How To Choose YOUR Weapon in Monster Hunter Rise 

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The secret to using dual blades the whole game (even against flying mons) is equipping Demon Flight so you can beyblade across everything

Nobody ever talks about how outrageously aggressive the lance is. You jump around between the monsters legs like a maniac so you can spear the monster to death and you either dodge or counter EVERYthing the monster throws at you, ignoring it like a kid throwing a trantrum. As you learn the lance, it becomes more and more about imposing your playstyle on the monster, attacking without interruption, as opposed to waiting for openings and trying to time one big perfect hit. It's amazing. And it just got buffed so it's less non-viable than it used to be 👍

Capcom: "All weapons are viable" Also Capcom: *makes LS able to defend more than a goddamn lance*

As one of the 10 hunting horn mains I must talk about this incredible weapon. The primary goal of all other weapons is to kill, but with the hunting horn your goal is to perform beautiful songs while you bash the monster skull in, and you still buff yourself and your crew ! I loved it in world and i love it in rise. HH for life

I love this comment section, it's just everyone talking about how much they love their main :) for me there's something so fluid about Gunlance combat, you've got a ton of options in Full Burst, Wyrmstake, poke shelling, Wyvernfire, and the Silkbinds so you have an answer for every attack and opening a monster throws your way! I love the "bag of tricks" hunting style and i always use tools like flash bombs, traps, and bait to help me out

This is the first monster hunter game where I've essentially cleared all arena quests. They're so fun and diverse and i learned alot about the different weapon types. I usually play with Great Sword or Bow but i somehow got the best results with Gunlance and Hunting Horn. It's so strange.

One thing I have learned during my 10 years of MH is that each monster is easier or harder depending on the weapon you use, for example try a rathalos with bow and dual blades, you'll see that with a bow is a the best thing ever

I'm a Switch Axe Main since World, and i've used It in Older Games Too (3U, 4U, GU.), and... I LOVE both versions of World and Rise, you can do EVERYTHING (Except blocking attacks BUT WHO NEEDS A SHIELD WHEN YOU'RE A WALKING DPS MACHINE? TUE BEST OFFENSE IS THE BEST DEFENSE.) You can make a ton of Damage, you can poison, Paralize, cut talils, break parts, EVEN STUN thanks to every type of Phials system, having the power of a Sword and an Axe, you can grapple to a monster's part and POWER UP YOUR SWORD LIKE IF THAT THING WAS A MOTORCYCLE AND THEN B O O M Unless you miss your gauge and accidentally recharge the Sword mode and being kicked to saturn by a Monster Yeah, i love Switch Axe

Great video! I'd like to add a note: If you don't like how a weapon feels at first, come back to it once you have better equipment because some skills you get later in the game greatly enhance the weapons

As a noob, dual blades has been good to me and the most fun option I've tried. There are only a few combos to learn and you only have to pay attention to one gauge. However, since you don't have any defence, knowing when to naruto run away is key. I've also tried Hunting Horn a bit for multiplayer purposes, but I guess my brain has a hard time retaining two different sets of buttons at the same time. Playing a different weapon is almost like playing a different game in that sense.

Finally, a video that acknowledge us the 'a little bit of each weapon' guys. I have my favorites like everyone (switchaxe and charge blade mostly), but I personally can't ever stand to use the same weapon for too long, I feel like I'm missing out otherwise.

I'm a hunting horn main and when I heard hammer got a counter in rise I was really excited for a blunt weapon that didn't have to dodge cancel everything but I couldn't land cause I'm bad so I just went full unga-bunga and used the valor charge moves as dashes instead. hammer is really fun 10/10

Trying out every weapon is a must. Started with SNS but found my true calling with DB. Got a friend who started out with HH, is now surprisingly good at Lance.

"Some players will almost exclusively play one weapon for their whole life across every monster hunter game" *lovingly tucks the dual blades I've been using since the very first game into bed next to me*

I always think Hammer is a good learning tool once you have a baseline understanding of Monster Hunter, because with its blend of mobility, whilst still needing to time and position attacks to be effective (as long as you don't pick Courage binding...), it made me learn to read monsters for openings, whilst reasonably being able to disengage and reposition when necessary...

