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0:00There are 14 weapons to choose from,
0:02each with their own mechanics and combos
0:04that will confuse any new player playing
0:06Wilds as their first Monster Hunter
0:09game. Now, I know there's people with
0:10low attention spans, so go ahead and
0:12check the timeline so you can skip to
0:14your weapon. However, for those that
0:16haven't skipped ahead, listen up.
0:18Everything that I say is just my own
0:19opinion, and I highly recommend using
0:22the weapon for yourself to make your own
0:24judgment. I don't know how good your
0:26gamer skills are, so I'm just making a
0:28general assumption. Also, feel free to
0:29disagree with what I say. Just don't get
0:32heated over my ratings. Also, this time
0:34we are doing the ratings a bit
0:36differently. Before I had to cut out
0:38chunks of info, but this time I'm adding
0:40a bit more depth to my ratings. Each
0:43weapon will have ratings for the
0:44mechanics, combos, and an overall
0:47difficulty rating. That way, you will
0:49know what part of the weapon is easy,
0:52medium, or hard to learn for a beginner.
0:54Let's begin with the game's iconic
0:57gutsbuster sword, the great sword. The
0:59mechanics of this weapon is that it
1:01basically has the mechanics. So, let's
1:03move on. Okay, I'm joking, you great
1:05sword mains. This weapon relies on
1:08charging this hunk of metal to deal that
1:10fat chunky damage. Is it hard to charge
1:13this weapon? Absolutely not. Which is
1:15why this weapon's mechanics are easy.
1:18It's really not that difficult to learn.
1:20Just charge your attacks for big damage.
1:23There is a tiny mechanic of letting go
1:25of your charge attack on time to deal
1:27more damage, but that's an easy fix.
1:30Combos for the great sword is weird.
1:33Basically, they're not complicated to
1:35learn, but there's quite a few links you
1:37can do to eventually lead up to your
1:39strongest attack. In fact, it feels like
1:41you're not really doing combos and
1:43instead you're just making decisions on
1:45what your next attack should be.
1:47Although, that is the definition of a
1:48combo. Either way, this weapons combos
1:51are easy to learn because it doesn't
1:53feel like you're doing a combo. It feels
1:55like there's not really a lot of combo
1:57strings, unless I'm wrong. Which means
1:59that my overall rating for this weapon
2:01is medium. New players might find it
2:04difficult to get used to how slow this
2:05weapon is, but it doesn't mean that it's
2:08hard to use, especially with how this
2:10weapon works incredibly well with the
2:12focus mode. It makes this weapon's
2:14charge attacks really easy to use for a
2:17beginner because of the ability to aim
2:19your attacks. You no longer need to
2:21properly position yourself correctly to
2:23land a hit on the monster. As long as
2:26you're in the vicinity of the monster,
2:28then you'll be able to land your attack.
2:29Whereas before, you'd have to be there
2:31in the right time and place to land a
2:33hit, whether it's charged or not. Now,
2:36even though the majority of what I said
2:37is easy, what makes this weapon go into
2:40a medium is the fact that this weapon
2:42requires monster knowledge if you intend
2:45to time your perfect guards and offset
2:48attacks properly. The dual blades. Okay,
2:51so the mechanics are very simple to
2:53learn. Activate demon mode, hit the
2:55monster until you fill up the bar, and
2:56then you no longer need demon mode.
2:58That's as simple as it gets. So, it's
3:01fair to say that it's an easy mechanic
3:03for a beginner to pick up, which is why
3:05I would recommend this weapon as
3:07someone's starter weapon. I would be
3:09surprised to hear if anyone struggles to
3:11understand this weapon's mechanic. The
3:13only slight problem that a new player
3:15might find annoying is the stamina drain
3:17when in demon mode. If you don't manage
3:19your stamina correctly, you might find
3:21yourself in danger. The dual blades
3:23combos are not very hard to learn. In
3:25fact, you probably don't even need to
3:27learn them at all. You can pretty much
3:29button mash most of the time to deal all
3:31the damage you need. This is definitely
3:33easy for anyone jumping into this game.
