Great Sword Guide for Beginners | MH Rise

With the PC version of Monster Hunter Rise approaching, I have decided to compile all my Great Sword knowledge into 2 videos, the first of which you can see here. In this guide, we'll look at the MH Rise Great Sword's moveset and the very foundations of GS gameplay. Hope you'll find this tutorial useful. Advanced guide coming next year.

Timestamps for folks who want to skip controls etc.
0:00 Intro
0:14 Moves and controls
6:12 Switch skills
8:20 Combos and basics
11:04 General playstyle
13:50 Common mistakes
15:04 Armor skills

#mhrise #greatsword

[deadlift]

Reasons to pick Greatsword:
1. The greatsword is a sword but greater.
End.

[Aquilalias]

Finally a guide that is actually aimed at beginners. I watched like 5 different ones and they go over all the moves for 30 minutes and don't give concise answers what is actually seeing active use and what not. One thing I would have added, is where to get to the training area but great video overall!

[hugoboncar]

Finally a guide I can understand without having a photographic memory in addition to 1000+ hours of game knowledge.

[Eonflare]

I like the Great Sword precisely because it pretty much forces you to learn to read your opponents in order to truly succeed with it.

[tetravisum]

This is such an incredible guide! Especially thankyou for going over the playstyle and strategy while fighting rather than only covering the moves, as that seems like something so many GS guides don't do.

[nickno]

Greatsword user since I started in 3U. Never needed another weapon. Although, I ALWAYS need to brush up on the basics for whatever reasons. This helps alot.

[liambutterfield]

Honestly this is the first guide I've found to actually be effective in learning a weapon in Rise. Helped me out a ton as I'm doing my first great sword build (normally sword and shield).

[kanmeridoc]

You answered every question I had with "Grasp the Greatsword". Being able to aim swings anywhere was the only thing I was really missing. However, actually knowing the weapon in depth wouldn't hurt either.

[nikopteros]

Very good video, im still kinda new to MH but im loving it and I was considering upgrading the girth of my first weapon which was the longsword so this was really helpful

[hipzulaj]

This is great guide video! Hope everyone that want to play greatsword as their main weapon could see this video.

[raitos]

As someone trying out GW in Rise now, this was very helpful. Thank you so much

[NafenX]

Not a beginner, but always worth brushing up on a guide

[aiellamori]

I use the guard a lot, idk what you mean. Yes, there are counters with wire bugs, but if you're out of them, blocking is your only real defense if you want to keep being aggressive. Blocking has saved me so much all the way through master rank, and the sharpness loss is miniscule (or positive with a certain decoration)

[IronFudge]

Thank you for making your great sword guides! So clear and helpful!

[xMartyZz]

Thanks a lot, this was exactly what I was looking for. I hope to do better with the GS after watching your video.

[gordeybabich]

This is the most educative video I've seen on GS, great job!

[bg-cchn]

This was EXACTLY the primer I needed before starting to experiment with GS in Sunbreak
Amazing work!

[guts]

Do you plan on doing anymore weapon guides? This was easily the best I've seen for Rise!

[gitvld]

Thanks for the excellent guide! Looking to finally learn GS for Sunbreak and your videos have been great. Awesome narration too. Cheers.

[adriansajecki]

Hey man, just seen your video, used to play GS in world and struggled heavily in mhrise, your guide is exactly what i was looking for, thank you for it 👍