I'm yet to play rise but the general idea with longsword is to build up spirit gauge then spam spirit guage attack to do fun anime combo. Then do it all over again. If you land a full spirit guage combo it will give a temporary damage boost that stacks a few times. This is my experience of it in world dnow how much they changed for rise
Filthy reddit link but has some advice specific to rise and sunbreak https://www.reddit.com/r/MHRise/comments/14wd2z8/tips_for_longsword/
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Use the pointy side on the monsters
Well, I haven't played Monster Hunter, but I assume "Pointy end goes in the other man" is universal.
The issue is the other one is no man
Okay shit umm... Lichtenhuer has nothing on this idk what to do. Panic?
Sheathing is your friend, you can sheathe after Sakura slashes and all kinds of stuff. You have counters, both while attacking and while sheathing. These counters build gauge if they land, so they're handy to learn. I hardly ever use the silkbind techniques other than Sakura Slash and later the kick that gives you Helm Splitter. The DLC is pretty far for you, but when you unlock skill swapping Longsword gets insane.
As far as general game flow, I started by focusing on exploration, getting to know the maps and routes to get spiribirds, fulfill optionals, and learn good movement skills. The maps have a certain flow to them that is fun to figure out. The buffs make the fight easier, and you won't run out of armor orbs if you keep those optionals going. Holding down the interact button summons your dog as a mount, which is very fast and combining the dog jump and leaping off its back, you can really get around without even needing bugs as much. Yes, you can drift the dog.
How is sunbreak thats what in working my way towards
I had a lot of fun with the tools it gives you such as the beforementioned Skill Swapping. I did not play World, so I can't say what is evolution and what isn't, but the endgame monster (the big big big boss, not the final monster in the string of post-game releases) was a fun little spectacle. They don't do Rampages at all, which while I found them charming I thought them unnecessary and others disliked them. They drop the Japanese aesthetic, which is a little unfortunate, but the hub is good and continuous. The new maps are cool, lots of exploration potential.
Sunbreak is extremely good, the ability to have two switch skill loadouts and switch between then in a second is game changing for some weapons. I don't play long sword so I can't comment on what it does for that weapon though.
The new monsters are super fun fight and it requires you to eventually get very good at knowing your op counter bullshit to win the final monsters they added a year after release. Maybe some people don't like that but I had a blast with dual blades.
Replaying on ps5 now trying to learn charge blade.
Universal tip: install the mod that gives you a prism spiribird at the start of every hunt so you don't need to waste time tracking the birds down.
As for the longsword itself, any idea what specifically is tripping you up? As someone with some experience in Rise (made it to very early master rank) and a decent amount of experience in World (made it to, but never beat, Alatreon), I found that it mostly worked the same. The differences I encountered were that the helmbreaker finisher now costs a wirebug, and that you have some new moves in the form of switch skills (mostly personal preference) and a new stationary counter that costs two wirebugs.
Google the combo chart, and also use the switchaxe lol (but everything is fun)
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