Wound attack

[PhantomΩ]

Might be a dumb question, but is it possible to do a focus strike from draw? For example, i saw one video where a person, while sheathed, jumped off their seikret and immediately did focus strike in mid air, mounting the monster and doing an attack i've never seen before, with GS. I assume it was a focus strike, but can anyone confirm?

[Saihai]

Sounds like a normal aerial mounting attack with a finisher on an existing wound.

To explain more, if you do a jumping attack off your seikret (Weapons have 1 to 3 of them depending on buttons pressed) this does hidden 'mounting damage' in addition to the normal damage you see. Once a monster has taken enough mounting damage, usually 2 aerial attacks for the first one, then the hunter will mount the monster.

There are several things that can be done while mounted (look in the guide in the upper right while mounted) and the usual thing is to do attacks until there is a wound then use a focus strike to break that wound with a special finisher to do big damage and knock the monster down. Depending on the monster, I generally move to the tail and try and get that chopped off or move to the head to try and bait the monster into running into nearby obstacles and hurting itself before the finisher.

If you do get the finisher off, you get a special unique scene per weapon, I like the lance and long sword ones personally, do a bunch of damage, and usually knock the monster down.

[Jethro]

That was probably the dismount attack. Idk what it does other than lookin' special. Charge draw seems to do more dmg.

[StarExile]

Yes you can, if you hit jump on a run while sitting on Siekret and then quickly Charded Slash along with the Focus Mode button, there's a very small window, but you can do it. It looks like a unique animation.

You need to jump from some ledge tho, from the ground I can`t not do it, probably only works from the ledge.

Why do it is another question.

[PhantomΩ]

Thank y'all, i'll be trying to do it because flashy