Iceborne New Moves Info

Monster Hunter: World
ICEBORNE

Weapons moveset additions / observation report
Controls in reference to default controls
Old World Notes: https://pastebin.com/Pc4NsdxP

To find your weaponfu:
Ctrl+F <Weapon> or ~W (abbreviation)

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General:
- (New!) Slinger burst: Short range shot towards the ground, higher flinching capability
- Can continue using items when accidentally launched into the air during use
- Can aim and fire the slinger while unsheathed (L2 to aim)
- Can combo a Slinger Burst from certain moves, any direction possible (L2 to fire)
	↳ continue your combo after shot
- Clutch Claw: Aim with L2, fire the claw with O. Zips to the monster's body and you can follow up with:
	↳ Weapon Attack with △. Wounds the body part you are attacking, and may drop slinger ammo. Wounded parts turn into weakspots
	↳ Claw Attack with O. When done on the head, it forces the monster to turn its body. Doesn't work in rage. Use this three times in a row in one clutch to immediately put monster in rage
	↳ Flinch shot with R2. Unloads all your slinger ammo. When done on the head, it sends the monster tumbling towards the direction it is facing. You can send monster tumbling to hit a wall, fall off a drop, or into a trap. Doesn't work in rage
		↳ Having a monster hit a wall will increase damage taken on wounded spots, on top of taking damage from hitting the wall

- Wound heavily: Greatsword, Hammer, Hunting Horn, Lance, Switch Axe, Charge Blade, HBG
- Wound lightly and drop slinger ammo: Longsword, Sword & Shield, Dual Blades, Gunlance, Insect Glaive, LBG, Bow

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<<Greatsword>> ~GS
- Can fire slinger burst after a Charged Slash, Horizontal Slash, Jumping Wide Slash or a Midair Charged Slash (with L2)
	↳ Pressing △ after the slinger burst goes directly into True Charged Slash. Press O for Wide Slash

- True Charged Slash (Power): When the initial hit of the True Charged Slash hits a weakspot, the power of the second hit increases, by roughly x1.25

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<<Longsword>> ~LS
- fire slinger burst after any Spirit Slash (L2)
- slightly tightened i-frames for Foresight Slash, requires meter to have invulnerability
	↳ if you have an empty meter, the move will not have any i-frames

- Special Sheathe: mid-combo R2+X to sheathe weapon and enter standby state. Can be done anytime, even after a spirit roundslash or spirit helm breaker. Attack right as the monster attacks to get a counter-attack where you cannot get staggered
	↳ Press △ for IAI SLASH, which autofills your spirit gauge. Do this right before a monster attacks to have the gauge autofilling for longer duration
	↳ Press R2 for IAI SPIRIT SLASH, costs one spirit level. Do this right before a monster attacks and the spirit level will not consumed

- After a successful IAI SPIRIT SLASH, using a Spirit Thrust after executes the move faster

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<<Sword and Shield>> ~SnS
- While unsheathed, you can now also use items with L2 + ⬜
- While aiming the slinger, you can freely switch between normal shot (default) and burst shot by pressing R3
- Can aim your burst shots

! ! Note: As long as you don't sheath the weapon, the game remembers your "slinger settings" of what shot you are currently switched to. It will reset back to normal shot once it's sheathed and drawn again (default is normal slinger shot)

- Claw Uppercut: L2 during a roll
	↳ You do a clutch claw shoryuken which instantly puts you in clutch state. Effective on monsters in the air

- Leaping Slash: △ after Slinger Burst Shot, or △ after backhop (↓ + O, then △)
	↳ Jumps forward for an attack. Automatically winds up to start the Perfect Rush combo, but you can roll out of it or press O for lateral slash instead

- Perfect Rush
	↳ Press △ after the Leaping Slash to start a rush combo that increases status proc. Press the THREE △s in correct timing to the attacks (your hunter will flash red) to increase raw and elemental power
	> 1st △ when your hunter winds the shield back. This is three hits
	> 2nd △ when the hunter winds the shield back again. This is one hit
	> 3rd △ when the hunter winds the sword back after the shield bash. Two hits where you cling to a part and launch off with the sword

