Monster Hunter World | Insect Glaive Tutorial

The complete Insect Glaive tutorial for Monster Hunter World. Everything you want to know, in one place!
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[@ericcloss2501]

Ok hear me out: ground combos might be where the damage is at, but mid-air combos are where the fun is at.

[@Anton-mo2ki]

IKR AIR DANCE IS SO FUN

[@Anton-mo2ki]

Vaulting dance*

[@felipeferraz9068]

Helicopter Man

[@adamkawecki6199]

it gives you the DMC feel

[@giacomomeluzzi280]

"let's make a weapon that has extremely fun mid-air combo, but let's make it so that you have to stay grounded 90% of the time if you want to do damage, we hate fun"

[@Caspianm2]

The biggest class benefit no one's talking about: Having an ADORABLE giant beetle friend to hang out and kick ass with.

[@o_4232]

mine is a butterfly

[@scalpingsnake]

Yes.

[@daquiceembers5250]

Yeah how you get butterfly

[@scalpingsnake]

@@daquiceembers5250 just keep playing you unlock more options as you go through the story.

[@daquiceembers5250]

scalpingsnake I’ve been playing and I got nothing just some trash looking beetles

[@grimmsleeper3602]

Lol ngl, I didn't really pick the insect glaive for damage, I just love flying around like a ninja.

[@madisongill2699]

Grimm Sleeper ok Loo

[@gameskyjumper1721]

And yet in many contest IG out performing others in term of DPS, right behind DB.

[@codysykes5568]

Ran into someone named Tiggerex using an IG in full Tigrex armor. Kept bouncing the whole time.

[@willbeans4946]

Same here

[@flowerspires]

agreed

[@rapturedsoul-tef9065]

One thing that everyone should know, Flashpods will detonate all Kinsect dust around you.

[@rapturedsoul-tef9065]

Now that I think of it, I should probably clear why this is important: Sometimes, you'll save dust around you for either heals, or to lure the monster to a spot with multiple clouds, then attack. However, if a Flash pod is used (Not sure yet if a teammate's flash will effect it just yet, haven't payed attention to that), it will detonate all of them. This could be either an advantage or a disadvantage depending on where the monster, your team, and the dust clouds are located at the time. Hope this was a good enough explanation for everyone.

[@Epicfailmanable]

Found that out the hard way, so much dust wasted cause of a missed flashpod xD

[@murrwolfe6216]

Found this out after killing a paolumu with a flashpod/dust clouds😂

[@rollwulf]

Other player's flashpods also detonates the dust aswell. But nothing you can do about it when you're in a party, because other people don't care about it. I only go for the sweet nitro moth so everyone can use flashpods anytime, as the dust does hurt the monster alot, and it comes really handy for other people to use flash!

[@YourCrazyDolphin]

Guess this makes some good sync with the flashfly cage for your Palico then, as they'll plant free flashes for you to use rather frequently to activate the dust and blind the monster.

[@minutestoinfinity]

when you are playing and all your teammates using insect glaive as well. welcome, Acrobatic Meme Hunter World.

[@hoonty4890]

minutestoinfinity what are teammates?

[@lepidlover0557]

@@hoonty4890 People who work together.

[@hoonty4890]

ILTD5580 lol I was joking I said that cause I’m a solo person since non of my friends play Mhw on ps4 or play mhw at all

[@lepidlover0557]

@@hoonty4890 oh...my bad, lol. I thought you were someone who doesn't natively speak English 😂😂🤨

[@hoonty4890]

ILTD5580 it’s alright

[@IJONOI]

Damn dude, I can't even begin to tell you just how helpful this was. Been jumping round like a mad man for the last 5 hours not knowing what the hell was going on. subbed.

[@zacbrowning947]

Ditto on the madman and subbed part :D

[@deangoldenstar7997]

... Glad to know I wasn't the only one...

[@ChillWanderer7]

Same 😂

[@tannukiiruukii]

Same I was just mashing and jumping

[@slt_beast443]

bro you not lien

[@jagers88]

For PC players - R2 = ctrl X = Space Triangle = Leftclick Circle = Rightclick oh and L2 should be C or V

[@70mato70]

THANK YOU

[@jagers88]

@@70mato70 oh and L2 should be C or V

[@lukarse5552]

I suggest doing some rebinds on this especially with aiming the Kinsect using the C or V key, these keys are awkard to hit, so i suggest rebinding so that it's on an easier to access key. I have mine dual bound on both the original key, and MB4 which works well for me.

[@70mato70]

@@lukarse5552 lol, i just switched to plugging in my Xbox controller, its a lot easier to play using it

[@Jinroh333]

Well until now i still use keyboard its fun anyway but the quick item suck in keyboard

[@eldonhill4840]

Worth mentioning: you can use your kinsect to trigger bombs and falling boulders. With a high speed kinsect it actually travels faster than a slinger stone, meaning you have a better chance of triggering an environmental trap while the monster is still under it.

[@wanheimking8552]

Pro Tipp

[@ePotaito]

@@wanheimking8552Agreed.

