Gunlance styles are as follows:

Style 1 - Blast Dash

Charged Shelling becomes Blast Dash, while the Lateral Thrust and Overhead Smash follow-up combo changes to Ground Splitter.

Utilize the mobility of Blast Dash and increased shelling damage provided by Ground Splitter to deliver powerful Burst Fires!

 

Main actions of the Blast Dash style:

 

  • Blast Dash

When you release your finger while charging up, you will lunge forward with a flaming eruption, delivering a blunt attack.

The more you charge up, the stronger attack you will deliver and further you will lunge forward.

Knockbacks are negated during the forward lunge.

※When the Firm Foothold skill is active, you will be able to continue attacking without flinching when taking damage.

It’s possible to slightly adjust the direction of the lunge by flicking left or right during the weapon’s draw back motion after releasing your finger.

After Blast Dash, you can follow up with Aerial Shelling or Aerial Smash.

 

  • Aerial Shelling

While in the air during Blast Dash, tapping will trigger a shelling that stops your lunge and causes you to rise slightly. Since you float in the air, you can evade monsters’ attacks that way. After Aerial Shelling while midair, tap to follow up with Aerial Burst.

 

  • Aerial Smash

While in the air during Blast Dash, flick up to fall down and slam your weapon vertically.

A quick reload that fully reloads all of your ammo is performed at the start of the swing.

※Wyrmstake Cannon is not reloaded.

After Aerial Smash, you can follow up with Burst Fire by tapping, or with Ground Splitter by flicking up.

 

  • Aerial Burst

When midair, shoot all of your ammo at once while performing a wide horizontal slashing attack. After landing, you can follow up with Wyrmstake Cannon by tapping, or with Ground Splitter by flicking up.

 

  • Ground Splitter

Ground Splitter can be triggered with an upward flick after the second Lateral Thrust or Overhead Smash, after Aerial Smash, or after landing from Aerial Burst.

After a short charge, you will slash while quickly dashing forward and enter a powered-up state.

The forward dash negates knockbacks and allows you to slip through the monster’s attack, therefore making it possible to attack while the monster’s attack misses you.

In the powered-up state, the tip of your weapon is engulfed in flames, and for 25 seconds, shelling damage is increased by 1.15 times.

 

Tips

・Gunlances of the normal shelling type are especially effective, since they have a high ammo capacity and can fully utilize Burst Fire.

・After Blast Dash, it’s crucial to read the situation and decide whether to evade an attack while midair or go on full offense with Aerial Smash.

 

Style 2 - Guard Reload

All reloads change to Guard Reloads, while Wyrmstake Cannon changes to Erupting Cannon. This style allows you to perform reloads while evading monsters’ attacks and quickly counter them with Erupting Cannon and powered-up attacks.

 

Main actions of the Guard Reload style:

 

  • Guard Reload

With the Long Press → Flick Down combo, you can reload 3 shelling ammo and the Erupting Cannon while raising your shield. During the Guard Reload motion you can guard against the monster attacks and reload at the same time. If you block an attack during this state, the stake glows red, powering your next Erupting Cannon up. If the knockback from guarding the monster’s attack is minimal, you can endure it without any motion, allowing for a quick transition into your next attack.

When the knockback from guarding is minimal, you can also follow up with Erupting Cannon by tapping.

※ You can reduce the knockback when guarding by using the Guard skill.

 

  • Erupting Cannon

Fires explosive stakes without leaving any openings.

Because of the little downtime between shots, you can quickly follow up with a Guard Reload or Lateral Thrust.

The weapon is powered up for 15 seconds after the Erupting Cannon explodes.

In the powered-up state, the tip of your weapon is engulfed in blue flames, and you will fire your weapon when thrusting or slashing. Additionally, the damage of thrusts and slashes is increased by 1.2 times.



Tips

・Gunlances with the wide shelling type are especially effective due to their high shelling damage synergizing well with the powered-up state after using Erupting Cannon.

・It’s crucial to maintain the powered-up state after Erupting Cannon by making good use of Guard Reload.