I had always alternated between Switch axe/Great Sword/ and the LBG. Oh how blind I was. Then about two months ago while I was preparing for my future Sunbreak adventures by creating the various meta sets for each weapon class...I came across the Insect Glaive....My brothers in Christ how my senses were overwhelmed by the freedom of flight! I lifted off from the accursed dirt and felt the wind whip over my body. Oh my brothers I was in the heavens. I aimed my trusty insect ally and fired! He soon returned with the invigorating essence that sharpened my senses, invigorated my muscles, and dulled out the hateful roars of my prey. Higher and higher I soared, my vorpal blade a blur of spinning death. My form a parade of cascading after-images. Blink and you'll be left wondering if I was ever there. The skies are my home now. The clouds my family. The grit and grime of the dusty mundane ground no longer hold sway over me. I am reborn and the grass will only ever get to touch my brilliance when I'm feeling merciful. - Newly enlightened Insect Glaive enthusiast
I have only ever used insect glave for its aerial gameplay. That is what makes insect glave fun and different. Anyone who disagrees is allowed to have their opinion. But they are 1000% wrong.
"To crawl upon the earth, like worms, like vermin, like Longsword players, completely bereft of intelligence or grace" oof, you didnt have to do us like that. 😂
Great guide, I especially liked your detailed explanation on the dual colour (defense) kinsect. I really enjoy using the insect glaive with jumping advance slash, but I need to try out kinsect slash now (especially now that I know I need to change the gunner reticle speed lol)
I'm a GS main, glad you got over your weab phase, my friend started out Longsword but realized how busted it was and transitioned away from it to IG too, so I'll link this to him. I love your content, I love MonHun and I love Soulsborne so I'm here just for support.
If u think that LS is busted try any of the ranged weapons especially the 2 bow guns and u will realize how absurd they r. If u want to remain melee weapon user, do not try bowguns because ones u get to know how good they r, it’s very difficult to go back.
There is an extract priority with the assist kinsects that is hard to put in simple words but white, red, then orange. Example if you hit a part that matches what your kinsects forced extract, the second color will always be white, except when using the white extract kinsect, then you will get red.
World was my first MH game. and I choose the IG first because of the ariel moves. I never gave into the meta to begin with, it was just too much fun to avoid the ariel play style. With that said, I am happy with the current state of this weapon. I'm having fun, while at the same time doing good enough damage that I'm not handicapping myself by playing the way I want.
Okay long comment up ahead I got me MHRise for the switch about a year ago (first MH ever for me, mind you) and at first, I tought it may not be my cup of tea. Well, slowly but surely I got the hang of it, started maining the hammer, but never came to love it, than I watched some guy online going all out with the insect glaive. I was stunned, the guy would rack hit after hit, move in and out of the fight quickly, going all gracefully dancing in the air. I knew it then and there I had to master the insect glaive. Now, about 180 hours later I ONLY play insect glaive, I find it impossible to use other weapons (like for arena challenges). Now with the new expansion, the insect glaive just became more viable, I swear I'm tearing through monsters now. I like what they did with the expansion, and I like what the weapon was before, just because it forced you to become proficient in avoiding damage.
Yes! Preach, my friend, PREACH! 😆 I’m getting back into MH a whole year after Rise endgame didn’t quite capture me- looking forward to the new switch skills after watching this! #TheGroundIsGross
Full Glaive Party: 1 Ariel Glaive with Assist Kinsect as described in video 1 Speed Kinsect user to focus on severing tails and other targeted attacks 1 Powder with Heal powder 1 Powder with a Status powder
No, even better, 1 big-boom IG w/ Ladytower (heal/para dust w/Powder Vortex) , 3 other dust based IG, at least 1 of which uses Fiddlebrix (pure blast dust Idle Stamina Recovery Up), and any combo of Cancadaman (poison/para dust Auto-attack Freq. Up), Fiddlebrix, or Ladytarge (pure poison dust Stamina Use Slowed). The blast dust brings the bulk of the damage for big boom, poison and para can cause DoT or openings and the Ladytower's heal dust can keep everyone alive.