3:35I don't have much else to say about the
3:37combos. Obviously, knowing which moves
3:39to use will help with dealing damage and
3:41repositioning, but it doesn't take too
3:43long to understand. I guess I'll just
3:45admit that I too button mash with this
3:47weapon. Overall, this weapon falls under
3:49easy. It doesn't take too much to
3:51understand how to use the weapon. Maybe
3:52if you want to actually learn the combos
3:55so you don't B mash too much, but I
3:57believe any player would be able to
3:59figure out the dual blades combos. Even
4:01during the heat of combat, it's fairly
4:03easy to use. A new player might be a bit
4:05scared to use the weapon because you
4:07don't have a shield, but if they can
4:09make use of this weapon's ability to
4:11evade, then they will realize the power
4:13of this weapon. Okay, we're stepping
4:15into some skill territory here with the
4:17long sword. The mechanics for this
4:19weapon requires managing the spirit
4:21gauge. Even though it's easy to
4:23understand how to get the gauge up,
4:25leveling up the gauge might be a little
4:27problem with new players. I remember
4:29going into panic mode whenever I saw my
4:31gauges level dropping, which diverted my
4:34attention and allowed the monster to get
4:36a free KO. Those were the noob days.
4:38I'll say this weapon's mechanics fall
4:40under medium. It's not hard to
4:42understand, but maybe in the heat of
4:44battle, a new player might find it
4:46difficult to maintain. Combos for the
4:48long sword are not hard to understand at
4:50all. I would say it's quite
4:52straightforward. However, when you
4:54factor in the ability to counter with
4:56this weapon, that's where it gets a bit
4:58tricky. Countering is very useful when
5:00using this weapon, and it can be used at
5:02almost any point of your combos, which
5:05kind of complicates things, which is why
5:07I would place this weapon's combo
5:09difficulty in medium. For a beginner,
5:11the hardest part of doing combos is
5:14trying to add in counters, but other
5:15than that, the combos are very simple.
5:18Overall, this weapon's difficulty fits
5:20around medium. I think the thing that
5:22will cause problems with the player is
5:24being able to time your counters with
5:26the long sword. If we're talking about
5:28combos without countering, then it's
5:30extremely simple. It's just countering
5:32that causes problems because the timing
5:34of the counter is dependent on the
5:36player skill, which is why it [music]
5:38can be hard for some and it can be easy
5:40for others. Also, it involves learning a
5:42monster's attack pattern, which can bump
5:44up the difficulty quite a bit. The proin
5:46weapon has gone through some changes
5:48compared to World Arise. However, the
5:50thing that hasn't changed is that this
5:52weapon basically has no mechanic. The
5:54only thing that's close to one is the
5:56ability to counter. You might think that
5:58since it can perform a counter, the
6:00mechanic difficulty will increase,
6:02right? Well, no. I'd say it's very easy
6:05to counter with this weapon. Unlike the
6:07long sword, the counter window is easier
6:09to perform, which is why the mechanic
6:11difficulty of this weapon is easy. In
6:14fact, the weapon even auto counters for
6:16you. So, there's barely any window to
6:19counter. There's only one move where if
6:21you time the counter right, you get more
6:23damage. But other than that, the devs
6:26made it really simple to do counters.
6:28The lance combos are pretty easy. Just
6:30spam your thrusts. Obviously, add in
6:32some guard counters in the mix, but
6:35overall, there's nothing too complicated
6:37with the combos. Combo difficulty is
6:40easy. Honestly, I'll be surprised if
6:42someone were to say it's even in the
6:44medium range, but if it is, please
6:46explain why. Overall, the poking weapon
6:49goes under easy. The thing that helps it
6:51be an easy weapon to use is the auto
6:54counter. The weapon's clunky and heavy
6:56play style might take some time to get
6:59used to, but with that massive shield
7:01blocking almost any attack, you won't be
7:03getting hurt. So, there's basically no
7:05fear of getting hit when you're trying
7:06to use and learn this weapon. It's like
7:08having your training wheels when you're
7:10learning how to ride a bike. The
7:12boomstick has also gone through changes,
7:14but the main mechanics of this weapon
7:16remains mostly the same. stuff like the
7:19weapon's ability to fire explosives at a
7:21close range, the whole wide, normal, and
7:23long gun launch types, and the rest.