> Leaping Slash → △ (3) → △ (1) → △ (2)
The perfect timing for all 3 hits grants you 1.8x damage than if you just mash △
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<<Dual Blades>> ~DB ~DS
- Direction + L2 in mid-combo to evade and fire a slinger shot at the same time
	↳ If no direction is pushed, hunter evades horizontally
	↳ In Demon Mode, the distance traveled during the evasion is further than normal, and you recover faster

- Special Claw: In Demon mode, press L2 after two roundslashes
	↳ puts you into clutch state.
	↳ pressing △ immediately after this special claw will do a spinning attack that sends you upwards instead of spinning downwards to the ground

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<<Hammer>> ~H
- Use slinger burst mid-charge with L2, does not reset your charge level and only pauses it at the current charge, resumes after shot

- Clutch Claw Follow-up: After a charge attack (Lv2 or higher), press L2 to use a clutch claw attack
	↳ deals additional damage via spinning if you use it after a level 3 charge
	↳ you can also do this after a sliding charge attack

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<<Hunting Horn>> ~HH
- During a Recital, it is much easier to turn and steer your character

- Echo Note: Press L2 after any attack to do a multi-hit attack that plays an Echo note, functions like a 4th note
	↳ Songs that use Echo notes produce powerful buffs and/or effects, and certain Echo songs leave a bubble of effect that contains additional effects when other hunters enter it
	↳  The effects of the AoE are increased if an Encore is played

(Echo notes info are all in Hunter's Notes)
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<<Lance>> ~L
- Power Guard gives temporary Guard Up ability after holding the stance for some time

- When unsheathed, able to GUARD while readying slinger for a burst shot (hold L2). You can also do this mid-combo
	↳ you cannot move during this guard
	↳ can charge or leaping thrust during this guard
	↳ can leaping thrust after the burst shot
- Like SnS, can freely switch between normal and burst shot with R3
	↳ ! Note that you do not guard if you switch to normal shot

- Claw Counter: While guarding with L2, press O (L2 + O)
	↳ puts you in a power guard + claw stance that drains stamina
	↳ when successfully guarded, zips you into clutch state
		↳ gives full knockback protection during the attack (you still take damage)

- Note: You can also transition to Claw Counter from the normal Counter Guard (R2+O) by pressing L2 during the counter charge

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<<Gunlance>> ~GL
- Wyrmstake Blast: L2 + △ + O, or mid-combo L2 + O
	↳ Loads all your slinger ammo into the Wyrmstake
		↳ Attaches the new Wyrmstake when doing the default Wyrmstake attack
			↳ explodes and does damage when you ignite it with shelling
				↳ damage dealt, duration and properties of the Wyrmstake is dependent on the type of slinger ammo used and the amount of slinger ammo loaded

- There is a guard point during the loading of Wyrmstake Blast. If you have the Guard skill, you can use Wyrmstake Blast after guarding

- You can follow up the Wyrmstake Blast loading with four attacks
	↳ △ + O ~ Fire Wyrmstake
	↳ △ ~ Thrust
	↳ ↑ △ ~ Lunging upthrust
	↳ O ~ Shell

- If you miss the Wyrmstake Blast, the slinger ammo will drop on the ground

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<<Switch Axe>> ~SA
- [Axe Mode] Fade Slash motion changed, now executed much faster and sets you back at a safer distance
	↳ Overhead chop after Fade Slash
- [Axe Mode] Standard combo has been changed, so you do Forward Thrust → Overhead Chop now (↑ △ → △)
- [Axe Mode] Slinger Burst after various axe attacks
	↳ Slinger Burst during a Wild Swing sets you back at a safe distance (L2)
		↳ can morph swing to Sword Mode after shot
- [Axe Mode] Wild Swing's damage increases when continuing after two swings

- [Sword>Axe Mode] Now able to use Wild Swing after Sword Mode's morph fade slash
- [Sword Mode] Forward slash now covers a larger distance when forward direction is input
	↳ Also works when morphing Axe to Sword Mode
- [Sword Mode] When Zero-Sum Discharge is released early, you can chain into an axe combo after landing by pressing R2