Good that IG users can finally scratch the surface of what us Gigachad Aerial DB users have been doing since base rise. Welcome back to the skies, brothers.
I know this is SUCH a niche comment but the background music you used REALLY took me back to the Xenosaga days. Thank you for the in depth explanation as well as the nostalgia today! Much love man
Bro even in world I always hated the fact that ground glaive is considered "optimal", when I could always more consistently hit the monsters without taking damage, and more consistently finish my combos in the air therefore doing more overall damage (especially with the 20 percent aerial damage boost decoration)
I'm practicing this and so far, once I got a handle on it, it's been incredibly fun and effective too. I always loved to just hop around above monsters and dodging their ground sweep attacks while breaking wings and this will just enhance my favourite playstyle a lot. Thanks for posting this. :D
ty so much for this i have played up till mr 50 so far with ig and i had no idea you could even aim kinset slash, like bruh im so dumb this changes so much LMAO, i already loved the skill so now im gonna extra love it
I started watching your channel when I found your Dark Souls 3 videos. I have never played a second of Monster Hunter but I still enjoy watching these videos hahaha
I like how you speak, very eloquent. You're also very funny on top of that. But the biggest W is that you didn't curse at all. I really appreciate that and all the information you stated 15/10 video. If this is how you speak regularly, you're quite the character, a rare one indeed. Thanks again Rata, have a blessed day.
as main insect glaive since MH4U, I felt really sad for the way that this weapon was so... despised at the beginning of Rise, because all the weapons then had the power of flying around and doing "aerial combos", while the move set of the glaive was so lame, specially in the air. The rest of weapons were flying and laughing at us... IN OUR TERRITORY. But now with the new combos (speciffically the shown by you) the glorious sky will be taken back to its true master! . . . . . . . . drama apart, thanks for showing how taking advantage of the assist dual color defense kinsect, I underestimated it and I owe it an apologize
i dont like this popping up in my feed with the recent news about aerial ig in wilds...great video, i learned some stuff i didnt already know, but damn...
why was the bombadgy walking up to a giant dragon and man jumping around it with a giant double sword and expecting to not die? maybe it should have though of that
Thanks for showing me alternative way to play IG, ground IG is still very fun and at some point I will probably settle for mixed playstyle, but at this moment I am having a blast with aerial IG, aiming felt a bit awkward but after listening to your advice about settings and a couple hunts I mostly gotten used to it. Not an IG main, but I played a bit of IG in Rise and world before, just hated coptering in world, felt very unresponsive and wonky (the fact that it didn't deal that much damage in base world didn't even matter, it was just not fun), Rise made aerial IG a lot more fun, especially SB.
I don’t main Insect Glaive for optimal damage, I main Insect Glaive because I want to play Spider-Man for PS5 while I play Monster Hunter on Nintendo Switch. Thanks for helping me stay away from that icky nasty ground even better than before! (jokes aside, it’s nice to know aerial IG isn’t as bad as I thought. I was still gonna play aerial, but at least now I know I’m actually contributing to hunts and not just looking cool)
How about the best thing about this is that you can finally play the insect glaive without having to spend time gathering essence, you just go straight into combat. This was my initial issue with Insect Glaive. Nothing sucks the fun out of the weapon like stopping your attacks because you need to buff some arbitrary buff. I pray that this becomes a mainstay after this monster hunter, or another nice thing would be if assist kinsects got essences while you attacked, that would also be useful. I might actually play Insect Glaive again, I haven't since MH4.
yes it is a pretty strong twist, they made gathering kinsects instantaneous and they balanced it in a way that reward if you get them in the right order, pretty great.
