User blog comment:Mckrongs/Monster Hunter 4 for the Nintendo 3DS/@comment-22804592-20130923171426/@comment-5043481-20130923221234

Sword and sheilds are one of the most versitile weapons in my opinion. Lightning fast and with defensive capabilities, they let you face off against a new monster without fear. I killed my first lavasioth with a SnS, that block saved my life many times.

In 3rd gen lances were epic, and a great all round weapon. I think they might be the same sort of thing in 4th gen. Apparently you can jump while charging to get on a monsters back. Some kind of pole vault thing?