Monster Hunter World: Great Sword Guide
The Great Sword is designed to cut and slash with a wider arching reach that fluidly incorporates these attacks with some footwork and stance changes.
Every strike that hits your enemy charges up your spirit gauge, increasing the power of your attacks and allowing you to chain your combos as well as unleash the helm splitter attack which slashes once with multiple instances of damage.
This guide will discuss the Great Sword’s of Monster Hunter World and the various attack styles you can perform along with their pros and cons.
Great Sword Trees
Defender
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Defender Great Sword V | 1056 | Immortal Dragon Scale x1 | 0% | Blast | 390 | 0 |
Ore
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Buster Sword III | 480 | Earth Crystal x2, Machalite Ore x2, Iron Ore x 5 | 0% | None | 0 | 0 |
Buster Blade III | 672 | Carbalite Ore x8, Dragonite Ore x5, Dragonvein Crystal x2 | 0% | Poison | (240) | 1 |
Chrome Razor II | 864 | Elder Dragon Blood x2, Fucium Ore x13, Carbalite Ore x20, Firecell Stone x1 | 0% | Poison | (420) | 2 |
Nergigante
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Purgation’s Atrocity | 1008 | Xeno’jiiva Horn x2, Nergigante Horn+ x5, Nergigante Talon x5, Nergigante Gem x1 | 0% | Dragon | 150 | 1 |
Thunder Element
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Thunder Blade II | 624 | Monster Bone+ x2, Tobi-Kadachi Electrode x2, Tobi-Kadachi Membrane x2, Warped Bone x2 | 0% | Thunder | 150 | 0 |
Lightning Punisher II | 912 | Elder Dragon x3, Tobi-Kadachi Electrode+ x4 Tobi-Kadachi Claw+ x6, Wyvern Gem x1 | 0% | Thunder | 240 | 1 |
Ice Element
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Freeze Blade II | 624 | Carbalite Ore x5, Legiana Tail Webbing x2, Legiana Webbing x3, Shamos Scale+ x5 | 0% | Ice | 270 | 1 |
Frost Blaze | 768 | Elder Dragon Blood x3, Legiana Claw+ x5, Legiana Hide+ x3, Wyvern Gem x1 | 0% | Ice | 390 | 1 |
Great Jagras
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Jagras Blade III | 672 | Monster Bone+ x3, Great Jagras Scale x5, Great Jagras Claw x3, Great Jagras Mane x3 | 0% | None | 0 | 0 |
Jagras Hacker III | 912 | Vaal Hazak Talon x2, Great Jagras Claw+ x8, Great Jagras Hide+ x6, Nova Crystal x1 | 0% | Water | (300) | 2 |
Great Girros
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Girros Blade II | 624 | Diablos Fang x2, Great Girros Fang x3, Great Girros Hood x2, Paralysis Sac x2 | 15% | Paralysis | 240 | 0 |
Malady’s Kiss III | 768 | Vaal Hazak Fang+ x2, Great Girros Fang+ x5, Great Girros Hood+ x3, Bird Wyvern Gem x1 | 20% | Paralysis | 450 | 0 |
Lavasioth
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Lava Blaze II | 864 | Teostra Mane x2, Lavasioth Fin+ x3, Lavasioth Fang+ x3, Wyvern Gem x1 | 0% | Fire | 330 | 1 |
Pukei-Pukei
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Blooming Blade III | 624 | Monster Bone+ x2, Pukei-Pukei Quill x4, Pukei-Pukei Sac x2, Poison Sac x2 | 0% | Poison | 360 | 0 |
Datura Blaz III | 816 | Vaal Hazak Wing x2, Pukei-Pukei Sac+ x4, Pukei-Pukei Wing x6, Bird Wyvern Gem x1 | 0% | Poison | 540 | 2 |
Rathalos
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Flame Blade II | 720 | Rathalos Scale x6, Rathalos Tail x2, Rathalos Plate x1, Inferno Sac x3 | 10% | Fire | 150 | 0 |
Rathalos Glin Sword | 266 | Azure Rathalos Scale+ x8, Azure Rathalos Tail x3, Teostra Horn+ x2, Rathalos Ruby x1 | 15% | Fire | 240 | 1 |
Bone
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Bone Blade III | 576 | Monster Bone M x2, Ancient Bone x1 | 0% | None | 0 | 0 |
Bone Slasher III | 768 | Monster Keenbone x2, Monster Bone+ x2, Quality Bone x2 | 0% | Ice | (180) | 1 |
Giant Jawblade II | 912 | Elder Dragon Bone x4, Monster Hardbone x6, Quality Bone x20, Dragonbone Relic x1 | 0% | Ice | (300) | 1 |
Vaal Hazak
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Leviathan’s Fury | 960 | Xeno’Jiiva Veil x3, Vaal Hazak Talon x6, Vaal Hazak Tail x2, Vaal Hazak Gem x1 | 0% | Dragon | 300 | 1 |
Anjanath
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Anja Scimitar III | 693 | Anjanath Pelt+ x4, Vaal Hazak Fang+ x5, Anjanath Nosebone+ x2, Anjanath Gem x1 | -30% | Fire | 480 | 0 |
Water Element
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Aqua Slasher III | 672 | Monster Bone+ x2, Jyuratodus Fang x4, Jyuratodus Shell x3, Gaju Whisker x3 | 0% | Water | 180 | 0 |
Water Golem III | 912 | Elder Dragon Blood x3, Jyuratodus Fin+ x6, Jyuratodus Fang+ x5 Wyvern Gem x1 | 0% | Water | 300 | 1 |
Barroth Tree
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Carapace Buster III | 720 | Diablos Shell x3, Barroth Claw x4, Barroth Scalp x2, Monster Bone+ x3 | -20% | None | 0 | 0 |
