Monster Hunter Rise | Long Sword Tutorial 

As a LS user I want to apologize for anyone I’ve hit out of a combo

These are hands down the best weapon tutorial videos for MH series. Well done team.

I saw a LS user do a silkbind move after goss harag’s jumping hulk smash move and breaking both of its arms and that was the slickest thing i have seen in my mhrise experience

Quick Sheath with Special Sheath feels so good man. At first I was just standing there cause I wasn't used to how fast it is now.

Videos like these from monster hunter world, were the only reason I was able to understand everything about the game, and now with Rise, I can't wait to try all these combos. Love how helpful these vids are.

LONG LONG MAAAAAAAAAN!

Patiently awaiting that coveted sword and shield workshop.

I’m 5min in and the quality of this tutorial is amazing. Clear, simple yet specific commentary, perfect illustrative content to support the explanations and just enough repetition of the demonstrations to make the viewer feel like they can do this. This is fantastic content, thank you! ❤️

It's cool that Quick Sheathe 3 doesn't just make it faster, it actually completely changes the animation for Special Sheathe. If you don't see it, look at the way the hunter spins the sword. Quick Sheathe 3 goes the opposite direction.

I’ve been following your content for the better part of 2-3 years. But this new MH content is dope! You and your team really took it to a new level. Thank you and keep it going!

Why is it this guy can make any weapon sound the absolute best to use

One thing you didn't mention is that when pressing ZR in the air the number of hits it does is dependent on the sword level you are at. none / white 1, yellow 2, red 3

Arguably one of the most rewarding weapons I’ve ever used and Tied with my 2 other favorites Being Charge Blade ,Great sword

The drawing double slash also counts as the first move in the spirit slash combo. This is useful if you have about half meter, and land both hits, you can immediately go into your spirit slash if you have the opening. It's just a quicker path to that final strike. Awesome tutorial as always Arreks!

You’re really pumping out the weapon workshops, and I am HERE for it!

These weapon "how to" guides for MHrise are so well done. This was the weapon i started with. Learned a lot of new stuff from this!

This is my very first monster Hunter and I love it so much. Am using the long sword at the moment and this will help me so much. Thank you can’t wait to see the other weapons

These workshop videos are your best in your channel. They are the main reason I subbed to you. Incredibly helpful and professionally organized. My one single criticism would be to differentiate the combination of buttons a tad better. Glancing at X -> A and X + A when spaced identically apart is tough to decipher at a glance. It would be awesome to see a colored X+A vs a white X->A or something of that nature. Anyways, thank you for all your hard work on these videos, I know they've helped me a TON!

Please continue this guide series! I'd love to see the rest of the weapons

Brand new to the MH series and been struggling to find a weapon I enjoy, decided to pick up Long Sword and was of the opinion that you had one goal, fill spirit bar, use spirit bar. Did not even know things like Iai attacks or Helm Breaker were even a thing, so from a complete newbie, thank you for this guide, really helped a lot!

OH MY GOD. I gotta ad those tiny barrel bombs to my item set.

I hope SnS is next! Been switching between that and my main from World the Charge Blade! I appreciate the hard work you put into these!

I've been waiting for this! Love the way you explain things. Thank you so much for the hardwork on this.

Been waiting for this weapons tutorial. Thank you arekkz. I’ve also downloaded the hunting horn tutorial and i plan to do the same to all the weapons so that i could try and learn to use all of them! Awesome detailed video as always! Been watching your tutorials since MHGU to World. You guys are the best! 💯🔥

After a good 25 hours hunting with SnS and LS, I still learned a TON from these workshops. I know it is hard work, but man what a contribution to the community. Thank you Arekkz!

One thing worth mentioning about the drawn double slash is that you are required to do a thrust after it, meaning you can't use foresight slash. The step slash doesn't have this problem, allowing you to attack while the monster is readying it's own and use foresight to raise your level easier.

Thank you for these guides! Literally, I religiously learn weapons off this channel. Taught me all I know about them on world and now, Rise! These are really nice and informative. Very to the point too and full of info.

Far in the future I am happy Arekkz and his crew make these videos. I put down MHR for a good while after launch due to many reasons and have playing it a lot again lately. I am a Dual Blade and LS main, but its good to get a bit of a refresher for anything I may have overlooked. Thanks guys for the effort and awesome videos!

Still coming back to these for PC Rise. Started world with the Swaxe, then went into Iceborne using Charge Blade, played Switch Rise with Charge Blade, now running into PC Rise with LS. Happy for these videos they are extremely informative.

Didn't play much LS in World, but picked it up in Rise and it's been a blast

FINALLY!!! Thank you so much for all the content!

