History of Monster Hunter | The Insect Glaive

[@cubofeliz38]

The stamina bar of the kinsect was added in Generations, not World, I think

[@Entropic_StarKid]

As someone with 2000+ hunts with ig in mhgu, can confirm it is in mhgu

[@AveryTheHorror]

correction: in rise, the damage multipliers for landing up to 3 advancing slashes applies to every single aerial attack, not just diving wyvern. also note, a semi important part of the glaive's toolkit that was missing in world, but is back in rise, is the ability to recall your kinsect even while it's on your arm, which can cancel out of the recovery of certain attacks, similar to rolling, but without the stamina cost, and you can walk to precisely reposition/evade, or you can just stand in place.

[@justsomejojo]

As a new glaive user, learning this trick made a world of difference. It's such a good tech to string combos together.

[@5xg378]

@@justsomejojo Lol, a "world" of difference quite literally

[@lucasalvarez1023]

I use the IG since MH Rise was released and I didnt know that OoO

[@sansclone1874]

Missing in world? As this mechanism was exist on Generations?

[@rektyrektingson4668]

This is amazing tech. Can't wait to try this when I get on next lol

[@kieranrandle9008]

You forgot to mention the AMAZING aerial style for the Insect Glaive, easily one of the best parts of GenU.

[@Cassapphic]

Idk how actually GOOD it was but it was really fun, seeing the wirebug vault in rise reminded me of it and made me really happy.

[@Maximumlimit14]

Ah, the best weapon in the game: Cute Bugs. Now, why can’t we pet them? I want to pet the adorable bug on my arm! CAPCOM, WHY CAN’T I PET MY CUTE BUG!!

[@stephenjohn2131]

IG and CB are like twins that have nothing in common. We as both weapon mains go back together in our young history. As a CB main i salute you IG mains, the first to take it to the skies! 👍 Amazing content SuperRad, as was expected! 🥂

[@chrishanna9221]

CB and IG are the two weapons I can pick up and feel comfortable using no matter the game. It feels like they're the perfect weapons imo.

[@pandasinspace3560]

And as an IG main I salute you. The first that required a user's manual ;)

[@Skillerex6]

@@pandasinspace3560 as a CB main i correct u the first that required a user's manual was the HH main , We are the first that need to see 5s in the future (4 point guard )

[@graciaman]

That’s too funny. I first fell in love with MH during 4U and due to that have always played IG and CB more than any other weapons. IGCB FAM UNITE

[@alderwield9636]

i remember when i saw mh4 trailer with such glittering eyes and saw the fancy jumping pogo stick and exploding double headed axe KO-ing a tigrex. Those two weapon still my main ever since 4u, gu, worldborne, up until sunbreak

[@XENAMH]

Not only the wyvern dive, but the more you keep attacking in midair it charges the attacks and they get stronger, reseting when you land on the ground. And also when you do the parry with the Advancing Round Slash it already count as one charge to make the attacks stronger. I like your videos Rad, I am waiting for the Gunlance one.

[@puzzlewuzzle6687]

Some of the cool things I think you should have mentioned: in 4U you didn’t just get rocksteady but also high grade earplugs, this was reduced to regular earplugs in all subsequent games, which made insect glaive even better for mounting since most monsters roar during a mount. Aerial style in GU is one of the most highly mobile style weapon combos in the game, allowing a vault through the air that travels far enough to keep up with most fast monsters, one of the most unique aerial styles because or that. Valor style and aerial style together feel very similar to what world/iceborne glaive feel like, valor has the incredibly active kinsect and aerial has the high air mobility.

[@DarthDookieMan]

4U was still normal Earplugs. You can still be affected by Rajang's roar when mounted, Akantor, Gogmazios, etc. Also, the earplugs bonus you get from IG didn't stack with the one from your skills, meaning that you still had to build all 15 points for HG Earplugs.

[@mhk6943]

4U Glaive had normal earplugs, GU Glaive had HG earplugs

[@WH40KHero]

@@mhk6943 Incorrect, GenU Glaive also has only Normal grade Earplugs, but that might depend on the kinsect. I need to look that up

[@mhk6943]

@@WH40KHero GU Glaive definitely has HG Earplugs. At least with the Balanced Triple up Kinsect

[@PandaMikey05]

INSECT GLAIVE HISTORY LETS GOOOOOO

[@anperson7303]

I didn't know orange juice was french

[@croaker5463]

I will turn a nigga into an insecte glaive LESS GO

[@cooperlittlehales6268]

Dababy

[@crypticscrutiny1153]

But we wanna staaaaaaaayyyyyyy!

