Critical Draw on Great Sword was Overpowered

[@adolfemmanuelesparas3922]

Always landing a charged GS attack is my favorite feeling in Monster Hunter.. it's sometimes hard with the placement and timing, but the euphoria it causes when connects is second to none.. pure bliss

[@g.6991]

My favorite was tanking any hit in the game with a Lance while everyone has to doge or run away.

[@JanusHoW]

Ironically, the big dumb "hit with maximum force" stick is the weapon that requires the player really know the monster to do amazingly well with. You have to anticipate where the part of the monster will _be,_ not where it currently is - because chances are by the time you're done charging, it'll be somewhere else.

[@Nrt2Pnt0]

​@@JanusHoW yes this. I have a buddy of mine who mains dual blades. And he tells me "idk how you play like that. I try great sword and I'm slow but you make it look so fast". In the words of the great tow- mater. "Ain't no need to watch where I'm going. Just need to know where I've been."

[@RadishHead7]

@@JanusHoW the amount of foresight you need on greatsword is insane

[@hentikirby7142]

Saed is true ecstacy in MH games

[@natalironaldo]

The most powerful thing here isn't really the Crit Draw but your perfect positioning and how you read the monster's attacks pattern. Great job.

[@MistressMajora]

Yes, crit draw is impressive, but I find your positioning to be even more so. Knowing exactly where the Rathian's head is gonna be every single time, repositioning, and managing to land a fully charged crit draw is *chef's kiss*

[@toy5965]

Its honestly pretty easy if u grew up with the older games

[@MistressMajora]

@@toy5965 I've been playing since MH1 and I still can't figure out how to get this good. Then again, I'm not usually having to deal with charged attacks like this, I'm a s&s main.

[@chairvergil4552]

@@MistressMajora in MH1 the monsters like rathalos and rathian have have a chain of attacks they follow. if you can memorize them it'd be a little easier to predict where the head will be next

[@Hambs23]

I'm more impressed with those tail spin dodges. Lad stood 1 step away from the range without needing to roll lol

[@iambob300000]

it was way easier back in earlier games because the monsters moved more robotically

[@RexAurelian]

As much as I love TCS and shoulderbash, nothing beats the raw satisfaction of those Crit Draw swings. I was forced into using a Crit Draw build for Alatreon in Iceborne and it was the most satisfying hunt ever.

[@NeverExistedShadow13]

Same here with me. I've always been a crit draw GS main from the old world. But since World came out, I adapted and loved the new GS mechanics. With alatreon though... That fight was frustrating with teammates. I knew I couldn't depend on people and the new GS mechanics if I wanna break through his elemental damage checks so I resorted back into the hit and run crit draw style of GS, created a new build, watched many many videos on how to solo him and I FINALLY beat Alatreon eventually! It was THE most memorable and satisfying moment in monster hunter for me next to beating fatalis in World. I definitely know what you mean when you memorize his move sets and how to punish him in between his attacks while also I-frame rolling through them. It really felt symbolic for me looking back into old gen games haha

[@inazumatan7050]

Fatalis, as well. They made it hard but not satisfying since all the hit boxes are shit. I ended up having to do the cone bait technique on a lot of weapons.

[@boynextdoor931]

Crit draw Great sword on alatreon, atleast now we know who’s not working on the elemental check.

[@RexAurelian]

@@boynextdoor931 oh I had Element alright

[@forsteri8021]

@@boynextdoor931 you can literally solo alatreon with a proper speartuna set Source: the only way I managed to farm the fucker Edit: I realize I said fatalis accidentally but I did that with GS too just not speartuna, alatreon was with speartuna

[@joantamarit2439]

I loved when GS was played that way, beginner friendly, but difficult to master

[@marvertjaysonneyra457]

It is most definitely NOT beginner friendly 😣, or maybe only to me who has no patience

[@socio637]

@@marvertjaysonneyra457it is beginner friendly, but like he said, very hard to master

[@angkunehonghindimakali]

@@marvertjaysonneyra457 As someone who have it as one of the highest used weapon in my Guild Card and part of my Top 3 main weapons, they're right. I'm still nowhere the level of what's shown in the vid though. That sh*t's pretty awesome. 🤩

[@Righthandfrombehind]

@@marvertjaysonneyra457 yeah it is not. I see a ton of people still getting punished for charging at the wrong time.