Fantastic guide really appreciated the slowed down sections to help with inputs and timing

Oh man i was just wondering when long sword workshop was gonna come out, great content! Edit: i also really appreciate the rurouni kenshin reference

Keep them coming, chief!

Thank you for such an informative video, I just started Rise after playing world and was very confused but now I can happily go and hunt!

These weapon tutorials are AMAZING as ever. Thanks 🙏

Something new to Rise, there's an expedited special sheathing animation after performing the Iai Spirit Slash now. This works even if you miss the counter or the monster, so if you slash through them or whiff and need to run up to the monster to do your drawn double slash, you can hold down R/Sprint for a pretty cool spinning sheathe motion.

Tip that wasnt mentioned in the video: Iai Spirit Slash ending animation can be cancelled into Serene Pose. Useful if u miss the spirit slash counter and need to quickly counter again

I love these weapon workshops. Thank you so much for the video!

I looked for your video on this a few days ago because it was the weapon I never learned in MHW. Glad I'm not alone

Man I love the Japanese kabuki thematics you guys are putting in these videos

Say it with me: I'm a longsword main and I'm proud.

Thanks for all your hard work on these videos dude!

i aint hardcore follower of monster hunter franchise but subbed to channel. due to level of detail has put in guide. gj. LS and switchaxe are my favorites. i learnt them on my own but still checked guides time to time, see if i miss somethings and indeed i have. so thnx for help since there re 2days to rise pc release.

Whoa, I totally missed the foresight slash was a thing and been struggling with the iai counter, good to know my options

Longsword is more fearsome then ever in MP. Not only does it trips your teammates, it also has those insane slashing effects now that blocks the sight of your teammate. Especially in this generation where guard points, quick evades, parrying skills are most useful then ever where having a precise view of the monsters' movement is crucial.

Thanks! Checking out what weapon I want to start with. Hope you get a big hit to views as these videos will be very relevant again with the new console releases today! Very helpful guides!

My buddy just got MHR. I just shared most of these tutorials with him bc it’s his first time playing monster hunter. These tutorials help out so much

The multi-hit SFX is chef's kiss 💋😘

Here I am, HR7... *finally learning how to use the long sword*

absolutely beautiful match-cut at 20:35 well done!

Best long sword M.H guide hands down 👍 everything was well put together

1:42 Its an elegant weapon for a more civilized age

Finally, can't wait for charge blade since its hard to understand how the new switch moves work

I've been waiting for this one!! Awesome vid

Just started playing last night and this comes up. Perfect timing😃

Please do the hammer next it needs some love

One good thing for using serene pose as your gauge spender is that you don't get clapped out of the air like you can with helmsplitter

Wow this video does teach you everything! I didn’t even know all about this. Came for one thing and left with everything

the best well done tutorials,I have seen couple of those from you also from MH Iceborne,perfect content! :)

You forgot the most important tip, make sure to trip all your teammates as long as you get maximum dps output it's all good lol

Depending on the monster I struggle to get even white charge, so I'm really happy to see Sakura Slash is back.

Love your clear and honest guides , seen a lot lately as I picked the game when it landed on Xbox, and you seem to clearly know where the game stands before and after sunbreak, I’m sure updating the vid for the current consoles and pc mechanics would be much more popular as you will take the trip through sunbeak and beyond with us again :-) and I’m sure we will really benefit from your advice on what to invest in and what to leave aside for a while until the new updates as NO ONE is really doing that at all, let me know if you will so I make sure spread the word , gl to you.

Epic intro! I have been waiting for this

Don't mind me just waiting for the charge blade tutorial (:

i coulda sworn you was gonna say "an elegant weapon, for a more civilised age" lmao

Heh Arekkz , keep up the good work ! We really appreciate these workshops !

Yes!!! Was waiting for this

"Like Himura Kenshin." You said it! Great video!

For those who have mastered the longsword or still learning you are now one with the longsword and anime and none will hurt u unless its magnamalo😂

I have never played longsword, and now I might try it. I love your videos, bro!

Thanks for this thorough guide. Helped me alot with understanding the Longsword

Hammer Players seeing longsword: *cries of agony*

Really enjoyed the video, and if I could give a small tip on structure, you may want to put the switch moves later in the video as these aren't even an option for newer players, it should at least be after the weapons moves section set as I found it a little confusing to follow at first.

We appreciate the videos you put out. Great work.

Amazing work Arrekz! Thank you!

the fact that he mentions kenshin gets my like!

remember everyone who wants to play long sword, it is very good but if u play online try as hardest as possible to not trip people so if everyone is going for head = go for tail, if everyone is going for tail = go for feet so u can trip the monster. this is just so everyone doesn't have to put flinch free on their build.

thanks so much for this. i've played through the game with switchaxe and hammer, and now i need to get in the habit of countering instead of rolling. the best combos section of the video is especially helpful

Learning this weapon and it makes me super excited. Thanks for the guide!