Barroth Shredder III | 960 | Nergigante Horn+ x1, Barroth Claw+ x5, Barroth Ridge+ x5, Wyvern Gem x1 | -20% | Paralysis | (390) | 2 |
Radobaan
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Spiked Blade II | 672 | Monster Bone+ x3, Wyvern Bonemass x3, Radobaan Oilshell x2, Radobaan Marrow x1 | 0% | Sleep | 180 | 0 |
Radobaan Slab III | 912 | Elder Dragon Bone x5, Radobaan Carapace x6, Coma Sac x4, Wyvern Gem x1 | 0% | Sleep | 270 | 0 |
Dragonbone
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Dragonbone Cleaver III | 768 | Elder Dragon Bone x10, Brutal Bone x4, Dragonbone Relic x2, Wyvern Gem x1 | 0% | Dragon | 420 | 1 |
Kirin
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
King Thunder Sword | 768 | Xeno’Jiiva Shell x4, Kirin Azure Horn x6, Kirin Thundertail x3, Novacrystal x2 | 0% | Thunder | 540 | 0 |
Zorah Magdaros
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Magda Potestas II | 1056 | Xeno’Jiiva Shell x4, Zorah Magdaros Ridge x2, Zorah Magdaros Pleura x2, Firecell Stone x3 | -20% | Blast | 420 | 1 |
Black Steel
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Blacksteel Chopper II | 576 | Firecell Stone x1, Fucium Ore x5, Carbalite Ore x10, Wyvern Gem x1 | 10% | Dragon | 120 | 0 |
Daora’s Decimator | 864 | Xeno’Jiiva Wing x2, Daora Horn+ x5, Daora Claw+ x4, Daora Gem x1 | 10% | Ice | 270 | 1 |
Xeno’Jiiva
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Xeno Milq | 816 | Xeno’jiiva Claw x4, Xeno’jiiva Shell x6, Xeno’jiiva Tail x2, Xeno’jiiva Gem x1 | 15% | Dragon | 210 | 2 |
Workshop Weapon
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Great Wyvern Jawblade | 960 | Ace Hunter Coin x5, Brute Coin x4, Flying Coin x4, Wyvern Gem x2 | 0% | Blast | (330) | 1 |
Deviljho
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Anguish | 1104 | Elder Dragon Blood x5, Deviljho Scalp x2, Deviljho Tallfang x5, Deviljho Gem x1 | -30% | Dragon | 240 | 0 |
Wyvern Ignition
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Wyvern Ignition “Impact” | 1008 | Master Craftsman’s Blueprint x3, Elder Dragon Blood x2, Firecell Stone x5, Wyvern Gem x1 | 30% | Fire | (510) | 2 |
Lunastra
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Empress Galea “Blaze” | 864 | Research Commission Ticket x1, Lunastra Horn x2, Teostra Horn+ x3, Bazelgeuse Gem x1 | 20% | Blast | 270 | 2 |
Lunastra/Nergigante
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Empress Galea “Ruin” | 912 | Research Commission Ticket x1, Lunastra Wing x3, Nergigante Horn+ x3 Nergigante Gem x1 | 0% | Blast | 210 | 2 |
Lunastra/Xeno’Jiiva
Weapon Name | Attack | Materials Required | Affinity | Element | Elemental Damage | Slot |
Empress Galea “Styx” | 864 | Research Commission Ticket x1, Lunastra Tail x2, Xeno’jiiva Horn x3, Xeno’jiiva Gem x1 | 10% | Blast | 330 | 2 |
Attacks
Step Slash/Overhead Slash
This can be done before unsheathing or moving forward as you attack which is also your initial drawn attack before you can use your charged attacks.
Tackle
The Tackle attack is more of a defensive maneuver instead of an offensive one that allows the user to endure heavy attacks or counter attacking them and making monsters stumble instead.
Falling Slash/Charged Slash
This attack can either be a regular mounting attack but will change to a heavy Charged Attack if you hold down your attack as you fall and hit the monster instead, ignoring a mounting opportunity.
Charged Slash
The Charged Slash is a special attack of the Great Sword that increases the damage of your strike significantly.
Strong Charged Slash
After releasing your first Charged Slash you can chain this Strong Charged attack to deal another heavy attack towards your enemies.
True Charged Slash
As the final Charged attack chains the True Charged Slash, it will hit with the first swing dealing a small amount of damage.
It can then use that attack to propel the wielder forward a short distance using the full weight of the Great Sword to deal twice as much damage than the first two Charged slashes in the chain.
Pros and Cons
Pros
- Heavy Attacks
- Able to use the weapon to block damage
- Wide and High arching attacks
Cons
- Slow walk speed
- Slow attack speed
Verdict
The Great Sword is a heavy hitting weapon and even though slow to wield, it is preferred by hunters that want to show their dominion over monsters.
This weapon is more of a cleaving weapon that can go through tough hide and easily cut off tails of monsters with ease and is certainly a weapon for more experienced hunters that can predict and anticipate openings for these slow but devastating attacks.
Overall, the Great Sword is certainly a powerful weapon in the right hands where you can be surprised on how quickly the user can slay monsters with its great power.