How good is focus outside of Greatsword?

[BaconBankai]

I know having two levels greatsword makes things so much smoother but never used the skill much outside of GS. Is the skill a must for some other weapons as well or is it better replaced by something else and not needed for other weapons.

[Temuthril]

Charge blade uses it. Optional for hammer.

[Kawalorn]

It's useful for Charge Blades, especially for the elemental nuke builds, since the more you charge the phials the more of them you can do.

[TyresTyco]

"Must" no. But focus 3 on CB is pretty good. 2 doesnt kick it there it has to be 3.

For long GL it's also pretty neat.

[Edifier]

Might be useful for bow users who likes to spam Dragon Pierce.

Otherwise I believe people would rather run the Power Prolonger skill.

[BaconBankai]

Originally posted by Edifier:

Might be useful for bow users who likes to spam Dragon Pierce.

Otherwise I believe people would rather run the Power Prolonger skill.

Unless it changed ina patch or Iceborne a comparison video I watched showed it had no affect on dragon piercer only the other charged bow shots for some reeason.

[StarExile]

I run Focus on evry Long Sword build, energy bar fills much faster.

[Malfeasance]

Originally posted by StarExile:

I run Focus on evry Long Sword build, energy bar fills much faster.

You'll probably get a bunch of people jumping on you for this so prep for that, but I'll gently tell you that you'd be much better off with someone else like maybe quick sheath instead. Focus 3 is wasted on LS in World with FSS.

Edit - unless you aren't helmsplitting and spamming R2's instead or something /shrug seems a waste IMO though.

[StarExile]

Originally posted by BaconBankai:

Originally posted by Edifier:

Might be useful for bow users who likes to spam Dragon Pierce.

Otherwise I believe people would rather run the Power Prolonger skill.

Unless it changed ina patch or Iceborne a comparison video I watched showed it had no affect on dragon piercer only the other charged bow shots for some reeason.

Dragon Piercer cast time is fixed, its not affected by any skills..

[Edifier]

Originally posted by BaconBankai:

Originally posted by Edifier:

Might be useful for bow users who likes to spam Dragon Pierce.

Otherwise I believe people would rather run the Power Prolonger skill.

Unless it changed ina patch or Iceborne a comparison video I watched showed it had no affect on dragon piercer only the other charged bow shots for some reeason.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stbC9NyMxCI

Damn, at 0:50 in they show it and this was back in 2018.

How could they have missed this? Time to message Developers about it and see if anything happens.

[Tregrenos]

It's a must have for Long Gunlance to shoot off charged shells quickly, but Normal and Wide can still benefit from it by decreasing the charge time of their Wyvernfire. It also helps Switchaxe fill its bar faster.

[BaconBankai]

Originally posted by StarExile:

I run Focus on evry Long Sword build, energy bar fills much faster.

makes sense Idk how usefull for Switchaxe as it looks like it fills up bar after 2 combos of Heavenward Flurry either way which I think is the mainway Switchaxes build meter (don't play switchaxe much) I suppose Power prolonger may be better if used at all for switch axe and DB probably

[StarExile]

Originally posted by Malfeasance:

Originally posted by StarExile:

I run Focus on evry Long Sword build, energy bar fills much faster.

You'll probably get a bunch of people jumping on you for this so prep for that, but I'll gently tell you that you'd be much better off with someone else like maybe quick sheath instead. Focus 3 is wasted on LS in World with FSS.

Edit - unless you aren't helmsplitting and spamming R2's instead or something /shrug seems a waste IMO though.

3 attacks after Iai slash to fill the meter, sometimes even 2, coz Iai keeps meter going, and yeah Helm Spliter spam all the way.
I got it from Charger+Vitality gems, mb for solo paly u can drop that for damage gems yeah.

[Dephase]

I use it on SA along with power prolonger, both lvl 3. Helps a lot to reach amped state faster and keep it. If you want to spam ZS discharge you need them.

[Raven]

DB: not worth at all, especially since Arch-Demon Mode is pretty much useless in World.
SnS: not worth at all, since backhops are fast as is
LS: not worth, but it's fine as a collateral skill since you can spam Helmbreaker more if you suck with Foresight Slash (which can be tricky to use against certain monsters)
Hammer: has its uses in getting lv3 charges faster, but on the other hand makes it a bit harder to use the lower charges which have their own uses.
CB: quite useful, especially for fights where you can spam phials more
SA: it's OK, but you could just as well use the manual reload instead.
GL: great for charged shelling focused playstyles (mainly Long, but can also work with Wide)
LBG: Being able to use Wyvernblast more often is nice, especially if you use Wyvernblast mod and have Trueshot Up
HBG: Wyvernsnipe is fun to use and Wyvernheart does a ♥♥♥♥ ton of damage. It's a good skill, but I'd much rather invest in some evade extender/evasion+/guard+ instead, simply because of how slow and fragile the weapon class is by default. Also, meta is to just shotgun or blow your way through monsters, so you won't see the skill on meta sets.
Bow: it was good in older games where the weapon focused on charged shots followed by power shots. In World that playstyle is pretty much dead though, so the skill no longer sees use.

[StarExile]

Originally posted by BaconBankai:

Originally posted by StarExile:

I run Focus on evry Long Sword build, energy bar fills much faster.

makes sense Idk how usefull for Switchaxe as it looks like it fills up bar after 2 combos of Heavenward Flurry either way which I think is the mainway Switchaxes build meter (don't play switchaxe much) I suppose Power prolonger may be better if used at all for switch axe and DB probably

Depends on playstyle of course.