7:26This can be quite confusing for someone
7:28new, and even I forget which gun launch
7:31type makes firing shells weak or strong.
7:33It's kind of annoying to be honest, but
7:35I'm going to place the weapons mechanics
7:37under medium. You honestly can just play
7:40the gun lance without knowing about the
7:41types. However, if you really want to go
7:43into the deep end, then knowing about
7:45the gunlast types to get the best damage
7:47possible would bump up the mechanics to
7:50a hard. The combos have gone through the
7:52most changes. There's quite a lot of
7:53moves that you can chain together to
7:55eventually fire this weapon's strongest
7:57attack. New players might be overwhelmed
7:59with how much you can do with it, or
8:01they might stick to one combo. Also,
8:03when you factor in some moves that let
8:05you perform a guard point, which helps
8:07to block attacks while you're doing an
8:09attack can definitely bump this weapon's
8:11combo difficulty even more. Which is why
8:14I'll put the combos on the hard. I even
8:17had to go to the training room with this
8:18one to understand what the hell I was
8:20doing. In the end, with all that I've
8:22said, the guns falls under hard.
8:24Chaining all the combos, knowing which
8:26gun loss types does what, and performing
8:29guard points if you can is what pushes
8:32this weapon's overall difficulty to
8:34hard. The weapon does feel easy at
8:36first, but when you learn about all the
8:38ways to use the weapon, then it gets a
8:41bit complicated. Also, the slow pace of
8:43this weapon might catch some people off
8:45guard. The simple sword and shield,
8:47well, mechanics are definitely
8:49non-existent here if we're comparing it
8:51to other weapons. If I had to really
8:53push it, I would probably say the
8:54mechanics of this weapon is being able
8:56to slash the monster or hit the monster
8:58with blunt damage. Slashing the monster
9:01can allow you to cut off pieces of the
9:02monster, or in other words, it allows
9:05you to cut the tail off the monster.
9:07Whereas, hitting the monster with blunt
9:09damage lets you knock out the monster
9:11only if you hit the head or tire out the
9:13monster when hitting anywhere else.
9:14Either way, this weapon's mechanics fall
9:17under easy. But again, that's me pushing
9:19it because in reality, it has no
9:21mechanic. Combos actually mess me up to
9:23this day. I'm going to straight up say
9:25it's a medium. My reason is because
9:27there's so many strings of combos you
9:29can do. And picking up this weapon as
9:31your starting weapon, you're definitely
9:33going to want to look up a guide for
9:35knowing the combos. However, this
9:37doesn't mean that this weapon is hard to
9:38use. You can totally bot mash and you'll
9:41be somewhat fine. If you know about
9:43maybe 50 to 70% of the combos, then you
9:47can get away with it. That's why the
9:49difficulty drops down from hard to
9:50medium. My overall rating is that it's
9:53easy to learn. Sure, I don't know how to
9:55properly use the combos with this
9:57weapon, as you might be able to tell
9:59from this video, but that doesn't mean
10:01that it's a hard weapon to pick up and
10:02use as a beginner. Everyone recommends
10:04to start with this weapon because it's a
10:06mix of the other ones. You have a shield
10:08to protect you while you go up close and
10:10either slice or bash the monster until
10:13you defeat it. Also, sword and shield
10:14users will scream at you to learn the
10:16combos properly. They've been somewhat
10:18screaming. I mean, the bow has gone
10:20through changes that make this weapon
10:22way better than it was before, as if it
10:24even needed that change. The new
10:26mechanic called the trick gauge is
10:28another thing that the player will have
10:29to manage. This gauge allows you to fire
10:32tracer arrows and apply coatings. The
10:34gauge can be filled by landing attacks
10:36or by performing the discerning dodge,
10:38aka perfect evade. Honestly, it's not a
10:41hard mechanic to learn, but you still
10:43have to manage your stamina when using
10:45this weapon, which a new player might
10:47find hard. Either way, I'll put this
10:49weapon's mechanic under medium. It might
10:51even be hard because managing both the
10:53stamina and the trick gauge might be
10:55difficult. However, the trick gauge
10:57isn't too hard to manage in my opinion.