I can sleep bomb the monster AND use serene pose at the same time??!! Move over greatsword and hammer, it’s my time to keep shining.

Can you please do insect glaive next? It's so underrated in this game and I feel like people don't talk enough about the new stuff since everyone got disappointed from the demo that clearly didn't do it justice

Amazing video editing and formatting!! great quality!!

Seriously crisp tutorial. Very well done

like many, I'm already confident in my LS prowess, but I'm sure I still have a thing or two to learn in this one ;)

Your discussion of Sakura Slash in the "Which Switch Skills Are Right For You?" section is wrong. You absolutely have something to spend your meter on: Serene Pose. Without Helm Breaker, Serene Pose normally becomes your highest DPS. Spamming Sakura Slash is considerably lower DPS thanks to its extremely slow wirebug regeneration (Serene Pose takes two, but both come back much, much faster), plus the ability to go straight into Spirit Slash 3. Just like Helm Breaker is your bar-spender normally, Serene Pose is your bar-spender with Sakura Slash - Sakura Slash is a good way to apply a lot of status and to get your red bar back up when you're struggling to land a spirit combo or counter. It's great if you're newer to the game because it gives you an easy fallback when you're having trouble getting your bar up, and it's also a great introduction to countering since Serene Pose is so much easier to counter with than Foresight Slash or Iai Spirit Slash. It's also fantastic in multiplayer even if you're good at LS, since the other counters are a lot less reliable and it's a lot easier to miss a Helm Breaker when the monster might decide to turn and attack someone else. It's easy to land Sakura Slash in multiplayer, and Serene Pose is by far the easiest counter to pull off in multiplayer. I think a lot of people have missed this - they tried Serene Pose, noticed it took two wirebugs (but usually not how fast they recharge), maybe didn't notice it takes a level of bar on a successful counter, and figured spamming Sakura Slash was the way to use wirebugs when you have it equipped. Or in the case here, seemingly noticed all those things about Serene Pose, but didn't put two and two together, and think that Sakura Slash is this weird ability that gives you a level of bar without giving you any way to use it.

There’s so much stuff the game doesn’t tell you about the weapons. Thanks for the guide, I’ve been trying to learn longsword but I wasn’t going anywhere. This helped 👍

Editing is crisp. Great job :D

Some more facts for people: - Helmbreaker and Serene Pose's damage scales harder with Spirit Gauge than Longsword's other moves. You lose a lot of damage when you use them outside of Red Gauge level, Red vs Yellow Helmbreaker is a 62.5% damage loss. Serene pose suffers a 70% damage loss when used with Yellow instead of Red spirit gauge. - Sakura Slash doesn't give a darn about Spirit Gauge level, it grows a small amount per gauge level but hits quite hard assuming you land both hits on the monster. It also does more damage than a Helmbreaker at any gauge level except Red. At Red though, the Helmbreaker does 40% more damage. Both skills are entirely good choices. Sakura lets you spend your meter on more Serene Poses. - Speaking of Serene Pose, it does about 25% less damage than a Helmbreaker at all gauge levels. This isn't quite true it varies between 23-30% from gauge level to gauge level but its a good approximation. At Red Spirit Gauge a Serene pose hits harder than a Sakura Slash, so if you're playing a counter heavy style then this can be one of your major DPS tools. Especially because you are damaging a monster when it otherwise couldn't be safely attacked. - Spirit Reckoning hits 8% harder than Roundslash at all gauge levels except Red where its 12%. To help you decide if you think the mobility + damage is better than the Hitbox/AoE of Roundslash.

i've been maining HH so far, but i feel like i should learn this and Dual Blades to become the ultimate weeb

Amazing guide! Thank you Arekkz!!!

Epic editing on the intro Arrekz!!

This should have been posted a day earlier and been a wordless 28-minute video of clips of LS users moving to and attacking the tail

Arkez do you think you could do a tutorial on the camera controls I have a couple of friends who are having problems adjusting and maybe a tutorial would do them good.

I really appreciate this guy mentioning the changes from World to Rise (helm splitter) it helps knowing this ahead of time so my muscle memory isn't confused, really like these video's

being useing LS sense day one of rise and this video has helped me so much in just a few mins, thank you

I was like “pfft I don’t need to watch this it’s my main weap-“ as I learn new tech

Nobody: Long sword players:I have the power of god and anime on my side REEEEEEE!!!

Thank you I was wondering where my helm attack went 😅 but I did learn a quick few tips from you with the wire bugs love the exclamations and demonstrations extremely helpful guide!!!

Bow next? I think its underrated and in so many review videos, its always the last to get covered! Would love to gain a deeper understanding of it being new to the series. Keep up the great work!