[@kaijurider5153]

I'm hoping the Lance gets some of the spotlight next. The paragon of keep in the face of the monster, and tank hits for your comrades, never letting yourself get pulled away from the monster until the job is done and to beast is slain

[@PJ-qc8wr]

The insect glaive was the weapon that made me play Monster Hunter. Not because of the moveset but because I liked the idea of a bug sidekick.

[@SuperRADLemon]

Let me know what weapon you want covered next! Please consider subscribing, & liking as well!!

[@devilbhrothesavage2807]

I dont think you did Gunlance yet...

[@ClamAndCheese]

lance gameing B)

[@SoulKingVA]

Magnet spike

[@ZadeKirian]

So many Gunlance requests and you chose Insect Glaive... Your bias is clear...

[@SuperRADLemon]

@@ZadeKirian gunlance is the next weapon I will cover

[@jfiggy7145]

Building bilbobrix was no joke in 4 absolute game changer

[@WishedWash]

Ah yes, the helicopter-beetle.

[@FyrenRei]

Dualblades next? I wonder how much they changed ever since they were a diverging upgrade from sword and shield

[@Edujs23]

It is funny how you just picked up a random glaive with the default insect

[@lady-aries-wolfy]

As a IG user, they became hella fun with you flying in Rise. Especially fighting the final boss lol

[@heromedley]

that thumbnail got a huge buff goddamn

[@SuperRADLemon]

Hope it pays off!

[@joshmay2944]

@@SuperRADLemon excellent work. not that your previous thumbnails were bad, but this one is super eye catching and exciting!

[@sugondese5683]

I don't like it, looks too cluttered and text is hard to see

[@Exuinexe]

Where my Dual Blade gang at?

[@nikodokars8315]

Dual Blades! Dual Blades! Dual Blades!

[@johninenglish8236]

Teleporting narga build reporting for duty!

[@MildlyOCD]

I speak for the 3 other boom stick mains that I would really appreciate a history of it. Especially since It's kinda busted in Rise now. You can turn into a flying Gunlance & I feel like I've discovered a new drug.

[@LJAndrews1986]

I'm surprised the video is as long as it is if I'm honest but god bless the insect glaive, it took us to new heights literally

[@arcade1915]

Man, I hope you do Light Bowgun, it's been my favorite weapon ever since it came out.

[@xykros]

Funny you mentioned the algorithm. I literally searched "Insect Glaive History" to look for your vid since I saw your tweet, yet it NEVER appeared. I had to open your channel just to see this.

[@SuperRADLemon]

SUSAN!

[@dietaryfibre6038]

My favourite hunting moments are when great sword users hack away the tail, then you shoot your kinsect in and sever it 😆

[@hansgretl1787]

The stamina bar for kinsects was introduced in Generations, not in World. And, folks, never feed your Kinsects more than a few heavy jellies in GU. Speed and Attack are so much more useful, especially Speed.

[@SuperRADLemon]

lmao, please don't judge me for what I was feeding those kinsects I was literally spamming a FOR FOOTAGE ;_;

[@hansgretl1787]

@@SuperRADLemon Oh, didn't mean to insult you, I didn't even pay attention to the footage to be honest. But you generally talk about the meta in these videos, so I just wanted to have said this.

[@Snoozie]

Since rise is out, you should do an update video that covers the rise changes of the weapons you already covered

[@jacemoran1190]

One thing I would say is the kinsect did have a stamina bar in GU. Kinda hard to see but it’s blue and red. Otherwise cool vid man, keep it up!

[@FireLordVahn]

Please show the good ole dual blades some loveeeeee ⚔

[@frostdragonheart2500]

I think this History video has the most content in terms of learning new things about the weapon. The Insect Glaive has an absurd amount of depth to it!

[@ashtonwu3224]

Just love how I would see every bronze crown and their mother running the USJ set with the IG in MH4U. OP as expected of a new weapon.

