In Monster Hunter Wilds, the different weapons are not just a useful tool, for many they are part of their own personality. Some types of weapons are more popular and better than others. The lance is often underestimated, but Meinmmo editor Nikolas Hernes has learned to love them. A video shows why.
What kind of video is that? The Yuropgaming clips channel shows a video of the user Kyrios034 on Tikok. There you can see how he fights against the Nu UDRA, the fire octopus that makes life difficult for some players. It shows a good strategy in the fight with the lance.
You can see how he does the iconic lance shock in which you run until the endurance is empty. He rotates around the tentacles that don’t block the thrust. In other words, it stabs the tentacles permanently, which are cut off in rows. A good tactic to significantly weaken the Nu UDRA.
I myself am a big fan of the lance, with which I also played a large part of the main game. And what can I say that the lance is the weakest weapon involved, according to our weapon animal list, but Wilds has been as fun as ever.
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The lance is tough and massive
What do I like about the lance in Monster Hunter Wilds? For a long time, the lance was considered a very boring weapon for me that I didn’t even want to touch. Hide behind a sign and prick every now and then? For me that sounded like a nightmare in a dynamic series like Monster Hunter.
In a replay by Monster Hunter World 2024, I tried it out and there I liked the lance. The racing shock in particular was a fun attack. At the beginning of Wilds campaign, I took the lance with me and was thrilled because it felt damn massive.
You are still a kind of tank, but the feeling of the game has gotten much better than in the predecessors. The attacks feel more massive, as if you are a berserk who strikes strongly after a successful block. The focus attack, which turns the oversized toothpick into a powerful drill, also fits this feeling.
The blocks also feel more good than ever. This is due to the audiovisual design of the perfect blocks. This is not only satisfactory, it feels like you are the last bastion in the fight against an apocalyptic threat.
The lance shows what Monster Wilds generally does pretty well. There are not many cutscenes away from the story, because in the fight you have situations that other games only have as a cutscene.
What are the disadvantages of the lance? One of the biggest disadvantages is that the lance is not as flashy as other weapons. There are no spectacular combos such as long sword or large explosions such as the rifle lance. As with the rifle lance, you also have to work with short dashes that feel unusually when you play other weapons.
Nevertheless, I appeal: change the type of weapon regularly. That’s how I do it. For me, new techniques, strategies and mechanics are the greatest fun of the Monster Hunter series.
In addition, Monster Hunter Wilds is not a game in which I would like to exhaust the maximum damage of a build, I just want to enjoy the combat system and I do that with many different weapons, as well as with the lance. Another weapon topic is similar to many players: “I don’t care how good they are”-players refuse to use the best weapons in Monster Hunter Wilds