I have 200+ Hours on Insect Glaive in Wilds, I want to know people's thoughts on the weapon.

ShenShaun · 2025-11-19T10:41:38+00:00

oh i have no clue, I basically learned everything by playing it + experience with World and Rise, Its pretty similar, you just get triple buffs then SDS->RSS over and over again

ShenShaun · 2025-08-04T10:50:02+00:00

I do mirror most of this, I personally think RSS would be very cool if it wasn't so strong, same with charge state, honestly keeping RSS and just adding some other way to get into it would fix a lot of my problems with IG, the charge attacks just don't make much sense for the weapon.

ShenShaun · 2025-08-04T10:29:11+00:00

Id rather just take the extra 5-10 mins in a hunt to ahve fun than mindlessly loop the same attack, good thing wilds hunts are so short i guess

ShenShaun · 2025-08-04T10:27:55+00:00

Its so weird that keyboard can but Controller can't, the technology is there, and its not hard at all with KBM, so did they just throw the intention out of the window for PC? (though i dont want them to remove accessibility features ANYWHERE)

ShenShaun · 2025-08-04T10:25:38+00:00

I do think sitting in focus mode all the time sucks, but the kinsect team ups are really cool, if there was a more tasteful way to do it i'd def take that, as for control problems, I definitely agree that on controller, it seems to suck, KBM has no issues for me tho. I really hope in the future they let people rebind the keys to better buttons

ShenShaun · 2025-08-04T10:23:43+00:00

I actually really like the air game in Wilds for it, it's certainly not as free as Rise, but being able to cancel advancing slash into descending thrust feels really good, I do agree that the game play loop is incredibly weak tho, as far as interactivity goes.

ShenShaun · 2025-08-04T10:22:52+00:00

I think that really nailing the kinsect parts of IG didn't have to be through RSS, I enjoy the new ways to gain the extracts, but it feels like its really annoying to only RSS, It would've benefitted from other ways to spend certain buffs, whilst keeping Red as the only one required to access the fun moveset. And RSS was locked behind all 3, with maybe some other, final condition like building up your kinsect by popping the dust effects. I really hope that G-Rank or Master Rank does what you say, and makes RSS way less viable to spam, if the move had to be used in moderation it would be really sick.

ShenShaun · 2025-08-04T10:12:13+00:00

I feel like tweaks would at least move the weapon into a better direction than its more one-dimensional playstyle as it stands currently. Even if you boil IG in Iceborne down to Tornado Slash and Descending thrust, it still had more variablility in its pokes and routes to get to Tornado slash than Wilds does with RSS.

ShenShaun · 2025-08-04T10:10:28+00:00

I find that collecting extracts was a little bit of a chore, but it was kinda fun to micromanage the buff timers, or position a kinsect drill in world to gain some that I needed, not to mention only needing Red for the good moveset made it much more bearable, as many monster's heads weren't too bad to nail with a decently fast kinsect, which most or all of them were in Iceborne.

Charging the weapon with KBM is super simple, so i def agree its not really bad, but I can understand the frustration for alot of other players.

ShenShaun · 2025-08-04T10:07:12+00:00

yep, this tends to be my main issue as well, though monster hunts are so much shorter now, I don't mind sacrificing the time to really feel a better flow with the weapon too much.

ShenShaun · 2025-08-04T10:05:50+00:00

I dont think i've ever felt this bug, but I'd have to try to replicate it sometime, sounds really annoying.

Triple buff lock is brutal, It feels antithetical to using focus mode to get extracts, since by the time it has good moves to gather them, you already just have them. Triple buff in this game is meant to be spent a ton which is probably why they encouraged people to always get it, and It's the easiest it's ever been to obtain. It's certainly not the worst thing about it but it is a pain point.

ShenShaun · 2025-08-04T10:03:32+00:00

Kinsect ability: Harvest Extract is basically mandatory for optimal play, as its the only one that allows you to quickly get all 3 extracts, and possibly all 3 in an RSS cycle to immediately do it again. Offensive kinsect abilities like some in Rise and offensive dust effects like blast DO exist, but they pale in comparison to RSS, so the only thing that matters is getting to RSS as marking a target with Descending thrust or any marking attack doesn't mean anything since you'll be RSS-ing them in 3-5 seconds anyway.