[@Aereto]

Meanwhile I am the one in HR999 using Amatsu armor and prioritize ground evade and HG earplugs to stay close in the fight. Which is how I survived encounters with 2 Apex Rajangs in one area.

[@rokechikan4481]

Oh boy, the bug stick now gets the spotlight

[@omegaphoenix3015]

I wouldn't mind seeing LBG and my favorite thing to do with it: Sleep bombing

[@sir_coma60]

Wait, u missed something. JASS has now been limited to 3. After the 3rd one u still do a vaulting dance, but can no longer do JASS. Instead u have to choose between Helicopter slash or diving wyvern. Diving Wyvern is also not a direct replacement of Descending Thrust. While DT has more mobility (retained momentum when attacking & fast cancel) and more combo potential (goes into tornado slash), DW is a combo ending attack, with bad combo potential (can't tornado slash) and low mobility (stops all momentum and long end animation). Don't know why they had to remove DT, but DW shouldn't be thought as it's replacement.

[@kwagmeijer26]

The charge launch was great for fishing KOs with the blunt kinsect that had charge time down (fleethammer).

[@queerios9925]

Loved this in 4 but I have yet to go back to it. Dual blades speed is everything lol

[@WH40KHero]

I think it needs to be said: No Insect Glaive user worth his or her salt will ever attack without red. Red buff not only changes the attack animation into much more potent and effective ones, it also raises the motionvalues and attack power (i think). Of course, you can attack without Redbuff, but that is like trying to cut meat with a dull knife: It gets the job done, but it takes longer and its a complete mess in the end. Thats why Speed type Kinsects are so good: They allow for much smoother buff collection, allowing one to keep the Red buff going and to quickly reapply it once it drops.

[@Skybot437]

The glaive's got a lot of stuff to manage real quickly. Never got good at this one cause it always felt like I would spend forever just to make barely any progress in using it. Glad guides exists.

[@Hazearil]

With the slinger charge in Iceborne, what's worth mentioning is that some Insect Glaives have the effect to have the effects of both slinger types at once, my personal favourite kind of glaive.

[@YaoBao1]

I believe in your conquest against the fabled Al Gorythm! Best of luck to you on your quest sir!

[@pandasinspace3560]

Absolutely love the insect glaive. It was my main in 4U which was my first MH game and later in generations along with bow. tho I didn't use it much in world

[@vagabond4576]

Monsters that have specific breaks that are hard to get to other than Bow Guns and the bow. The Kinsect are great for it. Shara Ishvalda was one of those monsters where its hard to get a head break.

[@reshi606]

Specifically for GU: Guild and Valor are both far better than any other style, since loosing the XXA infinite means loosing a lot of damage. The Vault is completely useless and only really used for vault canceling roars. Kinsects have extract and kinsect skills which are extremely important due to how much of an impact they have on your damage output specifically on Grancathar/Bullshroud giving you free 30% affinity and minds eye on white or Foliacath/Fleetflammer giving 30% crit on white and tremor rez on orange. White + orange on any kinsect also grants earplugs except on those that give you HGE on orange, and white on it's own greatly increases your walk speed.

[@BadPabda]

I'm looking forward to seeing what you think of the heavy bowgun and how drastically it changed in recent generations.

[@WH40KHero]

3:15 This is only correct from World onwards, as the infinite combo was nerfed to the ground coming from Gen. In any other title, namely 4, 4U, Gen and GenU the infinite combo is the way to play, with the backflip and the fronflip beeing intended as chasing and/or repositioning tools. A major aspect of the weapon in those 4 titles is the incredible precision you have with its jabs and motions, and doing the frontflip usually destroys your positioning, which goes against the spirit of the weapon itself. Add to that that the glaive, using the infinite combo over the finisher, attacks fast enough to excell as a status/element weapon, while still retaining high enough motionvalues to make use of its raw. That aspect makes the weapon incredibly versatile, something which was lost in World as the focus was changed from infinite comboing to the finisher combo you described, making it way more cumbersome to play. One more thing i should add is that your way to play is also valid if you are using valor style, but thats because those moves steer the kinsect to do stuff.

