HARDEST or EASIEST Weapons to Learn | Monster Hunter World Iceborne

Helping NEW players decide on which weapon is the most difficult to learn.
AS A REMINDER, this is MY OWN OPINION on the difficulty of each weapon in the game. I know that some people will disagree on what I may say and that's fine but please don't roast me.
THIS VIDEO IS NOT A GUIDE FOR LEARNING EVERY WEAPON NOR IS IT A GUIDE ABOUT MASTERING THEM. It is video talking about my OWN opinion on the difficulty of learning each weapon, to a POINT, of being able to defeat monsters. Additionally, with the insight of being a NEW player to Monster Hunter World.
I also chose to NOT discuss some advanced if not veteran mechanics/techniques because I wanted to give NEW players a basic understanding of what they can expect when learning said weapon.
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[@ShortD3vil]

TLDR: Please no hate. Well this might get me some hate. This is just my opinion and seeing through the eyes of a new player. I was also a new player to the Monster Hunter Franchise so I'm just saying it from my experience from learning and playing with each weapon. Also there's only so much that I can say within a 15min video, so I might miss out valuable information about a specific weapon. Please do not hate me as I'm trying to helping out NEW players, thank you for reading (if you did read this lol) UPDATE: I did not anticipate how big this video would blow up. Please remember that I'm not trying to hurt anyone here with what I've said about each weapon. Also I did NOT mention any advanced if not veteran techniques because this video is for NEW players and I felt that it was not necessary for them to fully understand the deep mechanics of a weapon. This video is more of an basic understanding of a weapon to defeat monsters. Either way, all of these weapons are great and fun to use. I would love to hear your list of easiest to hardiest weapons as well since we are all different. Thanks for watching guys, please be kind to others and keep on hunting! UPDATE 2: WOW I've just realised that I put up horrible gameplay for the Great Sword 😂 ok you may hate me for the garbage great sword gameplay

[@arimakishou4511]

'Please no hate' will not stop people from hating. There will always be people who hate. Ignore them unless they make sense and are right but focus on the success. You could easily become a popular Monster Hunter KZbinr with a couple hundred thousand subscribers if you consistently made this content. You'd get a couple thousand pounds each month too :P - Great video man!

[@ShortD3vil]

@@arimakishou4511 yeah there will always be hate unfortunately 😔 thank you for the uplifting comment, I don't want this channel to only be focusing on Monster Hunter content since I will be limiting myself in that way. I will be doing my best to upload as much helpful content that I can in various games as well!

[@enpara9283]

I think we all realize this video was not ill intended, however I feel like the information you’ve gotten was from maximum 20 hunts with each weapon (from the clips, I can only say that you haven’t played the weapon enough and understand the mechanics well enough to gauge the difficulty). I think you underestimate the difficulty of most weapons and that’s the backlash. And yes, the 15 minute video makes for over simplified explanations for each weapon which doesn’t help.

[@ShortD3vil]

Thank you for understanding that this video was not ill intended. The reason why I wanted this video to be oversimplified is so new players will know what they will get themselves into without talking about complex mechanics that might scare them from playing with some weapons. And yes, I might also be underestimating the difficulties of those weapons and as I have said that this is just my opinion, just as you having your own. Either way, thank you for once again understanding that this video is not ill intended.

[@samubertolotto]

As a GS main you putted me off by saying "the great sword is very very easy to use" I was like "HUH? AIN'T NO WAY HE SAID THAT" then saw the gameplay and understood you were a beginner, it's ok And always fun to see what newcomer think about every weapons but trust me, the gs is easy to learn but oh boy if you will suck for a long time playing it

[@kantanathemtanon9007]

Longsword is the hardes- Longsword is the h- Damn that wide sweeping keeps interrupting me for f-

[@thesaltmerchant4564]

Get out of my way im trying to combo!!

[@naito5879]

As a longsword user it took me a while to figure why ppl get upset when they hunting with me 😂

[@vinokai]

Naito I try to keep aware of where the other hunters are, and avoid combos near hunters grouped together.

[@brandonconnellan1533]

*Longsword trying to get to red bar* - gets knocked into the air by hammer or greatsword

[@vinokai]

Brandon Connellan fair is fair. 😂

[@jacobthomsen1949]

As a CB main with about 1k hours the hardest part about playing the weapon is learning to live with yourself after you miss the perfect SAED...

[@malikusprime8579]

As a CB main myself, I died inside when he wasn't even using guard points. I also think he understated how much actually goes into making the CB really good. There a tons of skills that improve your game play. I know he made this in regard to new players but the fact still remains that the CB is by all means the most technically complex weapon. With file charging, management, and memorization of all the most efficient combos to deal the most dps.

[@octoegg1936]

Yes cb very hard, charge then bonk

[@derektimmons6495]

Monster hunter rise was super kind to the charge blade

[@degeneratewithasideoftidep6795]

@@derektimmons6495 Yeah it was, giving us a counter, a gap closer as silkbinds, and savage axe as a switch skill

[@APerson-bn6cu]

How does one gets is phials? Is it a skill, or some cbs just have six by default?

[@TheUglyDuckling997]

as a man with 280 hours in dual blades im here to teach you step 1: activate demon mode step 2: attack

[@KucingObesitas]

Step 3: aim your friend, especially lance or gunlance

[@prosketch95]

Literally 90% of comments: _"*insert weapon* is easy to use, but hard to master. Blah blah blah"_

[@AJDC_5]

And yet, all valid.

[@YourTamedLion]

That is fitting for the game in its entirety.

[@cestlezooicimw]

But it doesn't mean much, GS may be hard to master but that's only on reading monsters movements, not really on the difficulty of using your great sword

[@AJDC_5]

@@cestlezooicimw That still goes into the difficulty of the weapon though. It's still true only for some weapons. For example the GS requires a deep understanding of the monsters movement and moveset, its a commitment to go for the True Charged Slash while the monster is moving about and if you miss it is a waste. That is not a thing in all weapons. If the monster moves with the lance for instance you might miss a poke or two instead of your big damage dealer. It should 100% be accounted for when talking about a weapon's difficulty.

[@cestlezooicimw]

@@AJDC_5 so, someone who knows very well the movements of the monsters before playing GS, can easily master GS ?

[@grapeape4589]

I would say that great sword is easy to learn but VERY hard to master

[@lopeshick9607]

Same with bow I think. DPS optimized builds will get you carting in 1 hit if you don’t know exactly when to shoot, what type of shot to use, when to dash, etc.

[@superxdish]

@@lopeshick9607agree with both. GS mastering is a lot of positioning, timing and knowing patterns. Learning bow is piece of cake but mastering? Damn dude if don't dodge right or shoot in an inappropriate situation u are getting 1 hit killed

[@abysswalkerlu5770]

The difficult part about playing greatsword is reading the monsters movement

[@superxdish]

@@abysswalkerlu5770 and knowing his attacks. I have seen some great sword mains literally standing in place and hitting all their attacks while the monster doesn't hit any. And that's cuz they know where they are positioned and which attacks will land. Honestly huge respect for em

[@abysswalkerlu5770]

@@superxdish yeah that all doesn't really make it easy lol

[@jackshapiro4668]

Honestly, hunting horn users are saints. The sheer usefulness of the buffs is so good, that I smile every time I find one on my team. Thank you hunting horn users :)

[@mareczek00713]

I fully accept your thanks. I mean, I created a HH dedicated character 2 days ago and I have 8 hours of experience on it but still...

[@Quillevergreen12345]

I married a hunting horn user

[@Baked_Banana42]

@@Quillevergreen12345 genius

[@ryit6249]

Played mostly all weapons in the game and feel for the HH. Support the team by carrying everyone.

[@DarkStalker1001]

I've been an HH main since MH2, the secret isn't to always attack but be methodical with attacks. Knowing monster movesets and tells is massive. Your songs are fairly easy to keep up and you don't have to use performance constantly. I mostly overhead pound when I'm not making a song list lol. It's like a battle dance and the hardest part is to not just always be doing damage buy doing damage consistently

[@vinokai]

Charging the Chargeblade's shield I learned by accident when I was panic button mashing. 😂

[@ShortD3vil]

😂 Nice one man

[@vinokai]

Short D3vil 😂 think that's how I learn any combo in MHW. I panicked. 😂

[@ShortD3vil]

Thats the best kind of way to learn a weapon 😂

[@rengoku7698]

Same🤣🤣

[@billyhaigh9274]

I went a ridiculous amount of the game not knowing about charging my charge blade 🤣

[@Kohiku]

MHW: we have a bunch of weapon style that are hard to master MHGU: *hold my hunting horn*

[@Accelarekt]

Oof, types of the longswords are interesting doe i like mhgu because of that kind of varieties.

