Monster Hunter Wilds Long Sword The Biggest Changes From World & Rise! Weapon Gameplay Breakdown

[@DearGamerTV]

Happy to help!

[@kuuhakudesu]

Strength aside, I'm just happy the LS got new attacks, the animations look great!

[@bmonq]

I wanted to main another weapon, I really did... but all these new LS techniques make it look like a new weapon already 😭😭😭 This is gonna be some of the best 5000 hours of my life 🤣

[@Skyguy22]

I know. I really wanted to try out Charge Blade this time and not crawl back to LS like every other god damn Monster Hunter game I played. But Wilds is making this really hard already.

[@timsohn7057]

Gahhh.....same here fellow hunter. I been maining LS since Freedom 2. While I still use other weapons, this was still my bread and butter. With the release of Wilds, I was going to go more permanently into my Hunting Horn and Charge Axe. But after seeing this...sigh. My second most used is the bow, also since Freedom 2. I was going to replace this with the bowguns or even Switch Axe, But after seeing yet again another trailer for the bow...sigh...lol. But Wilds really makes me want to try other weapons too! Holy cow the lance and gun lance changes!!!!

[@NeinEyes]

I can't stagger or flinch my Friends using LS because i dont have any in the first place

[@Saint-La-Z-boy0]

real

[@ariq5258]

True. Solo hunting is the way. Only scrubs need NPC hunters.

[@khaild7856]

average LS players experience 💀💀

[@Foatizenknechtl]

id just be happy to see footage of more hammer attacks than big bang, golf swing, or charged R2 .... hammer seemed like it lost way too many moves

[@TheDEATHBOOM]

True brother we got keeping sway and that's it? We need moreeee

[@Foatizenknechtl]

@@TheDEATHBOOM also didnt see the jumping spinning bludgeon or what its called. like mobility was not a problem for me in worlds or rise. i was always walking around with charged R2 and didnt get hit by anything. which also made waterstrike rather hard to use, tho i really liked that it let you go into golfswing into fully charged level 3 R2. i was just sadly unable to use it bc i was charging R2 already as it is the fastest way to pick up the hammer to regain control of character(faster than rolling) . back to topic, it seems like hammer really got the shortest stick this time but well lets see. at least lance looks really great which i learned to love last month.

[@zacharyhansen8250]

@@Foatizenknechtl jumping spinning bludgeon is still in do not worry! The biggest change to hammer was massively increasing the number of combo paths, given that you can go into spinning bludgeon at pretty much any time. golfswing is Hammer's Offset attack as well! Hammer didn't lose much, just restructured its combo routes and the new spinning charge is where some of hammer's other attacks are hidden.

[@averyadams6488]

People treat monster hunter weapon balance as if they were about to enter an Esports league. We are all hunting the same monsters guys.

[@Veslelia_cw]

Yup. PvE game they forget that.

[@IsaDonavan]

Thank you

[@kaiok6776]

dude the video just dropped and no one is talking about this.

[@goose-gz2ik]

No one should care about any kind of balancing in a PvE game

[@michaelmoore4054]

It’s important for end game speed running it’s really boring when one weapons is a must for fast times

[@Swordphobic]

Would love for some lance coverage, it seems to have become far more welcoming in wilds.

[@alixhuether8543]

they made it look so fun... its going to be hard to get out of the habit of iai sheath after every spirit roundslash though

[@redcloud0]

As a LS user, i can't wait to try out all these exciting and spicy moves🔥

[@higgsbosonfan]

Watching people complain about longsword getting to cancel out of a helmbreaker only to praise hammers dodging and great swords full turn control while charging is insane. It's such a minor change in comparison. People will find anything to complain about with long sword.

