Your content has been very inspirational for my Monster Hunter journey. This video is one of the best LS guides I’ve seen and I rewatch sections frequently during my LS journey. You and team darkside make amazing content and I just wanted to say thank you, it makes an impact.
What sets this tutorial apart is not only the stellar gameplay, but that you go out of your way to show very specific situations in actual fights. The sync between the voice over and the moves shown is remarkable overall. Great work, this should be the go-to tutorial for LS players going forward.
Peppo always inspires me to pick up longsword, but then once I do I remember oh yeah I forgot....I'm bad lol still love understanding the playstyle though
@@imsirnootnoot they don't have that kind of essential decision behind every swing like how MH games does, amd don't have that satisfying feel of weight and when attacks contact to the body, even compare to really fast hitting weaponvlike DB in MH. They're much more mainstream and easier to spam, although their weapons have something really unique themselves
@@BadEnd98 never played god eater but I full disagree with you on toukiden. I haven't use all the weapons yet but the ones I have are so much options on how to go about the fight were I asking did we play the same game. If you should go for the long combo or wait to counter in the the big combo or when it come to the rifle. You have a limited clip of 8 shot, which ammo you choose will dictate what you can do and if you have to force a reload and load in a whole new clip if you want to change your ammo to adapt to the situation, taking more time and not doing DPS. The time I have played toukiden I wished monster hunter would use this for inspiration for new things / concept for weapons moves. The way they did the gunner was 1000% better then what we have in mh
@@imsirnootnoot yeah did we play the same game? I played both toukiden games and some weapons are pretty creative just doesn't on the same level of depth that MH does that make me want to spend hundreds to thousand hours on ONE weapon. Even weapons in God Eater are somewhat very very creative too, when one weapon can have multiple play styles based on those "skills" you use one them, but no, they aren't as satisfying like how you "dance" with monsters in MH, and whole game they're good for 100-200hrs at best and I'm no longer inrerest in the combat as much. And talk about gunner, the bullet system in God Eater is something of the most creative system I've seen, it's kinda meh if you play pure gunner but it's amazingly incredible what creative bullet combinations can do
Fantastic Peppo! 1 year after you've posted it still useful! I was watching and i just realized, the counter of the sacred sheet looks exactly to the one from MHGU. I'm not playing it yet, but damn it's exactly as seen in the trailers.
For anyone that wants to learn a monster's movesets and reliable counterable moves before using longsword on it, I'd recommend using Lance(or a guard-focused sword and shield) since it's a weapon that also relies on counters but it far less punishing when you counter too early or late. Also, if you're using companions with sleep weapons or a sleep longsword, you can use harvest moon before doing your sacred sheathe wakeup hit to build your spirit gauge back up faster.
This is absolutely awesome guide. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and tips. The way you explain things get very easy to understand. I was thinking about start to use LS and now you hooked me up to do so. Keep the good work and doing that absolutely stunning speed runs you do ;)
just started the begginer tips you mentioned and thank you so much. I thought spamming iai spirit slash is the way to go but holy shit foresight slash is so much fun and easier to pull off
Thanks for this, I’m a dual blade main trying to diversify in master rank. I took down a Lucent Nargacuga with a random longsword I made and it took 25 minutes without buddies. This will definitely speed up my hunts.
I've just started my first MH journey, finished the village quests yesterday. I started doing the hub ranks and I've been looking to get better at the LS and your video is really helpful
Finished watching it, the advanced tips really give me knowledge on what I'm lacking of when playing LS for real XD Happy Hunting and have a great day to peppo 👌
Thank you for this guide. I took a break when I finished Rise, and couldn't get into Sunbreak when it came out. I felt lost when I started using Longsword. Your speed run videos a very entertaining, but I'm also super grateful that you created this video. I have something to aspire to. Your mastery of Longsword is a treat to witness. Thank you!