[@Aykalia]

Actually, I had a way easier time mastering weapons in GU than I did in world, the new animations/combos are throwing me off so much

[@Kohiku]

@@Aykalia pro veteran detected ;) i noticed a lot of oldies find it difficult to adapt in MHW in the beginning because of the animation. I definitely had a hard time trying to master duals in MHW

[@Aykalia]

@@Kohiku yeah, I am a God on the SnS in old world games, but now that it changes directions everytime you hit I'm ending up missing more often than hitting... I'm glad my HH got an actual attack now tho

[@elflordyt6830]

@@Kohiku oh god that means im old... and im technically 4th fleet, i started in 4u. And it was bull to learn glaive again because the new mechanics threw me off especially when i entered iceborne.

[@nyleo04]

There's an "easy" way to use most weapons, and then the harder way to use them. A lot of the weapons were designed to be easy to pick up but then have a high skill ceiling.

[@eliasvenaas1685]

Like for example the Bow. Sure you can evade dance til the aptonoth come home, but, learning and utilizing the only stamina positive combo the bow has to make up some damage while waiting for stamina to regen so you can use the evade, spread, evade, spread combo is fucking hard and fun.

[@elone4567]

World doesnt have mega dash juice,?

[@nyleo04]

@@elone4567 it does

[@theabyssalone_]

@@nyleo04 no, it doesn’t

[@ShatteredGlass916]

@@elone4567 it doesn't. The only thing close to it is Dash Juice. Which unlike old MH game's Mega Dash Juice where it stops the stamina completely for a certain amount of time, the MHW's version only slows the Stamina's consumptions

[@choty7066]

Everyone is saying that their main is easy to use but hard to master blah blah blah. But in all honesty it's true for every weapon. Capcom have been developing these same weapons (with a few additions) for nearly 10 years at this point. Adding new mechanics and moves and overall polishing them, so it's not unreasonable to say that every weapon has an insane amount of depth. I heard a youtuber say that games like dark souls or witcher have a main weapon with insane amount of depth, but honestly every weapon in MH could be the main weapon of a game and i completely agree

[@ishakuraigami6171]

16 years of tweaking since 2004 for a bunch of em, several thrown in very shortly after with MH2. They've got a lot of nuance because they want so much depth to them. All of them have a bunch of over complicated bull crap to them except dual blades by the time MHI came around.

[@joesheridan9451]

I love dark souls but the depth if combat is way better in mh for each weapon and the wit her 3s combat sucks and shouldn't even be in that conversation

[@Smoothsmoothie]

@@joesheridan9451 it doesn’t suck. But it doesn’t have depth either. It fits the game, having an in depth combat system in an open world rpg would be kinda weird

[@statesminds]

Yeah definitely. Some just have more micro management which inheritantly makes them a little harder to deal with

[@Pl9906]

Nice shoutout to my boi SkillUp lol. But for real it's really true, the weapons all feel amazing and once you begin to master them you can do amazing things. When I started sword and shield I felt like a dude swinging a puny sword and now when I do a perfect rush I feel like a goddamn spartan

[@mBowK]

The hardest one for myself has been committing to one. They are all so fun to use and learn. I want to use all of them.

[@Scrubbles94]

MHW was my first MH game I ever played. For my main weapon, I only asked one thing to my friends... "Which is the worst weapon?" to which a friend said "Hunting Horn". I love low tier stuff in videogames, to prove that everything is viable when you know what you are doing, and definetly HH is one of the best weapons, since it represents what Monster Hunter is about: Helping Hunt

[@thegk-verse4216]

Make me think of people who bash hh mains when they see them until they see the buffs

[@tatererer9747]

There is no low tier weapon in the game lmao they’re all balanced-ish (longsword)

[@SomeRandomGuy-us1yb]

What HH lack in DPS, they excel in blessing teammates with unrivaled godhood.

[@magosexploratoradeon6409]

Your friend is wrong, HH is imo one of the top but severely underrated weapon. It's an impact type for KO'ing monsters but also simultaneously applies buff. Some of which are potent at higher tiers. Add the fact that you have a pretty high mobility due to self improvement and wide range makes it up there. And this is coming from a Gunlance main ever since MHFU.

[@Scrubbles94]

@@Latias38 Which Monster Hunter weapon has the word "Hunt" in it's name? I rest my case.

[@koschke3909]

Im a HH Main, the moveset of this weapon is complex and wasnt easy at first and keeping up all melodies in a useful madder was kind of overwhelming but now THE BUFF AND THE SMACK, its just SO WORTH IT!

[@B-e-a-r-d-e-v-i-l]

I have been playing HH since Freedom and theres always something to learn about this weapon. It really is tough building up notes and spacing and attack placement is key to using this weapon. But man, when you pull off that stun, dooting on the monster's face, it is the most satisfying thing to pull off.

[@HaseoXth]

HH is the only weapon I felt overwhelmed with. Kudos

[@B-e-a-r-d-e-v-i-l]

@@HaseoXth like any other weapon, it takes a lot of practice. And you gotta know which swings come out of certain notes and directions so you know your timing

[@HaseoXth]

@@B-e-a-r-d-e-v-i-l I know! I'm a very experienced hunter but it still threw me. It's an investment I'm not quite yet willing to make. I may suck at it LUL. Its like skating, I just can't. I can blade very well though 😅

[@freshmoistfrog8417]

Ever since i learned that the play song attack has high stun value it became easier to manage songs :^) i would do it instead of neutral left/right swing when im not trying to play the echo

[@goddamnpiero6153]

Schrödinger's weapon: it's both easy and hard to use at the same time. (Just a fun comment after reading the comments section)

[@ShortD3vil]

Thank you for the fun comment! This comment section is a fire that I don't want to touch anymore

[@warrenlavoice5578]

Fun fact for anyone who doesn't know. Hammer can do sever damage you just need to do the amount of health in the tail and make sure to bring a boomerang. Boomerang severs for weapons that can't do sever damage

[@StaticSwordsman]

Oh, so that's what it's for

[@geovannewashingtonashwood]

Thx. I have no idea.

[@TerraBlacc1]

Gonna try that, thx.

[@beasthaven1571]

..... as a hh user god that sounds great

[@warrenlavoice5578]

@@beasthaven1571 now hh has everything

[@yetijunior]

Switch Axe main reporting in. I would definitely say the hardest thing to learn (and this applies to pretty much all of the slower weapons) is to learn how big of an opening you have. Axe mode is slow and sword mode is even slower, so being able to learn how far into a combo you can go can be tricky for people who are used to the faster weapons that can dish out move after move. Sometimes all you can do is stab into overhead slash and you have to be okay with that. However, when the monster in knocked down being able to wild morph into a sword mode combo that fully charges your phial feels INCREDIBLY satisfying and not super hard to figure out. There is some management involved, but there’s definitely a flow to it. Prioritize charging your sword mode phials, activate power axe when you need to switch back to axe mode, and repeat. And most importantly.....DON’T EVER RELOAD.

[@Trib273]

You can reload with the switch axe? wow good thing i never learned that lol

[@osutinheizu8250]

Tripsor it happens if you run completely out of charge while in sword mode, or if you try to switch to sword without enough charge

[@junky2fk]

Also as a SA main, I disagree with the “don’t reload” notion. True, you don’t want to be caught in the middle of a Monster attack trying to reload your phial. BUT reloading does come in handy when you are at a good resting point or when you don’t have monster aggro. I usually reload whenever I find myself needing to get an extra ZSD in before my Ampied Sword Mode finish up and I don’t have enough time to switch back to Axe mode to recharge a completely used up phial. It’s a last resort move and it helps with increasing DPS if you like using ZSD.

[@yetijunior]

S T That’s definitely a valid point. In that situation you can always try to clutch claw into ZSD since it doesn’t matter if your axe gauge is charged or not. Granted you do need to have your sword mode charged up, but it’s a great way to burn off the end of a phial charge with some good dps. Now being able to stay clutched is a whole other story lol.

