What is the Insect Glaive and how do Kinsects work in Monster Hunter Rise?
It was originally introduced as a weapon that was easy for getting hunters airborne for mounting monsters.
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A huge advantage to using the Insect Glaive are its aerial manoeuvres.
The red glow denotes the Kinsect possessing an attack buff.
This rationale can be applied to different parts of a monster which will give you different coloured buffs.
Additionally, some Kinsects will leave Dust, which you might hit to trigger an effect key in.
This is triggered by hitting the monster with a Kinsect while gathering extracts, or marking targets.
Currently, this goes up as high as Level 8.
Elements meanwhile are based on the Insect Glaive you have equipped.
For some glaives, these skills include changing the glaive’s element or even increasing your Kinsect level.
Kinsects are split into two attack types: severing and blunt damage, much like other weapon types.
There are also three Kinsect types: Speed, Assist and Dust.
Dust types meanwhile automatically attack marked targets, leaving behind clouds of dust that detonate when struck.
For each Kinsect, you’ll also want to look at their Power, Speed and Heal effects.
These all denote that particular Kinsect’s potency when extracting it from a monster.
These max out at Level 15.
This is just at launch, as post-launch updates will no doubt provide even more options.
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There’s a few options we could go for.
The thunder-based Despot’s Twinbolt meanwhile offers very high raw damage while leveling your Kinsects up to Level 8.
It also has max sharpness taking the gauge to white.
This costs 4,500z from the Smithy.
