Post by Dew on Dec 1, 2012 17:25:11 GMT -5
Hunter's Sword and Shield focus on using a wide variety of elemental swords to cause considerable damage.
The sword and shield class is the first type of weapon that hunters use the Monster Hunter series. Also known as the SnS, this type of weapon uses speed and agility to inflict long combinations of status-inflicting attacks quickly. A hunter is able to perform a rolling dodge and is able run normaly with the weapon drawn, and is able to suppress weak attacks with the shield while blocking. The hunter can also use an item while the sword is drawn. While the fastest and most agile kind of weapon, swords and shields typically have very weak raw damage. To compensate for this, SnSs attack quickly and many of the weapons in this category are imbued with powerful elemental properties or cause Poison, Sleep or Paralysis. This makes them the best melee weapon to induce Status Effects.
Information from the Monster Hunter Wiki