Gun Lance FAQ
By: Akurixs
Game: Monster Hunter Freedom 2
Created by: Capcom
Hello, and welcome to my FAQ. This, as the title says, is
a Gun Lance FAQ. Back when I was playing MHF, I HATED Lances.
The limited mobility and extremely narrow attack range annoyed
me to no end. However, the Gun Lance quickly became one of my
favourite weapons of all time. The infinite combo, the charged
shot (Wyvern fire), and the fact that it can shoot are just a
few reasons as to why I love this weapon type. This FAQ contains
the stats of ALL the Gunlances, the "best of the best", and
other gun lance stuff.
EDIT: Took out the damage formulas. Why? Cause I don't know crap
about damage formulas, and the ones I posted were probably wrong.
EDIT: I posted DS' charged shot formula twice....I must be metally
crippled or something...
EDIT: "Re-formed" some of the weapon trees.
EDIT: lolz english namez.
EDIT: lolz moar english namez.
EDIT: Changed a few things.
EDIT: Changed a few things.
Table o' Contents
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~About the Gun Lance
-Basic info
-Pros and Cons
-The Charged shot
-Controls
~Stats
-Bone Gunlance
-Large Bone GunLance
-Wyvern Bone Gunlance
-Hell Sting
-Hell Sting +
-Hell Stinger
-Average hitter
-Grand Slam
-Hard hitter
-Big Slugger
-Iron Gunlance
-Iron Gunlance +
-Steel Gunlance
-Special Ops Gunlance
-Imperial GunLance
-Silver Rook
-Gun Chariot
-Luna's Howl
-Luna's Roar
-Luna's Flare
-White Gunlance
-White Cannon
-Black Gunlance
-Black Gore Cannon
-Snow Gunlance
-Snow Gunlance mk.II
-Blizzard Gunlance
-Marine Fisher
-Deep Fisher
-Deep Ocean
-Sea King Gunlance
-Scissor Gunlance
-Scissor Cannon
-Rex Blast
-Tigrex Gunlance
-Dragonwood spear
-Gold Dragonwood spear
-Ankator GunLance
~Weapon trees
-Bone path
-Iron path
-Snow Spear path
-Tigrex path
-Dragonwood path
-Ankator path
~Best of the Best
~FAQ
~Thanks to...
~Legal Stuff
~Contact Info
ABOUT THE GUN LANCE
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BASICS
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The Gun lance is a very unique weapon. It's like a lance, but
as the name suggests, it can also shoot bullets. The Gun lance
can either do various melee attacks, shoot bullets, or shoot a
charged shot. There are three types of GL bullets. Normal, Spread,
and Long. Each GL uses ONE type of ammo. There are also three
charge levels. Once again, each GL can only use ONE level. EX. The
Hell Sting uses Spread with a charge level of 1. Oh, and here's
something that use should remember: shooting decreases sharpness.
Now, onto the pros and cons.
PROS AND CONS
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Gun lances have many pros, yet many cons. Finding out how to
balance the two is the key to victory.
PROS:
Does the second highest amount of damage over a set period of time
Can Shoot bullets
Have unlimited ammo
Can fire Charged Shots
Can block
Has an(almost) infinite combo
Cons:
Can't roll
Can't run when drawn
Reloading leaves you open
Narrow attack range
Expsensive to make/upgrade
Upon first glance, you might notice that the pros out
weigh the cons. This is not true. There may only be 5 cons,
compared to the 6 pros, but some of the things that the gun lances
can't do (such as roll/ run) could lead to your defeat. Never
become cocky. Gun Lances AREN'T the perfect weapon. As I said
earlier, you must find a way to balance the pros and cons.
Also....remember, GUNLANCES AREN'T BETTER THAN LANCES, and LANCES
AREN'T BETTER THAN GUNLANCES!
Seriously. They aren't. Pound it into your thick skull until you
see it every time you close your eyes.
THE CHARGED SHOT
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This is NOT MY INFORMATION. All credit goes to Death Slayer.
"Lv1 Charge - 30 raw and 10 fire
Lv2 Charge - 36 raw and 12 fire
Lv3 Charge - 42 raw and 14 fire
A charge shot hits up to 4 times and sharpness is not included.