[@jameshaston5427]

Whoever like the explosion, join us, will satisfied you enough with zero-sum discharge claw attack with rocksteady mantle is on, at least for me is quite satisfied

[@devingilliam5601]

As an insect glaive main, and this being the first MH game I played, it definitely took a while to figure out I had to nurture my kinsects and how to effectively use it and when to let the kinsects put out the dust clouds. Was probably the most fun to learn how to use out of the weapons. If you're new, and wanna pick it up, don't let the difficulty of it deter you, it's very rewarding to learn.

[@chasegaetze4507]

My first monster hunter too, didn't even know I had buffs until I started watching youtubers lol. But now if I'm fighting a dragon I literally chain combo in the air to Infinity

[@devingilliam5601]

@@chasegaetze4507 Woo! Way to be ya bamf!

[@azamuddinroslan3780]

Insect glaive main here too! And yes i agree with you, its quite a complicated weapon but once you understand how to use it it's very satisfying to fly around chopping monster's ass and getting easy mount

[@xellanchaos5386]

Only started playing Monster Hunter World a week ago. Started with Dual Blades, but changed to Insect Glaive. Now my favorite weapon, and the one I absolutely body monsters with. Glorious mounts, insane aerials, and awesome infinite grounded combos if you know what you're doing.

[@darion7224]

I started playing MHW yesterday, the insect glaive definitely seems to be the most fun out of the weapons i’ve tried

[@theman6422]

Hammer mains fear one creature, and one creature only: The gravios

[@elias45_]

And Basarios hahaha

[@Plainejan]

Brrrrr

[@pendexion2995]

But what about ucanlos a mean that chin

[@elias45_]

@@pendexion2995 Ukanlos was great to hit cuz of his big ass face🤤 haha

[@wizard_guru8035]

Oh no

[@SubjectE57]

I think it's important to make a distinction between skill floor (how difficult it is to pick up a weapon and start doing okay with it), and skill ceiling (how hard it is to master the weapon). From this video I get that you were talking about skill floor as it's for new players but the terminology might help if you want to discuss the topic further. There are also different types of difficulty, mechanics for example, is how hard things like combos and gameplay are. The bow guns have super easy mechanics but the difficulty comes from learning how to build for the weapons, and which ammo types are effective on what monsters.

[@ShortD3vil]

Yes there is a lot of mechanics involved with each weapon and it would help to discuss the topic further. However, I didn't want this video to be discussing those topics as I would be moving away from the main topic of this video. Either way, you have made a great point and I will look into possibly making a video explaining specific mechanics of a weapon.

[@SubjectE57]

@@ShortD3vil It was probably a good call to keep this video focused, MH games have rabbit holes within rabbit holes. Personally, all that complexity is what keeps me invested for hundreds of hours, it's always fun to learn something new.

[@bobnewkirk7003]

@@SubjectE57 I came to the comments section for this comment. doing a segment about this being a "barrier to entry" evaluation at the beginning would probably help to clarify your discussion. As Zimmy said, Bowguns have a rather confusing set of ammo stats, but there are half a dozen guides about any style/ammo you want to play, so the community has almost eliminated any difficulty in getting set up. after you have your build they are basically just point-and-shoot with a quick stick flick when you get low on ammo. Personally I find the micro-management weapons the most difficult (SA, CB) as you are constantly juggling weapon states and charge levels. As mentioned elsewhere, GS is a great example of a weapon that has a really low barrier to entry (skill floor) and a CRAZY high potential output (skill ceiling); its one of the top 3 weapons in speed runs for this reason.

[@affegpus4195]

If you in a bowgun and not abusing elem ammo you kinda doing it wrong

[@Latias38]

@@affegpus4195 Saw this comment and trying to use elem is extremely wrong except against 2-3 monsters. Bowguns in World and Iceborne primarily use Spread and Pierce Ammo for the most DPS

[@derecktaylor6310]

As someone with roughly 400+ hours on HH, I can say that it is a difficult weapon because not only do you need to think about your combos to efficiently string together the proper melodies, when to unleash the buffs and their uptimes, your positioning because you are a blunt type weapon so face is the place but also which horn do you bring to an encounter. Do you focus on raw damage and play it as a weapon or do you consider the buffs a horn has on it because it’s gonna help the team the most. As a friend of mine once put it “A good hunting horn player may not get high DPS, but with their buffs, everyone else more than compensates for it.”

[@DevilJhoMama]

Well now we have rise lol

[@yepceltics6156]

400 hrs is nothing

[@JMoore-vo7ii]

Based on this comment section I would say every weapon is either as easy or as difficult to master as the user makes it. A lot of people say "actually X weapon is harder than people think" or "actually X weapon is easier than people think". Seems like personal preference and play style impact one's time with weapon far more than people realize. As well, a weapon is as complicated or simple as you make it. I've seen MR 200+ longsword players who cannot foresight slash to save their life (literally). I think the skill ceiling is more wildly variable than we give it credit

[@ShortD3vil]

Agreed. We all have our own play styles and preferences, which makes some weapons difficult to learn. I'm still trying to find my way with the Hunting Horn, which I find it difficult to use whereas others have found it easy. This is a great comment, thank you for taking a look into this very debatable comment section!

[@JMoore-vo7ii]

@@ShortD3vil thanks for responding with more feedback of your own. Great video and your content has some great potential. Keep it up homie

[@ShortD3vil]

@@JMoore-vo7ii Thank you for just being completely neutral here. I'm sure that you have a weapon that was easy/hard for you to learn as well!

[@roguegen5536]

I've found most weapons are fairly easy to learn the basics of, but a lot have little tricks they can pull off that are much harder to master, but really pay off once you learn to use them consistantly.

[@danbolademarte]

If you ask me the difficulty of monster hunter is tied to the positioning and that's an issue all weapons have, no matter what weapon you use you can always learn combos and movements, but what takes the most time is learning where to be when performing those combos. Basically what you said is true, all weapons can hit the same skill celling and that's mastering movement around the monster.

[@darthplagueis13]

I'd say the simplicity of SnS is always a little deceptive. Like, with Longsword you might play poorly and even know that you are playing poorly and still get a somewhat acceptable result. With SnS you can feel like you've been doing alright and then you realize that the hunt has been going on for 25 minutes and the monster isn't even limping. The issue really is that it doesn't give you much direct feedback and it's very easy to stay alive, leading many players to think that it's just underpowered and moving on to other weapons which is why you see so few SnS mains. It's easy to learn, but even easier to get the misconception that it has a low skill ceiling and is not worth mastering which is why it annoys me that Capcom and parts of the playerbase keep on perpetuating the myth that it's a good beginners weapon. It isn't because it doesn't tell you when you are making mistakes.

[@namisauce9826]

good beginner weapon does not have to be easy tho. its a good beginner weapon cause it has a little of everything. it is also a very "typical" weapon.

[@roguegen5536]

Sns is op as heck in iceborne though. Perfect rush spam is merciless to those poor little unsuspecting monsters.

[@chalchen9781]

As a SnS main, I agree with you in that SnS is easy to pick up, therefore it's suitable for people new to the game. I mean it allows you to stay alive and enable you to do damage. However, it will not feel powerful until you've gotten to the end game. And if you've stuck with SnS until the end game, you'll likely have become somewhat decent with it. I think perhaps very few people stick with it until the end where they have fully awakened and augment Safi SnS with max out cirt eye, boost, WE, atk boost, and agitator.

[@faasnuhind8578]

SnS main, and gotta agree. The weapon requires you to be a weird kind of defensive aggressive, where you are a dodge/block demon but always in their face. You also have to learn timing and movement, but is able to unload a flurry of hits if you can time it all out. I do have one caveat, and that is how the end monsters of these updates make SnS less viable with their sheer health pools. Alatreon has thousands of hit points in solo, and you are against a timer to do enough damage. Definitely where the weapon type feels like it falls off.