- [Axe Mode] Heavy Slam: After three swings of the Wild Swing move, press △
	↳ Buffs Axe Mode and increases flinch power for 45 seconds

- [Sword Mode] Special Claw: Press L2 in the middle of element discharge to fire the clutch claw
	↳ This puts you in a clutch state. You can do any other clutch action from here
		↳ If the Sword is in amped state during clutch, you can continue attacking with the discharge by pressing △ + O

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<<Charge Blade>> ~CB
- [Sword Mode] Press L2 to fire a Burst shot after a Guard Point. You can transition into Axe Mode's Discharge II (double swing) from here
- [Axe Mode] Press L2 to fire Burst shots in between axe attacks. Can continue axe attacks with Dash Slam or Discharge II
- Phials are consumed earlier into the animation of SAED (after the wide swing wind-up)

- Savage Axe Slash: Press L2 when winding up for S\AED (you need at least one phial)
	↳ The initial animation of the first swing is a Guard Point
	↳ This powers up your axe mode and turns it into "piercing" damage, i.e. the axe will cleave through the monster and deal multiple hits, at the cost of your phials automatically draining until it empties
	↳ Can follow up after this swing with Rushing Element Discharge I (↑ + O)

- Note: Element Phials last longer in Savage Axe mode than Impact Phials

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<<Insect Glaive>> ~IG
- While aiming your marker shot, press R3 to switch to slinger aim
- With red extract, the aerial spin attack with △ now does more hits on the way down, due to shorter intervals between registered hits

- Aerial Clutch Claw: While vaulting, press L2 to use a claw attack and enter clutch state

- Descending Thrust: Press R2 during a vault to dive down and attack with your weapon. If the last strike hits, it automatically marks the monster and sends your kinsect forward to attack
	↳ If the Kinsect is on your arm during this attack, it will do a rushing pierce attack that hits three times. Note that it does pick up extracts during this attack

- Kinsect Buff: Press L2 + △ + O to feed your Kinsect with your current slinger ammo
	↳ This allows the kinsect to harvest two extracts at once
	↳ Feeding attack ammo (dropped from monsters) will increase its attack power and frequency
	↳ Feeding general slinger ammo (found in the field) will max out the kinsect's stamina and lengthen the duration of Triple Up

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<<Light Bowgun>> ~LBG
- Increased mod slots
- Switch slinger/gun aim with R3

- Evading reload mod: Reloads your gun with each sliding evade
	↳ Number of shots reloaded is dependent on the number of this mod on your gun

- Wyvernblast Counter mod: Fires Wyvernblast mine forward while evading backwards
	↳ Lasts much shorter, explodes instantly when hit

More mods in the full game...

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<<Heavy Bowgun>> ~HBG
- Increased mod slots
- Switch slinger/gun aim with R3

- Clutch Claw attack is different, based on your special ammo

Special Scope: Press L2 + △ + O
	↳ changes your critical distance to FAR (sniper distance)
	↳ Changes your gun aim to a glowing reticle that helps indicate when at the perfect firing distance
	↳ Greatly increases power when shooting at this distance

- Wyvernheart mod: Gradually increases the power of Wyvernheart as more hits connect
- Wyvernsnipe mod: Turns the shot into a single hit instead of piercing, but does very high damage on a weakspot

More mods in the full game...

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Shared mods:
Pierce mod: Makes piercing shots easier to land, increases flinch and exhaust power of piercing shots
Speed mod: increases speed of shots
	↳ The above two mods cannot be used together

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<<Bow>> ~B
- Switch slinger/bow aim with R3
- You can immediately shoot mid-air to follow up after your clutch claw attack

- Thousand Dragons: While aiming, switch to slinger aim with R3 and press △ + O
	↳ Uses all your slinger ammo and fires a high-power short-ranged arrow burst
	↳ Damage is dependent on type of slinger ammo
	↳ Can be done without slinger ammo, but at the cost of low damage