Insect Glaive is EVEN BETTER in Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak!

[@apersoncalledme378]

I'm glad that they are giving more focus on the kinsect, long gone are the days it's only used to gather buffs.

[@deraelevans222]

Now we’re true beast masters lol

[@Rmason3156]

you weren't using the drill dive in World were you ??

[@DarkCT]

@@Rmason3156 the world kinsect series with the iceborne addition of kinsect slinger feed was just barely a bit away from being a full on weapon in it's own right. just played the vast majority of the game with that as my primary attack. Rise kinsect seems more synergistic to the insect glaive, but the way it could be a weapon in world appears to have been far removed, if what ive seen from rise footage is any indication.

[@TheSlammurai]

It fits. Rise and Sunbreak lean very heavily on the idea that you're relying on partners instead of just your own skills. Palicos, Palamutes, Cohoots, Wirebugs, and even NPCs so it makes perfect sense that Kinsects would receive an overhaul.

[@streven1331]

I'm really loving the glaive lately. Feels so good when you get in the groove with it. Can't wait for Sunbreak!

[@Cap_The_Captain]

2:35 But Arekkz it's the Insect Glaive, it's all about pulling off attacks... on the fly. 😎

[@ArekkzGaming]

Ayyyyy!

[@Cap_The_Captain]

@@ArekkzGaming Hehehehehehhhhh 😈 We love bad puns

[@theneed80g]

If only glaive could skill swap in the air since it technically can still dodge in the air

[@truecross4090]

Weapon would become an absolute beast. If we could at least swap while on wall run or wall cling with glaive I'd be happy.

[@william_sun]

3:20 Yes, Kinsect Slash should apply the same aerial damage buff. The damage buff is tied to Vaulting Dance, not to Jumping Advancing Slash, hence why Forward Roundslash also gives you one stack of the aerial damage buff if you successfully land the counter.

[@moistcurdle8719]

As an IG main, the added switch skills system with the new switch skills is going to make some really fun combat changes for different situations. Really pumped for this expansion!!

[@-siranzalot-]

Psyched IG main here. Man it's going to be hard to decide which kinsect to use. The new ones all look great and are respectively super useful :O

[@truecross4090]

Honestly I'm glad. Fuel color feels like it was so clearly better than everything else I never varied from it. But vortex and that triple buff one look very interesting.

[@Proj3ctOwlz]

I've been an Insect glaive main since it has been introduced. Loving the aerial combat boost, because I am never on the ground.

[@elite_eight4486]

Well, if you never been on ground you've made pretty shit damage in world/iceborne 😅

[@renutus1580]

@@elite_eight4486 baffling that many people play games for fun and not speedruns right?

[@elite_eight4486]

@@renutus1580 indeed

[@ValmathWF]

@@elite_eight4486 i kill fatalis anda alatreon solo with insect glaive, then is not about just big number is your skill and you have some skill issue with the glaive

[@elite_eight4486]

@@ValmathWF the fuck are you talking about 🤣🤣

[@vanarzyksianardeamnis3078]

Feels like finally, with Rise and now Sunbreak, they did this weapon justice with aerial attack multiplier, Kinsect types (cant wait to use the new ones), AKA, Kinsect slash I really hope they manage to fit these moves into the weapon's moveset itself in future games, I doubt I could use IG without these moves again

[@cathycatsville67]

That sounds amazing! Insect Glaive is by far my favorite weapon and i'm so happy it gets even better with sunbreak! 😍

[@ACE44-404]

As an insect glave main I am happy with the buffs it got

[@lewa3910]

Now THAT'S the kinda title I need to see! So excited to play Sunbreak InsectGlaive. I gotten so used to Iceborne Glaive that reverting back to HR gear in Rise did feel lackluster, but now getting a New Master Rank moveset to practice, is gonna be So Fun!

