The combat doesn’t have the same weight and feel behind it like Monster Hunter does but I don’t want to write this game off because of that. I think it’s great that other people are trying to develop a co-op boss style hunting game! The more the merrier and competition in the market can spice things up a lot!
Id say its more like it feels abit stagnate in animation wise which can be fixed with time o: Ima stick with the game and see how it goes.. feels more like an mmo raid fantasy world :)
It's the lack of anticipation and follow through animations that make the weapons in Dauntless seem weak. The key poses don't convey as much force as should be implied. It's like he stops his own momentum instead of following through. Between attacks, it's as if all the momentum from the previous attack disappeared and there's no flow. Sound also plays a role. These sound like light taps.
This vid was made before its official release, they changed the RB ( Q ) to a axe throw instead of a axe slam if anyone is wondering i was confused as well lmao Update: If you play with the axe enough you unlock different Q (RB) Moves to use :)
@@squaderz1002 Exactly what he said after you launched it while its still twirling around in the air press Q again to immediately recall it and perform an axe slam
I knew that this game was gonna feel like monster hunter but I never discredited it because of that fact. I love the cartoony vibe this game gives and how awesomely addictive it is when fighting these behemoths with friends. What I dont like is the heavy framerates drops sometimes and the city heavy lag, but I'll put that aside for the developers not expecting such a huge community to build
great tutorial but as someone with over 400hours into dauntless using an axe, i can confidently say that the x ->x->x->x... is the most terrible combo you can do. even without repeating the x, you will never outdamage the x, x,y,y combo. reasoning; the x spam takes way too long to be viable you're also stuck at the spot for the whole duration a behemoth outside of skarn will never stay still long enough to actually spam the x more than twice while the y,y finisher does a full charge damage and the last y does even MORE than all your other charge attacks outside of the vertical x attack(hold x or lmb) and your special. a bonus is that you can reposition during the y,y combo which you will find usefull in a lot of fights. hoped this helped you guys, happy hunting :D
j j most likely just like Greatsword in Monster Hunter, you're not supposed to wait for them to be stationary to provide an opening for you to use the X charge. You're supposed to predict where they're going to be and aim in that direction.
Hey, a small tip from a fellow axer: If you charge the first swing of your combo, the third swing will also count as a T3 swing if you don't charge it. This works as of the first patch of open beta - The only thing you'll miss out on is the resolve. This will speed your combo up and allow you to get to the finisher quicker.
Well since there was no one that could tell me about those chains and/or that resolve mecanic i appreciate this. Phoenix labs sponsoring the series shows that they don't just want people to play, but they want people to do it comfortably. (Also, i'll be waiting for the hammer guide... ;) )
Next video can be on a guide on how to get past the tutorial without the game crashing. Can we get a video about how to get past the large que time too?
This was a nice video, but I liked what you did in the first video by putting the mouse click controls along side the controller button press controls while you were going over the move sets for those who play with keyboard and mouse. That was pretty helpful.
Thanks for the video, Arekkz! It seems now you have to unlock the Axe and the War Pike. Could you include somehwere at which level you are able to pick those weapons, and how to do so?
Vektor480 you can get them in one day. You need to get "weaponmaster" exp or reputation how it's called. You get reputation by doing certain dailys which you'll unlock after a few quests. A tip is to safe all of your materials until you've unlocked rhose quests because you also get exp by making weapons. I for example was able to get the warpike and axe in 4 hours playtime. Hope this helps ;)
Arekkz I play on PS4 and I think the controls have changed because when I presss R1 he throws his axe instead of doing his axe fill meter move to boost my damage
If you press it again while the axe is thrown, it will recall the axe mjolnir style directly into the big swing that's in the video, which will still fill your meter.
One thing you might want to know. You can jump + light creating a very mobile attack and you can follow it up whatever you desire although the jump consume stamina haha. Heres an old trick. You can unsheathed/sheathed weapon faster if you follow it with a roll. Although they remove this since tech alpha, it was fun to do. Very few know this but now you know ;)
When I first fought a skarn it used it's whirlwind ability and an axe user used the draw in of the whirlwind combined with his special to interrupt the monster and I thought it was amazing so I picked up the axe and fell in love with it
I really wish the weapons and animations had more 'umphf' to them. The sound design of the game is good and helps alleviate the blandness of the animations, but still...
