Though you can still use Long Swords with a touch of elemental damage too. Boosting your raw damage makes the raw multipliers more effective. Long Sword favors raw above most other things, since the Spirit Gauge mechanic buffs raw in particular.

If the monster’s down, you should go find an isolated place to cut away at the monster. Long Sword can’t really stop itself from tripping everyone else, and it’s notorious for tripping other people into making them cart.

If you’re playing in Multiplayer, stay the fuck away from literally everyone else.

WAIT PLEASE NO DON’T CHARGE ME ALL I’M DOING IS MY JOB AAAAAA.

What I’m trying to say is, use Fade Slashes. You can also use them as a combo finisher.

Using Fade Slash to maneuver around attacks is quite effective.

I WASN’T TRYING TO TRIP YOU ON PURPOSE I SWEAR YOU JUST WALKED INTO MY LONG SWORD’S RANGE.

Definitely try to maintain Red Spirit when you have an opening.

If you’re in Red Spirit, you can refresh the duration of Red Spirit fully by landing a Spirit Roundslash.

In particular, Lance loves being tripped since they don’t have to guard attacks while they’re flinching from your attacks.

Definitely try to trip your teammates while using Long Sword, since you’re good at that sort of thing.

If you have spare Spirit Gauge, definitely consider using one or two hits from the Spirit Combo.

Even if you don’t or can’t level up your Spirit Gauge from Spirit Slashes, they still deal quite a bit of damage.

Scientists are still wondering why this is.

Watching anime on Crunchyroll is statistically proven to boost your Long Sword damage.

Without it, your Spirit Gauge will drain quickly, preventing you from Spirit Slashing as much.

Charging your Spirit Gauge should be your first objective in any hunt.

Use this to back off of monsters effectively, or to move around to the side of the monster.

You may perform Fade Slashes with X+A either to the side after an attack, or back anytime.

Connecting this attack will level up your Weaboo Gauge, letting you get more raw modifiers.

Fully performing a Spirit Combo in Guild Style will finish it off with a Spirit Roundslash.

This will definitely not be annoying to your fellow hunters.

Make sure you set cringy af anime quotes as your HA shoutouts.

These Spirit Slashes cannot bounce, and they deal a lot of damage.

Consume Spirit Gauge by attacking with R, performing Spirit Slashes.

This grants you +0 attack, but grants you +50 cringe.

Scream out anime references every time you attack, and yell out famous anime quotes every time you use an HA.

Charge up the Spirit Gauge fully to prevent it from draining over time quickly, and to gain a damage boost.

Char g e your Weaboo Gauge Spirit Gauge by attacking the monster.

This guide will contain a comprehensive guide on Long Sword controls, commentary on LS styles and combinations, recommendations on progression LSs, and a final note on matchups against all monsters in the game. Note that this guide will not assume any prior knowledge, regardless of games played before in the Monster Hunter series. This guide is meant for new players of Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate (MHGU) or for players who haven’t played Blademaster in the old-school games, and wish to play as Long Sword.

Please don’t claim any of this guide’s contents as your own. By no means will contact result in changes to the guide. If you have feedback or comments on this guide, please contact Awesomeosity#2516 on Discord. Please do not attempt to request edit access. It’s basically a requirement to play Long Sword. Long Sword has the power to empower itself through its Spirit Combos and gracefully move around the enemy with Fade Slashes! Also, let’s be honest, you want to be a weeb if you want to play Long Sword. If you w ant to play a w e apon that can pack a punch but also has good mobility, then Long Sword is for you.

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