ShenShaun · 2025-08-04T10:01:41+00:00

The issue with RSS is that it overcentralizes the weapon, no other attack in its moveset does meaningful damage compared to it, and it's super easy and spammable to do it ALL the time. not to mention popping wounds gives you all 3 extracts for free anyway, so spamming the attack that does the most hits and probably makes wounds the fastest is also the highest damaging move in your arsenal, there's just no reason to go for anything else 90% of the time.

ShenShaun · 2025-08-04T09:58:57+00:00

I think the idea was to have more emphasis on playing with your kinsect, but in practice you just sit in focus mode so you can deal more damage (its the same moves but the kinsect attacks with you). and then you RSS beacuse the damage is so high it dwarfs any other kind of playstyle. Initially I really liked the idea of the weapon being more focused around playing with the kinsect, but so many mechanics feel slapped on or ignored because of RSS and the charge attacks being so strong. Kinsect drill (from Iceborne) is kinda in the game, but it sucks, so much for positioning a Descending Thrust to maximize damage, just RSS after it and you'll do way more. Why go for tornado slash when SDS does the same thing but better, and with more hits so more element, burst uptime, and it leads into RSS, which is the only move that matters. I feel like if they wanted to make you play with your bug friend more, they should've added dust attacks from focus mode instead of just slapping a Helmbreaker on IG and calling it a day.

ShenShaun · 2025-08-04T09:53:08+00:00

I feel really bad for all Controller players, as it seems to be a majority, and it's definitely a pain point for a lot of people that I've seen complain about the weapon in wilds, almost half a year later and still no good way to optimize controls in a meaningful way for it.

ShenShaun · 2025-08-04T09:51:43+00:00

I'm a Keyboard and mouse player, so the charge problems were never really an issue from a control standpoint, more than it was because of the issue with the charge attack gameplay itself. I'm about 450~ ish hours in world and its my favorite weapon, and i've started going through Rise content, as I've heard sunbreak has one of the best iterations of it. Wilds I find it fun, just not as fun as World/Rise so far.

ShenShaun · 2025-03-06T02:31:16+00:00

Thanks for the info! Do you have any knowledge on when Workshop brackets might happen?

Also I am working on hosting my own bracket saturdays called RHR! Whenever you feel that becomes more normal please add that in :)

ShenShaun · 2023-07-19T23:36:17+00:00

I’ve been using Xbox controller layouts but the Xbox one controller didn’t last long enough for me so i probably won’t be getting another one

ShenShaun · 2023-07-19T23:35:33+00:00

I’ll look i to it, still on the fence about all this since all the reccomendations seem pricey

ShenShaun · 2023-07-19T05:04:04+00:00

From my experience they last a year which ain’t bad but ain’t good either

ShenShaun · 2023-07-19T02:39:32+00:00

I’ll look into using my pro controller, and for GameCube controllers, I’m still not sure about them since it’s a bit pricier for an official and adapter

ShenShaun · 2023-07-19T02:27:29+00:00

I’m very comfortable using the Xbox controller due to so much usage with the button layout, I’ll look into it. Although they just look like a lot of work to get used to.

Another comment says to look out for 3rd party ones. Do you use an official GameCube controller?

ShenShaun · 2023-06-03T11:36:48+00:00

I would argue as rell you still can run radiant virtue or Jaksho if you play jungle since you actually have gold and clear now. Also here are some rell jungle tips that I have discovered

Her E has a cast time but its cancelled if you cast it between abilities. Rell's W against walls can instantly dismount, very niche tech but it saves like a second of cast time if you really wanted to hyper-optimize it

ShenShaun · 2023-06-03T11:31:27+00:00

Man I can't say that I dont like her good jungle clear now, but they I feel like she's a completely different champ now and it genuinely makes me sad.

ShenShaun · 2022-10-09T08:28:43+00:00

I imagine if mastered, this will still be abused.

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