User blog comment:Lord Loss/Discussion of the Week: Greatswords/@comment-969093-20120414120606

MHFO: Great Swords: In MHFO, at the current season (started 1 or 2 earlier), Great Swords have become slightly more versatile. For the non SR (Style Rank/HR500+ Book of Secrets) players, the new attacks are the following:

MHFO New Attacks


 * A stab-upswing (doesn't launch) 2-hit attack executed by pressing Triangle after Triangle (assuming Pro Wii Controller Controller System here).


 * A second horizontal wide swing to the left by pressing Circle after Circle (spinning slash).


 * An overhead short-range (shorted than the regular downswing) downswing performed by pressing Triangle + Circle after Triangle + Circle (upswing).

MHFO: Improved Unsheathing System


 * The ability to perform every 1 of the 3 original attacks from a sheathed position. To perform an unsheathe downswing you must be sprinting and then hit triangle. Hitting triangle when doing not will result in an unsheathe spinning slash and hitting Triangle + Circle from a sheathed position while walking will result in an unsheathe upswing. The latter is actually faster than a regular upswing.

HR500+ SR Great Swords

For the SR Great Sword users there are another 2 moves added to the arsenal. Those are the Charging Upswing (emits 4 rings and is more powerful than the regular charged attack, can also hit up to 3-4 times on Ravientes) and a counter attack that blocks an incoming attack while executing the move. I have no idea how the latter would work though. I am nowhere near SR yet.

Miscellaneous

Another interesting trait of the original 2nd Gen Great Swords is that you can perform a "fully charged" attack as soon as the 2nd ring is emitted. I say "fully" using quotation marks because it's a fake full charge. It doesn't give you the signature yellow flash when hitting a monster like a true full charge attack does. The attack actually still works like it did in unite.