[@drake2189]

Hoping to see a Lance or Gunlance history soon :)

[@TheBucket86]

I’d like to see Dual Blades next

[@vinceshamwow1540]

Finally the raddad talks about my favorite weapon. Today is a good day

[@AuzzieDaAuzzlo]

Commenting for the algorithm! Thanks for the great vid!

[@Cassapphic]

If I remember correctly in 4U one of the most popular final form kinsects was a max speed kinsect which had the effect that doubled your triple buff duration to 2 minutes, and I dont know when but green buff I believe was removed at some point as I have never seen it in rise.

[@Helpfulhelp]

Only thing I think you might have left out is in world. When you air boost into a vine or rope wall you stab the glave into the wall and can jump off or jump up the wall.

[@punypufferman180]

I found the charge attack for the kinsect super useful in the earlier installments where it's in to get my bug there faster when I didn't have a fast bug

[@dietaryfibre6038]

Insect Glaive is what finally got me into monster hunter, if it wasn’t introduced I might still be ignorant to the awesomeness of MH.

[@wesleyvanroeijen9170]

The only problem I have with recall kinsect is that it takes you out of combat. If it were to thrust me upwards instead of backwards, I could go on the offensive immediately after I dodged a move with just aerial movement or diving wyvern. To me this would really sell the aerial concept for the weapon.

[@devranyilmaz9806]

Actually, Silkbind Vault counts towards the damage multiplier while airborne. It also launches at the perfect angle and velocity to let that bitch rip with a normal aerial X attack, landing a billion hits on the larger monsters. Easily procs statuses or inflicting a lot of elemental damage very quickly.

[@charlie_nax]

insect glaive is definitelly the rare occassion in monster hunter where a weapon its very versatile depending on how much you wanna specialize with it and on what specifically in GU, let me explain, in GU, many people would play the styles mentioned in this video, they are powerful and low skill ceiling, but if you really enjoy ludicrous movility and practice enough your kinsect gatherings so you can do them manually... aerial insect glaive was the way to go. (*but why you should go aerial style with a weapon that already aerial it doesnt makes sense*) well, aerial insect glaive adds more speed to vaults and adds a forward vault AND kick vault on top off keeping the bread and butter infinite combo, so if you dont mind gathering the juices yourself and with aerial you can actually go with just having red juice you can go aerial with absolute readiness for a extremelly aggressive playstyle that can rival the dual blades, not meta damage, but once again, so aggressive and fast it was just a blast to play

[@Eisenschnell]

Rise IG makes some fights feel FREE.

[@SuperRADLemon]

FREEE

[@rouge-ish324]

FLYING INTO FREE

[@HameleoshaDeHoga]

When I first saw the insect glaive in mh4u I went "BUG!!! I LOVE BUGS!!!" and mained that weapon for a little while, later realizing it just wasn't my thing

[@FastDeathbycat]

You already did the bow so my opinion is that you're doing great bb and remember to love Lain today.

[@Maximumlimit14]

I wanted to make a few distinctions. I don't think you pointed this out, but in GU you actually can't always bring your kinsect with you to another Glaive. This is because, for some reason, if the Glaive started with a Blunt Kinsect it can't use a Cutting Kinsect, and vise versa. As for Valor, I'm not a meta player but I assumed most people used Bug Majeure as the forward leaping slashes made the Kinsect do a fully charged attack, meaning you are dealing a bunch of Kinsect damage with just one attack. You also forgot to mention Kinsect Skills. These were expanded upon in GU so I'll use that game rather than 4U. In a basic sense, your Kinsect would give you free skills! They were actually tied to extracts and included skills like Minds Eye, HG Earplugs, and even a new skill called Extract Spread (though like double up+ or triple up+ it was exclusive to the Kinsect itself) which allowed you to give weaker versions of your extracts to other teammates when you get yours.

[@SuperRADLemon]

Thanks for the added info!

[@Maximumlimit14]

@@SuperRADLemon No problem! I was introduced to the series with 4u so Insect Glaive has been my go-to weapon for a while now. You also gave me some important information. I didn't know Support Kinsects fought with you. This was probably the biggest feature I wanted to return, ever since I touched Valor style. I know which Kinsect I'm using from here on out.

