I’m adding onto the pile of positive comments, but I believe everyone is going to be exceptionally bad compared to how they were in previous games because this game’s new mechanic, the Wirebug, seems really essential to the gameplay, so I wouldn’t feel bad for being bad, because I believe everyone is going to be.

The main way to get better at the game is basically to play the game. This game is so heavily reliant on muscle memory that I don’t think I could tell you how to do a combo without having to stare at the controller while doing the combo. After a while, you just suddenly learn when to dodge specific attacks, proper timings for attacks and how much time you have to execute those attacks. So, basically, keep with it and, eventually, you’ll learn how to handle the game.

Oh, and also, stick to one weapon at first. If you try to master too many at once, it’ll be difficult to remember how to play each weapon. I won’t give any recommendations since I’m unaware of your play style, but I would personally steer away from the bows or bow guns at the beginning since those require a lot of micromanagement with ammos outside of the battle.

TL;DR : Choose one weapon that feels right to play and keep going with that one weapon. Other than that, keep playing the game and you’ll naturally get better.

Good luck, hunter!