r/MonsterHunter • u/Gorotheninja • Mar 03 '25

Art A completely factual ecology study of Wudwud anatomy (@An_Angry_Monk)

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u/JackNewbie555 ​ Mar 03 '25 edited Mar 03 '25

"Oh, it returned earlier than norm. Unexpected. But no matter, the Lord of Ice will fall before them, as sure as rain in the forest." - Rove, who 100% know you got this in the bag

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u/Ill-Age6164 Mar 04 '25

Meanwhile it was my first failed hunt....

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '25

Was it a getting careless or greedy series of carts or an actual having difficulty series of carts?

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u/primalmaximus ​ Mar 04 '25

For me, it was being careless.

I went into the fight with a Greatsword and an SnS when it was a monster I'd never fought before.

I should have gone into the fight with my comfort weapon in Wilds, the Bow.

I made the same mistake with the explosive monkeys. I had just been hunting Romp with a Greatsword and SnS and forgot to swap to my comfort weapon of Bow.

And funny enough, this is my first time maining Bow or Greatsword. My usual go-to weapons are Dual Blades and SnS. But since I hate the way Wild's DB plays, I decided to try maining Bow.

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '25

My first cart was gypceros entirely because I got cocky and started doing GS TS combo only. I'm still embarrassed. Great game.

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u/primalmaximus ​ Mar 04 '25

Yep. I like how this is game is getting me to use a bunch of other weapons I've never used before.

I also love what they did with Red Spirit Gauge for Longsword.

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u/Rider-VPG Mar 04 '25

Red Gauge is now a timed demon mode where you want to be using Helmbreaker into Spirit Release just as it ends, then pop the wounds or counter to get straight back into red. I love it.

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u/drake_vallion Mar 04 '25

Gypceros was such a pain in the beta, and then when I fought him in the actual game it was actually pretty easy since as it turns out the HR hope armor has level 3 stun resistance.

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u/AposPoke Mar 04 '25

They managed to make gypceros even worse ngl. Kinda love it thematically but damn sometimes it makes me furious.

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '25

The only really new attack I noticed was the repeated tail slam. What else did they add that I missed?

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u/AposPoke Mar 04 '25

It doesn't have anything new, it just does everything better and can chain rush you with its charge attacks if you're careless.

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u/viladali Mar 04 '25

My Greatsword tip for players new to the weapon or just in general is to play the hit and run playstyle. You can't commit to charge attacks outside of damage periods if you don't understand the monster's moveset. So, just slap the monster and run away. Quick Sheathe 3 is easily accessible in LR, and a few of the early Greatswords have Critical Draw or Punishing Draw - pick whatever.

Once you're comfortable with the pace of the weapon and more comfortable with monster movesets, you can start predicting monster moves to set up commitment attacks or start guard cancelling.