User blog comment:Artemis Paradox/So we've been on MH3 online for a 3 months. What can we say about it now?/@comment-2252698-20100824174402/@comment-969093-20100905211423

Lance dashing shouldn't be used too often unless you want to attempt KO'ing a monster or re-position/block through an otherwise backpushing attack.

Only an idiot would spam shield dashes. If you do it to get closer to the monster, ok, but otherwise don't use the finisher but just the dash itself.