[@Salemwaaa]

Remeber how people were clowning on the glaive when Rise first came out? This is why I never gave up on it

[@RoseWovenScythe]

The only thing I'm worried about with the kinsect slash is the damage. The spiker against lunagaron did like 91 damage which is SUPER low. It looks like it'll feel super smooth but if the damage is bad there's not going to be a lot of incentive to use the move

[@randomnessgamerman]

I'm pretty sure the kinsect slash dive attack has 3 hits, but the hunter only landed one of them against Lunagaron. The damage is probably reasonable assuming all hits connect.

[@RoseWovenScythe]

@@randomnessgamerman I know it's got the three vaults, but even the one he landed that wasn't the spiker did pretty bad damage unless I'm reading something wrong. If you land all or most hits of the spinning slash you can get a solid 200+ damage. The numbers I've seen just don't compare. I know it's not set in stone, it's just potentially worrying

[@randomnessgamerman]

@@RoseWovenScythe High damage doesn't seem to be the main use case for kinsect slash. it looks like a way for the insect glaive user to get back to the ground quickly and deal some damage without needing to use the clunky Diving Wyvern. Kinsect slash looks like it will be more useful for grounded IG playstyle and the helicopter attack is better for aerial IG playstyle. Each can have a clear niche that doesn't just need to be damage. Kinsect slash will probably end up being used over the helicopter attack in most cases anyways, simply because it's significntly faster and thus safer to use without getting swatted out of the air mid attack. Plus it gives you extract as a bonus.

[@markos50100]

@@RoseWovenScythe it's a trade off from a pure damage skill to an airborne extract gathering move. I doubt the damage would be higher than it's alternative switch skill jumping advancing slash.

[@valfodryonsirius7698]

I can't wait to play my beloved glaive again in sunbreak! The only thing I worry about it is if we can't universally change our silkbind attacks to bind diving wyvern in the ZL+X and have the A.K.A as the ZL+A then I'd feel a bit bad. However, if that were the case I can designate the blue scroll to be the extract gathering set with the A.K.A as the big finisher and have the red scroll set to be my mega damage dealer set so that the fight with the monsters have a more fluid focus. Overall, with the kinsect's new bonuses I wonder what experiments I can run in creating flinches to topple monsters and the sustainability of the triple extract powder residue to keep up the fight. Though with the glaives aerial specialty I just hope the monsters have enough bite to keep the battle interesting, else I'll just be able to skid past all their new attacks and be sad, albeit smug that I can just fly over all their threats while my teammates gotta think of how to handle the disruptive aoe's. Here's hoping these monsters aren't just for show on a cat walk and are advanced enough to give me a challenge in the skies!

[@yann14pr]

You still have to remember that they still have not shown every silkbind yet for all weapons as they stated on social media so we're still missing a switch skill on the ZL+ X input, who knows if it maybe could be something as good as diving wyvern and even if it's not a really great move, insect glaive already looks so much fun in sunbreak

[@valfodryonsirius7698]

@@yann14pr Hell yeah! I'm just a little nit picky in my wish list, but for what we have been given, I'm happy.

[@Choom89]

@Arekkz I have to gloat here since you replayed the aerial damage footage... I hit a 1,234 damage ender... it was one in a million, the monster actually fell asleep after my third bounce and I nailed it's head with the ender to wake it! Amazing!

[@KukeyMonster]

Been an IG main since it was introduced! Was so excited when IG got alot of love this time, felt basically the same for awhile. Seeing even more love in sunbreak im just going crazy and aerial was always my IG style. Cant wait for release!

[@urcovered1231]

I wonder if the powder blowing up like that will cause status buildup

[@Corwin19]

I was wanting to main swagaxe in sunbreak but man IG is looking so good! Can't wait to play around with both of them. Ah for anyone who wants to see god-like IG gameplay, check out Po Chi. The man is incredible and I have no doubt that we will be seeing some amazing demonstrations of these new moves from him when sunbreak releases.