Ex. Firing on a G rank Aponoth which has a defense of .80
with a Lv1 Charge. (Fire hitzone is .50.)
(30 + (10 x .5)) x .80 = 28.
So 28 x 4 = 112."
CONTROLS
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Reload- Hold R and hit circle
Forward stab- triangle while stadning still
Forward uppercut- triangle while moving
Angled stab- presss triangle while holding R
Charged shot- press both triangle and circle while holding R
Shoot bullet- Press the circle button
Back hop- press the X button
Sidestep- after attacking, press the X button while pressing
the analog stick to either the right or the left
Uppercut- press both triangle and circle while standing still
Back hop/sidestep reload- press both cirlce and X (thanks goes to the guys
who emailed me about this)
WEAPON STATS
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Here's how things work:
(name)
Att: (raw attack power)
Cost:(amount of Zenni required to make the GL)
Bullte type: (the type of bullet that the GL uses and the charge level)
Critical: (critical percetage)
Max sharpness: (the sharpness when fully sharpend)
Element: (element and elemental value)
Bone GunLance
Att: 161
Cost:650 z
Bullet type: Normal lv.1
Critical: 0%
Max sharpness: Yellow
Element: None
Large Bone GunLance
Att: 230
Cost: 1400 z
Bullet type: Normal lv.2
Critical: 0%
Max Sharpness: Yellow
Element: None
Wyvern Bone GunLance
Att: 276
Cost: 2150 z
Bullet type: Normal lv.3
Critical: 0%
Max Sharpness: Green
Element: None
Hell Sting
Att: 322
Cost: 4250 z
Bullet type: Spread lv.1
Critical: 10%
Max Sharpness: Green
Element: Ice/250
Hell Sting +
Att: 345
Cost: 6350 z
Bullet type: Spread lv.2
Critical: 10%
Max Sharpness: Green
Element: Ice/270
Hell Stinger
Att: 414
Cost: 50,000 z
Bullet type: Spread lv.3
Critical: 20%
Max sharpness: Blue
Element: Ice/320
Average hitter
Att: 299
Cost: 3100 z
Bullet type: Normal lv.2
Critical: 0%
Max Sharpness: Yellow
Element: poison/180
Grand Slam
Att: 391
Cost: 5600
Bullet type: Normal lv.2
Critical: 0%
Max Sharpness: Green
Element: Poison/240
Hard Hitter
Att: 437
Cost: 35,000 z
Bullet type: Normal lv.3
Critical: 0%
Max Sharpness: Green
Element: Poison/290
Big Slugger
Att: 460
Cost: 50,000 z
Bullet type: Normal lv.3
Critical: 0%
Max Sharpness: Green
Element: Poison/320
Iron Cancer
Att: 201
Cost: 1100 z
Bullet type: Normal lv.1
Critical: 0%
Max Sharpness: Green
Element: None
Iron Cancer +
Att: 253
Cost: 1750 z
Bullet type: Normal lv.1
Critical: 0%
Max Sharpness: Green
Element: None
Steel Cancer
Att: 276
Cost: 2150 z
Bullet type: Normal lv.2
Critical: 0%
Max Sharpness: Green
Element: None
Special Ops GunLance
Att: 322
Cost: 3100 z
Bullet type: Normal lv.3
Critical: 0%
Max Sharpness: Green
Element: None
Imperial GunLance
Att: 391
Cost: 5600 z
Bullet type: Long lv.3
Critical: 0%
Max Sharpness: Green
Element: None
Silver Rook
Att: 414
Cost: 65,000 z
Bullet type: Long lv.3
Critical: 0%
Max Sharpness: Green
Element: Dragon/250
Gun Chariot
Att: 437
Cost: 75,000 z
Bullet type: Long lv.3
Critical: 0%
Max Sharpness: Blue
Element: Dragon/320
Luna's Howl
Att: 345
Cost: 5600 z
Bullet type: Spread lv.1
Critical: 0%
Max Sharpness: Green
Element: Fire/350
Luna's Roar
Att: 368
Cost: 35,000 z
Bullet type: Spread lv.2
Critical: 0%
Max Sharpness: Blue
Element: Fire/400
Luna's Flare
Att: 414
Cost: 90,000 z
Bullet type: Spread lv.3
Critical: 0%
Max Sharpness: Blue
Element: Fire/480
White Gunlance
