Is great sword bad late game?

[Strifeboy]

Fighting Raging Brachydios and getting destroyed, yes got proper gear and decorations. The mobility is a serious issue when a single blast that only scratches you and makes you flinch and results in a combo of death. Its not just that dodging and putting away the weapon are such a problem that results in unneeded problems.

Even when fighting easy opponents like Barioth because of the way higher tier monsters move and the speed the amount of time it takes to catch up, position and even swing results in so much wasted time I'm not even sure GS is worth it turning simple fighting in 15-20min hunts.

Ive been the game twice before years ago with different weapons like the dual blades and never felt like I ever had this much trouble.

[Smaugi]

Nah , GS is fine , its all about learning the monsters to get more hits in.
It is doing wonders in speedruns , it got a whole new playstyle with frostcraft (way faster might suit you better , comes with quick sheath) and it still does bonkers damage when you hit with it.

[Mr. September]

Nope. It's fine.

You basically take a bunch of potshots with GS. Until you can afford to do a TCS, of course. You can't just expect the monster to wait and take it. You gotta learn monster movesets really well, and create openings often. Especially for fast monsters.

[Cathulhu]

GS is fine, you just need to learn how the monster attacks and wait for proper opportunities to whack big numbers.

[DAVOS CENSORSHIP 2030 FTW!!!]

It's a Timing Weapon unlike HurDurr Dual Blade Interrupters Button Mashing. Of course it's gonna be way harder taking on Speedhack Monkeys with it for obvious reasons but Mad Respect to those who prevail.

[LonesomeSparrow]

You could try the Velkhana set bonus for a quick sheath build.

[JPM岩]

There's no bad weapons in late game, only bad players.

[Strifeboy]

I did beat it but maybe your right a different quick sheath build and tactics would be better then the more traditional method.

[.n]

if you've iceborne, pressing tab or clutch will let you burst stones and skip charging to final phase and deal the highest single damage on the game, what's not to like.

[D. Flame]

Originally posted by CAN U IMAGINE 16 TIMES THE DRM?:

It's a Timing Weapon unlike HurDurr Dual Blade Interrupters Button Mashing. Of course it's gonna be way harder taking on Speedhack Monkeys with it for obvious reasons but Mad Respect to those who prevail.

Just socket one level of flinch free

[overmage]

GS is the strongest melee weapon in the game at endgame

[Teratus]

By far the hardest hitting weapon it seems.

You just really need to learn when and where to attack with it, and much of that is learning how the monsters behave and move around.
Just look up some GS users on Youtube.. some of them are insanely good players.

If you're just not getting it though it's perfectly okay to swap to another weapon and find one that fits your playstyle better.
I've come to like GS quite a lot in my current playthrough but I still kinda suck with it XD

S&S is still the weapon that fits my best but I am enjoying using other weapons to shake things up.

[Inari]

Well to be fair I always feel like certain monsters are just easier with certain weapons. Some lend themselves well to GS, others to other weapons.

[Keldrath]

No it just takes more skill and knowledge to use. Not the easiest or cheesiest weapon.

[Xersin]

If you're good at the game, you can literally bully monsters. If you're not, you get bullied.

[Outer Heaven]

GS is almost cheap at how easy it is to use against some monsters like Tigrex.
You just need to learn their moveset and how to exploit it and that is it, just do the same thing ad nauseam. GS also really benefits from QoL skills like earplugs and quick sheathe.
Remember that you can't always TCS or even do a basic charged attack, sometimes you can only afford to do a basic draw attack.