User blog comment:KillerIke/Best Weapon Type?/@comment-4820236-20120527041136

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Switch axes are excellent for the slower wyverns like Uragaan or Rathian, but they are also good for flinching your opponents easily. Thus, you can quickly deal massive damage in few strikes. That being said, Axes do tend to have rather... bad elements in axe mode, and they also can't really combo well. Their main asset is power and elements, with the worst one being speed.

Bowguns are great weapons because you can use virtually every element without having to choose one weapon. Some even have really good affinity. Their true power is low, however, and they're truly hard to master. I used Bowgun today on Gigginox and Rathalos, and I put Rathalos to Sleep, Paralyzed him, Lowered his Stamina, Painted him, Cut off his Tail, and did heavy phisical/elemental damage-all with one weapon. When I fought Gigginox, I Knocked him down three times, Lowered his Stamina, and did heavy all around damage to him- One Weapon.' That being said, they are rather hard to manuever and easy to die with since the Armor is so low.

Longsword is great for sharpness and elements, but ails in damage sometimes. They are excellent against fast wyverns, but bad in water.

Hammers are excellent with pretty much everything, except Elder Dragons. A Hammer can K.O. things with a single bash when lucky, and have generally high raw and elemental damage. The also usually have slots. However, these are slow and not good at combos. Best against things generally hard to k.o. but also good against Brute Wyverns.

Lances are basically good weapons, but generally don't have high elements. They do have great shields and are excellent for staying at just the right area. However, they are slow, low attacking, and can only be used with land Wyverns.

Swords are good for quickly weakening a monster and then letting someone else kill. They are also great transporting weapons, because you can watch over someone carrying an egg, and quickly distract the monsters. Furthermore, if you plan on using a bunch of traps, use a Sword, because you can counter attacks whilst on the go, looking for a good place to set one.

Great Swords are great for slicing through tails, and even better for counterrattacking and blocking. They have great attack all around, and generally don't hurt anyone else. However, they are slow, and won't do any good for combos.

-There. See, It all depends on what you want to do.