{"id":172530,"date":"2021-01-20T17:00:59","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T17:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/monster-hunter-world-great-sword-strange-details-no-sense\/"},"modified":"2021-01-20T17:00:59","modified_gmt":"2021-01-20T17:00:59","slug":"monster-hunter-world-10-things-that-make-no-sense-about-great-swords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2021\/01\/20\/monster-hunter-world-10-things-that-make-no-sense-about-great-swords\/","title":{"rendered":"Monster Hunter World: 10 Things That Make No Sense About Great Swords"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Great Sword is an iconic weapon that has been a part of the Monster Hunter<\/a> series since the very beginning. It featured prominently in early promotional material for the upcoming movie as a result.<\/a> It\u2019s also a popular pick among Hunters (highly advised for those diving into the Monster Hunter Rise demo<\/a>), for obvious reasons: it\u2019s implausibly big and intimidating, with tremendous damage potential.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Monster Hunter World: A Complete Weapon Tier List For Both Cooperative And Solo Play<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a simple concept to grasp: slow, heavy, powerful swings are this weapon\u2019s forte. Still, there\u2019s much more to it than that. Its mechanics, as with most of the franchise\u2019s arsenal, were tweaked somewhat in the transition to Monster Hunter World<\/a>, and there are now more bizarre little details about the Great Sword than ever before.<\/p>\n

10 <\/span>Its Sheer Size<\/h2>\n
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To address the enormous, Chrysler-Building-sized blade in the room, there\u2019s one simple fact to address first: Great Swords are gigantic. \u00a0Final Fantasy VII fans often joke that enigmatic hero Cloud Strife<\/a> could never wield the Buster Sword with his thin PS1 arms, and that goes severalfold for Hunters and Great Swords.<\/p>\n

In the Monster Hunter universe, bigger weapons \u2018extend\u2019 somewhat when drawn, so that they can practically fit on a Hunter\u2019s back when sheathed in the first place. Hunters are incredibly strong and resilient, largely thanks to their armor, but they don\u2019t have any actual superhuman abilities. How can they even support the weight of one of these things, let alone effectively wield one in combat?<\/p>\n

9 <\/span>Blocking With The Blade<\/h2>\n
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Clearly, then, the Great Sword is far, far more than a typical blade. It\u2019s one of few weapons in the series that comes equipped with a block move, akin to the shield of the Lance or the often-underrated Sword and Shield.<\/a> As formidable and substantial as the Great Sword is, though, there\u2019s really no way this would work against the average towering Wyvern.<\/p>\n

Holding a Great Sword in a defensive stance against a projectile attack, or a devastating slam from a raging beast? Shields wouldn\u2019t realistically have a chance, and the blade of a sword certainly wouldn\u2019t either.<\/p>\n

8 <\/span>The Block Is Usually Best Avoided<\/h2>\n
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Practical or not, the blocking function of this weapon is a very well-known part of its kit. As experienced players will know, however, it isn\u2019t a feature to rely on.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Monster Hunter World: 10 Pro Tips For Great Sword Users<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

While the Great Sword\u2019s sharpness doesn\u2019t degrade very quickly compared to weapons like the Longsword or Dual Blades (it\u2019s the complete opposite of their combo-heavy nature), blocking with it causes sharpness to take quite the hit. It doesn\u2019t mitigate damage as effectively as it could, either, meaning that taking evasive action is usually the preferable course of action. The iconic block is actually quite sub-optimal in most situations.<\/p>\n

7 <\/span>They\u2019re Surprisingly Complicated To Use<\/h2>\n
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At first glance, the Great Sword looks like it would be a simple enough weapon to use (practical considerations of wielding it aside). Swinging an enormous blade into foes and hoping to cause as much damage as possible in the process isn\u2019t the most complex of battle strategies, after all.<\/p>\n

Surprisingly, though, there\u2019s an awful lot more to its usage than that. Monster Hunter combat is often criticised for being slow and clunky, and while World took great strides to improve here, the Great Sword is very technical in terms of charging and aiming its most devastating blows. This is not a weapon to try to simply smash with on auto-pilot, regardless of appearances.<\/p>\n

6 <\/span>It\u2019s Tough To Target Tails With Them<\/h2>\n
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While solo players will still have hundreds of hours of fun with a Monster Hunter World, the game has always shined in multiplayer. Co-op play with up to three other hunters opens the door for all manner of team strategies that wouldn\u2019t have been possible otherwise. Players tends to adopt a role on the team, and tail cutting can be a vital one.<\/p>\n