[@Powerkraut1]

Kinsect slash does apply the bonus to wyvern dive. It’s quickly become my new favorite attack because it’s more controllable and allows you to much more quickly maximize wyvern dive damage

[@MidnightDragonProductions]

As an IG main, I'm loving the new buffs the weapon is getting. Definitely looking forward to trying out the new moves

[@thiagoadriano9433]

03:20 Kinsect Slash should work for increasing Aerial damage because it's not actually Jumping Advancing Slash that does it, what actually increases aerial damage after each use is the Vaulting Dance, the animation where you go up after hitting the Monster and can continue using Aerial moves. You can confirm that by doing an Advancing Roundslash into a Monster attack, it's gonna give you the i-frames of the Vaulting Dance and you get the first tier buff for aerials.

[@Kaijukrusher]

I love the extract explosion, now i can role play as a wizard. Now if only we could make our kinsect into a kahoots

[@KPlaysHere]

Wouldn't be surprised if there was a PC mod for that.

[@ManlyPicnics]

After seeing all the stuff for IG, I got kinda interested in playing it. Gonna be honest, it was much easier to learn than I expected. I've done maybe 10 hunts with it so far, but I was already able to defeat the Emergency Magnamalo event quest first try using it. The weapon is just stupid fun when you're not getting caught mid-air by jank hitboxes on some attacks, I'm looking at you Diablos... I am a little concerned that Kinsect Slash is going to be worse than Jumping Advancing Slash, because it just hits nowhere near as many times, although my sharpness will be thankful. From what I remember, it is actually more for gathering extracts, since you get the extract from the parts you hit with it. So more than likely it will be how you start a fight, but then swap to Jumping Advancing Slash for damage. That being said, does the move also change once you have red extract?

[@noc7urnalNeme5i5]

The way I've interpreted it is that the new swap skills will be most effective before getting triple buff for the airial attack, and right before triple buff expires for the kinsect yet, so in between those two states you will want to use normal airial and diving wyvern. If that is accurate then they fit neatly into the existing rhythm of insect glaive which will be awesome.

[@-siranzalot-]

Kinsect Slash will changes to a downward angled spiral thrust once you gather red extract, so you are inclined to get that one last because you will lose your aerial mobility. Seems useful to me though. Towards the end of a triple buff period, we can swap skills, throw out an AKA to make the most use of the rest and seamlessly gather extracts again. Maybe even supported by a powder Vortex which will detonate the residual extract clouds from the previous AKA. Man this will be so dope!

[@ManlyPicnics]

@@-siranzalot- Sadly, I still don't know enough about the Kinsect types, but do all Kinsects actually drop Powder? I've only really run Assist Types, and I haven't seen any powder clouds being dropped. I would assume so, otherwise the Powder Vortex would be pointless as a Kinsect bonus.

[@-siranzalot-]

@@ManlyPicnics the new AKA move seems to be releasing the stored extracts as powder clouds regardless of kinsect type. Maybe Kinsect Slash too because we are not actually sending out the kinsect for this one. But thats besides the point, powder vortex is a new kinsect type entirely and it should leave clouds with everything. Otherwise I agree, they'd be completely pointless

[@gameskyjumper1721]

ok just saw your question about Kinsect types. First severing is for cutting tail while blunt is hitting head for K.O. monster. I personally like severing. Nomral: basic. It sucks Assist: when you are at the end of certain combo your bug will fly out and follow your staff. Not only does it give extra hits (extra damage) it also extend your weapon range. So you can hit something far from you when the monster moves away. My favorite. Speed. When your bug is at home on your arm it charges. When it glow blue (charged up) you can send your bug out to do damage. ONLY the FIRST hit has bonus damage. You need to call bug back to your arm and to charge again for next bonus damage. Dual Color. You get two color buff per hit. Meaning you can very quickly get all 3 buff by just hitting two places. My favorite. Powder: same from MHW. When you send bug out, wherever the monster get hits it leave a dust cloud (poison, blast, heal...). Just a tip, IG is a FAST hitting weapon, that means build ups like blast or poison works extremely well with it because of high number of hits. Also in Rise if you get all three color buff you automatically get earplug skill. completely broken. Also to me the speed of bug moving in and out matters the most. So you should focus on Kinsect bonus with high speed.

[@Chunkywhop]

As soon as I saw I could helicopter better than I could in World, I was super stoked. Can't wait to try out the new skills and silk bug moves.

