User blog comment:Lord Loss/Discussion of the Week: Sword and Shields/@comment-2214216-20120513115959

I must say that I'm not a big fan of SnS, maybe because I never really tried using it. However, there was nothing more fun than rapping a Gravios in the Training School with SnS.

I haven't posted in a very long time to I'm going to write a little or my opinion on each weapon bellow.

If were to rank some of my favorite weapons (1 being Uber Awesome, all around weapon), it would look like this:

1 - Hammer and Heavy Bowguns (I like them both, in equal amounts; strong, heavy damage output and no blocking - when I use a weapon with a shield I tend to shield too much and attack too little)

2 - Long Sword (Have you ever seen a weapon more stylish that this one? Also, I don't believe Akantor likes C.Blango Destructor very much, you see, no wyvern likes to have its head split in 2 halves - or more...)

3 - Light Bowguns (Ever had trouble with Ice Agnaktor? LBG with RapidFire+1, FireElement+2 and that beast will run for its life). Note: LBG are great but I mainly use them for Elemental S spamming.

4 - Gun Lances, Sword and Shield, Dual Swords and Hunting Horns (HH on on 3rd gen games, I really dislike them on 2nd gen MH games). Well, here is where things get interesting! I mostly use these weapons for the famous "Shits 'N' Giggles" - sorry for the "expression" but I found no better way to describe it.

Ok,... SnS... well, there is no better weapon to have fun that this one. Get a group of 4 players and make each take a different ailment: paralysis, poison, sleep; and if you have MH3G (which I don't have :'(, unfortunately), take Blast. Pick an wyvern with a medium deal of HP and get ready to laught your ass out by seeing random stats floating over its head.

Now, for an actual review, I wouldn't reccommend SnS on the long run; they have very little damage output if compared to my trusted Hammer or Heavy Bowgun, as a matter of fact, I believe it has the smallest Damage Output amongst all weapons (excuse my ignorance here but I'm too lazy to fully learn the damage formula). Nevertheless, that is only my opinion; each hunter is entitled to their own opinion.