[@chalchen9781]

@@faasnuhind8578 it'd be different if Alatreon didn't fly every 2 minutes

[@sonofthedragons8228]

I wouldn’t say IG is that difficult to master because know where to get certain color buffs are very similar between monsters(red usually is at the head, white at the legs, and orange on back/tail). But applying the bug into the fight is a must for the extra damage and with the slinger ammo you can buff the kinsects stamina. Also IG can avoid most attacks because it is the ONLY weapon that can jump with a significant distance but you can’t get carried away with your aerial attack barrages since attacks with full body hit boxes mess you up but I think that part applies to most weapons, just don’t get greedy. But yeah I would say IG is more of a medium difficulty level idk that just might be me since I’ve mained IG since it was released in MH4U

[@Alfalfable999]

I know what you mean. Although I do have to admit I personally underestimated how tough it it to learn until I tried teaching someone lol.

[@fenixmartin854]

IG was by far the easiest weapon I’ve used in this game in might look complicated but easy when you actually use it, I only stop using it because it’s dps fcking sucks and Sns has a more consistent damage, if it’s the hardest to master for me it’s the charge blade since it’s basically a combination of greatsword, SnS and switchaxe and I have to predict where to land my elemental discharge and speed running is best with this weapon.

[@Alfalfable999]

I mean IG dps is good if you build right. Just takes some effort is all

[@sonofthedragons8228]

Alfalfa 999 yeah with masters touch and 3 pierce of safi armor plus building for more blast attack it does some pretty good damage

[@battlebot2489]

Kinsect extracts: Red- Anything monster attacks with White: Usually the hind legs and wings Orange: Body, sometimes/usually tail. Green: (some monsters have this, not all) Tail. Green extract is health

[@atomicwreck2063]

Little tip for those who want to use dual blades, bow, or hammer. USE DASH JUICE!

[@TooruGaming4444]

How are u playin hammer?

[@freezed_bean5367]

Hammer build's doesn't need dash juice like DB or Bow one's

[@atomicwreck2063]

Freezed_ Bean I have an affinity sliding hammer build where I spam the spin which drains all my stamina

[@GeraltofRivia22]

Hammer usually doesn't need Dash Juice. I never use it and hardly ever run out of stamina.

[@freezed_bean5367]

@@atomicwreck2063 i mean, of course hammer drain stamina, but DB and bow requires a larger amount of stamina than hammer

[@seductivebread7140]

Everything is just a great sword... just in different shapes :’)

[@mrditkovitch4395]

No them do not make big numbers Oga booga

[@AmlSeb]

As an Insect Glaive Main: I identify as Attack Helicopter

[@vanity3504]

Yessir insect glaive has so much diversity

[@ArmoredarmadilloX]

Swaswaswaswaswaswa

[@explicittripzz5216]

Lol

[@thousandblades6339]

I am a master at insect glaive. If anyone would play with me i would be in the air 30% of the time with my Alatreon insect glaive. And spamming descending thrust

[@ghostoflazlo]

@@thousandblades6339 glaives rise up

[@plannedmoon6657]

Duel blades give me attack on titan vibes

[@wildscooter1]

Levi spinning is the Way 2 go

[@GrievyRZ]

@@wildscooter1, please... no more..

[@gentlerain3245]

Demon mode just makes me feel Im playing as Eren

[@muthafoca9409]

I believe gunlance is medium to hard, I mean, there's 3 types of playstyles with the weapon ( 4 if you count slaplance). As a GL main, i think it is easy to learn , but when i tried to teach my friend, he definitely felt overwhelmed.

[@danielnolan8848]

Swing (normal) can be pretty hard, charge (long) is probably one of the easiest weapon in the game though

[@dark9ightff775]

Yeah i agree the combos takes a bit to learn but once u learn it, its easy, so for the gunlance I would say its hard to pick up but easier to master than the other weapons. But for most of the other weapons there easy to pick up but hard to master

[@silvaries9884]

From my experience with the gunlance, I find it to be trickier than it appears. On one side, it has simple combos and mecanics that are easy to understand. On the other, it has a lot of inertia, with slow attacks needed to deliver its most damaging moves and long recovery from said moves, and very specific talents, more than any Blademaster weapon.

[@roundandedgeless.1218]

before iceborne i sometimes used gl seriously but now its only use for me is fixed damage on monsters with crappy weakzones. I don’t even consider it a real weapon the way i use it, but ill get those evil eyes one way or another. 170 damage a charged shell + 100 if you hit the wyvern stake on fatalis’ butt is just comfort hunting.

[@adambrownawell]

I think slaplance can be hard. But the regular gunlance is pretty similar to the lance (at least in my playstyle). Instead of 1, 2, 3 hop backwards, it's: Regular shot, charged shot x3, reload, charge shot x4, reload, chargeshot x4 reload, ect. With occasionally wyvernstake after the monster has been trapped or wall banged.

[@miavelvet]

Sword and shield...I don't know why people say its easy, its the hardest weapon i tried so far. If you think its easy, maybe you are just spamming one button and believe thats how you should play it(no). Or maybe im just weird i dunno. Anyway for me the easiest were dual blades, hammer and great sword.

[@Hydroxis45]

Agreed. SnS is DIFFICULT. DBs easiest

[@thunderdrae7749]

Yes, it is incredibly punishing, and the immunity frames on it's back step aren't nearly as forgiving as they are on the longsword

[@bos0078]

I main Switch Axe And second to it is charged Blade i tried Sword and shield and its definetly the hardest weapon for me Landing perfect rush at the right time and the right direction is pretty hard

[@Persephonelope]

SnS is easy if you don't care if the hunt takes 40min. If you actually care about playing well it's a very complicated weapon since you have access to the entire moveset at all times and need to have faster decision making than almost any other weapon.

[@Persephonelope]

@GÖÖSË If you play it well is my point. It's an excellent weapon, with a very high skill cap for quick decision making and optimizing play.

[@kingofgames93]

Greatsword main with around 1600 hunts...its a simple but hard to master weapon. Mobility can be mitigated with the tackle. Learning the monsters movements is key. I also have 500ish hunts with the CB and i can say its an awesome weapon but guard points i have not mastered yet. SnS 3rd main with under 300 hunts but im loving it so far. I love the clawruken and how i can tenderize instantly unlike other light weapons. Perfect Rush is awesome and i love the inputs. Kjarr Slicer Numb is my go-to

[@eliavivian8310]

I started with the GS on World and then when Iceborne came out i switched to Sns! Currently i have 600 Hunts with the SnS and i will never get tired of it!

[@river7874]

I started with CB on PS4 when MHW released, and had close to a thousand hunts with it, then swapped to SnS for about half of that. Then I sold my PS4 and went back to PC, where I restarted with SnS, and am thinking about trying out the Hammer soon. When I grab Iceborne, I'll be running SnS though. I neeeeeeeed that Perfect Rush.

[@gamerdude7481]

I recommend using diablos or black diablos for practicing guard pointing as they telegraph really hard and in MR they punish pretty hard. I used them to learn it and I'd say I definitely got GP nearly mastered. I main GS and 2nd main CB with 800ish hunts in GS and 260ish in CB

[@FtwGrickeyFtw]

I have played most of the weapons. And the only one i would personaly say is misplaced is the bow. He is talking about entry lvl wich is why GS and SnS can be seen as easy. But bow being seen as easy when u have so much stamina management to focus on. If you try to play a bow with no stamina reductions and dont even do maximum DPS rotation but just shoot and ocasionally dodge then you will run out of stamina realy quick. Sry for my bad enlish btw xD

[@slifer4912]

Good English!!

[@ishakuraigami6171]

Bow is really just understanding how not to rapid fire all of your stamina and that most of the moveset should never be used because it's underpowered garbage. It's pretty simple overall and easy to learn and master as soon as someone is informed of those two things. I'd put it down around hammer and we'll below SNS on mastering.

[@dannym2359]

I love the charge blade because of how difficult it is to learn the timing for all the different charges, but getting that fully charged elemental discharge feels so good

[@danielfuentes2999]

I loved charge blade and sold my soul to it for the entirety of ice borne and base world up until fatalis when I went back to dual blades (and killed him on my second try). Theres so much t ok talk about. Its damage with savage axe is bonkers if you have a good build. Its defense with the shield is probably second best after gunlance but before lance.

[@crazy8slayer]

Charge blade counters are most definitely harder to pull off than LS as is requires hitting certain frames on very specific attacks but if you master them CB is godlike

[@perk5356]

Lance can be easy but its also a bit hard to use. It definitely has easy inputs(the pokes) at the start, but its more than poke and simple block. once you master the counter claw(which is so damn cool but it can be risky too depending on the monster), the power guard, the initial d speed running and the mario jumps etc, it becomes soo much fun.