[@joshualighttime604]

I'm glad my baby getting all the love it deserves. Been a ig main since mh4u which was my first mh game

[@swankyplays1551]

Love the Dragoon inspired armor sets! When they remake "The Legend of Dragoon" will there be Arekkz content?

[@mjcgraphix]

I really like IG today especially the kinsect slash where you can aim which part of the body to gather kinsect buff.

[@WoWdespair]

Glaive might be my new main followed by Switchaxe and Sns. So glad about changes on bugs. They all look so beneficial thank you Aarekz

[@ozzysmith2571]

Will there be one of these videos for Bow? Really wanna hear how the new stuff is working out.

[@tristancapon5983]

You can check out ragegamingvideos, they uploaded GS and bow as far as I know

[@bryanx68]

Wow that insect move only uses one wire bug? That's handy, I am a insect user myself and I just love it. Insect glaive is one of those weapons you can have 3 status for one weapon. But it just so fast and the flying around is an added bonus. I just wish didn't have to collect the boost. Can't have everything I suppose. But still a very fun and great weapon. Oh man that powder vortex, thats fantastic, boosted power extract to? Man they giving glaive some love. Come on sunbreak I'm ready to rock n roll.

[@cyndertamarack5188]

If I may ask, what does the glaive's kinsect level do? It hasn't been explained in this or the base rise tutorial

[@Atraxitator]

It is now Insect Glaive with a capital I... love the Kinsect focused moves

[@dangergrin2316]

Let’s go love this me being insect glaive main thanks for making this video

[@pommu-mu]

i cant figure out how to even aim the awakened kinsect attack in the demo :'( sometimes my hunter ends up going the exact opposite direction i wanted him to go. also, how does the powder vortex work? does the bug just do it automatically after a while if you leave it out?

[@tonyvang7648]

About time!!! Main ig. The more the better

[@AirmanTREECE]

Aside from 3u insect glaive has been the only weapon I’ve played and I can’t FREAKING wait

[@QuantumJump451]

I am living in desperation, hoping that there will be a video like this for the gunlance/lance

[@parksmichael4839]

Are you able to do the switch skills option in the air?

[@MasterPig11]

I really like the advancing slash and recall kinsect switch skills. Not sure these new ones will catch my interest but i will give them a shot

[@markos50100]

I don't think powder vortex and boosted kinsect extract are switch skills. They are kinsect bonuses. We already saw 5 switch skills for the insect glaive so i doubt these will be switch skills. They will most likely trigger at either a specific interval, or after certain conditions have been met.

[@MasterPig11]

@@markos50100 i didnt say they were. I meant i dont like the new switch skills

[@markos50100]

@@MasterPig11 you don't like kinsect yeet!? Wow sir. It's the best move the glaive has gotten since the skill it was from generation's extract hunter. The kinsect slash combos perfectly from the advanced kinsect attack.

[@Lanzetsu]

@@MasterPig11 Me neither, I am good with the previous ones but I really love the new Kinsects and still the old ones, so it will be hard to chose which one to use.

[@buffalocrow2494]

I am dying to know if we can Skill Swap in the air with IG or any of the weapons for that matter. The combo potential would be incredible!

[@thezanjagaming]

Can't wait to test the new skills! 🥳

[@HaruVibes_]

Decided to pick up IG again after seeing those new Silk moves. Forgot how stupidly fun this weapon is, plus Rise just makes it more ridiculous lol. I'm hella rusty since I haven't used it since base world but that's part of the fun.

[@shafiqhanafie7878]

as a main IG, this put a grin on my face

[@asheronwindspear552]

Yeah I love IG and I'm excited to see what new kinsect's are coming.

[@sir_coma60]

158 silkbind kinsect dmg is really, REALLY neat! Would be a shame if it caps at only 3 hits, but still acceptable. Also, does kinsect slash only combo once? Kinda limits IG's air time and the dmg buff stacks.

[@MrCocaineandcoffee]

Great video! Thanks for the content! Follow up question: Do we know if we are getting new kinsects?

