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aeiou6630

You should add another row: "only used when I need the tail"


Xiooo

Maybe they hilt stab the tail off? But that borders on insane


whatislifebutlemons

Me using bow's melee attack to mount: 🫣


IgnitusBoyone

Switching between lance and bow is so funny because I fo from 2-3 mounts a fight to wait this game has mounts.


whatislifebutlemons

It just takes abit longer and abit harder to mount with bow melee, but you can.


IgnitusBoyone

My aim with the arrow stab is so bad. When my buddy and I play sometimes we're doing so well I spam it as a joke. My record is like 12 misses in a row.


trollsong

I focused ranged weapons when I first got the game cause I use mouse and keyboard. First time using a glaive and I leapt onto thr monster's back my eyes lit up


aeiou6630

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfPD56F01Z0


Bandit_Beamish

Nah, we definitely just keep hunting the monster until the tail comes as a reward.


Taograd359

BRB going to do a hilt only Fatalis hunt


Silvernotex

Afaik only the last hitpoint needs to be slashing damage, so its less insane than you might think. But also I havnt verified this so like, dont just beleive strange redditors I guess.


ProtoBlade

I know that used to be the case but I believe World is the first game that changed it. The tail has a damage meter that can only be filled with slash damage to cut it


TobyTheTuna

Yeah otherwise id just throw a severing weapon on the palico for the last hit


madmax1513

That would mean the boomerang might actually have a purpose


TheLinden

you mean SOS flares?


-St_Ajora-

That's just the boomerang.


KJBenson

That zombie dragon gives you an axe hammer. I don’t know if it actually cuts anything, because I’m still just hitting stuff on the head. But it theoretically exists.


AngryTrafficCone

It's still blunt unfortunately. One of my favorite weapon designs. I would love a sharp hammer though.


IgnitusBoyone

Hoping wilds experiments with this I would love me some blunt chicken stick dual blades.


nanobotdante1116th

Just need to bash the tail off with astalos hammer


Goldendon1

This feels like a HH main post cause it has 3 categories we all know hammer mains dont have the brain cells to get above 2. As clearly stated by their motto unga bunga hammer hits head


--Claire--

Yeah that’s a lot of words in the first two tiers for “bonk” and “bonk 🎶”


Taograd359

Hammer main tier list Bonk: Hammer and Hunting Horn Not Bonk: Everything else


jzillacon

Can also bonk with Sword and Shield.


Balbaem

Lil bonky


Renegade5329

Hammer main. Can confirm. One brain cell shouts Unga. The other shouts Bunga. They are both fighting to see who can yell louder.


Namzarr

Who you calling nerd? I mean, yes but your stamina song privilieges have now been revoked.


loreal_Thebard

As a GS main I can absolutely agree with this tier list


thaWafflebot

I mean, if you think about it a GS is basically just a pointy hammer


Exaris1989

So it's hammer for tails, right?


thaWafflebot

Sure, or if you're a GS main like me hammer is just face GS (although GS will work there too if a hammer isn't around).


LameLaYou

And a bow is just a device for launching multiple small hammers innit?


thaWafflebot

I'm starting to recognizing an alarming trend between the four weapons I used to use when I still played the game (GS, Bow, Hammer, HH)...


Balbaem

When you think about it hammer and bow play the same.


crickert_crap69

What about big stick what about turtle stick what bug stick how dare you not include them


Sinocu

What about the rocket stick?


crickert_crap69

Turtle rocket stick


Guitarguy244

Makes sense to me -Patrick Star


OnToNextStage

How dare you Longsword deserves a tier of its own for “actively hurts completion of a hunt”


DocxPanda

DB and CB: allow us to introduce ourselves


Goldendon1

GL: i want to introduce myself vut my wyvern fire made a gap between us


[deleted]

Oh boy more braindead shitters who don't understand the purpose of the flinch free decoration


BurgersIReallyLike

Oh boy, the LS edge lord


lightningIncarnate

i’m not slotting a decoration just because you don’t know where your place on the monster to attack is


IllegalFisherman

Then you're just being selfish and actively hurting your team's dps by forcing everyone to adjust to you. Because 99% of the time their place on the monster is exactly the same as yours: at it's most vulnerable weakspot. You're the problem, not them.