Att: 368
Cost: 4900 z
Bullet type: Long lv.1
Critical: 0%
Max Sharpness: Green
Element: None
White Cannon
Att: 414
Cost: 30,000 z
Bullet type: Long lv.2
Critical: 0%
Max Sharpness: Blue
Element: None
Black Cannon
Att: 483
Cost: 60,000z
Bullet type: Long lv.2
Critical: -5%
Max Sharpness: Blue
Element: None
Black Gore Cannon
Att: 529
Cost: 75,000 z
Bullet type: Long lv.3
Critical: -10%
Max Sharpness: Blue
Element: None
Snow Spear
Att: 207
Cost: 1400 z
Bullet type: Normal lv.1
Critical: 0%
Max Sharpness: Yellow
Element: Ice/100
Snow Spear +
Att: 253
Cost: 2150 z
Bullet type: Normal lv.2
Critical: 0%
Max Sharpness: Green
Element: Ice/120
Blizzard Gunlance
Att: 437
Cost: 40,000 z
Bullet type: Normal lv.3
Critical: 0%
Max Sharpness: Blue
Element: Ice/150
Marine Fisher
Att: 299
Cost: 3100 z
Bullet type: Long lv.1
Critical: 0%
Max Sharpness: Green
Element: Water/100
Deep Fisher
Att: 368
Cost: 5600 z
Bullet type: Cluster lv.1
Critical: 0%
Max Sharpness: Green
Element: Water/200
Deep Ocean
Att: 391
Cost: 40,000 z
Bullet type: Cluster lv.2
Critical: 0%
Max Sharpness: Green
Element: Water/300
Sea King Gunlance
Att: 437
Cost: 55,000 z
Bullet type: Cluster lv. 3
Critical: 0%
Max Sharpness: Blue
Element: Water/350
Scissor Gunlance
Att: 437
Cost: 40,000 z
Bullet type: Normal lv.2
Critical: 0%
Sharpness: Green
Element: None
Scissor Cannon
Att: 460
Cost: 50,000 z
Bullet type: Normal lv.3
Critical: 0%
Max Sharpness: Blue
Element: None
Rex Blast
Att: 391
Cost: 35,000 z
Bullet type: Spread lv.2
Critical: -30%
Max Sharpness: Blue
Element: None
Tigrex Gunlance
Att: 506
Cost: 80,000 z
Bullet type: Spread lv.3
Critical: -30%
Max Sharpness: white
Element: None
Dragonwood Spear
Att: 345
Cost: 20,000 z
Bullet type: Normal lv.2
Critical: 0%
Max Sharpness: Green
Element: Stun/180
Gold Dragonwood spear
Att: 391
Cost: 75,000 z
Bullet type: Normal lv.3
Critical: 0%
Max Sharpness: Blue
Element: Stun/230
Ankator Gunlance
Att: 575
Cost: 100,000 z
Bullet type: Normal lv.1
Critical: 40%
Max Sharpness: Green
Element: None
WEAPON TREES
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~BONE PATH
Bone Gunlance
|
Large Bone Gunlance
|
Wyvern Bone Gunlance
|          |
|     Average Hitter
|          |
|     Grand Slam
|          |
|     Hard Hitter
|          |
|     Big Slugger
|
Hell Sting
|
Hell Sting +
|
Hell Stinger
~IRON PATH
Iron Gunlance
|
Iron Gunlance +
|
Steel Gunlance
|
|-Special Ops Gunlance ---
|          |             |
|      Luna's Howl       |
|          |             |
|      Luna's Roar       |
|          |             |
|      Luna's Flare       |
|                        |
Imperial Gunlance  |
|              |
Silver Castle        |
|              |
Gun Chariot         |
|
White Gunlance
|
White Cannon
|
Black Gunlance
|
Black Gore Cannon
~SNOW SPEAR PATH
Snow Gunlance
|
|- Snow Gunlance mk.II --
|        |              |
|    Red Cancer         |
|        |              |
|  Zazami Pincer-spear  |
|                       |
Marine Fisher           |
|            Blizzard Gunlance
Deep Fisher
|
Deep Ocean
|
Sea King Gunlance
~TIGREX PATH
Rex Blast
|
Tigrex Gunlance
~DRAGONWOOD PATH
Dragonwood spear
|
Gold Dragonwood Spear
~Ankator PATH
Ankator Gunlance
BEST OF THE BEST
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
That's right, a Gun Lance competition. I will compare all
of the fully upgraded Gun Lances to determine which is the best
Gun Lance.
