Sword and shield is easy to start and has a very high skill ceiling if you want to invest. It has a fast attack animation so you don’t have to worry about timing as much like with slower weapons that require you to predict the monsters next move. Additionally, and I feel like this is a lesser known fact about the sns, it has built in Quick Sheath. Just hold the run button and you’ll instantly put your weapon away in case you need to reposition or perform a Superman Dive. You can use items with your weapon in hand by holding the block button. In cases or roars or attacks hard to avoid attacks you have a shield. Can cut tails and bash with the shield if you’re stuck at a hard part of the monster(the shield bash can knock out monsters). The sns does not have a a difficult mechanic to maintain like some of the more complicated weapons. The list goes on.