Is critical draw gs still viable in this game?

[mlam]

As title. It seems to be my favorite playstyle for greatsword. Because how easy and approachable playstyle for my first monster hunter game. I heard a lot of discussion has been going around saying true charge blade will deal more damage and critical draw is a dead mechanic in this game. My only worry is that i enjoy the playstyle now because i am using the behemoth set when it gives lots of skills and slots making it useable. I dont know when iceborne or master rank comes will it be still useable. I suppose early iceborne armor will be like early world armor that doesnt give good skills and slots but just better defense stats? Consider critical draw use up quite a lot of skill slots like draw and quick shealth.

Is it hard to learn playing true charged greatsword? I am just looking for alternative simple weapon to use beside using longsword and bowgun.

[Remi]

A true charged slash has 21+210 motion value at charge level 3.
A basic level 3 charge, which are your draw attacks, has 90 motion value, a lot less than it used to be.

Combined with the addition of tackle crit draw plain loses to TCS GS.
However, 90 motion value is not bad overall and if you can hit weakspots it still does great damage.
The biggest problem with crit draw GS is that punish draw/sheathe control is either only on Odo's 2 piece set bonus or not in the game (yet). Iceborne should bring back old composite skills while introducing new as well.

[Tregrenos]

Remi eredeti hozzászólása:

A true charged slash has 21+210 motion value at charge level 3.
A basic level 3 charge, which are your draw attacks, has 90 motion value, a lot less than it used to be.

Combined with the addition of tackle crit draw plain loses to TCS GS.
However, 90 motion value is not bad overall and if you can hit weakspots it still does great damage.
The biggest problem with crit draw GS is that punish draw/sheathe control is either only on Odo's 2 piece set bonus or not in the game (yet). Iceborne should bring back old composite skills while introducing new as well.

With Iceborn and GSs new slinger abilities True Charge seems more viable, but as it stands now I'd rather have a Crit Draw build than to miss my big attack. Not a GS main, but oh so many fail to lang that True Charge when they could have hit the target with a fully charged Crit Draw and possibly even the 2nd attack.

[Corrodias]

Just about any play style is viable; the only damage races I've ever had to worry about were AT Xeno and Extreme Behemoth. The question is more about how it compares to efficient ones. Crit Draw hit-and-run is not the favorite in this game. Landing the True Charge may be tricky, but that's part of getting good with the GS, and a good GS user is going to do better with that than relying on Crit Draw all the time.

[Smug Kot]

Its safe but no good dps wise, works good vs monster with really piss poor weakpoints like Lunastra and Kirin.

[Corrodias]

Other weapons that are mechanically simple, besides LS and LBG/HBG (which I do not consider simple, due to having to figure out how ammo and mods synergize):
sword and shield
lance
dual blades
hammer
gunlance with a shelling-focused playstyle

While the GS is mechanically simple, playing it well still takes a lot of experience. One of those other weapons might be a better choice for a player still learning how the monsters move. You're eventually going to want to graduate beyond "run around until there's a huge, obvious opening, hit them once, and run away again".

[Tregrenos]

I'd like to think this is something of a hybrid build seeing as it has both Crit Draw and Focus. Built it mainly for the looks. Crit Draw is great for hitting a monster I know will move, even if I don't have time to actually charge the attack. Still, if I have the time I'm certainly gonna go for a True Charge attack.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1739991114

[Melusca]

I dunno how viable it is for regular hunting, but if I just need a tail from a monster, Crit Draw GS will give me that tail in 2 minutes.

[Zelph]

Yes, its viable. Even preferred against some creatures where its hard to hit TCS's on. Its no longer the end all great sword option, but its still decent.

That being said, you should try to hit TCS's where you can, tons of damage with them.

[IrisMachina]

viable yes. optimum no.

[Xilo The Odd]

yeah crit draw got the shaft, for now. i get a feeling it'll be a thing again with iceborne. dunno why but with new weapon mechanics and movesets i wouldnt be suprised if someone found a stupid use for crit draw that is more cheese than clust bombing lol.