Excellent, literally perfect guide in my opinion. You went into exactly as much detail as you had to without overwhelming the viewer with info. I recommend linking some runs in the description that reflect the playstyles mentioned, so people interested in one of the playstyles can watch it at work. Your mic quality is much better than it was in the Harvest Moon video. I know I can't expect a ton of guides, but if this is the baseline then I'm super excited for the next one! I'm always more excited to play LS when I watch your videos, they make me want to improve and just play more in general. All the uploads since you left TDS have been bangers, I've watched every one. Keep it up 👍
best tutorial ive ever seen. You explained every single thing one could need to know in detail. I knew everything bc im an experienced player so when i thought things needed more explanation you followed up with it the details right away. Great stuff here. Also youre insane, the stuff at the end of intermediate is most peoples advanced. Your advanced is god mode.
I think a special mention of something you can do is use foresight slash as a repositional for your special sheath counter, such as when you know a monster is going to use a certain attack and you aren't in a good position to take advantage of it to counter it.
There are many things I didn't mention, I tried my best to summarize the most important points, what I couldn't explain I tried to show anyway with the footage. The Foresight Slash used as a reposition is used for example at 6:39 followed up with a Serene Pose, or at the very beginning at 1:19 with Soaring Kick. As I said at the end, I wanted to talk about more stuff more in depth but the video was already super long and I didn't want to make it even longer...
I've been an LS main since I started my MH journey with World. I sticked to the LS because, when used correctly, to me it has the most elegant and clean playstyle and that was my objective. I'm by no means an expert on the weapon, and the amount of options they added on rise & sunbreak overwhelmed me at first. I've come to terms with some of the new techniques and movements added but this guide not only opened my eyes to the possibilities, it also made me realize I've been playing LS with the wrong mindset. Thank you so much peppo for this, everything you said here has resonated with me, I can see what I've been doing wrong and why I felt like I was stuck seemingly never improving and ending up more frustrated than anything.
Great video of helping explain some nuances about longsword that aren't explained by the game itself. I think you should have mentioned that the hyper armor granted by foresight and sacred sheath counter doesn't actually provide all that much damage reduction if any. It's very easy to get yourself killed by being overconfident and having multiple attacks connect at once due to the lack of knockback since hyper armor goes both ways. Drawn Double Slash for example will massively reduce damage and the frames are also brief so it's unlikely to get you killed like foresight and sacred sheath counter can.
I just want to say I feel so smart for having picked the exact same switch skill losspringen as you, guess I understand the weapon better than I thought.
I feel like I've plateau'd a bit with my longsword play. I'm basically still using basic mh rise Iai counter + helm breaker, but it doesn't always come out as fluid as I would like. Watching this inspires me to try some different setups. Can't wait to try it out!
This is an awesome guide thanks so much! (You’ve really saved me some trouble too, since someone I know wanted me to teach them longsword, a weapon I would not consider myself too proficient in)
Thanks for sharing your knowledge in a dedicated tutorial. I actually just went through your MHWi tutorials. (Got back into world. Never finished end game iceborne. )
I just started playing MH Rise ( series X ) a couple day ago and I felt in love with the long sword after testing all weapons so this vid came in clutch for me haha. I’m all hooked on this game but overwhelmed by all the info and things the game doesn’t tell you😅. Damm I have to rewatch this vid a couple times just to let everything sink in 😂. Thanks for this excellent info and explanation 🤜🏼🤛🏼
Showing off the actions you can take from foresight slash might've been the only thing I learned, but this was an EXCELLENT video regardless. I have a mixed set that uses wind mantle, grinder S, and Tempered Spirit Bladr on my Sacred blue scroll because I can actually use that on small barrel bombs (and toads maybe?) to increase my spirit. Great for wake up hits! I'd be super interested in a Hunting Horn video if not just to see the advice and priorities you'd give to players of all skills levels. Only thing that's weird is the timing of this since I'm on a bit of a LS marathon as of late.
i am officially an intermediate player lol. i've noticed recently that i stuck to ISS to counter for a long time after the sunbreak additions out of familiarity with the motion and timing, but often find myself stuck in my blue scroll with the sacred sheath much more as time has gone on. i used harvest in the demo for sunbreak, and literally haven't used it since. should probably try it on a couple monsters at the top of the rank list. great video!
Whe parrying with Iai Spirit Slash the Tempered blade wire bug skill (the parry) can be used to parry a follow up attack in some cases. Magnamalo's double laser is perfectly timed so that if you mash Tempered Blade it will parry it perfectly. But I don't know about other monsters.