[@fujaliku6464]

Small thing, if people still use this video as the extremely helpful guide it is: When doing the air dance hits, you never bounce of monster scales or hide. So even though you're fighting Barroth, Nergigante etc, no matter what sharpness you're at, you don't bounce off and can complete your combo.

[@traceyjacobsen8544]

Oh you mean your weapon doesn't bounce of during attacks XD Ive read this a few times and only finally understood you meant your attacks dont bounce of mid air not that you don't bounce into the air with the final air dance hit

[@krodmandoon3479]

*off

[@Pam234]

@@krodmandoon3479 🤓

[@Elkanimates]

​@Pam234 I mean, he's not wrong, and it's just a friendly correction

[@ThyLord-kv5bf]

I love natural minds eye

[@Vauche]

One quick essence gathering tip: When you send your kinsect out it travels a set distance. If you're having a hard time reaching a particular buff (i.e. Orange buff from Bazel's back in this video), take some time familiarizing yourself with the distance your kinsect travels from sending it out from you. Then, once you have a general feel for how far that distance is, instead of just aiming for Bazel's back, aim *way* above it with plenty of room for clearing the monster and send it out with L2 + Triangle, then once your Kinsect is above Bazel, aim at the ground by his feet and direct your kinsect with L2 + Triangle again. Your kinsect will attempt to reach the point you're aiming at by traveling in a straight line. From directly above, you're much more likely to hit his back and get the essence you're going for, in this example. This technique takes a little longer travel time technically than just hitting to part you want first try and calling your kinsect back, but in situations where you don't have an easy line of sight always on the part you want to extract from, this technique of Kinsect directing will lessen some of your headache.

[@ThyLord-kv5bf]

This is the best damn tip I've seen all year, fully written out beautifully to describe exactly what to do, bravo 👏

[@ThwipThwipBoom]

This is why I just stuck to greatsword. Just swing big pointy metal at enemy to damage, easy as that.

[@fishpop]

Red extract: head - enhanced combos - 90sec White Extract: Limbs - Speed/jump boost - 120sec Orange Extract: Torso - Knockback resist - 150sec Green Extract: Tail - Pseudo HP potion - can be VERY handy if low on potions. Red/White Extract: Same as individual + 8% attack buff - 85sec White/Orange Extract: Same as individual + 10% defence buff - 85sec Red/White/Orange Extract: Same as individual + 12% attack buff - 85sec

[@ePotaito]

Under appreciated comment! Just looking to see if anyone wrote down the colors to the buffs and locations because my weed brain wasn’t gonna remember without a screenshot lol Bless you for this🙏🏼

[@fishpop]

@@ePotaito I'm Autistic so often need things written down or i'll forget. :P

[@ePotaito]

@@fishpop I just took this into a hunt and it helped SOOOOO MUCH so again……BLESS YOU 👏🏼🙏🏼💜

[@fishpop]

@@ePotaito You're welcome ^_^

[@Atomsk88]

Favorite weapon in the series. It's so satisfying flying in the air when a wyvern won't land. Match that with a Blast Kinsect and you're fireworks incarnate.

[@TormentDaProtogen]

look at these peasants down there, having trouble attacking nightshade paolumu and bazelgeuse pathetic

[@alkismermigas9026]

Wyverns: Fly using our wings Insect Glaive users: Fly using their IG Hammer users: SEND EVERY ONE OF THEIR TEAMMATES TO THE SKY

[@murtaniel]

Bonk

[@thisiswrathspeaking2057]

@@murtaniel b o n k

[@zeprettybrainlessamalgamat7232]

Also hammer mains when they see an area where you can slide: *It's BONK time*

[@TheSlammurai]

They should just go full Star Wars Rebels and let us fly away after a hunt.

[@animeamv4946]

Lol

[@riemaennchen]

Finally my favorite weapon.

[@kowski3816]

What glave is that

[@GracelessEmber]

TDK Chewy ?

[@StriderWolf]

one piece of criticism I have for how you use the glaive is that you dont use the insect mark enough. it is insane how useful it is to mark an area for your kinsect to attack, especially if done in strategic areas. for example, if I already have the triple buff I'll usually mark the monsters tail, that way my kinsect would follow and attack the monsters tail, building up that sever damage, and it comes with the added benefit of recovering some of my health when my insect runs out of stamina and returns to me. if you have a blunt insect you could mark the monsters head and build up that stun damage, and if timed correctly the insect could return to you with a red buff as soon as your current one runs out. and even if you werent concerned with that stuff too much, you could just get a high attack power kinsect and then mark any random spot on the monster and let the insect add to your overall DPS, you could never go wrong with that. basically what Im saying is that marking an area on a monster for your insect to attack is highly under utilized and should be implemented into regular glaive play, as it not only increases your overall DPS, but it increases your dust cloud usage by a wide margin, and can grant you and your team some really good personal benefits. after getting your buffs, marking the monster should always be your very next step before going into the melee yourself.

[@JustinQuinn623]

This.