I didn't know you could charge the third attack! I always just did the L-L-R-R combo with a fully charged first strike. Seems very good for building Gauge (about half per combo) and the final hit does a LOT of damage even without a charged third hit. I wonder if charging the third hit only matters if you didn't charge the first?
i just hope they add more servers or improve their capacity cause having 135426 before me in the queue is a bit much... and having to wait 1 hr + is kinda making me want to give up on the game
So they definitely changed the range on the charged special attack because I’m missing enemies now when I’m right in front of them. It used to be easy to hit as long as the mister didn’t move, but now you have to actually stand inside the monster to hit it.
you can also full charge, or not, your Y to interrupt a charge of a behemot, it works pretty well against embermane. Didn't noticed if you have said that. Sory for my bad english ^^'
lol why overwatches big competitor was battle born . and this isnt anyones competitor monster hunter isnt the only monster hunting game out there there are several including ones like god eater which have been out for years
cloudstrifeff7xx it just reminds me of the whole this game is a rip-off of this game. Specifically with Paladins and Overwatch where people called Paladins a poor mans Overwatch. I’ve noticed that a lot in the comments calling Dauntless a Monster Hunter rip-off. Also Battleborn isn’t really a competitor for Overwatch. As far as I know the game is dead. I haven’t seen the steam charts for it in a while, but the game peaked at 12,000 players and then declined from there.
It takes the well loved gameplay loop of monster hunter (hunt monster - get materials - craft gear - hunt more powerfull mosnter - rinse and repeat) and adds in raid boss mechanics much like World of Warcraft. High tier Behemoths have special powers and can drastically change the way you fight a large beast - when they use these abilities your not just wailing on a creature, you're dodging laser beams, escaping a cage that's gradually appearing around you and many other unique mechanics. That's the "not monster hunter" part of dauntless.
DellKaz ok wailing on the monster is low-rank high-rank and G-rank 1 and 2. Now G-rank 3 everything claps you in a hit, and when you say the not "the monster hunter" of dauntless your wrong, theres the deviant monsters, oh and rajang and rajang and rajang and rajang rajang rajang rajang rajang, double apex furious rajang. Sorry that was my vietnam flashbacks talking.
Now I am not saying Monster Hunter is a bad game cause I love that game but you are making monster hunter seem like it has bad game design in as lets not add mechanics lets just add more damage.
How do you unlock it cuz it and the glaive is still locked off, I'm assuming it is cuz I either haven't hunted the right behemoth or haven't progressed far enuff yet, haven't been able to play until now so I'm looking to try all the weapons
You have to redo the tutorials some of the weapons dont have the same move sets anymore. Like this axe. It doesnt give the big slam anymore. Instead you throw the axe and it spins continuously and can be recalled to do a big smash.
if the people from dauntless are reading this, the animation of the second charge...do it backwards. First charge should be last, and vice versa. Right now, the more you charge, the less the character winds up his weapon... Who does that to increase power? "Im going to bash you with my axe, let me close the gap for more power...." This alone will add so much more weight to the feel of the weapon!
Thanks Arekkz, I found this tutorial very helpful in beating my 124,907 player queue.
its unplayable to me too right now.
no more queue now.
The queue isn't too bad now. I'll wait maybe 30sec and BAM! I'm in a match.
The combat doesn’t have the same weight and feel behind it like Monster Hunter does but I don’t want to write this game off because of that. I think it’s great that other people are trying to develop a co-op boss style hunting game! The more the merrier and competition in the market can spice things up a lot!
it actually does in-game in my opinion. the axe is my personal favourite and i love the feel of the attacks
Id say its more like it feels abit stagnate in animation wise which can be fixed with time o: Ima stick with the game and see how it goes.. feels more like an mmo raid fantasy world :)
Doesn't look heavy but in-game it feels heavy.
It's the lack of anticipation and follow through animations that make the weapons in Dauntless seem weak. The key poses don't convey as much force as should be implied. It's like he stops his own momentum instead of following through.
Between attacks, it's as if all the momentum from the previous attack disappeared and there's no flow.
Sound also plays a role. These sound like light taps.
Although i haven't played monster hunter the combam feels just a bit like dark souls and i absolutely love that.
It would seem the developers didnt think the game would be getting this big of a crowd. as it has a massive queue right now.100k+
Now it’s around 5+ Million
Thanks for this. All the other axe tutorials I've watched haven't explained the meter. I appreciate this.