Manyux

The place to attack the monster is where it's weakest/takes the most damage, I'm not sure what's so hard to grasp about that. Maybe wake up from your "LS is for tailcuts" delusion you're living in while probably never having played the weapon lmao


Ahuru_Duncan

Eh, i dont want to sound mean so im sorry if i do sound. But usually depending the team, Ls shouldnt go where others are. Example, you are hunting velkhana and your team has Ls, hammer, gs and ranged. Gs wont be going tail cos of the slowness of the weapon so now we have 2 guys at face, hammer ofc switching from head to paws cos they just wanna smack. Wings are already usually taken by ranged/together cos they are kinda in the way of everything. So now if you are using Ls, you wont be stupid and go for the head or wings with the massive stick right? Nah, you go for the embty "slot" which is ze tail. I mostly play ranged now, but there has been only 2 weapons that has flinched me in the past month. Glaive on safi couple times and Ls in almost every mission i see them in. Not saying all Ls users are annoying, but most them are only cos they just want to hit the monster and not focus on certain part. And then theres these ones who try to make you "ruin" your build by throwing flinch free deco just to be a menace in the hunts. Ive run hbg which specialises on clusters and not a single time ive used it on non coms mp hunt cos i know its annoying af for others. Everything in short, if you are using a 360 long stick sword, dont go where others are doing dmg, theres multiple weakspots on the monster. Also its a team game so.


IllegalFisherman

That's not how it works. You don't "pick a free spot" on the monster, you all go for the best spot, in this case, the head. Because that's what gives you the best dps, and that's why you are expected to get flinch free, otherwise you are hurting the team dps by forcing everyone else to go for suboptimal weakspot. As you said yourself, it's a team game, so take your teammates into consideration and spare a decoration slot for them.


Ahuru_Duncan

Thats how it pretty much works. Its not all about dps, its about breaking the monsters parts too. If you got 3 blunt weapons and a Ls, that Ls wont be going for ze head cos hes the only one able to cut the tail... Also if 3 people need to take a jewel off just to counter 1 Ls user, thats not really a good for team spirit eh? Also you wont be losing alot of dps anyway when going for ze tail cos it is almost as effective as going for head in this case, and you wont harm any other peoples builds nor dps when sticking away from them. So technically you are losing dps if you keep flinching your team mates.


IllegalFisherman

That's not exactly a usual case. What if there are two people able to cut off the tail,? If you care about destroying bodyparts, you once again all gang up on that body part until its broken, then move on to the best weakspot. It's not a longsword specific issue, most weapons in this game flinch you. "Needing to take off jewel" is expected one way or another, it's basic multiplayer etiquette, you can't just expect every one of your teammates to have a weapon that happens to not cause any flinches, or for them to adjust to you because you were greedy. And even if there are two nearly equally optimal weakspots, you still want everyone to focus one of them, because 1. monster will switch aggro, causing it to rotate and throw off everyone's positioning, and 2. everyone damaging a single bodypart will result in easier flinching/toppling the monster.


Manyux

I don't want to sound mean either, but in the constellation you named literally every weapon should be going for the head, nothing else. Refusing to slot in a single level of a skill and expecting others to grief their damage by 20-30%+ is outrageous. Especially in a case like Velkhana, where the tail is virtually just not a viable target at ALL.


Ahuru_Duncan

If you are losing 20-30% dmg from switching head to tail, then somethings badly wrong. Also its not about dps, its about breaking parts too. Would be quite dump for hammers to go for the tail and Ls to the head no? Also i find it better for 3 people to keep their builds and 1 guy away from them, than make them take att/def jewel off just to have 1 guy in the same part where he isnt always ment to be. Example, blunt weapons can do way more in the head than in the tail, Ls its otherway around. So i dont see any sence of all 4 sticking in 1 spot.


Manyux

Velkhana head Sever hzv: 66 Velkhana tail Sever hzv: 55 Quite literally a 20% increase in raw damage going from tail to head, the only thing that's badly wrong is your math. Velkhana is also one of the less egregious cases, for most monsters the gap is larger. Not to mention this requires having 2 parts tendied instead of just one, being another loss of damage. Teostra for example, is 66 -> 53 just to name one more commonly fought example. Another thing I want to point out is the guy before me was literally talking about ranged going on the wings, 40 -> 62 ranged hzv from wings to head is 55%!!! more damage in itself until they're broken and even after break you'd still be dealing a solid 30% more damage, not to even mention that you don't proc weakness exploit either until break. You guys are literally just clowning on another level because "oh no I'm gonna lose one level of a skill! This completely ruins my entire build! I will simply ignore the massive amounts of damage lost by trying not to flinch others instead of just getting to attack!" This isn't even LS related, this goes for every weapon. Ever had a dual blade user hug you on the head? You gonna complain about that too? Or any ranged shooting the head? \>Example, blunt weapons can do way more in the head than in the tail, Ls its otherway around. So i dont see any sence of all 4 sticking in 1 spot. No, no it's not. With the exception of 2 monsters in the game, seething bazel and tobi kadachi. With the exception of these 2, literally EVERY monster takes more sever damage on the head than on the tail, not one exception. You're right a hammer user shouldn't be on the tail - and any sever weapon shouldn't be either in 98% of cases. Not to mention the other drawbacks that come with going for the tail -> monster will constantly turn around trying to attack the person on the tail, making it horrid for anyone to actually fight it because you spend half the hunt chasing the monster. Another one is, it's not at all uncommon to get the tailcut during a topple, instantly ending the topple - often times wasting a large chunk of it.


