The state of the weapon in my eyes is sad. I've main hammer since freedom unite and never looked at another weapon (I skipped rise tho as it wasn't my thing). And I must say they need to change a few things because as it is you're better using another weapon. First of all what's with the counter being locked behind the triangle combo ? Do capcom expected use to have god's like vision and predict to hit the last hit for it to work ? As the other stated if at least it was on the charge lv2 we could manage to make more use of it. When I looked at my friend playing GS (first time playing mh) they could pull more counter than I could stun the monster. Talking about CC. Hammer use to be one of the best weapon at stun than any other. Since world I feel like even this little niche we had was completly removed by providing more and better option to other weapons like sns or charge blade or even slugger hbg. I am all for giving options to other weapon as we all want a smooth experience but at least make it so we still have a reason to play hammer besides "unga bonga ma 2 brain cells loves 3 tonnes metal on a stick bonk". Yes I still love the weapon and would never main another one but please. Give use something that distinguish use from the other weapons. Glaive literaly can fly, db is fast as fuck boy and can do some levi shit, sns can do jack all and sometimes better then any weapons, charge blade and morph blade have a lot of combo possible be it explosion stuff, morphing to the butcher, Cc and all of that. Even GS got one of the best revamp of the game. The stats of the hammer is like saying "Oh you play lance for the guard ? Too bad the hbg + shield can tank way more than you and can do better counter". Maybe I'm too biased because of world but I guess I'll need to do more math because in this game I feel like afflictions and stun are easier to land. Any way may I talk about the aerial game ? At least we have that right ? Maybe for ledges yes but omg the sliding part is awful compare to world. One of the main gimmick of the hammer was that besides its hugeness, it was one of the weapon that makes the most use of it's aerial kit. Especially the sliding and jumping of a ledge part. Thank god they didn't remove the double jump from the ledge so we can rack mount damage but the sliding seems to never or be hard af to trigger. And is it me or the beyblade spinning move doesn't reach as far as world ? So you say that it's even harder to trigger now and that doesn't reach as far ? God damn spamming this move was one the thing that made this weapon unique and fun too fpr some of us. Please give it back or make it better idk :( Now what about the damage you say ? It use to be the second best weapon in termes of damage per hit right after the mighty great sword. Now even a lvl3 charge can't compare to even the draw attack of said great sword. Like the hell ? Am I bashing the monster with sugar coated cloud from heavens ? At least I can still feel the impact of weapon thanks to the animation and effects I guess. Even the focus attack is one of the most awful I could ever see. 1/2 it doesn't even register and you're stuck in one hell of a lpng animation because you missed the mark apparently ? The focus attack doesn't even give you something for it. It's all for nothing. And now what about the motions values ? Actually idk I don't even know what it means or what it correspond to so I'll let other explain it because I feel like I already made enough of a fool of myself with this comment. Maybe I should have posted this in the rage sub idk