[@derzeichner2192]

Bruh what about aerial IG. That was crazy awesome in GU

[@lordchinchin8924]

Aerial, valor and guild were the popular meta styles. Literally no one uses alchemy. I dunno what he is smoking.

[@Jaquan018]

@@lordchinchin8924 Yeah Aerial Glaive was really great because you didn't really lose anything through the style but also gained even more aerial mobility including the variation of Aerial slash we saw in world and rise.

[@cramorantisgod4533]

As an insect glaive main I am glad to be represented.

[@zxmac7320]

You really missed several important/controversial changes between each gen.. but still great a vid for a brief history

[@pressed_stone]

I like the insect glaive not something i use a lot but when it do its pretty fun

[@Default71677]

I started out with the glaive but now I haven’t used it since ice born came out

[@TerriermonKnightmare]

Like 90% of Glaive players I met on GU used Aerial style because it was just way too much fun

[@tezzetmezzet]

if i remember right it was possible to lock yourself out of upgrades in 4 and 4U if you didn't pay attention to your kinsect's stats since you could only feed it so much before needing to level up. this "feature" was removed in Gen since the kinsect and the glaive could be upgraded separately. also in 4U, the game i started with, i picked IG first because it was the only starter weapon to have green sharpness and i had no idea how busted it was. je suis monte.

[@TheTickyTickyTicky]

I still remember when IG was advertised as a weapon for kids due to how easy it was to play (and due to disgusting MV). How time flies

[@spiritwyrmk8622]

Extracts changed in Rise. They last 30 seconds less and it's a huge nerf

[@Jaquan018]

Huh didn't notice that. It's still pretty easy to recover them especially now that assist bugs nab two in place of one.

[@xxR4ve3nxx]

Magnet Spike next! Lets gooo xD Otherwhise the Dual Blades or Lance next would be nice

[@XxREEBOWxX]

Very epic video

[@ReedBariumfox]

With Rise the entire Kinsect Nurturing System is gone in favor of buying them already done, which is interesting to say at least since we have three different types to fit any gameplay.

[@TranceCore3]

I really liked Monhun 3, but when 4 dropped with the glaive I never looked back.

[@blackmark2899]

I honestly never saw any IG users I hunted with use Valor style. Most I saw were Aerial and Guild. IG in Aerial Style was just nutty. Me with my CB just watching as a friend of mine does aerial combat with a Rathalos, and winning as the beast comes tumbling down.

[@SuperRADLemon]

Most of what I discuss / focus on is based off of speedrunning meta and being as efficient as possible

[@blackmark2899]

@@SuperRADLemon Probably why I didn't see any of that. None of us had any interest in speedrunning. We ran what we had fun with.

[@Cha0s13erry]

I hope you include the magnet spike, accel axe, tonfas, and medium bowgun

[@lukefinley6660]

Very nice vid! The Diving Wyvern has extremely high motion values, almost on par with greatswords True charge slash and Longswords Helm breaker, so far on Rise I've seen mine hit up to 847 on a single hit, and i still do not have totally min/max dps builds yet. I def think it could break 1000. Also, another thing I think would be extremely worth mentioning. From 4u to world, they lowered the motion values of Glaives aerial moves by 60%, which is why it did much more dmg on the ground. From World to Rise, they raised the motion values up by 40%, so up to 80% of their original values in 4u, and then gave glaive the aerial combo multiplayer. Meaning the first A attack in the air is slightly weaker than 4u, 2nd attack matches 4u dmg, and 3rd attack onward surpasses 4u. Kinda interesting how theyve balanced it over the last 3 entries

[@FerrumAnulum]

In rise diving wyvern has an air charge level modifier based on how many air dances you do in air. At base its MV should be close to the last hit of tornado slash.

[@Fanabi94]

Great Video as usual. I love this weapon, especially in Rise

[@austincod21]

The never seen any one use the styles u mentioned in GU everyone used airal from what I saw

[@joshualighttime604]

Ahhh the first weapon I ever pick up. Man the memories of 4u 🤗

[@RIP2UALL]

Where's my boy dual blades?

[@Beyond_The_Time]

When you were showing your Twitch footage at 26:16 I had no idea I was that close to you when Mizutsune carted you, like how did it miss me but not you. But great video, makes me want to try the Insect Glaive in Rise!