Competetors:
-Gun Chariot
-Hell Stinger
-Big Slugger
-Luna's Flare
-Black gore cannon
-Sea King Gunlance
-Scissor Cannon
-Tigrex Gunlance
-Gold Dragonwood Spear
-Ankator GunLance
Scores:
1-2 A huge waste of time and materials.
2.5-3.5 It's not bad...but it's not good either.
4-5 Worth the effort.
-Gun Chariot
Att: 437
Cost: 75,000 z
Bullet type: Long lv.3
Critical: 0%
Max Sharpness: Blue
Element: Dragon/320
The Gun Chariot boasts high attack power, 320 dragon value,
Long charge lv.3, blue sharpness, and a heft price tag. This
GL doesn't have any flaws aside from it's price. I give it a 4.75/5
-Hell Stinger
Att: 414
Cost: 50,000 z
Bullet type: Spread lv.3
Critical: 20%
Max sharpness: Blue
Element: Ice/320
Like the Gun Chariot, this GL doesn't have any flaws. It's got a
lot of sharpness, 320 Ice value, Spread Charge lv.3, 414 attack
power, and an additional 20% critical rate. I give it a 4.5/5
-Big Slugger
Att: 460
Cost: 50,000 z
Bullet type: Normal lv.3
Critical: 0%
Max Sharpness: Green
Element: Poison/320
I will admit, this is one of my favourite Gun Lances. It's got
320 poison, 460 attack power, Normal Charge lv.3, and a
comparitivly low price tag. The only down side is it's sharpness.
It doesn't reach blue. However, I may be nitpicking, as it has a
decent amount of green sharpness. It gets a 4.75/5
-Luna's Flare
Att: 414
Cost: 90,000 z
Bullet type: Spread lv.3
Critical: 0%
Max Sharpness: Blue
Element: Fire/480
Ah, the Luna Flare. This weapon is a Khezu blender. It will
slaughter any monster that is weak against fire. It does, however,
cost 90,000 z to create it, and it's attack is 414
(which is high, but not as high as it could be). However,
it has 480 fire, and Spread Charge lv.3. I will give it a 4.25/5
-Black Gore Cannon
Att: 529
Cost: 75,000 z
Bullet type: Long lv.3
Critical: -10%
Max Sharpness: Blue
Element: None
This Gun Lance has the second highest raw attack value of all
of the Gun Lances. It also features a Long Charge lv.3.
However, it has it's detractors. It bears a -10% critical rate,
and it costs 75,000 z to make. It receives a 4.25/5
-Sea King Gunlance
Att: 437
Cost: 55,000 z
Bullet type: Long lv. 3
Critical: 0%
Max Sharpness: Blue
Element: Water/350
This is a pretty decent Gun Lance. It's got 437 attack power,
350 water, and a Long Charge lv.3. It doesn't have too much
Blue sharpness, yet it's got a good amount of green. I'll give it
a 4.5/5
-Scissor Cannon
Att: 460
Cost: 50,000 z
Bullet type: Normal lv.3
Critical: 0%
Max Sharpness: Blue
Element: None
460 attack power, tons of sharpness, Normal charge lv.3, this
Gun Lance has it all. Well, except for an element. If it had an
element, I would have given it a higher score, but it doesn't,
so it's score will suffer. It gets a 4.5/5
-Tigrex Gunlance
Att: 506
Cost: 80,000 z
Bullet type: Spread lv.3
Critical: -30%
Max Sharpness: white
Element: None
Eww. The Tigrex Gunlance. Well....this Gun Lance fails
at pretty much everything. Sure, it's got the third highest
raw attack power and white sharpness, but it's got a
-30% critical rate, and it costs 80,000 z to make it.
In my opinion, it's not worth it. Don't waste your money.
In fact, the Teddy bear is probably better.
I give it a 2/5.