[@rossstone3885]

perk yeah, lance is my most used, once you get all the different abilities, it’s good for 90% of situations and becomes a really good solo weapon

[@KnowingCrow]

also lance has good movement options if you are doing it right

[@Zhar06]

People do look down on lance seeing it lack of flashy moves. But getting offensive guard and face locking a monster is so satisfying. Counter claw for me is risky as it gives you a hidden rocksteady like skill that wont detach you from the monster even while its charging or lunging.

[@MrShukaku1991]

Offensive guard makes lance so much fun. I just wish lance had a REALLY damaging move. Some way to take advantage of a downed monster, rather than just poke poke counter block immediately released into poke poke again and again.

[@mikevalones9977]

Counter claw imo becomes really obsolete and unreliable because of the number of hyperactive monsters that seems to have limitless stamina...

[@DexFire1115]

LS: Started off as LS when game first came out. Only time I did that one jump attack (Helmbreaker I think) was on complete accident. After completing main story I went on to HBG. HBG: I never went to the cluster bomb meta (tried them once along wiht sticky, spread, pierce, and wyvern, hated them all) and stayed with Chrome Assault II since it had wyvernheart. LBG: My friend also was HBG but SWITCHed to the AXE. I decided to stay hbg, but my friend told me it was a trash weapon (only using normal ammo 3, I agree) so I went to LBG. I picked up Empress “Ruin” for the hasten regen and I liked it more than the “Styx” because while it would’ve freed me from wearing 3 pieces of xeno, I didn’t like its ammo options and went ruin (even though I never noticed any regen lol). At this point I moved on to a “do everything solo” mineset and my friend was like “LBG sucks.” So I went back to LS. LS (the trash sequel): I failed, and hated LS. Wasn’t for me. DB: Only one month ago, and I still hadn’t gotten Iceborne. I decided to try my dad’s weapon, Dual Blades. I had an amazing time and still use it to this da. Got Iceborne 2 weeks ago, and DB held up well. Am about to do defense of seliana and can’t wait for Fatalis (even though I’m no veteran) CB: I decided to branch out and tried the only Kjarr weapon I got from a kulve seige, Charge Blade. It was so much slower, and so hard to use, but I enjoyed it. With school though I haven’t been able to try it much. I am going to start grinding up mats to get some CBs and start 2nd maining it. (DB still my main). I plan to try out all the other weapons as well, although I tried Lance and GL and didn’t like them. Happy hunting!

[@ShortD3vil]

Quite the story 👍 there is no trash weapon in my opinion. Every weapon is unique in their own ways. I too didn't like the feel of the lance and gunlance but once you understand how they work, they become so fun to use. I would say give them a try again but if you don't like it then fair enough. Happy hunting to you too! 😊

[@adder793]

HBG is one of (if not the) best weapons in the game. But maybe I'm biased since it's my second most used weapon.

[@onyx_4764]

Hey, once you learn everything about CB you'll love it, just remember, every attack from the charge blade has a good use, there is no almost useless attacks like the Rising Slash from the Greatsword, so test every move out

[@ishakuraigami6171]

@@adder793 it's just unintentionally broken thanks to essentially infinite ammo in most fights, so just crafting and refilling sticky and cluster at all times, ammo types that aren't super well balanced in this game considering other mechanics.

[@ishakuraigami6171]

@@adder793 it also no longer has the clunky aiming mechanics that used to balance it more in previous games. However, it's in my opinion one of the most boring weapons to ever exist in Monster Hunter. If I wanted to play a shooter where I just stood back tapping away at what becomes a big sponge for a while, I'd turn off my system because that sounds dreadful.

[@samuelporter850]

I honestly feel like all weapons have a large skill gap. Even something like lance. The timings can be difficult for some people.

[@ishakuraigami6171]

All about them side skirt dodges and getting them counters down. I miss the unreal dps of MHX, those counters are satisfying, just like greatsword tackles. It's just learning monsters, same as every other weapon. The only difference is what you're doing when they try to hit you.

[@dupreegerald9586]

Personally having mained both the charge blade and insect glaive I’d switch the difficulties you gave them i find insect glaive a lot easier to use than the charge blade and I see a lot of new players choose the insect glaive, I did the same thing I wanted to use the charge blade but insect glaive was much easier to pick up and only started to use and eventually switch my main to the charge blade during end game

[@rizengansenpai8433]

These are my 2 mains, and I was thinking the same thing lol

[@elitegamerzero6786]

I agree does every cb main also main ig haha

[@AIETHERRENEGADE]

@@elitegamerzero6786 I main CB and SA. I find the polarity of the two in terms of combo ability is very insightful. The CB teaches me combo ability and resourcefulnes while the SA teaches me to observe patterns and use optimal punishes.

[@elitegamerzero6786]

@@AIETHERRENEGADE yea i used to play lots of sa but lost interest after a couple of months

[@jordankasa2491]

One thing i noticed is depending on which weapon was your first will make others harder, going from dual blades to heavy bowgun will be tough since theres almost no carry over

[@toxic_sky6920]

I must say every weapon is easy to learn but mostly harder to master, just depends on what your putting your time on

[@roguegen5536]

I agree with this. They've all got those little hidden secrets that are tough to learn, but can completely change what you thought you knew about a weapon.

[@chalchen9781]

100% agree

[@IWantToStayAtYourHouse]

Lol without guides charge blade would have been impossible to learn for me

[@chalupamonsters23]

My suggestion to any newer players is to try to become a Jack of All Trades between weapons. There are some weapons that are just better suited to some monsters than others and its also good to switch up your play style to keep things from getting stale. My personal 3 favorite weapons are the Lance, the Charge Blade, and the Heavy Bowgun. But sometimes I swap to another weapon for fun. I'm the only one in my hunting groups that is willing to even touch the Hunting Horn.

[@ShortD3vil]

Agreed. It really helps in the long run for both making the game fun and to help fight monsters that might seem hard but when paired with a specific weapon, the fight is much easier.

[@burnttoast26]

Here's how I'd put the Insect Glaive: hard to initially learn, medium to use. And most fun weapon, IMO.

[@deeemee]

I think medium to learn and easy to use, once you understood insect buffs it's super easy, especially in team, all you do is riding the monster and flying

[@tongpoo8985]

Yeah it's one of the few I'd say is hard to learn easy to master

[@martinerhard8447]

insect glaive is much easier at pc than controller because you can aim so easily with a mouse same for range weapons

[@skull5052]

Idk if we can say that here but... I can use the GS,HH,SnS,L,HBG somewhat decently. (If not mediocre at best) So a thought about them: GS - Study, Predict and Strike. All tails shall be yours. And all true charges will connect. HH - Once you're able to pull out any buffs without looking at the sheet, you're basically using a better hammer. SnS - Slice and dice, but also bash and smash. Your slinger and grappling hook are your best friends. L - Block and Retaliate with deadly well placed pokes of a stick. HBG - "It costs 400 000$ to fire this weapon, for 12 seconds..." Well, also use other ammo types at the right time and gather stuff. Those were my opinion of these weapons. LS,GL,DB,IG,SA don't stick well with me. CB,H do stick but barely.

[@ShortD3vil]

Another great comment that I can accept. As you may or may not have seen in these comments, everyone has their own feelings with each weapon. Some feel clunky to use and some feel fluent to use. CB was a fluent one for me whereas HH feels clunky. The weapon ratings is only my opinions on what some NEW players MIGHT find difficult to use, which doesn't mean that all players will find difficult. Nevertheless, your comment is acceptable 👍

[@dannyg4835]

I did not know about the R2 in the twinblades until legiana This is what happens when you don't read the manual

[@Smorccc]

Charge blade was the first weapon I used. I ditched it when i couldnt hit the fucking Rathalos lol. Ive been a dirty bow main since.

[@ShortD3vil]

😂 I understand your pain

[@epcarter6]

Yeah you’re definitely right about certain weapons being easier for certain people. I picked up charge blade in about 5 minutes. Like you said it’s all of the extra stuff you can do with it (guard points) that’s makes it complex.