[@jamiebruce4734]

I was wondering why he didn't cover this the entire video XD

[@rogue6634]

Also worth noting that if you don't have an opening to attack and your Kinsect's stamina is starting to run low, you can spam the recall/collect actions a few times to quickly bring its stamina back up to full. Very, very useful for status builds since this means you can have clouds almost constantly generating. Stack a status across your weapon, Kinsect, and Palico, and use this any chance you get, and you'll be a status-applying monster. It's less of a hard rule and more just something to do when the stars align to give you an opening to do it, but still very much worth explaining on its own.

[@pablotorres8039]

Master Dog very good point, The combo he shows for repositioning should actually only be used if the kinsect runs out of stamina.

[@forestthomer3259]

I've cut a lot of tails off w my Kinect... Plus spamming damage and ko monster w a kinsect is funny.

[@bluedog4248]

You forgot an attack, which if you go back + circle, you will do the leaping slash backward, allowing for repositionin after the final circle hit.

[@JardW]

Also didn't mention the thrust attack you can do after the circle combo finisher by pressing triangle. My bread and butter infinite combo with the glaive in MHW has always been circle + circle + triangle rather than triangle + triangle + circle.

[@thehawkian]

You can also combo this into the initial triangle attack and then another backward leaping slash, which in certain situations is another helpful kind of infinite combo.

[@GeeGe.]

I don't think you can do the back circle after the final circle hit can you? I thought it's only available *before* that final hit

[@ADEtheMayhem]

@@GeeGe. you are right indeed

[@MoonPatch]

Finally someone mentions the jump limit, every tutorial Ive seen says you can stay in the air as long as you have stamina and I found out about the limit through testing (luckily not in the middle of a hunt)

[@traceyjacobsen8544]

It'd be very op if you could manage to stay in the air at all times and replenish enough stamina to continue jumping

[@wanheimking8552]

Mh rise my friends

[@slash4463]

Lemme just say I've been rewatching this video since monster hunter world came out thanks man🙏🏾👌🏾

[@Eveternity]

Insect is winsect

[@Adu767]

Ferris Faria swap the C and S

[@_jack__fulford_7330]

Incest is wincest

[@Art2D2]

Underrated comment.

[@richardauthement3105]

_Jack_ _Fulford_ you ruined the joke.

[@_jack__fulford_7330]

Richard Authement good for you princess.

[@xskyforger6299]

Wow..... I've been using this thing wrong throughout my 100 hours of playing this game! Look, hear me out, I'm really new to these types of games. I really didn't wanna read all the instructions and shit so, I just figured "we'll all you do in every other RPG Is just Hit Dodge Hit Dodge and repeat, so I'll just do that". I ended up picking the glaive cause it looked cool, but once I started using it, I fell in love with the jump mechanic. It was all I would use. As you probably figured by now it sucked to do that all the time. It was bad damage along with the the fact i never ate a meal, ever, and the fact I didn't go for good skill in armor I only went for looks. I ended up hating the game for my own incompetence, but now I can't stop playing. Don't be me. Please read all the instructions given to you! Thanks.

[@Shortcat81]

What monster are you on?(Story mode wise, I hope you weren't to far in the story playing like that, no offense)

[@allenestrada2531]

Haha so me. I have just been mashing my glaive attacks along with my kinsect but after seeing this video i was dumbfounded how things sre supposed to work haha

[@soyimportante1997]

ToxicMordex_ why?

[@joshexantus1802]

ToxicMordex_ you sound like a dick head

[@ManicCow]

@@allenestrada2531 I just mash with dual blades

[@2000Reflex]

*GLAIVE GANG GLAIVE GANG!!*

[@BASS131]

I’ve enjoyed all the weapon videos, this is the main one I’ve been looking forward too

[@hoodedvendetta]

Shame its over 4 months too late. No one plays the game anymore.

[@BASS131]

I have a whole group of friends who continually play. I never have an issue finding random people either.

[@Mr.House38]

You kidding? I have played MHW almost exclusively since day one and I keep seeing the same amount of players, the game is full of life.

[@hoodedvendetta]

I'm not saying the game is dead. I was simply saying in relative terms, the playerbase has gone down massively. The view count for this video vs Arekkz's earlier videos (closer to when the game released) shows that the demand for MH videos isn't there anymore. Now I know Arekkz is a hardcore MH player/YTer but it should take him 4 months to release a basic weapon tutorial. Who is this helping? If you didn't know how to use the KB by now? It was my main months ago and i looked forward to Arekkz releasing a tutorial on it and I kept checking back to see if had released one but he hadn't until now? Too slow man. If you are still playing the game and enjoying it with friends then more power to you. But my comment was more aimed towards Arekkzs timing on releasing this tutorial more than anything, right now its not the time to release weapon tutorials.... that was months ago dude.

[@hoodedvendetta]

*Shouldn't take him 4 months.

[@apexassassin2473]

The work you guys do has certainly made my Monster Hunter skills even better, and have helped me try other weapons I wouldn't have originally even thought of. It is bittersweet that these weapon tutorials have come to an end

[@apexassassin2473]

Actually, Paradise also helps with the videos, if you've watched all of them

[@elijahidemudia1607]

Nii Lantei Bright-Davies Its not just 1 person

[@matthewhochban]

These have been immensely helpful for me to see all the weapons in action so I can tell what appeals to me and what doesn't. The intros are so monstrously epic that I would be happy with a 30 second highlight reel every week!

