MONSTER HUNTER WORLD: Which Weapons Fit Your Playstyle? (All 14 Weapons Explained)

Sword and Shield

Balanced weapon set for casuals.

Can drink potions while equipped.

Long Sword

High friendly fire potential

Long combos

Skill gap weapon

Heavy Bowgun

Ranged DPS

Gets surged by mobs

Insect Glaive

Tryhard weapon

Mostly about spazzing around in mid-air constantly

Lance

Melee tank; high defense.

Slow movement

Bow

Another dodge monkey weapon.

Surprisingly nonexistent range for a ranged weapon.

Mostly about applying status effects with special ammo

Hammer

Hit something hard. Little to no defense / dodge monkey class.

Switch Axe

Switches between dodge monkey and hits hard.

Dual Blades

"Button masher" class

Mostly about grinding up a super charge to use

Hunting Horn

Mostly do attacks to play notes and cast buffs.

Can technically still hit someone though

Light Bowgun

Low damage, dodge monkey version of the heavy bowgun

Charge blade

Switches between two modes; one for grinding "heat" and the other for burst damage.

Gun lance

Lance but with more shooting.

Loses the charge power

Greatsword

Causes you to move slowly when held; so has to be sheathed constantly

"Newb trap"

Very tryhard weapon