[@VPT2]

Might have to do with the weapon getting easier and safer at the same time, with many super easy ways to build up your meter while also adding a lot of ways to do burst damage in flashy ways. It comes across more like the similar Bias LS got in Rise and it does not help that the weapon consistently has a flinching problem in multiplayer that capcom refuses to fix and other LS players scream at other people to use a Anti-Friendly fire skill in a game meant to be built around teamwork that the LS users themselves don't need to use much. Thinking about it, in fainress to the helmsplitter cancel, being able to cancel it before you fall is roughly the equivlent of tackling with GS instead of letting go of TCS, allowing you to cancel a superpowerful attack, so the helmsplitter cancel is not that big.

[@higgsbosonfan]

@@VPT2 no, they made it very clear that they were complaining about the helm breaker cancel. As for tripping, that's not exclusive to the longsword, it's just that the other tripping weapons are unpopular, or in the case of the glaive, people use it wrong. When I was playing hammer with my swaxe friend he'd constantly trip me despite staying near the tail. His weapon is simply so big it reaches through most monster models. Gunlance explosions put longsword to shame. Insect glaives BNB combo involves strong wide sweeping attacks, but most people just stay in the air doing no damage. And charge blade can be annoying using the counter play style, but the pizza cutter ensures you get tripped no matter where you stand. Flinch free isn't just an anti friendly fire skill though, it's the best damage skill in the game. Whether you're playing with idiots or pros, you should bring ff because it allows all 4 people to group up on the best hitzone. That's worth more than any other damaging skill. But ofc the average player isn't that bright and can only see damage if it comes with a big number on the box

[@Dragonlord13]

I actually like the cancel helmbreaker I also haven't seen any one complaining though.

[@higgsbosonfan]

@@Dragonlord13 haven't checked since it dropped, but the comment section under the longsword reveal was toxic

[@Dragonlord13]

@@higgsbosonfan dang really? Was cancelling the helmbreaker move that bad? It makes so much sense to not be there

[@Malakith]

Seeing what Sword & Shield has in store for us would be cool!

[@idkwatimdoingtbh]

mostly nerfs, from what i can tell it's just a worse version of the Rise version. it sucks but i'll still main it in Wilds

[@plus-delta4477]

​@@idkwatimdoingtbh it's probably the cost of taking Metsu Shoryugeki from Rise away. That move pretty much hard-carried the weapon. And they don't seem to be adding anything to replace it.

[@versernal]

@@plus-delta4477 well it should have perfect guards along with the other guarding weapons, so maybe that might even it out?

[@voltaicburst4279]

@@plus-delta4477 it looked better in generations ultimate, he just jumps and does a meaty uppercut, no lame wirebug needed. They could easily bring it back.

[@zacharyhansen8250]

@@idkwatimdoingtbh perfect guard, not one but two different focus attacks, power clash. I believe it still has guard back step but it might be a bit less intuitive if the perfect guard window locks you in place for a second like the instant guard lance had. You'll just have to wait for the next portable game to get crazy attacks like metsu back.

[@zerowolf9910]

I'd be happy if you covered dual blades please

[@ihasatypo]

One of the weapons I’ve mained since tri. Longsword, switch axe, hammer… and ever since they were added charge blade and hunting horn. I think this game is shaping up so well I’m gonna learn the insect glaive with it. Superb series, cannot wait for the release!

[@theadmiral4157]

Ngl, they could easily make that spirit charge a variant of valor longsword sheathe so longsword will have another parry that will quickly sheathe your weapon

[@tonynippolei]

If they bring in a single thing from valor longsword, it should be that perfect parry

[@alex-p5]

great, because it needs another parry to make it even stronger

[@ariesvalliant760]

Tbh as a long sword main I think the new moves that make it so we don't need to sheath to continue our combo is a better change over all and we don't need another special sheath we already have one

[@ariesvalliant760]

​@@alex-p5also aside from IG every weapon has a perfect guard, a perfect dodge, or a counter of some sort and LS aside from base rise maybe has never really even been rhe strongest more like middle of the pack

[@Veslelia_cw]

@@theadmiral4157 I want sacred sheathe back as a option to swap out special sheathe.