[@TormentDaProtogen]

indeed. this guy is what persuaded me that I'm not completely vulnerable in GS after all. still use the old insect glaive around new monsters, they are much too unpredictable for me to go in without a high-agility toy

[@Flaming_Phantom]

Quick tip: if you are mounted a monster and it moves over to a wall you can run on (like the ropes around the trees in the arena) to try to knock you off, if you knock it down while it’s next to those surfaces you can point the joystick towards the walls to initiate a run midair, which allows you to do a downward strike on the fallen monster instead of having to fall to the ground and get up and whatever. This is especially useful if the monster is flying

[@doctoreplay]

What a pleasant surprise. 2 tutorials in 2 days

[@hezakighamorgan9974]

I love how every weapon is one of his personal favorites.

[@darkeater856]

😂😂👍

[@dannyavarice]

I'm really happy to see even after all this time, Arekkz still has the top suggested videos for learning MH weapons. I keep checking back on these videos periodically when I decide to use a different weapon. Those vertical strikes from the IG are fantastic for taking tails. But yes, being a air fighter is where the fun is at with this weapon. The general damage output for this weapon is pretty solid considering how quickly it hits. It's a better weapon than I thought it was when I first started playing MHW.

[@eeeecca]

Quick tips: -Sending and recalling kinsects quickly regenerates their stamina -You can grab orange buff more easily by sending the kinsect above the monster and then send it downwards. (Ill add more tips if i can think of more)

[@expertb6348]

It's been a year bro. Any more tips? I just started the game. Wanted to check how this weapon works.

[@carlos-zy7vx]

@@expertb6348 Dont forget you can clutch claw from the air and buff your kinsect with slinger ammo now

[@Kanzaki-Makoto]

Or just aim for the wings and move it slightly downwards

[@Krongfah]

You missed that attack in which you’d do a backward leaping slash. It’s a nice attack for repositioning and getting out of harms way. I believe you can also run up to climbable vines with your weapons drawn and climb them normally without putting away the glaive.

[@Leandra001]

Krongfah Mahankalarp yeah. Was gonna say. Missing the backward spin atk. Used that a lot to restart my current combo.

[@an_ordinary_goose]

I don't think you can perform a wall run with glaive unsheathed, tried a few times and I just look like I'm trying to clip through the world

[@Krongfah]

Meta4z Not wall run. Climb. If you continue to push forward after attaching onto a climbable surface, you’ll just climb normally but with your glaive out.

[@an_ordinary_goose]

Oh right, my bad :o

[@SyaoranCruz]

Glad I read this comment before typing exactly what you just said lol

[@chrislee116]

These are the only videos on YT I'll spend 20 minutes watching from start to finish lol I'm not a pro at MH but my survivability and DPS has skyrocketed because of your videos man, thanks a lot!

[@fredxu99]

I switched from the Dual Swords and I LOVE this weapon... It feels like a true hunter melee weapon with its plethora of utility options. Fun fun fun.

[@Worgenftw]

One of the best content creators on youtube man. Always precise, to the point, and generally well researched. Not only that but you also provide exact examples of things you're trying to display or emphasize. I really do appreciate all the work you put in to your content, Arekkz. Well done again!

[@Scrydragon]

I just got Monster Hunter for PC, and so many of the guides I've seen seem to cover longsword, dual blades, hammer or great sword in decent depth, but barely touch insect glave. I really have to thank you for this guide. I just have to figure out how the combos translate to PC controls.

[@Jinroh333]

Well good luck, use the trial in ur room talk to cat next to chest there are training ground it would help u use the ig combos

[@rayraysg1]

Thank goodness for this video. All I was doing is air attacks lol, just started playing for the first time and really love this weapon so far. So glad I took the time to learn more with this video. Can't wait to try it after work 😁

[@StretchyPlays]

I can't believe I never knew about the wall grab after a vault! Also a minor detail but the L2+R2 shot where you mark the monster for your kinsect to attack is great for detonating barrels.

[@Pluveus]

Everyone is talking about the backflip circle attack, but something equally useful is that the poke is an animation cancel for the heavy circle attack.

[@ZbuntowanyGwindon]

Just getting back into MHW and I'm pretty beginner at this game, your tutorials are super helpful for me. Thank you for your time!

[@innsainee]

@Javier what ya play on?

[@Dw7freak]

You forgot to mention that after most moves, you can press Back+O to do a backflip slash. It doesn't deal much damage, but it's good for repositioning. Also, when jumping up walls, you only have to press Forward+X and you'll scale the wall and latch back on automatically. You'll scale the wall faster with White Extract, which also makes it faster than normally climbing. If you run out of stamina while climbing walls this way, just sit there for a sec and it'll restore.