A tutorial by the LS god himself. Absolutely brilliant. I learned a lot from this video, even though I mainly play LS. Loved the practical explanations of each move as well. Fantastic work!
Another play style is the one I use. I do basic counters when I see the opportunity but I roll out of the way a lot. I built my set to take advantage of that. Status trigger and bladescale hone are the main abilities for dodge rolling then paralysis and buildup boost become secondary for status trigger. It's a bit less frustrating and more forgiving than having to learn monsters and countering perfectly.
Thank you so much for this...out of a lot of videos i watched, this one gave me the exact type of information i needed to increase my game...i now know i pretty much gotta work on my counters as i don't much but seems to be the most viable method lol also the super strong attack you hold the button down i never knew that or it didn't work for me or i was doing it wrong lol ima be testing this out tonight after work for damn sure lol
Thank you so much for this this has been my favorite weapon since I started in world and generations I liked it in rise and when sunbreak came out I notice my style being nearly ineffective against the stuff I was fighting I’d be dancing around monsters and still taking forever to defeat them and decided that I’m order to keep up with my friends and not drag down out hunts I’d put down my LS and take out the great sword which I like but I loved it with worlds clutch claw burst to instantly go into TCS it felt too slow in this game until I got redirectional Rage slash but the hard nerfed it too so I was plodding along I’ve incorporated some of the stuff you showed here and I finally sub 10 a monster actually sub 5 hermitaur I’m used to nothing longer than maybe 15 minutes on world or even Grank MHGU I have struggled to get near 15 with most of my hunts in this expansion but was getting 10-15 on most non raid-like monsters in base rise
I like to imagine monsters encountering a group of hunters and scoffing, but then seeing a grizzled LS hunter and thinking "OH NO! IT'S A WEEB! AND THEY'RE EXPERIENCED!"
Lol, my gameplay with long sword is nowhere near this! First time ps5 rise player here and this video is a work of art! I didn't even know about silk binds and scroll slots! I'm excited to get to work on this!
When I first picked up LS back in MHF2, I would've never imagined it would reach such a level of complexity... makes me feel old lol. Basically a mix of IB and Gen LS. Guess I'll be waiting for Sunbreak to come out on PS4... can't wait to mess up G-rank monsters. I bet I'll spend a lot of time experimenting before moving to re-learn other weapons. Anyway, great video. Cheers!
Awesome Vid man! I never fail to learn from any of your runs or general tips! (also I was worried when going through the vid, turns out I mostly use that very last play style lol :)
Still one of your best videos even though a lot has changed with recent updates to the game. Maybe we can see another quality guide up to date sometime later?
Really good vid! I learned a few things. I'm surprised you didn't really talk about Tempered Spirit Blade, though. I find the Iai counter (the 17 frame window one) way too damn hard to time, and even struggle with the other ones (I hadn't been using the sheathe counter, I need to try that). Needoing to do a move before stepping back for the foresight counters often fucks me up with timing. Tempered is INSTANT, so even though it takes a wirebug, I feel like it's really useful. It also has complete damage reduction/invincibility when you time it right. imo, for being "simple", it's beginning friendly, the timing just requires practice. I use that, then have Helm Splitter on the other scroll.
Nice video! Hehe, I kinda thought that you have something bigger in the making when you didn't upload for some days. I'm pretty sure many people can learn at least a bit from this. Personally I definitely want to try out some alternative playstyles, because I mostly have been doing ISS spam with HM tbh and that's kind of repetitive after some time xD
Thanks a lot Peppo for the content you make! I remember watching and loving your videos in my early teens back in the MHTri days I believe! Do you have any recommendations for monsters to practice mastering the LS on?
