All weapons in Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflections and how they work

Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflections has six different weapons for you to master in a battle, and each of them offer unique gameplay style.

Just like the mainline series, every weapon in Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflections has its own set of strengths and weaknesses. Let’s look at how the weapons work and what you can expect from them.

How do all weapons work in Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflections

Weapons in Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflections are broadly of three types.

• Slashing
• Blunt
• Hunting

Slashing Weapons

Under Slashing, you get two choices in the form of the Great Sword and the Long Sword. The Great Sword uses its Charge Gauge for most of its attacks. The higher the Charge Gauge, the better it gets. You can fill the gauge with certain skills and winning head-to-head encounters.

The Long Sword, on the other hand, uses a Spirit Gauge. Once at least one segment of the Spirit Gauge has been filled, you can land Stance Attacks (similar to skills, but they have unique reaction effects). All Stance Attacks finish in a Special Sheathe, which raises the damage of your regular attacks.

Between the two, I love the Great Sword more since you can be extremely direct with your attacks.

Blunt Weapons

The Hunting Horn is a skill-based weapon that activates Melody effects. To do so, you have to place the correct notes on the Melody bar. Each note has a corresponding Attack Type, and they’re of three types: Red, Green, and Blue. The Hunting Horn is great for providing different buffs in addition to dealing damage.

The Hammer does incredible damage, and this is the best option for breaking enemy parts. However, it’s an extremely linear option since you’ll be restricted to a few gameplay styles. While I love the Hammer, the same can’t be said about the Hunting Horn. The latter is extremely complex and requires you to have a sound understanding of in-game mechanics.

Piercing Weapons

Finally, we come down to the Bow and the Gunlance. The Bow is perfect if you want to apply status effects to enemy monsters. It also has a Charge Gauge that allows you to use different skills. The Coatings you apply with your attacks will directly depend on the Charge Gauge and how much it has been filled.

The Gunlance is a great defensive choice since it will guard you against certain attacks and reduce incoming damage. It can use Protective Skills to draw aggro from your enemies, and Shells that are used to perform additional skills. Shells are essentially the bullets that will reload through Head-to-Head and specific skills.

Once again, the Bow is a great choice if you want to use something simpler. The Gunlance is a lot more complex to master, as you’ll need to use the Head-to-Head attacks efficiently to reload the Shells.

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The first set of leaks for FC 26‘s FUT Birthday Team 2 has appeared online, and it will feature some amazing cards if the leaks are accurate.

The second team will be a continuation of the promo, and so far, EA Sports has remained tight-lipped. However, we can make a fair guess on what to expect from week two.

All FC 26 FUT Birthday Team 2 players (leaks)

Here’s the list of all the players who have been leaked for Week 2.

• Salde
• Bakayoko
• Ane Azkona
• Yilmaz
• Aaron Wan-Bissaka
• McKeown
• Lacazette
• Janssen
• Howell
• David Hancko
• Gwinn
• Jobe Bellingham
• Bahoya
• Ollie Watkins
• Thompson
• Dominik Soboszlai
• Guro Reiten
• Antony
• Mohamed Kudus
• Kerzyman
• Lauren Hemp
• Brahim Diaz
• Jonathan David
• Blackstenius
• Balde
• Ryan Ait-Nouri
• Antonio Rudiger
• Scott McTominay
• Sakina Karchaoui
• Heaps
• Paulo Dybala
• Alessandro Bastoni
• Paul Pogba
• Claudia Pina
• Pedri
• Hernan Crespo
• Marek Hamsik
• Javier Mascherano
• Laudehr
• Vincent Kompany
• Danielle De Rossi
• Lucio
• Samuel Eto’o
• Miyama
• Jill Foudy
• Bobby Charlton
• Ferenc Puskas

Team 2, just like the first team, will also feature special cards for Heroes and Icons. While Heroes and Icons will have pre-assigned playstyles, the same rule doesn’t apply to FUT Birthday Team 2 cards.

You’ll get to create your perfect cards using the available FUT Birthday Bakery evolutions.

FC 26 FUT Birthday Team 2 release countdown

FUT Birthday Team 2 cards will be released on Friday, March 13, when they replace the Team 1 cards. Most of the items will be available via packs, and the following countdown will expire once the cards go live.

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The countdown is based on the following times.

• 10am PT
• 12pm CT
• 1pm ET
• 6pm UTC
• 7pm CET

This is the usual schedule that EA Sports follows for the start of any promo. We may well see more leaks as we approach launch, so keep your eyes peeled. As always, do keep a lookout for cards that will appear via SBC and objectives.

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