LogFAQs > #949270479

Insect Glaive is a bad weapon to try until you've figured out how to "figure out" a monster hunter weapon. I spent a lot of time in the practice area trying out the weapons before I figured out what makes the glaive shine. It has a very basic attack combo normally, but it has two unique mechanics that you probably wouldn't normally figure out.

#1: You can enter an aiming mode where you shoot your insect at something, this isn't typically used for damage, but for extracting buffs from the monsters you fight when you recall the insect.

#2: aerial combat baby. There's a command where you use your glaive to throw yourself up into the air, and once you are up there, you can start executing attacks on nearby enemies, and if you keep hitting stuff you keep yourself jumping around in the air. It kinda feels like flying, and it's awesome. If you do enough damage up there you can also do the mount mechanic where you jump on a monsters back and can knock them down.

Once I figured out how that worked I was all in. I tried other weapons but none ever really clicked like that, even though i was interested in some like the Switch Axe and Charged Blade. The weapons are all just way too slow to really be fun. When the large monsters are so mobile and reactive to your movements I really don't know how it's fun to slowly move around with a slow swinging weapon.

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