After playing Glaive hundreds of hours in MH world and Rise, I was reluctant to try kinsect slash, and at first it did feel very awkward. After a day practicing with it, I think this it is _probably_ superior to jumping slash. First off, it seems I'm knocked out of the air way less often, which makes sense given it's animation. It's also much faster than jumping slash, so you don't miss the monster as much, it really allows you to stay on top of it. I was already using the 'blunt dual color defense kinsect because I just think it's the best overall, but he's right, it pairs nicely.
Apologies for the late reply but in the same way as the advancing roundslash, a small portion of the hit and jump from kinsect slash is I-frames to easily dodge attacks and just keep flying around, beating the shit out of the monster; allows you to be waaaay more aggressive in the air than the regular aerial roundslash could ever be... and if you already knew this, perhaps someone else may see it and get some info out of it :P
I had no idea that how the defensive vs attack kinsect type changed what extract you pulled, or that the kinsect slash pulled extract at all!. So much great info in this Video! Thank you for making it,
This guide was absolutely amazing ! You did a great job at explaining everythig in a way everyone would understand. I just wish you'd show preffered skills, weapons and armor.
+1 for this, I feel like it's some balance between the obvious skill buffs (Weakness Exploit, Attack Boost, Critical Boost/Eye) and stamina buffs (Constitution, Stamina Surge, Latent Power? Furious?). Depends on how much you go for permabuffers IMO
Can't wait for mods to update so I can check my DPS on this - I've been a puny ground glaive plebian all my life and I think this doubles my DPS. It certainly FEELS cooler, and that's reason enough to join our airborne alliance.
I've been experimenting with the new kinsects, especially the one that charges (that does a surprising amount of damage and it KOs monsters quite easily) but this playstyle also seems quite fun. Gotta be honest I thought the new moves were pretty mediocre and got disappointed, but looks like I was wrong. Definitely gonna try this out. Thanks for the video!
Decided to pick IG back up for Sunbreak and its been a humbling experience feeling like a scrub again. I only used it a bit in 4U and base World so I never truly mastered it. In Sunbreak its honesty like a dream to use. Still a bit clumsy but slowly getting more confident with the flow and moveset.
Been maining glaive for 50h since it just clicked for me unlike the other weapons but never really stayed from the switch skills from base rise but this has made me consider using the others skills after i unlock more switch skills in sunbreak
As many others in this comment section, I once mained some other mundane weapon when I decided to give the insect glaive a shot and it changed my life forever, I honestly cannot ever go back to anything with less mobility, such a fun weapon
This was my go to in mhw, just started playing rise and it felt off in mhr, but now I'm seeing its actually pretty good, been using bow because I love moving around fast.
i'm so fucking happy that Switch Skills is a thing now so that I can go in with a ground and an aerial loadout and switch it up as the situation calls. I'm absolutely loving sunbreak. The thing I like about games like this is experimenting with builds, and they cranked that up to 11
Did I hear you right that securing the orange and white extracts will give you earplugs? I thought that was an effect of having all 3. Damn that's good to know.
Floor is lava!! We IG users rule the skies!! Consider turning on gyroscope for aiming. It can help on aiming and keeping track of the monster with kinsect slash. Might be time to bring out your controllers with paddles or dust off those claw grip skills. Being able to keep your thumb on R stick for camera movement to keep track of the monster wherever they go is is a godsend when using kinsect slash!!!
Probably played IG the most in base rise, but haven’t touched it yet in sunbreak. (Been running through the story solo on lance and having a blast.) But its good to know that the new switch skills can really change things up. Ill be sure to try this out when I get back to running IG.
Us insect glaive mains must raise up, both figuratively and literally. The earth is toxic, and evil, yet the skies are so beautiful, regal even. We shan’t tread the horrendous earth where the other peasant weapons are. We shall take to the big, open blue heavens, and fly.
Personally I like using the blunt fast charge kinsect more since it increases the blunt damage it does, and since I usually have Evasion+5, Evasion Distance+3 and Bladescale Hone+3 in my Insect Glaive builds it pays off to rely on evading the roars.