[@grayland_4029]

Is it strange for a newb to MS to pick up the insect glaive first cause when I saw the move set I was in love

[@inago-grasshopper]

大剣使ったことある人なら絶対わかる、この溜め3の置き方と得物の長さわかってる感じがすごすぎて惚れ惚れする 特に尻尾回転を避けられてなおかつ頭に溜め3が入るギリギリの距離感の精度が異常

[@ii.2717]

これってモンハンXXですか？3G？すいません全然関係ないんですけども

[@にま]

@@ii.27173G

[@るなるな-u6o]

@@ii.27173G！！

[@dglance2211]

@@ii.27177ヶ月越しに答えるぜ これは3Gじゃよ

[@ちゃんネルせい]

確かに尻尾の回転避けるのうますぎる😮

[@songopaul5863]

I love seeing Crit Draw builds in action

[@Raptchur]

lol "action"

[@ラヴィア-j7x]

昔のモンハンの一撃重い系の弱点に1発当てると怯んでそれ繰り返すの結構すき

[@tomonun]

大剣でレイアを捌くことよりう〇んこをモンスターに当てることの方が難しいことがこの動画で判明した

[@itomo7738]

隠せてないのよ

[@itomo7738]

隠せてないのよ

[@user-toribeabokumetu]

いや草

[@user-toribeabokumetu]

いや草

[@浮気性で愛に溢れた良い奴]

なんで2人してコメントバグってんのww

[@christianvincebarlos4365]

What a Masterpiece, I can't help but to smile to those perfect position charges

[@PsycheTrance65]

i loved stacking Crit Draw and Punish Draw back in the day it may not proc KO as often as a hammer does, but damn its still fun to go ham on the monster when it does fall over

[@Zoochiini]

Man the turning mechanics were so satisfying to punish in these older games (posting this again because apparently some people had to come in and ruin it for everyone and honestly I just don't understand how this series can have so many elitists. Btw, love your content, been watching since your tempered ruiner nergigante speedrun like 2 years ago.)

[@disturbedpyro4511]

Every popular game franchise has gatekeepers and Elitists! It’s highly annoying and extremely immature. I never understood why people are so concerned with how someone else plays video games. If I want to play Doom Eternal on the easiest difficulty I’m going to! If I want to grind for gear and Zenny in MH: GU, World and Rise, I will! I’m all for challenging and difficult games as well. I enjoyed the hell out of Horizon: Zero Dawn on the hardest difficulty.

[@CleopatraKing]

Turning monsters were great bc it was just free dmg if you were smart and good at head sniping.

[@reallycantthinkofausername487]

As someone who started with World, I really miss the turn mechanics monsters had in the older games, it was so satisfying to get a lvl 3 charge or a valor attack at the exact right time

[@ValentinoMarino11]

@@reallycantthinkofausername487I come from World, and yeah, positions looked way more important in the older titles. I get dopamine hits from seeing all of these fantastic head-snipes with hunting horn and Great sword.

[@alexxx4434]

Turning mechanic kinda got old tho.

[@nuggetsschumaker4371]

the more charged GS attacks you land in a row, the closer you get to reaching nirvana from the amount of bliss you will get from the experience.

[@CakeofPokke]

Holy moly!! Did you break Rathian's head in 1 hit? I just love those sweet sweet dunks! Your timing & positioning were on point! Omg!! The ending was amazing, too! GG, Aris!! 👊💪

[@前だけ維持]

何だこれ画質綺麗すぎやろ……

[@bz7834]

HDでもここまで綺麗だったけ？

[@anic0806]

ライズよりよっぽどディテールが細かいよね 背景とオブジェクトのメリハリが効いてて、プレイしやすい

[@うゆる-r7t]

昔のモンハンのエフェクトとSE、BGMが思い出補正もありめっちゃ楽しかったし好きだった❗また友達と集まってやりたい‼️

[@masonhales]

I like how the environment in this game is still psp-tier polygon count, but the textures are super high res and the monster and hunter both are high poly.