10:59Honestly, I got a bit confused with the
11:01bow combos at first, but I just needed
11:03to learn the opener and I was good. For
11:06the new players, I do wonder what it's
11:08like for you guys to be honest. Okay, my
11:10guess is that you most probably are
11:12spamming the regular shots and not
11:13knowing about using the trace arrow, the
11:16arc shots, and using either the dragon
11:18pierce or thousand dragons. However,
11:20it's not too hard to learn about the bow
11:22combos. The bow combos fall on the
11:24medium. It might even be close to hard,
11:27but the combos are kind of easy. The
11:29bow's overall difficulty goes under
11:32medium. It might be a tiny bit hard to
11:34use the bow, especially if you want to
11:37perform the perfect dodge. Maybe
11:38managing the gauge and the stamina bar
11:41might be a problem. However, I think
11:43it's quite easy to get over that hurdle
11:46and use the bow efficiently. A tiny
11:48change was made to the light bow gun.
11:50The new rapid fire gauge is not
11:52complicated at all. It's basically
11:54either let it regen without being in a
11:56rapid fire mode or land hits on the
11:59monster while in the standard mode. A
12:01very simple mechanic for the weapon.
12:03Other than that, the weapon remains the
12:05same with it having different ammo types
12:07[music] and bow gun mods. I think the
12:09only complicated thing when it comes to
12:11bow guns in general is the ammo type
12:13because ammos perform better on specific
12:15bow guns and new players do not know
12:18this. At least the devs had changed the
12:20look of the ammo table, which made it
12:22much easier to look at than when it was
12:24in Mazda World. Anyways, the light bow
12:27gun's mechanics fall under medium. It's
12:29not hard at all to learn the mechanics,
12:31but there's a lot to look at. Combos
12:33don't even exist on the light bow gun.
12:35The only combo would be the chaser shots
12:38and burst step, which can be easily
12:40done. So, it's easy. I would even place
12:42it as nonapplicable at this rate.
12:44Overall difficulty for the light bow gun
12:46is easy. There might be a slight
12:48difficulty when it comes to learning to
12:51use the right ammo type and which bow
12:53gun mods to use, but that barely moves
12:55my difficulty scaling even close to a
12:58medium. Another tiny change was made to
13:00the heavy bow gun. The ignition mode is
13:03the new mechanic, and it's the same as
13:05the light bow gun's rapid fire mode. You
13:07can also perform a perfect guard and an
13:09offset attack with this weapon compared
13:11to the light bow gun. Other than that,
13:13it works just like the light bow gun in
13:15terms of ammo type and bow gun mods.
13:17This means it's going to have the same
13:19difficulty as the other one, which is
13:21medium. Combos are non-existent for
13:24sure. It's either easy or not
13:26applicable, which is why I'd say this
13:28weapon has the same difficulty as it
13:30light counterpart, which is easy. Some
13:33people will find the heaviness of the
13:35weapon uncomfortable, but making use of
13:37the weapon's shield covers its mobility
13:40issue. The pogo stick. The mechanics of
13:43this weapon can be somewhat confusing
13:45and maybe a bit daunting for a new
13:47player. There's quite a bit to explain
13:48with the mechanics for someone to
13:50understand this weapon. Like I'd have to
13:52talk about the kinssect which has its
13:54own stats. Then there's extracting
13:56different essences from the monster and
13:58how they can buff you on top of changing
14:00the weapons move sets. This might
14:02overwhelm someone just starting their
14:04first monster hunter game. So I'm
14:06dropping this under hard. On the other
14:08hand, this weapon's combos are quite
14:10simple. You just have to spam three
14:12button inputs most of the time. There
14:14are a few other moves that you have to
14:16remember, like essence extractions,
14:18aerial moves, and some other attacks.