This vid was made before its official release, they changed the RB ( Q ) to a axe throw instead of a axe slam if anyone is wondering i was confused as well lmao
Update: If you play with the axe enough you unlock different Q (RB) Moves to use :)
Then how do I the axe slam?
Master Chief you can axe slam by pressing it again, this will call the axe back immediately and axe slam
ME_Mireau I meant how do you use the special smash thingy 🤣
@@squaderz1002 Exactly what he said after you launched it while its still twirling around in the air press Q again to immediately recall it and perform an axe slam
Jordan Randall no, I’m talking about the attack by itself when the meter in the top right is full. He does it at 6:56
That special interrupt on the shrike is god tier
Just started playing since the game was officially released and these weapons guides have been a game changer. Thank you, Arekkz.
jbrittain77 which one are you going for then? I feel pike is great but all the veterans of the game seems to like the axe .
@@avash2009 I'm maining the War Pike right now. For me, it feels better than any of the other weapons. But, I am interested in the axe as a secondary.
jbrittain77 nice . I will stick with the pike !
I knew that this game was gonna feel like monster hunter but I never discredited it because of that fact. I love the cartoony vibe this game gives and how awesomely addictive it is when fighting these behemoths with friends. What I dont like is the heavy framerates drops sometimes and the city heavy lag, but I'll put that aside for the developers not expecting such a huge community to build
Finally... something Dauntless-related while queueing up.
Thats a useful tutorial. But there are 124836 people in queue. So I can probably use the knowledge I gained from this video next month or so.^^
Now, Dauntless have 0 queue, which is nice.
great tutorial
but as someone with over 400hours into dauntless using an axe, i can confidently say that the x ->x->x->x... is the most terrible combo you can do.
even without repeating the x, you will never outdamage the x, x,y,y combo.
reasoning;
the x spam takes way too long to be viable
you're also stuck at the spot for the whole duration
a behemoth outside of skarn will never stay still long enough to actually spam the x more than twice
while the y,y finisher does a full charge damage and the last y does even MORE than all your other charge attacks outside of the vertical x attack(hold x or lmb) and your special.
a bonus is that you can reposition during the y,y combo which you will find usefull in a lot of fights.
hoped this helped you guys, happy hunting :D
j j most likely just like Greatsword in Monster Hunter, you're not supposed to wait for them to be stationary to provide an opening for you to use the X charge. You're supposed to predict where they're going to be and aim in that direction.
i know that, i'm just trying to explain that the x combo is a waste of time/damage
just try it out yourself, maybe you'll see what i mean :)
j j so is it worth starting combo with lv3 charged x?
Hey, a small tip from a fellow axer: If you charge the first swing of your combo, the third swing will also count as a T3 swing if you don't charge it. This works as of the first patch of open beta - The only thing you'll miss out on is the resolve. This will speed your combo up and allow you to get to the finisher quicker.
ShadowsStrider that is correct, noticed that some time ago aswell. Thank you for adding to the conversation :)
Can't wait for the chain blades guide... subbed, please keep the dauntless content coming :)
Hopefully the game improves, competition is always good
You should make a queue tutorial next. I'm still stuck on that part. All jokes aside though nice vid as always man.
Well since there was no one that could tell me about those chains and/or that resolve mecanic i appreciate this.
Phoenix labs sponsoring the series shows that they don't just want people to play, but they want people to do it comfortably.
(Also, i'll be waiting for the hammer guide... ;) )
That Axe is so cool! It has a mixture of attacks from Great Sword, Long Sword, and Hammer, and that's awesome! I'm getting this game!🎉
Thanks for this guide. I was wondering about the basics of the axe and this was very helpful.
5:39 That hits are so satisfying man
Arekkz, a warpike guide will be nice!
WOW new mhw looks lit!
Next video can be on a guide on how to get past the tutorial without the game crashing. Can we get a video about how to get past the large que time too?
You make the best videos arrekz thank you for great videos all the time
Spoiler alert: The server queue is the final boss, you beat it the moment you enter the game.
This was a nice video, but I liked what you did in the first video by putting the mouse click controls along side the controller button press controls while you were going over the move sets for those who play with keyboard and mouse. That was pretty helpful.
Thanks for the video, Arekkz! It seems now you have to unlock the Axe and the War Pike. Could you include somehwere at which level you are able to pick those weapons, and how to do so?
Vektor480 you can get them in one day. You need to get "weaponmaster" exp or reputation how it's called. You get reputation by doing certain dailys which you'll unlock after a few quests.