I'm a fan of glave and urself ~ Awesomely explained ( Stamina Surge recovers faster ) But i do this with Switch axe Continously Discharging like Sword Gun every 20 seconds Monster can't get a break in Switch axe Shift ( Enjoying this and insect glave more than anything ever ) ~ In sunbreak Swax ; Insect glave ; Dual swords ; Bow are epic ~
"We Insect Glaive mains"
I have never heard someone try to bury their past quite so forthrightly
Preach!
Ratatoskr, you just betrayed the way of edginess. You lost the way of the sword! WHERE IS YOUR LONGSWORD DUDE! And you're IG main now??
@@muhwyndham he has done what we call “touched grass” and seen the light
He left the grass and dove right into the light called sun.
@@justsomejojo Yet unlike icarus, he flew towards the sun and harnessed it as its slave
@@justsomejojo break
The ash of war on this weapon looks insane, I have to fight Rykard with this thing.
you know, if dark souls had weapons like that… it would be so much more fun. Though they’d probably be shit in one way or another
TOGETHAAAA
Don’t forget you don’t have to unsheath your weapon when u run from Rykard.
@@sanderdegurra9002 could you imagine 🤣
A Glaive type weapon would be sick for Elden Ring.
"The non-aerial Hunters souls' are weighed down by gravity."
-Char Aznable, probably
Nah sounds more like a quatro bajina would say who is DEFINITELY not char aznable since he has never betrayed anyone his entire life ever
I had always alternated between Switch axe/Great Sword/ and the LBG. Oh how blind I was. Then about two months ago while I was preparing for my future Sunbreak adventures by creating the various meta sets for each weapon class...I came across the Insect Glaive....My brothers in Christ how my senses were overwhelmed by the freedom of flight! I lifted off from the accursed dirt and felt the wind whip over my body. Oh my brothers I was in the heavens. I aimed my trusty insect ally and fired! He soon returned with the invigorating essence that sharpened my senses, invigorated my muscles, and dulled out the hateful roars of my prey. Higher and higher I soared, my vorpal blade a blur of spinning death. My form a parade of cascading after-images. Blink and you'll be left wondering if I was ever there. The skies are my home now. The clouds my family. The grit and grime of the dusty mundane ground no longer hold sway over me. I am reborn and the grass will only ever get to touch my brilliance when I'm feeling merciful.
- Newly enlightened Insect Glaive enthusiast
I felt that.
Preach my Brother
Welcome home, brother
God may bless thee thy brothers of heavens
Preach my brudda
You’re my favorite insect Glaive main, been following since your 4U days.
I have only ever used insect glave for its aerial gameplay. That is what makes insect glave fun and different. Anyone who disagrees is allowed to have their opinion. But they are 1000% wrong.
That's a lotta copium
@@cv6531I respect your right to your wrong opinion but I'm going to ignore it.
wilds: "fuck you, no bounce"
"To crawl upon the earth, like worms, like vermin, like Longsword players, completely bereft of intelligence or grace" oof, you didnt have to do us like that. 😂
story goes he was a LS main till he learned that the LS is training wheels as a weapon
@@MommysGoodPuppy He was a ls main?!?
We are all LS mains at one point in our lives. @Dog-be2dt
Same lol
That poetry at the start was truly beautiful.
really love the BG sound, its just like receiving the briefings during formal lectures before going to hunt/war ^^
As an Insect Glaive flyer, I'm in love with the new ariel move. It's so fun. All the buffs the Glaive got was beautiful.
An Aerial Glaive... that's the proper term... 😂
Holy shit I didn't expect to find xenosaga soundtrack in your videos
Great guide, I especially liked your detailed explanation on the dual colour (defense) kinsect. I really enjoy using the insect glaive with jumping advance slash, but I need to try out kinsect slash now (especially now that I know I need to change the gunner reticle speed lol)
Update: I've been convinced, kinsect slash is great and it feels so smooth to play
I'm a GS main, glad you got over your weab phase, my friend started out Longsword but realized how busted it was and transitioned away from it to IG too, so I'll link this to him. I love your content, I love MonHun and I love Soulsborne so I'm here just for support.
