Great Sword

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[edit] Weapon Overview

A GS user preparing a charged attack The Great Sword, a classic weapon first introduced into Monster Hunter, is a weapon capable of dealing massive damage, and its way of use has changed since Monster Hunter 2, when it was given a charged attack. The weapon tree for the Great Sword its divided between 2 main branches: the Buster Sword branch and Bone Blade branch. The Buster Sword branch has slightly less overall sharpness than the Bone Blade in exchange for a wider amount of elemental damage up its sleeve, but both sides have generally lower sharpness bars than other weapons, so it's wise to have sharpening tools around. A weapon which has its own deep of use and it requires certain amount of training to be able to master it and fully use it, the Great Sword is not just any big pointy stick. It can also block with the R button, serving as a shield with slightly better protection than the Sword and Shield, as well as a fast-draw shielding ability activated by holding down the R button and then pressing triangle. This shielding ability comes with a downfall, however, as each time you shield an attack the sword will lose sharpness. Table of Contents: Damage Formula Traits Videos Movements Links

[edit] Weapon Traits

The Great Sword requires certain amount of knowledge to use it properly and master it; it becomes a slow weapon if not used correctly. In the hands of an experienced hunter, it is a very handy weapon with a very nice damage output. See the Videos ahead; there are some tutorials on becoming a GS master!.

• GS's provide the hunters with shielding capabilities by pressing "R" button. The downside of this is that you lose sharpness with each shielded attack; the amount of sharpness losing this way is rumored to be the equivalent to a bounced attack. Don't forget those whetstones!.

• The Vertical slash can be "quickdrawn". This means that if you are walking or running and press triangle, you will quickly attack with vertical slash, thus giving the fastest GS attack possible.

• The vertical slash can be charged. This works just like a bow's charges; while marking the attack if you hold triangle, the attack will charge, this is possible also to charge a quickdraw. And most importantly, the third charge gives really high damage capable of even knocking down a flying Rathalos.

• Due to the size of the GS, its horizontal slash can get rid of mobs of monsters very easily. This can be a downside for multiplayer quests, since you can also very easily hit your fellow hunters.

• The Upside slash can literally send fellow hunters flying if they gets hit by it; if used properly, you can save another hunter from monster's attacks (they do not receive damage from this attack and they will be invulnerable while falling).

• The GS has its own damage system based on which part of the Great sword you are hitting the enemy. The hilt and the tip of the blade gives the poorest damage, while the middle section deals the top damage.

• All 3 slashing attacks can be chained together, but no two same slashes can be chained. For example, after slashing vertically, either the horizontal or the upward slash can be performed, but not the vertical slash. However, chaining an upward slash and a vertical slash causes a lengthy delay between each attack.

• Hunters can roll to the sides or to the front after each attack, giving you a nice option for hit and run tactics. This can be done to avoid the delays that come after each attack.

• Along with many other weapons, you can find the area with the most damage by looking at your slashes: if it flows right through the victim, it is not a weak spot, but if the slash stops for a split second while on contact, it is weak.
• With the GS unsheathed, you can press SELECT to perform a quick frontal kick. This kick is much faster than the one done with any weapon sheathed, and is particularly useful in knocking back pesky mobs like 'Preys and giving you some time to attack with the GS.

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