Please help... I'm trying to figure out this Insect Glaive Combo...

[SotiCoto]

I feel stupid even asking for help since I played IG in every game since 4U... but something has gone very weird with the combo in Wilds.

The classic Insect Glaive Infinite Combo goes Y Y B repeat...
In this game it would be
Strong Rising Slash Combo
Strong Reaping Slash
Strong Wide Sweep

But >90% of the time instead of Strong Wide Sweep (i.e. "B") I get something else called Strong Descending Slash (i.e. B with a weird blue arrow on it). It is so extreme I can't even get the Strong Wide Sweep to proc at all outside the training area.

I've no idea why it keeps doing this. I don't want the Strong Descending Slash. It ruins the combo by changing the hunter's position. It didn't exist in any other game as far as I'm aware (it might have been in Rise since I couldn't play IG in rise because they mucked up the controls to allow for wirebug). I don't know what the weird blue up-arrow on the B icon means either. I'm just tapping B once and it gives me this B-blue-arrow thingie.

Could someone please help explain what I'm doing wrong and how to consistently get the Strong Wide Sweep instead of the Strong Descending Slash?



Also I've kinda figured out what Focus Mode does for IG, but I don't tend to use it because it requires L-stick directional input and that tends to muck up the combos even more.

[Saihai]

The blue arrow is a hold marker and the timing difference between a hold and a tap are very tight. I've been using Y Y Y B instead to end with a big hit and not deal with the tight window.

The Strong Descending Slash can be held at used as an offset attack/counter, as I recall. It also chains into the finisher that uses up all your essences (an overall damage loss versus Y Y Y B spam, by my calculations, unless you can get the essences back from that attack or the next hit).

[SotiCoto]

Originally posted by Saihai:

The blue arrow is a hold marker and the timing difference between a hold and a tap are very tight. I've been using Y Y Y B instead to end with a big hit and not deal with the tight window.

The Strong Descending Slash can be held at used as an offset attack/counter, as I recall. It also chains into the finisher that uses up all your essences (an overall damage loss versus Y Y Y B spam, by my calculations, unless you can get the essences back from that attack or the next hit).

So I take it having the Hold Confirmation Duration set to Short is a bad thing? I've had it set like that for non-combat things and stuff like rolling barrel bombs, but I guess it might be coming back to bite me now.
I didn't even know Insect Glaive had any charged attacks, but it makes sense why some IGs have Focus now.