[@HerEvilTwin]

Damn, that first glaive looks SO GOOD! I want it in rise 😭

[@DerpedCrusader]

I never knew about feeding kinsect slinger ammo... Damn

[@Botan-VEVO]

I am STILL upset about what they did to the elscarad, I will never be able to play support glaive ever again because they took away my party heals and buffs, it was like playing hunting horn except actually fun.

[@cheerfulyeti5224]

really wish the next monster hunter title adds back the smithy system of kinsects

[@chrono_s9699]

You didn't mention that in World, the red buff changes both of your grounded and aerial attacks and have different animations. Not sure about previous games.

[@KeybladeMaster9913]

I would love to see the bow guns next

[@CineGoodog]

I think they removed HG earplugs on MH World/Iceborn from orange extract but it is back on MH Rise

[@doctortuxito7532]

Insect gllaive have been on a bit of a downward spiral but it's not as depressing as Charge Blade's journey through time

[@elk3407]

Downward spiral you say? Not anymore

[@doctortuxito7532]

@@elk3407 yeah I heard glaive got some of that good buffs in sunbreak

[@CharliMorganMusic]

People don't understand the Kinsect. At worst, they forget it exists. More often, they'll consider it another tool for damage and that's also failing to see it. If you are running a raw DPS on your glaive, then use your kinsect to compliment your team. It provides utility. If my teammate is running paralysis, poison, or blast and I'm not, then I'll swap my kinsect to make their efforts more powerful. It's part of a team.

[@werenotfunny9122]

How about that gunlance next ;)

[@tracingswords3014]

good video was always super radical

[@tracingswords3014]

gunlance next pleaSE

[@redclone100]

Great lil intro, Susan

[@setolight]

Recall kinsect is good. Not only does it grab a buff for the player, it also heals the player which is perfect for new comers.

[@clockwork204]

I love Recall Kinsect too. It's a nice dodge that allows you to do aerial attacks straight after without having to leap too high. Too bad Diving Wyvern is really really good and can only replace Recall Kinsect. I would've liked to have them both at the same time.

[@ingeneous_overlord1459]

I still use recall insect over diving wyvern, mainly because the latter is quite difficult to get used to and I still haven’t gotten around to mastering it yet. I think recall kinsect syncs really nicely with powder kinsects and generally aerial-heavy gameplay styles, especially given that the kinsect revivers all of its stamina instantly when you use recall kinsect. I feel like diving wyvern works really well with assist and speed kinsects, and I also like that you get a cringey voiceline to go with it (because I felt really excluded when I was the only one who couldn’t say “don’t take this personal”). Still, I’m really happy that my glorious insect glaive got the love it deserved in rise, and even though everyone else has wire bugs, I love that I can still fly over their heads and look down at their inferiority.

[@Jaquan018]

@@ingeneous_overlord1459 I did end up warming up to it over time but swapped it for Diving Wyvern. The heal was largely inconsistent since you basically needed to stay hugged to a monster and even then your Kinsect needed to actually hit the monster to grab a healing juice. Overall I prefer Diving Wyvern for both damage perspective and style points.

[@bakublader1999]

criminal to not talk about aerial ig in MHG tbh.

[@HendyIsworo]

aaahhh the USJ armor set.....best armor set for insect glaive.....

[@antrolos8542]

The kinsect's stamina has always been visible, that was not a new addition in World.

[@gallixypegasuss1546]

You honestly look like you're about to pick up a bong, rip a fat cloud, then play a guitar; Jimmy Hendricks style to boot

[@SuperRADLemon]

I can't it gives me anxiety

[@gallixypegasuss1546]

PepegaSadge

[@Flynnlog]

Do the dual blades next. Please

[@bigarcana5553]

Monarch Alucanid, my beloved

[@Sebastian198910]

Ahhh yes, I remember the days how to fuck up IG‘s and have to start with a brand new one just because the Kinsect was wrong Upgraded.

[@michaelr3077]

Recall Kinsect has i-frames from the exact moment you press it making it a massive lifesaver. you can actually dodge out of it and lead into any attack making it great for keeping on the offensive, attacking recklessly, dodging an oncoming attack launching yourself back then forward into an attack (assuming its safe to do so) in relatively no time. It also fully restores the kinsects stamina to full.