A tip is to safe all of your materials until you've unlocked rhose quests because you also get exp by making weapons.
I for example was able to get the warpike and axe in 4 hours playtime.
Hope this helps ;)
Arekkz I play on PS4 and I think the controls have changed because when I presss R1 he throws his axe instead of doing his axe fill meter move to boost my damage
If you press it again while the axe is thrown, it will recall the axe mjolnir style directly into the big swing that's in the video, which will still fill your meter.
Thanks Arekkz for the great content
One thing you might want to know. You can jump + light creating a very mobile attack and you can follow it up whatever you desire although the jump consume stamina haha.
Heres an old trick. You can unsheathed/sheathed weapon faster if you follow it with a roll. Although they remove this since tech alpha, it was fun to do. Very few know this but now you know ;)
When I first fought a skarn it used it's whirlwind ability and an axe user used the draw in of the whirlwind combined with his special to interrupt the monster and I thought it was amazing so I picked up the axe and fell in love with it
still 111089 in queue but nice to know
i finally got in a day later
Geremy Adams what really? I started playing yesterday and got in without getting qued. Maybe the asia server has less peiple lol
I really wish the weapons and animations had more 'umphf' to them. The sound design of the game is good and helps alleviate the blandness of the animations, but still...
I didn't know you could charge the third attack! I always just did the L-L-R-R combo with a fully charged first strike. Seems very good for building Gauge (about half per combo) and the final hit does a LOT of damage even without a charged third hit. I wonder if charging the third hit only matters if you didn't charge the first?
i just hope they add more servers or improve their capacity cause having 135426 before me in the queue is a bit much... and having to wait 1 hr + is kinda making me want to give up on the game
There are 100k comments about the queue and there are 100k people queueing 😂🤔
Stamina management is so tough... any advice?
If it's ok, after the whole weapons breakdown could you make videos of Behemoths Breakdown?
I'd love to try this when I get an axe after I get in the game finally.
So they definitely changed the range on the charged special attack because I’m missing enemies now when I’m right in front of them. It used to be easy to hit as long as the mister didn’t move, but now you have to actually stand inside the monster to hit it.
This weapon is like a greatsword combined with the special of the longsword
So, it combines Great Sword and Long Sword mechanics from MonHun?
i just love the fact there are next to no guides for pc :)
This tutorial is somewhat outdated. The Axe got a rework.
Can u help me with it??
I see people charging and throwing axe how??also how do i use my meter??
Although I'm gonna always stick with my true blue mhw, I will always appreciate this videos.
PSA: (Incase anyone looks at the comments as is "put off" by all the messages regarding queues) Queues are fixed.
Just a quick question if you don't mind...when do i unlock axe and pike?
I can watch this video while i waiting for my queue
Right on time!
Can you pls do the war pike next?
you can also full charge, or not, your Y to interrupt a charge of a behemot, it works pretty well against embermane. Didn't noticed if you have said that.
Sory for my bad english ^^'
Tq for da tips. You rock.
Btw the most DPS Combo for the Axe is X (Charged) -> X -> Y (Charged) -> Y its fast af
these animations looked way better than the current ones
Waiting for the War Pike :)
Omfg arekkz ur a god
to bad its impossible to play with the log in que
Steven Hosnander ikr
In around 3-4 hours the queue should be significantly lower so try then I guess.
kieran forrester Don't lie
This reminds me of Paladins vs Overwatch or LOL vs DOTA.
lol why overwatches big competitor was battle born . and this isnt anyones competitor monster hunter isnt the only monster hunting game out there there are several including ones like god eater which have been out for years
cloudstrifeff7xx it just reminds me of the whole this game is a rip-off of this game. Specifically with Paladins and Overwatch where people called Paladins a poor mans Overwatch. I’ve noticed that a lot in the comments calling Dauntless a Monster Hunter rip-off. Also Battleborn isn’t really a competitor for Overwatch. As far as I know the game is dead. I haven’t seen the steam charts for it in a while, but the game peaked at 12,000 players and then declined from there.
Well thing is, on PC, dauntless can be played and not MH at the moment :D
cloudstrifeff7xx Battleborn was never OW’s competitor they’re not even the same type of game
do guides on how to fight the different behemoths
May i ask how did you use the special move right away without throwing the axe?
Old build
How'd you get your framerate so smooth? I feel like mine is capped at like 40. My rig can 100% handle this game.