[@NwinDii]

oooo the multi hits of red guage seem like it would make elemental damage really good. more options is always good. I'm loving this new flow of the spirit slashes. That's spirit slash charge cancel looks... like a great way to get to new routes.

[@SparkyKadachi]

Long Sword definitely climbing the ranks of my favorite weapons

[@itzik975]

These are amazing videos that early. I'd like to see next hammer and bowguns.

[@Cadmean_7]

My god the number of ways you guys can drain your gauge and gain it back again, that’s so cool

[@spark9189]

it's funny how, despite visually looking different, this is very similar to frontier extreme longsword

[@Jake-ky4yj]

Let's see the Bowgun breakdown!!!! Everyone and their mother have talked about longsword already

[@SiD19884]

hit feedback effects are missing.

[@angeal154]

All I'm waiting for is Peppo to master all of this.

[@tannerkennedy4192]

Something I notice is that spirit blade 1 and spirit blade 2 are different from world. Instead of being a slash from the right then the left now it’s a vertical advancing chop then two slashes that change depending on your directional input Not sure how I feel about that till I get my hands on it

[@Akrymir]

Just started a new MHW run doing Long Swrod, but I'm on the ICE mod, so there's gonna be some time unlearning ICE for Wilds next year.

[@kimcho773]

What ice mod ?

[@Apollo_XII_]

Absolutely loving all the weapon changes so far, especially this as a LS main

[@YourPalQWERTY]

Honestly I thought worlds would be the first game that would cause me to throughly try every weapon in the games which it did get me to start using bows and the HBG, but wilds is for sure going to make me love every weapon.

[@willa9048]

Will the Charger skill gem increase the charging speed for this move?

[@demoskisame]

would be nice to know more about the hammer or heavy bowgun changes coming in wild

[@SophistictaedDevil]

Basically, It feels like the weapon got reworked... and Im SUPER OK WITH THAT

[@Solokid404]

Longsword looks so fun and new it's insane. I can't wait to learn all the new stuff. As a LS I don't want to feel bad for using the weapon because the devs gave it alot of stuff, we should pressure the devs to give other weapons more juice as well so everyone can have fun.

[@Axryuu]

You shouldn't in general, we all get that the LS is the loved child, but by any means feel bad for using what you like, feel free, use what you like, all be it the beast weapon or the worst, is yours

[@neurosis51]

Yeah, what the other dude said. Play what you like regardless. Most people who main other weapons get annoyed when the most popular noob friendly weapon gets more tools to make it even better in comparison to what melee weapon they might play. I'm pretty sure everyone would be fine with LS buffs if it felt like the devs were making every other weapon at least as capable DPS and utility wise.

[@ZeroHayabusa]

I'd like to hear what's different (or the same) with the Dual Blades

[@wide-eyedeel5582]

Anyone else notice that chatucabra's back legs glitching pretty badly at 2:18?

[@iggymcmuffin]

They still got a lot of polishing to do but still looks amazing

[@wide-eyedeel5582]

@@iggymcmuffin It really does. I've seen far worse jank in monster hunter, I think I was just surprised because of how amazing the rest of it looks. Certainly no hate from me.

[@Lotte-st]

does this mean if we got permanent brace lvl 1 as long we is in red gauge?

[@Earcandyvocalz]

Every content creator puting out their 4th review of longsword changes... Who needs the other 13 weapons😮‍💨

[@christopherbrown7871]

They made the long sword monstrously good

[@meowsymcmeow7438]

Please cover the greatsword please !!

[@MetabolicFrolic]

OMG Spirit Charge... where have you been all my life?!

[@Lambartloner]

yep, always love this weapon

[@AxolotltreeMHW]

i just realised if these attacks trip other players multiplayer is screwed

[@alicedejong4517]

My main question is can you do an IAI slash and than sheathe after a succesfull one getting ready for another IAI slash just like in MHR?

[@SoL_LeSs_RaCeR]

I forgot who said it, but I remember someone saying that function was taken out.