[@rikisalim6438]

I tried glaive when it first introduced. I felt the control really clunky back then. Maybe i'm gonna try glaive in sunbreak.

[@byronmansfield874]

Finally a bit of love for large stick and wasp

[@KrappyKappyBU]

Glad I started using it on my PC playthrough, gonna be a great DLC!

[@nanakiinu]

How do you actually use powder vortex... I cant find it anywhere

[@Voicelet]

Woah, Kinsect charge is huge considering how Glaive users use kinsect to cancel attack delay.

[@TheCorruptedVisage]

Ig is probably the weapon I am most looking forward too. Funny because on the capcom weapon test I got ig which is my second main

[@escadora2206]

Here is my small issue with IG: -In World i used R2 to use the Kinsect -In Rise due to the Silkbinds i use L2 -In the next MH silkbinds will be be almost certainly gone so it will be R2 again Very confusing especially if i play not only one monster hunter game at the same time ...

[@william_sun]

The issue isn't actually the existence of Silkbind Attacks. Gunner weapons in Rise still use ZL to bring up the reticle and ZR to shoot, which is the same as in World. Silkbind Attacks are mapped to R instead of ZR, and all you lose is the ability to sheathe your weapon with R. (The only difference there is if you want to sheathe immediately out of a recovery animation, blademasters can just hold R whereas gunners have to furiously mash Y. They should really allow you to sheathe immediately by holding Y, too.) All they need to do is give Insect Glaive a toggle option to use gunner controls instead of blademaster controls, and we'd be able to have the same controls as in World. I'm honestly not sure why they didn't do this already since Insect Glaive has a reticle just like gunner weapons.

[@escadora2206]

@@william_sun well the point stays the same ... it really threw me off pretty often

[@unlimitedduckgamer]

IG is my second main/favorite weapon in the series and seeing get so many good stuff in Sunbreak makes me so happy. It might even surpass DBs as my true main weapon when i finally get to test it out once the game comes out at the end of June. I just cant wait man

[@DembiBrox]

Insect glaive is my main weapon and I am looking forward to shooting out my kin scet at monsters like a rocket

[@drowningin]

I can never figure out how to play this weapon

[@Mormra]

How hard is it going to be to AVOID hitting red on the new aerial? constantly dive bombing the ground when you want to stay in the air might be annoying as hell.

[@truecross4090]

My feelings as well. For a weapon all about freedom of mobility, that was a pretty poor decision, imo.

[@Mormra]

@@truecross4090 Guess we have to wait and see

[@Lanzetsu]

I honestly am not so much intereted in the new moves since I already love how it is right now in Rise, but what get me exited are the new Kinsects tho which seem super interesting and gives the weapon his personality, now a lot of the Kinsects are so good it's hard to decide. But the new skills I surely will skip them and stick to my actual combos. What I like is that you can anyway try them with the Switch Skills so you can get real tests in mid hunt or even swap them for very circunstancial situations.

[@MrCrypto137]

Why skip new moves when they make the weapon better? Sorry, that doesn´t really make sense to me. They both look like a very good addition to the gameplay and on top of that i already used the existing combos for 400h already

[@Lanzetsu]

@@MrCrypto137 To me they don't make the weapon better and you have no data showing they deal more damage either. But mainly because I like way more the moves I have been using 300 hours instead of those.

[@MrCrypto137]

@@Lanzetsu but do you skip the new monsters and locales aswell because the old ones are better? Lmao

[@Lanzetsu]

@@MrCrypto137 I am talking about the weapon, instead of seem funny you seem that you can't even understand what you read.

[@MrCrypto137]

@@Lanzetsu Have fun looking like a complete idiot (probably because you are) if you ever play online. You can already see in this video that both of these new silkbinds are pretty much what everybody else will use. And then there's you with your weak old combos :D

[@mikeycopeland304]

Insect glaive main woot woot 🤙🏽 ready for Sunbreak!

[@dcphillips1991]

I've always hated the Insect Glaive because of the need to gather buffs, but these changes are making it look more appealing, I'd still rather the buffs where reamoved or built in as part of combo's though.