If there's any kind of weapon main worse than a modern LS main it's a GS main.
If u think that LS is busted try any of the ranged weapons especially the 2 bow guns and u will realize how absurd they r. If u want to remain melee weapon user, do not try bowguns because ones u get to know how good they r, it’s very difficult to go back.
thank you for showing me you can AIM the kinsect slash, that's SO COOL
tbf, it says so in the description of the move...
There is an extract priority with the assist kinsects that is hard to put in simple words but white, red, then orange. Example if you hit a part that matches what your kinsects forced extract, the second color will always be white, except when using the white extract kinsect, then you will get red.
World was my first MH game. and I choose the IG first because of the ariel moves. I never gave into the meta to begin with, it was just too much fun to avoid the ariel play style. With that said, I am happy with the current state of this weapon. I'm having fun, while at the same time doing good enough damage that I'm not handicapping myself by playing the way I want.
Okay long comment up ahead
I got me MHRise for the switch about a year ago (first MH ever for me, mind you) and at first, I tought it may not be my cup of tea.
Well, slowly but surely I got the hang of it, started maining the hammer, but never came to love it, than I watched some guy online going all out with the insect glaive.
I was stunned, the guy would rack hit after hit, move in and out of the fight quickly, going all gracefully dancing in the air. I knew it then and there I had to master the insect glaive.
Now, about 180 hours later I ONLY play insect glaive, I find it impossible to use other weapons (like for arena challenges).
Now with the new expansion, the insect glaive just became more viable, I swear I'm tearing through monsters now.
I like what they did with the expansion, and I like what the weapon was before, just because it forced you to become proficient in avoiding damage.
Yes! Preach, my friend, PREACH! 😆 I’m getting back into MH a whole year after Rise endgame didn’t quite capture me- looking forward to the new switch skills after watching this! #TheGroundIsGross
Full Glaive Party:
1 Ariel Glaive with Assist Kinsect as described in video
1 Speed Kinsect user to focus on severing tails and other targeted attacks
1 Powder with Heal powder
1 Powder with a Status powder
Where can i find my people
1 to rule them all!
@@borkborkbork1144 🙋♀️
No, even better, 1 big-boom IG w/ Ladytower (heal/para dust w/Powder Vortex) , 3 other dust based IG, at least 1 of which uses Fiddlebrix (pure blast dust Idle Stamina Recovery Up), and any combo of Cancadaman (poison/para dust Auto-attack Freq. Up), Fiddlebrix, or Ladytarge (pure poison dust Stamina Use Slowed). The blast dust brings the bulk of the damage for big boom, poison and para can cause DoT or openings and the Ladytower's heal dust can keep everyone alive.
IG Players can finally be the beautiful fairy dancers they always meant to be
Good that IG users can finally scratch the surface of what us Gigachad Aerial DB users have been doing since base rise. Welcome back to the skies, brothers.
I know this is SUCH a niche comment but the background music you used REALLY took me back to the Xenosaga days. Thank you for the in depth explanation as well as the nostalgia today! Much love man
This looks incredible. I loved literally flying in World.
Thanks to you, I've been transformed to a true aerial ig main. My biggest nemesis is the ground and Rajang
This is super helpful and I don't wanna undermine that, but the Xenosaga music got me all nostalgic I got teary eyed! I loved it!
you outdid yourself with that intro
Bro even in world I always hated the fact that ground glaive is considered "optimal", when I could always more consistently hit the monsters without taking damage, and more consistently finish my combos in the air therefore doing more overall damage (especially with the 20 percent aerial damage boost decoration)
Just gotta look at the speedruns really
It wasn’t optimal. Couldn’t beat fatalis using aerial styles.
Not just world, every game since it was invented
Whereas I miss 4u and g/gu style glaiving, ground glaive always felt more satisfying. Though, nothing beats how broken Anubis IG was in 4u.