[@AliMorshedlou]

First of all, I absolutely love your tutorials and watched them all over and over again, you are doing an amazing job making them. Secondly, I wanted to add a few things to your tutorial, a few things I think you didn't mention or are fun to know: 1- The backside rotating move (I don't know the name) by holding back on L2 and hitting circle (I guess you didn't mention) it's actually quite handy since you move forward with this weapon and you cannot change direction mid-combo, you can just jump backward with a pretty strong hit. 2- You can use the marking ability to explode the dust or make things like boulders fall. or even explode the bombs! you don't need slinger for these things. 3- In a teamwork, it's better to mark the lower body parts of the monster if you need the dust because your teammates are more likely to hit those parts (unless they are mostly ranged) 4- Just to have fun, mark a Gajalaka with the insect, or any of the annoying mosquitos (why I can't remember their name?) and enjoy the show :)))) And, one thing I wanted to see in your video since I have never done any research on, was the invulnerability window, I still have difficulty figuring it out, it seems that sometimes in the air you might be invulnerable, but I am not sure. Anyways, thanks for a great video, these videos are so amazing.

[@AliMorshedlou]

And don't forget to tell people that insect glave can be extremely annoying to your teammates, its attacks interrupt hammer combos and so on, that's why I never bring a hammer to fight Kulve Tarroth when there s an insect glave (or longsword) in the team. Also, they can wake up monsters with marking or the insect which has frequently happened to me in various fights, when I put the monster to sleep and someone wakes it up with an insect glave.

[@dudeguy8686]

I believe the air dash (direction + 'x' button) has some invincible frames, though timing it just right when most of your airtime is locked in a movement is, well, unreliable. Still clutch when you can though. That dash really came in handy for the final boss, too, straight counter to an otherwise tough attack to dodge. Also, thanks for the headsup on multiplayer. Waking up a monster with a kinsect is pretty wasteful, but I didn't know the IG could interrupt another player's attacks outright. Definitely something to be careful of.

[@yaelcarrasquillo1675]

"What a day, what a lovely day" my two mains back to back... HH and IG

[@wadewiller7094]

Thanks arekkz for doing such an hard work by making this kind of video, and the best build armour too, for a noob like me in monster hunter world, my first of the monster hunter games, you are the best guide in this amazing game and you help me a lot and i want to say that even if im italian, and i dont speak english very well, you make the best mhw guides in all KZbin, thanks man, keep doing like this and i will keep doing reccomend your channel to all my italian friends. Un caldo abbraccio dall' Italia.

[@IloveGorgeousGeorge]

Your English is just fine, my dude. I understood everything perfectly clear

[@Mettleh3d]

Quality as always arekkz. Really appreciate your guides, you've really aided in my mhw addiction!

[@Macklordor]

I'd like to thank for all the hard work you put into these videos. It's not my first MH game, but this is the first I tried every single weapon and played for more than 200 hours. Your videos helped me A LOT. Keep up with the rest of the videos you've planned ;)

[@NaohMkS]

Am I the only one weirded out Arekkz didn't include the option you have to retreat: left joystick backwards + circle? It's great for evading and repositioning Also, I find t interesting my go-to combo is so different, for any interested here it is: Circle (triangle if sheathed) -> R2 -> triangle (after R2 you get a nice extra hit) -> triangle x2 -> circle -> triangle (cancel long animation with a quick stab) -> back + circle (to reset my position should I want to)

[@ace052330]

MrIzumi224 You can use any combo you like. He just showed the best combos. It is in fact proven tri, tri, circle repeat is the most dps a Glaive can do. However most people use triangle then circle over and over. It's almost the same damage but has huge stagger/server potential. If your moving forward it would then be forward triangke, O, O. Until a Mon goes down or after a mount for big damage if sheathed it would be foward triangle, into R2, into infinite combo, or triangle circle combo. By using the back evade hit even tho it deals damage it's almost always a damage lose. All of this doesn't really matter tho. If you don't speed run it's not gonna change the time of your hunts by that much so just have fun and play how you like.

[@fearzila]

Two things which are peripherally addressed but are important enough to highlight are that the air dodges do not provide I-frames and that in fights like Xeno'jiva it can be fully worth waiting out falls and then using those chaining air attacks to avoid touching hot floor while maintaining damage or even climbing it while it's taking flight to smack it back down very quickly.

[@joshsackman4903]

I’ve been using glaives my entire play through and I seriously had no idea how to reliably proc the red buff. I also didn’t realize that there were 3 different buffs. This information was quite welcome, big thanks

[@joshsackman4903]

Blockz Playz Because I’ve never played Monster Hunter before and it isn’t explicit at all. I didn’t even know the gauge was for Kinsect Stamina at first. I went into this game with the blind enthusiasm of a retarded kitten and loved it. Now that I know more of how the game actually works, I love it *and* I’m actually good at it

[@joshsackman4903]

Blockz Playz The tutorials I found didn’t ever mention Kinsect Extracts. And now I’m HR 72, MR 13. I’d have to log in to find the exact number of hunts, but I did the entire base game with them, and a few High Rank hunts as well before branching out to CB and HH and G Lance.