14:21However, they are not too complicated to
14:23remember, and they don't really go into
14:25a combo. As long as you spam the three
14:28button inputs, you'll be fine. I would
14:30place this under easy. If I had to
14:32stretch it, I would say medium because
14:34there's quite a bit of moves, but the
14:36moves aren't complicated at all. By the
14:38way, if you want to know what free
14:40button inputs I'm talking about, it's
14:42basically an infinite combo that I
14:43talked about in my five tips video for
14:46the insect lathe that you might want to
14:48watch. My overall rating for the insect
14:50lathe is a hard only because the kinsect
14:53mechanics might cause someone's brain to
14:55overload while in the heat of battle.
14:57However, once someone gets over the
14:59hurdle of understanding the mechanics,
15:01then learning the combos is a breeze in
15:03the park. Maybe I should put this weapon
15:04in medium, to be honest. Oh boy, the
15:06charge blade. I'm getting flashbacks
15:09with the rating I did for this weapon
15:11for world. Well, the mechanics will
15:12definitely cause someone's brain to blow
15:14up. As many veterans of Monster Hunter
15:17games would say, this weapon's mechanics
15:19are straight up hard. Why is that, you
15:21might ask? Well, you got the main
15:22mechanic, which is gaining and storing
15:24fire energy. Then you got to charge a
15:26shield and sword. Then there's learning
15:28about the power axe mode. And then it's
15:30just learning to manage the uptime of
15:33powered states of all three parts of the
15:35weapon. Some new players might find it
15:36hard to manage on top of fighting a
15:38monster. So that's why it's hard. By the
15:41way, we're not done yet. The combos are
15:43quite varied. That will definitely make
15:44a beginner regret picking this as their
15:47first weapon. At first, they do seem a
15:49bit simple, but there's quite a bit that
15:51you can do. Firstly, someone needs to
15:53know the attacks you can do in the two
15:55modes, sword and axe mode. Then it's
15:57knowing how guard points can help string
15:59your attacks and save your life. Then
16:01it's actually pulling it off in battle.
16:03A lot of it requires monster knowledge
16:05and knowing when to commit to specific
16:07moves or combos. Otherwise, you'll just
16:10be reckless with weapon like me. So,
16:12it's definitely safe to say it belongs
16:14to the hard difficulty. Overall, I'd be
16:17surprised to see if someone says this
16:19weapon is easy for a beginner because
16:21without a tutorial on YouTube and just
16:24relying on the game's guide, you will
16:25miss out on quite a bit of stuff that
16:27this weapon has to offer. I'm dropping
16:29this weapon on the hard because a
16:31beginner might drop this game if they
16:33use this weapon for their first time.
16:35All because they didn't learn to store
16:37energy to stop their blade from always
16:39bouncing off the monster. And there's
16:41quite a bit of combos that you can do
16:42with the weapon on top of guard
16:44pointing. Moving on to the Bubba Bonk
16:46weapon. The main mechanic is its ability
16:49to charge up his attacks. And that's
16:51pretty much it. It doesn't really have
16:53anything else, and it's extremely simple
16:55to learn. You'll mostly be holding down
16:57the charge button to do it charge
16:59attacks with each level allowing you to
17:02perform specific moves. Therefore, its
17:04mechanic is very easy to learn since I'm
17:07literally able to explain its mechanics
17:10just right now. Combos easy. Literally
17:12nothing major to learn here. The combos
17:15are straightforward and there's nothing
17:17about them that makes them complex. I'll
17:19be surprised if someone said otherwise,
17:21and if they did, I do hope they can
17:23explain what makes the hammer combos
17:25complex. Generally, I I am interested.
