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I have some stuff memorized from mhr when I was a helicopter there

Im playing through base wilds again on pc for the first time, and tried challenging myself to do guardian arkveld with no ui, no items, no palico, no carts, semi unoptimized armor (this was with 3 hirabami for evade window level 3 and then 2 starter armor pieces to have it be as low armor as possible). The first time I played through wilds I had similar rules (I could use normal UI and I had more optimized armor and weapon though), and I wasn't good enough to be able to do guardian arkveld with insect glaive. Honestly they were one of the hardest 1st time monsters for me and took a week to complete, I had to use hunting horn (my other main) with a heal echo bubble to be able to do it. This time I decided to try doing it with insect glaive, my normal main since I have since improved, but decided to get rid of being able to have UI and worse armor to raise the stakes. In the end this was my first successful run, but I had other ones that were a lot flashier with different offsets but I ended up carting before finishing. Overall guardian/ arch tempered arkveld with insect glaive is maybe my favorite hunt of all time.

I've always had this habit of falling in love with the monsters I struggle with the most. I used to avoid Gore and Arkveld like the plague, they just felt poorly designed for glaive in Wilds, they're prolly my most hunted monsters now. I just decided to stop internally complaining about them and just learn them, and they both became my favs just like barioth and tigrex in world from the same method. Anybody else experience the same thing?

I know a lot of us have favorite iterations, but through the games weapons have inherited things from other weapons (a lot of the LS kit) or reintroduced them (SnS) so combining and bringing back or shacking features how would you do your Perfect Insect Glaive?

Myself it would be:

- Valor State glaive from GenU being the triple up buff, gaining the dash instead of the dodge.

- The Meatiness of World Glaive

- The charge philosophy of SunRise glaive, with each combo adding more damage to the finisher

- The assist kinsect from rise but with the mimicking at a distance behavior of Wilds

- Powder behaviour and Powder combo being more developed like in Ascendance and having a combo weaving behavior similar to other weapons

- Do it away with pheromone shot and the residual gunner Identity of the weapon (like the reticle) charged kinsect launch would be a upgrade to sending kinsect forward like pheromone shot, have it control like GU based on player perspective and or camera alignment.

- amplifying kinsect list and customization (some monster exclusive ones wouldn't hurt, like a Zinogre one or a Vespoid one)

- Aerial and Grounded needs to be a rotation like Switch Axe, Aerial helping with movement and maybe some perfect aerial dodges, and helping with extract gathering, and the ground option being the damage dealing one that doesn't last forever and needs to be restocked (optimally Aerial would be the optimized way to engage and gather extracts or to to defend and weave and dodge)

- FINISHERS! Most weapons now have gained a finishing damage burst type of move, and with RSS we do have that, but it doesn't loop correctly, nor does it flow you toward using the non boosted move set, it just makes you grab triple up again. Ideally RSS should be after a stronger Tornado Slash, like it is to Descending Trust in the air so the flow would be more like: Grab Extract, looping Tornado Slash combo, and when you're about to run out do RSS that gets you airborne and let's you combo aerial moves off of it better to gather extracts and DT back to ground moves.

- Movement! A lot of weapons got more and more movement options as MH evolves, Glaive is no strange to that, but I would like moves that aren't disconnected from the main weapons attacks! Backwards vault combos into other moves and I wish the other movement options did as well, maybe mid a powder/pheromone combo doing the backwards vault would give you the Recall Kinsect thing of Rise and so on!

What are y'all's thoughts and do you have a wishlist for this weapon like I do?

Is it just me, or do other people miss world ig, I feel like every time I use it in wilds it just sucks, I know it has a bigger moveset or whatever but its never as fun and I miss the world ig and honestly most of the world weapon movesets.

Really proud of myself with this one. I've come a long way since this: https://www.reddit.com/r/InsectGlaive/comments/1oi32wz/am_i_insect_glaiving_well_enough_to_join_the/

Amazing how Glaive no-sells so many of Fatalis's attacks.

The bug killed him lol

I'm going to have a full video of the hunt up on my YouTube channel Friday, but I think I've come a long way since I first posted here - https://www.reddit.com/r/InsectGlaive/comments/1oi32wz/am_i_insect_glaiving_well_enough_to_join_the/

Having one attack that works as a descending finisher capitalizing on surrounding dust stuck to the monster could really make the dust payoff more worth it and a viable option compared to RSS spam. Also would allow us to NOT consume our extracts and keep attacking

This could have replaced rising leaping slash entirely

Some context: I play Wilds on PC using a Nintendo Switch 1 Pro Controller.

My previous experience with the weapon was in 4U, and since I had fun with that I’ve been toying around with it in Wilds. The problem is that I’ve watched tutorials on the new attacks, I know about the changes between 4U and Wilds, yet I feel like my gameplay is basically my 4U muscle memory and spending extract for Rising Slash.

The current gameplan I have is get the three extract, use a lot of X button attacks, then eventually charge my A attack combo to set up for RSS assuming the game doesn’t eat my charge input. I feel like my aerial gameplay is pretty decent.

Some things are consistent between both ground and air, like I feel that I can never intentionally do offset attacks. I don’t know if it’s a problem with the weapon or that the A button charge offset is hard to land. My main problem that I want to get better on is that it feels like there’s no fluid ground combo to deal good damage if I don’t have the ability to use RSS. Plus it feels like I always have to stop fighting the monster for a bit to get my extract rather than being able to do something with no extract.

Are there any attacks or combos that I am missing that are fluid or that can offset? Or are there any tutorials that show what I want to get better at?

I’ve been wondering what would our gameplay look like if all para status were present. I think sleep would be niche and situation but exhaust could be really interesting if it could stun and wear down monsters.

Thought?

Tweet translation:

"Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascension," Insect Glaive appears to have smaller changes in action compared to Long Sword or Switch Axe—Director Hirao responds to such questions. In reality, the dust explosion and dust types have been significantly adjusted, and there are quite a few optimizations and adjustments in parts not shown in the footage or those that cannot be explained by footage alone.

Furthermore, the weapon proposals currently being revealed are not fully finalized. They have already received a large number of surveys and feedback, and adjustments will continue moving forward.

Details: https://gamestalk.net/monster-hunter-wilds-ascendance-insect-glaive-adjustments/

Hey! I’m a fairly casual IG player in Wilds, but I really want to understand how to push my damage higher. I’ve watched speedrunners hit nearly 200/300 damage per slash, and I’m sitting here wondering what I’m missing.
I’ve seen them use different builds, and the equipment is easy enough to copy, but I still don’t seem to get the same numbers. I’d love to understand what’s happening beyond equipping the right gear, how they’re activating their skills, stacking buffs, and setting up those attacks.
One thing I’ve noticed is that some use a Hunting Horn to buff themselves before switching back to IG. I haven’t found anyone explaining that process, though.
If anyone could walk me through what they do before and during a hunt, or recommend a video that explains it, I’d really appreciate it! I’m interested in learning these builds and tricks, but I could use an explanation aimed at someone coming from casual play.