[@foreveruseless1292]

I made it my duty to learn every weapon baby. And I think that each and every one of them are enjoyable in their own right. My top 4 being IG(first weapon), GS, H, LS,

[@hokai9775]

for me it was difficult to learn how to play with the charge blade because of the guard points. but when I learned it became my favorite weapon

[@clockwork4ngel893]

Y is your pfp so hot

[@OkumuraKaito]

Exactly, me too it's on pair with HH on the difficulty level

[@Shay96]

Unga Bunga jokes aside, there is a lot of information being processed by a skilled chargeblade user. There are a lot of choices and making the best ones on the fly requires a lot of familiarity with the monster's movements, positioning and the layers of mechanics to the weapon itself.

[@ekremslayer3389]

I would try guard pointing a lot more with CB but I play the game on a pc that can barely run the game of 20 fps

[@RamsLiff]

You have literally 3 GP , and most of the time you use one lol

[@ajakks6551]

Ive been going pretty strong on longsword in Iceborne and i gotta tell you, when you learn to implement that Spirit Evasion Slash the quest becomes solo much more easier. Also Gunlance is life.

[@codysykes5568]

The trick is to get into different mindset for different weapons - the difficulty lies in the adaptability of the individual hunter to think and plan reaction-based tactics against knowledge of monster behaviors. Some people think Tigrex and Nargacuga are impossible to beat with the lance, for example, because with the lance you feel planted in place; but once enough hunting is done with the weapon and the correct decorations/skills/mindset is applied, both are easily toppled (monsters like the two mentioned above have large telegraphed attacks that can be punished using the Claw Counter, BUT significant investment is necessary into skills like Guard and Constitution, and of course Weakness Exploit are all great ways to make the best of it).

[@mustachepikachu1469]

as someone whos really only played gs and cb until world, i'd say that almost every weapon is hard to get good at, and most being easy to pick up, except for stuff like charge blade which is hard to get into because of the amount of stuff you need to know to really do anything with it.

[@ishakuraigami6171]

Good old days of strong charge head sniping, amirite

[@THFACEoO]

bows are really easy, but one thing to mention about them is they tend to deal most of there damage through elements, that and learning the charge mechanics to maximize dps. the bow still an easy weapon to learn, but like most things in MHW, if you dont take the time to learn about it you will struggle.

[@Androssverse]

I main the IG and the Bow cuz I like being speedy in every game I play so it came easy and all the slow weapons are hard for me. It feels like the monster always hits me right as I’m getting ready to attack with a slow weapon but with bow and IG that never seems to happen lol.

[@bjhivstar66]

"The hunting horn is overwhelming for a new player-” Me jumping into the game and choosing to be a HH main: ⊙﹏⊙ I personally play HH with a support/defensive build, but you can definitely make an awesome attack build out of it, and it's possible to go through the game as a HH main (as I have been doing). However, so far the only monster I personally cannot take on with the HH is Rajang... That mofo is too wild for any slower-hitting weapon 💀

[@ShortD3vil]

Yes it is possible to go through the game just by using a singular weapon. However, it will make the game difficult though when it comes to fighting some monsters. I also hate Rajang. Have you fought Raging Brachydios? I feel like that monster is just as worse as Rajang ☹️

[@wshadowgaming4854]

I saw a vid just today of some guy beating furious rajang with HH in less then 10 minutes. I guess it was by Team Darkside

[@perk5356]

Short D3vil HH main here, surprisingly Rajang is actually worse than Raging Brachydios lol. At least for me, Raging was easier to solo hunt with HH than Rajang. 🤣

[@dall7020]

My first fight with rajang was the best experience ever I had to be super careful whenever I had to attack just so I wouldn't die because my hunting party was already at 1 cart left

[@chalupamonsters23]

I use to main the lance, and it was easy-mode on every monster I came across. Until Lunastra was added. I was very quickly punished for my usual defensive style. Now I main the charge blade because you can go back and forth between being defensive, offensive, fast, slow, you name it. But on the topic of HH, I love using it in an organized group. I tend to put myself into the role of healing and buffing my team while they just go nuts. And when the opportunity presents itself, the HH does a mean number on a monster's head or any solid parts that break easily with blunt damage.

[@AgraFadillah]

I agree on Insect Glaive, the first time i played Monhunter World, ive had no clue what Insect glaive is, try it, not like it because im confused with the mechanic, and i thought that Insect glaive only do Aerial moves (dumb me), andddd i saw a speedrun video using Insect Glaive, im amaze how he/she utilize the moves and make it efficient, so i give it second try, i like it now and even become one of my mains, and ive learned that Insect glaive is godly in the ground and Aerial good for when i want to ride monster or attack when its flying.

[@domh3428]

Honestly I would of put lance closer to medium to hard hears why. Lance is the master of controlling a monster through multiple of means and each mean affects. You will feel 4 monster attack later or so. now you can use the lance and do nothing impactful like you showed and get results but mastering need skill eg know which of your 6 counters to use in a split second and how it will affect you. or know can I K.O this monster on my own with the lance. The way you described the lance is like using charge blade with out axe mode or AED and no file charging, or hunting horn with no music. Now don’t get me wrong at face value the lance looks easier then most but once you scratch the surface that when the Lance comes to life

[@ShortD3vil]

Fair enough. It is an interesting weapon after all. At the base level of learning to use the weapon is very simple but obviously there's much more to it, if you are taking a deep dive into the weapon.

[@domh3428]

Short D3vil I just what’d people to know lance is more that a poke weapon it’s a dying breed and it sad, It’s been my main form the original monster hunter. I can see that it is not your main and with that I would expect you to know. I don’t aim to come across slaty or mad. I just hope one day the lance will be shined in a better light.

[@ShortD3vil]

@@domh3428 no problem my man. I respect your opinion. Its hard for me to put in enough time to fully play with the weapon when I've been focusing on other weapons. As long as you're not super salty then I respect your opinion 👍

[@domh3428]

Short D3vil it’s cool just keep up the good work

[@ShortD3vil]

@@domh3428 thanks man 😭

[@wyattwebb6963]

I remember I started in Monster Hunter 4, and as soon as I got the insect glaive, i knew i found my weapon. I haven't really tried any of the other weapons besides Charge Blade, but I think I'm good sticking with the glaive.

[@Sazoji]

>these are harder because of couters and evasion dont even get into that debate, getting proper evasions down are required depending on how you use ANY weapon. take a look at the HH "Artful Dodging" series to see how meticulous it can be to dodge.

[@BiteSizeTech]

I'm really liking your gameplay! It was really enjoyable to watch and could tell you had a lot of fun making it. Keep posting videos like this, nice work!

[@dragonsswarm1987]

I've only played Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate and have mostly used Hunting Horn, I keep the songs active on the upper right corner of the screen and cycle through the songs while sticking to the monsters as much as I can.

[@iSOULS]

Cool video man. I am main the insect glaive and at this point it’s second nature, but I can see it being difficult at first. For me the charge blade is the hardest to use. After 550 hours I still don’t know how to properly use it.

[@ShortD3vil]

Thanks man 😁 Oh yeah the insect glaive feels easy to use once you've understood everything about it. I main the charge blade but I know how to use the other weapons to an extent...

[@jaredbowman7764]

Yeah managing the kinsect is the main thing that has kept me from picking it up. I started MHW with the heavy bowgun so it should not be that intimidating to me but at this point I am just too lazy.

[@tayashi]

As a passionate switch axe player, I think that its fairly difficult to master. There are a few things that need to be understood to optimize your approach: 1. How to manage your amped state and sword gaige efficiently, 2. Understand the monsters pattern well enough to know when you can safely go in and out of sword mode, 3. Be aware of the fact that more often than not HOPS are your only defensive option and 4. Be cautious of its very tempting long animation attacks. Switch axe has some loooong animations. However, ZSD is pretty viable and consistent whenever you have mantle uptime, this can definitely help to keep the pressure up. Except against AT velkhana. Whoever made her charge a pin attack might actually be the devil

[@Quillevergreen12345]

Hammer 🔨

[@samstocker6450]

I mained Bow and Charge Blade with a bit of Insect Glaive on ps4 account, Longsword and Hammer with a bit of Greatsword on Xbox account and so far I actually think the Longsword has been the hardest to use. Trying to time the foresight move is quite difficult because you need to predict the next attack and then predict the next attack after that attack to charge and then predict again to get the next level up.

