In Monster Hunter, getting really good with your chosen weapon is important to become a strong hunter.
While most players know the basic moves, there are many hidden tricks and less-known features that can make you a better hunter. This why in this post, I’ll shows some of these little-known tricks for all 14 weapon types.
Let’s look at these hidden tips and learn about the secrets that could change the way you play and hunt.
Universal Secret: Aerial Sneak Attacks
Before we talk about specific weapons, there’s a secret trick that works for all 14 weapon types: attacks from the air while hidden.
Most hunters know about sneak attacks on the ground, but not many know you can do them from above too. When you’re on a high spot above a monster that doesn’t see you, you can do a special attack from the air that looks different from normal attacks.
While it doesn’t do much more damage than sneaking up on the ground, this air attack gives you a new way to surprise monsters.
Great Sword: Sliding Charge Mechanics
The Great Sword, known for its powerful charged attacks, has some interesting mechanics when sliding.
While sliding down a slope, you can enter a charging animation by holding the attack button. At the bottom of the slope, you can release a fully charged attack without losing momentum.
Alternatively, you can transition into a focus strike if there’s a wound in front of you, allowing you to hit typically hard-to-reach weak spots.
Long Sword: Spinning Crimson Slash Trick
Long Sword players can take advantage of a little-known trick with the Spinning Crimson Slash.
When transitioning from yellow to red spirit gauge, you can immediately follow up with a Spinning Crimson Slash instead of sheathing your weapon.
This allows for continuous offense and smoother combat flow.
Sword and Shield: Perfect Guard and Back Hop Control
The Sword and Shield has two notable secrets.
- First, the guard slash move resets the perfect guard window, allowing for potentially infinite chaining of guard slashes against certain monsters.
- Second, by holding back on the control stick after a back hop, you can prevent the automatic forward movement, giving you more control over your positioning.
Dual Blades: Demon Boost Mode Mastery
Dual Blades users can maximize the potential of Demon Boost mode, which activates after an i-frame dodge in Demon or Arch-Demon mode.
This mode replaces your dodge with a spinning attack and allows for a powerful screw attack combo. Mastering this can significantly increase your mobility and damage output.
Hammer: Spinning Bludgeon Timing
Hammer wielders can perfect their Spinning Bludgeon technique by holding down the attack button immediately after starting the spin.
This ensures you enter the strong upswing animation at the earliest possible moment, removing the need for precise timing.
Hunting Horn: Performance Beat and Animation Cancelling
Hunting Horn players have two advanced techniques to master.
- First, the “performance beat” during multi-song performances can be upgraded to “power performance beat” by timing your button press with the horn’s flash.
- Second, animation cancelling between backward strike and left/right swings can create a fast, efficient combo.
Lance: Aerial Sprint Attack and 180° Turn
Lance users can initiate the sprint attack from the air by pressing the guard button, which is faster than starting from a standing position.
Additionally, during a dash attack, you can perform a 180° turn without cancelling the dash by holding back and pressing the evade button.
Gunlance: Perfect Guard While Reloading
Gunlance users can perfect guard while reloading, even during quick reloads.
This can be followed up with an overhead slam and shell blast, creating a potent offensive and defensive loop.
Switch Axe: Aerial Zero Sum Discharge
Switch Axe wielders can perform Zero Sum Discharge from a ledge in both axe and sword modes.
This technique is particularly useful against flying monsters. Additionally, performing an aerial reload from a ledge is faster than the standard ground reload.
Charge Blade: Chainsaw Mode Flexibility
Charge Blade users can maintain chainsaw mode using any axe attack button, not just the initial input button.
This allows for more comfortable play and enables chainsaw effects on aerial and morph attacks.
Insect Glaive: Aerial Damage Boost and Airborne Skill
Insect Glaive users benefit from a stacking damage boost (up to 30%) for successive aerial attacks without touching the ground.
The Airborne skill is particularly effective, boosting not only aerial attacks but also certain grounded moves where your feet leave the ground momentarily.
Bowguns: Multi-Ammo Reload and Ledge Tactics
Both Light and Heavy Bowgun users can reload multiple ammo types in succession by holding down the reload button.
For spread ammo users, utilizing ledges can help manage recoil more effectively than firing on open ground.
Bow: Arc Shot and Focus Strike Synergy
Bow users can maximize damage by understanding the interaction between Arc Shot and Focus Strike. The nodules left behind by Arc Shot can be targeted with Focus Strike, Thousand Dragons, or Dragon Piercer for additional damage.
These hidden tricks and special moves add more depth to each weapon type in Monster Hunter World. Learning these secrets can help you hunt better, letting you play more smoothly and with more style.
Whether you’re an experienced hunter or just starting out, using these advanced techniques can make your hunting more fun and exciting.
It’s important to know that while some of these techniques might seem very specific, they can be really helpful in certain situations. The key is to practice and learn when and where to use these advanced moves.
As you get better at using your weapon’s hidden abilities, you’ll find yourself hunting with more confidence and doing better overall.