[@alicedejong4517]

@@SoL_LeSs_RaCeR aaah nooo, i loved longsword in Rise for the Fluidity this brought to the IAI slash :( hopefully i can conquer this couse the weapon looks awesome.

[@SoL_LeSs_RaCeR]

@@alicedejong4517 Correction: After watching Arrekz's reaction to the Rey Dau hunt, exactly 11 minutes into the video there was a hunter that pulled it off. So I guess it is back lol.

[@alicedejong4517]

@@SoL_LeSs_RaCeR just looked at it myself and i have to say i am hyped to see its making a comeback :D thankyou very much for pointing this out you made my day

[@Shirgene]

Kinda hate that there are almost no hitlag in all videos I see of Wilds...

[@thegreatpizzy]

Are you saving DB for last?

[@Tiredxzy]

would it be likely for this game to come out in January?

[@distion]

For every new attack Longsword got, they took one new move away from Greatsword until it was just World Greatsword again

[@resolutogamer4859]

Meanwhile the insect glaive players lost their wings :'-)

[@distion]

@@resolutogamer4859 That's true, now IG players will have to actually do damage /hj

[@Khaymen94]

very dissapointed in what they've done to IG on the surface and im probably gonna main either longsword or hunting horn with a ranged weapon as secondary for mounted combat moving forward

[@lamhuynh7201]

If frostcraft return spirit charge would open up a whole new playstyle and flow for ls

[@clydenavs8498]

Even better with Sacred Sheath Combo

[@soldierbreed]

So does foresight whirl thingy still counter like slash?

[@ArekkzGaming]

Yes, it does!

[@faux_hex]

With every weapons new moves and features I don't even know what will I main anymore. Haven't touched longsword properly since MHFU, but it looks so good I want to pick it up again. Maybe it's finally time to learn all the weapons after so many years.

[@Axryuu]

Hopefully the SnS goes next 🙌

[@Axryuu]

Whoever is in charge of the weapon updates has to have de task of making the LS even better that before each time, bro, the LS just got more stuff in every sense, the IG got the aerial bouncing attacks and the free earplugs removed, the Hammer got the power charge removed and didn't got a replacement for the spinning bludgeon, the SnS lost the directional slash..... Like why not do a give and take with the anime weapons as well, like almost all the other weapons, hell, the LS didn't even got back to loosing spirit charge level if it wiffs a counter, it still works like Rise where it was busted jajaja, like come on, remove the mind's eye from its combos or something, I know is the popular weapon, but things should be as spread out as posible

[@iggymcmuffin]

My worst fear is dying before this releases

[@Syahburei]

Remember when ppl complain that LS was OP in base rise and ppl still complain eventhough the nerfs of LS was justified in sunbreak?

[@0mnil0rd]

Would love to see Lance.

[@Teknik666]

Im just going to learn long sword. It's basically the bleed build of monster hunter

[@Saowli]

I'm so happy rn 🎉

[@josejjc191]

No one hates the LS. And the people who claim to hate it are 1. People following memes. 2. People who had bad experiences using it or in mutiplayer. The reason why many people in the community are not entirely comfortable with the treatment of the weapon is because they feel a difference in the love and care towards the changes. With the LS you can feel the effort, time and patience when it comes to implementing, changing and improving the movements, each thing is done in a way that improves the weapon completely. While for other weapons you don't feel the same care and affection. Some lost moves without good compensation and others did not receive anything new to impact the gameplay, and seeing some videos of the LS it is noticeable that this did not happen with this weapon and benefited in a very positive way. Which is great for the sS but I wish all 14 weapons received the same level of care.

[@lenorbluff7923]

Holy shit.