[@lubbo5261]

I think thats because 3 Ultimate also came out for the 3DS.

[@SevenIsaCannibal7]

What I find most impressive is those dung bomb snipes on the rhenopolos. Also, why the hell did I never think of that to get rid of those obnoxious small monsters that ruin a 1 on 1

[@のあ-v4o]

3rdでも3Gでもワールドでもお世話になったアルレボ先輩 てかこの時代のモンスター切った時のヒットストップと血がブシャーってなるのが好きだった

[@enemystand2981]

The new games don’t feel as satisfying

[@naeki-sub]

4のダレンモーランの口とかバグったかのようにヒットストップ出てて好き

[@knightsolaire8299]

The dodge on the tail swipe would have hit me any day that must have been pixel perfect. Beautiful work hunter

[@chocola_sweets]

全てにおいて完璧だった

[@bitesthedust5713]

なにこのぬるぬる画質、、たまんねぇ

[@yogijames27]

This quest clear music is so good to my ears, that brings back a ton a memories, I love MH3

[@teknik12k]

I really miss this style of GS gameplay.

[@raulrahaman9863]

Its still in world no? Thats how I play in mhw with the gs

[@sh1n_1081]

It was a decent suprise when I heard that GS was a beginner friendly weapon in older games To a World player it was always the 'I like to suffer' kind a weapon

[@just_a_guy9688]

From my experience, nah. GS still needs experience to be used effectively.

[@timesnewramen4861]

LS always a beginner friendly

[@陳嘉宇-y4q]

@@timesnewramen4861 especially in base rise While us insect glaive die from doing basic chorus

[@revonfyll]

GS was begginer friendly only for hit and run playstyles, with charging left only for when the monster was down. Timing charges like video shows is definitely not beginner friendly.

[@wakipai3D]

Not beginner friendly

[@bernardolopes1087]

For me, critical draw peak was in MHGU with nakarkos armor

[@budewthirtyfive]

or the fatalis armor

[@niklasmitfussl2639]

I'm intrigued, why was the Nakarkos armor good for Crit Draw GS? None of the skills on his two G-Rank sets scream Crit Draw to me.

[@JanusHoW]

@@niklasmitfussl2639 You're thinking Black X Armor. It uses Nakarkos parts, but primarily the Dark Pieces and Dark Stones you got from mining the giant regenerating sword in Pokke Village. The Black X set, with all of its pieces, gave BlightRes +10, FastCharge +10, Crit Draw +10 and Readiness +10, giving you Blightproof (immune to elemental blights), Focus (faster charge time), Critical Draw, and Sheath Control - a skill that combines the effects of Punish Draw (deals KO/exhaust damage with draw attacks) and Quick Sheath.

[@bunneza]

I really wish crit draw build are great again It really versatile play styles and answering many GS problem without too much finesse being able to do various counter and stuff to access the coveted TCS

[@Argnos2293]

It made me really mad that they nerfed crit draw to only 60% affinity. It wasn’t the strongest greatsword style in world so I’m not sure where that nerf came from. The only thing I can think of is because longsword’s sheathe stance applies crit draw. I really hope that going forward this change won’t stay, it really hurts to miss out on those crits. :(

[@bloodbane93]

​@@Argnos2293 that's exactly why it got nerfed. Capcom really killed an entire weapon playstyle just to give LS a shiny new toy

[@zander2758]

​@@Argnos2293 crit draw is still really good in rise, while it doesn't grant 100% affinity anymore it grants 60% for ~2.5 secs after the draw attack meaning you can easily get crits with the first 3 or so attacks of faster weapons, even on greatsword its still good, i run a critdraw surging strikes build myself and it still rocks in the damage and mobility aspect.