Oh finalmente ho capito qualcosa riguardo a queste combo. Ho preso Rise per Xbox da qualche giorno e da bravo LongSword fanboy dovevo impararle per forza
Indeed, you can use any Silkbind Attack after Iai Spirit Slash, but except the counters which are Serene Pose and Tempered Spirit Blade, it does make sense to use a silkbind move that deals good damage by dropping a Spirit Gauge Level because you just gained it from the ISS, that's why ISS+HB is strong. Of course you can use ISS+Sakura as well, but if you get red gauge with ISS, why doing Sakura over helm breaker? For the counters, ISS+Serene and ISS+Tempered work really well inside the Harvest Moon
14:24 lol thank god im not the only one who think Mizutsune is awful to fight with harvest moon LS. He slides around and spams water beam 24/7 and is rarely inside of the circle. Worst thing is everytime i knock him over he slides to the other side of the fking area, so i have to sit still and wait for him to get back up lmao.
heya Peppo, awesome tutorial, am not a LS main but have always love to watch LS mains dancing the moves around like you do. Anyway, just wanna ask, is there a chance maybe a DB tutorial? since I asked, I’ll then confess, yes am instead a DB main, just curious what’ll be your opinion playing a bit of DB, if however you don’t really play DB, then pls excuse my request, and thanks for sharing your LS techniques
17:47 well said, sometimes I forgot that I was just playing a game. Started playing MH since WORLD and I never truly have fun, I constantly feel bad about myself for not being able to keep up with the meta playstyle...
Ohhh I had a feeling Iai Spirit Slash had been nerfed. I finished Rise and it's title updates on release on Switch but never came back for Sunbreak after I heard it was coming to Xbox. So when I played it on Xbox I thought I was going to rinse it with it now being 60 instead of 30fps. I chalked it up to the timings being different. This makes way more sense if they reduced the window by 50%, since my hunts don't feel as easy as I thought they would be with an extra 30 frames of reaction time.
Your content has been very inspirational for my Monster Hunter journey. This video is one of the best LS guides I’ve seen and I rewatch sections frequently during my LS journey. You and team darkside make amazing content and I just wanted to say thank you, it makes an impact.
Thank you very much for your kind and supportive words! Stay tuned for more contents :D
What sets this tutorial apart is not only the stellar gameplay, but that you go out of your way to show very specific situations in actual fights. The sync between the voice over and the moves shown is remarkable overall. Great work, this should be the go-to tutorial for LS players going forward.
Thank you, I spent quite some time to record all the footage xD I'm glad you appreciated it!
Peppo always inspires me to pick up longsword, but then once I do I remember oh yeah I forgot....I'm bad lol still love understanding the playstyle though
@@rptrrwr I feel that, I want to try longsword only to find out. I need lots of practice...
The progression from level to level is perfect as well. I’m able to slowly build up my mental stack till it all just turns into a flow state.
Never thought you’d make a tutorial for LS but I’m so glad you did. It’s also nice to hear how you explain things.
These things and little details with combat is what make MH special and I don't see any other "MonHun genre" game come close to it soon
Have you not seen/ played toukiden ?
@@imsirnootnoot played Toukiden and God Eaters and they're completely different
@@imsirnootnoot they don't have that kind of essential decision behind every swing like how MH games does, amd don't have that satisfying feel of weight and when attacks contact to the body, even compare to really fast hitting weaponvlike DB in MH.
They're much more mainstream and easier to spam, although their weapons have something really unique themselves
@@BadEnd98 never played god eater but I full disagree with you on toukiden. I haven't use all the weapons yet but the ones I have are so much options on how to go about the fight were I asking did we play the same game. If you should go for the long combo or wait to counter in the the big combo or when it come to the rifle. You have a limited clip of 8 shot, which ammo you choose will dictate what you can do and if you have to force a reload and load in a whole new clip if you want to change your ammo to adapt to the situation, taking more time and not doing DPS. The time I have played toukiden I wished monster hunter would use this for inspiration for new things / concept for weapons moves. The way they did the gunner was 1000% better then what we have in mh
@@imsirnootnoot yeah did we play the same game? I played both toukiden games and some weapons are pretty creative just doesn't on the same level of depth that MH does that make me want to spend hundreds to thousand hours on ONE weapon. Even weapons in God Eater are somewhat very very creative too, when one weapon can have multiple play styles based on those "skills" you use one them, but no, they aren't as satisfying like how you "dance" with monsters in MH, and whole game they're good for 100-200hrs at best and I'm no longer inrerest in the combat as much. And talk about gunner, the bullet system in God Eater is something of the most creative system I've seen, it's kinda meh if you play pure gunner but it's amazingly incredible what creative bullet combinations can do
I think I could listen to you dissect LS strategy for a whole day. Awesome video, thank you for sharing!!