Hammer is basically impatient greatsword.the rule of bonk is as follows: charge, upswing, roll, charge, into golf swing combo, water strike as panic counter, dash breaker on monsters like tigrex, if toppled, full charge impact crater into Big Bang combo, roll, repeat.

I’m a Fiver, but man I love the Gunlance in Rise. You can position yourself using Blast Dash and lay down the slashing fire on the monsters. I’m a bit of a jack of all trades, but this is my main weapon of choice

The Venn diagram for golf lovers and hammer players is a perfect circle

I'm a big fan of great sword. Finished the entire game with it. Queuing up that mega slash and getting it perfectly always felt amazing.

Alternatively, choose hammer like a gigachad and don't look back.

The secret of picking your main weapon is changing your mind 37 times mid playthrough, picking the weapon you picked first and avoided like the plague since you thought it was shit and then realize it was the most satisfying thing to play in this whole franchise. I love the greatsword.

What's especially fun right after learning basics of a weapon, is learning something a bit more advanced. Few hunts with Lance changed to many after learning the timing on Spiral Thrust, mainly because of how exhilarating both finding the timing for it was, plus being a race car is always a blast

I played like 40hrs of World almost exclusively with the bow mostly being terrified of the monsters, hit hr then quit. But I ended up playing a bunch of the rise demo after the 1 minute video, and it's changed everything. Went from the LS to the SA, to a bunch of messing with other weapons. Now I've put like 300hrs into Rise and it's one of my favourite games ever. That video is maybe the best starter for the game I've seen. Now I'm all about the bugstick, and I'm never going back.

heavy bowgun is amazing. while the ammo thing is certainly a problem or a putoff for many, you can just pick all the basic ammo off of plants that are growing like everywhere. since normal ammo 1 is free (and does about as much dmg as a kunai at the beginning) its actually pretty viable early game

I was a hard charge blade main for the first couple hundred hours, then discovered the iron wall that is lance. Played that for maybe ~50 or so hunts and then found my true calling dancing around monsters with a bow, which I've played ever since

This video made me sub. Loved the humour mixed with the references and explanations! Thank you very much!

Moin Käpt'n That Video helps me a Lot to Chose :) For a Long Time I strugle in that Game and now all have Change. Thank you

How did this come out when I just got back into Rise? I haven't played in a while and just got back into it like 2 days ago. I don't have anything else to say, just thought it was funny. Great video :)

I first started with 3 Ultimate, and Dual Blades were the best weapon for me back then. Since then, I’ve rotated between Dual Blades, Insect Glaive, Sword & Shield, and Hammer. Rise has me experimenting with other weapon types with the addition of Switch Skills, and Great Sword is starting to look kinda juicy right about now.

Funny asf video! Keep it up! Don’t have rise, just chilling exploring iceborne, but this was fun to watch

Dude I had to check the amount of subs you had from that joke. Mad underrated High sub count quality! Keep it up!

I main CB cause it feels sooooo nice when you hit a good ultimate or get a guard point while blocking thru an animation of your character. Mastering the weapon never gets old or boring it is just so much fun to play from learning to mastering it :D

My favorite weapon is usually the Lance. I always love sturdy builds, studying my monster, dancing with it as long as possible to understand its depths. And then, when I want speed I use something else once I know the moves. Or I use what I learned and go aggressive lance, charging leaping strikes, stabs, face poke, shield slams to the head. The only thing I miss is MHW style mounting in addition to MHR mounting. Being able to leap on the back for a damage spam would be awesome which is one of the original reasons I played Lance in world. Charge into battle... boom, I'm riding the monster! I got a gem in MHW that allowed me to block ALL attacks, even unblockable ones, plus my armor set gave me perma-regen + a ton of block strength on top of the lance... My friend's reaction to me just face tanking Xino'jiva's face melting laser was wonderful. That said, Rise is... strange. The hits feel less meaty, but do more damage. It's like you get the damage but you don't feel the meaty pain quite as chunky.