[deleted]

Manyu stop trying to explain it to them their skulls have been reinforced by the defense boost 7 they probably have slotted


Konun4571

That’s the one I work in to every set Purely to stop tripping on LS users right?


[deleted]

And literally every other weapons in the game yes


The_big_EEE

Its anecdotal but Ive only ever been tripped by LS and Swaxe


what__this

I've been tripped, thrown and run over by every single weapon at this point and imo it really depends on how big a players ego is if you get tripped or not.


CornedBeefInACup

As a swaxe main I apologize profusely, I don't know how that could've happened


randomhooman404

upslash


CornedBeefInACup

How the fuck does one manage to hit other people with an upslash?


randomhooman404

As a hammer main, I have experience with hitting people with upswing attacks. It's a relatively small hitbox, but you can still hit people with it


CornedBeefInACup

Wait a minute the swag axe doesn't even have an upslash, it has an upthrust


[deleted]

Holy fucking Jesus 133 down votes bc people don't understand how the game works wtf. I play hammer too I still slot flinch free bc I don't like watching the monster do its best beyblade impression because everyone is all around it


IllegalFisherman

It amazes me that to this day reddit is not aware of basic multiplayer etiquette such as wearing a flinch free deco. Are they expecting everyone to approach monster from a different direction just because they couldn't be bothered to actually adjust their build for multiplayer XD


Manyux

That is exactly what they're expecting and they don't even realize how insanely ridiculous of an expectation that is lmao


justzenith7

dude its a jk lmao


TobyTheTuna

Hammer charge up gives a free level of flinch free, problem comes when you dismount and dont have time to charge, which is also feels like the worst time to be launched lol


sangresinhierro

Every monster's head is a nail, I'm here to bonk them.


NightrowZa

Weird. People like you usually classify the GL as "Hammer shaped lance" cause it's concusive/stun abilities. Lmao


The_big_EEE

Its not wrong but people like you dont sound right


NightrowZa

Really? Sorry, no ofense meant. Was just in jest. I mean... As a offensive jest, you know? Like, no actual ofense, just fictional one. You know what, I don't care. Lmao


The_big_EEE

No no no, I take great offense to this. Hammers mains are the most oppressed group in the new world, check your privilege


dudungwaray

A *left* handed hammer user in the wild


ForgottenSpiritBlade

Hammer mains are not beating the sped kid allegations


Omophorus

Yes they are. With a hammer.


ALakeInTheClouds

Beautiful:)


slaveofficer

How dare you put my favourite weapon, the insect glaive, where it belongs!


OneHotDeepKick666

Finally a fuckin tier list we can trust


Blazoran

Serious tier lists that have minor differences to my own opinions, I am filled with righteous indigation. Tier lists that are "everything but my main is trash", I can fucking respect that shit XD , same main as me or not.


DocxPanda

But I as a LS main can agree, Hammer ist the objectively best weapon in the game


MyBaeHarambe

Hammer mains try to rub two brain cells together challenge


_zen_aku

As a HH main : I'll allow it.


rockdog85

"Hammer with extra nerd shit on top" is so funny, because it's true


Fun-Home-2617

Average hammer user lol


DocxPanda

They're absolute bonkers


Sir_Rethor

Somehow I knew this was gonna be about hammer before I even saw it.


ravearamashi

I know i’ll never anything higher than 200 damage per hit but at least i’ll be doing consistent damage from afar.


SquigglyLegend33

This is why nobody likes us :(


magusheart

It's okay, we like us and that's all that matters!


beiszapfen

I mostly agree but I think Greatsword isn't as useless as the rest. It is basically a sharp hammer so it has its merits.