Fantastic Peppo! 1 year after you've posted it still useful! I was watching and i just realized, the counter of the sacred sheet looks exactly to the one from MHGU. I'm not playing it yet, but damn it's exactly as seen in the trailers.
I just started playing LS but even beginner level feels very advanced, It will take a huge learning curve to learn.
For anyone that wants to learn a monster's movesets and reliable counterable moves before using longsword on it, I'd recommend using Lance(or a guard-focused sword and shield) since it's a weapon that also relies on counters but it far less punishing when you counter too early or late.
Also, if you're using companions with sleep weapons or a sleep longsword, you can use harvest moon before doing your sacred sheathe wakeup hit to build your spirit gauge back up faster.
Quite indepth, while not exhaustive guide, well done!
I like that you give a good path anf goals for beginners, more than just general tutorial
One of the best MHR videos ive watched. Very good info presented in an easy to uderstand format. You have a talent my friend.
Thank you! :)
This is absolutely awesome guide. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and tips. The way you explain things get very easy to understand. I was thinking about start to use LS and now you hooked me up to do so. Keep the good work and doing that absolutely stunning speed runs you do ;)
just started the begginer tips you mentioned and thank you so much. I thought spamming iai spirit slash is the way to go but holy shit foresight slash is so much fun and easier to pull off
i would love a master class from peppo, fully explaining things about LS, because hell is it informative
Thanks for this, I’m a dual blade main trying to diversify in master rank. I took down a Lucent Nargacuga with a random longsword I made and it took 25 minutes without buddies. This will definitely speed up my hunts.
I've just started my first MH journey, finished the village quests yesterday. I started doing the hub ranks and I've been looking to get better at the LS and your video is really helpful
wow i never even considered redirection
this has opened my eyes
Finished watching it, the advanced tips really give me knowledge on what I'm lacking of when playing LS for real XD
Happy Hunting and have a great day to peppo 👌
I heard the voice for the first time, but it was very exciting and the play was also very good
which armor or layered armor are you wearing? excellent guide btw :)
This guide is fantastic. So stoked to get back to the Training Area and some solo hunts to polish up.
Thank you for this guide. I took a break when I finished Rise, and couldn't get into Sunbreak when it came out. I felt lost when I started using Longsword.
Your speed run videos a very entertaining, but I'm also super grateful that you created this video. I have something to aspire to. Your mastery of Longsword is a treat to witness. Thank you!
Excellent, literally perfect guide in my opinion. You went into exactly as much detail as you had to without overwhelming the viewer with info.
I recommend linking some runs in the description that reflect the playstyles mentioned, so people interested in one of the playstyles can watch it at work.
Your mic quality is much better than it was in the Harvest Moon video.
I know I can't expect a ton of guides, but if this is the baseline then I'm super excited for the next one! I'm always more excited to play LS when I watch your videos, they make me want to improve and just play more in general. All the uploads since you left TDS have been bangers, I've watched every one. Keep it up 👍
Thank you! I'll add some runs in the description :)
best tutorial ive ever seen. You explained every single thing one could need to know in detail. I knew everything bc im an experienced player so when i thought things needed more explanation you followed up with it the details right away. Great stuff here. Also youre insane, the stuff at the end of intermediate is most peoples advanced. Your advanced is god mode.
Peppo is just letting us know we aren't as advanced as we think we are😅
I think a special mention of something you can do is use foresight slash as a repositional for your special sheath counter, such as when you know a monster is going to use a certain attack and you aren't in a good position to take advantage of it to counter it.
There are many things I didn't mention, I tried my best to summarize the most important points, what I couldn't explain I tried to show anyway with the footage. The Foresight Slash used as a reposition is used for example at 6:39 followed up with a Serene Pose, or at the very beginning at 1:19 with Soaring Kick. As I said at the end, I wanted to talk about more stuff more in depth but the video was already super long and I didn't want to make it even longer...
Just started sunbreak on console. This guide is amazing! Thanks again, peppo senpai
the knowledge you impart here is VALUABLE. makes me want to use this
Brilliant guide Peppo. I'll definitely be using some of these!