Mr. Astronaut, I just wanna say thank you for getting me into Monster Hunter! I got both MHGU and then Rise, and they've been such a blast! Also I play Switch Axe and yea I didn't know I have a baby version of every weapon 😔

Thats a really good Video. Well done! 👍👍

As a button smasher and a close combat lover I can say I still love dual blades, even after trying all the weapons. Honestly, dual blades wasn't my first option, but once u understand what weapon/weapons u feel more confident with, nothing can stop you :)

People should definetely try EVERY weapon, I started with Longsword, got bored went to SwitchAxe which I used for months, and now I only use Insect Glaive

I just want to thank you for your video and I’ve already beaten monster hunter rise but it’s very helpful to learn because never stuck with anything I can’t stick with one weapon

I love it when the bard specs into strength and breakdances your skull in.

I was a bow/gunlance main in world In rise, I started using the lance, gunlance, and now the Sword and Shield. All three feel great in this compared to world!

About starting with ranged weapons, I would've agreed with you, but my girlfriend couldn't get into the game until she picked up the LBG and she just loved it - it provided a nice transition weapon from the FPS and TPS games she was used to. Now she's in love with insect glaive but without LBG she would have never got into the game in the first place

This is very correct, I love scarface and love using heavy bowgun gun. It's a little scary that you guessed correctly

I never played SnS before Rise because it's classified as a beginner's weapon, but it's now one of, if not my favourite weapon. Lots of fun and is somewhat technical.

Been playing LS since MHFU because i liked fast evade style but since it became a counter weapon i switched to SnS. I know its not the best weapon but its fun to play!

SNS is like, when you pick it up you can make a paper air plane. when you master it, it's like origami. no bars and extra stuff to help you. just you and the weapon. easy to learn, hard to master.

New to monster hunter, new to your channel. but your comedy and style made me a subscriber on this first vid i watched. thats for good info and good laughter! BWAHAHAHAHAHA

I'm really lost in the community cause I only have the mhfu and no video now days talk about it anymore, but your videos kinda help, thanks 😅

All the weapon are good depending on your playstyle. But I will say, if you got the money, try learning at least 3 different weapons once you reach HR7. Its good to have variety and more over, some weapons are better against certain monsters so if you're having trouble, switch to a different weapon instead.

I love using Swaxe and Insect Glaive, I love to fly

If you think about it, the dual blades and the switch axe are very similar. They both involve going to powered up modes where you hit harder and faster within a time limit for devistating results.

The greatsword will always be my go-to, love that weapon, my brother is a greathammer user so our hunts are chaotic, we abuse monsters with our damage output lol

I first tried dual blades but I really didn't understand it that well. So I switched to sword and shield and actually have been doing nicely with it.

I mained gs pretty much this whole game, it’s a weapon I’ve always flirted with but never committed to. I think for sunbreak maybe I’ll try committing to gunlance… but swax is my fav weapon in general so maybe ill just dive into it for sunbreak

for me the mhrise main journey has been switch axe -> hunting horn -> insect glaive -> sword and shield. i love them all and it’s just so satisfying when you complete a hunt with a weapon you’re just learning to use and you realise ‘wow, this really fits me’.

Monster Hunter World was the first Monster Hunter game I’ve ever played. I wanted to play the game earlier but I didn’t own a gameboy or Nintendo console. I did own a psp but didn’t know MH was ever released for it. When I start in MHW I use Duel Blades cause they seemed fun. After becoming really good at them I start trying other weapons. I got good with the Bow, Insect Glaive, Hammer , and Long Sword with the long sword becoming my favorite weapon. The jump in the air slam with the Long Sword is just so awesome I was hook right away though the hammer flip comes in close second.