17:28Overall, I would still say it's easy,
17:30but close to medium. Even though I
17:32mostly said everything about this weapon
17:34is easy, the thing that I would say that
17:36makes it a bit challenging to use is the
17:39speed of this weapon. If you're not used
17:40to slow weapons like this, then you
17:42might find it a problem. Also, there's
17:45no shield with this weapon, making you
17:46feel quite vulnerable to almost every
17:49attack that a monster dishes out, and
17:51all you're left with is being able to
17:53dodge, which is quite a pain if you're
17:55charging up an attack because every time
17:56you dodge while you're charging an
17:58attack, you will cancel the charge
17:59attack. Also, doing the offset attack is
18:01kind of hard to do. The hunting horn
18:03mechanics are pretty much the same as
18:04before. Different attacks produce
18:06different notes and lining up the notes
18:08specifically can create a melody. When
18:10you perform the melody, that is when you
18:12can get the melody's effect. Sounds
18:14pretty simple, but when you're in the
18:16heat of battle, that mechanic will
18:18confuse you unless you intend to
18:20remember each horn's melodies, and
18:22there's a lot of them. It's why most
18:24people advise to use the melodies before
18:26heading into battle. I will say the
18:28horn's mechanic is hard, but it's kind
18:30of leaning to medium because if you play
18:33those melodies before battle, then you
18:35don't need to think about the mechanic
18:36too much. Combos with this weapon are
18:38kind of easy. There isn't really a long
18:40combo string to be honest. The only
18:42thing that makes the combos complicated
18:44is added additional inputs to create
18:46melodies faster. However, that would
18:49fall under the weapons mechanics and not
18:51the combos, which is why I'll put the
18:53combos under medium. It's kind of hard
18:55to judge this one because if you want a
18:57melody, then you're somewhat constricted
18:59to doing a specific combo. However, if
19:02you're not focusing on melodies, then
19:04the combos are easy. In the end, the
19:05hunting horn is under hard. If you're
19:08trying to do melodies in the middle of
19:10battle, you are definitely going to
19:11struggle. Plus, each hunting horn has
19:13their own melodies buffs, meaning you
19:16have to look carefully to see which horn
19:18you like to use. And finally, the switch
19:21axe. The mechanic might be a bit
19:23difficult to manage, but it's pretty
19:25easy to understand. Basically, attacking
19:27an axe mode increases the big bar. Sword
19:30mode uses the big bar's energy. The
19:32sword mode attacks increases smaller
19:35bar. And maxing the small bar makes the
19:38weapon do small explosions with each
19:40attack. Obviously, the bars will run out
19:42of energy either through time or using
19:45whatever mode. an easy mechanic to
19:47understand, but making use of the
19:49smaller bar, which is the amp gauge,
19:51might be hard to do when the monster is
19:53going aggressive. I'm going to say this
19:56is a medium. Combos for the switch ax
19:58are interesting because you have to
20:00learn both axe or sword mode attacks.
20:03You might think it's a bit much to learn
20:04because of the two modes, but it's quite
20:07simple. I'm going to say the combo
20:09difficulty is medium. That's because
20:11there's honestly not a lot of combos to
20:13remember in either mode. However, you
20:16just have to remember which attacks you
20:19can do when you're in one of the modes.
20:21My overrating for the Switch has to be
20:24medium, but it's slightly close to hard.
20:26Managing the bars or meters is the only
20:29thing that new players will find a bit
20:31annoying. Other than that, you do feel
20:33quite vulnerable with this weapon. But
20:35if you make use of the offset and
20:37counteratt attacks, then you can save
20:39your life from those attacks. However,
20:41that depends on how good you are at
20:43timing your attacks. Now, remember,
20:45everything I've said here is my opinion,
20:47which you can totally agree or disagree
20:49on. Just don't get heated over my
20:51ratings. I would love to hear your own
20:53ratings since it might change my
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