The STRONGEST DEFENSIVE WEAPON! Lance Guide | Monster Hunter World 2024 

15 mins of thinking about a lance build and this vid pops up XD

Verry well researched video. A couple of notes for new lance players. Counters (only as a rule of thumb, there are many exceptions) *->* In general: you want to spent as much time hitting and as little time blocking as possible. Time your counters and offensive guard is a must have *->* Counter thrust is the only counter you can do after countering something=good for monster combo attacks like zinogres quadruple paw slam ->Power guard is the only counter that doesnt activate automatically after being hit and its stamina depletion actually stops when being hit = good for multi hit attacks (any monster attack that does multiple ticks of dammage) it also blocks from all directions and has higher knock back resistance. However powerguard takes increased chip damage, so for the love of everything unholy do not use it against somethimg like a nergi dive bomb. *->* Gurad advance gets extra gurad levels=good for power full single hit attacks *->* Clutch claw counter has a really long animation but also zooms you all the way to the monster= good for any monster attack where the monster ends up far away from you (like charge attacks) *->* Normal block is (almost) never your best option *health augemt is a must have* = no more sheathing, non stop attacking Also as a side note amongst the older community there is a realitivly large overlap between SnS and Lance players, so if you like one of these two weapons the other one might be worth checking out. The only critic i have for this video is the whole defense thing. Lance's coutners can be used much quicker than doging an attack, so they are safer when you are attacking but they will do nothing to get you away from the monster. In that regard other weapons are way safer. Espeacially since lance has bad mobility when it comes to getting away from the momster and a really alow sheathing speed. The reaseon why people say lance is good at defense is 1. An image thing and 2. Because they only look at safty while attacking. Ironically other weapons have to play a lot more defensivly and wait for openings, while lance plays super aggresivly. Also the best shield in the game is technically heavy bpwgun with shield mode. Furthermore any weapon can be safe if you put a bunch of defensive skills on it, but most people want to built for as much damage as possible. For those people: At minimum you need guard level 3, because lances shield on its own sucks. Guard 5 is better though in my opinion. Then you need health augment since it allows you to out heal the chip damage. So lances sh*t mobility for disengage and doging and slow sheathing dont matter if you never have to sheath or get away. And lastly you need guard up for some match ups. Hope this helped. Do not go into this weapon thinking yo can make an offensive build and still be safer than other weapons or you will be in for a bad time. Good luck.

An alternative to dashing with the lance is advancing guard, hop/leaping thrust, (repeat indefintely). You can also use it to attack by back hop, advancing guard and immediately cancel into a leaping thrust and immediately cancel into another back hop, repeat. I hope they bring back the clutch counter even if they don't bring back the clutch claw, since it doesn't require the clagger animation. They can rework the tenderize mechanic into whatever, but it feels SO good to pull off repeated perfect clutch counters on super aggro monsters.

Bro , ive been lancing since the vr comment about the hammer bros yesterday lmao . Glad you dropped this .

YES!!! I love the lance. I really didn't love MH and found the combat more frustrating than enjoyable for me but when I started to use the Lance I feel like the combat tempo finally clicked with me. I really love the lance. Thank you for making a video on it Tera!

Been trying this weapon out for a couple days and I'm having a blast. Definitely a underrated gem of a weapon next to the Hunting horn.

I'm actually trying to reach 100 hunts with every weapon. Videos like this restore faith that its not gonna be as daunting as I originally thought 😂 love the content brotha

I’ve played lance since I started MH glad to see people are still picking it up

another banger video tera!

When I first picked up the game I tried Lance and it was mid. Went straight to Longsword out reflex. Years later having played a few more titles you learn that the Lance is really easy mode and super fun 😂 poke, poke, poke and bounce - back in poke, poke etc. Would recommend to everyone 🤝🏼

Very true. Lance is truly the weapon that face dance with the monsters.

One thing about the Counter Clutch I don't hear many mention is that you get a few seconds of knockdown and roar immunity after a successful counter and latch, allowing to you tenderize, flinch or reposition to one adjacent part to pull off the aforementioned before this immunity runs out (most times, depends on the monster), you still take damage if the monster does an attack with the part you're latched onto, so mantles and DB help. You also cannot be cancelled out of the reel in animation unless its very specific monster attacks, like Rajang's Ult slam or Diablos' dig, you can take damage when reeling in though. Health Aug offsets most of that if it happens when you tenderize the part you're reeling into. Clutch Lance is really fun, I pair it with Safe Landing for extra style points. The dopamine rush of having a monster charge the length of the arena and you just get that sick reel in that gradually accelerates right to them.. mmmm.

"Let's fight a typical monster in a typical arena"

Didn’t see this one coming but glad it’s here. Lance always seemed to appeal to me more than gunlance. I’ve seen a few times that some of its best tricks aren’t as effective against some endgame attacks but maybe that’s where the evade lance style is better?

Power Guard take more chip damage than a normal guard, it's good for changing direction, and sometime for conserving stamina. About Fatalis Shield and Fatalis Fireball spam don't mix well, even with Guard 5, it still does heavy knockback, and massive chip damage, so Fatalis can just lock Lance in place if not careful.

Lance was actually the weapon I started Monster Hunter with back on the PS2, since then I've toyed with other weapons but I'd like to get back to my roots

finally the poke stick gets the spotlight!