Those who have mastered the elegant ways of the Long Sword<\/a> will frequently take this role, as the weapon\u2019s wide vertical sweeps lend themselves well to damaging this part (eventually severing it for the valuable carve it offers). The Great Sword\u2019s cutting damage and similar range on its attacks may make it seem like a natural fit here too, and it can be effective. With very mobile monsters, though, it can be surprisingly hard to consistently target a tail.<\/p>\n

5 <\/span>They Can Be Frustratingly Slow<\/h2>\n
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It\u2019s certainly true that Monster Hunter World is a great deal more accessible than the titles that came before it. In many ways, this was key to the game\u2019s success. The combat is still slow and deliberate by design, but more fluid movements and mobility options went a very long way.<\/p>\n

By virtue of its trademark charged attacks and heavy swings, though, the Great Sword was somewhat left behind in this regard. New players who pick it up and those who try out the dynamic Dual Blades first will have an entirely different experience, an unfortunate truth that perhaps doesn\u2019t do the former justice.<\/p>\n

4 <\/span>The Brilliantly Silly Tackle Move<\/h2>\n
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Slow it may be, but this formidable weapon got a very nice boon in the transition to Monster Hunter World: the fantastic tackle. This move, as the name implies, is a physical tackle performed by the Hunter (like a Wyvern\u2019s hip check on a tiny human scale). It may seem entirely unimpressive when you\u2019ve got an enormous sword, but this new move should never be underestimated.<\/p>\n

RELATED: 10 Games To Play If You Liked Monster Hunter World<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

With this move, the player can armor their way through monsters\u2019 attacks and proceed to unleash their own attack from there. With practise, a Great Sword Hunter can become all but unstoppable, but there are two important things to note here: damage is still taken from the initial monster\u2019s attack (albeit reduced) and the Hunter is somehow dodging into a full-force attack without even flinching. Super armor is a strange thing.<\/p>\n

3 <\/span>Its \u2018Best\u2019 Armor Skill Can Be Very Counterproductive<\/h2>\n
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Those who are well-versed in the franchise<\/a> will often reiterate one important tip, when it comes to Great Sword use: the Armor Skill Focus is very important. This skill reduces the time weapons such as the Great Sword and Bow take to charge their attacks. In a series where every attack counts and every mistake could be fatal, Focus has historically been very valuable indeed.<\/p>\n

In terms of both offense and defense, this Armor Skill can still be powerful. The difficult thing for experienced users of the weapon to grasp, though, is that the rules have really changed in World. Reducing the time full charges take still leaves them very slow, while also limiting the player\u2019s access to the ever-valuable, ever-ridiculous tackle.<\/p>\n

2 <\/span>They Don\u2019t Really Work Well With Elemental And Status Damage<\/h2>\n
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For the majority of weapon classes, elemental damage is a big consideration. Hardened Hunters often switch to a fire- or water-imbued weapon before tackling a foe weak to that element (and adjust their armor accordingly to mitigate their own weaknesses). It tends to be the best way to ensure more efficient and faster hunts.<\/p>\n

Statuses can be tremendously useful, as poisoning a monster or temporarily incapacitating them can also work wonders. Both elemental and status damage is applied per hit, however, meaning that the speedy Sword and Shield or Dual Blades are great at inflicting them. The likes of the Hammer and Great Sword, meanwhile, are almost exclusively all about the raw damage, missing out on this huge part of Monster Hunter play in that sense.<\/p>\n

1 <\/span>As With All Weapons, There Are Some Very Silly-Looking Ones<\/h2>\n
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This inexplicable aspect of the Great Sword is probably best: some of them are designed to look as ridiculous as they can. Each of Monster Hunter World\u2019s 14 weapon types is unique and brimming with potential,<\/a> but in this action RPG franchise, the super-serious is always tempered by the silly and slapstick.<\/p>\n

Certain \u2018joke weapons\u2019 have been added over the course of the series as a result. There\u2019s the Pizza Wheel Charge Blade, the Sharq Attaq Lance and, perhaps most infamously, the Wyvern Ignition. This rocket-powered Great Sword is the epitome of everything the Great Sword stands for: impossible, impractical yet still very strong. As is the Frozen Speartuna, pictured here.<\/p>\n

NEXT: 10 Monster Hunter World Pro Tips Hunters Should Follow<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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