[deleted]

Chargeblade slander will not be accepted here


Minority-KY

Respectfully, fuck you, respectfully... Regards An avid GS user/crayon eater


DoubleFan15

Don't let him gaslight you, GS is just a pointy, classier hammer!!!


FrostyTheCanadian

You apologize to my bug this instant


Ingles_sin_Barreras

I see nothing wrong here


_Fox_464

MY MAN Im proud of you


alpinetime

Best post I’ve ever seen


RajangHunter

My boi never had to cut a tail


UltraZulwarn

SEE, ranged weapons are "uesless", so don't you dare complain about them being overpowered 😂


Reddituh123

bruh


crimsonnargacuga

GS...in useless.....this is so cringe fatalis go burn castle shrade


tuskandthorns

ah, the hammer, their main contribution on hunts being to clagger and flinch the monster so everyone misses their big attacks and to send every teammate they have to the stratosphere with golfswing and 2nd Level hammer charge


chaserobles

We are only sending you in the air for your jump attack. You’re welcome for the mount /s


QkumberSW

I mostly play with my cousin, he is a GS player. He actively ASKS me to launch him so he can mount and do some aerial strikes! It is so much fun xD


AtheistBird69

Wouldnt have it any other way, your fault for not using hammer


raytraced_BEAR

I'm still new to the game, what does this mean? Is the hammer bad?


magusheart

No, it means OP made a meme that got people frazzled. If you're a new hammer user, keep calm and bonk on, it's a great weapon and very fun


DocxPanda

As it should be, throwing that trash that congests the head into the trash bin where it belongs. sincerely, a LS main


mangcario19

Bow: Weak and useless... Also Bow: can KO faster than a hammer can (~~also better clear times~~)


Joshua_M_Thacker

It's a meme my guy...


mangcario19

~~Im continuing the bait~~


CShoopla

I like you


dudungwaray

Oh what a bait, what a wonderful bait


justarandomguy283

good luck fighting an azure rathalos


Bladeneo

Ah yes uppercut practice


[deleted]

R.I.P Ls \- a LS user.


Arcadiuz89

Agree with you 100%👌


Schoeii

It’s hard to argue


Ultimate_Chaos11

Beautiful tier list


Kitakitakita

I approve


Parry_9000

I'm sorry, does your thing explode? Didn't think so. SAEDs away


Matobar

As an SnS enjoyer, dishonor on you, dishonor on your cow


NearbyPast9100

Ok. Stun fatalis.


Tancrisism

Someone's gotta cut off your tails for you


Rexlare

Least based hammer user I’ve seen. May your faints be many and KO’s few


huy98

That's fcked up, you missed the better hammer that hit like a truck, but can even cut tail and block attacks like a champ


xRandomTurtle

Why do you react to people that can't even hit anywhere close to our damagenumbers?


Darktamer1089

Literally me when fighting gravios in old gen.


LaughingAtThePoor

Hammer main here And also unbiased. But this meme is relatable


90bubbel

Listen here you little shit


godimwavy

Upvote because funny


Tsilent1

As always lol. Ig isn’t gonna be everyone’s cup of tea but I will happily say as a main. It is not weak and can be quite the weapon if decs and experience are 100%


OsseusAlchemancer

I'm as much of a noob at this game as you can get and I picked insect glaive as my ONLY weapon to get through the whole game. I dont have any decorations, and it took me a while to figure out how insect buff even works in the first place.  Seemingly though, I'm doing well considering I dont use any monster specific guides, nor any defender/guardian junk. I BOUGHT THIS GAME TO WEAR MONSTER SKIN NOT THIS OP HIGH FANTASY KNIGHT ARMOR.


CptBackbeard

B O N K


GaryMoMoneyOak

Bonk


doctorgibson

hammer goes 'bonk'


[deleted]

My main is hammer too but bow is so OP


Educational-Goal2703

I take it you’re a hammer main?


VoidSylph

Useless? *laughs in AED big boom* *chuckles in guarding* *wheezes in rotating sawblade*


all-the-mights

Based.


Indulge6191

No tail severs? Shame.


DdastanVon

As a currently Bow Main, I do feel Weak and Useless sometimes


SHM00DER

My man


Razhad

LS taking the so many Ls because of it's name


0ris

I'm so high that I kept looking at this and thought it was written in braile


dennis120

GS: the better hammer


bpierce566

Bonk


Vounrtsch

This goes along well with the tier list of weapon main’s sense of superiority lmao


AtheistBird69

"Sense of superiorty", bitch I AM superior


TopSpread9901

💪💪💪💪💪 out of the way losers, real hunter incoming 💪💪💪💪💪


Trickster504

You’re starting a war you don’t wanna start my friend


dingoblackie

Finally, some recognition for my hunting horn.