I’m more of a fast paced high speed guy so I started with dual blades but it took to long so switched to the insect glaive and is hands down my favourite weapons so far as it has a pretty decent damage... I have also just started using GS against the smaller monsters in MHW killing things like Jaguars and is fun but annoying

I used to main insect glaive in world but starting rise reminded me how much I hate beginner kinsects so I changed over to dual blades. I just like being able to dodge easilly

Rise is my favourite monster hunter game thanks for making a very enjoyable video

I've played gunlance almost exclusively for years (except mh4u where I played glaive and C. Blade the most) and today I tried insect glaive again after a few years and it was so much fun it was like I rediscovered monster hunter. Definitely cured me of my burnout

I started at freedom using great sword still use it even if I can't predict monsters

do some ppl really start their first monhun game with the pewpew guns? im just confused about people that pick a weapon that requires probably the most between-quest planning and maintenance in early game as their first

I'm a relatively new hunter, got my start with base World, cleared the game using dual blades, for the most part. Found myself waffling on taking out the twin tempered Bazelgeuse quest. Remembered they were weak to lightning, and I had a fully upgraded tobi kadachi bow, because I was trying to make and upgrade every tobi kadachi weapon to max. Picked it up on a whim, and never looked back. The mid range combat style let me watch the monsters motions a lot more and I was able to learn telegraphs and timings a lot more. As an aside, maining Bow also helped me appreciate soulsian combat a little more, as I got in the habit of leaving enough stamina to execute a dodge if I needed to. In Rise I'm more of a "Little bit of everything" type of hunter. I'll get a whim to use a certain weapon, and just pick it up for a few hunts. About the only weapon I can't seem to get a good feel for is Greatsword, and with Sunbreak looking to add a combo that's not focused around the charged hits, I'll likely have more fun with that.

Thanks for the vid, also very helpful like your '1 min' vid!

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CB MAIN SINCE MH4U!!!!!

If you ever stop playing songs on your bass at the end of the video, I will find you! It's the reason I've subscribed! Also, great take on the most asked question :3

Thank you for this video. I started playing on Nintendo switch, but usually I choose the bow but on MHR I found it so hard to do it since I'm not yet familiar with how to play it

I played a bit of everything in world before finding my true calling in the Lance, nothing can hurt you, and nothing can escape you, while my friends are getting flung around with their higher dps light weapons, I am there dealing more damage by mining the monster constantly, while also inflicting statuses like paralysis to help the whole party, and when the monsters run in fear, I charge them down and mount more than those insect glaive users. Lance users are often overlooked, but we are often the backbone of a team

Really true what was said about bowguns. I'm currently on my 3rd playthrough of world. Trying out bow from start to finish and buying coatings after each hunt really drains your wallet. But personally, I lose more money getting stuff to make traps and tranqs because I prefer to capture the monsters

Perfect timing, thanks. We get a free trial of Rise in switch a few hours from now...

After you fainted on the talk on Ranged weapons, I had to give a like an Sub xD You got me....

You're supposed to try other weapons?

My favorite weapons are bow, insect glaive, and light bowgun. I started with the lbg, and as long as you pay attention to your ammo, it's beginner friendly.

I started with IG in Mh4u and used it in every game, but when I played Mhw I discovered the Lance and I falled in love with it and I replayed all the Mh games from Mh3u to MhRise, I just love to go in to a hunt and when a monster charges a super move every other hunter runs away but not the Lance, so that's why I love the impenetrable wall that is the Lance.

Funny enough that my friend recommended I watch this, because he's a huge Monster Hunter fan and I'm still fairly new for the most part. I've played some of the games on and off with him for years and never gotten too big on it until Rise. And over the course of all that time, the dual blades have been my preferred choice since the beginning. So as it happens, I do indeed call myself a dual blade main, and made me feel good knowing I picked the right weapon for that. Plus it's nice being included in the cool kids club of dual blade users

I think SnS isn't beginners friendly anymore. 😕 I for myself cannot completely fully master SnS because I didn't play SnS from the start. I have master CB but not SnS. Still need to master that i-frame SnS in mhwib. 😆

Ah I love Great Sword. It is amazing because I play GenU a lot and Valor DBs are such a godsend in terms of flashiness and damage, always a fun time

I like your style, Spaceman

Loved the video

You may give shit advice most of the time but your funny.

yee, great video captain ! I have a bit of criticism tho. First, I would say great sword and hammer are great for beginners. Yes they're slow and require you to learn the pattern... but that's exactly what monster hunter is about. Playing great sword is playing the very core gameplay of read --> attack --> reposition, so I think it's a great weapon for any mh player. As for the lance, it's not stationary at all... If you watch herny's videos or a few speedruns you'll see the hunter sticking to the monster like a god damn mosquito lol. Finally the ranged weapons. Well... to learn about the ammo types and all you have to start somewhere, and it might as well be the beginning. Besides, early bowguns don't shoot the ammo types three, so farming isn't really a big deal. I could be wrong here, but I feel like you didn't really search about the different weapons in playthroughs and such, but rather played each of them a bit for yourself. But that's about it, still a great vid for beginners. Cheers!