[@jewtsu412]

Your guides are god-send for me. Literally explains everything perfectly

[@tharobiiceii]

This was very helpful to me. I had never played before and fell in love with the look and style of this weapon right away. Thanks for helping me understand it better. I'm still not very good but now I feel like I know how to improve.

[@liberatorkramit]

ITS FINALLY HERE! REJOICE!

[@Cassia_L]

This was sooo sooo helpful thank you. I chose the Insect Glaive as my main weapon on a whim but now I love it so much. It's such an original weapon and I like the mobility!

[@C0mput3r]

You forgot about the Forwards+T > O > O combo in the combo section. This combo is just as useful as the insect cancel for cancelling animation at the end of the leaping slash in the T > O combo. You can also do Forwards+T > O > O Evade then right back into Forwards+T > O > O Evade. The evade is useful for re-positioning against quick monsters that move a lot like Odo.

[@SifArtorias]

Thought I'd watch this randomly in case I missed a detail with the glaive after a couple hundred hours of play and it turns out I did. Did not realize that triangle circle offered the best stagger potential.

[@Adu767]

I'd recomnend protective polish for any IG build if you have it. IG loses sharpness faster than any other weapon except dual blades due to rapid hits and long attack chains.

[@BorisTheGoose92]

Adu767 I believe Gunlance loses it quicker with the full burst based combo. But I agree protective polish on IG is hella useful.

[@joaogomes9405]

@@BorisTheGoose92 protective polish is preferable, but razor sharp also works very well, and since xeno set gives you both that and effect prolonger with plenty of gem slots to gem in attack or elemental attack, it's a really good choice to use in IG.

[@bardson]

@@joaogomes9405 or you guys just farm the Dragoon set brom behemoth :D

[@eclipse369.]

Just got this game and this was my first choice weapon. Watched all the little weapon intro vids and the aerial capability seemed like a must have fighting giant monsters.

[@Shortcat81]

Odagoran armor lol

[@NNater1990]

Can't even tell you how much your videos have helped me. This is my very first MH game and I am 100% sucked in. This video and the one on charge blade have been crucial. Again, great video, and thanks.

[@afiqrizal645]

new hunter here, just wanted to say thanks a lot for the comprehensive explanation. i decided to go with glaive because to me it seems to give the best balance between mobility and damage (also the cool acrobatic moves are sick af). i've pretty much been unga bunga it for the past 5 hours and still can't make heads or tails of the insect mechanic, until i found this. again, thank you so much.

[@darkmoon2503]

I mained Insect glaive in my first Monster Hunter game, MH4U. Now that I've reached the Guiding Lands, I think it's time to return to my roots.

[@ChargedCoin]

Wow arekkz two in two days?! Thanks so much 😂😂

[@angeloocampo2594]

Sheesh, this guide still holds. Just picked up IG and man, im glad i rwmembered arrekz has this workshop. Loving the IG!!

[@Katastrophe9009]

Been playing MH since Tri on the Wii, and if you showed me footage of what the Insect glaive could do then and told me it was from a Monster Hunter game, I frankly wouldn't believe it. The freedom of movement it allows for is astounding once you get it down. The combat feels so fluid, and it's awesome to be a melee fighter yet still be able to chase a flying monster into the air and bring it back down for everyone to fight. My new favorite weapon by far, sorry Dual Swords, I'll remember you fondly.

[@memeatron2207]

This was the weapon that caught my attention off the start stayed with it because of the cool animation and the arm bahumbug

[@ace052330]

Your actually loosing damage by doing that thing with your kinsect. When you finish a mount, or have any opening for big damage you should start the combo off with R2 on the head. This sends your kinsect out to attack and make blast dust/poison dust the entire time your attacking. The damage from your kinsect, the damage from each blast cloud, and the dmg from when blast/poison procs is more dmg than being able to start the combo a fraction quicker with a wonky system. Other than that was a good guide. I have around 1000 hour played. Over 60% of those with IG. I have crafted every single Glaive and bug in the game, and fully augmented 3 rarity 8 glaives, 2 6, and 4 7. Elemental/status dmg can be great on IG as can raw. My advice for kinsects is blast one mentioned in the video for any Glaive without speed boost. For gliaves with speed boost like Vice, Tobi-kadchi etc use the Blunt poison kinsect. It hits harder, can KO, is still very fast with 11 speed and your speed boost bonus, and poison adds up alot over a fight. The only other bug worth using imo is the server healing bug. It has max speed and heal. Pair it with a health boost Glaive like Pukei or Deviljho Glaive and it's dust clouds heals and extract heals are amazing and frequent. You will drink potions way way less which = more dps. There is a descent paraylize kinsect but I would only ever use it with a para IG. There wasn't really any good para IG until this new one. I didn't get it but if I had it running the para kinsect with it plus using para weapon on your cat would be 3 different weapons at once inflicting para while solo which may be worth using. Still not sure if the extra para proc or two it might provide would out do the dmg provide by blast/poison bug. Also by applying an element to your bug you only loose 1 point in the power stat that's it, and gain 13-15 points in the respective elemental. If you say use a thunder IG aganist a Mon weak to thunder using a thunder elemental kinsect will be more dmg. One final thing, the Kirin IG isn't of the best by no means but it has element boost kinsect buff. It can hit around 460 thunder damage. Pair this with 100% affinity, rathlos set bonus, thunder cap, and a thunder kinsect. The element boost from the Glaive will boost your kinsects elemental dmg even higher. On thunder weak mons this can be a fun combo to use with the tri, tri, circle infinite combo to take advantage of critical element and your super high thunder dmg and the thunder dmg from your bug. It's not the best, just effective and fun, and Kirin IG looks so cool.

