How to Choose Your Weapon in Monster Hunter Freedom

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: MELEE WEAPONS.

   Great sword can charge attacks and hit with devastating blows, but in online play, it's abilities are handicapped due to their tendency to knock other players around.
   
   This can be the most powerful weapon when treated right.
   
   Unlike all other weapons, you can still kick with the weapon drawn by pressing Select, very good for hitting allies when they are confused.
   
   You can guard using a GS but it is recommended to evade since guarding takes out a big amount of sharpness. , However, they cannot block or charge.
   
   To make up for this they have "Spirit gauge".
   
   The more you hit something, the more the gauge go up.
   
   When the gauge blinks, the weapon power has increased.
   
   Sharpness also rises, and it won't bounce off a monster; it can actually be summed up as the longsword's demonisation form, you can also make big combos with the spirit gauge at max but they will drain the spirit gauge.
   
   This is also a cutting weapon. , It is THE strongest weapon via raw damage, due to many powerful weapons exceeding the 1000 mark.
   
   Hammers can be charged by the R button, but unlike the greatsword, you can move while charging to get yourself in a good position, and can release it at any time, some times making a swinging motion, which deals multiple attacks against a target but you move uncontrollably.
   
   The other one is the golfswing-grandslam, which is very powerful.
   
   This is the Superpound.
   
   The strongest combo, Triple Pound, is easily done, just press Triangle, Triangle, Triangle.
   
   The hammer is an impact weapon, so it can't cut tails, but can crush things easily. by triple pounding certain monsters head/body, they will be dazed and confused, and, in the bullfango's case, go on it's back.
   
   However note that you cannot block with the Hammer. , It has many similarities to the hammer.
   
   It is often viewed as a support weapon only, which is wrong.
   
   It is a good solo weapon as well. ,, But demonization mode drains your stamina.
   
   Also for delivering so many hits in a moment, the DS loses sharpness quite fast. ,, The disadvantage of the gunlance over the lance its that using the shelling ability and wyvern's fire you will lose a high amount of sharpness. ,, The advantage of bowguns over other weapons is that you can change its ammo and that there is a lot of different ammo in the game.
   
   Some bowguns have the ability to rapid fire with is firing multiple times in quick succession using a single bullet.you can upgrade it so it has more attack, attach a silencer (only good in multiplayer)a long barrel for increased range and accuracy.
   
   However, you can only have one of these in a single bowgun. , You can only attach one of these to a single bowgun. , The bow can use coatings which there are only four but can change the tide of a battle, these are ,,,,
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   Step 2: Greatsword: among the most powerful to choose from

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   Step 3: but also the slowest - this is a cutting weapon (you can cut tails of the monster for an extra carve) with a lot of power.

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   Step 4: Longsword: the lighter and thus faster version of the Great sword and

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   Step 5: by raw power

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   Step 6: just as strong.

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   Step 7: Hammer: The "top weapon" in many gamers opinion.

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   Step 8: Hunting Horn: a weapon with limitless possibilities and a very good support weapon which can play music to help comrades or yourself.

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   Step 9: Sword and Shield: the easier weapon to learn and use well

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    Step 10: it is the weakest melee weapon in the game but it compensates this by its speed

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    Step 11: the ability to do quick combos

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    Step 12: its high elemental damage

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    Step 13: the ability to guard and to use items while guarding instead of having to sheathe the sword

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    Step 14: use item and unsheathe again.

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    Step 15: Dual Swords: they are the fastest melee weapon in the game

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    Step 16: with a little more attack than SnS

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    Step 17: they lack the ability to guard but they compensate it with great mobility

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    Step 18: and the demonization mode which makes them extremely sharp

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    Step 19: stronger and faster and be able to do the demon dance which is a very fast combo.

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    Step 20: Lance: the weapon with the most powerful guard along with gunlance

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    Step 21: it does both impact and cutting damage good for doing turtle tactics

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    Step 22: by being very precise it makes it easier to hit a boss' weak point

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    Step 23: but it lacks mobility though.Also doing the lance's charge ability is a good way to knock down certain monsters but uses a lot of your stamina.

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    Step 24: Gunlance: it is a lance with an ability which lets you fire shells

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    Step 25: the ammo is infinite and has a special attack called "wyvern fire" which deals HUGE damage but has a slow reloading time of 2 minutes.

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    Step 26: RANGE WEAPONS.

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    Step 27: Light bowgun: it's a gun

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    Step 28: with high mobility

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    Step 29: lacks the ability to guard and the power of the heavy bowgun.

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    Step 30: Heavy bowgun: the same as light bowgun but it lacks mobility

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    Step 31: however it has better damage and range you can upgrade it attaching a power barrel so it increases the range the power and accuracy or a shield which lets you guard and compensates a little the lack of mobility.

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    Step 32: Bow: the main disadvantage of bows is that in the beginning game they are extremely weak

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    Step 33: however their advantages are good mobility

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    Step 34: high elemental damage

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    Step 35: infinite arrows and the ability to dodge an enemies attack and still aim quickly and do some damage.

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    Step 36: power coating: increases the raw damage the bow does

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    Step 37: paralysis coating: it can paralyze the enemies after some shots

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    Step 38: poison coating: it poisons enemy

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    Step 39: sleep coating: it puts the enemy to sleep

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    Step 40: making the next hits damage x3 also and expert using the bow can dodge ALL the attacks making these the best advantage of the bow

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    Step 41: they can do this because they don't have to be close to monster like in melee and they don't need to stop from time to time to reload (however they need to stop sometimes to use a coating)

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