Because it is really optimal in World. Just the facts
ive switched to IG 2 days ago in Sunbreak and i absolutely love it. your video is superb
I'm so glad to hear insect glaive his got so much love this time around
I'm practicing this and so far, once I got a handle on it, it's been incredibly fun and effective too. I always loved to just hop around above monsters and dodging their ground sweep attacks while breaking wings and this will just enhance my favourite playstyle a lot. Thanks for posting this. :D
This is BEAUTIFUL!!!! Thank you for the tips!! I can't wait to start air dancing!!!!
Pf "we insect glaive mains" says the fallen long sword weebo
But for making this video i grant you a place in our ranks
Nice informative video, the Metroid music was a nice touch.
ty so much for this i have played up till mr 50 so far with ig and i had no idea you could even aim kinset slash, like bruh im so dumb this changes so much LMAO, i already loved the skill so now im gonna extra love it
The intro to this video explains the mindset of all IG mains perfectly, and I'll be talking like that on voice forever from now on.
Love it! Glad to see you back over in MH land!
"Never Touch Grass Again" - will this make me immune to grass pollen allergies? 😁
Nah, thats how the grass gets ya. It too has learned to fly.
I started watching your channel when I found your Dark Souls 3 videos. I have never played a second of Monster Hunter but I still enjoy watching these videos hahaha
Greatly appreciate the Metroid music in the background.
I immediately hit like button the moment I heard the "Long library" ost of SOTN kicks in.
I like how you speak, very eloquent. You're also very funny on top of that. But the biggest W is that you didn't curse at all. I really appreciate that and all the information you stated 15/10 video. If this is how you speak regularly, you're quite the character, a rare one indeed.
Thanks again Rata, have a blessed day.
Oh I didn't say thanks the first time, haha! Thank you!
Edit: Has no one complimented your enunciation? It's marvelous!
Very well written intro. About to head to the training area to try this stuff out!
Thanks for putting kezhu gear on the thumbnail and giving me nightmares again!
as main insect glaive since MH4U, I felt really sad for the way that this weapon was so... despised at the beginning of Rise, because all the weapons then had the power of flying around and doing "aerial combos", while the move set of the glaive was so lame, specially in the air. The rest of weapons were flying and laughing at us... IN OUR TERRITORY.
But now with the new combos (speciffically the shown by you) the glorious sky will be taken back to its true master!
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drama apart, thanks for showing how taking advantage of the assist dual color defense kinsect, I underestimated it and I owe it an apologize
i dont like this popping up in my feed with the recent news about aerial ig in wilds...great video, i learned some stuff i didnt already know, but damn...
6:32 that poor bombadgy D:
Was about to comment this lol
why was the bombadgy walking up to a giant dragon and man jumping around it with a giant double sword and expecting to not die? maybe it should have though of that
Thanks for showing me alternative way to play IG, ground IG is still very fun and at some point I will probably settle for mixed playstyle, but at this moment I am having a blast with aerial IG, aiming felt a bit awkward but after listening to your advice about settings and a couple hunts I mostly gotten used to it. Not an IG main, but I played a bit of IG in Rise and world before, just hated coptering in world, felt very unresponsive and wonky (the fact that it didn't deal that much damage in base world didn't even matter, it was just not fun), Rise made aerial IG a lot more fun, especially SB.
I don’t main Insect Glaive for optimal damage, I main Insect Glaive because I want to play Spider-Man for PS5 while I play Monster Hunter on Nintendo Switch.
Thanks for helping me stay away from that icky nasty ground even better than before!
(jokes aside, it’s nice to know aerial IG isn’t as bad as I thought. I was still gonna play aerial, but at least now I know I’m actually contributing to hunts and not just looking cool)
after playing aerial Insect Glaive in Rise I CANNOT go back to playing this weapon in any other Monster Hunter, it's just SOOOO GOOOD
You started with world didn't you.