[@yumiya2927]

Dude tell me pls you are playing on xbox

[@Layk35]

Good tips! And glad someone else noticed the thing about putting an element on your kinsect, everyone should be using an element on it even if it's a more general one like dragon.

[@reviewer340]

Oh man. Such good info but so hard to read.

[@lemuelmcgowan114]

Any recommendations for skills and gear Format ie Skills- Max might latent power Gear- DevilJo Xeno kirin

[@xinzhaooo]

A new tip based off other guide videos (for iceborne with new claw mechanic) is to save mount for when monster is enraged, so you want to wall smash with claw at the start for more damage. Typically you only get 2-3 mounts per monster hunt based on the mounting damage threshold.

[@tedasher6454]

Great last addition to your fantastic weapon workshop videos! If I ever caught one featuring a weapon I hadn't used, I always wanted to try it after watching these. Best introductory videos hands down.

[@HunterNicholsKingOfOmnitron]

This helps a lottt. This was the weapon I started out with and I was getting my butt kicked and I knew I was definitely using wrong. Now I know what to do and I'm starting to complete hunts.

[@DankDoggo]

There have been quite a few guide videos for Insect Glaive out now, but it’s always better when Arrekz does it lol

[@jokkepokke95]

Pressing backwards + Circle during infinite combo or after one Circle input will leap you a distance backwards while facing the same direction, handy for repositioning as your infinite combo takes you slightly forward with each attack.

[@Love0wner]

great tipp

[@TheXystence]

One tip i've found with the insect glaive is how to start the combo after having completed a mount. Since your glaive sheaths and your kinsect generally will have full stamina, you can start out by doing a weapon draw with sprint + triangle, then press r2 to get your kinsect to attack the monster and create dust clouds in the same spot you're dealing dealing dmg. That way you can add that extra dmg into your combo while the monster is downed. Great vid, I still need to try out more weapons in the future since i've basically just used glaive and long sword so far.

[@FilthyNobeard]

I forsee myself continuing to pole vault off of monsters for a good portion of the fight.

[@earth2jio]

I mainly use Pseudocath because it's pretty. It just looks so nice on your shoulder, is fast and farts explosive dust.

[@hiliom101]

The best for last. But seriously, I've waited so loooooong for this glorious moment. Thank you!

[@herrjudge5141]

Quick, good to understand and all you need to know. I didn't even notice that it were over 20 min. Good work.

[@user-Darknugget6588]

Good tutorial but you forgot a move if you have red and white and do a triangle attack holding back on the analog stick and hitting circle with result in a nice backflip which not only does damage but I've used it to dodge quite a few things as well as been able to go directly into the tornado slash afterwards keep up the great videos Arekkz

[@Vydos7777]

I was about to write this comment as well. I kept wondering when he'd bring that move up. The back + O button is a really useful tool for me. Especially when I go in too deep with my combo and out of reach. I just use that to both do damage and get in fighting range.

[@GhostHyperhex]

I looked at this notification like wtf, there must be a mistake. I just watched the horn video yesterday. Welp, that's all 14, kinda sad now lol

[@dereknguyen7595]

Note: Just to emphasize again instantly trying to go for all 3 extracts will give you 90 secs of power up but then you lose all of extracts after. As an IG main you should only get the 3rd orange extract right before red and white run out (the 2 most important ones) waiting for those 2 to almost run out then finally getting the orange extract will ultimately reset the timer for all extracts for a total of 120 (because that's how long the shortest buff lasts)+90= 210 seconds

[@DasGrunt]

Keep up the great work. Love watching the workshops

[@MiraSmit]

Helicoptor mode was awesome for dodging Kulve's lava floor attack.

[@eyeswulf]

I have been waiting for this one FOREVER I love the entire series, and has really pushed me to try weapons I would have never thought of trying

[@bobbywalker4178]

I recently started playing, your videos are great help. Absolutely love the insect glaive, long sword. But I plan to explore them all once I finish the DLC.

[@andrewblake884]

Started MH from Freedom Unite and played most every game since and once I tried IG in 4U I was hooked. I use every weapon But IG is easily my fave I started with Dual Blades for the speed then went to long sword for its reach so insect glaive was like the two fused.

[@kylepoteet2405]

For the kinsect stats, Heal also affects the stamina recovery speed for the kinsect (and the only reason pseudocath isnt the best kinsect in the game)

[@mionfel1350]

Thank you for this explanation I avoided the IG because I didn't know how to use it effectively but now I'm kicking more ass than I ever could with the daggers.