Great job peppo 💪 thanks for this guide 🤗 happy hunting all ! ⚔️
I've been an LS main since I started my MH journey with World. I sticked to the LS because, when used correctly, to me it has the most elegant and clean playstyle and that was my objective. I'm by no means an expert on the weapon, and the amount of options they added on rise & sunbreak overwhelmed me at first. I've come to terms with some of the new techniques and movements added but this guide not only opened my eyes to the possibilities, it also made me realize I've been playing LS with the wrong mindset.
Thank you so much peppo for this, everything you said here has resonated with me, I can see what I've been doing wrong and why I felt like I was stuck seemingly never improving and ending up more frustrated than anything.
Yoooo. Your tutorial is really well done. Got me hyped to pick up and practice with the longsword.
It's always satisfying seeing people playing longsword and even more when they keep countering it just wants to make me ascend
Thank you for the long sword guide. I'm currently using Sword & Shield, but may go back to using longsword for old times sake.
Great video of helping explain some nuances about longsword that aren't explained by the game itself.
I think you should have mentioned that the hyper armor granted by foresight and sacred sheath counter doesn't actually provide all that much damage reduction if any. It's very easy to get yourself killed by being overconfident and having multiple attacks connect at once due to the lack of knockback since hyper armor goes both ways. Drawn Double Slash for example will massively reduce damage and the frames are also brief so it's unlikely to get you killed like foresight and sacred sheath counter can.
Exactly, different moves have different damage reduction values. I’m yet to get those values so I can’t go more in depth than this.
@@PeppoLS lol I died miserably when I first time tried to counter Seething Bazel
I just want to say I feel so smart for having picked the exact same switch skill losspringen as you, guess I understand the weapon better than I thought.
I use longsword cuz of the dodges its so satifying to get a chain of them.
I feel like I've plateau'd a bit with my longsword play. I'm basically still using basic mh rise Iai counter + helm breaker, but it doesn't always come out as fluid as I would like. Watching this inspires me to try some different setups. Can't wait to try it out!
This is an awesome guide thanks so much! (You’ve really saved me some trouble too, since someone I know wanted me to teach them longsword, a weapon I would not consider myself too proficient in)
Thank you Peppo. Longsword main since time immemorial and still learning even now. I have shit reflex and slow learner and this help immensely.
you can extend the foresight slash counter frames by using the evade window skill making it more ez to counter with foresight slash
really great and helpful guide from the LS Master himself. TY for this.
Great vid. Guess I would say I’m intermediate at LS right now. Slowly but surely getting there
Thanks for sharing your knowledge in a dedicated tutorial. I actually just went through your MHWi tutorials. (Got back into world. Never finished end game iceborne. )
I have been waiting for this video for so long
Thank you for the great tutorial. Keep up the good work 👍🏼.
I just started playing MH Rise ( series X ) a couple day ago and I felt in love with the long sword after testing all weapons so this vid came in clutch for me haha.
I’m all hooked on this game but overwhelmed by all the info and things the game doesn’t tell you😅. Damm I have to rewatch this vid a couple times just to let everything sink in 😂.
Thanks for this excellent info and explanation 🤜🏼🤛🏼
You are a legend, thanks for taking time to create this amazing video
You know for the sacred sheathed combo animation, if you get hit while they're sheathing the LS then you'll auto counter. No need to time it 👍
Time it gets +1 level, auto counter -1 level,huge difference
Just wanted to start watching, thanks as always helpful as always you are 👍
thanks peppo! i'd like to see one about set building recommendations
Showing off the actions you can take from foresight slash might've been the only thing I learned, but this was an EXCELLENT video regardless.
I have a mixed set that uses wind mantle, grinder S, and Tempered Spirit Bladr on my Sacred blue scroll because I can actually use that on small barrel bombs (and toads maybe?) to increase my spirit. Great for wake up hits!
I'd be super interested in a Hunting Horn video if not just to see the advice and priorities you'd give to players of all skills levels.
Only thing that's weird is the timing of this since I'm on a bit of a LS marathon as of late.
Grazie Peppo! Magari tutte le armi avessero guide così!
Very appreciated it Peppo! Way to go
Wonderful video, appreciate you making this type of content
I just got my switch so this video really help me to understand. Thanks pepo my idol
i am officially an intermediate player lol. i've noticed recently that i stuck to ISS to counter for a long time after the sunbreak additions out of familiarity with the motion and timing, but often find myself stuck in my blue scroll with the sacred sheath much more as time has gone on. i used harvest in the demo for sunbreak, and literally haven't used it since. should probably try it on a couple monsters at the top of the rank list. great video!