[@lonewolfnergiganos4000]

Insect Glaives are very cool weapons indeed 💙😁🦋

[@mohamadtaufik9057]

awesome moves with new combo....

[@corruptedshadowj]

I hope we can get faster kinsects cuz the one that are good are a little slow

[@jamiekosch2562]

ye thas right if you like a wopen with a bugpal then its for you if you like a longsword or dlebladsis and all redy wonk how to usis a bow and arow or a sword and shelledid then go for it if you juts like a wopen for both handsis tghen do it if you if you like a sinleg handid wopen and wet one you ken usis with both handsis then do it thas my take on it tho i do nowk more then 1 fighting way for one kikboxsising its both hands and feet and a combo if you all redy wonk some thing abuot dacesising cuz its a mixs fo all fo them in 1 fighting way so if you add wopensis to the mixs your be com dieley and even monster faer you then

[@damb1858]

Insect Glave. More brilliant 👏

[@NoGloryForZombies]

I hope the kinsect buff is real ! I loved so much the kinsect build in Iceborne... i want the kinsect to be my main weapon, not the glaive. ^^'

[@UsedRags]

Can't wait for "Chargeblade is EVEN BETTER in Sunbreak"

[@GladeXD]

We can only hope! 🤞🏻

[@stephenjohn2131]

Fingers crossed for CB buff at 13th june capcom event. But not very likely.

[@Lunar_Yojimbo]

😓 I am not sure Thx for the info have a good day 🍻

[@tomvhresvelg9286]

It seems like Funnel/Beat weapon.

[@LoneGamer0709]

something is rising and its not my glaive

[@PotatoesLetsGoo]

Ig lets going

[@dhisufiroa1957]

can we talk about where Tetranadon is? He's literally in what it looks like a tropical region of some kind, i definitely know that's not part of The Citadel. It could be a returning map and a veteran might know it too. I think it looks like the Jungle(literally the name of the map)

[@chrono_s9699]

My main is looking fine :')

[@SoulS467]

omg! my glaive

[@ivanmartinez8151]

Glaive Gang all day ✊🏽

[@bobbybananas703]

My baby is looking pretty sweet

[@jamiekosch2562]

but then thas y i call it the bug staf

[@Dark-Flame_Master]

Nice try, but you will not get me to betray the ways of the Weeb Sword.

[@origamiguyljb1332]

This pleases the hive

[@Anarki9891]

Love IG

[@fjshdf]

bugstick best weapon

[@lewa3910]

Oooh, giving Insect a Greatsword whiffable move. I can see myself seething alot at a number of missed attacks i'm gonna make in the future. I Can't WAIT!!! 🤬

[@Byakuyabou2]

"Even better". Well, you can't go worst that rise anyway.

[@바보Queen]

i like monster hunter world a lot.. looks better than this game.. also.. i dont like the idea of having to gear up ur pets .. too complicated for me

[@ZIPPERKO69]

would love to see a new style that leaves the glaive behind and you bring multiple kinsects and use them as a range weapon and attack assists to melee attacks(kicks and punches) and the style focuses on a lot of dust effects and large AOE explosions from the dust clouds effectively bringing the mage like playstyle in the world of Monster Hunter without actually bringing real magic in to the game... also wire bugs become a permanent part of the arsenal for IG or if this gets developed in to its own new weapon class wire bug evasions, rapid-fire kinsects, huge explosions(blast, elemental, status and elemental blights), support dust(buffs and heals) cloud patches on the ground limitless potential by just tweaking stuff that already exist now this is completely unrealistic for sunbreak but would love to se it in MH6 for sure

[@samyt681]

Jealous of the weeb bug blade, congrats for their degenerate enjoyers.

[@itsanarchy6430]

First!

[@itsanarchy6430]

Can’t wait to try all the new moves and see what sticks. I played through with gunlance and switch axe on the switch playthrough and thinking of doing a playthrough on pc with the gf for rise

[@deraelevans222]

I been waiting on this ! 🥹

[@cryzz0n]

If only glaive could skill swap in the air since it technically can still dodge in the air