[@詭弁な奇便]

初手のこやし玉上手すぎてビックリした

[@kitiku_robot]

うんこがいうと説得力ある

[@tbhcreature_69]

3U GS gives me flashbacks to the time i learned charm sniping specifically to make the full G-Rank Jhen Mohran set work as a (non-optimized but otherwise fully functional) GS set. im so glad we got layered armor so i could overcome my aversion to mixed sets

[@bok4822]

I thought you were just playing MHGU, did not even notice the old UI. Then I heard the victory fanfare, and I just fell into nostalgia.

[@yagami999913]

Old school GS > TCS GS ! Fight me !

[@amruzaky4939]

Man, I just can't describe this feeling I had with 3rd gen. It's just nostalgic and longing. I remember this is the game that I played straight through in a month.

[@でひろ-x4o]

物好きな方がいたもんだ…（褒め言葉）

[@KnightsDisillusion]

Charged Slash is all we need. Amazing run.

[@user-ki2zi1dw5d]

今は抜刀大剣が弱いと言うよりモンスター側の動きがリアルになったから難しくなったよね

[@かるめです]

いや新溜め斬り使わせたいからため3がのモーション値が低くなったんよ だから火力でないから消えたんよ

[@ああああああ-v6g]

それと抜刀術 技の弱体もあるだろうね

[@kiand1391]

There’s a certain fluidity to the animations that I didn’t expect from MH3, Not to far off from what I’ve seen from MH4, It’s got a certain charm to it I gotta say. 🙂👍

[@Oyi_14]

Monster hunters animations have always been fluid all the way back in FU one of the reasons why the franchise has lasted so long

[@CR-og5ho]

@@Oyi_14 they have but mh3 was a huge step up in quality. The game has aged really beautifully

[@kiand1391]

@@Oyi_14 Yeah I agree. But ya know what I mean yeah? Maybe it’s the frame rate playing tricks or something but it just looks really… Responsive maybe? It’s hard to put into words when I haven’t played it because I don’t know if that rings true but it looks like it would. 🙂

[@jasonlobo2350]

@@CR-og5ho it aged beautifully because its 3U on HD on the wiiu. Regular Tri looks sad on the wii

[@Riadurrohman]

@@Oyi_14 from the first monster Hunter actually

[@フッサン-e2e]

なんでこんな綺麗に頭に当てられるんだ…昔の動きは今より単調とは言え、全部読んでぴったり当ててるの強すぎる…

[@gilian2587]

That translated very poorly into English -- bad google translate!

[@樂師-e5p]

攻撃モーションの時にモンスターより後ろにいれば、モンスターは振り返るこの動画もそこを狙ってるけど、正確に位置とかタイミング覚えてるのは凄いよね

[@gilian2587]

Indeed. And if you have a fast enough weapon -- you can punish it in the meantime. Most monsters are more dangerous in their front.

[@arlamdae2551]

That's a lovely and genuine video description.

[@ShatteredGlass916]

That old school mechanical turning around tho

[@oblonghas]

MH3U on 3ds was my first mh experience and it was so captivating. This version of the game looks great

[@SageAwakens]

My goodness, this person didn't miss at all. So beautiful to watch

[@pon3d120]

The GS is powerful with this build for sure, but I feel like most of the work came from your positioning. Not just hitting the head every time, but also walking just outside the Rathian attacks and then immediately back in to attack was incredible.

[@SystemOfFantasy]

its scary how good you know this monster, best part is when it started limping and you just run away starting to charge the sword so well timed!

