing combo, skipping the second hit. From a neutral state, If you double-press then hold triangle (on the second press) and input a direction, your character goes into the new "step" animation you mentioned after the first attack animation finishes. BUT if you release triangle at the tail-end of the step animation, your character does an instant golfswing, completely skipping the second hit of the combo. So watching it looks like: Overhead Smash I (or side smash) -> step -> golfswing. It seems unintentional, but I wasn't sure if anyone else stumbled upon it.

Hold on, is the beta still playable?

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Thank you for this guide! I only got to scratch the surface in the beta and this helped me understand the moveset a lot more. Bonk.

9:42 Pretty sure it was confirmed on the website that successful offset attacks only have a chance of knocking back a monster. From my experience the first few times it's guranteed to knoch back mosters, but succesive offsets will not. Question if there is a hidden timer or something else. As for the damage taken on a successful offset, I believe it's based on how close the monster attack (or hitbox of it) was about to hit the player. As explained in the video offsets have a rather generous framewindow and the soober ut connects the less (or non at all) damage is taken. Tho I can't really say for certain. More testing would be needed to confirm that.

I was very interested in the changes the moment the Hammer trailer and hands on reviews released, but had a few worries like -much dcreased reach as some peopke who played the early beta reported -removal of brutal big bang -removal of modes like in Rise, but not power charge from World (I don't miss that) -most likely no courage Hammer, thus potentially bad elemental damage Luckily most if these worries have disdapeared after I played the beta. At first I was certain Sunbreak Hammer will be my forever stay my favorite, but golfswing offset attacks might change that. Like honestly the additions of ofgset properties and the sidestep (not sure if it has any official name) to golfswing are just fantastic, yet so simple. The hyper armor and roar negation is weird tbh, but also a welcome bonus too. I already see myself sink another 1000 hours into Wilds with just Hammer. Makes me already fantasize about the additiobs the expansion will bring. Anyways great video.

Just started playing MHW a couple months ago. Hammer has been my favorite, glad to see it'll be making a return, thank you for showcasing it. c:

All of this is subject to change at launch, don't lose sleep over it.

What are some recommendations for a secondary weapon with the hammer being the main weapon?

Most of the weapons in this game seem crazy strong, monsters don’t know what coming.

Hammer has been my favorite weapon in Wilds so far, thanks for this!

While I'm no longer a Hammer player, I am a bit afraid that Wilds is gonna give Hammer the Risebreak treatment, where one or more of its moves/combos becomes completely obsolete because of an objectively better move to spam all the time. Rise had this with that silkbind move and Sunbreak with its overtuned charged moves, completely invalidating the point of Big Bang or any other move for that matter. While the new additions in Wilds is amazing and certainly solidifies Hammer as "the charging weapon", weaving in and out of charge states, I do hope that Big Bang remains the optimal move for a long openings. It's nice seeing that they made Spinning Bludgeon a sort of combo extender. besides that, great guide. rlly tickled my inner bonk appreciation

great breakdown- The hammer felt really good imo thought I was gonna miss the clutch claw combos-but no way. The hammer has great flow and felt strong, cannot wait for wilds!

Phenomenal guide! I'll definetly bonk with this video in mind. March is never been this far away

I hate spinning bludgeon i don't care if it is my most damaging option i hate how I'm forced to freaking slide everytime i run down a slope.

Rey Dau got absolute destroyed! I thought I would be disappointed with hammer without the clutch claw but this is going to be so amazing with the side steps while charging! Love it!

This video aged like diarrhea mixed with milk

2:04 offset swing

Ive also been doing the Normal Overhead Smashes into Mighty Charge, yet i cant find a use out of the Big Bang set as it feels so slow and punishing to use 🤔

0:26 wait, how do you do that? That first move on the monster

wow! how did you jump off the horse and went straight into the Charge please?

Certified Brain Damage moment

is there a reason you just do the uppercut finisher out of mighty charge instead of the full damage one so often?

2:28 dude chilling underwater and suddenly stopped existing haha

He keeps retreating ever minute when it fight him so annoying

in my opinion MhWilds hammer is kinda downgrade to sunbreak makes me kinda sad,..

How did you go from the upward swing to the mighty charge and the mighty charge slam? Do you just hit triangle and circle at the same time and it lets you do the mighty charge right after the upward swing?

easily t he easiest beta/demo ever made for mon hun its making rise blush !

so how do offsets actually work? like, which attacks for hammer can offset a monster attack? is it just the upswing?

5:24 That poor creature caught a stray.😭😭

That topple from popping the wound to KO in the middle of the hunt was gorgeous

As a fellow hammer bro I'm quite satisfied with the wilds hammer

how did u do that 1st move?

so charge step have ??? hammer, charge blade, insect glaive. hard to choose

I wish that the second charge level attack was an offset attack as well. It would be easier to perform but I can understand why they didn’t want too as hammer literally has an infinite attack combo which is insane.

So I noticed that you didn’t use big bang at all and didn’t use spinning bludgeon much I think you used it maybe once. So I think these two moves need buffs or something’s cause they just don’t do enough damage to be worth using

It feels like theres no reason to use big bang now 😢

Weapon balance leaves a lot to be desired. Some complete Rey Dau hunt in 6-7 min while others take 11-12.

Interesting to see you’re opting for the golf swing into mighty charge instead of Big Bang IV into mighty charge on wide openings. It seems it’s quicker, but I’d argue Big Bang does more damage ? Still unsure though. Anyway, loved to watch this, solid display of what the hammer is now capable of.