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legendarylemur posted...

Also, if you want GP to actually have effect, you have to charge up your shield. I forget the button combination by now but if you have the red shield symbol next to the charges, that should be enough

GPing while the shield is charged will do damage and get you charges for reload I think. You should see the sparking effect on the spot that you GP'd with

You can always GP. It only does a phial blast while the shield is charged, but you don't GP for the phial blasts, you do it because it reduces knockback and can be done mid-combo. Sharpness loss is based on the amount of knockback taken (1, 2, or 10 points based on the animation you get), as is stamina loss and the window before you can act again (and the maximal knockback prevents you from doing counter actions).

Charging the shield increases your knockback resistance from "literally identical to a greatsword" to "identical to a lance or gunlance for the maximal knockback threshold, with a very slightly lower threshold for medium knockback". Combine with a GP and you have the most knockback resistance for all types in the game.

In MHGen they made GPs give no advantage over regular guarding (no additional knockback resistance and phial bursts happen on regular guards too), but red shield eliminates all sharpness loss from guarding.
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