[@TheArnoldification]

Against rathian specifically most people can do with with practice. Arguably the most predictable monster of old gen, rathian + diablos are common monsters to grind out when you're learning how to do proactive play woth slow weapons like gs and GU charge blade

[@pokokuyo51]

​@@TheArnoldification yeah getting good as gs player by hunting rathian is a rite of passage

[@thadudelydude3707]

In mhgu it was even more overpowered as you could go valor and get an even stronger draw attack

[@一ノ瀬-c6p]

クエストクリアBGMを13年ぶりに聞いて泣けてきた

[@みすと-j1h]

ちなみにアイスボーンのアルバ戦はクエストクリアのBGMが唯一3シリーズになってたはずやで

[@Honor_of_Claymore]

Recently, i started playing the great sword. A friend of mine was happy, since he mained the weapon for a really long time now, so he instantly told me about animation cancel. While running, attack and press block to skip the charging animation and instantly hit the monster with a charged attack. Well, he is not the best when it comes to explaining, so he was only able to show me how he does it ingame, but i was not able to replicate it even once, not only by chance. So i wondered if there is anyone out there who could give me a nice and easy to understand explanation for this?

[@zekedelsken9963]

This seems like itd be common speedrun knowledge. Which mon hun?

[@Honor_of_Claymore]

@@zekedelsken9963 He said he is doing it since a few gens now.... but forget it, i had a huge discussion about it in reddit, not doing it again :D

[@niklasmitfussl2639]

Ask your friend to explain it again :)

[@zekedelsken9963]

@@Honor_of_Claymore i mean you can chain tackles to skip charge levels, but theres no way to insta charge the weapon. Outside of Strongarm counter in rise anyway

[@user-rn7wf7ry4s]

he's lying. if such a thing existed back then everybody would've known for a long time.

[@johnny1599]

I was waiting the whole video for the tail cut :( Still very impressive. Gonna go boot up 3U now.

[@duncanlavalle8689]

You made this video a year ago but this made me want to get back into this game lmfao

[@jamoppe1528]

大剣はやっぱり抜刀型が一番楽しかったな ポジションと溜め具合と回避とガードの見極めがモンスターと噛み合ってくると脳汁出てくる

[@bigolive168]

距離感やタメのタイミングが完璧やなあ

[@Nami-Swwaaan]

I still remember rathian having small monsters sounds lol, whenever i hear a small monster with this sound i remember the og rathy queen

[@shineYouTube160]

簡単そうにやってるけど3Gの大剣ってリーチ短いから難しいんよね

[@jazzandfunkequalsjunk179]

The key to master this weapon is the timing and the position

[@2fort]

valor GS with Black X set my beloved, but I’ll have to try in 3U too

[@やらしでチュウ]

このゲーム、ほんと周囲のグラフィックのテクスチャが綺麗過ぎる。

[@kheasboroki3928]

Everyone else in the comment section mentions it, and so will i: Your positioning is beyond perfect, i'm impressed with that level of mastery! Hats off to you!

[@zunaedanwar5620]

It's not the Crit Draw that's OP. It's the perfect timing and positioning. Immaculate hunt!

[@Darkfreed0m]

This looks amazing! What's your setup? What texture pack is this?

[@riverguavs6139]

the dung bombs on those rhenoplos was personal you are the real monster for throwing shit on the rhenoplos before immediately decapitating a rathian

[@donsancho6690]

Thank you for saving the lives of the rhenoplos at the start

[@aienforge8391]

Showed that rathian whos higher on the food chain lmao 😂😭😭😭

[@ronaldojusto1532]

MH3U, Diablos Set, Alatreon GS Quick Sheath Crit. Draw Focus Tremor Res Evade Distance (or Expert Swimmer) (talismans) I still have the console and I still loves to play it. My most successful Hunter career. Could slay alone even that Alatreon and Goldbeard Ceadeus, Ivory Lagiacrus. I truly love that game. And yeah, this skill is extreme. In World, Frostcraft and Crit Draw carried me through Master Rank. rs

[@M3rrimack]

There are hunts that the mo Ayer doesn’t let you breathe, there are hunts where it is a beautiful back and forth between Hunter and monster, and then there’s this where you feel a little bad for the monster

[@redd_Jack340]

proper dismantling. Good stuff

[@Koyuki_Inatama]

今の時代の大剣の高火力戦法とはまた違った難しさですね……

[@rokukunbbb]

やっぱモンハンってこれだよなあ

[@dedyawshi6131]

Holy smokes, 3U looks so fun. Are you using an emulator for this? This looks really high quality!