[@Maggolando]

LS is my third most used weapon. (1. Bow 2. Gs) I had some problems with bow, because of the management with stamina and dps. But in the end I was able to speedrun some harder monsters. But LS is still the hardest weapon for me. Even when you "negate" an attack with foresight slash, you can still end up in another one. Imo it is the most punishing weapon in the game when you want to optimize your dps.

[@salade5324]

nah LS is the noob weapon

[@SCA713]

"There's a lot of things to learn for the insect glaive." Ooooooooh, it's worse in 4U, I promise. To anyone who gets it and decides to pick up IG, do research on Kinsect types, I promise, you won't regret that, cuz, unlike Who's Line, the points do matter.

[@roguegen5536]

Yeah I played IG all the way through world and iceborne. Tried it a little in GU, but decided with no real way to aim the bug I'd stick with the switch axe.

[@SCA713]

@@roguegen5536 Yeah, Old World relied more on marking your target if it wasn't shoulder height to you. But typically all three essences were able to be hit without much trouble, except yellow on some flying wyverns due to it only being on the body and nowhere else, not even tail. But GU also had Styles, which... Hoo... Aerial IG... That's all I can say.

[@danbolademarte]

@@roguegen5536 Valor IG in GU is really fun to use so do look more into it, most people use aerial as it's quite strong but with valor meter you can do a lot of cool stuff while also using your kinsect. Valor mode is just good on all weapons isn't it.

[@austinfassl6547]

Honestly when I started playing world a lot of my friends told me that the charge blade was very hard to use, but I'm using it right now and honestly I find it easy (I still need to work on my timing, but other than that it's fun as hell to use)

[@Homiloko2]

Kind of. I also started recently with the charge blade and my friends started with other weapons, and since I'm using a damage display plugin, I can tell that my damage is subpar unless I manage to use my phials efficiently. So if I take too long to charge my phials, or whiff a SAED, etc., I end up dealing a lot less damage than other weapons. In some situations if I wasn't using the plugin I would think I was doing really well but I wasn't. Then, once in I while I hit all the combos and my damage goes through the roof, and I look forward to mastering this weapon! Lots of stuff to learn.

[@grimreefer213]

The longsword is quite easy to learn, but to use it to its fullest potential is still quite challenging. It took me like 100 hours to actually be able to pull off foresight slashes consistently. For most of the base game I would completely botch the foresight slash and just get clobbered. But after about 140 hours I started to master the weapon and now I can get foresights consistently every single hunt. It’s very fun and rewarding getting perfect counters, filling the gauge and doing helm breakers. It is incredibly versatile and doesn’t do the most damage but it still holds its own for sure, foresight slash is your bread and butter and learning to use that will make you a much better hunter but it was difficult for me to time it at first. Some people don’t use the longsword simply because they suck at countering

[@pineal0ptics928]

I mainly use the longsword and charge blade, sometimes insect glaive for mobility. The lance for me is the most difficult weapon to figure out, just not my style

[@ishakuraigami6171]

Hokey pokey. Just square dance around, put your left foot in, stab the monster, put your left foot out, then you shake it all about. You counter every move and then you turn yourself around, that's what it's all about!

[@angeryboye]

I actually picked up the Insect Glaive very quickly, started playing it recently having been a Bow main for most of my playtime and having managed to use the Swaxe to beat the base game though never really learning it properly, to this day i still can't really use it well. Back to IG i accomodated to it pretty comfortably even though i still haven't done any more than 20 hunts so far so i was a bit surprised to see how high you placed it, still have trouble getting the buffs on some monsters tho. I think the main problem is the "theory" rather than the practice but it isn't really that hard

[@lewdjiggle2011]

Insect Glaive is the hardest to learn as a new player (maybe just below the Horn) but also the most rewarding and fun weapon of the whole list. I started world trying out all the weapons in the training grounds, choose the Glaive as my first weapon, never been able to look back to the other ones. It's too fun to vault around like the floor is lava, powering up with buffs, equipping cool kinsects and It's very easy to mount monsters. Once you get how it works, it's pure viable fun. Nothing really compares.

[@squidhgf9997]

Opinion: insect glaive is easy to learn if you research enough, took me like an hour or so of casual playing and searching up things I didn't understand, like what the buffs do and where to hit to get them, and after you learn it is by far the most fun in the game. Both in mhw and rise. I've tried most of the other ones, and none of them feel as exciting, they all feel repetitive and boring.

[@derekbateman7378]

I started out with Dual Blades and worked my way up and now I use the Switch Axe.

[@Pilot97]

this was awesome man looks great thanks for this helps others a lot!!

[@ShortD3vil]

Thanks for watching man 😭😭😭

[@rigrug1]

Great sword is a good weapon for beginners because it teaches you to be patient and learn the monster. Plus it's just a really satisfying weapon to use.

[@cloudwyrms9752]

I think the fact that I played the Lance before the Gunlance made the latter even MORE difficult to learn. It may look like a Lance, but the differences added up and I had a misconception on how to play it at first 😅

[@ishakuraigami6171]

Slaplance ain't it in this game excluding the Fatalis one. Stick to the boomstick when using GL. (Slap lance is where you almost entirely ignore the shelling and use it like a traditional lance or a sword, just slashing and bashing and stabbing)

[@magosexploratoradeon6409]

@@ishakuraigami6171 Depends highly on the type of shell, in my experience I've done slaplance more on wide Gunlances and only shell as a pseudo counter agaisnt monsters. If it's normal tho, yeah I relied alot more on the Boomstick than the slaplance, same with long.

[@Ariverfish]

​@@ishakuraigami6171Every MHFU GL main's weakness. Speaking from experience.

[@agamerconfused2278]

The bow is not just about keeping distance it's also about the elemental damage knowing the certain weak points that are effective and if none are wound the part for max damage

[@theblackneon5396]

The Lance is pretty much a fight against time. Edit: Before anyone’s offended. I’m a starting lance main at iceborne.

[@ShortD3vil]

Don't worry about it. I've triggered almost every player here

[@luxrion5179]

@@ShortD3vil Yes... yes you have. The only ones I don't really agree with though are Bow (stamina management, increased dmg taken, as well as needing to shoot the right parts of the monster) and Charge Blade (guardpoints) As someone who used to main Dual Blades for the last 6 or 7 years, I agree it's easy af.

[@affegpus4195]

Lance is both easy to learn and easy to master. And the lance gang is okay with that, we are simple folk with simple needs... And that need is to poke things with a pointy stick

[@Swordmaster757]

Lance main here. Just a few things to add to anyone thinking of picking up lance...because it does have some additional pros and cons. Some advantages are lance has good range and fairly precise strikes. Lance can also reach the fastest straight movement speed via it's charge. Lance boasts great defense and high uptime through positioning (leading to some fairly decent dps), lance also does quite well in breaking parts off a monster. Some disadvantages are 3 at a time. A lance can only combo 3 hits at a time which limits the dps some (exempting the multi strike nature of the charge), the slowest sheath time, low dph (damage per hit.), learning counter and superguard, as counter can put you on the receiving end if used against multi hit attacks and superguard eats stamina fast. You also need to know which attacks are blockable too, as this means the lance must do its slow sheath to retreat (or to heal/use items/use slinger). It also eats through sharpness somewhat fast, so you do need to see breaks and openings to sharpen your weapon. For anyone newer to the game or lance, aside from what information the content creator provided, I want to add this information with me trying my best to be non biased about my main weapon. Naturally, there are certain things down the line that make lance and every weapon easier as you advance the story, so I won't spoil that for anyone new. I just hope this helps anyone thinking of maining lance. Note: It's 4 a.m. here and I'm somewhat sleepy so forgive my grammar.

[@user-eg2wt1xj2t]

I played IG, CB, GS and HM. I would say IG and GS are more complicated, one you get how their systems work, they're easier than GS and HM.

[@simsim4910]

One thing thats missing about the bow is stamina management. It is not mandatory to know but using the right combos and such is making you feel very good.

[@andybeyer2230]

I think there are two key types of difficultly: skill based vs knowledge based. I personally find cb, ls, etc extremely difficult because of all the combo inputs and timing. I'm trash at fighting games and the like. However, you seemed to heavily weigh factors like learning information or resource management. For those of us who spend more time on RPG or strategy games, bowguns might be much easier than anything else. The beauty of this game is how it can appeal to all of us.