[@cozee6681]

I started playing MHW (first mh ever) and picked up Glaive cause it looks nice. I used this guide to understand it more, fell in love and I can't bring myself into testing other weapons. Amazing mobility, fun mechanics and Badass Butterfly of Biting on my shoulder

[@thebringer-dreamerdragon-6067]

I dreamt that i could fly... must be a sign, my calling to pick up an insect glaive

[@spoonesi7937]

Me: I always wanted to be a jedi in a fantasy jurassic world setting!!

[@Cnftti]

We know it's you talking

[@spoonesi7937]

@@Cnftti but how do I know if you really walked on water jesus

[@curtisbowen995]

If any one didn’t know that wasn’t mentioned but it’s good information: When you’re doing any combo that ends with a Tornado Slash, if you pull back on circle or B, you can do a move called a “dodge slash” where it moves you back a great deal. Useful if you need to get out of the way of a monster attack.

[@ochocantoro2639]

Thanks for existing!!!!, god ive wanted good weapon tutorials for so long, I tried so hard to use the insect glave cus its what feels like me the most but id end up just fainting every time i tried to use it, finally i can use my favorite weapon

[@sweetnightmarez6583]

Save the best for last ;)

[@blankblank4522]

John Daniel De Luna nah

[@GradietPanda12345]

John Daniel De Luna yeet

[@12a0c5]

Nah

[@LuigiF]

Oh then he should re post great sword

[@ragingthesquid5614]

Then he should have Swaxe last

[@thehoodeddevil9569]

I’m never early but this is great keep up the awesome work arekkz

[@JHouse151]

Thank you so much, I can't begin to tell you how much these guides have helped me.

[@pablotorres8039]

Wow props to this guy, these are the best MHW guides on you tube by a HUGE margin, very well done my brother.

[@dustinstephens1874]

New to game, been looking a lot and The IG is what I'm looking for , Moderate mobility , Dmg, More survivability/ Dmg depending on situation,

[@floodrunner_2042]

This weapon is one of my top three (above the hunting horn and charge blade) just because of its style. Not gonna lie I abused the hell out of my flying attack for a bit but that’s mainly to catch up to fast or flying monsters so I can still damage them or mount them.

[@Aitenass]

Hey ! Small thing I discovered today, when latched onto a wall using an IG leap, you can press Forward and X (or whatever is your Dodge button) to make a jump upward, rather than leaping off the wall and back onto it like you showed. ^^

[@gellister]

So I just started playing MHW and I chose this weapon because the name intrigued me. Day 1 found me not understanding a GD thing about this, then second day I learned vaulting which made me fall in love, so I looked this up and you have caused my mind to do the universe expansion explosion. Thank you, really looking forward to tearing through fights with this info.

[@nalazala7387]

Ok I know IG does more damage on the ground but you can still kill any monster within 15 minutes while being airborne most the fight plus you're less likely to be hit and you can target any part of the monster you need to break or is a weakspot easily. Not to mention if you're multiplayer being airborne will make you trip people less and you wont get tripped.

[@nalazala7387]

Nii Lantei Bright-Davies I mean yea if aerial attacks bore you switch it up, play how you wanna play, I'm just saying people are too quick to dismiss aerial attacks as a viable damage source because they arent doing the "best" damage

[@musicgod3984]

James Cochran Try saying that to Tempered Deviljho •~•

[@an_ordinary_goose]

Bear in mind, being airborne can make you more vulnerable to being tripped - gunlance shells, cluster rounds, other IG users, etc. can still take you out of the air. Fully buffed, your attack animations allow you to attack unhindered and your kinsect will provide extra damage for the times when you can't - if I find other players getting too crowded in one spot, I vault and attack somewhere else.

[@robbiemaher6618]

James Cochran Not any. Many big one that whack you as they turn knock you down too often. Think Deviljho...

[@tobiasgold2]

I agree with you. Besides if people want to kick glaive users.. it doesn't matter we can solo any monster in the game. IMO flyers are ten times easier to deal with as a glaive user. Of course though I'm just a guy playing his first MH game. I will say, I've never had an issue with anyone in game when I've joined and I stay in the air unless the monster is downed. I think it's a lot better than running around chasing the monster back and forth

[@michaelmendoza1969]

Thinking about switching my main to the glaive now

[@MBULTRAHD]

Fantastic series of videos, particularly for the beginner player. These videos have certainly helped me get in to some weapons that I otherwise probably would have known very little about.

[@GitGoodGaming]

I’ve been an Insect Glaive Main since I started this game at launch. It’s my favorite weapon and even so, I’m still watching this video because I love your content and tutorials!

[@someloser6579]

JE SUIS MONTE

[@rodrigoortegalizana7064]

Pardon...

[@mythidiamond2283]

I am horny in french

[@Shortcat81]

@@mythidiamond2283 huh

[@mythidiamond2283]

@@Shortcat81 im translating the dude's comment LMAO

[@appleappington7346]

@@mythidiamond2283 lmao I knew je suis meant I am but I didn't know what monte meant For a second I thought he said je suis monter but then I realized that didn't make sense lol