Whe parrying with Iai Spirit Slash the Tempered blade wire bug skill (the parry) can be used to parry a follow up attack in some cases. Magnamalo's double laser is perfectly timed so that if you mash Tempered Blade it will parry it perfectly. But I don't know about other monsters.
A tutorial by the LS god himself. Absolutely brilliant.
I learned a lot from this video, even though I mainly play LS. Loved the practical explanations of each move as well. Fantastic work!
Another play style is the one I use. I do basic counters when I see the opportunity but I roll out of the way a lot. I built my set to take advantage of that. Status trigger and bladescale hone are the main abilities for dodge rolling then paralysis and buildup boost become secondary for status trigger. It's a bit less frustrating and more forgiving than having to learn monsters and countering perfectly.
This should be a Master Class! You are the best!
Thank you so much for this...out of a lot of videos i watched, this one gave me the exact type of information i needed to increase my game...i now know i pretty much gotta work on my counters as i don't much but seems to be the most viable method lol also the super strong attack you hold the button down i never knew that or it didn't work for me or i was doing it wrong lol ima be testing this out tonight after work for damn sure lol
Great guide fratello! I was wondering can you do a video on what the strongest LS is currently in the game?
I might do that once Capcom is done adding new monsters and so new weapons :)
Thank you so much for this this has been my favorite weapon since I started in world and generations I liked it in rise and when sunbreak came out I notice my style being nearly ineffective against the stuff I was fighting I’d be dancing around monsters and still taking forever to defeat them and decided that I’m order to keep up with my friends and not drag down out hunts I’d put down my LS and take out the great sword which I like but I loved it with worlds clutch claw burst to instantly go into TCS it felt too slow in this game until I got redirectional Rage slash but the hard nerfed it too so I was plodding along I’ve incorporated some of the stuff you showed here and I finally sub 10 a monster actually sub 5 hermitaur I’m used to nothing longer than maybe 15 minutes on world or even Grank MHGU I have struggled to get near 15 with most of my hunts in this expansion but was getting 10-15 on most non raid-like monsters in base rise
12:52 I never even considered doing a serene pose after a special sheath counter 😯 ✍️. Gonna have to remember that.
I like to imagine monsters encountering a group of hunters and scoffing, but then seeing a grizzled LS hunter and thinking "OH NO! IT'S A WEEB! AND THEY'RE EXPERIENCED!"
Lol, my gameplay with long sword is nowhere near this! First time ps5 rise player here and this video is a work of art! I didn't even know about silk binds and scroll slots! I'm excited to get to work on this!
This is why LS mains get so much shade. It looks like a broken cheese weapon, but when you try it you realize it takes a lot of practice to pull off.
When I first picked up LS back in MHF2, I would've never imagined it would reach such a level of complexity... makes me feel old lol. Basically a mix of IB and Gen LS. Guess I'll be waiting for Sunbreak to come out on PS4... can't wait to mess up G-rank monsters. I bet I'll spend a lot of time experimenting before moving to re-learn other weapons. Anyway, great video. Cheers!
Ive been watching your flaming espinas video like.everyday man. Coz i cant beat it alone. Thank you very much for this guide
Damn, I just started playing MHR 2 weeks ago. I need to train 😅 thanks for every information!
all hail the master thank you for this glorious video
Recommedation: in multiplayer consider packing embolden at lv 1, it lets you know immediately if you are getting attacked so you can counter
Great tip
Awesome Vid man! I never fail to learn from any of your runs or general tips! (also I was worried when going through the vid, turns out I mostly use that very last play style lol :)
just amazing as always
The absolute best LS video
man I bought sunbreak on release and play like 2 hours then quit for some reason, now I don't know what are those skills now. Thanks for the recap man
Still one of your best videos even though a lot has changed with recent updates to the game. Maybe we can see another quality guide up to date sometime later?
Tbh i think the time you were working at TDS was holding you back ngl this is great
Really good vid! I learned a few things. I'm surprised you didn't really talk about Tempered Spirit Blade, though.