[@lubbo5261]

Or it was on the Wii U

[@michaelburleson2687]

3U runs amazing on CEMU emulator, gets rid of the awful input lag from the WiiU version as well

[@ElvenSonic]

@@michaelburleson2687 Oh man that’s so good to hear. Guess I’ll be dumping my copy later today.

[@sandrabg3705]

amazing as always! great job 🎉❤

[@ケップリン-t9z]

強溜め斬りだの真・溜め斬りだの何だの強え技はたくさん増えたけど。 こんなシンプルな抜刀溜め斬りがいちばん熱い。 大剣ってのは一体何なんだろうな？

[@snowcloudshinobi]

i like how the camera turns when you roll in 3U. i wish they'd kept that.

[@chin-piku]

振り向き溜め3上手すぎなのじぇ

[@theepicone8996]

Crit draw greatsword is SO fun, I used it for GU in combination with valor style, still some of the most fun I’ve had playing a monster hunter game.

[@chomosuque]

nah buddy, youre just incredibly good.

[@StayNightGaming]

This gave me so much nostalgia

[@cvf4ever]

Hammer mains: "is this one of my people?"

[@geovannewashingtonashwood]

The timing is impresive

[@titosusva]

such a great momories back then, now that im older, seeing their movement i noticed it was clunky back when i played it i didnt feel the same, specially with alatreon

[@MrBlitzpunk]

I've played every single major MH release from the first game in PS2 all the way to the latest with sunbreak but i only just now learned that you can dung small monster to make them leave

[@xBionicMeltdownx]

Miss the crit draw builds. As well as how impactful the hit feels. As much as I like arise, all the weapons feel like they have no impact to me. Which is why it feels way more like a hack n slash game to me.

[@alexgalays910]

All the weapons in rise can be aggressive, defensive, evasive, counter, etc; they made it fun but don't really know what they're doing in terms of game design.

[@joelouis2616]

When you are so pro you know the monster's move 5-steps ahead

[@Jackscin]

King is Back. Welcome back.

[@krane5649]

That's my MH memory and goal in a nutshell. I always used crit draw

[@Yousifzzz]

I read the title, and thought “this is an old moist critical video” and now I’m sad.

[@alllbw]

You don't see this style of gs anymore, I kinda miss it

[@elk3407]

The only game that doesn't have it is Rise, and since Velkhana is rumored to be coming we might just see crit draw greatsword come back. Although in a slightly awkward form due to the crit draw nerfs

[@Palayedeuhm]

The amount of skill here with the predictions is insane

[@無限を究めて発狂した古いモブ]

3世代クッッソ楽しかったなぁ

[@cls357]

This hunt still stands as The Most Entertaining Rathian Hunt/Quest with a Great Sword of All Time.

[@Roze_aye]

reminds me of g/gu when i used to run crit draw valor gs with lions maw 3. FUN TIMES!!

[@tinyprince]

Is this on a WiiU or an emulator?

[@マダラちゃん]

初手のロケット生肉退場の仕方で懐かしさを感じだ

[@allendelarosa0525]

Throwing dung at the start of the fight means you are dead serious.

[@B4120NE]

Awesome run 👍

[@ENZEED]

Yeah, i wish hit and run GS is still viable in wilds. I really love this playstyle

[@Syahburei]

Headlocking is such a fun and unique skill to learn back in the day. ❤🎉

[@ZAH33D]

Why does your game look so much cleaner than mine? What's your specs and settings? Is it PPSSPP?

[@SerechII]

It's probably the wii u version, tri ultimate or something, not the p3rd version from psp

[@ramin6306]

The head sniping is so satisfying🥲

[@Noriel.YT20]

Your good at timing

[@totalwarlock9498]

i miss generation 3 monster hunter

[@waiem2023]

Yo this dude learnt all the dragons attacks

[@ryanpoulos8232]

This is a certified Greatsword moment