@@foul_tarnished9612 he did. it’s so easy to tell hahahah
@@fulltimeslackerii8229 gatekeeping in 2022 is crazy
@@fulltimeslackerii8229 how does him enjoying the new Aerial glaive = his first MH is world? i dont get it
Because Insect glaive was insane in mh4u
Home sweet home. They skies.
How about the best thing about this is that you can finally play the insect glaive without having to spend time gathering essence, you just go straight into combat. This was my initial issue with Insect Glaive. Nothing sucks the fun out of the weapon like stopping your attacks because you need to buff some arbitrary buff.
I pray that this becomes a mainstay after this monster hunter, or another nice thing would be if assist kinsects got essences while you attacked, that would also be useful.
I might actually play Insect Glaive again, I haven't since MH4.
yes it is a pretty strong twist, they made gathering kinsects instantaneous and they balanced it in a way that reward if you get them in the right order, pretty great.
I don't know, I kinda miss leveling up the kinsect and feeling like it was growing along with me like a pet.
After playing Glaive hundreds of hours in MH world and Rise, I was reluctant to try kinsect slash, and at first it did feel very awkward. After a day practicing with it, I think this it is _probably_ superior to jumping slash. First off, it seems I'm knocked out of the air way less often, which makes sense given it's animation. It's also much faster than jumping slash, so you don't miss the monster as much, it really allows you to stay on top of it. I was already using the 'blunt dual color defense kinsect because I just think it's the best overall, but he's right, it pairs nicely.
Apologies for the late reply but in the same way as the advancing roundslash, a small portion of the hit and jump from kinsect slash is I-frames to easily dodge attacks and just keep flying around, beating the shit out of the monster; allows you to be waaaay more aggressive in the air than the regular aerial roundslash could ever be... and if you already knew this, perhaps someone else may see it and get some info out of it :P
The levels of memery in blideo blames will make future historians cry
Can't believe Rat is dunking on longsword when it's known that we IG mains have one braincell, and it's in the kinsect
I had no idea that how the defensive vs attack kinsect type changed what extract you pulled, or that the kinsect slash pulled extract at all!. So much great info in this Video! Thank you for making it,
Had no idea you could aim the slashes I'm so happy omg (been playing since 3 and got introduced to IG in 4 haven't looked back!)
Just wanted to thank u for the vid. Awesome content 👏
This guide was absolutely amazing ! You did a great job at explaining everythig in a way everyone would understand. I just wish you'd show preffered skills, weapons and armor.
+1 for this, I feel like it's some balance between the obvious skill buffs (Weakness Exploit, Attack Boost, Critical Boost/Eye) and stamina buffs (Constitution, Stamina Surge, Latent Power? Furious?).
Depends on how much you go for permabuffers IMO
Can't wait for mods to update so I can check my DPS on this - I've been a puny ground glaive plebian all my life and I think this doubles my DPS. It certainly FEELS cooler, and that's reason enough to join our airborne alliance.
I already main IG ran into your channel have not purchased sunbreak yet but I will soon you're getting me hyped to run the sky again
I've been experimenting with the new kinsects, especially the one that charges (that does a surprising amount of damage and it KOs monsters quite easily) but this playstyle also seems quite fun. Gotta be honest I thought the new moves were pretty mediocre and got disappointed, but looks like I was wrong. Definitely gonna try this out. Thanks for the video!
Decided to pick IG back up for Sunbreak and its been a humbling experience feeling like a scrub again. I only used it a bit in 4U and base World so I never truly mastered it. In Sunbreak its honesty like a dream to use. Still a bit clumsy but slowly getting more confident with the flow and moveset.
Been maining glaive for 50h since it just clicked for me unlike the other weapons but never really stayed from the switch skills from base rise but this has made me consider using the others skills after i unlock more switch skills in sunbreak
As many others in this comment section, I once mained some other mundane weapon when I decided to give the insect glaive a shot and it changed my life forever, I honestly cannot ever go back to anything with less mobility, such a fun weapon
Ratatoskr I thought you were one of those ground loving longsword mains. Come to find out you were really one of us all along. Glaive gang for life.