How to do that 6:52 on pc?
This tutorial is very helpful thanks Arekkz. I'll put it to good use that is if I ever get into the FUCKING GAME!
I'm glad there are 100k ppl queueing up for Dauntless but they need to make them servers bigger
Is this a cartoon kinda version of monster hunter?
I guess it still looks fun
It takes the well loved gameplay loop of monster hunter (hunt monster - get materials - craft gear - hunt more powerfull mosnter - rinse and repeat) and adds in raid boss mechanics much like World of Warcraft. High tier Behemoths have special powers and can drastically change the way you fight a large beast - when they use these abilities your not just wailing on a creature, you're dodging laser beams, escaping a cage that's gradually appearing around you and many other unique mechanics. That's the "not monster hunter" part of dauntless.
DellKaz ok wailing on the monster is low-rank high-rank and G-rank 1 and 2. Now G-rank 3 everything claps you in a hit, and when you say the not "the monster hunter" of dauntless your wrong, theres the deviant monsters, oh and rajang and rajang and rajang and rajang rajang rajang rajang rajang, double apex furious rajang. Sorry that was my vietnam flashbacks talking.
Now I am not saying Monster Hunter is a bad game cause I love that game but you are making monster hunter seem like it has bad game design in as lets not add mechanics lets just add more damage.
SavageGaming my fault bro my vietnam hunting flashbscjs were kicking in, i need me some plesioth hips.
How do you unlock it cuz it and the glaive is still locked off, I'm assuming it is cuz I either haven't hunted the right behemoth or haven't progressed far enuff yet, haven't been able to play until now so I'm looking to try all the weapons
Resolve only prevents knock back on certain attacks, you can still be knocked back by powerful attacks
You have to redo the tutorials some of the weapons dont have the same move sets anymore. Like this axe. It doesnt give the big slam anymore. Instead you throw the axe and it spins continuously and can be recalled to do a big smash.
So its basically greatsword?
More like GreatAxe
It's a GreatHammerLongsword with mechanics straight ouf of MH.
More like X attack chain is Greatsword, y attack chain is Hammer, and then it has the charge mechanic of Longsword.
if the people from dauntless are reading this, the animation of the second charge...do it backwards. First charge should be last, and vice versa.
Right now, the more you charge, the less the character winds up his weapon...
Who does that to increase power?
"Im going to bash you with my axe, let me close the gap for more power...."
This alone will add so much more weight to the feel of the weapon!
Hmm, I don't get it for the vertical strike like do you hold RB (PS4) to perform vertical strike once your full 3 meter is ready?
i think its changed. Since if you look he also doesnt have the axe throw special maybe the developers got rid of the heavy slash
This looks so close to the great sword in Monster Hunter lol. Just the way the charge up attacks work.
So great sword charge with hammer moves and Long sword/dual blades demon gauge
What is that game for and where can I get
Is there a complete guide to getting through the 120,000+ player queue? Cause I'd like to know how.
This looks good though how can I play it?
That's a nice great sword u have there.
Wait, so how do you charge your basic attacks?
RawWraps OG hold down
thanks for guide. go next hammer toturial :)
What about the Axe throw????
This tutorial was lit when I lost my queue from 1000k player in front of me after a maintenance
Is this an xbox xclusive?
Does anyone knows how much damage bonus do lvls give you? And also is that base dmg multi? Or is it flat bonus? Does it apply before charge dmg bonus?
Looks like the attack moves in Warframe
what is that RB button if i play on PC?
do the hammer next
So this game is an Xbox exclusive?
The moves are from Bloodborne
Reminds me of great sword
How you get that no hud????
it is like the greatsword+ longsword= superpowerful
How do you equip an axe
I really enjoy these videos, but can you show combat from harder monsters, as the combat in these videos is nowhere near the same at hellion ect
They rotated all the monster hunter controls counter clockwise by one button. Can I rebind them so my skull doesn't cave in?
Yes you can rebind controls. And tbh, it's really easy to adapt to these controls
Is this game coming to console? Also is it ftp?
For now it's only PC, nothing confirmed for consoles and might never get there. And, the game is FTP
orbs for axe?
How do u do the special on ps4
How do I spam my axe special
A dual chainblades please!!!
This kinda seems like the Long sword and great sword mixed together
I still don’t understand this weapon. When I fill my meter it never triggers the stack, it just stays filled with no stack all battle
Is dauntless on ps4 or only pc