[@munge3563]

For CB I'd say that a portion of the difficulties with it are in memorizing certain key mechanics of it, because otherwise the button inputs are simple enough with practice. Things like Guard Points, the difference between Power and Impact phials, and which CBs are better for Savage Axe or SAEDs are where things can start getting overwhelming for people who are just joining the game.

[@machitoons]

Would it be inaccurate to say the LS has a very high skill CAP thanks to the counters? Especially now in Rise where we can combo Iai into Iai?

[@_Tzer]

Sns and greatsword are the truest forms of easy to learn hard to master.

[@Nax_uthala]

Honestly, HH and IG are hardest imo. IG is hard because you need to nurture kinsect, and each kinsect can have a different dust and damage type. Along with that, you also need to learn where on each monster gives the buffs you want.

[@michaelusi7117]

and had lots of moves arial and ground attack and complicated kindect charge buff

[@xellanchaos5386]

Just aim and send Kinsects to gather Extract at head, leg/wing, and body, (recalling each time,) and boom, you're fully buffed. Then have fun with vaults, (preferably triangle if they're below you, circle into triangle if you need to get over to them,) and when on the ground after staggering the monster, triangle twice, then circle, then repeat until it gets back up. At that point, double circle, (Tornado Slash,) and go back to vaulting for the mount again. Rarely have to even use your Kinsect. I mainly only use it for the buffs so far.

[@immanuelaj]

Lol, I think the opposite with regards to the Bowguns and HH. They're easier because the hard part of those weapons is just going through those tables. I went through all that torture learning stuff in school and uni so tables aren't scary anymore. 😅 I guess it really depends on the player for those weapons.

[@lumynx1380]

For Bow if u are okay with small damage number yeah its easy to use, but if you focus on DPS its a damn hard to use, always gotta keep an eye to stamina bar while facing the monster in close range and its attack pattern

[@pierce3195]

and if you're meant to really DPS as a Bow, the challenge of managing that stamina for evasion and attacking comes as the challenge as Bow hunters would tend to be really soft on the defense It's also demanding with specific-use decos

[@MmoonMmoose]

i love being a hh user, it makes you feel like a god amongst hunters that gives them the sweet fruits of BUFFS

[@MrFillyWonka]

For me, ive used every weapon except HH, IG, or SA, but from easiest to hardest except those 3: Greatsword (Main) Lance(First weapon picked) Hammer(dont use as often) Dual blades(little to no use) Light Bowgun(Use often) Heavy Bowgun(Use often) Bow(little to no uses) Gunlance(Am very rusty with) SnS(Use frequently) LS(trying to learn) Chargeblade(Use very Frequently)

[@japanshizam270]

The hammer is actually the hardest weapon to use, its just that the people who use it are extreme intellectuals

[@bobtan78]

Learn to be good in wall slam will help rake those dmg in for hammer users and allies.

[@Natelelouch]

Okay so here's my take, from easiest to hardest (I'll put easy to learn but hard to master weapon as harder): 14. Dual Blades 13. Great Sword 12. Hunting Horn 11. Gunlance 10. Charge Blade (it's really just muscle memory) 9. Switch Axe 8. Light Bowgun 7. Heavy Bowgun 6. Hammer 5. Lance (it's higher than most because I don't really like this weapon. Thus, hard for me) 4. Insect Glaive 3. Longsword 2. Bow 1. Sword and shield Yes. By far sns is the hardest weapon to master imo. It's not even that easy to learn! Sure you can just go hack and slash it, but so does any of the other melee weapon. It's better to use dual blade if you wanna button smash it.

[@guii5041]

I loved the style of this video and how chill it is ☺️ one thing I'd say tho is that I play hunting horn and a few others and I'd definitely say that hunting horn isn't as hard as it seems! Now charge blade is just insanely hard for me to learn 😂

[@ShortD3vil]

Thanks for watching! 😁 At first I found the Hunting Horn quite difficult to understand but I've eventually gotten used to it! I can understand that the charge blade is hard to understand, I've been through that. I hope that you can get good at using it! 👍

[@amosmoses5201]

Learning new weapons is my favorite part of mhw. I just started using CB and fell in love with the versatility and combos it has. But when push comes to shove I'm back to my LS. Imo this is the easiest one to use. slash > spirit slashes > roundhouse slash. Spend a couple hunts mastering the foresight slash and you've trivialized almost every monster in the base game at least. Just take care not to be that guy and flinching your teammates constantly. If shit really hits the fan though LBG go PEW PEW BOOM

[@jhonniboii5884]

I’m new to the game and picked up on the insect glaive. Love the movement, good to know that it’s not the easiest weapon in people’s eyes 😅

[@roachdoggjr155]

just know that your high damage combos are on the ground, not in the air

[@jhonniboii5884]

@@roachdoggjr155 oh I know, I mastered that bad boy, I’m master rank 50. Ngl I did get carried by my friends who wanted me to play it, but now I can hold my own. Loving the game for sure

[@yanewstepdad1355]

As a hunting horn main, it took me restarting the game over to get used to the weapon fully. I can now produce melodies mid fight pretty well. Im no pro but i can still hang with em lol

[@joelfranco189]

As someone with probably 2000+ hrs using bowguns across the series, yes they are easy to pick up but hard to master. You need to constantly check the ammo types of every new bowgun that unlocks and then figure out if the bowgun is worth using and if so what ammo or possibly ammos does it do best and make builds around it. In MHW Iceborne I got a rapid fire Normal 2, Sticky 3, Spread 3, Peirce 3, and pretty much all the elemental ammos as sets. There's also the fact that every ammo type has to be shot at a certain distance for optimal damage sooo each set plays and feels slightly different. If you're into a lot of number tables and spread sheets, become a bowgun user today!

[@Elendril1]

Tbh insect glaive is easy/medium, only 2-3 ground combos, aerial its just spaming one button mostly, sometimes triangle for mount dmg and ofc control buffs with kinsects its easy. chain blade->>>horn/switchaxe>ls(s combined with attack)>>>>>>>>>others weapons :P

[@ShortD3vil]

Good point. It is quite easy to learn the aerial and ground attacks but it's just managing the kinsect that I found a bit confusing at first. It felt like there was a lot more to manage than if I were to use the greatsword or the sword and shield. Either way, I can agree on your point 👍

[@Elendril1]

@@ShortD3vil use slinger ammo for kinsect, it will give u 2 buffs in same time+buy insect with speed lv20 and its rly easy to manage buffs :P its about aim, mouse player have easier time :D

[@manbasama2501]

The question easiest or hardest weapon in MH doesn't exist and not universal. Everything depending of your play style and how comfortable you are with each weapon, AND which monsters you're gonna fight. For example, I'm very comfortable with DS, GS, GL and SA. However, I feel better and stronger when I'm using SA, against any monster because I love the weapon. I also like the LS, but to be honnest, it's a noob weapon and this weapon is stupid from the beginning. (Multplayer talking for himself)

[@merouln700]

The switch Axe, if you stay in Axe mode, it's an extremely easy weapon to use, thanks to its simple moveset. When I did base game, I barely used Sword mode for 3/4th of the game simply because I found it clunky. Like Axe mode still packs a punch, even with lower DPS than Sword. And also the new moves with the Iceborne DLC makes it even better.

[@JL-qs7er]

What did you main in the end?

[@cronusoceanus6087]

actually every weapon's difficulty varies greatly with the difference of each monsters attack patterns because agility and windows for attacking are a great factor to land a successful hit because a greatsword can be a bad matchup against an ebony odogaron, a heavy bowgun can be stressful against alatreon, but a long sword can easily dance with alatreon's movements so yeah all your weapon skills depend on your knowledge about the monster that you are fighting but if ever you are stuggling fighting a very annoying monster (insert mr kulve i hate that soggy titied monster) sticky 3 is ur friend whahaha

[@ShortD3vil]

That is true that the weapons' difficulty is dependant on the monster that you are fighting but I'm just looking at the weapon's difficulty for learning how to use as a beginner regardless of what monster they fight. However, I totally agree on weapon matchup against a monster, which is why I love using specific weapons against specific monsters. Great insight man

[@gingerbread37211]

And just how you play the game like I play aggressively meaning more aggressive weapons click wth me but people with more defensive play style will have a harder time learning more aggressive weapons