There are two kinds of Hunters: Insect Glaive Mains and Future Insect Glaive Mains
Perfect timing, just picked up rise to play with my work buddies and was keen to reenact monkey King. Thanks for the info
Your opening dialogue got you the sub from me it was incredible
Is that symphony of the night music in the background?!
Thanks a lot, finally imma be the king of the skies ☁️
I appreciate this video as a new ish IG user!
This was my go to in mhw, just started playing rise and it felt off in mhr, but now I'm seeing its actually pretty good, been using bow because I love moving around fast.
Latent power from the blood orange bishaten armor has helped me a lot with stamina management
Imagine old rata reacting to ig rata now. Nice video, it's pretty interesting to hear this way to play ig.
i'm so fucking happy that Switch Skills is a thing now so that I can go in with a ground and an aerial loadout and switch it up as the situation calls. I'm absolutely loving sunbreak. The thing I like about games like this is experimenting with builds, and they cranked that up to 11
That intro Inspired me to drop long sword to main IG thank you !!!
A fellow OG intellectual, I see
this simply feels better than what I was using before (aerial hammer)
As an aspiring ig main. I will be watching all your vids
Did I hear you right that securing the orange and white extracts will give you earplugs?
I thought that was an effect of having all 3. Damn that's good to know.
I've been using IG since 4U and have never had nearly this much fun with it. This weapon has so much versatility.
Floor is lava!! We IG users rule the skies!! Consider turning on gyroscope for aiming. It can help on aiming and keeping track of the monster with kinsect slash. Might be time to bring out your controllers with paddles or dust off those claw grip skills. Being able to keep your thumb on R stick for camera movement to keep track of the monster wherever they go is is a godsend when using kinsect slash!!!
This is exactly the video I was looking for to justify never touching grass again, thankyou sir
Gunlance welcomes you to the air!
Probably played IG the most in base rise, but haven’t touched it yet in sunbreak. (Been running through the story solo on lance and having a blast.) But its good to know that the new switch skills can really change things up. Ill be sure to try this out when I get back to running IG.
Having they blunt kinsect with (charged chain attack) and doing kinsect slash feels soooo OP, you should try it.
Thank you for showcasing this playstyle. I personally don’t care if it isn’t “meta” caused if I cared about the meta then I’d be using Bow
Based intro and great video overall
excellent guide, can't wait to try this style
lmao it's called MH RISEEE what the hell are ppl doing on the ground in the first place
I love this. I love every bit of this.
Us insect glaive mains must raise up, both figuratively and literally. The earth is toxic, and evil, yet the skies are so beautiful, regal even. We shan’t tread the horrendous earth where the other peasant weapons are. We shall take to the big, open blue heavens, and fly.
Eyy now, Ground IG is still fun. I kinda like the playstyle that relies on positioning rather than counter or evade
6:33 that bombadgy got fuuuurked! 🤣
Ratatoskr's first sunbreak weapon video is aerial IG GOATED
As a player who has started playing insect glaive as my main weapon from World to Sunbreak I approve this message
as a glaive main, im loving the glaive superiority in this video
Personally I like using the blunt fast charge kinsect more since it increases the blunt damage it does, and since I usually have Evasion+5, Evasion Distance+3 and Bladescale Hone+3 in my Insect Glaive builds it pays off to rely on evading the roars.
MH has slowly turned into Toukiden, lol
yes, once again Kinsect Glave proven to still be the King of the Sky
I'm a fan of glave and urself ~ Awesomely explained ( Stamina Surge recovers faster )
But i do this with Switch axe Continously Discharging like Sword Gun every 20 seconds Monster can't get a break in Switch axe Shift ( Enjoying this and insect glave more than anything ever ) ~ In sunbreak Swax ; Insect glave ; Dual swords ; Bow are epic ~
Lol that I try made me go for the subscription. Beautifully written haha