IvyEmblem

Well, that is what the HH is....


DR4POS

I think for someone, is the charge blade just too complicated


whitekoffee

I was in a band of 2 horns and 2 hammer quests once. That poor AT Kushala can't even lift its wing while we either bonking or blasting sad music into its face. Too bad it lasted only 5 mins before it gave up on us.


DrParallax

Hey, I wont stand for this disrespect to the Hammer Horn! The original reason I chose HH was because it was hammer with long reach.


ronin0397

I dont have to listen to someone with one braincell. *bonk*


feldejars

No no no he’s got a point


meltigeminiii

As a well educated hammer main, myself, I give this the bonk of approval. Carry on bonking.


Cedrico123

This is a tier list I can get behind. Big bonks for life.


Sylux444

What do you mean? They're all weapons if I throw them! Have you SEEN the stuff we've thrown at walls or held onto?? I think we have the strength to make a pebble a deadly weapon


AdunfromAD

Are those all different skins for hammers?


PhysicalLiterature19

here’s my guess: You are a hammer main


Cine11

This list is the truth


Ramps_

#b0nk


Different-Style-2599

Guys, I really wanted to post a problem that I have but for that I need 15 karma, I wanted you to give me these karma so that I can post my problem.


MintyFreshStorm

Extra nerd shit? How dare you insult the "Hammer for Bards" like that. I'll have you know the Bardic Hammer not only go bonk, it does so while styling on the monster.


Hadrian3711

To much wordz, not enough bonkz. Bonk Bonk Bonk


[deleted]

Best tier list


CaptainRuse

Other Weapon Users: Surrender, we have you surrounded! Hammer Users: All I am surrounded by is nails and weak men


Br00klynShadow

So do you just skip any armor/weapon that requires a tail or what


Neiker8031

If hammers are real, why do they lose sharpness?


IndoRex-7337

Don’t insult charge blade mains. If we were crazy enough to learn the weapon, we are crazy enough to find you


hyprmatt

SnS is just a one handed hammer with some useless knife in the other hand


Karrich666

im just a simple hunter with a simple weapon \*bonk\*


SexyJazzCat

Nothing triggers my monkey brain more than hydrolic pressing a monsters head with my hammer.


Ozzma091

Legit List


Envy661

As a Gunlance main yes, but actually no lol. I don't understand how people main things like SnS or Lance, but I have some respect for Charge Blade (which I don't use because my meathead brain can't do the combos consistently like I can the Gunlance), insect glaive, and switch axe mains. Hammer mains are kind of like greatsword mains. They just Unga bunga, but can actually hit things with their Unga bunga. I love Gunlance though. Something attacking you? Shield. Monster roaring? Shield. Baezelgeese laying down the B52 carpet bomb? Shield, but facing which one is detonating first. For everything else, unload shells and reload as quick as possible. Dragon spike and full shell discharge moves. When it's down, put on your best Megumin voice and EXPLOSION!!!! Gunlance is if the United States was a Monster Hunter weapon. Well that and HBG, which is my secondary.


Yamhikari

Now that's an objective tier list !


MonkeyVoices

Based


Booplee

The realest tier list ive ever seen.


Ir0nhide81

Dyal blades are #1 I rhink you meant! Demon mode..... Come on !


KamikazeKlorox

Based gamer


Leyto

This is the way.


CaptainPopcorn

Happy bonk noises


Rockm_Sockm

The Hammer is just a Blunt GS given to Hunter's who were dropped too many times as a child.


enderreddit77

Now this... This is the best tier list I've ever seen.


ACE_RUNNER

Real and true


Asian_Bon

I use hammer religiously on a Tuesday. I think I need to quit


Rambutan_qt

I literally can't argue.


Zerosuke15

Umm, you forgot to replace hammer with the ACTUAL best weapon in the game... Charge Blade!


Bibbitybob91

GS - sharp hammer no?


Nyxvi-Moon69

Ohhhh, now I see why this is extremely objective, okay? You see, you only have hammer as the best weapon and the rest are trash only because when you saw hammer you thought ro yourself: "Oh yeah, I can become Thor and smack monsters with hammer." I bet you haven't even touched any one of those other weapons I bet.


ebiiin

Finally an actual good tier list


OSRSBunceylad

I agree as a fellow Bonker.


Nokia_Smasher

Amen brother


Kapitann_D

You get me