MHGen : Great Sword manual, guide and tips

Monster Hunter Generation ( MHGen ) : Content is written wepon (Great Sword) manual, guide and tips. Must see if use Great Sword for powerful monsters.

Great Sword Overview

Great Sword can lots of deal damage by the blow with large sword brade. Swing speed is slow, but beginer easy to use because its attack range is long. Charged Downward Slash is power up attack by charging time. You can use powerful attack if you will charge. You can use combo attack such as Backward Slash → Horizontal Slash → Charged Slash. And also you can use guard if you push R button, it is almighty weapon.

Great Sword Traits

  • Once you gets unsheathed your moving speed is extremely slow.
  • Can diffence with guard.
  • Long range and easy to high place.
  • which attack power is hirh and among these attack, Charge Slash and Strong Charge Slash is great.
  • Attributed damage is up with a weapon by Charge Slash if it charge more up.
  • High attack power, but attack motion is slow. You must hit carefully attack one by one.

Great Sword Attack Motion

Main action
Attackname Oprate command Group
Unsheathe Once you get sheathed quick push X Cut
Backward Slash A + X Cut
Horizontal Slash A Cut
Horizontal Tab X → X or kick → X or rool →X Imp
Jump Slash Jump → X Cut
Charge Slash (0) Once you get shethed long push X. Cut
Charge Slash (1) A little push X, then release. Cut
Charge Slash (2) long push X, then release. Cut
Charge Slash (3) long push X, then release just. Cut
Charge Slash (Over) long push X over. Cut
Strong Charge Slash (0) Horizontal Tab → slidepad + push X. Cut
Strong Charge Slash (1) Horizontal Tab → slidepad + a little push X, then release. Cut
Strong Charge Slash (2) Horizontal Tab → slidepad + long push X, then release. Cut
Strong Charge Slash (3) Horizontal Tab → slidepad + long push X, then release just. Cut
Strong Charge Slash (Over) Horizontal Tab → slidepad + long push X over. Cut
Strong Horizontal Slash Jump Slash → A or X. Strong Charge Slash → A or X.
Attack damage change by Strong Charge Slash damage.
Cut
Sub action
Attackname Oprate command Group
Kick Unique command or guard → X
Guard Once get unsheathed, push R
Roll B
Sheathing Y

Great Sword Combo Chart

GreatSword combo

Great Sword’s Hunter Style

Great Sword × Guild Style
This is the usual Hunter style for MH series. Allows two Hunter Arts and has all of attack motions.

Great Sword × Striker Style
Allows three Hunter Arts and also essier to charge up Arts gauge, but some attack motion doesn’t use.

  • Allows three Hunter Arts.
  • Easier to charge up Arts gauge.
  • Don’t power down with Charge Slash if you charege over.
  • Don’t use Storng Charge Slash.

Great Sword × Aerial Style
Allows to unique motion “Aerial Douge”. You propel yourself high into the air if Using Arial Douge hits on monster. Then you can use Jump Slash or Jump Charge Slash. But don’t use Charge Slash and Strong Charge Slash on the ground.

  • Do Aerial Douge, then can use to propel yourself high into the air
  • Can use Jump Charge Slash.
  • Can’t use Charge Slash and Strong Charge Slash on the ground.
  • Allows one Hunter Arts.

× Great Sword × Adept Style
You can use “Just Douge” if you can dodge just monster attack. You use Just Douge, then you can use special attack (Dash Backward Slash → Quick Strong Charge Slash→ Strong Horizontal Slash).

  • You use Just Douge, then you will can use special attack.
  • Don’t use Strong Charge Slash usuall.
  • Allows one Hunter Arts.

Recommended synergy skils

Skil Description
Focus 20% faster charging for Charge Slash.
Critical Draw Increases Affinitiy for draw attack by 100%.
Punishing Draw Grants abillity to Stun monster with draw atttack and slightly increases attack.
Sharpness Increases your weapon’s Sharpness.
Quick Sheath Speed up weapon-sheathing.

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