I find the Iai counter (the 17 frame window one) way too damn hard to time, and even struggle with the other ones (I hadn't been using the sheathe counter, I need to try that). Needoing to do a move before stepping back for the foresight counters often fucks me up with timing. Tempered is INSTANT, so even though it takes a wirebug, I feel like it's really useful. It also has complete damage reduction/invincibility when you time it right. imo, for being "simple", it's beginning friendly, the timing just requires practice. I use that, then have Helm Splitter on the other scroll.
You are amazing with this weapon !
Nice video!
Hehe, I kinda thought that you have something bigger in the making when you didn't upload for some days. I'm pretty sure many people can learn at least a bit from this.
Personally I definitely want to try out some alternative playstyles, because I mostly have been doing ISS spam with HM tbh and that's kind of repetitive after some time xD
masterpiece tutorial, thanks guru
I find the beginner level is the most aggressive option for multiplayer. And now with Wind Mantle it's more comfortable than ever.
From someone who startedplaying since MHFU2. I always start with GS to get my primaty HR LS build; then main it until minmax end game with LBG :D
Nice guide. Also I was not aware of this LS nerf between the original and Sunbreak (I'M a GS player so I don't look that much to other weapon nerf.).
Thanks a lot Peppo for the content you make! I remember watching and loving your videos in my early teens back in the MHTri days I believe!
Do you have any recommendations for monsters to practice mastering the LS on?
Liked and subbed mate perfect guide :)
This is coming from someone who's watched quite a lot of them
Oh finalmente ho capito qualcosa riguardo a queste combo. Ho preso Rise per Xbox da qualche giorno e da bravo LongSword fanboy dovevo impararle per forza
Fantastic guide! I’m usually a DB main, but this has convinced me to give LS a try. Btw, what’s your layered armor set?
Thanks! The layered is Yukumo head and the rest is Azure Age
Thank you very much peppo sensei!
In the same way that you used Soaring Kick after an Iaai Spirit Slash, you can also use Tempered Spirit Strike(or any other Wirebug skill)
Indeed, you can use any Silkbind Attack after Iai Spirit Slash, but except the counters which are Serene Pose and Tempered Spirit Blade, it does make sense to use a silkbind move that deals good damage by dropping a Spirit Gauge Level because you just gained it from the ISS, that's why ISS+HB is strong. Of course you can use ISS+Sakura as well, but if you get red gauge with ISS, why doing Sakura over helm breaker? For the counters, ISS+Serene and ISS+Tempered work really well inside the Harvest Moon
Definitely gonna use tutorial for improving Longsword for rise
14:24 lol thank god im not the only one who think Mizutsune is awful to fight with harvest moon LS. He slides around and spams water beam 24/7 and is rarely inside of the circle. Worst thing is everytime i knock him over he slides to the other side of the fking area, so i have to sit still and wait for him to get back up lmao.
mitzutsune is damn menace to harvest moon LS :D
heya Peppo, awesome tutorial, am not a LS main but have always love to watch LS mains dancing the moves around like you do.
Anyway, just wanna ask, is there a chance maybe a DB tutorial? since I asked, I’ll then confess, yes am instead a DB main, just curious what’ll be your opinion playing a bit of DB, if however you don’t really play DB, then pls excuse my request, and thanks for sharing your LS techniques
17:47 well said, sometimes I forgot that I was just playing a game. Started playing MH since WORLD and I never truly have fun, I constantly feel bad about myself for not being able to keep up with the meta playstyle...
That pokke village theme at the beginning ❤
best fucking weapon every game, just looks so cool
Great vid as always! Are you, by any chance, planning to make another long video of each of your elemental LS builds?
Ok this was clean as hell 7:21
goddamn Longsword get so much. It's almost as complicated as the CB now
Ohhh I had a feeling Iai Spirit Slash had been nerfed. I finished Rise and it's title updates on release on Switch but never came back for Sunbreak after I heard it was coming to Xbox. So when I played it on Xbox I thought I was going to rinse it with it now being 60 instead of 30fps. I chalked it up to the timings being different. This makes way more sense if they reduced the window by 50%, since my hunts don't feel as easy as I thought they would be with an extra 30 frames of reaction time.