I remember when I started playing rise I went with the charge blade all the way because I liked the way it looked and how it transformed, little did I know that it was maybe the most complicated weapon in the game, I did figure it out eventually and was pretty good with it, however I eventually switched to insect glaive and I have been crushing it ever since, youre able to get like 15 mid air jumps before you come back to the ground if you combo everything correctly

As a dual blade main, choose dual blade this shit is fun as hell and makes you miss a lot of monster attacks. *zooms away*

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Been playing MH for years and RU-vid just happened to show me this vid cuz I've been playing Rise on PS5 lately. Just wanted to say this may have been the most entertaining and least cringe MH video I've seen in a long long time ✌️

Insect Glaive has been a heck ton of fun to play with, I feel like I am flying while using that, and since I use kinsects that paralyse, combos are not hard to land

This is my first time playing a monster Hunter game period. Got it during this recent sale was almost an instant purchase. No idea what weapons are in the game so was looking for something like this before I even start the game.

Great video thank you !

My favorites weapons are Switch Axe and Greatsword. I main Switch Axe because I got the perfect talisman for it, it was a Rapid Morph 2 Evade Extender 2 with 1 lv 2 slot. I have yet to get a good Greatsword talisman yet, Greatsword was my main in World.

i use a lot of weapons (bow main). everything but charge blade, gs, hh, and lance. and this video is spot on 1. try them all till u find one that clicks woth u. then use it till u understand the game 2. dual blads r the best

I really liked gunlance when i got into monster hunter world. The insane explosive stake combo damage was hard to pull off but cathartic when i did. Reminded me of the Stake Driver from bloodborne, my favorite fromsoft weapon.

My first Monster Hunter game was World. I have mostly used a mix of Longsword, Switch Axe and Charge Blade. Out of those three, I couldn't really tell you which is my favorite. Working on dipping my toes into Bow though.

I 💖💖💖 my db’s!! Spiral slash is so much fun that I can’t get enough of it yet. Someday I will try other weapons...

I almost spit out my Ice Cream at the last bit of the Switch Axe explanation... my lawd

I agree with many of these point a save the great sword. I think it is a good beginner weapon if only because it teaches you the main concept of the game. Commitment of actions. Everything in MH has a commitment cost, using itrms, attacks, dives, rolls enemy attacks as well. Learning whet you can and can't do in those windows is montet hunter to the core. GS being as slow as it is teaches you this very fast and I turn makes you watch the monster more, meaning learning how they attack as well. Least that's how I tell people that ask me. Thank you for mentioning the difference between speed runni g this game and general play too and that no weapon is the best. Heck some weapons that might be considered the bet might not mesb with a monsters play style or hard parts.

I started out in MH3U, the days before aerial attacks, mounting, Insect Glaive, Charge Blade, all the good stuff. I was a Dual Blade main in that game, it was the only weapon I really enjoyed playing. And then I played the MHGU demo, and tried Insect Glaive. While I still go back to DB from time to time, IG is what I'll always default to. lol

Picked up Sword and Shield way back in OG MonHun, haven't put it down since.

Really like the Bow and Sword and Shield. They significantly improved Bows in Rise

I rotated between insect glaive, greatsword and bow for iceborne, but in rise since its a bit more grindy ive stuck with insect glaive mostly and a tiny bit of greatsword sprinkled here and there. I recently picked up bow and am having fun rotating between my beloved weapons. Edit: You mentioning the ranged weapons was hilarious “unlimited pp poopoo amo” 😂