Now all I need a a charge blade guide 😅

HELLO!! FELLOW LANCE BRO! thanks for sharing how Good the lance is! Btw What layered set you using?

im no longer play MHW but i still love watching your videos

My brain has been on and off about lance, this may help me make up my mind ❤

Could you do a video on what misions to do to get good decorations? Love your content ❤

Oh the time come I started playing mhw not long ago and remember right before I bought it I asked if you planned on doing a lance video so I’m going to watch this video tomorrow at the moment I only tried lance and just killed kirin and diablo where kirin took 3 attempts because the lightning nearly one shotted me and Diablo’s was on first attempts but was at some point pretty risky because of the location I fought it

I feel like the infinite combo with cancel thrust is the best when wanting to continue attacking the monster and maintaining damage

Does focus speed up the charge for the dash? That would rock if it does. Being able to get that second or third charge quicker would be great

ok that it I am using the lance now

First off do you play fighting games? I don’t think I’ve heard anyone refer to moves in monster hunter as command grabs lol. Also, think Lance is super underrated. Only picked it up in the last couple months but it’s been super fun. And made my CB play better by teaching me to focus more on positioning.

Picking Lance in Arena Quests, it makes the hunt so easy. No more running away, tank it anyway!

Thank you

The point of power guard is that after the shield flashes, it gives you guard up. At endgame where most players have access to a guard up jewel, this is meaningless. However if you don't have the jewel yet, it allows you to tank something like nergi dive or teostra supernova if you react to the windups in time, though you will still take some damage. Super useful if you're on a new character.

You can also hop to the side with the dash attack Jumping attack out of the dash attack is basically a mount on demand in 99% of the situations If you press direction out of the counter thrust you can go into mid thrust instead of a high one Power guard also receives more chip damage, but stops the stamina drain for a short time after getting hit and can block multiple attacks unlike counter. You can basically sacrifice more health for stamina and save yourself from a broken guard with right timings You can go into the power guard out of the failed counter by holding back and pressing B (not sure about the specific inputs, but it's a nice tech) Guard dash is one of the most important things you should be using as a Lance player as far as I'm concerned it's offensive, defensive and is your best mobility option (especially if you ever wanna try Rise is absolutely broken there) Should've really mentioned slinger burst, took me an embarrassing amount of time to realise how useful it is on the lance. Diablos and Black Diablos are jokes, poor Kulu can't even use rocky, flying monsters drop out of the sky, Lavasioth can as well shed his lava armor and don't even get me started on stagger on demand with crystal, dragon, thorn and piercing pods 😅 Really REALLY should talk more about Evade Lancing it is insanely safe even against some of the tougher match ups (it actually turned Velkhana into one of the easiest fights for me 😅) Yes I personally would say Lance is not the best match against Fatalis, but only thing I can compare it to is my second main, which is greatsword aka the best match against Fatty

I checked your profile, and it says you are a vet! So if you played mhp3rd, could you recommend me some beginner lance build? I'm doing a lance only play. Thank you in advance (its ok if you don't know) :)

I'm trying lance again after many fail fighting arena Zinogre with LS.

How do you heal each time you poke Fatalis ? Did I miss something in the build ?

I started playing Lance when I decided to give this game a second try after almost giving up on it with Longsword lol. Starting it was a bit of a shock and I was wondering why something this heavy and clunky even exists 😂 It started to open up so quickly though I didn't even consider putting it down for something else until the guiding lands Obviously wanted to watch the vid to see if I'll find anything new I can learn and to give some advice of my own Yes more people definitely should try it My faves are lance and GS, but at this point I'm kinda staying away from lance just because most match ups are too easy with it at this point

I just started world and have loving both lance and switch axe. I played rise when it first came out liked gunlance and insect glaive, but they aren't as fun in world w/o wire bugs imo. Gunlance with no blast dash feels worse than lance with dash to me b/c I like having a movement ability, but like defensive play.

Forgot to add to the playlist btw

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In hands of a more or less skilled player I think lance actually is the least demanding weapon to go through the game with I haven't actually played this game much before and most of my time in it is after all the Back to World stuff from Capcom. I came back to it after a couple of years and my build progression looked something like this LR: 🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴 HR: 🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴 MR until Velk: 🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴 Velkhana main fight to Alatreon : couple of Nargacuga pieces and more bones 😂

What layered armor are you using?

I rather enjoy the lance. I personally prefer how it functions in rise, but just comparing the games id rather play world. Poke poke poke shield charge, repeat.

Charge Blade buil plis 🙏

Monsters: got physical power to kill living mountains, horns bigger than cars, jet wings, power to summon lightnings, whatever tf else Lancer: Nah I WON 😂😂😂

A damage buff is all it needs to be the best weapon in the game

Here's my dumb ass not knowing you can jump with the dash after spending at least 20 hours with the lance

Can somebody told me what is that layered armor ?

My op Lance is 'agressive' counter weapon. Dont play defensive lance.

Lol build against fatalis made of gues what? Fatalis xD

Not bad, but why would you use the lance when you can use the best weapon in the game? I talk about the gunlance! also called ''IL trabuco'' in Spain.

Great video, but Lance is not a defensive weapon.

Snitch, Im a lance main thats why.

Hey, shut up about the lance. It's like certain states. We tell people it sucks so those of us in the know can continue to laugh when someone is surprised by the hunter pie results.

I like it but I wish it wasn't just poke poke poke reset poke poke poke reset poke poke poke. Wish there was more to the move set. The dash attack is a good start though, in terms of potential variety