Thought I gave everything a 4/5 or higher, did ya?
-Gold Dragonwood spear
Att: 391
Cost: 75,000 z
Bullet type: Normal lv.3
Critical: 0%
Max Sharpness: Blue
Element: Stun/230
You know that kid who always tries to act like the
popular kids, yet fails? That's a good description
of this gunlance. It tries to be something it's not.
An elemental weapon. You'll probably kill the monster
you're hunting before you stun it. SRSLY. 3.5
-Ankator Gunlance
Att: 575
Cost: 100,000 z
Bullet type: Normal lv.1
Critical: 40%
Max Sharpness: Green
Element: None
I'll say it one more time. Ewww. This gunlance may have the
highest raw attack power and a critical rate of 40%, but
you'll have to sharpen it every two seconds, and it's only
got normal charge lv.1. It's high power and critical rate
are what saved it from a messy end. I'll go easy on it and
give it a 3.75/5.
Here are the results:
Gun Chariot-4.75
Hell Stinger- 4.5
Big Slugger- 4.75
Luna's Flare- 4.25
Black Gore Cannon- 4.25
Kaiou Spear- 4.5
Scissor Cannon- 4.5
Tigrex Gunlance- 2
Gold Dragonwood spear- 3.5
Ankator Gunlance- 3.75
We have two winners. Both the Gun Chariot and the Big Slugger
received a 4.75/5. However, we have but one loser. The Tigrex Gunlance
recieved a 2/5. There you go folks. The best and the worst.
Now get to work gathering those Silversol and Gypceros
materials! And remember, save those Tigrex materials for
something that's actually half useful!
(Like the OTHER Tigrex weapons. Wait...nevermind)
FAQ
~~~
Well....yeah. This is an FAQ...I guess...
Q: Where do I find
A: I dunno. This is a Gunlance FAQ. I don't know that much about
item locations, carves, etc.
Q: Why did it take you so long to reply to my email?
A: I have a life. I only check my email everyother day.
I'm sure you can wait one frikkin' day for my response.
Q: Some of the names are wrong...why?
A:  I translated the names of the weapons from MHP2. I'm
gradualy replacing the Engrish names with English names, so be patient.
Q:lol u sux! lern how to mak a FAQ! LOL!
A: That's not a question, retard.
Q: Are you Akubarix?
A: NO! For the love of God NO!
Q: Are you an Akubarix fanboy?
A: There is no such thing as an "Akubarix fanboy".
Q: Why did you give the Tigrex Gunlance a 2? You obviously don't
know what you're talking about.
A: The Tigrex Gunlance sucks. Deal with it. Teddy bear > Tigrex gunlance.
Why? Cause it doesn't have -30% critical, and cause it can put things to
sleep, therefore granting you a X3 damage multiplier.
Q: Are gunlances better than lances?
A: NO. In some cases they are, but in others, they're not. If you think
GL > lance, then do yourself a favor and go die in a hole. Alone.
In a corner. Crying.
Q: If you're not Akubarix and you're not an Akubarix fanboy, why is your
name "Akurixs"?
A: It goes like this:
A-1
K-11
U-22
R-19
I-9
X-25
S-20
1+11+22+20+25-19+9= 69
Yup.
THANKS TO...
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Me- For.....making this FAQ
Jaberwoky,mikagami81, and Holy Dragon Nall- They answered
my many questions
Kratos1992, "Limp Nizkit", "RA", and Everdarke- They pointed out some of
the mistakes I had made
Those two people who emailed me- They pointed out the backhop/sidestep-reload
Death Slayer- For figuring out the Charged Shot's damage
formula, which I stole
Capcom- For actually deciding to bring this amazing game State side
Gamefaqs- For hosting my FAQ.
Free2professional.com, Babelfish.com, atwiki.jap- I used the
first two sites for traslation purposes and I used the last site to find
out the elemental value of some of the Gun Lances
Thanks to all who have helped
LEGAL STUFF
~~~~~~~~~~~
Copywright-Nick Kinstler(Akurixs)
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organization/author/person/whatevah may copy this guide.
Credit must be given where credit is due.
CONTACT INFO
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You can email me at akurixs@comcast.net, or you can create one of
those ATTN: topics on Gamefaqs.