Monster Hunter Rise - 5 Essential Tips | GamesRadar
These Monster Hunter Rise tips will help if you're a beginner to the series, or you just want a refresher ahead of the latest Nintendo Switch release. Monster Hunter Rise has a steep learning curve even if you're a series veteran and have slain many a monster in your time, with new mechanics like the wirebug entering the fray. So before you start working alongside Fugen the Elder to save Kamura, read these 11 Monster Hunter Rise tips to get your hunting career off to a good start.
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00:00 5 Essential Monster Hunter Rise Tips The Monster Hunter games are a sprawling series
00:11 full of deep combat, endless combinations, skills and options. It's not something you
00:16 can pick up quickly and mastery takes time. However, we've got 5 crucial tips here that
00:21 will set you up fast, helping you make some crucial decisions, helping you understand
00:26 new features like the wire bugs and making sure you spend more time hunting and less
00:30 time wondering how to hunt. So with no further ado, here are 5 tips to help you get started
00:35 in Monster Hunter Rise.
00:37 All the Monster Hunter weapons are good, but pick one of these 3 to get you started. Choosing
00:42 the best Monster Hunter Rise weapon will always create some debate as there's so much choice
00:46 on offer. There are a myriad of options and upgrades and every weapon in the game is viable,
00:52 so we're going to suggest what we think are 3 of the best options. Dual Blades, Long Sword
00:57 and Light Bogan. The Dual Blades are our top choice for the newbie. Damage is low but they're
01:03 fast and keep you mobile so you can get in the face of a monster and unleash a colossal
01:07 amount of damage and only relent to dodge the big attacks. Then there's the Long Sword,
01:12 a weapon that hits a lot harder but is considerably slower. It's strength comes from a staggering
01:18 amount of combos and although it can be difficult to master, there's huge potential for damage
01:22 once you start stringing attacks together. However, if you want a ranged option then
01:26 the Light Bogan is your best option. It offers much more manoeuvrability than the Heavy Bogan,
01:31 giving you a great ability to position yourself in battle. Plus different ammo types let you
01:36 add on status effects and you can lay mine-like wyrven blasts to catch monsters out.
01:41 Mix armour skills to get the best Monster Hunter Rise armour. Like weapons, what the
01:46 best armour is and what sets or skills to use can be tricky to decide because there's
01:50 no catch-all answer. Everything is good at something. However, mastering armour skills
01:56 is vital to getting the best out of Monster Hunter Rise's armour. Everything you can wear
02:01 has a skill that acts like a buff and includes things like reducing the damage taken or increasing
02:06 elemental damage. You'll get the effect by wearing the item and you can stack these effects
02:10 by wearing another item with the same skill up to three times. The best way to check all
02:16 this is at the blacksmith where you can choose the forge and upgrade armour option and then
02:20 forge armour. If you click R3 on any piece of armour you can see, it'll show you the
02:24 active skill it has. From there you can click R3 again to leave that screen and check other
02:29 items or press the right bumper to see everything you have equipped and what skills are stacking.
02:34 From there you can compare skills or swap and craft armour to build out your gear. As
02:38 far as a full set of matching armour goes, that will buff all your damage resistance
02:42 up to three times while some sets have special buffs for wearing it all. Master the Monster
02:46 Hunter Rise Wirebugs for increased mobility and attacks.
02:52 The Monster Hunter Rise Wirebugs are a brand new mechanic and add a whole extra dimension
02:56 to traversal and combat. They're essentially a grappling hook that doesn't need to attach
03:00 itself to a surface, letting you launch yourself into the air to reach new areas and most importantly
03:05 access new combat moves. While fighting there are now Wirebug powered silk bind attacks
03:11 specific to each weapon that consume either one or two points of your Wirebug gauge. In
03:16 return you'll be able to access new attacks, better guards and increased mobility options
03:20 while fighting. For example, with the Jewel Blades, the Piercing
03:24 Bind silk bind move throws an explosive kunai at your foe. Land hits with the kunai embedded
03:30 and you'll increase the amount of damage the resulting explosion will cause. While the
03:34 Jewel Blades Shrouded Vault silk bind move launches you forward at your enemy and if
03:39 you get attacked while you're in the air you'll perform a counter.
03:43 You'll also encounter Jewel Lilies as you explore. Here you can place a great Wirebug
03:47 to create a travel point and jump to hard to reach places, either as a shortcut or often
03:52 to reach rarer materials. Make sure you master the art of the well done
03:57 steak. Cooking a well done steak in Monster Hunter
03:59 Rise takes timing. Get it right and you can fully replenish your stamina with the perfectly
04:04 cooked meat you create. However, it requires incredible precision so you need to know what
04:09 to look out for and how to time it. Break out the barbecue and you'll be able to cook
04:13 any raw meat you've gathered. The key to a well done steak is to pay attention to the
04:18 texture of the meat you're cooking. The change from raw to rare is obvious and pressing A
04:22 here will give you a rare steak which restores a moderate amount of stamina. Go too far though
04:28 and you'll burn it, which has a chance to reduce stamina instead of refilling it.
04:33 What you're looking for is a brief moment between rare and burnt when you'll notice
04:36 the texture of the meat change slightly as it hits well done. It's approximately 8 seconds
04:41 from the moment you place the raw meat down so hit A as soon as you see it because you'll
04:45 have less than a second. Once you know what you're looking for you should be able to achieve
04:49 a well done steak consistently. Change the camera and lock on options to suit
04:57 you. Monster Hunter Rise's lock on and targeting
05:01 options are there but they're not exactly obvious and you may need to play around with
05:05 the settings to find a setup you prefer. One of the first things you want to do is figure
05:09 out whether you prefer the target or focus camera settings. Hit plus to bring up the
05:13 menu and then scroll to the right with R and select options. Scroll all the way down to
05:18 camera style. By default this will be on target camera which essentially means you have free
05:23 control over the camera but you can press L to spin your camera to whatever you're fighting.
05:27 Or if you're not in combat you'll just point the view to wherever your character is facing.
05:31 Alternatively if you want to stay focused on a monster whenever you're close to it you
05:35 can choose the focus camera. By pressing the right stick in you will cycle through targeting
05:40 the large monsters in your area and when fighting the camera will constantly spin and stay locked
05:44 on. This can cause some problems though with wirebug moves as your aim will always be towards
05:49 the monster. So those are our 5 essential Monster Hunter
05:52 Rise tips, leave a comment if you have your own and follow GamesRadar for more.
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