[@Ayato-sama-q2u]

LS got a major overhaul, but some weapons got like.... one or two new moves? *cough* SNS *cough*

[@TheSidetrackYT]

No need to overhaul the perfection that is the SnS 👌

[@randomuser6189]

I love this 🔥🔥🔥

[@damnson4637]

nvr gonna switch from LS, it just feels too good

[@OwlValkyrieQuinn]

Watching this makes me fully realize just how badly my precious bugstick got it in this demo

[@ehrun0733]

Heres the thing. Monster hunter used to be a game of high skill, high entry barrier. If you got the point of 10 min hunts, 15 min hunts, It gave you pride because it was a serious accomplishment. In iceborne, longsword became the new sns (newbie weapon) BUT players who lacked traditional monster hunting skill started getting incredible kill times without understanding all the mechanics of monster hunter. Longsword youtubers start to be come successful because of this fast kill time + easy to use by new players , dynamic. (New players see how easy long sword is, they also see long sword users on youtube getting fast times and they also get fast times from copying them, thus high longsword usage) got overused and voring within the community. Everything that is overused gets boring and hated on.

[@YourPalQWERTY]

My journey started with 3U and I personally am happy that naturally the kill times have dropped. I don’t have time for 25-30 mins hunts as much as I use to as a teen. I do wish the barrier of entry was higher to differentiate the new players from the veterans.

[@ehrun0733]

@YourPalQWERTY I started with freedom Unite. And that's the thing, can't really put a value on convenience but everyone requires a different level. I'm a gamer, always have been. I game 2-3 hours a night if I don't have other plans or work. The 30 min hunts makes the monster respectable. My hairs stand up in the beginning of the hunt knowing I can focus and get 15 min or completely space out and get 40 min. That's a different feeling. All the monsters in rise felt like a plushy. Everytime I hunted anyone other than crimson Val and or any gore variant, I felt lame, like okay let's get this kill over with (ill get 15-20 without trying, eh w.e). Amatsu and malzeno were a let down for me other than the first hunt. I agree fast times are more convenient and convenience is without price.

[@StopMoColorado]

Hammer time please

[@chiefsrule22]

I need some charge blade 😢

[@keenanleonard9717]

One move I hope they add to the longsword in the future is at red gauge the special sheath turning into the sacred sheath.

[@ahmadbugshan9603]

Pls show us DBs I couldn't find any good footage like even when Yuya tokuda played DBs he switched it fast and didn't show us any thing new other than the focus strike (which we already knew about from the trailer)

[@AxolotltreeMHW]

Man, it's good flashy and all, and still op, but man can't Capcom stop glazing as it gets increasingly overpowered, which is really funny. Side note You will be recognized on day hunting horn one day.......

[@SuperRSWalkthrough]

the devs reeaaally play favourites huh

[@homersimpson5501]

Can someone ask capcom what the achievements are going to be like for this game? Hope getting crowns for every monster and crappy rng bristly crake stuff is not coming back

[@theblackflag]

They buff longsword but nerf insect glaive? Someone pls knock CEO door house

[@yuiop9082]

db or sns please

[@shmarhyman6231]

Kinda sucks that you guys are getting so restricted on gameplay at the moment. I could understand story gameplay, but restricting basic weapon gameplay so heavily is rough. Hopefully, this won't last too long for monster hunter youtubers

[@IsaDonavan]

Never understand the hate for a weapon like don't touch it that easy.

[@MrBills5700]

While I feel it isn't as much of a problem today, in older titles LS with it's wide reach would trip other players quite easily. And since it's often picked up by newer players, they wouldn't know much about the stagger mechanic.

[@notimeforcreativenamesjust3034]

The problem is that LS gets blatant favoritism

[@cjhead8113]

@@notimeforcreativenamesjust3034bro dbro didnt see the changes to the biw

[@sergiosegura2024]

​@@notimeforcreativenamesjust3034Stop, they just won't get it. They see LS being the most rounded weapon, with almost no drawback, as being perfectly balanced...

