You make a very good point here! Gunlance realy does feel extremely comfertable to play now in Sunbreak. Even high Level Investigations or special Investigations still feel pretty chill, thanks to all the new Skills & Switch Skills that work well with GL.
I've been using a variation of the boom stick build for nearly 500 hunts and decided to switch it up with a hail cutter switch set. OBviously the biggest downside to using hail cutter is no crit up 1-7 on boomstick build, so I guess it's time to try and rework my build 😈 thanks for the build ideas gamer.
Look I always wanted to try GL but its was too slow for my liking You got my attention and interest with the Heaven Sent/Redirection set, that makes it so much more moveable!!! Cant wait to try it out!
Very true! Gunlance feels fundamentaly different & much quicker/more mobile with the Heaven-Sent x Redirection combo! Add the Reverse Blast Dash Switch Skill and it wont ever feel slow again 👌🏽
As mentioned in the Video, you can literally use whatever Switch Skills you want with GL. The only Switch Skill i usualy recommend to always keep in is "Reverse Blast Dash". I change everything else around depending on what i'm hunting, to fit the situation. For example, in the case of flying targets, I use Hail Cutter to be able to dunk them out of the air etc..
coming from mhw and type whats meta on mh rise on gunlance on yt ...theres no charge shelling ?!!?!!! but bullet barrage looks way more fun even without wyvernstakeblast
Yup, one of the Raw Damage Builds from the TU5 Raw Swaxe Video runs Heaven-Sent. Works incredibly well once you get the gameplay loop down!👌🏽 (There might be another one for TU6 coming soon aswell^^)
You can see wich augmenting Method was used in the Augment Sections of the Video. At the Top of each Armor Piece it says "Augmentation Status" in Red. Below that it shows wich augmenting Method was used.
Of course both have their utility. That's why you can see me use both in the Backgroundfootage aswell ^_^ 👍🏽 But the fact remains that it's: Block and hold still vs a Counter with Invincibility Frames & mobility, that also does Damage. In terms of alround usefullness Reverse Blast is miles ahead of blocking. (And that's without even factoring in that you can chain the move into a combo & you get free Slots in you Build for not having to invest heavily in Guard Skills). However, I use both regardless 😊
Nope. No kind of Shell or Phial can Crit. (So: Gunlance Shells, Charge Blade Phials, Switch Axe Phials - none of them can crit) Affinity on Gunlance is to increase the phisical Attacks with the Weapon itself. Because Attack Boost also does not increase the Shell Damage. (wich makes the skill nearly useless on Gunlance)
Design ? No clue what you mean. Also HH buffs dont effect shelling damage 😄 So it makes no difference aside from when slapping the monster with the GL.
I can build something like this. Is it worth it? This is the main skill. Attack-7 Hellfire-4 Criboost-3 Weakness-3 artillery-3 Evade Extender-3 wirebug Whisperer-3 Blood rite-3 Sneak Attack-3 Load Shell-2 Redirection-2 intrepide Heart-2 Heaven sent-2 bloodlust-1 powder powder-1 frenzied bloodlust-1 Shock absorber-1
The question is gonna be for what playstyle do you intend to use this ? For a general allround Build it's looking good with only 1 thing that is kinda out of place here. On Gunlance never choose ATK Boost over Critical Eye if you have the choice! So if you can, definitely switch those 2! And dont go for more than ATK Boost Lv 4, because there will be better uses for the remaining Slots/Decos than pushing ATK Boost higher.
Sorry mate but I kinda disappointed you're sleeping on guard reload wide shelling build. That one is a completely different playstyle from previous build and very fun to play as well. Especially after wide shelling gets massive boost in damage you can reach 200 damage per shelling attack
Not sleeping on it at all^^ The builds in the Video were based on the interest in Builds at the time after we did a poll on a few different platforms. Sadly the interest in Wide Shelling Builds was very low to say the least.. Wich is why it's not in the multi Build Video here. I find Wide alot of fun to play with, but one of the reasons alot of players seemed not that interested in it, is that mathematically there is no way that Wide can realy compete with Long & Normal. A Wide Shelling Build is on a list for bonus single Build videos though.
Bro hopefully you can throw in a switch skill set up for red and blue scrolls and the theory behind the setup, feel like it’ll help ppl that never touched Gunlance the reasons why you went for so and so. Good stuff tho🤙
That's something i was thinking about to recently too, and have already includet it in some Videos ^_^ Definietely going to do that more often now. Though for certain Weapons (like Gunlance) it completely comes down to personal preference and playstyle aside from the few specific Switch Skills I pointed out in the Video. Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate it! 👍🏽
The Damage depends on the Target, Weakspots/Hitzones, specific Weaknesses, all your active Skills & Buffs, aswell as modifiers on Apex or Elders. And ofc it depends on wich Weapon & wich Shelling Type you are using lol^^ It's also impossible to say why yours hits harder without even knowing what your Build is & wich Build in the Video you are comparing it to😂 Likely a very simple explanation for it, that comes down to one, or mutiplpe of the factors i mentioned here.
Situational. I used to use it alot more, but some of the changes that came along with Sunbreak & the title updates, made other Switch Skills pull ahead, in terms of overall performance. I do still use it from time to time though, because it's definitely not "bad".
