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In the video, presenter Shawnzy provides an extensive guide on mastering the Great Sword in Monster Hunter, highlighting its immense power and the skill required for effective use. He first details the basic and advanced attack mechanics, such as the overhead, wide, and rising slashes, along with the charge system that builds up to the formidable true charge slash. Special techniques like the shoulder tackle, which mitigates damage while maintaining charge, and the Focus skill, which accelerates charging, are also discussed.
Furthermore, Shawnzy offers specific gear recommendations suitable for various game phases, from early to end game. These include combinations like Pukei Helm and Rathalos gear, with tips on prioritizing the Focus skill and utilizing elemental advantages. He elaborates on builds designed for fast gauge filling, exploiting monster weaknesses, achieving massive damage, and using elemental attacks effectively for fire, water, thunder, and ice scenarios.
The video concludes by emphasizing the importance of learning monster attack patterns for Great Sword users, acknowledging its steep learning curve but high reward. Shawnzy encourages experienced players to share their insights, enhancing the community learning experience.
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In this part of the video, Shawnzy introduces the viewers to the Great Sword, a massive and powerful weapon that can intimidate even the most formidable monsters. He describes its grand size and strength, likening its wielding to a ballet performance and comparing its user to the iconic character, Cloud. Shawnzy then goes over the basic attacks: an overhead slash, a wide slash, and a rising slash. He explains the charging mechanics, detailing how to perform a charge slash, a strong charge slash, and the ultimate true charge slash, emphasizing the difficulty in reaching the final stage due to the time it takes. He points out that there are three charge levels, identifiable by a specific animation when the strongest charge is reached. Additionally, he introduces the unique shoulder tackle move, which allows minimal damage intake while maintaining charge levels, and discusses how to progress from one charge level to another, even suggesting a slap attack and alternative paths to reach the true charge slash.
00:03:00
In this part of the video, the narrator explains the mechanics of performing various slashes with a great sword, such as the wide slash, rising slash, and strong charge slash. They also describe how to evade perfectly and follow up with different overhead slash variations. The true charge slash is highlighted as a powerful attack, with the Focus skill helping to charge the great sword faster and Resentment boosting attack power after taking a hit.
The video also discusses equipment recommendations for different game phases. For the early game, suggested gear includes Pukei Helm, leather chest, Girros gloves, Kulu boots, and either Pukei or Girros waist, depending on the weapon. For mid-game, it recommends switching to Kulu Helm, Pukei chest, Paolumu or Kulu gloves, and Jyuratodus boots. For the end game, a build that prioritizes the Focus skill is suggested, using Pukei Helm and chest, Rathalos waist, Jyuratodus boots, and Kulu gloves.
00:06:00
In this segment, the video discusses various armor and skill builds for different scenarios in Monster Hunter. It begins with a build focused on fast gauge filling and special attack damage, utilizing Paolumu Helm and gloves, Anjanath chest and waist, and Jyura boots. The next build aims to paralyze monsters and exploit their weaknesses using gear from Pukei, Rathian, and Girros. The video then presents a build for achieving massive damage numbers with Kulu chest and Rathalos gear, focusing on survivability and damage boosts when health is low. Another build leverages the Black Diablos set for damage boosts and part breaking. Finally, an overview of elemental builds is provided, recommending specific gear sets for fire and water elements, emphasizing the prioritization of elemental attacks.
00:09:00
In this segment, the speaker suggests armor combinations for different elemental builds in Monster Hunter. For Thunder, they recommend using Kulu Helm, Tobi chest and waist, Paolumu gloves, and Jyura boots with concentration included for enhancing great sword special attacks. For Ice, they suggest Legiana Helm and waist, Anjanath chest, Paolumu gloves, and Jyura boots, emphasizing the Anjanath chest for a special boost and Paolumu gloves for concentration. The speaker concludes by advising that the great sword requires learning monster attack patterns, indicating it’s not ideal for new players but rewarding once mastered. They encourage experienced players to share tips in the comments and thank viewers for watching.