[@skelint]

Longsword is the most popular weapon, therefore you are more likely to see it across all skill varieties. This has caused it to gain a large stigma within the community based on Longsword users not understanding how tripping works and attacking the monster with their wide hitboxes in places where other hunters are trying to do their damage. In Rise, the weapon launched as pretty objectively the easiest and best weapon in the game because the timing of it's counters was made very forgiving on top of the amount of completely new counters it gained. On top of this, it had VERY good damage, especially so when you consider it didn't have to pause it's combos to avoid attacks, and the game itself shoved the Longsword in the player's face from the get-go. Sword & Shield was not the starter weapon in Rise, Longsword was. CAPCOM made the weapon far simpler than it used to be, far better than it's competitors AND the most easily accessible. I think the envy from the rest of the community is understandable, especially when you consider how much weapons like Lance and Gunlance were shafted on Rise's launch. Longsword of course did not continue it's dominance throughout the game's entire lifespan, but the damage was done. Edit: Also consider the players of far less popular weapons looking at the Wilds coverage we've gotten so far, there have been (and are going to be) FAR more videos made on the Longsword because it is the most popular. This makes sense, but weapon coverage being unequal will never feel good for those in the minorities.

[@8minato]

I really hope the monsters have more health cause these weapons looking too strong.

[@ariffdaniel9552]

Also multiple chain move like the last boss from sunbreak. Can't remember the dragon name 😅

[@kaiok6776]

I think the monsters will have more varied and quick movesets rather than the typical: charge, sweep, tail swipe, breath. And in order to accomodate for more unique movesets the weapons need to have more mobility

[@LovelessGentleman]

This is basically a demo for alpha build, I would put money on the monsters get buffed

[@czairkolmoslink5952]

Lance Lance Lance

[@sevenj]

很高兴博主使用我的视频镜头，我的视频也有很多你的视频镜头，我是主要玩太刀的怪物猎人玩家，希望以后我们能合作合作

[@thisistheway4011]

So let me get this right 🤔 now new animations in for none of the melee weapons just a little razzle razzle oh here's focus mode man if yall don't give us a new combat system like got dam

[@khaild7856]

Okay so why would you bother doing any other moves when you could just R2>R2>helm breaker>R2>R2>helm breaker>repeat? is this weapon a troll?

[@ThatGuyWhoComments1]

Hope there isn't the quick sheathe buff from rise because capcom will keep nerfing LS lol.

[@thumper0326]

I've seen all weapons but the duel blades would love to see them

[@XxGamer]

Confirmed RIP Insect Glaive

[@pgkhanh6721]

Please do the switch axe next

[@ArekkzGaming]

The Switch Axe is already up on the channel

[@Fayfh23]

I hope wound are not shared by hunters.

[@homersimpson5501]

I’m going to steal all the wounds you make wahahahahaha

[@elyadrian8871]

that would be dumb to not to see the same wounds

[@Dominicanflash]

Yall are starting to piss me off. Where my Hunting Horn my guy? 😤

[@clydenavs8498]

honestly if they cant add the sacred sheath just make the spirit charge a counter

[@jannetlouis103]

LS & HH are pocketmain weapons in Wilds. Neither need armor skills to use. You’ll only need LS to cut tails really quick when your primary is blunt/shot and HH for consistently keeping yourself in peak condition. If only each weapon also came with its registered armor build instead of just the weapon by itself. Massive oversight.

[@jordy3575]

My fellow longsword weebs assemble

[@aganaom1712]

as long as i don't have to deal with getting tripped all the fkn time

[@robbyw.8616]

First

[@8minato]

I hate the long sword changes as a LS main.

[@evsid3049]

Very curious to hear your perspective as I’m an outsider to the weapon

[@IKingDracoOo]

Mimimi

[@redoredo107]

Interesting. Why? As someone who used to main LS back in 3U, but stopped 4U onwards, and avoiding it completely Worlds onwards (couldn't master counters), I feel like getting back to LS again in wilds because of the changes.

[@gtmafiaa]

Not a LS main shut up.

[@Malakith]

Changes look great - someone that completed both world and rise with it.